​Comments by some SAG members:

"I feel this group is my art 'family'.  I hope that anyone joining SAG will attend the
monthly meetings and become a member of the family."

"McNeil had a way of making each person feel 'special'.  She encouraged everyone.
Level of artistic ability didn't matter. 
Although McNeil is no longer with us in person, I hope that she will be with us in spirit always,
and that new members will feel as welcome as I did."
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"The potlucks are FABULOUS--so many good cooks!"

"Thank you so much for the awesome Thanksgiving party with all those wonderful familiar faces and a special guest!
I am very fortunate to be in the wonderful SAG art group.  You guys are the best!
Art gives us meaning and helps us understand our world. Scientific studies have proven that art appreciation
improves our quality of life and makes us feel good. When we create art, we elevate our mood,
we improve our ability to problem solve, and open our minds to new ideas."
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Join SAG

 If you are ready to join SAG, please fill out our Membership Application Form.  If you have any questions, email me  vistapat@att.net 

Membership Dues

Our yearly dues of $40 is being reduced to $20 for 2022 because the pandemic is limiting our activities.  Dues help defray costs for monthly meetings, group exhibitions, ​social events, printing costs for cards and flyers and other advertising, and our website. 

Options for paying your dues:
     1)  Prior to the pandemic, we encouraged members to pay at the monthly meeting by check or cash, and Kathy or Oscar would write a receipt for you (for good record-keeping for both you and SAG).  Since we are not meeting in person, you can mail your check to our Treasurer, Oscar Afsahi, 141 Townwood Way, Encinitas CA 92024.
Make checks payable to Sargent Art Group and note that check is for dues.  Include your email address, so that Oscar can acknowledge receipt of your payment.  (Kathy is a little leary about sending checks in the mail due to past experience of some checks disappearing in the mail.)

     2)  Another option for paying is to use Zelle (if your bank offers payments through Zelle).  Log into your bank account and look for Payments & Transfers (that is where I find it on my Chase account).  Set up a Payee (Sargent Art Group) and enter the email address (SargentArtGrp@gmail.com) 

     3)  We offer an option for online payments from this website.  A small percentage of the amount you pay will be kept by the processor (Square).  If you want to pay online, go to the Payments page.​
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Your Art on this Website

​Once you have joined SAG and have paid your membership dues, you are entitled to submit two images of your art (and whatever bio info you want included) and have your own page on the SAG website.  If you wish to have more images on the website, you can do so by paying to SAG a modest fee of $5 per image.  The $5 per image is a one time fee, and your page will remain as long as you maintain your membership in SAG (or you ask that something be deleted) or something catastrophic happens.
If you need to pay online, refer to previous paragraph.

Instructions for submitting images for the website:  Send  images to vistapat@att.net 
Images of artwork on this website are 432 pixels high @ 72 dpi.  If possible, send that size.  If not, send a larger image and I will resize it.
If  you have images on another website, I can copy if you want me to do that.
Name your image file to reflect the name of the painting.

Also, we have the capability to post short videos on this website.
Videos, as well as images, need to be of high quality.
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Sharing ​Information and How-to's for Artists

SAG members contribute to the organization in many ways--from bringing snacks to the meeting and cleaning up the meeting room --to finding locations for displaying art or sharing information about upcoming art shows--to demonstrating specific techniques they use in creating their art.  Many love to share what they have learned from experience.

SAG members, Bob & Pat Boyd, share some things learned from experience, including:

• Wiring your artwork for hanging
• Considerations for entering a show (weighing the pros and cons)
• How to photograph your artwork for entry into shows and for the web
• Considerations for having your own website

To access this info, click on the following link to their website:
         www.RPBoydDesign.com/information_for_artists.htm 

​Here is a Tip:  Suppose that you want to tell someone to look at your art on the SAG website.  Instead of sending them to SargentArtGroup.org, send them directly to your page.  The link will look like this:
https://www.sargentartgroup.org/your-name.html   Although the "https://www." and the ".html" appear in the URL, it seems that is not required.  In other words, sargentartgroup.org/your-name should work. If the link didn't change to blue, It is not "clickable"; be sure that you hit the space bar after the last letter in your link.  If it doesn't change to blue, add www. in front of sargent...  Whenever you give a link to anyone, always click on the link to make sure it works.  
To ensure that you have the link spelled correctly:  Instead of typing it, open your page on the SAG website, highlight the URL (that is the address near the top of the page near the left side of the screen), choose “copy”, and paste the link into an email.
If you have a page on websites of other groups, you can use the same procedure.  See the examples below.  Notice that each URL is slightly different.

​Potlucks

Potluck and Meeting on November 16, 2019

Potluck and Meeting on November 14, 2021