March | April 2017

IN THE GRAY WING

Special Block Buster Exhibition! Ralph Bacerra: Exquisite Beauty
Collectors and viewers alike will relish this rare opportunity to view and acquire ceramic
masterpieces by Ralph Bacerra during Exquisite Beauty at the San Luis Obispo Museum
of Art through April 2, 2017.
Ralph Bacerra (19382008) was a Los Angelesbased ceramics artist known for
creating meticulous ceramic vessels and sculptures adorned with complex patterns
and mesmerizing color. Jo Lauria, a noted independent arts curator and author who
specializes in decorative arts, crafts, and design, was Mr. Bacerras student. Inspired by
the undisputed master of surface decoration in ceramics, Jo Lauria curated Exquisite
Beauty for Otis College of Art and Designs Ben Matz Gallery in 2015 and is guest
curating this exhibition at SLOMA.
Mr. Bacerra had a profound influence on the ceramic art world. Minimalism and
abstraction ruled the trends of the day; decoration and china painting were looked down
upon. Bacerra challenged current conventions by combining Asian decorative ceramic
traditions with boundary-pushing elements like aggregated design motifs and optical
inventions. He utilized labor-intensive finishes to produce incredibly opulent artworks.
Mr. Bacerra served as the head of ceramics at Chouinard from 19641971, then worked
asa studio artist for ten years. He went back to teaching at Otis Art Institute in 1982,
serving as chair of ceramics from 19831996. Mr. Bacerra shared a special camaraderie
with his studentsmany of whom are now prominent artists in their own right. u
Ralph Bacerra, Untitled Gold Vessel
On loan from the Collection of Cindy Lee Bass, Ralph Bacerra Estate

New Visions 2017: Lots to see and take in!

The Central Coast Photographic Society
presents New Visions 2017 in the Gray
Wing from April 7May 14. The subject
matter welcomed photographers to delve
into all subjects, themes, and motifs that
expose new images in the world today.
The juror, George Lepp, selected 49
photographs from the 164 submissions.
Mr. Lepp made the following observation
after viewing all the images: Its been
many years since Ive judged an exhibit
for the San Luis Obispo Museum of Art
and I very much enjoyed experiencing
the advances in content, creativity, and
technique being demonstrated by the
photographic community in this collection.
The variety of subjects and techniques
will appeal to photographers and non-
photographers; theres a lot to see and take
in! All of the participants, and the Museum
of Art should be very proud of the New
Visions 2017 competition and exhibition.
New Visions opens with a public reception
on Friday, April 7, 69 PM, in conjunction
Alexander DePue, Morro, photograph with Art After Dark. u

Meet the artists of New Visions on Friday, April 7 at Art After Dark.
Members-only preview 5 to 6 PM. Public reception 6 to 9 PM. Free admission.
San Luis Obispo Museum of Art 1010 Broad Street San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 805-543-8562 www.sloma.org
 FIRST GALLERY PARTY
Folded and Flat: Shibori by Ana Lisa Hedstrom
March 3 April 30

Ana Lisa Hedstrom is a world-renowned textile artist best

known for her contemporary adaptations of shibori. The San
Luis Obispo Museum of Art is honored to present Folded
and Flat: Shibori by Ana Lisa Hedstrom. Ms. Hedstroms
thoughtful and inventive artwork features an amalgam of ART BECOMES YOU
homemade natural and indigo dyes on kozo paper, textiles,
and assembled wool felt.
After college, Hedstrom lived in Kyoto. In the heart of the
KIMONO STYLE
Asian cultural capital, she developed a deep appreciation CABARET SEATING FESTIVE FARE
for Japans graceful and natural aesthetic. Upon her return LIVE MUSIC FASHION SHOW
to the United States, she began practicing the ancient art DRESS ARTFULLY AND ENJOY A TALK WITH
of shibori, a Japanese resistance dye technique historically
MASTER KIMONO MAKER TSUYO ONODERA
used to decorate kimono fabric. Mastering this laborious
method, Hedstrom achieves intricately detailed patterns
and culturally significant color combinations. Each unique SUNDAY, MARCH 12, 35 PM
artwork is made exclusively by hand. $60 MEMBERS $80 GENERAL
A public opening reception of Hedstroms exhibition will take
LIMITED TICKETS AVAILABLE
place on Friday, March 3 from 6 9 PM. She will also give
an exhibition tour on Saturday, March 4 at 11:30 AM. u SLOMA.ORG OR 805.543.8562

