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SCA NEWS

In This Issue

Members’ News

Associates’ News

President’s Report

46th Open Juried

Exhibition

Contacts

News from our Elected Members ….

www.societyofcanadianartists.com Fall 2014

David Bircher is pleased to an-nounce the completion of his first art book project. Portrait de Qué-bec: Une monographie pho-tographique 1965 – 1980 is in a 13 x13 inch format and contains forty-two (42) images produced in nearly original sizes. These im-ages were captured in and around Quebec City. The text is French/English except for image titles which are in French only.

All printing was done in Quebec City, giving David the ability to personally oversee the important proofing step necessary to the feel and quality of a photographic monograph.

The image appearing on the book’s jacket, shown above, is entitled “Famille sur les plaines”

Gerald St. Maur's

piece Canopy 6 is fea-

tured in Marking the

Valley, an exhibition

during September, in

Edmonton, and Octo-

ber in Calgary. The

exhibition is sponsored

by the Visual Arts As-

sociation of Alberta

and the River Valley

Alliance.

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Members’ News, continued …..

George P. Forgie SCA is inviting all members to

his solo show on October 26th at Cultural Expres-

sions Art Gallery, Pickering Village, Ajax, Ontario.

Show continues until November 8th.

www.culturalexpressions.ca

www.georgeforgie.com

Charles Choi SCA, is happy to announce that his

painting Victory 160x160cm, oil on canvas, has

been selected in the 12th National Art Exhibition in

China. Exhibition was in Liaoning, China for the

month of August, 2014.

“Shelley Beach SCA is happy to announce that

her “ Forces Within” Acrylic painting won The Rose

Baker Award—Best Watermedia at the 56th Annu-

al Juried Exhibition of East Central Ontario Art As-

soc., Art Gallery of Bancroft Aug. 2014

Likewise, her watercolour painting, "On a Clear

Day I Can See Forever" won Best Watercolour at

the 32nd Annual Juried Exhibition of the Art Gal-

lery of Bancroft 2014. Shelley Beach is featured in

the publication, Artists of Haliburton, launched in

July 2014.

Uli Osterman SCA has three large paintings

acccepted for the LINUS Galleries' juried online

group show "Vulnerability vs Strength" in Pasa-

dena, California. The winners are awaiting the deci-

sion for a future live group show in the LINUS Gal-

lery in Los Angeles for 2015.

'A Midsummer Night's Dream", (4'x5' painting) was

also accepted for the ”12th international open juried

group exhibition Painting on The Edge 2014 ,

Aug 14th - Sept 7th, FCA Gallery, Vancouver.

Uli is now represented by the Ballantyne Gal-

lery in Kelowna, BC and will have her next Solo

show at The Old School House Art Center,

Qualicum Beach on Vancouver Island, Oct 5th -

24th, 2015

Victory by Charle Choi

“Forces Within” by Shelley Beach (above) and “On a clear day I can

see forever” (Below)

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Members’ News, continued …..

George Langbroek SCA is pleased to receive first

prize for his Mixed Media work called “Always on my

Mind” at the Carmel Centre’s Fine Art and Music

Festival at Niagara Falls, September 12th 2014.

Kathy Hildebrandt, ASA, SCA, PAC, MPAC,

AFCA, PSA had one of her paintings selected from

over 1200 submissions, for inclusion in the upcoming

book Acrylic Works 2: Radical Breakthroughs. Cap-

tured Memories II, acrylic, 20x20 will be featured

in the book to be published by North Light books in

February 2015.

Her work was also selected for the upcoming Strokes

of Genius 7: Depth, Dimension and Space. Slap

Shot, pastel, 26x20 will be included in the book that

will be published in the fall of 2015.

“Always on my Mind” by George Langbroek SCA

“Captured Memories” by Kathy Hildebrandt

“Slap Shot” by Kathy Hildebrandt

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Members’ News, continued …..

