Member Art & News

The following is a sampling of artwork from our current members. Please feel free to visit their websites, many are freelance illustrators who would love to speak with you about your illustration needs! To be featured on this page, you must be a current dues paying member of both the national GNSI as well as our Northern California chapter. Click here for the quick and easy details about joining. You will see more examples of member's art peppered throughout the other pages of this website.

Member News

Here, you'll find announcements of events our members are having including exhibits, sales, classes, new websites,and any other activities related to their illustration endeavors.Members are invited to submit their artwork and upcoming events for this page to the webmistress, Christine Elder, with ideally a 2 week lead time.

Open Call for Entries
The International Society of Scratchboard Artists (ISSA) -1st Annual Juried Exhibition
Exhibition date: July 1st 31st 2012
Location: ARThouse Gallery
13758 Arnold Drive
Glen Ellen, CA
Entry Deadline April 25th 2012
Works must be done in Scratchboard only.
Fees: $25 per piece of artwork submitted for non-ISSA members and $20 per piece for existing ISSA members
For a Prospectus visitwww.scratchboardsociety.com/exhibition2012.html

In conjunction with the Grand Opening of our 1st Annual Exhibition, July 7th, 2012, a series of workshops/demos will be held. One of our guest presenters will be Charles Ewing, inventor of Ampersand Scratchboards.
Dates: July 8th and 9th
Time: 9:30 am 4:30 pm
Place: Sebastopol Center for the Arts
Fees:
ISSA members $20 one day, $30 for both days
Non-members $30 one day or $50 for both days

December 8th, 7 pm, 2011
Sophie Webb Artist's Exhibit and Presentation
The Bone Room, 1569 Solano Ave, Berkeley.
http://www.boneroompresents.com/index.htm
Guild member, Sophie Webb, will give a talk about her three children's books followed by an art opening featuring her original watercolors. Her work will also be on display and signed books available on Thursdays throughout December.

October 2-31, 2010 'Flora & Fauna' recent Drawings, Paintings and Etchings
Bay Area Artists and Guild members; Diane T. Sands, Theresa Joyce & Cherise Thompson
Please join us at the reception:
Saturday, October 2, 12:00-5:00pm AWE Gallery (A Woman’s Eye Gallery)
678 Portola Drive, San Francisco, CA 94127 (close to 280) free parking available in the lot next to the purple church

Gallery Hours: Saturday and Sunday,Noon to 5:00pm and by appointment.
Public Info: 415 265-8237 AWEGallery.com

May 8-June 5,2010. Illustrating Nature, student works from the Science Illustration Program at CSUMB (formerly at UC Santa Cruz). Opening reception May 7th, 5-7 pm. Pacific Grove Natural History Museum. (www.pgmuseum.org)