Nov | Dec 2019

Celebrate 60 Years

GRAY WING
Adam Wolpert: Great Oaks
November 1 to December 29
If you visit the San Luis Obispo Museum of Art this
autumn, you will find yourself in the company of
noble oak trees. These trees, captured in Adam
Wolpert’s Great Oaks series, stretch their ancient
branches across large canvases and proudly show
off their sun soaked leaves for viewers to admire.
Wolpert defines his art by his relationship with and
participation in nature. He embraces ecological
processes and engages with the shifting lighting
and colors of the seasons. Some trees are lush
and verdant, while others have began to shed
their leaves. To paint these great oaks, Wolpert
“communes” with them, studying them from
different light and angles in the same manner as
the European Masters. The influence of classical
realism is evident within the use of light in the
series: sun breaking though branches and stoic
shadows created by trees demanding space is
reminiscent of any classic heroic scene.

After earning his BFA from the University of

California Santa Barbara, Adam Wolpert explored
the work of European Masters while studying
classical realism at Studio Cecil-Graves in
Florence, Italy. After returning home, Wolpert
earned his MFA from UC San Diego. In 1994,
Wolpert co-founded the Occidental Arts & Ecology
Center, a research, demonstration, education,
advocacy, and community-organizing center
in West Sonoma County, California that aims
to “design and cultivate resilience to mounting
ecological, social, and economic challenges.” It is
here that Wolpert lives, paints, teaches, and finds
a great source of inspiration, including for his Great
Oaks series, which depicts the ancient oak trees
found around West Sonoma County.
An opening reception will take place in conjunction
with Art After Dark on Friday, November 1 from
6–9PM. u

Adam Wolpert, Landwell Oak (top) and

Kitchen Oak (bottom), oil on linen

Join SLOMA for the opening reception for Great Oaks and 50 Years of Art on Friday, November 1 from 6 to 9 PM for
Art After Dark. Members-only preview with SLOMA’s curatorial staff and artists from 5 to 6 PM.

San Luis Obispo Museum of Art • 1010 Broad Street • San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 • 805-543-8562 • www.sloma.org
 GRAY WING & FIRST GALLERY McMEEN GALLERY
M’Lou Mayo: 50 Years of Art Visions of Vietnam
November 1 to December 29 December 6 to February 2
Visions of Vietnam: A
Photographic Journey
follows the adventures
of photographers Cheryl
Strahl, Peggy Jansson,
Sylvia Snachez, and Ronnie
Goyette across Vietnam.
Each artist found different
sources of inspiration from
the country. Some were
drawn to Vietnam for the
landscape and scenery,
while others were curious
about the people and culture.
Their photos capture the
vibrancy of the lifestyle and
scenery around the country.
M’Lou Mayo, Copper Field (detail), carved copper. From the brilliant traditional
Peggy Jansson, Potter of Thanh Ha
This retrospective celebrates Mayo’s 50 year-long career of Vietnamese clothing, to
Village.
creating multi-media artwork and features works on paper, the lush forests, these
metal, photography, and weaving. photographers have opened a lens to Vietnam for Central
Mayo’s passion for art led her to an art degree from Scripps Coast viewers to explore. u
College and then eventually to Claremont Graduate School,
where she eared a Masters degree in Art Education. Mayo CRAFTART MARKET 2019
moved to San Luis Obispo in the 1970s and began teaching
art at Cuesta College, where she taught for 25 years, focusing
November 23–December 29
in the areas of design and drawing. All the while, Mayo Members-only preview November 22
continued her own artistic endeavors and explored a variety
of media, unique materials, and artistic techniques. u

McMEEN GALLERY
Bruce Miller: Transforming Matter
Through December 1

Barry Lundgren, turned burl bowls.

Stroll through the Nybak Wing and celebrate the handmade
with SLOMA’s annual holiday event featuring Central Coast
artists.
Come shop for jewelry, ceramics, art glass, and fine woodwork
to find the perfect gift for that person who has everything!
The Nybak Wing will be converted into an art boutique with
a unique array of crafts and fine art for sale. Sales from the
CraftArt Market support the Museum’s youth education and
exhibitions programs.
The Market will also feature a treasure trove of donated works
Artist Bruce Miller’s art is mesmerizing and thought-provoking. of art for sale in Off The Walls.
He takes mundane things he encounters in the everyday and On Sunday, December 1, SLOMA will also be participating
gives them new life. in the third annual Museum Store Sunday. This international
For this new body of work, Miller limited himself to the artifacts event, hosted by the Museum Store Association, encourages
and materials available in his studio, including a surplus of shoppers to purchase holiday gifts from their local non-profit
gold leaf and broken computer parts, resulting in the unnamed retailers. More information about this event can be found at
sculpture and photographs featured in the exhibition. u sloma.org. u

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 ADULT CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS
Workshops led by professional teaching artists. Sign up online at sloma.org/education or call (805) 543-8562.