Martha Markowsky SCA will be at Reves d'Au-

tomne, Baie Saint Paul, QC. Oct, 2, 3, 4, and 5 and

at the Ottawa Art Expo, October 25 and 26.

She will also be with Elaine Archambault for a 2-

person exhibition at La Ville est Belle, L'Entrepot,

Guy Dicarie Cultural Centre Lachine, QC. Nov. 15

to Dec. 15. Below is an oil painting of La Malbaie,

Charlevoix, which will be in the Reves d'Automne

event.

Lorraine P. Dietrich, IAF, NEWS, SCA had a

solo show at La Galerie Symbole Art at 2770 Rue

Salaberry, Montréal, QC, H3M 1L3

Her solo show is based on the theme

ROMANCE EN PÉTALES, with over 30 paintings

on display. Show was from October 1-18, 2014.

Below her painting “ROMANCE EN PÉTALES

Kathy Dolan, SCA, MPAC, PAC has been having

a very exciting year. Her first solo show ‘Life’s A

Birch’ was held for the month of August at Artists

On Elgin in Sudbury, Ontario. Kathy received

‘Master’ signature status this year with Pastel Art-

ists Canada. She was very thrilled to have been se-

lected along with 58 other artists from 11 different

countries in the 1st International Open juried exhi-

bition of the Pencil Art Society. The show was held

in Repentigny, Quebec from August 23rd to Sep-

tember 21, 2014.

Kathy’s piece ‘Top Of The Mornin’ To You’ was ac-

cepted into the 58th Annual N.O.A.A. Exhibition,

and also received an award. This show will be trav-

elling throughout various cities and towns in North-

ern Ontario for the next year. Kathy will be teach-

ing techniques in drawing and also in pastels at the

Little Current Library in October, 2014. These

classes, three hours each will cover different tech-

niques in graphite, carbon and pastels. She will al-

so be instructing a weekly class where she winters

in Sarasota Florida at the SunNFun RV re-

sort. Those classes will be focusing on graphite, col-

oured pencils and pastel techniques with lessons in

colour and design.

“ La Malbaie, Charlevoix” by Martha Markowsky

“Top of the Mornin” by Kathy Dolan

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Members’ News, continued …..

Peter Marsh’s, SCA watercolour painting ‘Naked

Call’ has been adjudicated into this year’s National

Watercolour show ‘Open Water’, presented by The

Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour and

exhibited at The John B. Aird Gallery from Oct. 28

to Nov. 23, 2014. Opening night is on October 30th

from 6-8 pm. For those who love watercolours this is

always a spectacular show exhibiting international

works and watercolour painters from across Cana-

da.

Deb Chaney SCA has a lot of announcements to

share. This October 2014 in Taiwan, Deb will be

exhibiting at the Taiwan International Design Ex-

hibit, she will be exhibiting with the group WE ARE

EAST VAN (WEAV) with Rob Turrif, Mario Sa-

bljak, Mark Henderson, Jussi Leppanen and Dieter

Shlater. www.weareeastvan.com &http://

www.designersweek.tw.

Likewise, this October; Deb Chaney as Artist in

Residence in Toffia, Italy with 33 Officina Creativa

(330C). Deb will painting and staying for a month

with three other internationally selected artists.

Open studios and final exhibits at the end of Octo-

ber, specific dates/timesfor this group show will be

announced at http://33oc.org/

Next year, April 2015 - CANADA. The Cultch

(Vancouver East Cultural Centre) Group Exhibit

with artists Adrian Walker and Natalie Reynolds.

Deb will be exhibiting new large works in her

“Where Spirituality Meets Physicality Series”.

http://thecultch.com/

Zora Buchanan, SCA and Lucy Simons, SCA

are two of five artists each of whom work in five dif-

ferent mediums, each displaying eight paintings in

a unique exhibition in The Arts & Letters Club of

Toronto, 14 Elm Street, Toronto.

www.artsandlettersclub.ca.

