SCAPE Newsletter - MARCH 2025 Message from our PRESIDENT   By Kathy McGill Greetings Painters, I suggest you grab a cup of coffee and a comfy chair - there’s a lot to talk about this month! First off, on behalf of the entire SCAPE Board, I would like to extend my thanks and deep gratitude to Don Crocker, who recently retired from the SCAPE Board.  Don was a founding member of SCAPE, and has been on the Board through-out our organization’s long journey; so in many ways he has been instrumental in shaping SCAPE and enabling its success.  Don had moved away from Santa Barbara by the time I joined SCAPE, so I sadly didn’t have the opportunity to know him personally; but I always appreciated his historical perspective and his voice of reason - particularly when it came to legal matters.  We’ll miss you Don! Moving on:  a reminder that SCAPE’s online show is currently open for entries.  The title of the show is “Spring Thing”. There is no specific theme,  the show won’t be juried, and you can enter up to 10 images.  The idea is to give our members a chance to show off their talents in whatever genre suits their fancy.  Maybe you’re experimenting with something new and want to get it “out there” - this is your chance!  Entries close March 16th, and you must have an active, paid-up membership to participate.  So if you haven’t renewed yet, here’s yet another reason to do so. Next, I want to extend a huge thank-you to Matt Lancaster and Meg Ricks for our February education event, which was a well-attended presentation and discussion on how members can use social media to showcase their art.  Meg very graciously opened her beautiful home for the event, and Matt did a fabulous job of clearly and simply explaining the ins and outs of using social media - in particular Instagram.  At the risk of sounding like a broken record, this was a “members only” event - yet another reason to keep your membership current. Finally,  I’m excited to announce that, pending contract formalities,  we have locked up the dates and venue for our fall show!  We plan to be back at the beautiful Music Academy of the West, September 12th - 13th (Friday and Saturday).  Explore Ecology will be our beneficiary again this year.  Watch this space for details as they unfold, and mark your calendars.   That’s probably enough for this month - I hope you are all getting time to get outside and enjoy our beautiful late winter, and of course, I hope you are keeping those paint brushes wet. Until next month, Kathy EXHIBITS Calling All SCAPE Artists A SPRING THING: ANY THING GOES an online exhibit and sale   Entries Accepted Until Noon on MARCH 21, 2025 Call to SCAPE Artists     A Spring Thing: “Any Thing Goes”  Announcing that this show is to give SCAPE members the opportunity to show and sell their art. It is not limited to a place or type of genre. READ the prospectus (scroll through the alphabetical list to SCAPE) at  onlinejuriedshows.com   Entry is from NOW ending March 21  Show starts April 1 to May 30, 2025 Your art can be framed or unframed. But keep in mind you will be shipping your sold art when doing your pricing. No NFS (not for sale) paintings will be accepted. Membership News by Cristine Crooks    A gentle reminder to renew your membership in SCAPE as soon as possible. Thank you so much to those members who have already show their support by renewing in January.  Paint outs, SCAPE Artists on Zoom, upcoming Exhibits and special presentations all member benefits. THANK YOU.  Go to our website, log in and renew.  http://scape.wildapricot.org PAINT OUT NEWS by Your Paint-out Team Paint Out for April  Santa Barbara Mission Park April 12th, 9:00 - 12:00, 2025    Is anything any longer sacred? Even the old Santa Barbara, mission is threatened by a proposal to build a large apartment building on the space adjacent. So let’s go Saturday, April 5 to the Mission grounds and paint.  There are many options, including the old Mission itself, charming houses along Plaza Rubio, the rose garden and the adjacent dairy open space.   We hope to see you there. Manny Lopez ~Recording now available ~ Below please find a link to the recording for the January 29, 2025 Artists on Zoom demo with the illustrious Manny Lopez.  This is the first one done outside with a model, so it is novel in those respects.  Manny quietly focuses on his work while he’s painting, so there isn’t too much talking until the end.  (We didn’t want you to think that there is something wrong with the sound.)   Enjoy!   Fred and Susan Powell Passcode: cx42AB%= https://us06web.zoom.us/rec/share/H0e8hfPm_bGW9jAjs8K8fIWavwYyTNeF3P00aiTxvXSOLiQYCUJ_dFgLCHQxHPla.mxyRbBNtu6h6jjx1 He speaks eloquently about the process of landscape painting:  “In my paintings I seek to express the sublime beauty that is in nature. I think my best work has been those paintings where the inspiration has led me to capture a little of the life that I think we all see before us, obvious yet elusive.”  Manny Lopez