Next Meeting
Friday, May 18, 2012, 10:30am–1pm
Guest artist: Phoebe Beasley
Phoebe has had numerous solo and group exhibitions in the United States and abroad, and was honored by the State Department for her participation in the Art in Embassies Program. More details...
Transformation – Juried Exhibit
June 8–28, 2012 – Burbank Creative Arts Center Gallery
Artists’ Reception and Awards: Friday, June 8, 2012, 7–9pm
The juror of selection and awards for this show is Jackie Nach (our guest presenter at the March 2012 meeting). See our Exhibits page for more details and to download the Prospectus...
May 2012 Newsletter
The May 2012 newsletter is available for download (PDF).
Highlights: For the first time, this year’s CAA Board election will take place across multiple media. Doing so acknowledges the valuable input of members who cannot attend the Annual Meeting, including those who live throughout the state and as far away as New York and Florida. Members have the option of voting by E-mail, postal mail, or at the Annual Meeting itself on May 18. More info in the Newsletter.
CAA announces a new location for our membership meetings starting in September. We will be meeting at Pickwick Gardens Conference Center in Burbank. It is a beautiful room, the parking is very easy, and it is close to the 134 and I-5 freeways. More info in the Newsletter.
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2012 Newsletters (PDFs): February, March
2011 Newsletters (PDFs): November, September, May, March, January
Winter 2012 Juried Exhibit
February 10 – March 10, 2012
Our Winter 2012 Exhibit was held at Modest Fly Art Studio Gallery in Tujunga, California.
Click here for images of the winning entries...
Fall 2011 Online Exhibit – “Curious Cards”
Click here to view online slideshow.
Postcards have history and mystery. A collaged postcard is a curious combination of yesterdays and tomorrows, worked by the artist’s hand. View a slideshow of the winning and accepted entries for our Fall 2011 online exhibit. All artwork is collage/mixed media and measures 4" x 6" (or 6" x 4").
Congratulations to Vicky Hoffman who won 1st Place for her collage, “Sicilian Sunrise” (pictured to the right).
Juror of Selection and Awards: Leslie Caldera. For more than 35 years, Mr. Caldera has been making assemblage with a spiritual/poetic dimension. He is also well known for his mail art. His work has been shown in dozens of exhibits, and he has curated several others.
CAA Scholarship Award
To maintain ties to the community and to promote the study of collage, Collage Artists supports an annual scholarship for a deserving art student.
Pasadena City College student Kenneth James was the recipient of the CAA $1,000 scholarship award for 2011. James is a disabled ex-Marine corporal who gained the confidence to return to school after attending a TELACU veterans’ Upward Bound program. He currently studies art and is enrolled in the school’s paralegal program.
The award was presented to James by CAA president Jeanne Zinniker at a reception held at the PCC Art Gallery on the occasion of its 59th annual scholarship exhibition in June. The CAA Board of Directors voted to give James a one-year membership to the organization.
James refers to his works as “rip art.” Many of his collages use torn paper and images exclusively, incorporating the torn edge and its contrasting color into the composition. His palette is usually bright, filled with multiple hues. His subjects cover a range of emotions from love to anguish. He works in many different media, including digital art, but says “I still love to work with my hands and fingers in creating objects.” James’ goal is to publish a coffee-table book combining his art and his poetry. He is also finishing a book on trauma that has been in progress for several years. He plans to further his education at Cal State Los Angeles.