You are invited to view the exhibition and meet the

artists on Sunday November 2, 2014 from 1 to 4

pm"

Twila Robar-DeCoste SCA, would like to invite

you to her solo show called “ Celtic Journeys –

Paintings of Ireland and Scotland”. Watercolours

and acrylics from the artist’s travels in Ireland and

Scotland. Show will be held at Visual Voice Fine

Art, Truro, Nova Scotia. Opening October 4 to No-

vember 8, 2014

Heather Grindley, SCA was a part of the 15th

annual Lakeshore Art Trail , Port Credit area, this

year. The art trail was held Oct.18 & Sun.

Oct.19. 10AM - 5 PM.

The web site for map and information

is: www.lakeshorearttrail.com

“Naked Call” by Peter Marsh

“Accentuate the Negative” by Zora Buchanan

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Members’ News, continued …..

Anna Kutishcheva, SCA will have solo show in

December, The Art Gallery of Burlington, 1333

Lakeshore Rd, Burlington, ON L7S 1A9

The Art Sales & Rental Gallery, 1723 Hollis Street,

Halifax, NS is having a launch party to celebrate

its new name of Teichert Gallery in honour of

founding member Irma MacQuarrie Teichert. This

coincides with The Annual Group Show's Opening

Reception on Thursday, October 2nd from 5 - 7 pm.

Anne Launcelott, SCA will have a photograph,

“Belladonna”, on exhibit at this show which runs

until October 20th. If in town, hope you can make

the grand opening.

Marissa Sweet SCA won the Jeanne-Marie

McAdam Award for Most Innovative for her mixed

media entry “ Ebullient” at the East Central Ontar-

io Juried show last July held at the Art Gallery of

Bancroft, Ontario. Likewise, she is happy to re-

ceive the Best Abstract Derivative for her entry

“Typhoon Haiyan” at the Oshawa Art Association

Juried Show, held last October at The Robert

McLaughlin Gallery.

Ortansa Moraru SCA, is inviting everyone to her

Open Studio on November 8-9 from 10:00 –to

7:00p.m. She will have a variety of artwork from

oils, mixed media, original prints and drawings.

8 Edmonton Road, Toronto, Ontario (416) 492-6727

www.ortansa.com

“Spring-Waters” by Anna Kutshcheva

“Typhoon Haiyan” by Marissa Sweet

Ortansa Moraru

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Associate’s News, continued….

Mary Lynne Atkinson, is very pleased to have

EMBEDDED accepted into the Photography Exhi-

bition at the John B. Aird Gallery. Photo OP, The

6th Annual Juried Photography Exhibition

show, 30 September – 24 October, 2014

Andrea Howson, won an honourable mention in

the Beaux Arts Brampton, 6th Open Juried Wild-

life, Nature & Native Show for my painting called

“They All Say Moo”.

Nicole Westbrook will be participating at

“BEYOND BORDERS: an Exhibition of Fi-

ne Art from Canada”, AGORA GALLERY,

New York, NY, USA October 10th - October

30th, 2014

Likewise The Artist Table's Art of Wom-

en exhibition selected three of my artworks to be

displayed on their online gallery. This was an in-

ternational contest that saw entries from 30 differ-

ent countries and had over 350 entered artworks.

Nicole was at an Art Residency and Exhibition in

India 2014 PECAH (Program of Ex-

change in Culture and Art of Himalayas). In Ma-

nila, Uttarakhand, India ((January-February) and

“Spirit of the Himalayas” February 2014. This un-

forgettable experience has inspired the story and

artwork of two illustrated children's books. Both

adopt traditional Indian art techniques

(Pattachitra and Aipan) and have cultural signifi-

cance (Bhotiya and Raj Tribe) studied and taught

during this residency.

Suzanne Bélair was accepted as a Signature

Member of Artists for Conservation (AFC), the

world’s leading artist group supporting the envi-

ronment . Membership spans nearly 30 countries.