NYBAK WING FILMS

The Art of the Kimono
March 3 April 30
The Museum of
Art enhances the
understanding
of heritage and
celebrates diversity
in San Luis Obispo
County through art,
multi-cultural events,
and education.
The Art of the Kimono
features historic and
contemporary kimonos
on loan from the
History Center of San
Luis Obispo County
and private collections.
The kimono is a Japanese traditional garment worn by men,
women, and children. These iconic robes, decorated with a
seemingly infinite variety of designs, not only reflect fashion
trends but reveal much about Japanese culture, history,
and society. Made with exquisite craftsmanship and varying
styles and patterns, kimonos are more than just robes
they are works of art.
In conjunction with the exhibition, SLOMA is hosting a free
Family Art Day on Saturday, March 11 from 123 PM. Come
make traditional kirigami sculptures. All ages welcome. u
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All films are shown at the Museum of Art on the third Monday
of the month. Suggested donation: $5 members, $7 non-
members, with a complimentary beverage.
March 20, 7 PM
Kubotas Kimonos
60 minutes, English and Japanese with subtitles, 2015
Kubotas story begins with
his time as a prisoner of
war in the USSR during
WWII. Beautifully produced
reenactments capture this
difficult yet pivotal period of
his life. While locked up in his cell, Kubota saw a vision of the
Siberian sunset which would later inspire his lifelong project,
The Symphony of Light, a series of kimonos that would
illustrate the grandeur of the universe. u
April 17, 7 PM
La Qute dInspiration / The Quest for Inspiration
60 minutes, English and French with subtitles, 2013
Born of numerous solitary
wanderings through autumnal
forests, Alexandre Deschaumes,
landscape photographer, has
developed his own universe.
Guided by the dreamlike,
enchanted atmospheres of wild
and open nature, he attempts to transform his emotions into a
certain form of evocative beauty. u
 ADULT CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS
Workshops led by professional teaching artists. Sign up online at sloma.org/education or by phone at (805) 543-8562.

Life Drawing Wednesday Mornings

with Lury Norris
Restarting March 29, 9 AMNoon
$12 members, $15 general. Drop-in class, no instruction. Bring your own materials. u

Yukata Kimono Workshop

with master kimono maker Tsuyo Onodera and Maki Aizawa
March 610, 9 AM2 PM
Registration $600 members, $650 general. Includes some materials.
Experience the artistry and symbolism of Japanese textiles. This 5-day workshop will focus
on constructing your own summer kimono, called a yukata. Workshop fee includes use of
kimono tools, kote irons, and thread. Kimono fabric (tanmono) is not included; bring your
own or purchase from instructors. Fabric price will vary depending on the quality and design.
Students will also have the opportunity to construct their own obi (bring your own obi fabric)
or purchase a pre-made obi from the instructors. u
Introduction to Classical Drawing
with Lury Norris
March 31April 2, 9 AM4 PM
Registration $130 members, $145 general. Includes all materials.
Join us for this beginning to intermediate drawing class that will focus on working in drawing in
the styles of the old masters: (a highly structured, detail-oriented drawing style) using graphite.
All levels of expertise are welcome. This class will include helpful exercises and step by step
instructions to create a drawing using a still life or cast. You will start, and perhaps finish, a
cast drawing. Ages 16 and up.

