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Date: 5/21/2025
Subject: SOCALPAPA MAY 2025 Bulletin - Week 3
From: Anne Kupillas

MAY BULLETIN

What's Inside:

- This week's Paint Out: Saturday, May 24 @ 9am - Placentia Tri-City Park *OC Park

- Registration is now OPEN for July's Quick Draw at the Back Bay!

- Register NOW for the Back Bay Show & Sale and the Juried Show!

-Deadline to submit entries to the Juried Show has been extended to June 10th, due to our spring weather

- How to enter the Juried Show

With the breaktaking location and subject of the Back Bay, judge Toni Danchik and amazing awards from our sponsors,

this year's Back Bay Quick Draw is sure to be a fantastic event!

Open to all artists!

Read the prospectus and register here:

Take Me There!

How To Enter the Back Bay Juried Show

Go to The SOCALPAPA Website

Click the button that says 2025 Back Bay Festival

If you have not registered for the Weekend Show & Sale, you need to register first - the deadline is May 31st.

Otherwise scroll down to the button that says:

OnlineJuriedShows.com

Back Bay Plein Air Festival Update

11 days to Register!!

Don't forget to register your best plein air works for the Juried Show at www.OnlineJuriedShows.com!

KEY FESTIVAL DATES:

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

Note: Deadline to submit artwork for the Juried Show has been extended to JUNE 10th

due to May Gray !

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.

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

Saturday, May 24

9am

Placentia Tri-City Park

2301 N Kraemer Blvd, Placentia

*OC PARK

Off the 57 fwy go East on Yorba Linda Blvd a few blocks, go Left on N. Kraemer Blvd, go Left and turn in at Golden Ave

and go Right at the T, go around the Lake and park in Lot A.

Restrooms back near the entrance, or up hill by the lake.

*OC Parks, Beaches and Wilderness areas are noted for those who are entering the Best of OC Parks Juried Show, as part of the Back Bay Festival.

Friday, May 30

9am

Yorba Regional Park, Yorba Linda

*OC PARK

Take the 91 Fwy Eeast towards Riverside and exit at Imperial Hwy, go Left (North) under the freeway, and take an immediate Right

on E LaPalma Ave. Go about 1 mile, turn Right into entrance ($3 fee on Friday) and park near the Lake for water views.

Restrooms close by.

*OC Parks, Beaches and Wilderness areas are noted for those who are entering the Best of OC Parks Juried Show, as part of the Back Bay Festival.

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/