For more information: http://

artistsforconservation.org

“They all say moo” by Andrea Howson

“Elephant Parrots” by Nicole Westbrook (above) and

“Fluttering Wings” by Suzanne Bélair (below)

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Associate’s News, continued….

Susan Geddes is participating at an exhibition this

October 26th at The Chapel Gallery in Annapolis

Royal with Flora Doehler. This exhibition is called

Nurture and Nature.

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Winter Holiday Party / Rencontre

hivernale

Friday, November 28th, 2014 / Vendredi le 28 novembre 2014 THE GREAT HALL, THE ARTS AND LETTERS CLUB / LE GRAND HALL DU «ARTS AND LETTERS CLUB» TORONTO

Cash Bar / Bar payant - 18h00 Dinner/ Souper - 19h00

13th Annual Art Exchange of 3.25” x 3.25” originals / Treizième échange annuel d’œuvres d’art de 3.25” x 3.25” Keep the date open and look for the invitation Réservez cette date, une invitation suivra. For more information Email Ann Harvey at / Pour de plus amples renseignements contactez Ann Harvey à : adria.ann@sympatico.ca

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President’s Report

The New Board is off to a good start to serve the SCA. Since the AGM there have been a

few changes of which many are already aware. I happily announce that Raymond Quenne-

ville, SCA, has filled the Quebec Representative vacancy. Kelly Borgers, SCA, while still

working on Social Media, is now also serving as Secretary, replacing Eva Gerold, Associ-

ate, who has had to resign. I thank Eva for her years of service and for completing the

minutes of the AGM with a broken arm! Andrea Howson, Associate, who has been a won-

derful Publicity Chair, has now joined the Board as a Director and has just designed and

printed a new brochure we can all use to promote the SCA. Social Media Director,

Ortansa Moraru, SCA, and Kelly Borgers, SCA, also promote our endeavors. If you are on

Facebook join SC Artists (Society of Canadian Artists) to keep up to date and to make

postings about your art careers. Ann Kruzelecky, SCA, is both a director and still working

diligently to keep the website up to date as Webmaster.

On a sad note, Atlantic Representative Andrea Pottyondy, SCA, just posted news that one

of our members, John Mlacak, SCA, just passed away at age 78 on September 19th. An-

drea was remembering John’s beautiful landscape in the 2012 SCA Exhibition in Halifax.

John was a renowned artist and Kanata Politician. He and his wife co-founded the Kana-

ta Civic Art Gallery. There is a beautiful biography of John’s life at johnmlacak.com. In

the Ottawa Citizen Obituary I read this except: “He always found time to focus on art. He could

paint all day,” Beth Mlacak said. “Our house is full of his art, so he’s here with us every time we turn

around.”

The SCA has just shined at our Members Exhibition in Toronto and the Open Juried

Show at Salmon Arm. My heart felt thanks to Steve Wilson, SCA, outgoing Director of

Exhibitions, and Karin Richter, SCA, our new Director of Exhibitions, and to all the vol-

unteers that made these shows possible, in particular Tatianna O’Donnell, SCA, in Salm-

on Arm. Our Vice-President, Peter Gough, SCA, who spearheaded the Mary Pratt Crystal

Award, is extra happy that Karin could present the Award to the first recipient in person,

as Cher Pruys, SCA, was able to attend. Congratulations to all the Award recipients.

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President’s Message—Continuation……

The Member’s Show looked spectacular and it made me grateful for our Membership Jury

Process, currently headed by Kathy Hildebrandt, SCA. I couldn’t travel to BC, but I can

tell from the photographs of the show that it too was very impressive. Thank you to all

who submitted work and to those of whose works were selected, for shipping your paint-

ings to make these shows a success. In the Exhibition Report you will read that Karin is

reintroducing an online Exhibition, which the Board is excited about.

