SCAPE
Southern California Artists Painting for the Environment
SCAPE Newsletter - April 2024
Message from our PRESIDENT
By Kathy McGill
Dear SCAPE Members,
Happy spring everyone! I for one am sure enjoying the fabulous weather and all those challenging greens (Ha Ha), and I hope you are as well. Hopefully the “weather gods” will smile on us for our next paint-out, which will be at Chase Palm Park. May’s paint-out promises to be extra special, as it is currently scheduled to be held at Dos Pueblos ranch, home of the Dos Pueblos Institute. For those who want to venture further afield, Figueroa Mountain is blooming - it should be a great year! See below for information on the wildflower guide.
While there has been some headway in volunteer recruitment, there are still some critical positions that need to be filled if SCAPE is going to be able to continue and to thrive. This month I’m reaching out for one role in particular: we desperately need a volunteer to work with Cezanne Totton as the Membership Co-chair. After many years as an active Board member, Cezanne will be transitioning off the Board at the end of the year, so we need someone now to ensure a seamless transition. We use the Wild Apricot platform for membership management, so this is a position that can be handled remotely. Please reach out to me via the Contact Us link on our website for more information or to volunteer:https://scape.wildapricot.org/CONTACT-US. Thank-you for your consideration. And thank-you to all our new and continuing volunteers.
Happy painting, and I hope to see you at our next paint-out,
Kathy
Exhibit News
By Karen Glancy
SCAPE is in discussion with potential beneficiaries for 2024. Nothing has been confirmed yet, so watch this space! If you know of an organization that could potentially be a good beneficiary, please let Kathy or Linda know.
PAINT OUT NEWS
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Member News
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Hello Art and Nature Enthusiasts! We are very happy to invite you to a fun reception for the artists and the members of the board of the Citizens for the Carpinteria Bluffs ~ Your hosts, Arturo and Ruby (and Leo) |
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Artists for the Bluffs - an open invitation to a juried art show to benefit The Citizens for the Carpinteria Bluffs
March 30 to May 19, 2024
Artists' Reception - Saturday, March 30 - 4 to 6 pm
1 pm to 6 pm 
Palm Loft Gallery is a local treasure. Arturo Tello, Gallery Owner/Director The Famous Untold Story: My good friend Ted Rhodes who helped Jury this show (and contributed a photograph) is recognized as the leader of the decades long efforts to preserve the Carpinteria Bluffs I in its entirety, a goal that remains 27 acres short of being accomplished. In many occasions throughout the years he liked to tell what he called "the untold story" recognizing the importance of the visual artists, painters and photographers in winning the hearts of the community and important decision makers at the local and State level. Recently as he was being interviewed once again he began to tell about Meredith Abbott (she is in the show), Thomas Van Stein (also in the show) and myself sitting outside the local markets, gathering signatures in opposition of development at the bluffs. And about the painting demonstrations on location with the venerable Ray Strong fascinating the young children with his enthusiastic booming voice and emphatic hand gestures... Then Ted stopped and laughed saying "I guess I've told the story so many times now, that, I can't call it the untold story any more"
Told or untold, the story continues and you can be part of it, come see the show, see if you fall in love with a little memory of our beloved bluffs and take it home, leaving a little bit of change to help us keep our sacred bluffs from a big tragic change, Hope to see you soon. Sincerely, Arturo and Ruby
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We received a Wildflower Update from Helen Tarbet, Recreation Technician at the US Forest Service: "Well, spring has sprung, and the wildflowers are starting to do the same. While most of the flowers are currently in the lower elevation, some of the early varieties are starting to bloom in higher elevations as well." If you would like to be added to the Figueroa Wildflower Update email list, please send your request to Helen Tarbet by email at helen.tarbet@usda.gov. Please follow the links to see the USFS Figueroa Mountain Wildflower Guide: https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd615718.pdf
Recently as he was being interviewed once again he began to tell about Meredith Abbott (she is in the show), Thomas Van Stein (also in the show) and myself sitting outside the local markets, gathering signatures in opposition of development at the bluffs. And about the painting demonstrations on location with the venerable Ray Strong fascinating the young children with his enthusiastic booming voice and emphatic hand gestures... Then Ted stopped and laughed saying "I guess I've told the story so many times now, that, I can't call it the untold story any more" | |
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