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MAY 2015 • Newslettter of the Allied Arts Association
Artists of Cambria
Cambria Center for the Arts
1350 Main St., Cambria, CA 93428
805-927-8190
artistsofcambria.com
The Allied Arts Association is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the developement of the arts in Cambria Community.
IN THIS ISSUE
Petals & Palettes
May 7th - May 31st
Take in day May 5th
from 10 to 12
Reception Fri. May 8th
Page One
President’s Message
Page Two
CCAT Theatre Spotlight
Page Three
ART Talk
May 17, 2015
Page Three
CCA
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Page Three
Special Announcements
Page Four
GALLERY HOURS
Wednesdays thru Fridays
1 to 4:00pm
Saturdays & Sundays
11am to 4:00pm
NOTES FROM THE GALLERY
Cultural Heritage, our spring juried show, will come to a close on Sunday,
May 3rd. Prize winners for the show are Jeanette Wolff, 1st Place, Annie
Lawrence, 2nd Place, Loretta Novak, 3rd Place, Robert Lahr, 4th Place,
and Linda Huggins, Tom Gould and John Shankle, Honorable Mentions. If
you haven’t seen the show yet, don’t miss it. Visitors to the Gallery have
made very favorable comments about the work displayed.
Everything’s
coming up
Roses for you
and for me!
Petals and Palettes
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This show is a collaborative effort between Cambria Center for the Arts
and the Cambria Garden Club in which floral arrangements are paired with
pieces of art. Tuesday, May 5th is Exchange day, where work is picked
up and new art submitted. The reception for this event is Friday, May 8th
As always, admission is free, and refreshments, music and a wine bar are
provided.
There will be a juror for the arrangements, Kevin Ray, who is the manager
and florist of the Cambria Nursery and Florist floral shop where each
arrangement is custom made. Kevin has been instrumental in creating
the exciting Christmas display at the Cambria Nursery using re-purposed
materials in his creative designs. He has also worked with the Cambria
Scarecrow Committee on their successful events.
Kevin began his floral career in 1982 at which time he opened his own
flower shop in North Hollywood catering to the television and motion picture
industry. Some of his projects include Murder She Wrote, Fantasy Island,
3 Men and a Little Lady and being the florist for the 1984 Olympics. Kevin
also worked 20 years in home decor and design field, specifically for Pacific
Coast Home and Garden in San Luis Obispo where he created their”
Lifestyle Barn” and “Christmas in the barn” for 4 years.
We are very thankful to Art Van Rhyn for constructing and painting ten new
pedestals for the Gallery. What would we do without dedicated volunteers
like this? We appreciate all of you who volunteer some of your time to
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make the Gallery a success.
Jack Della-Bitta has added some more new spotlights to the Gallery lighting system. They really help to illuminate
our art much better. We hope to continually be improving the lighting as time and budget permits.
We have continued holding the Gallery open on Wednesdays even though we really don’t have enough
volunteers to fill all the spots. If you can help in this capacity, we would really appreciate it. We train you, and
there are detailed instructions on site. We need more people to step forward if we are to continue to be open on
Wednesday. This past Wednesday we were visited by several people on a field trip from Trilogy. Some were
Holly McCain, Gallery Director, Jack Della-Bitta, Co-Gallery Director
artists who asked about our shows and membership.
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
Spring Cleaning. . .I just want to spend a little time covering some CCA business with all of you. We are in the
midst of an excellent year with regards to the Gallery shows, the Theatre productions, and the Art Talk series.
Also, the new concerts series--Cabaresque and Shoemake’s Jazz Series--have been wildly successful. But looking ahead, there are some dark clouds looming, not the kind that bring beloved rain, instead the kind that could
slow things down at the CCA if certain situations are not adequately addressed and resolved.
First and formost, , we need to find four members from our membership ranks that would be willing to join the
Board of Directors. To start 2016, we will need a new Secretary, Treasurer, Gallery Director, and Membership
Director. It is not too soon to begin a search for nominees. If you or someone you know would be interested,
please log into the CCA website and contact any board member. Training for these positions will be available. As
strong as our activities are throughout the year, CCA needs to have an equally strong Board of Directors to run
and represent the organizatioin.
Second, the arrangement CCA made with the CUSD regarding the subsidy of the electronic sign will end this
November. This means CCA will incur a $500 per month rental fee. Even though this is seen by some as a very
generous rental agreement enjoyed by CCA, it still translates to a new $6,000 line item added to the Administration’s Expense budget from now on. Fortunately, if our revenue stream holds up, we should be able to manage
this.
However, revenue expectations can be fragile at best. As in retail sales, the three primary sources of our revenue are subjuct to the whims of the purchasing public. Membership dues still remain our strongest and most
reliable revenue stream. Theatre ticket and artwork sales tend to vary--while long term projections are more reliable, short term actuals can have an immediate adverse impact on our cash flow. And fundraisers are generally
reliable, but require a signficant amount of dedicated volunteering to pull them off. And until recently, the three
annual fundraisers worked well to maintain our budget needs. However, due to the lack of volunteers to lead our
year-end event, we have lost the Home Tour, a major revenue source.
Finally, publicity remains our Achilles’ heel. The job itself is not excessively complicated, just extensive and demanding. But it is one of the most important functions of an organization such as ours. Without it, we would not
have audience or customers, let alone a viable revenue stream beyond membership dues. We have attempted
several strategies to accommodate the publicity needs of the Gallery and our fund raisers, but the burden continuously falls on the few who run the Gallery operations. One will notice the professional look and feel of the
publicity output of CCA, but it comes at great expense of volunteer time and talent.
