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Press Releases 2003
Students take art classes in free summer programJOANNA CORMAN MURRIETA ---- Matt Allen loves art. But in his three years of high school, the incoming senior only has had time for one art class. That's why the 17-year-old relished the chance to take art over the summer.
"I'm really liking it so far," Allen said Monday after his first day in a week-long program organized by Arts Council of Temecula Valley. "I've never used acrylic paint, but so far I'm learning a lot about mixing color." Allen, a Murrieta Valley High School student, is one of 163 students participating in the free program. The arts council, a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting art in schools and the community, started the Summer Youth Art Institute four years ago. The program is made free to the students because of donations from private and public sponsors. "There were a lot of students that were interested in studying the arts more in depth during the summer," said Martha Minkler, the arts council's executive director. "During the school year there are so many kids in a class. This in-depth program allowed them to focus on different principals of art ... for a full week straight through." The program pays six artists, including local teachers and professional artists, to teach two weeks during the summer. This is the first year the program, which enrolls middle and high school students, has also included elementary schoolchildren. And it's the first year the institute, which started in Temecula, included students in Murrieta. Gabriele Baber, 48, is teaching color theory at the institute. Baber, a professional artist from Temecula, had the students mix shades of green and then paint apples in complementary colors Monday. She showed them that, by mixing different shades of blue and yellow, they can produce hues of green as varied as the rind of an avocado and the feathers of a parrot. "I want you to feel free with the paint," she told her students, five girls and one boy. Amy Smith, 17, took the class to get ready for the fall. She said she signed up for Advanced Placement studio art at Murrieta Valley High School and wanted to be prepared. "It's cool to see how the colors themselves have a really cool effect on their own," she said after class. During the three-hour class, Baber's teaching never stops. Paint with loose strokes, she tells them. Keep the same palette to create harmony throughout your painting. Avoid mixing complementary colors because they will make the color of mud. "I don't care where you are in your skill level," she told them. "I want you to have fun pushing paint around. You're going to grow by doing it." As she teaches, she paints with the students. She looks up to check on their progress and walks around, giving criticism and encouraging words to each one, adding paint to their picture, asking them to think about what they are doing. Holly Simpson, 16, is taking the class for the second time. "I really enjoyed last week," the Murrieta teen said, adding that she learned things such as how to keep her colors bright and clear and how to paint more freely. "She's a really good teacher," Holly said. "She goes one-on-one instead of teaching everyone and moving on." The teachers are encouraged to use as many mediums as possible. Though Baber is focusing on acrylic and oil paints, Cheryl Beal, a drawing and painting teacher at Chaparral High School in Temecula, is incorporating water colors, drawing, linoleum printmaking and scratch board into her class. "They really like the idea of learning a lot of different methods," Beal said of her students. Baber said she hopes her enthusiasm for art touches the students. "To me it's magical," Baber said of art. "You start with these little blobs of color. You take them and mix them up ---- look goose bumps," she said, rubbing her arm, "and put them on the canvas. It's like magic." For information on the program, call 695-ARTS or e-mail, temarts@pe.net. The AFTER SCHOOL ARTS PARTNERSHIP Announced
Contact: Gabriele Baber Event: United Methodist Church and Temecula Valley Art League Hillcrest Academy Festival of the arts. Date: Oct 25 All day Gabriele Baber will be demonstrating and showing her new vineyard paintings at the United Methodist Art and Craft Festival on Oct 25th. The united Methodist Church is on Margarita Pkwy in Temecula near the Sports park. Gabriele will also have her work on display along with other members of the Temecula Valley Art League, Hillcrest Academy Festival of the arts. Saturday, October 25th 12-5 pm 29275 Santiago Road, Temecula, CA 92592 A portion of the work sold that day will go to benefit the Art league and the Hillcrest Academy. Gabriele will have her current schedule of classes for interested students to pick up. Classes in watercolor, oil painting and basic drawing are available with new classes beginning Oct 28th. Pick up a new schedule and check out the arts activities of the day.
The AFTER SCHOOL ARTS PARTNERSHIP Announced
Year of the Woman 2003 sponsored by
Southwest Healthcare System
PLACE: Promenade Mall, Temecula
EVENT DATE: Saturday August 30
TIME: 10:00-3:00
TITLE: Gabriele Baber to demo at Promenade Mall.
