Vesla Paint Out!

Our 3rd Wednesday Paint Out will be at Gold Bug Park & Mine in Placerville, from 10-12.

There is an old building with character, a small stream, benches, picnic tables, and old mining equipment. 

 The park is about one mile north of Highway 50 off Bedford Avenue.

The weather is predicted to be very nice. Feel free to come earlier or stay later.

Paint Out opportunities

MARCH 21, 2015, 9 AM --PAINT OUT

San Francisco Chapter California Art Club
Rodeo Beach
Golden Gate National Recreation Area, San Francisco

Join CAC Signature Artist Kim Lordier at this beautiful location with sweeping vistas, beaches, and cliffs.   

For more information, visit the CAC website, or contact Krystal Allen.

MARCH 22, 2015, TIME TBD -- PAINT OUT Sacramento Chapter California Art Club
Grays Lodge Wildlife Area

Grays Lodge is known as a wildlife wonderland. The wetlands is surrounded by rich agricultural lands and is located along the Pacific Flyway. Come with the Sacramento Chapter and enjoy the reflective water, beautiful marsh flora, and the natural environment.

For more information, contact Chapter
Co-Chair Don Nicholson donnicholson@sbcglobal.net

Must-see exhibit!

TOULOUSE-LAUTREC AND LA VIE MODERNE PARIS 1880–1910 

FEBRUARY 01, 2015 — APRIL 26, 2015 

Crocker Art Museum 

216 O Street Sacramento, CA 95814 

916.808.7000 

MUSEUM HOURS 

Tuesday – Sunday 10 AM – 5 PM 

Thursday 10 AM – 9 PM 

Closed Mon. (except Labor Day), Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day

 MEMBERS FREE 

ADULTS $10 

SENIORS (65 AND OLDER) $8 

3RD SUNDAYS--FREE

Between 1880 and 1910, Paris was a breeding ground for artistic and literary movements that came to define a shifting, complex society. Modernity took various forms, including the work of the Naturalists, the Symbolists, the Incohérents and the Nabis, but the art of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864–1901) epitomized the new tendencies. With his art as a central focus, this exhibition investigates a generation of artists who sought to shake the constraints of French Academic standards. A special focus is the intoxicating gathering of artists, writers, performers, and musicians in Montmartre, where everyone from Toulouse-Lautrec—whose style and subjects embody the times—to Sarah Bernhardt and Paul Verlaine worked amid the swirl of cafés, concerts, circuses, and theatres. This exhibition is organized and circulated by Art Services International, Alexandria, VA.

Thursday May 7, 7-9pm

Selling Art:  Gearing Up for the Summer Season with Jude Bischoff
This session will give you advanced sales and marketing techniques for a successful art sales season, includes tips on festivals, follow up strategies, and conversational sales techniques.  (Email info@nevadacountyarts.org to sign up for this workshop.)
 
All workshops will be held at the Houser Room at the Nevada County Superintendent of Schools office.  For more information, contactinfo@nevadacountyarts.org.

Nearly $25,000 will be awarded!

Now accepting entries for The Artist's Magazine's Annual Art Competition! ENTER ONLINE TODAY!

The Artist’s Magazine’s Annual Art Competition wants to honor your most outstanding work. If your art is deserving of being celebrated in the pages of The Artist’s Magazine, enter today! Winning submissions will be discovered by fellow artists, art professionals and art lovers in a wide variety of settings: Winners’ names and work will be featured in the December 2015 issue 9 finalists will be showcased in the magazine’s “Competition Spotlight” feature 12 finalists will be featured as “Artist of the Month” on our website The work of 12 finalists will be offered on our website as desktop wallpaper. Win your work the recognition it deserves—and up to $2,500 cash. EARLY-BIRD DEADLINE: APRIL 1, 2015 Deadline: May 1, 2015 Enter Online Now: www.ArtistsNetwork.com/Competitions/ The-Artists-Magazine-Annual-Art-Competition Submission Guidelines

Levitsky potluck

Hello everyone.  This recipe was a hit at the Levitsky potluck!!!

RECIPE FOR KILLER TURKEY CHILI (makes about 4 quarts)

Do Not Drain Any of these items

Turn Crockpot to high and add

(1) 15 oz can stewed chopped tomatoes

(1) 15 oz can plain tomato sauce

(1) 15 oz can Black Beans

(2) 15 oz cans Pinto Beans

(1) 3 oz can Fire Roasted Chopped Green Chilis

(2) cups frozen corn (or more to your taste)

(3) stalks celery, chopped

1 pkg chili seasoning mix (Lawry's is best)

1 pkg Hidden Valley Ranch dressing, original (dry)

Sauté these veggies

1/4 cup onions

half cup red Bell peppers

half cup green Bell peppers

1 big garlic clove, minced

Dump into Crockpot

More oil in skillet, sauté 20 oz ground turkey until pink disappears

chop turkey into small pieces, add to Crockpot

Cook for about 5 hours on high (low setting will work with new large Crockpots from Costco)

After cooking, you can let it sit in refrigerator overnight, then warm the next day. Also freezes well.

Pastels USA 2015

PSWC's 29th Pastels USA 2015:
Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA
July 2 to Sept. 13, 2015

Fees: Member -3 for $40 and up to 5 for $50
Non-member-3 for $45 and up to 5 for $55
2 categories- Studio and Plein Air

Entries- Jan. 1, 2015 to April 22, 2015 deadline 

For complete prospectus go to onlinejuriedshows.com