Dear Artists Guild Members: 

On Sunday, April 6, we celebrated the artists who were juried into our membership exhibition at then  PHES Gallery. Many thanks go to the owners of the gallery, Ellen Speert and Paul Henry, for curating and hosting the reception and exhibition will which be on view at the gallery at  2633 State Street, Carlsbad, CA, through May 31.
The gallery is open from 2 - 7 p.m. - Thursday - Saturday,
and by appointment: (760) 696-3022.  
The exhibition can also be viewed on our website through May 31: 
 www.sdmaag.org and click on "Exhibitions."
 Direct link:  https://www.sdmaag.org/2025-Phes-Exhibition#gallery

Please join us for our next Artists Guild meetings:

Virtual Artists Discussions Series via Zoom

Saturday, April 12 - 10:00 a.m. to 12 noon PDT

To receive the Zoom link, please RSVP your attendance to

Angelika Villagrana, gelikavillagrana@gmail.com,

by Friday, April 11, 6 p.m. 

Atelier/Workshop Initiative Meeting

Thursday, April 17 - 11:00 a.m.  -  2:00 p.m.

Location:  MOPA@SDMA, 1649 El Prado, Balboa Park To RSVP
and to receive the agenda for this meeting please contact 
Artists Guild president Jim Bliesner at jdbarte@gmail.com

The Artists Guild will hold its Annual General Meeting 
on Saturday, June 14, 2025, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon PDT via Zoom.  
We hope you will join us for this important meeting.  
During the meeting, you will receive updates on past and upcoming 
Guild activities and exhibitions.  Then, attending Artist Members 
will elect the Board of Directors for the coming fiscal year.  

The slate of the proposed Board candidates is as follows:

Jody Abssy; Cecilia Anastos; Jim Bliesner; Lunjia Hu; Kevin Inman;
 Barbara Leitzel; Mark-Elliott Lugo: Leslie Pierce; Lily Tanzer; 
Angelika Villagrana; Jon Ohl Webster

After serving on our board for close to 20 years, Julianne Ricksecker has decided not to seek re-election.  We owe her a lot of gratitude for her many years of service as membership chair, treasurer and webmaster.

We are looking for a few additional members to step up as either board or 
committee members, assisting us with exhibitions, promotion/publicity, and membership.

If you are interested, please contact me. You may also want to attend our
monthly board meetings on the first Tuesday of each month, from 10:15 a.m.
through 12 noon PDT via Zoom, to learn more about the Guild.

With best wishes,

Jim Bliesner, President 
The San Diego Museum of Art Artists Guild

jdbarte@gmail.com