Gabriele Baber, signature artist for the Temecula Valley "Arts in the
country 2003" will be at the Promenade Mall in Temecula demonstrating
various painting techniques and displaying her Vineyard Series on Saturday
August 30th from 10:00 am til 3:00 pm. Gabriele's work was also used for the
2003 20th annual Wine and Balloon festival poster. To see Gabriele's work
and check out her teaching schedule for the fall, go to
wwwgabrielebaberart.com.
Gabriele has been invited to paint at the Mall during the "Women's Expo"
sponsored by the Southwest Healthcare in Murrietta and the Promenade Mall.
The Expo will feature a variety of free educational info from home
decorating to womens health issues. Don't miss this informative fun event.
v Chino Champion, 2003
v Press Enterprise, 2003 Art teacher designs poster for the festival TEMECULA--Local artist and teacher Gabriele Baber was selected from about 10 hopefuls to design the poster for the 20th anniversary of the Temecula Valley Balloon and Wine Festival, even officials said Tuesday. Baber's acrylic painting, designed as a vignette of Temecula's wine country, has a vine label motif showing colorful hot-air balloons floating over the local vineyards. "I'm thrilled about being selected,. It is an honor," said Baber, a Temecula resident who teaches art classes through the city's Community Services program. She also has taught in Chino Hills and Orange County.] This year's festival is planned June 6-8 at Lake Skinner northeast of Temecula. Baber's poster now is being printed and copies are expected to be available later this month at the festival office. 28475 Old Town Front St. in Old Town Temecula. Call (909) 676-6713 for more information. v Artist in the Valley, 2003 Gabriele Baber's Vineyard Melodies selected for the 2003 Arts in the Country Festival. Gabriele Baber's painting "Vineyard Melodies" was selected as the official artwork to represent The Art Council's marketing effort for the Arts in the Country Festival 2003. Watch for more on this talented artist for months to come. v The Californian, 2003 Temecula Valley Art League Members Demonstrate Local artists are doing weekly art demonstrations Granny's attic in Old Town (28450 Felix Valdez, (909) 699-9449). The demonstrator for February 8th Gabriele Baber. The League is especially pleased to have Gabriele represent to group, since her recent watercolor "Vineyard Melodies" has been selected to be the signature art (Poster) for the 2003 Temecula Valley Arts in the Country Festival which runs May 1, through the end of June. Gabriele also teaches art classes through the Temecula Community Services Dept. v The Californian, 2003 Gabriele will be the guest demonstrator for the Murrietta Art Association. The topic is yet to be determined. The Association meets the second Monday of the month at Rail Ranch Elementary. The meeting starts at 7:00. Open to the public. Members bring their art work to compete in both the original and non original category. v The Californian, 2003
Gabriele will also be conducting a work shop in watercolor
techniques in the next few months. The workshop will benefit the Murrietta art
Association. Gabriele will be her entire fee with proceeds going back to the
art association in order to help their financial situation. All checks made
out to Murrietta art association. Members and non members welcome. Date to be
announced. After much thought I decided that a brush would just not do for such a huge
mural in such a short time. I purchased a couple of different kinds of
rollers, and some tarp. I showed back up at the school fifth period to start
work. Mrs. Matland (mmm' art instructor) had a good part of the drawing done
already on the Rialto Bridge, and suggested I start working on the street
scene portion. I decided there was no time to finish the drawing and went at
it with a roller from the beginning as fast as I could move the roller accross
the paper. Yes paper! This huge mural was done on paper with tempera paint. I
continued to work the mural in between teaching my art classes at the Temecula
community center. All together I think I might have spent a total of over 20
hours, but under 30. I am not sure how long I actually worked on the mural
since I visited with people when the came by to watch for a while and also
worked on some of the other painting projects that were there.
Many parents worked on the decorations for the promotion dance. It went nearly
like clockwork. although there was a time when I was sure that the job would
never be finished, or at least done enough, for the day of the dance. There
was a train station, Arches, gondolas, and silhouettes positioned around the
room on other scenes that dawned the walls. Margarita Middle School's art
teacher Bonnie Martland orchestrated quite a production and thanks to the help
of many parents, it all turned out to be a magical evening in Venice for the
8th grader promoters at Margarita Middle school....Gabriele Baber 
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