ArtNews Jan-Feb 2019
ArtNews Jan-Feb 2019
Celebrate 60 Years
GRAY WING
Clay x 3: Ariane Leiter, Maria Teresa Rode, and The Empathy of Patience:
Catherine Schmid-Maybach Michael F. Rohde Tapestries
Through January 20 January 25 to March 17
Left to right: Ariane Leiter, Flat White Black Top; Maria Teresa Rode, Flying Dragon; and
Catherine Schmid-Maybach, Walking About (detail).
CONCERT
SHAWN MYERS IN CONCERT
Explore the cosmic language of music with Los Osos
native Shawn Myers. Accompanied by Ian McArdle on
keyboard and Anthony Donatelli on the saxophone.
Wednesday, February 20, 2019 at 7 PM. Tickets $20. u
Meet ceramist Ariane Leiter at an Art at High Noon talk and interactive demo on Thursday, January 3 at 12 PM.
Tour Clay x 3, Light From A Dark Room, and Banners on Friday, January 4 from 6 to 9 PM in conjunction with
Art After Dark. Members-only enjoy a preview with SLOMA’s curatorial staff from 5 to 6 PM.
San Luis Obispo Museum of Art • 1010 Broad Street • San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 • 805-543-8562 • www.sloma.org
FIRST GALLERY McMEEN GALLERY
Light From A Dark Room: Marta Peluso Central Coast Printmakers: Banners
Through January 27 Through January 27
Light From A Dark Room
reflects the evolution of
Marta Peluso’s art over
time and includes new
as well as older images
that have been revisited,
reprinted, or combined
with other imagery.
Peluso’s interest lies
primarily in straight, Paul LaRiviere, Scarab (detail), linocut
black-and-white imagery Banners: Prints and Patterns is a collaborative exhibition
with an emphasis on featuring contemporary prints made by members of the
Marta Peluso, The Kiss (detail) environmental portraiture Central Coast Printmakers Group. A series of repeating eight-
and social landscape. Like photographers Garry Winogrand by-eight inch linocuts created six-foot-long banners. u
and Diane Arbus, she believes there is nothing as mysterious
as a fact clearly seen. Insights
Marta Peluso taught photography at Cal Poly and Cuesta and February 1 to March 31
was the Cuesta College Art Gallery Director for 16 years. She
also served as Executive Director of Arts Obispo for 5 years. Insights is a juried exhibition presented
by The Painters Group. Over 70 paintings
Meet Marta and learn about her photographic process at an
were submitted; 20 were ultimately
ARTalk on Sunday, January 13 at 2 PM. u
selected for exhibition.
On the difficult selection process, juror
S. Kay Burnett: Emails From Paris Joanne Beaule Ruggles says, “I elected
February 1 to March 31 to include the widest range of artistic
S. Kay Burnett got approaches possible in this compact
the opportunity to gallery space, while at the same time
work and live in Paris limiting the number of pieces juried into
for six months during the show so that viewers could really see
1996. Email was a those works to their best advantage. In
Flo Bartell, Metaphor selecting art, I looked for that rare and
fairly new means for
communicating and magical combination of technical skill, an original idea, and an
she used it to send a authentic voice in expressing that idea.” u
S. Kay Burnett, Bastille Day Fireworks series of newsletters
she entitled “Emails NYBAK WING
From Paris.” When she began pursuing art and storytelling
full-time, Burnett decided to draw on her time in Paris to tell a AWAKEN is a partnership
visual story as well as a written one: a story about two times between SLOMA and the
in her life, first as a writer, and now as an artist. County Office of Education
celebrating art and community
Burnett hopes the encaustic paintings and sculptures will Nature: What does it expressed through the artistic
evoke nostaglic memories for viewers and encourage them to
find their own joie de vivre. u
mean to middle school creations of our county’s
students? students. In February, middle
Meet the Artists on Friday, school students will exhibit
POP-UP GALLERY February 1, 6–9 PM their artwork in SLOMA’s Nybak
Thanks to the generosity Closing reception, Wing.The final AWAKEN
of Copeland Properties, February 17, 3–5 PM exhibition will feature elementary
the Museum of Art school students in May.
continues to have its “SLOMA thanks the teachers, the media, art patrons and
POP-UP Gallery at 959 Higuera in San Luis Obispo through businesses who help make this possible.” says Karen Kile,
January, and maybe longer—depending on its availability. executive director. “AWAKEN sparks the creative spirit in a
“Copelands has donated this wonderful space since July self-selected group of school students, changing their lives
2017, giving SLOMA an additional opportunity to showcase for the better, giving them a voice, perhaps instilling more
paintings, sculpture, photography, original prints, and fine self confidence, feelings of citizenship, and in other ways
craft by many more local artists thanks to Phantom Projects we may never know,” she added. u
by the Sculptors Group,” said Karen Kile, executive director.
During January all purchases from the POP-UP Gallery will
benefit the artists and SLOMA’s Building Fund. u
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ADULT CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS
Workshops led by professional teaching artists. Sign up online at sloma.org/education or call (805) 543-8562.
Atmospheric Watercolors
with Frank Eber
November 8—10, 9 AM–4 PM
Registration $350 members, $385 general.
Bring your painting skills to a higher level. Learn how to paint luminous watercolors by
manipulating tonal values, color, and edge. In this class, Frank will share advanced painting
techniques to create atmosphere, balance, and unity in your work. Topics will include
design and composition, color and lighting, positives and negatives, simplification of shape,
and atmospheric effects. The techniques you will learn in Frank’s workshop transcend the
watercolor medium. Separate yourself from the watercolor crowd and experience firsthand why
his courses are so popular!
This workshop will sell out so sign up early! u
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YOUTH ART EDUCATION
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS WELCOMES NEW MEMBERS
SLOMA recently added six new members to its 2018–2019 Board of Directors, announced David Coburn, Board President.
Elected to two-year terms are Thomas Butler, Superintendent of the Atascadero Unifed School District; Brittany Darrow, Wine
Club Manager at Chamisal Vineyards; Lindsey Harn, Realtor with Richardson Properties; Wyatt Lemons, Small Business
Consultant with Bank of America; Ben Taylor, Orchard Manager & Viticulturist with Talley Farms; and Steve Travers, retired
banker. Continuing board members are David Coburn, President, and retired marketing executive; Roger Carmody, CPA with
Carmody, Meach & Choo, LLP; Chuck Crotser, 1st VP and registered architect; Betsy Kiser, Treasurer and retired Head of San
Luis Obispo City Parks & Rec Department; Robin Letters, Principal at Opinion Studies; Bob Mourenza, 2nd VP and artist; and
Theresa Perry, artist. The Board of Directors meets monthly at SLOMA on the fourth Tuesday, beginning at 5:30 PM. u