Since hearing our Guest Speaker, Andrew Hunter, at our AGM, speak in part about the

then upcoming Alex Colville Exhibition at the AGO, I’ve been excited about seeing the

show and the “connections”, thought provoking pairings of people who influenced or were

influenced by Colville. So when I picked up my painting at the Member’s Exhibition, I

went to the AGO. The Colville Show continues until January 4th. If you are in Toronto it

is well worth a visit. There is another show at the AGM called Art as Therapy, which

asks, “How can art address issues that engage us all? How can art help us to understand

ourselves and to lead richer lives?” Selected works of art from the AGO's diverse collection

were hung in five locations based on themes of universal significance; love, sex, politics,

money and nature. “Art,” according to the curators, “has a powerfully therapeutic effect. It

can variously help to inspire, console, redeem, guide, comfort, expand and reawaken us.”

I mention this show because when I was looking at a Monet, Charing Cross Bridge, Fog,

to understand why it was in the political section, I read, “Monet reminds us of something

we easily forget: love and delight are central to improving the world.” I’m reminded of why

I think the SCA is so important to Canada; we promote and honour excellence in art across

the country, inspire artists, promote young artist with our Antoinette Stevens Society of

Canadian Artists Education Award, and have exhibitions to showcase great art that is

food for the soul and life changing for society.

Thank you to everyone who helps with these goals. Thank you Marissa Sweet, SCA, for

serving as Newsletter Editor. Our Communication Director, Ann Harvey, SCA, is current-

ly organizing our Winter Holiday Party. I hope to see many of you there.

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Rapport de la présidente

Le nouveau conseil d’administration de la SAC a amorcé ses activités du bon pied.

Comme plusieurs le savent déjà, quelques changements ont été apportés depuis

l'assemblée générale annuelle. J'ai le plaisir d’annoncer que Raymond Quenneville,

SAC a accepté le poste vacant de représentant pour le Québec. Kelly Borgers, SAC, tout

en travaillant sur les médias sociaux, occupe désormais le poste de secrétaire, en rem-

placement de Eva Gerold, membre associée, qui a dû démissionner. Je remercie Eva

pour ses années de service et pour avoir complété les procès-verbaux de l'assemblée gé-

nérale annuelle malgré un bras cassé! Andrea Howson, membre associée, qui a été mer-

veilleuse comme responsable de la publicité, a rejoint le conseil en tant que directeur et

vient de concevoir et d’imprimer une nouvelle brochure que nous pouvons tous utiliser

pour promouvoir la SAC. La Directrice des médias sociaux, Ortansa Moraru, SAC ainsi

que Kelly Borgers, SAC font également la promotion de nos efforts. Si vous êtes sur Fa-

cebook vous pouvez désormais joindre SC Artists (Society of Canadian Artists) pour

vous tenir à jour ou pour afficher des informations concernant votre carrière artistique.

Sur une note plus triste, la représentante de l'Atlantique Andrea Pottyondy, SAC vient

de publier que l'un de nos membres, John Mlacak, SAC est décédé le 19 septembre der-

nier à l’âge de 78 ans. Andrea se rappelait le magnifique paysage présenté par John à

l'exposition de la SAC de 2012 à Halifax. John était un artiste de renom et un politicien

à Kanata. Lui et sa femme ont co-fondé la Galerie d'art municipale de Kanata. On peut

consulter une belle biographie de John sur le site johnmlacak.com. À la rubrique nécro-

logique du Ottawa Citizen on peut lire ce passage (traduction libre): «Il trouvait tou-

jours le temps pour se consacrer à son art. Il pouvait peindre toute la journée», a décla-

ré Beth Mlacak. «Notre maison est remplie de ses œuvres, de sorte qu'il est ici avec

nous chaque fois que nous regardons autour».

