President’s Letter – September 2017

September 7, 2017 By Julie Ferrario

Welcome to a new and exciting year in the Art Docents of Los Gatos. I’m happy to start the new year as your President!

Over the summer I have been sorting through our office files and photos and came across some truly amazing information left behind by former presidents. I would like to start out by taking a moment to appreciate the many Presidents that have come before me – Michelle, Judith, Mary, Louise, Mary, Julia, Elizabeth, Alice, Maryann, all the way back to Emma Rau in 1973 – so many volunteers and so many years of such a great arts program here in our town of Los Gatos, CA. It is so nice to see that we have past presidents still really committed and involved in our program – that’s what makes Art Docents of Los Gatos continue for 44 years….great volunteers!
As I’ve been sorting through old files, adding a new photo board of all our members, helping to get the ceiling tiles replaced in the office I’ve been looking forward to continuing in the path of the former Presidents and adding my part to this wonderful program.

Art Docents is a non-profit organization, bringing art to over 3,000 students in the LGUSD for over 40 years! If you think about it in numbers….estimated 40 years x 2000 students = over 80,000 people the Art Docents have inspired and educated. We have a rich history beginning in 1973. Throughout the years our focus has been on teaching arts to the students. Being a former teacher and an artist at heart – I’m very interested in our continual growth of curriculum. These next few years we will be looking at our curriculum and see how we correlate with STEAM, combining the Arts with Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. Our curriculum has developed and changed with the times over the past 44 years – and we continue to update and celebrate the presentations we give to our students.

The Art Docents of Los Gatos are the “A” in STEAM

I’m happy to introduce our

Executive Board for 2017-2018.

We are so lucky to have such dedicated people

to help steer our program.

President – Julie Ferrario

Treasurer – Jenny Gifford

Co-VP Programs A – Stacey Closser

Co-VP Programs B – Theresa Bricker

Co-VP Fundraising/PR – Sue Ward

Co-VP Fundraising/PR – Stephanie Draca

VP Membership – Sue Walsh

Parliamentarian – Michelle Abene

Secretary – Judith Fishwick

Looking forward to working with you and meeting our new trainees!

Julie Ferrario

Art Docents of Los Gatos, President

Los Gatos Plein Air Art Show and Sale

June 3, 2017 By Julie Ferrario

Visit Marie Cameron’s Website where she has written a blog post (see excerpt below) about

the Los Gatos Plein Air Art Show and Sale!

We are so happy to have Marie on our Board of Directors.

Its great to have local artist’s taking part in our great organization!

Marie Cameron Studio – Blog

There are a few spots open on Saturday 6/17 that we need to fill for

the Los Gatos Plein Air Art Show.

Art Docents please consider signing up, it is a fun and easy event!

LOS GATOS PLEIN AIR SIGN UP SHEET

Art-Docent-Volunteers-Julia-and-Judith-Los — Art Docents Julia and Judith, volunteering at the 2016 Plein Air Show and Sale

Los Gatos Plein Air Art Show and Sale

June 18, 2016 (Marie Cameron’s Blog Post)

The Los Gatos Morning Rotary Club hosts the the annual Los Gatos Plein Air Art Show and Sale. Artists from all over the US are juried into this week long event where artists paint throughout the area, producing an amazing oeuvre of fresh work to be auctioned and sold at the end – the results are always impressive!Here a few shots I manage to capture from today’s sale at the Town Plaza (artists websites are linked to their names).

Organized by the by the Los Gatos Morning Rotary Club, proceeds from the event are going to support Montalvo Arts Center, the Museums of Los Gatos, Lighting for Literacy, Los Gatos Music and Arts and Art Docents of Los Gatos (which was represented by this great group of women – Hey Louise and Elizabeth!).

See more Pictures at

Marie Cameron Studio

Docent Spotlight: Julie Ferrario

May 4, 2017 By Julie Ferrario

Congratulations Julie!

We are pleased to announce that Julie Ferrario received a

Volunteer of the year award from the San Jose Junior League

for her volunteer work with the Art Docents of Los Gatos Inc.,

Julie was put forward for the award via the

Executive Board and requests from various fellow Art Docents.

The award is for a volunteer who has used their own initiative and time

to develop new skills that would improve the organization they volunteer for.

Over the past few years Julie learned and developed new technology skills for herself in order to streamline some of our

Docent activities and classroom performance with Technical equipment.

Julie has shown thoughtful leadership skills and given many hours

to help other volunteers increase their confidence with technical equipment.

Thank you Julie.

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President’s Letter: May 2017

May 8, 2017 By Stefanie Johnston

President’s Farewell Letter
Michelle Abene Proud to serve the Art Docents of Los Gatos since 2005

Dear Wonderful Art Docents of Los Gatos,

As my two year term as President comes to a close, I wanted to share my sincere thanks for the privilege to serve you. It has been extremely rewarding and fun. Here are just a few of the highlights of the past two years:

A newly remodeled Art Docent Office with new screen projector.
Online Training Videos for Print Presentations and Workshops, along with Thank you Videos and Art Show set Up Videos.
100% increase in use of our websites for Online Sign Ups for events and classes by teachers and docents.
A strong Jr. Art Docent Program consisting of students volunteers who earn community service hours for their assistance in our art education program.
Community Outreach through KCAT TV15 to run continual advertisement of our events on their station.
Acknowledgement of the stellar program the Art Docents provide by Los Gatos Monthly Magazine and local newspapers.
Continuous funding from community supporters. THANK YOU!
Hiring of a wonderful new Program Coordinator.
Excellent Guest Artist Presentations.
A new Art Docent Clothing line.
A new annual event: ART, Chocolate and Music night as our Opening of the Annual Student Art Show.
Record breaking Training Classes of 23 new docents in 2015 and 18 new docents in 2016. Welcome aboard!
Newly collaborative efforts with STEAM and Makers workshops.

My sincerest thanks to our Executive Board, for their tireless efforts and attendance at meetings, and their commitment to quality art education. To our Program Coordinator, Stefanie Johnston, for her positive demeanor in her first year on the job managing operations. We look forward to your valuable support in the years ahead.

I would like to thank the true heroes of our nonprofit. Each and every docent has given their heart and soul in perpetuating art education. To our committee members, without your passion and undying commitment to devote hundreds of hours of volunteer service, we would not have had such a stellar success record.

Thank you for privilege of being able to serve you as President of the Art Docents of Los Gatos.

Best,
Michelle Abene
President, Art Docents of Los Gatos

Annual Student Art Show!

May 4, 2017 By Julie Ferrario

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President’s Letter – September 2017