To view this email as a web page click here August 2018 Volume 66, Issue 8 In This Issue President's Message bill geisinger 4 X 3 Contemporary Ceramics and Glass. ACGA's clay and glass festival in Palo Alto July 14th and 15th was Member News. a wonderful exhibition of our Stuart Gair work and the people who support us. Our festival was well Exhibition Opportunity 2019 attended both days and for the Glass Exhibition Opportunity. first time in recent years the weather was also beautiful. EXHIBITIONS OPPORTUNITIES and Our festival committee Miki, Lee, CLASSIFIEDS Jo, Joe, Jan, Sally and April really did an extraordinary job of keeping everything on track. Chris, Annie, Myra and the whole Giant CALENDAR Creative team made sure our efforts at presenting our work was the only thing we had to think about. Kathy was able to help us share our August 8: Next Board stories in the media. Suzanne's coordination with the Art Center staff Meeting - helped us access all of their facilities. Plus the volunteer jobs You did Presidio Branch Library - 3150 helped us all contribute to the overall success of our 26th summer Sacramento St., SF 7pm festival in Palo Alto. Congratulations ACGA. It does take a village to 2nd Wed, make the festival successful. ALL WELCOME There was no meeting in ACGA in need: July (because of ACGA- We are looking for new board members, board officers, and a PACG) social media chair. Contact me to nominate someone or to volunteer. <[email protected]> Sept.7-29: Contemporary Ceramics and Glass, Ashwini Bhat travel and internet-access has made it so Ashwini BURBANK (ACGA SoCal) cannot continue in social media and as a board member. This job is what you make it. We need help and ideas from you to keep ACGA current and on the minds of our collectors. Maybe two or three could share this position. Siobhan Riley Hughes has stepped down from her board service 2018 Board of Directors and as VP. Now is the perfect time to help ACGA and get to know our Bonita Cohn. Cheryl Costantini, members. Natasha Dikareva, Julia Feld, Bill Geisinger, Vivian Hart, bill geisinger is stepping down as president. Now is your opportunity Sally Jackson. Scott Jennings, Jo Killen, Lee Middleman, to volunteer some of your time and make ACGA what it should and Kathy Pallie, Miki Rutter, can be. Jan Schachter, Barbara Sebastian Kent Tool, and April Zilber 1 of 22 2018 ACGA Officers President : Bill Geisinger Festival Exhibitor Feedback Form Vice-president: TBA Secretary: Kathy Pallie Treasurer: April Zilber Festival Exhibitor Feedback Form has been emailed to all artists who participated in this year's show. This year, we would like to extend the COMMITTEE CHAIRS invitation to everyone who attended the festival as well. Some of the questions may not apply to non exhibitors. Just indicate (n/a) in those Exhibitions - Jan Schachter Historian - Cuong Ta areas. Use the attached form, print, fill in the blanks and give us your Int'l Ambassador - Barbara Brown candid feedback. You can snail mail or email to: Miki Shim Rutter 107 Jurying - Julia Feld Mendocino Way, Redwood City, Ca 94065 or Membership - Emil Yanos [email protected] Newsletter - Bonita Cohn Your feedback is valuable information that help us to continue to improve your festival experience. Membership Changes Please send all address ACGA Corporate Sponsors changes to the new membership chair: Please Support Our Sponsors Emil Yanos [email protected] Gold Ruby's Clay Studio & New Members Gallery Higher Fire, Inc. Clay Planet 415/558-9819 408/295-5765 Pat Reynolds - glass (408) 295-3352 552A Noe St. 499 S. Market St. 6480 Meadowridge Dr. 1775 Russell Ave. San Francisco 94114 San Jose CA 95113 Santa Rosa CA 95409 Santa Clara, CA 408.295.5765 Studio : 6480 Meadowridge Dr. 95054 Platinum Santa Rosa CA 95409 Laguna Clay (707) 639-6632 Clay People Abrams Claghorn www.lagunaclay.com PatReynoldsGlass.com Richmond, CA 94804 Gallery 888 236-1492 1251 Solano Ave. The Potters' Studio Albany, CA 94706 510/528-328 Minutes East Bay Clay (510) 526-9558 61221 8th St ACGA Board Meeting 200 South First Street Berkeley CA 94710 Richmond, CA 94804 Aftosa 510/233-0334 510 233-1800 1776 Wright Ave. Sonoma Community There was no meeting in July Richmond, CA 94804 Center Potters for Peace 276 E Napa St because of the Palo Alto 92 Benjamin Way Chinese Clay Art Corp. Sonoma CA 95476 Festival. Turlock,CA 95380 408/343-3919 Contact: Don Hall 1518 S.De Anza Blvd. The next board meeting will be San Jose, CA 95129 August 8th at 7:00 pm Presidio Branch Library - 3150 Sacramento St. San Francisco. ALL WELCOME CERF+ FINANCIAL REPORT - ACGA CLAY & GLASS FESTIVAL 2018 What a great opportunity for CERF+ to have so much support from ACGA members and our customers. We made $1648 for CERF+ and helped spread the word about its good work. A number of customers told me that they come to the booth each year to support the good work of CERF+. In addition to the 49 festival artists who donated one or more pieces, we had donations of work from a number of collectors as well as many pieces that had been donated to CGAF and given to us to support CERF+ after CGAF retired. 