It's that time of the year again when Guild members get to elect their board of directors. We look forward to your participation in the June 14th Zoom call. The board has voted on officers with me to continue as president, Kevin Inman as vice president, Jon Ohl Webster as secretary, Barbara Leitzel as treasurer. The exhibitions committee will be co-chaired by Kevin Inman and Leslie Pierce, while Angelika Villagrana will continue as membership chair and recruiting volunteers to assist.
We have two exhibitions planned and locking in on the 3rd at Union Hall led by Leslie Pierce. First, is the online exhibition from September to October, with an entry deadline of August 13, which is an international invitational and will be curated by Dr. Amy Galpin, Executive Director, Miami Dade College Museum of Art and Design. The second show is at Gallery 21 in Spanish Village in November, which is members only, and it will be curated by Johnny Tran, the owner of Thumbprint Gallery in La Jolla.
Congratulations to the four artists who sold work at the recent PHES Gallery exhibition in Carlsbad.
We are honored to have had Julianne Ricksecker on the board for many, many, years. You cannot imagine how much she has contributed to the Guild's functioning. She will be greatly missed in that role, although she will continue as a member.
The board juried in two new artists in June, Jeney Hansen and Bruce Nihill, both painters. This brings Guild membership to 154 artists including associate and student members. Angelika does an amazing job keeping track of us all.
Also, at the June meeting the board allocated $700.00 for materials, fees and supplies for the workshops (figure drawing and plein air) led by Kevin Inman. Other funds will be used by the Atelier in its pursuit of a conceptual art installation on the concept of "nonsense" for its beginning effort. These working groups are open to all.
The Atelier will next meet on June 27th from 11:00 to 2:00 at MOPA. Two additional workshops are being scheduled with museum staff. Stay tuned.
It appears that we will be donating about $5,000 at the end of our fiscal year (June 30) to the San Diego Museum of Art. The Guild is the largest contributor to the San Diego Museum of its numerous support councils. In addition, we also are members and participants in the Museum programs, especially the community engagement efforts.
