CREATIVE ARTS LEAGUE OF SACRAMENTO

Join us on our 2010 Deluxe Bus Tours!

CALS Tour #1: Saturday March 6, 2010

Cartier & America at the Legion of Honor &

Amish Abstractions at the de Young Museum

Cartier & America at the Legion of Honor: covers the history of the House of Cartier from its first great successes as the “king of jewelers and jeweler to kings” during the Belle Époque through to the 1960s and 1970s, when Cartier supplied celebrities of the day with their jewels and luxury accessories. Derived mainly from the private Cartier Collection housed in Geneva, the spectacular array of more than 300 objects includes jewelry of the Gilded Age and Art Deco periods, as well as freestanding works of art such as the famous Mystery Clocks. With an extensive variety of jewelry forms—ranging from traditional white diamond suites to the highly colored exotic creations of the 1920s and 1930s—Cartier made its mark with the ingenuity of its designs and its exquisite craftsmanship.

Amish Abstractions at the de Young Museum: This exhibition features approximately 48 full-size and crib quilts dating from the 1880s to the 1940s. Quilts made by girls and women of various Amish communities in Pennsylvania and the Midwest are visual distillations of their way of life. The Amish faith embodies the principles of simplicity, humility, discipline, and community, but their quilts are anything but humble. Using a rich color palette and bold patterns, these quilts are truly a unique contribution to American textile history. The quilts highlight the beauty and complexity of the abstract patterns.

However, if you haven’t seen the King Tut Exhibition choose this tour instead! It is a little more expensive but it’s on the same day, same bus and a little more fun!

Tutankhamen & the Golden Age of the Pharaohs at the de Young Museum: More than 3,000 years after his reign, and 30 years after the original exhibition opened in San Francisco, Tutankhamen, ancient Egypt’s celebrated “boy king”, returns to the de Young Museum. In the summer of 2009 the de Young presents Tutankhamen and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs, a glorious exhibition of over 130 outstanding works from the days of the Pharaohs. This exhibition includes many new and exciting elements not seen in previous versions of the exhibition, including a revised version of the catalogue, a new audio tour, and additional artifacts from Tutankhamen’s tomb.

The trip price to see Cartier & American and Amish Abstractions (no King Tut) is $71 for CALS members and Friends of CALS. It is $76 for non-members.

The trip price to see Cartier & American, Amish Abstractions AND King Tut is $85 for CALS members and Friends of CALS. It is $90 for non-members.

THIS EXCEPTIONAL TOUR INCLUDES: a video tape presentation on what you will be seeing, knowledgeable tour guides, your transportation, all entrance fees to the Legion of Honor and de Young Museum, bottled water, juice and a pastry treat to enjoy on the way to the city as well as an afternoon cocktail party before departing for Sacramento. Lunch will be on your own at the de Young Museum Café.

We will leave at 8:30 a.m and return at about 7:30 p.m. See enclosed registration form for pick up points!

CALS Tour #2:

Thursday April 29, 2010

Filoli & the Cantor Museum

At Stanford University

Filoli Designed between1915-1917 & set against the dramatic backdrop of the northern Santa Cruz mountains, is a great example of the Golden Age of American garden design & country house architecture. Opened to the public in 1976 as a site of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Filoli features a 36,000 sq.ft. home and a 16 acre English Renaissance garden. Filoli is recognized as one of the finest remaining country estates of the early 20^th century. The gardens are spectacular! Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University boasts a proud and venerable history, as it was conceived of in tandem with the founding of Stanford University itself. The Stanford family, including Leland Jr., traveled the world collecting objects of art and cultural interest. The museum was originally created to make this collection available to students and the public. It has withstood natural disasters and periodic neglect, only to be resurrected, renewed and expanded, with its collections stronger than ever, thanks to the passionate dedication of Stanford faculty and staff, the Cantor Family and art lovers in the surrounding community. You will see one of the most complete collections of art of August Rodin on earth as well as many other beautiful examples of art from all ages. This is an exceptional museum.

The trip price is $90 for CALS members, and Friends of CALS. It is $95 for non-members.

THIS LUXURY TOUR INCLUDES: A specially prepared handout on Filoli & the Stanford Museum, your transportation, all entrance fees to Filoli and the Stanford Museum, knowledgeable tour guides, bottled water on the bus, juice & a pastry treat to enjoy on the way to Filoli as well as a gourmet lunch prepared for you at Filoli & served in a private dining room. We will also have gourmet treats and drinks before returning for Sacramento.

We will leave at 8:30 a.m and return about 8:00 p.m. See enclosed registration form for pick up points!

CALS Tour #3: Thursday June 24, 2010 (Note: Tour is Full- wait list only!)

