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Date: 6/4/2025
Subject: SOCALPAPA JUNE 2025 Bulletin
From: Anne Kupillas

JUNE BULLETIN

What's Inside:

- This week's Paint Out: Saturday, June 7th @ 9am - Big Bend, Laguna Coast Wilderness Park *OC Park

- There's still time to view the New Impressions of Orange County juried show!

- Register now for July's Quick Draw at the Back Bay!

-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

- June's Special Guest Artist Demo: Rick Delanty!

- June Paint Outs

Join us at Kennedy Contemporary gallery in Newport Beach for our new member showcase,

"New Impressions of Orange County."

Thirty three paintings by twenty five SOCALPAPA artists were chosen for this show and will be on view through June 6.

THANK YOU TO ALL THE ARTISTS who participated and worked hard over 9 days to create paintings that helped make this show possible.

With the breathtaking 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

Scroll down to the button that says:

OnlineJuriedShows.com

Special Guest Artist Demo by Rick Delanty

Friday, June 27th

10am

Casa Romantica

Please join Rick Delanty at the Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens for a demo of acrylic techniques and approaches for painting “en plein air.”

Rick has been painting 50 years and 20 of those full-time, and has experience in watercolor, acrylic, and oil painting.

He was one of 24 faculty members whose demonstrations were featured in the February 2025 inaugural “Acrylic Live” by Eric Rhoads.

In this demonstration, Rick will address the forgiving nature of the acrylic medium as he begins with a preliminary value sketch to establish a strong composition, then identifies simple color-shapes on his canvas, and pays particular attention to the light source as he works through the painting. How to make corrections, add texture, and achieve simplification will be his areas of focus as he paints in the courtyard of the beautiful grounds of San Clemente’s founder’s home. Questions are encouraged.

Admission is $8. Artists may paint after the demo until Casa closes at 2 pm.

Please RSVP to be notified in case of weather issues.

RSVP

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, June 7

9am

Big Bend, Laguna Coast Wilderness Park

Laguna Beach

*OC PARK

Take the 133 south from the 5, 405 or 73 freeways into Laguna Beach. Just past El Toro Road, continue S a half mile and look for the used Jeeps on the Left, just past the Artist Studios. Just opposite the Jeeps see the entry to the parking lot. $5 entry fee at the kiosk. Port a potty in the lot. Paint the iconic pathway up the hill and background hills.

*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. This is the last club paint out opportunity with a Juried Show location.

Friday, June 13

9am

Eisenhower Park

City of Orange

Take the 55 fwy North thru Orange, Exit Lincoln Ave. Go West under the freeway, and go immediate R on Tustin St. going North.

Go 1/4 mile up the hill and go L on Bixby a block or two to the parking lot on the left.

Paint the creek, and a wide variety of trees. Restrooms throughout the park.

Saturday,June 21

9am

Shaw's Cove, Laguna Beach

Take PCH to any one of 3 separate South entrances to Cliff Drive. Park on the street near the Shaw’s Cove sign across from Fairview Street, which indicate the steps down to Shaw’s Cove.

Paint the beach views south or cliffs to the north.

Restrooms are over in Crescent Bay next door.

Friday, June 27

Doors open at 10am

Casa Romantica

415 Ave Granada, San Clemente

Special Guest Artist Demo by Rick Delanty at 10:30.

Take the 5 Fwy South into San Clemente, exit Ave Presidio-- go South a couple blocks and go Left on El Camino Real.

Go 1/2 mile and go Right on Del Mar about a mile down towards the beach.

Go Right on Ave Granada 1/2 block and park on the street, near the cul de sac at the Casa.

$8 entry at the door. Bring a chair and sketchbook.

Doors stay open until 2:00pm. Restrooms.

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/