Atmospheric Watercolors
with Frank Eber
November 8—10, 9 AM–4 PM
Registration $350 members, $385 general. SOLD OUT!
Bring your painting skills to a higher level. Learn how to paint luminous watercolors by
manipulating tonal values, color, and edge. In this class, Eber will share advanced painting
techniques to create atmosphere, balance, and unity in your work. Topics will include design
and composition, color and lighting, positives and negatives, simplification of shape, and
atmospheric effects. The techniques you will learn transcend the watercolor medium. u

Life Drawing Basics

with Lury Norris
January 18 & 19, 10 AM–3 PM
Registration $130 members, $145 general. Includes all materials & model fees.
In this workshop, students will be introduced to several different techniques for depicting
the human body in their own style using dry media. Working in studio and with a live model,
students will learn model etiquette for artists, how to approach drawing from a live model,
how to handle longer and shorter poses, and any other questions that may arise. u

Threads: Finding Your Eye

with Melinda Forbes & Julie Frankel
February 9, 1 PM–4 PM
Registration $50 members, $55 general. Tea and snacks provided.
Transform a scarf or shawl into a piece of wearable art using simple stitches and repurposed
materials. Through guided experimentation and play find a decorative language all your own.
Join our sewing circle. In this 3-hour class we will share different techniques – useful
embroidery stitches, merging textile fragments and lace, and reverse applique with stenciling.
Use a scarf as a “sketch book” to document your process. All levels of experience are welcome. u
Fundamentals of Accuracy: Classical Drawing
with Lury Norris
April 25 & 26, 10 AM–3 PM
Registration $130 members, $145 general. Includes all materials & model fees.
Have you admired the works artists such as Charles Bargue and John Singer Sargent? Come
join us for a course in learning and using some of their practices that will develop your drawing
skills to create more realistic work as desired. Beginners welcome! u

Free Draping & Upcycling Clothing Design

with Christine Mayer
May 1–3, 10 AM–5 PM
SLOMA is hosting this workshop but registration is through Christine Mayer’s website: intothelight.de.
Learn and experience a new way of working with textiles by upcycling men shirts. Creating a dress, a
skirt, or a free-draped new shirt from the recycled men shirts will be the theme of the workshop each
day. Learn and experience a new way of dealing with fabrics.
Berlin-based fashion designer Christine Mayer has built a fashion career on re-purposing clothing and
breathing new life into old garments. u
Portrait Drawing Intensive
with David Limrite
June 5–7, 9 AM–4 PM
Registration $335 members, $355 general.
In this intensive, you will learn how to clarify the process of constructing a portrait. You will
learn how to “see” your subject in order to simplify and translate it two-dimensionally while
increasing your ability to achieve a likeness. The workshop will explore anatomy, proportion,
size, placement, and shape. u

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 YOUTH ART EDUCATION

artrageous After School Art Classes

BRAINS-ON: The San Luis Obispo Museum of Art aligns its youth art education curriculum to the California
State Framework for the Visual and Performing Arts. Class sizes are limited to 15 students or fewer and taught
by experienced teaching artists. Subject matter is designed to help students build higher level thinking skills, with
opportunities for students to analyze and make judgements in the field of visual arts.
For complete information on all the After School Art Classes offered by SLOMA go to:
sloma.org/education/youth-education-programs.
LOCATIONS: SLOMA teaches children at the Museum of Art on Tuesday afternoons in the Nybak classroom.
ENROLLMENT AND SCHOLARSHIPS: It is the Museum of Art’s policy to keep its classes as affordable as
possible. Quality, age-appropriate art materials are provided for the diverse, process-oriented instruction.
Full and partial scholarships are given to all children in need. To ask is to receive; no child is ever turned away.
Families are simply asked to pay what they can afford. u

NOVEMBER AFTER SCHOOL: 7 to 12 yr olds JANUARY AFTER SCHOOL: 7 to 12 yr olds

Tuesdays, November 5, 12, and 19 Tuesdays, January 7, 14, 21, and 28
3:15 to 4:45 PM 3:15 to 4:45 PM
5 – 6 year olds
CARVING IN SOAPSTONE GROW SOME ART
with teaching artist Brian Williams Teaching artist to be announced
Create a carved sculpture using soft soapstone. Work with Explore lines, shapes and colors. Learn to create and combine
simple tools and protective goggles to shape the three- these elements of art in your drawing and painting. It’s fun to
dimensional form. A wonderful way to work in 3D! make original artwork!

