Society of Philippine-American Artists

SPAA NEWSLETTER #1 - January 2004

Mailing address: 160 Centre Avenue, Secaucus, NJ 07094 * tel/fax (201) 863-5888 * email: durezart@aol.com
Society of Philippine American Artists at the web: http://www.spaa.netfirms.com

A December to remember

The Christmas party is long past, butthe memories of that one Saturday last December seem to hang around a little longer. That was the best of our gatherings since our founding day in Secaucus in the summer of ’95. That was made possible by every one pitching in, in the spirit of fellowship and cooperation that we hope to see more of in the coming years.

Many thanks to all of you who cheerfully responded, brought great savory food and drinks, gifts, new friends and new members.Special thanks to Lenore Lim who prepared the hall and Christmas tree,Mahal Dureza for the door prizes, and piano man Luis Caraos and the singers Dr. Reyes, Tony Valdez, Pablo Mahinay, Ernie Avila.

Thanks most of all to our venerable artist and founder, Mang Maning Rodriguez, who played Santa. He gathered enough strength to make those prints as his gifts to each one, while still on rehab following his stroke. Thanks too to Via, his daughter, for taking care that her dad didn’t miss the party.

Welcome to prospective members:

Jeffrey Berman, Brooklyn, NY
Chato Morando, Forest Hills, NY
Nilo Santiago, Arlington, VA
Joseph Colletti, Flushing, NY
Dante Lachica, Neptune, NJ
Cheryl V. Hironaka, New York,NY
Paul Cabezas, New York, NY
Lex Cachepero, NY

A few more have expressed interest, thanks to our ambassadors-at-large

Luis Caraos and Zeny Avila (the love interest of Ernie) whom we entrusted to develop the membership of the SPAA.

Applications forms for membership are available from Zeny.

Congratulations to the prize winners. In the Hudson Artists recent regional annual juried show, three of our own were prize winners: Trini Ekstein, My Porcelain collection, First Place in Oil and Acrylics Division , Ernie Avila, Cockfighting I, Second Place, in Oil and Acrylic Division and Lito David, Persimmon, Pear, and Plum, Second Place, Watercolors and Pastel Division.

Previous winners include Mang Maning, Mike Miguel the first Filipino member, and Elleine Basa .In the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Hudson Artists, Inc. a, several members were honored with medallions, which included SPAA President Joe Dureza, who was HA artist of the year in 1999. Incidentally, Joe starts this year as president also of the HA, Inc.

SPAA WEBSITE Jessica Robas, God bless her, who is based in Toronto, has progressed much since she undertook publishing our site. She has also established links for our members who already have web pages. She can do more but she’s limited by how much information we can supplyher for updates and photos. We can start to feature an artist of the month for those without web pages but we need pictures of your work, 150 word or so artbio,and an optional personal photo. Jessica would prefer this be emailed or in diskette/cd rom post mailed.

I tried one of these free pages offered by domain and web publishers (dozens of choices) which will give you step by step instruction on how to make your own. My handiwork is at http://siteskins.net/durezart. Visit this site that looks like a grade school project, but I got responses like, how nice the paintings are, but no cigars. I encourage all artists to go online and own a page.

Exhibit in Manila 2004: We are talking to Eric Zerrudo of the GSIS Museum (near PICC) for a show date in Manila. We requested for August. Lenore Lim, who has previously shown there, shall negotiate the details when she goes to Manila by the end of January. Our works will be go thru a Curator, Expenses will be incurred for shipping and handling/ transportation, insurance, opening reception, printing of brochures and invites. No theme has been suggested yet, but, surely we simply have to put out our best. Manila has a sophisticated audience. Joe will have a show in Iloilo City in July but will stay to take care of business as required. So prepare yourselves. Keep on painting. Send your comments, suggestions, and ideas. And tap $ponsors for the show JAD

P.S.

When done in MS Word this page looked okay. Then I did a cut and paste routine instead of sending this as attachment, it came out in this page jumbled beyond recognition. I just cleaned this up to make it readable. I need help/advice from anyone who knows this business. Please see attachment of photos which is too big a file for this page,the original page exceeded 16mb. I'll send them in installments in the suceeding mail. They are selected photos for 2004. If you have photos to share and have a scanner, please share those precious moments. Better still if you order your prints by kodak CD. Very convenient.

