The Scarab BuzzA Fellowship of the Arts in Detroit's Cultural Center

217 Farnsworth, Detroit MI 48202 (313) 831-1250 No. 5, August, 1995

EVENTS, EXHIBITS, SHOWS

JULY:

No Board Meeting.

27 & 28-Thursday, Friday Luncheons by Greg. New time12 noon - 2 pm. Price raised to $6. RSVP.

30-A11 Members Show pickup. Main Gallery

Application forms for the Watercolor Show to be mailed.

AUGUST:

No Board Meeting. No Birthday Luncheon.

Thursday, Friday Luncheons to continue.

4-25-Detroit Society of Women Painters & SculptorsShow - Main Gallery.

4-Opening Reception and Bar-B-Q for Artistsand guests 7 pm with Entertainment, Wine andFood.

19-Cookout and MAA Screening for members, whosubmitted applications, and others welcome. 5 pm.Bring paintings. Potluck, BYOB, RSVP JohannaBielecki (313)581-4198.

Final Screening at Show 9/28. Members sellingworks pay Club 10% to cover VISA costs.

26-"Get Acquainted" Bar-B-Q 5 pm. Potluck, BYOB.All Members Show pickup - Lounge.

27-Opening Celebration of the new Sharon Sims Studio,1620Ford, Wyandotte, 3-9pm. Casual attire. Call(313)281-7467 for information and directions.

IN THE WORKS

SEPT 1-30 Greg Stephens Show - Lounge.

1-Preview Reception. 6 - 9 pm.

14-Artists' Reception. 6 - 9 pm.

7-Arts Committee Meeting 6:30 pm. Members urgedto attend.

9-Watercolor Intake 12-5 pm.

12-Board Meeting. 6:30 pm.

14-Oct 7-The Scarab Club 52nd Annual WatercolorExhibition - Gallery.

14-Watercolor Show opens.

17-Awards Ceremony and Reception. 2 -5 pm.

16-Scarab Club Auction Intake. Donations accepted.12-5 pm.

27-Watercolor Critique - Gallery. 7 pm.

27-Birthday Lunch. Noon $8. RSVP.

OCT 1-30 Enrique Van Der Tuin Show - Lounge.

4-8-MAA Show - Southfield Civic Center Pavillion.

4-Artist Delivery.

5-Artist Delivery. Reception 5-8 pm.

6-Urban Park/Trappers Alley Opening Reception. 7-10 pm. for new works of Sharon Sims, Patti Izzo,Michael Izzo, Paul Balog and Rita Gazdag. Call(313)963-5445.

7-Watercolor Show pickup. 12 noon - 5 pm.

8-26-Myths, Legends, & Folk Lore of the UkraineShow opens.

28-Auction, DuMouchelle's-Auctioneer. Members toreserve art works, silver, small furniture, stampcollections, poetry, and collectables. If giving an artwork, please include a short bio.

NOV 2-5-Michigan Art Teachers Show - Gallery andLounge.

6-30 Jack Olds Show - Lounge.

4,6,11-Photo Show take in, jurying, hanging.

12-Photo Show Opening - Gallery.

12-27-Photo Show. Pickup on 27th.

25, 27, 28, 29-Gold Medal Show take in, jurying,hanging.

Scarab Buzz -2- August, 1995

DEC 1-Gold Medal Show opens.

16-Gold Medal Award Dinner

2-Noel Night.

1996

JAN 20-Gold Medal Show closes.

FEB 3 - "Body & Soul" Opening, Lounge. A collage ofsculpture, painting, photography, and "Fine Art toWear" millinery and jewelry by Parti Izzo and SharonSims.

SOMETHING OF INTEREST

Revere a loved one or friend by underwiting one ofour awards in the name of your honoree for an upcoming,juried show. The amounts are $ 1,000 for 1 st Place, $5 00for 2nd, $250 for 3rd; four Honorable Mentions will eachreceive $50.

Mike Izzo donated $150 to the Fairbanks School forart supplies.

Thanks to the people of the Arts Committee, the prizefund is beginningto grow. Jack Olds added his $50 alongwith John Tabb's $ 100.

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A new pegboard paneled background screen for usebehind the model was built and designed byDonSchnieder.Material donated by the Thursday night sketch class.

Thursday night and Saturday morning sketch classeswill be establishing a fund for future Scarab Show prizes.

Bon Voyage

Rachael Harla leaves for Kenya and Uganda, Africa,for three weeks. "The Bulls in Colorado are pleased."

ANNOUNCEMENTS

NEEDED: Volunteers to help with intake, hanging, andparties at the Club. Call the Club or Johanna Bielecki(313)581-4198.

The Scarab Club Directory will be revised for 95/96.Please contact Al Gutierrez at the Club with anychanges or additions. ASAP

Studio available, will accept sharing relationship withpresent studio artist.

Single Occupancy available. Scarabs get 1st chance. CallClub for details.

Parking Lot - Be sure to use the Scarab Parking Card inyour car window, so that it is easily recognized

Sketch and Painting Session - every Sat. 10 am-1 pm.Classes in the garden. $7/session or $20/month.

Thursday evening sketch classes 7-10 pm. Participantspay half of $30 model fees, Club picks up other half.Remit monthly payments.