Drop-In Watercolor Painting

with Madeline Simonaro
Saturdays, April 8, 15 & 22, 11 AM1 PM
Registration $25 members, $29 general per class. Includes all materials.
Whether youre a raw beginner or a seasoned painter, this is the perfect place to join a fun
group of fellow artists to paint in a museum. Dont have any painting gear? Not to worry
everything required for your day of painting will be provided. Students can bring in their
own landscape photo to paint from or use an example provided. Ages 16 and up. u
Capturing the Essence of the Landscape
with Elizabeth Libby Tolley
May 47, 9 AM4 PM
Registration $445 members, $475 general. Materials list online.
This 4-day workshop will include two days in the field painting from natural light (weather
permitting) and two days in the studio working from photographs to create value and color studies.
Design and composition, perspective, color mixing, and palette organization will be addressed.
After this workshop, students will have the tools to create paintings that express
their vision. This is a fast paced class and built on many years of teaching landscape painting.
Recommended for intermediate and advanced painters. u

Oil Paint Stick Bootcamp: Drawing and Painting the Figure

with David Limrite
June 24, 9 AM4 PM
Registration $325 members, $375 non-members. Materials list online.
Explore basic techniques and unleash the power of oil paint sticks as we work from the figure
and portrait. Students will discover the versatile, direct, immediate, and expressive potential of
paint stickes. Enjoy the experience of drawing and painting at the same time!
Prior experience with figure drawing and painting is helpful but not necessary. All skill levels
are welcome. u

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 YOUTH ART EDUCATION
For complete information on all of SLOMAs Youth Art Education classes go to
sloma.org/education/youth-after-school-art-classes.php.

ARTrageous After School Art Classes

LOCATIONS: SLOMA teaches students at the Museum
of Art as well as at the following satellite locations: Ocean
View Elementary in Arroyo Grande and San Gabriel
Elementary in Atascadero.
ENROLLMENT AND SCHOLARSHIPS: It is the
Museum of Arts policy to keep its classes as affordable
as possible. Quality, age-appropriate art materials are
provided for the diverse, process-oriented instruction.
Full and partial scholarships are given to all children in
need. To ask is to receive; no child is ever turned away.
Families are simply asked to pay what they can afford.
THE JANINE BARASCH CHILDRENS
ART EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP
In memory of Janine Baraschs passion for the
importance of ensuring that the arts remain
an integral part of the lives of children and
teenagers, and in honor of her exceptional
success in teaching the visual arts, a scholarship
has been established by her family at SLOMA.
Tax deductible donations to this fund can be
made to SLOMA, PO Box 813, SLO 93406,
attn. Janine Barasch

MARCH AFTER SCHOOL CLASSES

San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, 3:154:45 PM
Mondays, 5 to 6 year olds: Collage Created Landscapes with teaching artist Madeline Simonaro
Tuesdays, 7 to 8 year olds: Plein Aire Based on David Hockney with teaching artist Susan Connors
Wednesdays, 9 to 12 year olds: Exploration in Drawing, Painting, & Collage with teaching artist Madeline Simonaro

Ocean View Elementary, Arroyo Grande, 34:30 PM

Thursdays, Grades 3 thru 6: Assemblage Sculpture with teaching artist Madeline Simonaro

San Gabriel Elementary, Atascadero, 34:30 PM

Thursdays, Grades 1 thru 3: Abstract Painting in Acrylic with teaching artist Rachel Hoxie

APRIL AFTER SCHOOL CLASSES

San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, 3:154:45 PM
Mondays, 5 to 6 year olds: Designing Patterns on Fabric with teaching artist Madeline Simonaro
Tuesdays, 7 to 8 year olds: Still Life in Tempera with teaching artist Susan Connors
Wednesdays, 9 to 12 year olds: Plein Aire Watercolors with teaching artist Lury Norris

Ocean View Elementary, Arroyo Grande, 34:30 PM

Thursdays, Grades 3 thru 6: Media Painting & Collage with teaching artist Madeline Simonaro

San Gabriel Elementary, Atascadero, 34:30 PM

Thursdays, Grades 3 thru 6: Mixed Media Landscapes with teaching artist Rachel Hoxie