La SAC s’est démarqué lors de l’exposition des membres élus à Toronto et lors de l’expo-

sition-concours nationale de Salmon Arm. Je remercie du fond du cœur Steve Wilson,

SAC, directeur sortant des expositions, et Karin Richter, SAC, notre nouvelle directrice

des expositions ainsi que tous les bénévoles qui ont rendu possible ces évènements. Un

remerciement particulier s’adresse à Tatianna O'Donnell, SAC pour l’exposition de Sal-

mon Arm. Notre vice-président, Peter Gough, SAC, qui a dirigé la remise du «Mary

Pratt Crystal Award», était très heureux que Karin puisse remettre le prix en main

propre puisque Cher Pruys, SAC, le récipiendaire, assistait à la cérémonie. Félicitations

à tous les lauréats.

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L’exposition des membres élus était spectaculaire et il m'a fait réaliser la qualité de

notre processus et de notre jury de sélection dirigé par Kathy Hildebrandt, SAC. Je n’ai

pas pu me rendre en Colombie-Britannique, mais je me permets de dire, à partir des

photographies de l'exposition, que l’évènement était lui aussi très impressionnant. Mer-

ci à tous ceux qui ont soumis des œuvres et, à ceux dont les œuvres ont été sélection-

nées, merci pour l'expédition de vos peintures qui ont fait de cette exposition un succès.

Dans le rapport de l'exposition, vous lirez que Karin est sur le point d’annoncer la te-

nue d’une exposition en ligne, une idée qui plait beaucoup au conseil d’administration.

Après avoir entendu le conférencier invité à notre assemblée générale annuelle Andrew

Hunter parler de la prochaine exposition d’Alex Colville à l'AGO, j’étais curieuse de voir

l’exposition et de faire des liens avec les personnes qui ont influencé ou ont été influen-

cées par Colville. Je suis donc allée à l'AGO suite à l'exposition des membres. Si vous

passez par Toronto, cela vaut une visite. L’exposition des œuvres de Colville se poursuit

jusqu'au 4 janvier. Il y a une autre exposition à l'AGO appelée «L’art comme thérapie»

qui s’interroge sur les points suivants : Comment l’art peut-il soulever des enjeux qui

nous concernent tous ?, Comment l'art peut-il nous aider à nous comprendre et à mener

une vie plus enrichissante ? Des œuvres d'art sélectionnées provenant de la vaste col-

lection de l’AGO ont été suspendues dans cinq endroits sur des thèmes de portée uni-

verselle : l’amour, le sexe, la politique, l'argent et la nature. L’art, selon les conserva-

teurs, a un effet thérapeutique puissant. Il peut, selon le cas, inspirer, consoler, rache-

ter, guider, réconforter, élargir les horizons, réveiller. Je mentionne cette exposition

parce qu’en y regardant le tableau de Monet, Charing Cross Bridge, Fog, je me deman-

dais pourquoi il était classé dans la section «politique». J'ai alors lu ce qui suit : «Monet

nous rappelle quelque chose que nous oublions facilement: l'amour et la joie sont au

cœur de l'amélioration du monde». Voici pourquoi je pense que la SAC est si importante

pour le Canada. Nous favorisons et soulignons l'excellence dans l'art à travers le pays,

nous inspirons les artistes, nous faisons la promotion des jeunes artistes avec le Prix

d’éducation «Antoinette Steven» Société des artistes canadiens et nous tenons des expo-

sitions pour mettre en valeur l’art qui est de la nourriture pour l'âme et qui change la

vie et la société.

Merci à tous ceux qui contribuent à l’atteinte de ces objectifs. Merci à Marissa Sweet,

SAC qui agit comme rédactrice en chef. Notre directeur des communications, Ann Har-

vey, SAC est en train d'organiser notre rencontre hivernale. J'espère y voir plusieurs

d'entre vous.