7 – 12 year olds
$38, all materials included. OBSERVATIONAL DRAWING & MIXED MEDIA
With teaching artist Alicia Varoz
Using pencils, pens, pastels and paints, create drawings
combining materials in mixed media. Be creative!

free family art activities

In conjunction with the 6th annual Día de los Muertos SLO, children and adults are invited to participate in a celebration of
Día de los Muertos art and culture in the Museum of Art’s classroom on Saturday, November 2 from 10 AM to 3 PM.
Families will have the chance to decorate sugar skulls, create colorful crafts, and enjoy other fun Day of the Dead activities. All
materials are provided and participants are invited to bring small decorative items to personalize your artwork!
Admission to the Gran Festival in Mission Plaza and SLOMA’s Family Day activities are both free and open to the public.

Before the celebration, join the traditional Día de los Muertos procession through downtown San Luis Obispo on
Friday, November 1 at 6 PM. Meet at HumanKind Fair Trade at 982 Monterey Street. Festive dress encouraged. u

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 ART AT HIGH NOON FILM NIGHT
Lunchtime Lectures: Noon to 1 PM Third Mondays at 7 PM
Art at High Noon features art history lectures and Suggested donation: $5 members, $7 non-members with
artist talks within an hour lunch break—offering a a complimentary beverage.
free and fun dose of artistic inspiration. November 18, 7 PM
Thursday, Nov 7: Watercolor artist Frank Eber Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Impassioned Eye
will discuss how to tap into your creative potential. 72 minutes, English and French with English subtitles, 2003.
Thursday, Dec 5: Author John Seed discusses his book, Directed by Heinz Bütler.
“Disrupted Realism: Paintings for a Distracted World.” u
Filmed only a few years
before his death, this
ARTIST GROUPS documentary focuses on
the career of Henri Cartier-
The Painters Group Bresson, a frustrated painter
Nov 17, 2 PM: Painting Critique and Art Materials Exchange. who became a world-
Bring a painting for peer commentary or come without work. renowned photographer. As
Bring your unused art materials for free exchange. he reviews his portfolio of
Dec 8, 2 PM: TPG Holiday Party. Bring a fingerfood dish to iconic images and notable
share and a wrapped Artist Trading Card to exchange. u figures, the notoriously
— Charlotte Berney & S. Kay Burnett press-shy artist offers insights into his legendary career, which
CC Sculptors Group covered everything from Gandhi’s funeral to the fall of China.
The Calls for Entries for Occupies Space (at Art Center Morro Interviews with historians and colleagues explore the powerful
Bay) and California Sculpture SLAM 2020 are both online at impact of his globetrotting work. u
sloma.org/call-for-artists. u — Carl Berney December 16, 7 PM
CC Craftmakers How To Draw A Bunny: Ray Johnson
90 minutes, English, 2002. Directed by John Walter.
Metamorphosis Call For Entry due Dec 1. u — Dianne Draze
The cartoon rabbit that
CC Photographic Society was artist Ray Johnson’s
Nov 12, 7 PM: Visions of Vietnam, a photographic journey by signature serves as the
Cheryl Strahl, Peggy Jansson, Ronnie Goyette, and Dorothy inspiration for the title of this
Cutter. documentary that examines
No meeting in December. u — Bejae Blake & Cheryl Strahl the work, life, and untimely
death of this one-of-a-kind
CC Printmakers artist. Interviews of fellow
Nov 10, 2 PM: Meeting at Tricia Reichert’s studio. Try contemporary artists like
your hand at white-line foam block printing. Great for Christo and Billy Name shine
beginning and experienced printmakers and potential for fun a light on the professional work and private life of Johnson,
collaborations. Email [email protected] or call while archival video shows him in his element creating
805-528-4946 or for more information. his unique artwork that combined everything from Pop Art
No meeting is scheduled for December. u images, rubber stamps, and collage. u
— Robert “Rosey” & Barbara Rosenthal
San Luis Obispo Museum of Art Mission Statement
Digital Art Group Provide and promote diverse visual arts experiences for people of all
Artists interested in the digital arts are invited to our meetings ages and backgrounds through exhibition, education, creation, and
at SLOMA. 1st Mondays at 5:30 PM. collaboration; and preserve the Museum’s permanent collection as
Nov 4, 5:30 PM: Pat Watson will present a work in progress. an artistic legacy of the California Central Coast.
We’ll also discuss plans for 2020.
Museum of Art Museum of Art Staff:
No meeting in December. u
Board of Directors: Ruta Saliklis, Executive Director
— Gerry & Kay Burnett, email [email protected]
Meets the 4th Tuesday of and Curator of Exhibitions
every month at 5:30 PM. Courtney Davis, Assistant Curator
REFER A FRIEND Public welcome. Erica Ellis, Collections Manager
Member-Get-A-Member Campaign David Coburn, Acting President
Flo Bartell, Secretary
and Community Engagement
Karen Kile, Executive Director
Our members are our best ambassadors. Roger Carmody, Treasurer Emeritus
Help us expand our mission by referring a Tyler Beaty José Lemus, PM Life Drawing
friend to become a member online at Robyn Letters Beth Mott, Youth Education
sloma.org/join. Theresa Perry
Coordinator
As a special Thank You, referring members Nancy Piver
Barb Renshaw Mary Waters, Administrative
will receive a complimentary catalog Robert Rosenthal Assistant
featuring a past SLOMA exhibition. u Lucie Ryan