Spring Break Art Camps

SPRING INTO ART! The Arts of Japan SIGN
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Monday, April 17Friday, April 21, 2017
5 to 6 year olds
9 AM to 10:30 AM: Gone Fishing! with teaching artist Vicki Shafer
10:30 AM to Noon: Art in Nature with teaching artist Madeline Simonaro
7 to 8 year olds
9 AM to 10:30 AM: Expanding Drawing and Painting Skills with teaching artist Lury Norris
10:30 AM to Noon: Art and Nature with teaching artist Vicki Shafer
9 to 12 year olds
9 AM to 10:30 AM: Paper in Japanese Art with teaching artist Madeline Simonaro
10:30 AM to Noon: Expanding Drawing and Painting Skills with teaching artist Lury Norris
Teens
1 PM to 4 PM: Kimono Design Inspiration with teaching artist Flo Bartell
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 McMEEN GALLERY FAMILY DAY
Closure: Leslie Hannon What is Kirigami?
March 3 April 2 In conjunction with The Art of the Kimono, SLOMA is hosting
The Central Coast Sculptors Group a Family Art Day on Saturday, March 11 from 123 PM in
presents Closure, an exhibition of the Nybak Wing. Bring the whole family and learn to make
sculpture and assemblages by artist traditional kirigami sculptures. Free and fun for all. u
Leslie Hannon.
Hannons artworks invite closer inspection ART AT HIGH NOON
through windows and around miniature First Thursdays: Noon to 1 PM
rooms. This sculptural narrative represents
Bring your lunch and enjoy Art at High Noon,
her journey from businessperson to artist;
a free program open to the public. Art at High
she created symbolic objects to mentally
and physically retire the fabrication
Noon features art history lectures and artist talks
within an hour lunch breakoffering a fun dose
machines, office supplies, and tools that
of artistic inspiration during the work day.
had been her lifes work for 20 years. u
Leslie Hannon, My Disemployment Thursday, March 2: Artist Ana Lisa Hedstrom will discuss her
unique shibori textiles on view in Folded and Flat.
Central Coast Printmakers: Six Squared Thursday, April 6: SLOMA welcomes artist Nixon Borah. His
April 7 May 28 photo kimono composites are featured in SLOMAs The Art of
The Museum of Art and the Central the Kimono exhibition in the Nybak Wing. u
Coast Printmakers present Six Squared,
a juried exhibition of prints. Artists were
invited to create three 6 x 6 inch prints
CALL FOR ARTISTS
with images related by unique uses of Lighten Up
color, imagery, printmaking method, and Entry deadline April 1, 2017. Open to all Central Coast
subject matter. u Craftmakers. McMeen Gallery June 2July 30, 2017. For
Tricia Reichert, Provence details download the entry form at sloma.org homepage. u
ARTIST GROUPS On and Off the Wall
Entry deadline April 15, 2017. Juried exhibition presented by
The Painters Group The Painters Group and the Central Coast Sculptors Groups
See the news below regarding On and Off the Wall. All TPG on view at the Art Center Morro Bay June 15July 30. For
are eligible to enter. Good news! Brushstrokes 2017 received details, download the entry form at sloma.org homepage. u
250 images from 104 artists. Juror David Limrite is selecting
the exhibit at press time. u Flo Bartell & Charlotte Berney California Sculpture SLAM 2017
Entry deadline June 23, 2017. SLOMA presents SLAM 2017
CC Sculptors Group in the Gray Wing September 1October 29, 2017. Open to
CCSGs major event in March is Leslie Hannons exhibition all sculptors residing in California, SLAM 2017 will be juried
Closure in the McMeen Gallery. On and Off the Wall hosted by Brigitte Micmacker, founder and gallerist at Sculpturesite
by the Art Center Morro Bay June 15July 30 is a joint Gallery in Glen Ellen. Cash awards. For details download the
exhibition of paintings and sculpture presented by SLOMAs entry form at sloma.org homepage. u
The Painters Group and the CC Sculptors Group. Go to
San Luis Obispo Museum of Art Mission Statement
sloma.org for the Call for Artists. Deadline is April 15. u Provide and promote diverse visual arts experiences for people of all
Carl Berney ages and backgrounds through exhibition, education, creation, and
CC Craftmakers collaboration; and preserve the Museums permanent collection as
Dimensions 2018, our statewide exhibition of fine craft in the an artistic legacy of the California Central Coast.
SLOMA Gray Wing will be January 5February 18, 2018. Museum of Art Museum of Art Staff:
Watch for the entry form out soon. Entry deadline will be Board of Directors: Jeff Al-Mashat, Capital Campaign
Meets the first Tuesday of Director
October 16, 2017. Questions? Kate Froman 544-1476 and
every month at 5:30 PM, Erica Ellis, Community Engagement
Theresa Perry 528-1563. u Kate Froman
Nybak Wing. Public welcome. Neil Jones, Handyman
Roger Carmody, President Karen Kile, Executive Director
CC Photographic Society David Coburn, 1st Vice Jody Kocsis, Public Relations Mgr.
All meetings are held at SLOMA, 2nd Tuesdays, at 7 PM President Jos Lemus, PM Life Drawing
March 14: Dave Coronel, Mimi Ditchie, and Cheryl Strahl Betsy Kiser, Treasurer Beth Mott, Youth Education Coord.
will take you on a photographic journey through the historic Sharon McConnell, Secretary Lury Norris, AM Life Drawing
buildings and streets of Bodie, as well as a home to a wild Robyn Letters, Past President Ruta Saliklis, Curator & Director
mustang herd living in the Eastern Sierra. Shannon Bates of Exhibitions
April 11: Aidan Briggs will overview his bird and nature Gail DellaPelle Daniel Solis, Preparator
photography showing some of his best images and share Wendy George Wendy R. Walter, Gallery Sales
his secrets about his two favorite places: Morro Bay and San William McCarthy Manager & Registrar
Simeonsubjects to shoot, what times to go, and what he Bob Mourenza Mary Waters, Weekend Receptionist
looks for when creating images. u BeJae Blake Theresa Perry Michelle Wong, Project Arte Facilitator