Josy Britton, SAC

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Letter from Director of

Exhibitions

The 46th Open National Juried Show has ended

and I wanted to thank all the wonderful artists

for their participation. It was a lovely show in a

great airy space. Many people turned out for the

reception which is often the case in a smaller

town - people support their local art scene. They

were honoured to have a national show in their

space. I was able to attend the reception, spread

the word about the SCA and hand out the

awards. On the picture with award winner Cher

Pruys, you can see the wonderful bowl that is

now the centre piece for the new Mary Pratt

Crystal Award. You can see all the other award

winners on the SCA website. Congratulations

again to all.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank

Steve Wilson, my now predecessor, who orga-

nized the show with the help of Tatianna

O'Donnell who made sure that all things ran

smoothly locally and who looked after shipped

work. Much effort goes into the organization of

such a show, from submissions, jurying, adver-

tising on and off line, posting on website etc. It

takes a village as they say and we are grateful

for everybody's contribution!

New shows for 2015 are in the works now and I

look forward to seeing your art again soon!

Watch your inbox for upcoming calls!

Karin Richter, Director of Exhibitions

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Salmon Arm Opened Juried show continued…

The 46th National Opened Juried Show was held in Salmon Arm Art Gallery in BC. Sept 6th-27th 2014. The reception was on Friday Sept. 5th at 7pm.

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Encourage Creativity

Acting as Publicity Chair, I have had the privilege of volunteering with the Society of Canadian Artists for over 3 years now. It has

allowed me a wonderful opportunity to interact with an amazing group of artists all committed to promoting and bettering the fu-

ture of Canadian art. But I want to tell others about another group that I have been actively volunteering with: Big Brothers Big

Sisters.

Quite a few years ago I was matched with a young girl named Alicia, who invited me into her life. Though I was initially consid-

ered her mentor, I know our relationship grew and she considered me her trusted friend. Over the years we have had a wonder-

ful time together doing an assortment of activities and adventures. Since matches through the program automatically end when

the “little” turns 18, we graduated our match earlier this year, just before her birthday.

Working with Big Brothers Big Sisters has been incredible, and also time consuming. It is a big undertaking and commitment, not

suited for everyone. After our match ended, I didn’t want to sign up for a new match right away, but I also didn’t want to not be a

part of this worthwhile organization. So I signed on to teach an art class for matches.

It was just a commitment for one 3-hour class for about 10 matches, or 20 people (10 adults,

10 children). Having never taught an art class before, I was nervous and excited. I got to

impart my love and appreciation of art to a classroom full of eager students, who I believe tru-

ly enjoyed the evening. We started with a warm-up exercise creating abstract pieces, and

then moved on to paint sea turtles (I thought it would be an easy subject and gender indiffer-

ent). What ensued was so much creativity and fun and bursts of laughter. Though not all

were budding Van Gogh’s, they all had a great time and fully participated “in the moment”.

Towards the end of the class I put a few students’ art pieces up on my easel at the front of the

room for the class to admire. Watching their proud faces as they saw their artwork sitting

there was pure enjoyment and a growing sense of accomplishment. They all then had to

have their turn on teacher’s easel!

I left that night feeling amazing and inspired. The class was very popular and I’ve been asked to do more, which I have gladly

agreed to.

We as artists have all been blessed with an incredible gift that needs to be shared with those around us. I encourage and chal-

lenge other SCA members to get involved with your local charities and organizations, such as Big Brothers Big Sisters, or Boys

and Girls Clubs, or even your community centre. Encourage creativity, develop positive ways of expression, and build the confi-

dence of the next generation who can sometimes get lost in today’s technology. It is our duty to share our knowledge, love, and

passion for art with others.

Andrea Howson

Publicity Chair

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Pictures from the 46th Members’ Exhibition held at the Etobicoke Art Gallery,

within the Etobicoke Civic Center. The $1000.00 Antoinette Stevens

Award for Best Painting in Show plus bronze medallion Antoinette Stevens

Award for Best Acrylic $500 was presented at this time.

Steve Wilson SCA presenting to Sheila Davis SCA, The Antoi-

nette Stevens Award for Best Painting in the Show “ As Day

Slips Away”.

Carol Westcott SCA beside her painting;

L’outaouais, which won the Antoinette Ste-

vens Award for Best Acrylic.

