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Date: 11/26/2025
Subject: SOCALPAPA NOVEMBER 2025 Bulletin - Week 4
From: Anne Kupillas




NOVEMBER BULLETIN

Jeff Preston painting at Shipley Nature Center
What's Inside: 
 
- Wishing all of our members and friends a Happy & Safe Thanksgiving Holiday!
 
- This week's Paint Out: Saturday @ 9am - Caspers Park Wilderness
  
- RSVP now for the Member's Holiday Party
  
- Muth Display Gallery and Muth Bin Reminders
 
- Shipley Paint Out & Sale recap
 
 
Shown: Club Member Jeff Preston paints out at Shipley Nature Center
  

Shipley painting sold Pam Turner and Jackie
The results are in: Our first Paint Out & Sale at the Shipley Nature Center was a success!
 
Thank you to everyone who helped make this event a wonderful day! 
The 18 participating artists, volunteers, Friends of Shipley board, and of course, all the visitors who interacted with our artists on the trails, attended the reception and took home their favorite painting! 
Six paintings were sold and we all had a lovely day filled with art and nature.
 
For more on the event, click here:
 
 
Shown above: Club Member Pamme Turner poses with a new collector
muth wall
2026 sign-ups for Muth Gallery are now open.
 
Slots to hang your plein air style paintings of Orange County locations in Muth Gallery are now open.
Each artist who signs up will have a three-month period to display their work at Muth Interpretive Center along with two other artists. 
Each artist will have one wall. Work must be framed, ready to hang from a wire on the back, and depict locations in Orange County.
 
The slots are:
January 5-April 6
 April 6 - July 6
  July 6 - October 5
        October 5 - January 4 (2027)
 
If you have questions or would like to sign up please contact Randi Moran at randi.moran1@gmail.com

Muth Bin Reminders
 
Since so many wonderful artists are now contributing to the bin at Muth, we want to remind you of a few guidelines.
 
1. All work displayed at Muth must be original plein air-style depicting outdoor locations in Orange County. 
Animals, plants or people must be shown in a landscape setting.
2. Flat panels only, no foam-core backing or gallery wrap.
3. Mat board backing is suggested to make your work look more professional. 
4. Obtain and attach a sales slip for each painting from the green SOCALPAPA notebook at the front desk, and fill out a form to list your work in the green book.
5. Paintings must be in a cellophane envelope.
6. Suggested minimum price: $50 for smaller paintings $75 for larger work.
7. Due to space considerations, we are no longer going to accept prints.
 
Thanks to you all,
Randi Moran

Member's Holiday Party
Thurs, December 11
5:30-8:30pm
 
The Holidays are almost here and we are getting ready to celebrate!
SOCALPAPA will host it annual  Holiday Party on
Thursday, December 11th from 5:30PM to 8:30PM 
at the clubhouse at 1854 Port Westbourne Place
Newport Beach, CA 92660.
Please sign up on the website under events and let us know if you are bringing a guest by indicating 2 people.
Also, if you would like to bring an appetizer or a dessert let us know. 
If you would like to you may also bring a small gift for the gift exchange.
 
Contact Kim Gordon at if you have questions.
 
 
 


 PAINT OUTS

Nov25 Paint Outs

Saturday, November 29
9am
Caspers Wilderness Park
 
Take the 5 Fwy South and take the offramp at  Ortega Hwy (Hwy 74) and  go East a few miles towards Lake Elsinore.
Go past Christianitos Rd, and after few miles look for the entrance sign on the left. Entry Fee $5 on weekends. Go thru the gate, bearing left past the riverbed and up the hill to the buildings and restrooms and park in the small lot. Overlook views South and North up the riverbed. Some may want to go past the left turn and go R to the lot below by the sycamore trees and riverbank .
Restrooms there also.

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.

GET SOCIAL!
Tag us in your paint out posts
 
#socal_papa & @socal_papa
on Instagram!

 

 
 Post your photos on our FaceBook page!
Connect with and be inspired by our
fantastic group of artists!
 
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 GET INVOLVED! 

  The club is still looking for members to volunteer for

different committees and events this year.

There are a variety of different ways you can get involved, both large and small.
 
Contact Randi Moran if you want to help.
 

OUR SPONSORS

We continually wish to thank
our sponsors. Visit their links below and please continue to support their businesses.
 
Art Supply Warehouse
Blick Art Materials
Da Vinci Paint Co
Dakota Pastel Supples
Frame Xpress Long Beach 
Fast Frame Irvine
Irvine Ranch Water District
KingofFrame.com
Paint Like a Pro - Debra Huse
Randy Higbee Gallery
Newport Bay Conservancy
OC Parks
Rosemary & Co Brushes
San Joaquin Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary
Teri Ludwig Pastels
Tim Smith Real Estate Group / Caldwell Banker Newport Beach
Viviva Colors
Watercolor West

SOCALPAPA is a 501c3 organization
(Southern California Plein Air Painters Association)
~Our Mailing Address~
4790 Irvine Blvd, Ste 105-371
Irvine, CA 92620 

Contact Us



4790 Irvine Blvd Suite 105-371
Irvine, CA 92620
United States of America