{"id":7630,"date":"2015-06-06T00:25:30","date_gmt":"2015-06-06T07:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/noelophile.com\/?p=7630"},"modified":"2015-06-05T21:56:23","modified_gmt":"2015-06-06T04:56:23","slug":"youre-artistically-invited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noelophile.com\/?p=7630","title":{"rendered":"You&#8217;re (Artistically) Invited"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>by Noella Noelophile\u00ae<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_7631\" style=\"width: 443px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/noelophile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/SPAA-e1433561982700.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7631\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7631\" src=\"https:\/\/noelophile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/SPAA-e1433561982700.jpg\" alt=\"(Graphic courtesy of San Pedro Art Association, and used with permission.)\" width=\"433\" height=\"700\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7631\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Graphic courtesy of San Pedro Art Association, and used with permission.)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Want to see some gifted artists smile?<a href=\"https:\/\/noelophile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/HPIM2056-Copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5509\" src=\"https:\/\/noelophile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/HPIM2056-Copy.jpg\" alt=\"HPIM2056 - Copy\" width=\"526\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/noelophile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/HPIM2056-Copy.jpg 526w, https:\/\/noelophile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/HPIM2056-Copy-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><\/a>You&#8217;ll get that opportunity, this Sunday, June 7th, as <a href=\"http:\/\/sanpedroart.org\/wp\/\">San Pedro Art Association<\/a> celebrates the creative gifts of local students.As you can see, SPAA will be hosting a free awards reception, from 2 to 5 pm at <a href=\"http:\/\/craftedportla.com\">CRAFTED<\/a>, for participants in their All Grades Student Art Competition.\u00a0 You&#8217;re invited to come down and join them, applaud enthusiastically, ooh and ahh at the talents of the participating creatives, and throw roses and Belgian chocolates to the winners.\u00a0 (OK, OK, so I <em>did<\/em> just throw that last part in to see if you were paying attention!)<\/p>\n<p>What the poster doesn&#8217;t tell you, though, is just how far <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sanpedroartassociation\">SPAA<\/a> goes to support these young artists.<a href=\"https:\/\/noelophile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/steve-with-winner1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5512\" src=\"https:\/\/noelophile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/steve-with-winner1.jpg\" alt=\"steve with winner1\" width=\"527\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/noelophile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/steve-with-winner1.jpg 527w, https:\/\/noelophile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/steve-with-winner1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 527px) 100vw, 527px\" \/><\/a>When we talked during a previous All Grades Student Art Competition exhibit, SPAA Vice-President Steve Magee had framed each entrant&#8217;s work.\u00a0 Steve happens to be an artist who specializes in framing (his small business is called Get Framed By Steve).\u00a0 So, the results were&#8211;well, pretty spectacular.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/noelophile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/steve-with-art-and-sign3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7640\" src=\"https:\/\/noelophile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/steve-with-art-and-sign3.jpg\" alt=\"steve with art and sign3\" width=\"700\" height=\"492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/noelophile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/steve-with-art-and-sign3.jpg 700w, https:\/\/noelophile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/steve-with-art-and-sign3-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/noelophile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/steve-with-art-and-sign3-426x300.jpg 426w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a>In the past, SPAA has hung the students&#8217; work on exhibit in CRAFTED for the weeks following the awards ceremony.\u00a0 And while there are several categories in which competitors can win, including People&#8217;s Choice, no one really &#8220;loses&#8221;.\u00a0 Each participant receives a drawing set and SPAA membership for one year.<a href=\"https:\/\/noelophile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/SPAA-new1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7636\" src=\"https:\/\/noelophile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/SPAA-new1.jpg\" alt=\"SPAA new1\" width=\"700\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/noelophile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/SPAA-new1.jpg 700w, https:\/\/noelophile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/SPAA-new1-300x120.jpg 300w, https:\/\/noelophile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/SPAA-new1-500x201.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a>If you&#8217;d like to support San Pedro Art Association (which has been supporting artists and the arts for the past seventy-nine years, and counting!), they&#8217;d love to have you attend Sunday&#8217;s reception at CRAFTED.\u00a0 And while you&#8217;re there, check out SPAA&#8217;s regular booth at CRAFTED and ask them about their upcoming events&#8211;especially their <a href=\"http:\/\/sanpedroart.org\/wp\/events\/classes\/\">art classes<\/a> and their next <a href=\"http:\/\/sanpedroart.org\/wp\/1st-thursday\/\">First Thursday Art Walk<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><em>San Pedro Art Association hosts their artists reception for their 2015 Harbor-Wide All Grades Student Art Competition this Sunday, June 7th, from 2 to 5 pm at CRAFTED at the Port of Los Angeles, 112 East 22nd Street at Miner, Warehouse 10 in San Pedro.\u00a0 Admission is free.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Noella Noelophile\u00ae Want to see some gifted artists smile?You&#8217;ll get that opportunity, this Sunday, June 7th, as San Pedro Art Association celebrates the creative gifts of local students.As you can see, SPAA will be hosting a free awards reception, &hellip; 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