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All meetings are held the second Thursday of the month, at 7 pm from September through May, at the Bernardo Heights Community Center, 16150 Bernardo Heights Parkway; entrance on Avenida Venusto, Rancho Bernardo
92128. Click on the artist's name to read about them

Special Lunch date for New NCSFA Members

Wednesday September 15, 12 pm lunch
for Officers & New Members
click here for inquiries

Thursday, September 9th
Meeting 7 pm

Elaine Harvey - watercolor collage

At 6:30 pm we will have a social gathering across the hall to get caught up on what everyone has done over the summer. This will be followed by our General Meeting and guest demo Artist at 7pm.

Artists exhibiting for the group show will pick up their work (now on view at the Poway Library) at the Bernardo Heights Community Center before the September General meeting.

Embossed shell Art


Elaine Harvey works in transparent watercolor, acrylic, and mixed media in a style which combines realistic and abstract elements. Using traditional and experimental approaches and the innate properties of her chosen medium, she creates innovative paintings and collages. Her more than 70 awards in major shows include those of the American Watercolor Society, Rocky Mountain
Watermedia Society, San Diego Watercolor Society’s International, and Watercolor West. Her paintings and observations on painting have appeared repeatedly in and on the cover of The Artist’s Magazine and in a number of books and articles by her fellow artists and arts writers. Jury assignments have included National Watercolor Society and many civic and art society competitions throughout the United States. Elaine is an honor graduate of San Diego State University, and has studied with a number of noted painters. She has been elected to membership in Allied Artists of America, Artist’s Guild of San Diego Museum of Art, and holds signature membership in the National Watercolor Society, Rocky Mountain Watermedia Society, San Diego Watercolor Society, Western Federation of Watercolor Societies and Watercolor West. She lives in El Cajon California and teaches classes for the Athenaeum and for the University of California San Diego Extension, both in La Jolla, as well as for art organizations everywhere. Her paintings appear in public and private collections throughout the United States.
“The sights around me and the images and thoughts in my head guide my hand as I apply the paint, and the flowing paint evokes new images, relationships, and truths which become a part of the art. Each painting is a combination of past experience and present discovery.“

September 9, 2010 Social Gathering 6:30 pm
Elaine Harvey - watercolor collage
October 14th Helen Garcia Schaeffer - critique
November 11th Karen Howard - pastel
December No Formal Meeting: Luncheon 12 noon--
Cafe Merlot
at the RB Winery--click here for photos of last year's event.
January 13th Clairelise - mixedmedia
February 10th Member Critique
March 10th Amber George - monoprint
April 14th Paul Strahm - oil
May Potluck Dinner 6:00 pm Scholarship Award Winners
June* 2010 (No Formal Meeting) Alternative gatherings are planned and announced via email to members.
July* 2010
August* 2010

*Meet for paint outs during the summer...click here for dates

We meet informally for paint outs and informal critiques in December, June, July, August.
Art demonstrations are in September, November, January, March and April.
*Critiques of member artwork by a qualified teacher/artist are in October, November and February. Please bring one or two paintings you wish to have critiqued by the artist..

In May we hold a potluck dinner and meet our scholarship award winners and install new officers.

Archives

Amber George's encaustic: "Bits and Pieces"

Pastel by Judy Nachazel Heritage Nights SDMA by Chuck Mcpherson Ken Joudrey Poster Illustration "Past in Present" by Rivian Butikofer Artwork by Ken Goldman Painting by Michael Steirnagle
April 2010
Amber George
March 2010
Judy Nachazel
Feb 2010
Chuck McPherson
Jan 10 Demo
Ken Joudrey

Nov 2009 Demo
Rivian Bütikofer
Oct 2009 Demo
Ken Goldman
Sept 2009 Demo
Michael Steirnagle

April 2009 Demo
March 2009 Demo
Feb 2009 Critique
Jan 2009 Demo
Nov 2008 Critique
Sept 2008 Demo
April 2008 Demo

Christopher Polentz Embossed shell Art Lyn Feudner's Fused Glass Jewelry Shant Beudekian in Balboa Park

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