ANNOUNCEMENTS

URGENT!! We need a member who is interested in finding demonstrators for our meetings. If anyone has a suggestion for a demonstrator for our meetings, please pass it on to Deb Haaf. Please help us to keep PAL relevant and interesting . . . for YOU!

 

REMINDERS

You may send announcements at any time for the website to Emory Smith, emorysmith52@gmail.com. --We want to hear from you!

 

For the Newsletter and website, all members are welcome to send in announcements about art shows you will be in or were juried into, sales of your art or awards you have received. Please send them by the 20th of the current month for inclusion in the next newsletter. Send to: Ilene@IleneRubin.com. You may also send announcements for the website to Emory Smith, emorysmith52@gmail.com.

 

Due date for sending images for our venues is the 15th of the prior month! Mark your calendar to remember to send your image/s to Jeanne Stock. Remember to send a single image (horizontal) along with the name of your painting if you are sharing the exhibit with another artist. Send two images if you are a solo exhibitor. Please send to Jeanne Stock at jstockdesing@gmail.com

 

NOTICES

Beginning with the exhibit in November 2026 PAL, all venues will exhibit for a three-month period. When sign up opens for the 2027 season, be aware of the change. New schedule is November/December/January; February/March/April; May/June/July; August/September/October

 

Beginning in 2027, we will have only opening receptions at Blue Mountain Vineyards.

 

ARTIST OPPORTUNITIES

The William Allen Art Alliance is holding their bi-annual small works fundraiser. Their mission it is to support and promote arts education for students at William Allen high school. There will be an art sale at Theater 514, across from the Civic theater on 19th St. on November 15, 2026, from 1 to 3pm. It will also be online. They are looking for donations of art from the community and will accept anything up to a maximum of 18" x 24." They hope to get more than 60 original works. In the past, members of the Parkland Art League have donated artwork. Please consider sharing a piece of your artwork for this cause. You are also invited to attend the sale on November 15. Contact: Sylvia Roth at kroth57013@gmail.com or 610 797-2608.

 

PAL member Rita Richetti and her church associates are raising funds to help children in Africa via the Touch a Life organization that has rescued trafficked children. Sell your work at the craft fair as a vendor or attend and buy some gifts for the holidays. Arts and Crafts Fair at St. Timothy's Church on Ott St. in Allentown on November 7 from 10-2. Artists can have table space for $20, to sell work at no commission. A mission group from PAL member Rita Richetti's church will be going to Ghana, West Africa in July 2027. The mission supplies support for literacy teaching, therapeutic art, basic healthcare and small construction and repairs. Contact: Rita 908-892-0470.

 

There will be a Pop-Up Art Show and Sale at Stony Run on Sunday, November 15th from 12-5 pm. They will have music from 1-4 pm. The pop-up will be in the lobby area, part of the tasting room and, if needed, the side meeting room. They will have music from 1-4 pm. If you wish to participate, please respond to Val Schramak by October 29th. -- A reminder to our members to please share the postcard for the Parkland Art League Fall “Pop Up Art Show & Sale” with family and friends to help us make this event in partnership with Stony Run a big success!  Just right-click the postcard shown here and click 'save image as', then choose a location on your phone or computer to save it so you can then share it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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There will also be a Pop-Up Art Show and Sale as a part of Stony Run's ‘Winter Wine-derland’ Celebration, December 19 & 20. This will be held in their downstairs banquet room where they will have music both days and a brunch buffet from 12-3 on Sunday. You can participate one or both days, so  please respond to Val Schramak by November 30th.

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MEMBER NEWS

Congratulations to the following members of Parkland Art League:
 
Debbie Garlicki’s oil painting “Leaping Rainbow” was chosen by Lehigh Gap Nature Center staff and board of directors for the cover of the fall/winter edition of the magazine, “Wildlife Activist,” which is distributed to more than 650 members.

 

PAL Members Participating in Recent Exhibits:

LAA Fall Juried—Karen Benco, Howard Ellsworth, Ilene Rubin, Jill Stanley, Jeanne Stock
Ilene Rubin received Honorable Mention
 
Bethlehem Palette Club Member Juried Exhibit at Allentown Art Museum—Joy Barnes, Karen Benco, Bradley Clark, Howard Ellsworth, Margie Kavchok, Rita Richetti, Ilene Rubin, Kay Stauffer, Jeanne Stock.  Ilene Rubin received an Award.  Jeanne Stock received Honorable Mention.

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LOOKING AHEAD:  2027 venue schedule is WIDE OPEN; sign up today to show YOUR paintings at one of our partnering venues.