May Demonstrator

Perrietta Hester will be the May demonstrator at the Calavera Hills Community Center on May 11 at 1:30 pm. Perrietta will demonstrate an oil portrait sketch and lay out a step by step approach to portraiture. She will share her key observaations of the face for achieving a likeness.
Hester, a co-founder of the San Diego Portrait Society in 1995 has been painting commissioned portraits of San Dieagans for the past thirty years.
For Commumity Center location, click on "COAL Gallery" below for a map.

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April Show winners

Best of Show------Alison Christler

Oil/Acrylic-------Karen Hart
Watewrcolor-------Lynn Crealock
Pastel------------Carole Kramb
Mixed Media-------Ursula Schroter
Photography-------Walter Lilly
Digital Art-------A F Winter
Sculpter----------Lynn Forbes
Graphics----------Sibylla Voll

High School Art Show

The high school art show features work in all fine arts media from six high schools; Carlsbad, El Camino, Oceanside, Rancho Buena Vista, Vista and Army and Navy Academy. It is sponsored by the Carlsbad-Oceanside Art League who awards $1000.00 in awards. The work in this exhibit is wonderfully imaginative and creative, well executed and strong in content.
Robert Bedford "Track I" from Vista won Best Of Show for his sculpture using plaster and found objects. Soo Kim, from Carlsbad was awarded the Fox Watercolor award. One of the show stoppers is the 6 x 8 piece done by 154 El Camino students of John Sargent's Oyster Gathers of Cancale.
Besides giving students encouragement and confidence and the opportunity to show and get recognition for their talents, this show is especially important in a time when art programs are being cut from the schools. It is a chance for the community to see what these students are achieving in their art classes and that art is an important part of education. Many of these students may go on to have an art related career and others will find art to be an important outlet.

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Virginia Ribbel---Artist of the Month

The Featurd Artist for the month of April 2007 at the COAL GALLERY will be Virginia Ribbel of Oceanside. Virginia calls this show "Monday Models" because most of the paintings were derived from the Monday figure group at the COAL Gallery. Virginia is a native of San Diego and majored in art at SDSU.

The show may be viewed from Tuesday April 3rd 2007 thru May 6th 2007 at the COAL Gallery located at 300 Carlsbad Village Drive (Suite 101) in Carlsbad - hours are from 10AM until 4PM Tuesday thru Saturday - Sundays 11AM until 5PM. Closed Mondays. The public is invited and admission is free.

57th Membership Awards

Best of Show------ Alison Christler

First Place Awards
Oil & Acrylic-------B.J. Norton
Water Media---------Alison Christler
Show Directors Award-------
--------------------Francis Ann Noble
Mixed Media---------Diane Adams
Pastel--------------Nancy Kupel
Digital Images------Howard Ganz
Photography---------Gloria Hada
Graphics------------Cathlene Hofheimer
Sculpture-----------Elaine Seeley
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