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 ART TRIP
Day Trip to the Getty Center in West Los Angeles
Sunday, June 11
Join SLOMA for a day trip to the Getty Center in West Los Angeles.
Exhibitions on view include Concrete Poetry: Words and Sounds in Graphic Space,
drawn principally from the Getty Research Institutes vast collection of prints, artists
books, journals, and archives; The Lure of Italy: Artists Views, featuring works
by artists like Canaletto who drew inspiration from the crumbling ruins of ancient
Rome and the crystal clear light of Venice; and Thomas Annan: Photographer of
Glasgow, who prodigiously recorded the people, the social landscape, and the built
environment of Glasgow and its outskirts in the late 19th century. Travelers will also
enjoy an exclusive docent-led tour and a cafe voucher for a tasty lunch.
Sunday, June 11, 2017. Registration $125 members, $140 general includes round
trip transportation, admission, cafe voucher, tour and snacks. Convenient pickups in
San Luis Obispo and Arroyo Grande. Sign up online or call 805.543.8562. u

CONCERT IN THE GALLERY

Dirty Cello
Saturday, April 22 at 7 PM
From China to Italy, and all over the U.S., Dirty Cello brings the world a high
energy and unique spin on blues and bluegrass. Led by vivacious cross-over
cellist Rebecca Roudman, Dirty Cello is cello like youve never heard before.
From down home blues with a wailing cello to virtuosic stompin bluegrass,
Dirty Cello is a band that gets your heart thumping and your toes tapping!
An opportunity to visit with the musicians and enjoy light refreshments follows
the one-hour performance. Tickets are $20 general seating, online or call
SLOMA. u

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Going Green?
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