American Frame-Club receives 5% discount on memberorders.

ANYONE who has artwork or photographic materials inthe basement rack^pleasepick them up. We need thespace.

Photo Club meets on 3 rd Thursday of the month at 7 pm.

The Start Gallery. 211-B North Woodward, Birming-ham, MI 48009, is in the process of seeking artists'work in all media for a new gallery. It is their hopeto establish a format where student and unknownartists will receive exposure. They are requesting aresume and slides of work to be sent for consider-ation. The inclusion of a S ASE for return of work andinformation is requested.

Scarab Club Archives is seeking any items related to Clubhistory. Please drop off at the Club office c/o J. A.Mitchell. Please include your name to receive credit.

Children's Day...by Koch Tabb, dated 6/30/95

The 16th Annual Children's Day in the CulturalCenter on June 28 was a face painting success at the Club.Thanks to all the help I had making happy faces.. .RosemaryBay, Floyd Binns, Pat Eberline, Pauline Ender, RachaelHarla, Greg Stephens, Steve Veresh....

And a special thanks to Samantha Obeli, the six yearold granddaughter of Pauline. She drew two large pagesof wonderful faces, characters, animals, and symbols.They were passed around the table many times during theday for the crew to get ideas from. Hope to see her nextyear.

LANTERNES AT THE SCARAB CLUB

In the summer of 1994 Louis Cantoni contributed to the ScarabClub thirty copies of his new book of poems, A Festival of LanternesThese copies were sold by the end of April, 1995. All proceedswent to the Scarab Club.

Lou's essay, "Terse Verse," was published in the June, 1995Scarab Buzz. It described how he came to write a bookful of poemsin the lanterne form. Unfortunately, some typos were made in theessay's last paragraph. Following is the correct version of thatparagraph. Several lanternes from Lou's new book are also reprintedbelow:

Poetry may be defined as concise, precise, imaginative use ofwords in rhythmic patterns. Poems may be long or short, but economicuse of words has always been regarded as poetry's central virtue.In truth, thoughtful brevity is appreciated everywhere in day-to-dayconversations, in speeches, and in the writing of prose. For me,sculpting my experiences, ideas, and emotions into lanterne formhas been challenging, enjoyable, therapeutic. These cameos reflectmy work, my life, my love.

DANSEUR

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love lives Pluck .me.in your quick lutenist,reminiscing I love your ripe

smile. sound.

BISHOP HENRY YATES SATTERLEEKATRINA WASHINGTON NATIONAL CATHEDRAL AUDREY

Terracotta Portrait Old Terracotta Figurineby L.J.C. and dead, by L j c

he lies hereYour alabaster Such

shadowed young. easyeyes reach back sweeps and swerves

to primeval glorify yourtimes. youth.

TROMPE L'OEIL PERFECTION AFFINITY

He Five Sunpaints a lovely rays tint

fly so real Pears> painted this red brickthat viewers swat 'n °'l- refresh wall with blushing

it. me- warmth.

Buzz -3- August, 1995

PARTYTIME...

DuMouchelle Picnic...by Ray English

I arrived at the picnic with Ed Talent and his wife,Ellen. There was lots of Canadian Beer, lots of wine, allkinds of cold dishes and hot dishes, and cakes up thekazoo.

During the time I was there 50-60 people werealways coming and going. Rachael Harla was prancingabout in her prize-winning hat and arrived in Al Gutierrez'sP — mobile. Weather was great and view of lake wasbeautiful. Francine slinked around in her sexy blackbodysuit. All of us had a very good time and look forwardto the next one.

»»*The Scarab Club would like to thank Norman andRosemary DuMouchelle and friends for their gracioushospitality putting on such a grand picnic.

Arabian Nights Party ...by Pat EberlineWhat a night! ~ great food by Sparkey Herberts -

great music "oldies, but goodies" by Bill Kirshmann's

Orch. ~ great costumes by the guests. Some of theunique costumes were worn by Don Schnieder, FrancineKachman, Greg Stephens, Caroline Foster, Jose Romero,Christine Mikesell, John and Koch Tabb, Rosemary andGeorge Bay, Delphine and Gerald Iwankowski, Joe andBarbara Maniscalco, Rachael Harla and Al Gutierrez,and others too numerous to mention.

Some award winning costumeswere: Greg" Ahkmed"Stephens, Caroline "the bump" Foster, and yours truly,Pat "most daring" Eberline.

AWARDS

All Member Show Awards were given to:First

Michael A. Izzo Kindling Fire, OilSecond

Chrystyna Nykorak The Web, BatikJohanna Bielecki Beach Stream, W/CCharlotte Nelson Picturesque, OilJohn B,. Tabb The Fabric Sale, W/C

ThirdWilliam Bostick Ra e Things, W/CRoy Pauli Wolcott Mill, Oil

Parting Shot.... *****Blessed are they who expect little from this life for they shall not be disappointed Anonymous

submitted by Matt CallahanWhat's up? What's new? What is your view? Keep the comments coming. This is your paper.Deadline for the September edition is August 18th. Pat Eberline, Editor, (313) 675-1947

THE SCARAB CLUB217 FARNSWORTH

DETROIT,MI. 48202-4018(313) 831-1250

A Fellowship of the Arts in Detroit's Cultural Center