Arline Fullerton has always enjoyed beautiful handmade baskets, but she spent many years raising children and couldn’t afford to buy any. Then, in 1973, she heard of a basket weaving class taught by Hazel Pete, a master basket weaver of the Chehalis tribe, and Arline took the class and has been making her own baskets ever since.

Arline taught basic coil and twining classes at Olympic College in Shelton for a few years in the 80’s. She also has been a student of Northwest Indian culture and enjoys making more traditional native style baskets using cedar, sweet grass, cattails, raffia, bear grass, and an unidentified beach grass she picks near the Hoko River.

Arline is an Aquatic Plant Biologist by trade, and is very busy during the summer with fieldwork. She makes baskets for friends, family and gifts and always seems to have one with her in some stage of incompleteness. Lately, Arline has been experimenting with adding feathers to the outside and rim of small baskets, and she has a rather extensive collection of books on native basketry and studies them for inspiration.

Please join us at our next meeting for a fun basket weaving, story-telling experience.    

DON’T FORGET
Annual dues are now due. 
Please  see our Treasurer at the next meeting.
Thank you!!

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Sunday, February 14th at 1:30 pm at PUD - P.A.A. meeting, Arline Fullerton, fantastic story-telling basket weaver.

Tuesday, March 16th at 6:30 pm at PUD -  P.A.A. meeting - Dean Gushee, breathtaking wildlife photographer. (This is a correct and newly changed date from the original March meeting date.  Please mark your calendars.)

Tuesday, April 13th - Val Persoon, amazing watercolorist.  Please visit Val’s website at www.valpersoon.com

May -  hands on workshop...something fun! 

JUST AROUND THE CORNER

2010 Spring Art Show is coming!   This year the cost of entry will be $10 for members and $15 for non-members.  Best of Show will be awarded with a $400 prize, 1st Place will be $125, 2nd Place will be $75, and 3rd will be $50.  Watch for upcoming news for more details. Also, all ideas are welcome.  If you have any creative, great ideas you’d like to share please contact Becky S. at 426-1842. 

At this time we are also inviting all P.A.A. members who are interested in supporting the Spring Art Show to do so at this time.  All contributions, in any amount, are greatly appreciated and acknowledged, and go towards expenses associated with the show. For those interested, you may send contributions to PAA, P.O. Box 11, Shelton, WA.  Donors names will appear on an awards poster at the show and in all publicity about the winners.  Thank you. 

SPACE NEEDED

The Board is interested in organizing a Member’s Art Show.  If you have any suggestions for available space please contact Becky at 426-1842. 

Newsletter Ideas Welcome

Please feel free to call me, Trina G., at (360) 426-7886 with suggestions of things you’d like to see in our monthly newsletter.  I’m happy to add your fun and informational ideas.  Thanks! 

THANK YOU

Thank you to Geri Loss, Olympic Gallery/Custom Frame Shop, for donating matting materials and frames to PAA recently.

Geri also has space for rent in her gallery for furniture and art.  If you are interested in speaking with her about space available please call her at  (360) 432-3753.

LOOKING FOR ARTISTS TO FEATURE

The Shelton Chamber of Commerce is now considering artists to feature monthly at their downtown office.  If you are interested in finding out more information please contact Gregg Shank at  (360) 426-2021 or gregg@sheltonchamber.org

Quotes of the Day

  “It's a shock for me to go through and see all those years of painting my life, which is very personal for me. It's a very difficult thing for an artist to look back at his work.”
Andrew Wyeth, Realist Painter

Mason General Hospital Art Display

For more information about showing your work at Mason General Hospital
call Deb Hart at 426-8906

P.A.A. Board of Directors