Birth of Impressionism:

Masterpieces From the Musee D’Orsay

at the de Young Museum in San Francisco &

The Conservatory of Flowers in San Francisco

Birth of Impressionism: This exhibition puts forth nearly 100 works by the famous masters who called France their home during the mid-19th century and from whose midst arose one of the most original and recognizable of all artistic styles, Impressionism. This exhibition begins with paintings by naturalist artists such as Bougereau and Courbet and presents American expatriate James McNeil Whistler’s Arrangement in Gray and Black, known to many as “Whistler’s Mother.” Early work by Manet, Monet, Renoir and Sisley are on view as well as a selection of Degas’ paintings that depict images of the ballet, the racetrack and life in “la Belle Époque.” The Conservatory of Flowers features four permanent galleries, each of which is painstakingly cared for by Nursery Specialists. Plants are rotated into the galleries as they bloom so visitors can always expect to see the plants in the collection at their peak. Whether you are a native San Franciscan, a visitor from the other side of the world, or a budding botanist The Conservatory of Flowers offers an up-close experience with rare and endangered plants unlike any other.

The trip price is $74 for CALS members, and Friends of CALS. It is $79 for non-members.

THIS TOP NOTCH TOUR INCLUDES: An opportunity to view the Masterpieces from the Musee D’Orsay, your transportation, all entrance fees to the de Young and the Conservatory of Flowers, knowledgeable tour guides, bottled water, juice & a pastry treat to enjoy on the way to San Francisco as well as an afternoon cocktail party before departing for Sacramento. Lunch will be on your own at the de Young Museum Café.

We will leave at 8:30 a.m and return at about 7:30 p.m.  See enclosed registration form for pick up points!

If you have any questions please call Lesli (916-488-3163)

CALS Tour #4: Thursday August 12, 2010

Cornerstone Gardens at Sonoma &

The Hess Art & Wine Collection in Napa

Cornerstone Gardens is situated along the main gateway between Sonoma Valley and Napa Valley. The Gardens at Cornerstone Sonoma are a series of walk-through gardens showcasing new and innovative designs from the world’s finest landscape architects and designers. When commissioned, these artists were given the freedom to create anything from traditional gardens to modern, conceptual installations. Each designer was provided a garden parcel of approximately 1,800 square feet, a few practical considerations and infinite opportunity. In addition to world-renowned gardens, Cornerstone Sonoma offers guests a chance to indulge in the best of wine country living. Explore unique retail shops and galleries, sample and purchase “only here” local wines, and discover seasonal culinary delights and locally produced specialty foods to eat in or take away. The Hess Collection: Donald Hess began collecting art in 1966. Today, The Hess Collection houses less than a quarter of a collection that is shown in museums worldwide. Hess’ collecting style is a personal endeavor driven by a passion rather that monitory investment or current trends. He develops a close dialogue with an artist to better understand what drives him or her to create and he carefully limits his focus as a collector to twenty living artists whose work he faithfully supports long term. As is evident by the caliber of the collection, he collects with the uncanny ability to acquire works by lesser known artists who often go on to become well known and respected in their disciplines.

The trip price is $76 for CALS members, and Friends of CALS. It is $81 for non-members.

THIS ART & WINE LOVER’S TOUR INCLUDES: Specially prepared information on the Cornerstone Gardens and the Hess Art Collection, your transportation, all entrance fees to the Cornerstone Gardens & the Hess Art Collection, bottled water, juice & a pastry treat to enjoy on the way to the Napa Valley. A guided tour of the Hess Art Collection will be followed by a wine and cheese tasting which will include four different Hess wines, artisan cheeses, fruit, nuts and breads before departing for Sacramento. Lunch will be on your own at the Cornerstone Gardens, remember you can dine in the café or out in the gardens!

We will leave at 8:30 a.m and return at about 6:30 p.m.  See enclosed registration form for pick up points!

CALS Tour # 5 Thursday October 21, 2010 (Note: Tour is full- wait list only!)

Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cezanne & Beyond: Post-Impressionist Masterpieces from the Musee D’Orsay at the de Young Museum & San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cézanne and Beyond: Post-Impressionist Masterpieces from the Musée d’Orsay presents 120 of the Musée d’Orsay’s most famous late Impressionist paintings including those by Monet and Renoir, followed by the more individualistic styles of the early modern masters including Cézanne, Gauguin, Lautrec and van Gogh, and the Nabis painters, Bonnard and Vuillard. The exhibition will also provide a unique look at the Orsay’s spectacular collection of Pointillist painters including work by Seurat and Signac. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art – The 75^th Anniversary Show On January 18, 2010, SFMOMA marks its 75th year as a pioneering force in art. From Jackson Pollock’s first solo museum exhibition in 1945 to exhibiting vernacular photographs & championing the emerging Mission School scene in the mid-1990s. The Anniversary Show brings together more than 400 works from the collection, including paintings, drawings, prints, sculptures, videos, photographs, architectural models, and design objects. It includes artists whose early career work SFMOMA had the foresight to collect, such as Bruce Conner, Jay DeFeo, Frida Kahlo, Jeff Koons, Sherrie Levine, Mike Mandel and Larry Sultan, Barry McGee, Pollock, and Leslie Shows. The Anniversary Show also gives visitors an insider’s view of SFMOMA’s evolution through correspondence, photos, and videos from key moments in the museum’s history.