Thanks, Joe


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	SPAA NEWSLETTER #1 - January 2004 Mailing address: 160 Centre Avenue, Secaucus, NJ 07094 * tel/fax (201) 863-5888 * email: durezart@aol.com Society of Philippine American Artists at the web: http://www.spaa.netfirms.com A December to remember The Christmas party is long past, butthe memories of that one Saturday last December seem to hang around a little longer. That was the best of our gatherings since our founding day in Secaucus in the summer of ’95. That was made possible by every one pitching in, in the spirit of fellowship and cooperation that we hope to see more of in the coming years. Many thanks to all of you who cheerfully responded, brought great savory food and drinks, gifts, new friends and new members.Special thanks to Lenore Lim who prepared the hall and Christmas tree,Mahal Dureza for the door prizes, and piano man Luis Caraos and the singers Dr. Reyes, Tony Valdez, Pablo Mahinay, Ernie Avila. Thanks most of all to our venerable artist and founder, Mang Maning Rodriguez, who played Santa. He gathered enough strength to make those prints as his gifts to each one, while still on rehab following his stroke. Thanks too to Via, his daughter, for taking care that her dad didn’t miss the party. Welcome to prospective members: Jeffrey Berman, Brooklyn, NY Chato Morando, Forest Hills, NY Nilo Santiago, Arlington, VA Joseph Colletti, Flushing, NY Dante Lachica, Neptune, NJ Cheryl V. Hironaka, New York,NY Paul Cabezas, New York, NY Lex Cachepero, NY A few more have expressed interest, thanks to our ambassadors-at-large Luis Caraos and Zeny Avila (the love interest of Ernie) whom we entrusted to develop the membership of the SPAA. Applications forms for membership are available from Zeny. Congratulations to the prize winners. In the Hudson Artists recent regional annual juried show, three of our own were prize winners: Trini Ekstein, My Porcelain collection, First Place in Oil and Acrylics Division , Ernie Avila, Cockfighting I, Second Place, in Oil and Acrylic Division and Lito David, Persimmon, Pear, and Plum, Second Place, Watercolors and Pastel Division. Previous winners include Mang Maning, Mike Miguel the first Filipino member, and Elleine Basa .In the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Hudson Artists, Inc. a, several members were honored with medallions, which included SPAA President Joe Dureza, who was HA artist of the year in 1999. Incidentally, Joe starts this year as president also of the HA, Inc. SPAA WEBSITE Jessica Robas, God bless her, who is based in Toronto, has progressed much since she undertook publishing our site. She has also established links for our members who already have web pages. She can do more but she’s limited by how much information we can supplyher for updates and photos. We can start to feature an artist of the month for those without web pages but we need pictures of your work, 150 word or so artbio,and an optional personal photo. Jessica would prefer this be emailed or in diskette/cd rom post mailed. I tried one of these free pages offered by domain and web publishers (dozens of choices) which will give you step by step instruction on how to make your own. My handiwork is at http://siteskins.net/durezart. Visit this site that looks like a grade school project, but I got responses like, how nice the paintings are, but no cigars. I encourage all artists to go online and own a page. Exhibit in Manila 2004: We are talking to Eric Zerrudo of the GSIS Museum (near PICC) for a show date in Manila. We requested for August. Lenore Lim, who has previously shown there, shall negotiate the details when she goes to Manila by the end of January. Our works will be go thru a Curator, Expenses will be incurred for shipping and handling/ transportation, insurance, opening reception, printing of brochures and invites. No theme has been suggested yet, but, surely we simply have to put out our best. Manila has a sophisticated audience. Joe will have a show in Iloilo City in July but will stay to take care of business as required. So prepare yourselves. Keep on painting. Send your comments, suggestions, and ideas. And tap $ponsors for the show JAD P.S. When done in MS Word this page looked okay. Then I did a cut and paste routine instead of sending this as attachment, it came out in this page jumbled beyond recognition. I just cleaned this up to make it readable. I need help/advice from anyone who knows this business. Please see attachment of photos which is too big a file for this page,the original page exceeded 16mb. I'll send them in installments in the suceeding mail. They are selected photos for 2004. If you have photos to share and have a scanner, please share those precious moments. Better still if you order your prints by kodak CD. Very convenient. Thanks, Joe Site maintenance & design by JRobas SPAA 2003 - 2006