GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING AND BOARD MEMBER ELECTIONS
Saturday,  May 10th
11:00am for social hour - 12noon for the meeting and elections.
What to bring: Bring a pot-luck dish for the social hour (which will continue after the meeting.)
Where:Rhonda Raulston’s home
1067 East Palm Street, Altadena, CA  91001

Thanks to all Memebers who submitted identity designs this month. We have a challenging design problem at hand and the submissions with the most potential will be presented at the general membership meeting for your consideration and vote to enter the refinement process.

Please let us know where and when your next exhibition will take place, include title of show, address of gallery or museum, length of show and web site address if available.

Vibiana Aparicio-Chamberlin Solo Exhibition
In Lak Ek: You Are My Other Me: Ubuntu

Opening Reception on May 24th, 2 to 5:30 at the Southern California Library
which documents the history of the labor and workers movements of the Los Angeles area.
The reception will feature Vibiana's assemblage political pieces and paintings.
There will also be Afro Cuban music and a taco bar.

On June 21 from 2 to 5:30 Vibiana will host an art and politics Symposium
followed by socially conscious hip hop group, The Lowkeys. A drum circle will also be led by Paige.

Southern California Library – socallib.org
t 6120 S. Vermont, Los Angeles 90044.
A couple of blocks north of Gage on Vermont in South Central L.A. The library is wheelchair accessible, open daily from 11 to 6 pm. Closed on Sundays and Mondays. 323-759-6063

Vibiana: 626-792-2317 artediosa.com

Suzanne Saul will have another of her paintings, Red Bird Blue Bird, shown at The Folk Tree in Pasadena. ANYTHING GOES: A Small Works Show at The Folk Tree is on view from May 31 – June 28, 2008, with an opening reception on Saturday, May 31, from 2 – 6 PM This show celebrates many of the artists The Folk Tree has featured throughout the last twenty-two years, as well as some who are exhibiting here for the first time.

The Folk Tree 217 South Fair Oaks Avenue Pasadena, CA 91105 (626)795-8733 folktree.com

NEWPORT BEACH ARTS FOUNDATION – ART IN THE PARK, invites PSA Members to their 3RD bi-annual one-day art exhibition and sale. There will be a total of 60 artists participating and there are 20 slots still available. Gross take-in last year was 16k. The event will be held Saturday, June 21: 9:00-4:00 at Grant Howald Park, located at Iris Avenue @ 5th Avenue, Corona Del Mar–Newport Beach CA 92625, near the Oasis Senior Center. Venue commission - 30%. Application deadline Wednesday 21 May 2008, Contact Lila Crespin for an application via email.

The Associates of the BRAND LIBRARY & ART CENTER are pleased to announce that the prospectus for the “Thirty-Seven Annual Juried Exhibition of Works on Paper” is now available at http://www.brandlibrary.org/pdf/Brand37Prospectus.pdf.  Deadline: June 10, 2008.

NATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION September 14 - October 11, 2008. Juror: Ellen Harris, Former ED of Aperture Foundation, New York City, Former Deputy Director of the Museum of Modern Art. Best in Show: $1,000 plus 2009 Solo Exhibit in AI&G Foyer Gallery. Two Awards of Excellence: $500 each, Three Honorable Mentions. Open Media. 2D artists submit up to 3 digital images (no slides). 3D artists submit up to 2 digital images each for up to 3 artworks (no slides) Entry fee. For a prospectus send an SASE to: Art Institute & Gallery, Box 193, Salisbury MD 21801 OR 410-546-4748 OR http://www.artinstituteandgallery.org

INTERNATIONAL JURIED ART SHOW Held October 3-31, 2008. Artists 18 years and older, working in all 2D and 3D art media, are invited to submit slides or digital entries. This exhibition is limited to original, fine arts only. "Caught in the Act" seeks the moment of the numinous, the captured instant that reveals and questions what is hidden. Artists should be aware that the exhibit is open to the general public and artwork must be viewable for all ages. Prizes include a $2,000 purchase prize as well as numerous other prizes. Entry fee. For a prospectus and entry form send a SASE to: Caught in the Act, Northbrook Public Library, 1201 Cedar Lane, Northbrook IL 60062 OR 847-272-7074 OR http://www.northbrook.info/lib_caught.php OR artshow.npl@sbcglobal.net

Anet Abnous, Lore Eckelberry, Jasper Santos, Tannaz Daemi-Rashidi, Karen Winters, Connie Towns Burr, Bruce Burr, Mark Woods, Judeth Davis, Chris Mathis, Harout Joulhaian, Jose Zamora, and Monica Mader.