So, as mentioned in previous editions of this newsletter, rounding up more volunteers from the membership is
the singular solution to averting those dark clouds in our weather forecast. The CCA is currently enjoying a strong
upward surge in our public relations and reputation. Let’s maintain this momentum and enjoy bright sunny days
ahead.
Randy Schwalbe, President
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THEATRE SPOTLIGHT
Watch for e blasts and flyers for “DO YOU DREAM IN COLOR”, two weekends, May 16 & 17th and May 23 & 24th, all performances at 3:00pm. This
award winning documentary film was presented at the SLO International Film
Festival earlier this year. This film will feature our very own Sarah Wright,
who might possibly be here the second weekend. Do You Dream In Color is
open to the public, admission free, donations to the independent film makers
requested.
CCAT continues to bring a variety of entertainment for your pleasure. Please
support the Theatre.
CURTAINS UP! Nancy Green
ART TALK
Our next “Art Talk” will be held on Sunday, May 17 at 2:00 pm in the
conference room at CCA. Vietnam Veteran, Bob Benson, will explain
how a trip to Pohnpei, a small island in Micronesia, led to his creation
of jewelry, bowls and much collected buttons that became his full time
occupation. In 1982 Benson put in a running water system in a small
remote village on Pohnpei. In appreciation, the village chief gave him a
sack of nuts from the native Vegetable Ivory Nut Palms that grew there,
telling Benson that, “This is the only place in the world that these trees
grow”.
Artifacts carved from
Vegetable Ivory Nut Palm Tree
by Bob Benson
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May will be a busy month. Charlie Shoemake’s Famous Jazz Series will preform on May 10th and May 31st. The May 31st concert will be the fund-raiser
for Charlie’s Central Coast Jazz Institute, the Top Young Jazz talent on the
Central Coast! This is important work that Charlie does to keep America’s Signature Jazz Music alive!
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We have one weekend left to see the well received thriller “DEATHTRAP”.
Performances are Friday and Saturday at 7:30 pm and Saturday and Sunday
at 3:00 pm. Note that extra matinee on Saturday, new for Deathtrap only.
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Board of Directors
President, Randy Schwalbe
theswallowsnest@charter.net
Vice President, Randall Lyon
lyonlaw1@gmail.com
Treasurer, Judy Schuster
judyarts@earthlink.net
Secretary, Patricia Griffin
pgriffin@griffincommunications.com
Gallery Director, Holly McCain &
Jack Della Bitta
holly@supersleeper.com
dellabitta@charter.net
Theatre Director, Nancy Green
nancy.theatre.cca@gmail. com
Past President, Steve Kellogg
sjk312@charter.net
Member Services, Annie Lawrence
annieink@sbcglobal.net
Member at Large: Jeanette Wolff
jeanettewolff@sbcglobal.net
Member at Large: Patrice Wyse
805-927-5732
Member at Large: Carolyn Pye
catapye@sbcglobal.net
Appointed Chairpersons
Art Talks, Carolyn Pye
catapye@sbcglobal.net
927 Show, Tish Rogers & Crew
CCA Fundraiser, Nancy Green &
Crew
Scholarship, Randall Lyon
Webmaster, Steve Kellogg
Newsletter Ed, Annie Lawrence
annieink@sbcglobal.net
Art & Wine Festival, Steve Kellogg
sjk312@charter.net
Education, Steve Kellogg
sjk312@charter.net
There are about 12 species of Vegetable Ivory Palms in the world but these on Pohnpei have the largest seed of all. Benson brought them back to our Central Coast and started to experiment carving them.
First he make little bowls, then jewelry beads, and tiger-eye, etc. His work was discovered by the National Button Society where his buttons have become highly prized collectors items. Benson shows his
work at many venues in the USA. In 2013 the National Button Society asked him to give a presentatin at
their annual conference, part of which he will present to us in Cambria. All are welcome to this fasinating
talk. For more informaiton call. 927-3291.
Carolyn Pye, Program Director
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
927 SHOW ALERT! July is coming fast and so is the 28th Annual 927 Show. Time to start
getting those wacky ideas for our yearly non-traditional art show. The date is July 17th take in and show
July 18 and July 19th. Anything goes but make sure it can stand on its’ own or is properly wired. I could
use some help in many areas, take in, set up, making food and clean up, to name a few. We will have
our first fun meeting Tuesday, May 12th at 1:00 pm in the Mauve Room. Help us make a successful
show and help our youth of Cambria. Please e mail or call me if you can make the meeting.
jpr1@charter.net or call 924-0223 Thanks, Tish Rogers
Life Drawing - Allied Arts Life Drawing Workshops, are the first & third Mondays 9 to 12 noon, of each
month in the mauve room. Contact Rosemary Pisciotta 927-8582 for further information.
Oil & Acrylic, Mondays 9-12, Watercolor Painting Tuesdays 9-12 No instructor. Continues through
the end of June. Starts up again in July, watch for date in June newsletter. Cost $45-50 for room rental.
Meets in CCA Room #12 behind the main building. Anyone who would like to have time to paint with
others (very inspiring) in a nice classroom is welcome. Contact: Nancy Warrick, 927-0756 for further
information.
New Small Painting Workshops are being held on irregular Saturday dates 10 to 4pm in the Mauve
room at CCA. Sally Seago <sallyseago@att.net>is teaching Oils and Susan Jenkins <susanjenkinsart@msn.com> is teaching Oils & Acrylics. Please e mail these instructers for info.
VISIT OUR WEBSITE OFTEN FOR THE MOST UP TO DATE INFORMATION.
www.cambriacenterforthearts.org
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