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Date: 4/16/2025
Subject: SOCALPAPA APRIL 2025 Bulletin - Week 3
From: Anne Kupillas

APRIL BULLETIN

What's Inside:

- This week's Paint Out & Acrylic/Oil demo by Francis DiFronzo

Friday@ 9:30am -Upper Back Bay

- New Impressions of Orange County - NEW SOCALPAPA & Kennedy Gallery exhibition

-Earth Day face painters wanted!

- Register NOW for the Back Bay Festival!

- This Thursday is our Spring Happy Hour Mixer!

New Impressions of Orange County

SOCALPAPA and Kennedy Contemporary Gallery in Newport Beach

have partnered to present our members with a unique and exciting opportunity this May -

a Juried Art Exhibition at Kennedy Contemporary Gallery from May 20 to June 6, 2025.

This is a great chance to have your work viewed by an established gallery for possible exhibition plus exposure to collectors and prominent members of the Orange County art community.

See the information below and visit the SOCALPAPA website to learn more and register.

Registration is $30.00 and is open NOW through May 2.

Kennedy Contemporary

Earth Day at Muth Interpretive Center

Saturday, April 26 from 10am to 4pm

SOCALPAPA is hosting a Face Painting Booth!

Volunteers are still needed for 1-2 hour shifts throughout the day.

Have fun painting little designs on kids' faces.

Contact Randi Moran

randi.moran1@gmail.com

LBMA Field Trip

Friday, April 25th @11am

Long Beach Museum of Art

2300 E Ocean Boulevard, Long Beach, CA 90803

Join your fellow club members at this unguided tour of this landscape exhibition at the LBMA!

The Long Beach Museum of Art is thrilled to showcase an exploration of artistic resilience and community enrichment through a selection of works from the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Federal Art Project. Established in 1935 as part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal, this landmark initiative provided vital support to artists during the Great Depression, fostering the creation of hundreds of thousands of artworks nationwide. These pieces not only sustained artists but also captured the spirit of the era, preserving a visual record of American life. Mention SOCALPAPA and receive a deeply discounted group admission of $3/visitor, this day only.

*If you are planning to attend the paint out at Heartwell Park, then perhaps stay in the area and check out this wonderful jewel of an exhibit!

check it out at www.lbma.org

Happy Hour!

Come celebrate Spring with your fellow artists and bring a friend who may want to join us at our Spring Mixer Happy Hour!

Fun drinks, light bites, music and a prize drawing!

Get to know the people you paint with!!

Thursday, April 17

4:30 PM to 7 PM

Framing Artistry

10005 Muirlands Blvd #C, Irvine

Please rsvp to:

kimgordonstudio@gmail.com

Hope to see you there!

Back Bay Plein Air Festival Update

REGISTRATION IS OPEN NOW

Join the 13 artists who have already registered for this year's events!

Exciting news! Besides awards for 1st. 2nd and 3rd prize in the Juried Show.

We will have an Honorable Mention award, as well as an award for Best Nocturne, Best Figure in a Landscape (animal, bird or human,) Best Sunrise/Sunset, and Winners' Circle.

It feels like summer is just around the corner, and with summer comes the Back Bay Show and Festival.

KEY FESTIVAL DATES:

April 1st through May 31st enter the Back Bay Show and the Juried Show.

Quick Draw at Muth Interpretive Center July 12.

Juried Show begins Saturday, July 12 and closes with the

Reception at Muth on July 18.

Display Show on the deck of Muth Interpretive Center July 19 and 20.

Any Questions? Contact Randi Moran randi.moran1@gmail.com

Hortense Miller Garden

New Spring Dates now available for SOCALPAPA members
to view and paint the garden in yet another season.

The following dates have been added to the calendar.
Times are 9am until 12pm each day.

April 19
May 1 & 17
June 5 & 21

Contact Diane Lannon at diane.lannon@gmail.com
to reserve a spot and get dates and parking information.

Link here for more information on the beautiful gardens:

https://www.hortensemillergarden.org

PAINT OUTS

Friday, April 18

9:30am

Upper Back Bay Acrylic/Oil demo by Francis DiFronzo

Newport Beach

We will meet at the Muth Center back gate and walk the bike path about 1/4 mile to our location for the demo.

Feel free to bring your paint gear and lunch if you want to stay and paint after the demo.

Restrooms in the Muth Center.

Francis will be demonstrating his technique of an acrylic underpainting and oil layering on top of that.

CHANGE OF DATE to Friday, April 25

9am

Heartwell Park at Bellflower and Carson

Long Beach

Take the 405 Fwy into Long Beach and go North on Bellflower about a mile or so, and just before Carson,

go Left into the Library parking lot on the SW corner of the intersection.

Paint the duck pond, and trees. Restrooms in the Library or across Bellflower in the park restroom.

Did you know there are several ways to find out about the paint outs?

• Weekly Bulletin

• MeetUp group online

• Website events calendar

• Facebook & Instagram

ALSO

Occasionally our group gets approached for plein air painter referrals.

If you would like to be included on a roster, please email info@Socalpapa with your name and phone number.

Make sure to put "Referrals List" in the email subject line.

SOCALPAPA ZOOM

Zoom Group invites you to join us

every Thursday, from 10am -11am

This is a time for members to share their art, get feedback and connect with other artists over the web. All levels are welcome.

If you are not ready to share, join us anyway and get inspired!

Follow link below to join.

The passcode is 229461

Zoom

Discover the SOCALPAPA Meetup Group and join our thriving community of plein-air painters in Southern California.

Get the latest updates, find out who is joining (we have 279 members now!) and connect with other artists on events such as our weekly paint outs, paint aways, Zoom meetings, special events and showcases!

If you haven't already joined, head over to the MeetUp website and join the group - it's free!

Your artistic community awaits you.

https://www.meetup.com/socalpapa/