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Date: 9/3/2025
Subject: SOCALPAPA SEPTEMBER 2025 Bulletin
From: Anne Kupillas

SEPTEMBER BULLETIN

What's Inside:

-This week's Paint Out is Friday @ 8am: Diver's Cove, N. End, Laguna Beach

- Mammoth Lakes Paint Away is only a month away!

-New Field Trip to the Hilbert Museum - Saturday, September 20th @10:30am

- Board Meeting Sept 10th information

- Schedule of September Paint Outs

- Register for the Hortense Miller Garden Show until 9/9

October 2-6, 2025

Mammoth Lakes Fall Color Paint Away Weekend
With SOCALPAPA

Three full days of painting the spectacular fall colors and beautiful scenery of the Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains around

Mammoth Lakes, CA.
Plan ahead and make your reservations early. There is no charge for the trip. Visit the SOCALPAPA website for all the details and information, and to register your plan to attend.

RSVP for Mammoth Lakes Paint Away 2025

Two Shows, One Field Trip

Join us at the Hilbert Museum on Saturday, September 20th @ 10:30am

for an informal tour of two exhibitions:

57th Annual Watercolor West International Juried Exhibition

and

Pastel Society of the West Coast: 99 Voices in Pastel

Both shows feature SOCALPAPA members, and there is no charge for entry.

Join us for a great experience and meet for lunch afterwards.

Parking on the street or in the parking garage.

Hilbert Museum

167 North Atchison St.

Orange, CA

No rsvp necessary

SOCALPAPA Board of Directors Meeting

Wednesday, September 10, 2025

10am - 12pm

Location: Peter & Mary Muth Interpretive Center

2301 University Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92660

The SOCALPAPA meeting of the Board of Directors is today at the Muth Interpretive Center. While this will be a pure business meeting, all members are invited to attend. There will be an "Open Forum" section in the agenda during which members who are present may address the Board.

Hortense Miller Art Show and Sale 2025

There's still time for members to register for this show!

For the full prospectus and to register, click here:

Link here for more information to the beautiful gardens:

httphttps://www.hortensemillergarden.orgs://www.hortensemillergarden.org

PAINT OUTS

Friday, September 5

8am

Divers Cove, N End

Laguna Beach

Take PCH into Laguna Beach and turn S onto Cliff Drive at the Laguna Art Museum by Las Brisas Restaurant,

go around curve and all the way to the end of Heisler Park to the Divers Cove corner.

Park on the street if available, or metered parking.

Paint ocean views from above or down on the sand.

Restrooms 50 yards down pathway back into Heisler Park.

Saturday, September 13

9am

Aliso Beach

South Laguna

Go South on PCH past Wesley at the Montage, go down hill to the Aliso Beach entrance.

Pay for parking at the kiosk. Views South toward the cliffs and rocks or beach activity.

Restrooms by the parking lot and cafe.

Friday, September 19

9am

Cal State Fullerton Arboretum

Take 57 Fwy North to Yorba Linda Blvd, go West across the freeway, go Left at Associated Road.

Park in pay parking lot by the Arboretum.

Views of Cactus Garden, the Historic House and windmill, or various ponds and trees and trails.

Restrooms by the nursery shop near the entrance.

Cal State Fullerton Arboretum Cactus Garden

Saturday, September 27

9am

Dana Point Harbor

Take the 5 Fwy South towards San Clemente, get off at PCH into Dana Point, go past the archway one block and go Left on Dana Point Harbor Drive.Go all the way to the end at the Ocean Institute Parking lot.

Paint the headlands, across the Harbor toward the Yacht Club or yellow sail sailing school boats,

or paint the Spirit sail boat, or paint the cliffs above. Restrooms by the parking lot.

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/

GET SOCIAL!

Tag us in your paint out posts

#socal_papa & @socal_papa

on Instagram!