The trip price is $79 for CALS members and Friends of CALS.  It is $84 for non-members.

THIS AMAZING TOUR INCLUDES: all transportation, knowledgeable tour guides, all entrance fees to the de Young and SF MOMA, bottled water on the bus, juice and a pastry treat to enjoy on the way to the city as well as an afternoon cocktail party before returning to Sacramento. Lunch is on your own at the de Young Café.

We will leave at 8:30 a.m and return about 7:30 p.m.  Please see the order sheet for pick up points.

If you have any questions please call Lesli (916-488-3163)

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CALS Tours Registration Form & Waiver

(each attendee must sign a waiver – it is good for all 2010 tours)

Please return these forms to CALS Treasurer, 6 Latham Lane, Sacramento, CA 95864

Make your CHECKS payable to: Creative Arts League of Sacramento

If you are paying for a guest, please include their name, phone number & email if possible at bottom of this page.

Your Name_____________________________________________________________________________

Your Address_________________________________ City____________________ Zip _______________

Your Telephone number _____________________________ email or fax ___________________________

If you are a senior (65 & over) please deduct $1 from the price of each tour.

Friend of CALS Membership: $35per membership / how many? _____

Saturday March 6: Cartier & America & Amish Abstractions

CALS Members: $71;   Non Members: $76 How many tickets? ______ Total Amount ______

OR

Saturday March 6: Cartier & American & Amish Abstractions & King Tut

CALS Members: $85; Non Members: $90 How many tickets:  _______ Total Amount ______

April 29 Filoli & the Cantor Museum

CALS Members: $90;   Non Members: $95 How many tickets? ______ Total Amount ______

*Gourmet Lunch Choices: Grilled Chicken Pesto Sandwich: ____ Shrimp Caesar Salad ____ Veggie ___

June 24 Birth of Impressionism & Conservatory of Flowers

CALS Members: $74;   Non Members: $79 How many tickets? ______ Total Amount ______

August 12 Cornerstone Gardens & Hess Art & Wine Collection

CALS Members $91; Non Members: $96 How many tickets? _______ Total Amount _______

*Gourmet Lunch Choices: Roast Turkey & Jack Cheese Sandwich: ____ Asian Chicken Salad____

or Grilled Veggie Sandwich ____ (all include: fruit, cookie, soft drink or water)

October 21: Post-Impressionist Masterpieces & SF Museum of Modern Art

CALS Members: $79;   Non Members: $84 How many tickets? ______ Total Amount ______

Pick up Places: Please Mark where you would like to be picked up.

_____Challenge Way in front of “The Room Source” next to the Fire Department & across from Kaiser 8:30AM

_____South Land Park Drive South Hills Shopping Center in front of the Post Office & Vic’s Market 8:50AM

_____Mace Boulevard in Davis at the Park and Ride, near Ikeda’s Country Store 9:10AM

Please be prompt – we will leave on time with or without you!

Each tour benefits the Creative Arts League of Sacramento, a private non-profit organization and the CALS art scholarship programs & art education endowments. $15 of the price of each tour is tax deductible.

Our refund policy is that we will refund all your money up to one (1) week before the tour.

After that, there are no refunds.

Please print your guest’s name and phone number here: ________________________________________________

If you have any questions please call Lesli Pletcher (916-488-3163)

Mail registration form to: CALS Tours, 6 Latham Lane, Sacramento, CA 95864

100 fine craft artists  displayed and sold their work including fine Jewelry, Ceramics, Metalworking, Wood Working, Textiles, Paintings, Sculpture, Glass, Cards and Ornaments to Gourmet Food Items and Handmade Memory Books.

Ambrosia Cafe served terrific food and drink for the event. CALS special Victorian Santa posed for pictures with children, large and small and  pets! It was one of the most successful Crocker Holiday Art & Craft Festivals to date!

Interested in applying to become an exhibitor or volunteer at our 2010 event? Email us and we will add your name to the application list.

Birdie Boyles (1916-2008), a native Sacramentan, graduated from Stanford University and during World War II worked on the front lines for the American Red Cross, for which service she was awarded the Bronze Star.