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 ART TRIP: ÉDOUARD MANET AT THE GETTY CENTER
Join SLOMA for a stroll through la Belle Époque with Manet and Modern Beauty at the Getty Center in
Los Angeles.
Édouard Manet was a provocateur and a dandy, the Impressionist generation’s great painter of
modern Paris. This first-ever exhibition to explore the last years of Manet’s short life and career
reveals a fresh and surprisingly intimate aspect of this celebrated artist’s work. Stylish portraits,
luscious still lifes, delicate pastels and watercolors, and vivid café and garden scenes convey Manet’s
elegant social world and reveal his growing fascination with fashion, flowers, and modern femininity,
as embodied in the parisienne.
Details: Saturday, January 11, 2020. Tickets $115 SLOMA members, $135 general. Includes round
trip transportation, admission, and guided tour of Manet and Modern Beauty. Convenient pickups in
SLO and Arroyo Grande. u

Édouard Manet, Jeanne (Spring), 1881, oil on canvas.

The J. Paul Getty Museum

MUSEUM GAME NIGHTS

November 14 & December 12, 6 to 9 PM
Take a break from the norm and enjoy an evening of board games at SLOMA! Choose from a rotating
selection of tabletop games provided by Whiz Kids Out-Of-This-World Toys. From party games to worker
placement and deck builders, we’ll have a board game for any level of gamer.
Have a favorite you want to bring? Please do! We love playing new board games! Free admission. u

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THURSDAY PAINTERS: Nov & Dec 2019

All painters invited. 9 AM–Noon with a critique during lunch.
Contacts: Debby Veldkamp 805-801-3617/[email protected],
Joan Faubert-Suttle [email protected], or Mike Grahek
805-481-8621/[email protected]. Bring a folding chair, water, & food.
Nov 7: David Bauer’s home, 6475 Mira Cielo, SLO. Sign at open gate Addressee or Current Resident
says Stone Creek. Park in circular driveway.
Nov 14: Old Town Gazebo, Arroyo Grande. Grand exit to Branch St,
right on Short St. into park. Wild chickens, creek, and old town shops.
Nov 21: Victorian Estate, 789 Valley Road, Arroyo Grande.
Nov 28: Happy Thanksgiving
Dec 5: Cuesta Park, 2400 Loomis St., SLO. From the South: Follow
Loomis and until it dead ends at park; enter on right.
Dec 12: Christmas Potluck at Debby Veldkamp’ s house, 240
O’Connor Way, SLO.A flag will mark the place. Park in back. Bring an
anonymous gift that pertains to art.
Dec 19: Back Bay Inn, 1391 2nd St, Los Osos. Park behind Inn on
Santa Maria. Bay & garden views.
Dec 26: Christmas Holiday. u