Steve Wilson together with

SCA President Josy Britton

with the Jurors, Lorna Livey

and Kenneth Charles Day.

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Considering applying for Membership to the Soci-

ety of Canadian Artists?

Mentoring Help Is Available!

If you are in the process of applying for member-

ship to the SCA and need guidance in preparing

your submission, help is available.

The Society is very lucky to have the guidance of

two very gifted people with a lot of experience with

the group.

PAINTING & DRAWING MENTORING

Andrew Sookrah is available to offer guidance in the form of

selection of work, refining your CV, how to crop or make col-

our changes to accurately represent your work, etc.

web: engineroom.ca / sookrah.ca

PHOTOGRAPHY MENTORING

Jack Gilbert is available with advice on photographing your

art, and hints on how to use programs such as photoshop to

best represent your art.

web: jackgilbertphotography.com / gilbertstudio.ca

A Word from the SCA Web! Elected Members - If you have not uploaded your artists’ statement and one image (free) to the SCA website we encourage you to do so. For details, please contact: webmaster@societyofcanadianartists.com

Ann Kruzelecky, SCA Chair, Webmaster

Social Media Report , 2014

The Social Media team is committed to promote the SCA by providing support in raising the profile of its members. The Twitter account was created on Oct. 4

th, 2013 and it has a link on the SCA’s

web page. Currently, the Twitter account has 104 followers and is following 364 artists, art societies, art galleries and museums in Canada, USA, India and UK. The Facebook account was created in 2014, and it has 330 friends, artists and museums from Canada, USA and Argen-tina. The SCA's web page has a link to the Facebook page as well. For more information please contact: Kelly Borgers-Director at Large borgers@sympatico.ca Ortansa Moraru-Social Media Director Ortansa.moraru@rogers.com

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CONTACT INFORMATION

SCA Volunteers:

Office of the President: (Director) Josy Britton, SCA josy@josybritton.com 519-238-6036 VP (Director) Peter Gough, SCA Petergough.art@bellaliant.net 902-530-6671 Finance (Director) Amanda Kalcic CGA, Associate A_kalcic@hotmail.com 905-864-0191 Secretary (Director) Kelly Borgers, SCA borgers@sympatico.ca 519-885-4434 Exhibitions (Director) Karin Richter, SCA karinrichter@shaw.ca 403-272-1471 Honours and Awards (Director-at-Large) Mary Elizabeth Duggan, SCA dugganartist@inbox.com Alan Syliboy, Associate (Director-at-Large) alan@redcrane.ca 902-893-3866 Membership (Director) Kathy Hildebrandt, SCA khild@shaw.com 403-616-8851 Communications (Director) Ann Harvey, SCA Adria.ann@sympatico.ca 519-621-3602 Social Media (Director) Ortansa Moraru, SCA Ortansa.moraru@rogers.com 416-492-6727 Webmaster (Director) Ann Kruzelecky, SCA akruselecky@gmail.com Publicity Andrea Howson, Associate Ahowson2@cogeco.ca 289-878-5934 Newsletter Marissa Sweet, SCA Marissa.sweet@rogers.com 905-718-7289

Directors-at-Large Alan Syliboy, Associate alan@redcrane.ca 902-893-3866 Kelly Borgers, SCA borgers@sympatico.ca 519-885-4434 Mary Elizabeth Duggan, SCA dugganartist@inbox.com Atlantic Representative Andrea Pottyondy, SCA andreapottyondy@gmail.com 902-860-3317 Quebec Representative Raymond Quenneville SAC 418-822-2136 Western Representative Deborah Czerecky, SCA deborahcz@shaw.ca 250-507-8907

Newsletter Deadline:

The Next deadline for submissions

to the SCA Newsletter will be Janu-

ary 15, 2014. You can forward your

news and events before this date,

with subject line: SCA Newsletter

Submission.

Thank you! This helps me a lot!

Email by deadline to Marissa Sweet

SCA

marissa.sweet@rogers.com