After the war, she returned to Sacramento and worked as a research consultant for the State Department of Education. At this time she also began creating woodblock prints and became a leading member of the Sacramento arts community. She was a founding member of the Artist Cooperative Gallery (later named the Artists Contemporary Gallery), showed her artwork often at the California State Fair and the Crocker Art Museum, and was an early member of Creative Arts League of Sacramento.

It is with great enthusiasm that CAL took on the challenge of organizing an exhibition of her artwork, and underwriting a catalogue that will be a permanent record of her accomplishments. In its more than 50 year history, Creative Arts League has presented exhibitions that would not otherwise be seen in Sacramento. In the early days, that meant finding venues for exhibitions of local artists work. In the late 1950s, the group began a long relationship with Crocker Art Museum, organizing and underwriting contemporary craft exhibitions. We see this exhibition and catalogue of the artwork of Birdie Boyles continuing in the tradition of exhibiting work that might otherwise be overlooked.

Our partner in this endeavor has been the Art Department of Sacramento City College and in particular Chris Daubert, art instructor and Director of the school’s Gregory Kondos Gallery. In addition to opening up the Gallery for this exhibition, Chris also agreed to curate the show and assist in the publication of the catalogue. We could not have presented this exhibition without his help.

We would like to thank Birdie’s nieces, Christine Boyles David and Kay Sprinkel Grace, who have collected information about Birdie’s extraordinary life, and made available her archives. Thanks too to Patty Gregory, Pat Johnson and Charlene Noyes who documented the work that Birdie did for the Sacramento Archives and Museum Collection Center (SAMCC). And this project could not have undertaken without the assistance of CAL members Lois and David Warren.

Creative Arts League would also like to thank Melza and Ted Barr and other generous donors whose contributions have made this exhibition possible. Those contributions also underwrote the publication of this catalogue – a document that will ensure that the artwork of Birdie Boyles will not be forgotten.

Susan J. Willoughby
Exhibition Chairman
Creative Arts League of Sacramento

The event took place at the Scottish Rite Center again this year due to the expansion construction at the Crocker Art Museum. Over 100 fine craft artists displayed and sold their unique work including fine Jewelry, Ceramics, Metalworking, Wood Working, Textiles, Paintings, Sculpture, Glass, Cards and Ornaments, Gourmet Food Items and Handmade Memory Books. Ambrosia Cafe provided terrific food and drink for the event. CALS’ special Victorian Santa was in attendance and posed for pictures with children, large and small.

Our event was an amazing success and it is entirely due to the year-long planning and tireless efforts of the Festival Committee from the Creative Arts League, Pat Snooks, Diane Boal, Lesli Pletcher, Connie Spickelmier, Suzan Goodban, Susan Willoughby, Alice Smith and Santa, Wilma Champlin and from the Crocker Art Museum, Julie Smith and Pat Smith and the incredibly competent, generous and always cheerful volunteers! The total number of volunteer hours (just on the three days of the actual event) came to an incredible 620 hours!!! If you are interested in being an Artist/Exhibitor or Volunteering at the 2009 Festival let us know! 

In November CALS members joined Lial Jones the director of the Crocker Art Museum to make a donation of $150,000 to the museum expansion. The money has been earmarked for a CALS sponsored craft gallery within the museum.

We are honored to be able to make this donation and to continue to be able to support fine craft art within the Crocker Art Museum.

]]> http://www.creativeartsleague.com/calendar/?feed=rss2&p=6 http://www.creativeartsleague.com/calendar/?p=10 http://www.creativeartsleague.com/calendar/?p=10#comments Sun, 02 Nov 2008 19:48:07 +0000 cals http://www.creativeartsleague.com/calendar/?p=10 2007 Crocker Holiday Art & Craft Festival - A Huge Success

The 2007 festival was moved to the Scottish Rite Center due to the expansion construction at the Crocker Art Museum where the event usually takes place. Starting the day after Thanksgiving and going through that weekend - it was a huge success with close to 6,000 people in attendance over the 3-day event.

Over 85 fine craft artists displayed and sold their work. All types of work were represented from fine jewelry, ceramics, metalworking, woodworking, textiles, sculpture and glass to gourmet food products, hand made memory books. We also partnered with the Gold Rush Grille to provide terrific food and drink for the event. CALS’ special Victorian Santa was in attendance and happily posed for pictures with children large and small!

90 Artists from all over northern California participated in this event at the Crocker Art Museum November 24, 25 & 26. Admission to the museum was free for members or $5 for non-members. Friday night the museum was open from 5:30 to 9pm, Saturday from 10am to 5pm and Sunday from 10am to 4:30pm. This was a great event for unique holiday shopping done in one place Photos were also taken with “Father Christmas.” A cafe was open at the museum serving holiday treats, sandwiches, salads and beverages. Proceeds will help to fund a contemporary craft gallery in the new Crocker Art Museum.