2 of 22 Many thanks to the artists who made those donations and also many, many thanks to the artists who assisted us in the booth - setting up, soliciting work, staffing & taking down. It was a terrific team effort that gave us one of the best fundraising results ever. Leslie Ceramic Supply gave me two $25 gift certificates to give member donors as a reward for their great support of CERF+. We created a blind raffle - put all participants names in a hat. And the winners are Jacqueline Thompson and Gerald Arrington. Congrats and many thanks to Leslie Ceramic Supply in Richmond http://www.leslieceramicandcraftssupply.com Jan Schachter & James Aarons - CERF+ booth coordinators 4 X 3 Contemporary Ceramics and Glass Betsy Lueke Creative Arts Center Gallery - Burbank Reception: Friday, September 7, 7 - 9PM The Association of Clay and Glass Artists of California is pleased to present the original artwork of Southern California members Caroline Blackburn, Pierre Bounaud, Karen Bouse, Harrie Glass, Takizawa Kazuki, Alone Larsen, and Cheryl Tall. This exhibition features a diverse selection of techniques and approaches to handmade ceramics and glass in the creation of outstanding functional and sculptural work. Betsy Lueke Creative Arts Center Gallery 1100 West Clark Avenue, Burbank, CA 91506 (Near the intersection of Olive Avenue and Victory Blvd.) Phone: 818-238-5397 Gallery Hours: Monday - Thursday 9AM - 9PM Friday 9AM - 7PM, Saturday 9AM - 1PM Gallery is closed on Sunday. 3 of 22 Member News Mary White has a collaborative public art project with Vickie Jo Sowell in Mountain View: Birthplace of the Silicon Valley Monument. There will be a program and reception on August 15th, 3-5pm at 391 San Antonio Road, Mountain View, CA 94040. Please consider registering with Eventbrite. The event is free, parking is free, but space may be limited. There will also be a lecture at the Computer History Museum, (located at 1401 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View, CA 94043), titled Tomorrow's Computers: More Moore? with Intel Senior Fellow Mark Bohr and DARPA's Microsystems Technology Officer William Chappell. The entire program runs 6-8:30pm and you can register by clicking here. https://connect.computerhistory.org/pages/events /2018-08-tomorrows-computers "All That Glitters Is Not Gold," by Linda S Fitz Gibbon, was selected by juror Roberto Lugo for the "Plates, Platters, and Nothing Else Matters" exhibition at the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts & Sciences, NJ. It will run from July 27 through August 12 with lecture, reception, and awards on Sunday, July 29. "Land of Milk & Honey" will be exhibited in Visions in Clay 2018 at the San Joaquin Delta College LH Horton Jr Gallery, Sept 4 - 21. Juror Beth Ann Gerstein is Executive Director of the American Museum of Ceramic Art (AMOCA). The reception will be Sept. 6 from 5 - 7 pm. Eileen Goldenberg's work will be featured in MAKE ROOM!!! at the American Craft Council Show, THIS WEEKEND! Aug. 3,4,5 Festival Pavilion, Fort Mason Center, Booth 503. "I have a few free passes for the show, if you would like one send me your name and email. I will put them in will call at the ticket desk...these will go fast..." She will show her Brand NEW Large Plates and Salad bowls. Her larger Watercolor Bowls, Brush Holders, and Fearless Felt Journals are now on ETSY! Lee Middleman (l) showed at the the Filoli Art Faire in Woodside in July, in FILOLI GARDENS' first art fair. Beautiful gardens and plenty of parking, he had a full booth of decorative and functional art there. April Zilber is also at Filioli in an exhibit up until the end of August. Colors of California at Filoli includes work by 4 California glass artists - three are also ACGA members: Scott Graham and Cristy Aloysi of Viscosity Glass are the other two. April's work can be found at these locations in the Gardens: Color in The High Place - at the far end of the Yew Allee. New work in opaque glass. Glass Bell Plates (r)- at the near end of the Yew Allee, near the Rose Garden. "The musical instrument I've been working on since Fall 2017." Windows on the Woods - in the Woodland Garden, near the Pool Pavilion and the music stage where they hold the concert series.