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organization focusThe Oak Group |
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Originating nearly two decades ago with “a handful of friends meeting to paint a coastal California bluff,” the Oak Group, following the lead of Ray Strong, has over the years established itself as a powerful philanthropic organization whose mission is to raise public awareness of endangered landscapes in and around Santa Barbara County. By documenting on paper and canvas the few untouched spaces remaining along the coast and then exhibiting their work, the group’s 24 members—among them accomplished painters Arturo Tello, Marica Burtt, Hank Pitcher, Glenna Hartmann, John Comer, Michael Drury, Patricia Chidlaw and Richard Schloss—have donated more than $750,000 to such organizations as the Nature Conservancy, the Land Trust for Santa Barbara County and the Marin Agricultural Land Trust. The Oak group mounts three exhibitions every year: “A tribute to Ray Strong,” runs this fall from November 17 through December 4 at the Faulkner Gallery in the Santa Barbara Public Library; “Ranches & Rolling Hills,” a spring show at Druid’s Hall, Nicasio, highlights endangered landscapes; and an August reception on Santa Cruz Island Gallery benefits the Nature Conservancy. For more information about the Oak Group, call Arturo at 805-684-4802 or visit www.theoakgroup.org. |
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Frank Bette Center for the Arts
1601 Paru Street
Alameda, CA 94501
510-523-6957
www.frankbettecenter.org.
Indiana Plein Air Painters
P.O. Box 551075
Indianapolis, IN 46205
317-508-0667
inpleinair@yahoo.com
www.inpainters.org
International Plein Air Painters
P.O. Box 2332
Niagara Falls, NY 14302
905.354.8692
www.i-p-a-p.com
Laguna Plein Air Painters Association
P.O. Box 4109, Laguna Beach, CA 92652
(949) 376-3635
info@lpapa.org
www.lpapa.org
The Mid-Atlantic Plein Air Painters Association
www.mapapa.org
NHPleinAir
msjallen@comcast.net
www.nhpleinair.com
The Oak Group
PO BOx 115
Summerland, CA 93067
arturote@aol.com
www.theoakgroup.org.
Ohio Plein Air Society
P. O. Box 16264
Columbus
Ohio 43216
740-927-3078
www.ohiopleinairsociety.com
Plein Air Artists Colorado
www.pleinairartistscolorado.com
Plein Air Georgia
pleinairga@yahoo.com
www.pleinairgeorgia.com
706-075-6419
Plein-Air Painters of America
www.p-a-p-a.com
Plein Air Painters of Georgia
www.pleinairpaintersofga.com
Plein Air Painters of Hawaii
www.pleinairpaintersofhawaii.com
Plein Air Painters of Idaho
www.pleinairpaintersofidaho.org
Plein Air Painters of the Bay of Fundy
c/o Michael Chesley Johnson, PO Box 454
Lubec, ME 04652
mcj.painter@gmail.com
www.pleinairfundy.org
506-752-2482
The Plein Air Painters of the Jersey Coast
thepapjc@yahoo.com
www.thepapjc.com
(732) 928-9744
Plein Air Painters of the New Jersey Highlands
info@papnjhighlands.com
www.papnjhighlands.com
Plein Air Painters of The Southeast
www.pap-se.com
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S.C.A.P.E. (Southern California Artists Painting for the Environment) |
Southern California Plein Air Painters Association
www.socalpapa.com
Tucson Plein Air Painters' Society
www.tpaps.com
Washington Society of Landscape Painters, Inc.
rwhitely60@yahoo.com
www.wslp.org