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2011 Glendale Chocolate Affaire
Prelim. Draft By Bette Sharpe

February 4th-6th

This year is the 17th Annual Glendale Chocolate Affaire.  Chocolate, romance authors, and the arts come to the downtown Glendale.  Glendale's very own candy maker, Cerreta Candy Company is a major  sponsor for this Valley wide favorite. .  There is something for everyone, really.  A variety of rides for the kids that  includes the human-hamster-ball.  Romance authors hosting workshops and signing their books and all kinds of chocolate; of course.  This is the second year the Glendale Arts Commission will help coordinate the Plein (or open) Air competition which takes place from on Saturday.  Artists cannot use photographs.  All painting is done live and outside.  Last year's competition drew about 25 artist for this year's challenge almost has seem a dramatic increase in participation.

The Winners Are:



Best of Show: DJ Berard

Portraiture: Michael S. Petry

Landscape/Cityscape: Michael John Lugo

Architecture: Elena Golberg

Animal/Fauna: Diane M. Wehr

Abstract: Jill Davis

Food and music are part of the three-day event's offerings.  One of the new foods available this year are chocolate potato chips.  The salty and sweet crunch was to much to resist for some.  There was just too much to see and do in one day.  Future writers attended workshop presented by awarding winning authors.  A few steps away in the Fountain 'Terrace area of the Civic Center, cooking demonstrations were held featuring—chocolate.  Offerings Glendale Chocolate Affaire continues on Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. 

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Gloria Smith from Casa Grande sketches with pastels to “warm up”

before she switches to acrylics.  The chance to paint and possibly win some prize money helped Gloria brave the cool temperatures on Saturday.

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Willard (Wil) Lee Coe, Scottsdale, AZ paints on the northeast corner of

58th Ave and Palmaire. 

1350 Sherri Aldawood of Mesa, Arizona paints in oil to capture the image of Papa Ed's Ice Cream.  Aldawood won a prize in last year's competition.  The temperature is still unseasonable low.  A warm coat really helps.

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Annie Loyd stands by as Lucretia Torva paints.  Artist Torva said, “there will be a car in the picture”.  She has been painting for thirty years and has painted murals for ten years.

Really, chocolate covered potato chips?!

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Anthony Richard, Urban Surf Art, works with pastels on the back outside wall of Bitzee-Mama's Restaurant.   This is a temporary work.  A new work is planned for each of the First

Saturday events.

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Author, Abby Irish, signs her book, There's Always Chocolate.

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Romance author Erin Quinn and Glendale resident, Dorlisa Dvorak have something in common, the romance novel.  Erin Quinn's stories have an element of time travel to them.

Dorlisa has attended the romance authors portion of the Glendale Chocolate Affaire since is began.  She said she, “wouldn't miss it”.

Erin Quinn has a new book due out this March, Haunting Desire, which is the third in the series.  The fourth title in the series is due to be released in November 2011. 

She lives in Arizona and enjoys talking with her readers.  She website can be found at

http://www.erinquinnbooks.com/index.htm.

                                                            “Erin Quinn writes with passion,power, and heart.”

                                                                                    ­----Nalini Singh, New Yourk Times

                                                                                                bestselling author.    

                                                                        SOURCE: http://www.erinquinnbooks.com/Books.htm

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Romance author, Judy Durate said the “future is uncertain--things will work out” in romances  and “this is why they are still selling.”

Title of the book to the left in the above photograph.

Her new book, Healing Dr. Fortune; Silhouette Special edition; book 2 in the Fortunes of Texas continuity series.

Cover of Judy Duarte's other title in the above photograph.

Judy Duarte has a cat named Mom and lives near the beach in Southern California—from her website;  http://www.judyduarte.com/bio.html

                                                                        SOURCE: http://www.judyduarte.com/books.html

Ed Sharpe/Glendale Daily Planet No. DSC3332. Plein Air artist.

Bette Sharpe/Glendale Daily Planet No. DSC_1425.  Cerreta Candy Company tours are free with free shuttles taking visitors right to the candy company's door.  The shuttle stops taking attendees 30 minutes prior to even closing, however, the shuttle will continue to return guests to the event until all are returned.  No one really wants to spend the night in a candy factory, do they?  (The correct answer is no.)

Heilee O'Quinn, Arizona Community Tree Council (ACTC), Community Development, poses in front of the ACTC table in the Lateral 58 First Saturday event.  Saturday, February 5th

On February 4-6, 2011 Historic Downtown Glendale will be a chocolate lover’s paradise.

The 16th Annual Glendale Chocolate Affaire is a 3-day event featuring more than 30 chocolatiers and other vendors in Murphy Park. In our ongoing effort to expand our event footprint in the downtown area, 58th Dr and 58th Ave between Palmaire and Myrtle and Palmaire between 58th Dr and 58th Ave will be programmed with kid’s activities. 

The city produced event is sponsored by Arizona’s famous candy maker, Cerreta’s. The candy factory will offer tours all weekend. The event features not only a celebration of chocolate, but also romance. 

The Glendale Chocolate Affaire has become the largest gathering of national romance novelists in the Southwest. 

This symposium of literary romantics offers fans the opportunity to get up close and personal with authors, as well as the chance to attend free writing workshops given by the experts. The romance author activities will take place in the Downtown Plaza, east of The Bead Museum. As part of this year’s festival the Civic Center’s new caterer, AZ Catering, will be offering cooking demonstrations on Saturday, 2/5 inside the facility –visit glendaleaz.com/events for times.

Chocoholics Unite In Downtown Glendale February 4-6 The weekend before Valentine’s Day, Feb. 4-6, is a delicious delight for the senses as the Glendale Chocolate Affaire takes over downtown Glendale to create a chocolate-lover’s dream! Chocolate purveyors from Arizona and around the nation gather in Glendale for this award-winning festival, which celebrates not only chocolate, but romance and the arts as well. Chocolate confections will include everything from chocolate molé barbecue and deep-fried chocolate ice cream to chocolate bacon candy bars and chocolate cheesecake cones. These are in addition to the ever-popular standards such as rich chocolate truffles and gigantic chocolate strawberries. The Chocolate Affaire is sponsored by Arizona’s famous candy makers, Cerreta’s. The candy factory will offer tours all weekend, so visitors can get a behind-the-scenes look at how the chocolatier creates everyone’s favorite candy. In addition, the festival has become the largest gathering of national romance novelists in the Southwest. This symposium of literary romantics offers fans the opportunity to get up close and personal with authors, as well as the chance to attend free writing workshops given by the experts. Families with children will enjoy myriad activities, including hands-on arts and crafts, face-painting and a rock-climbing wall. Horse-drawn carriage rides will be available throughout the weekend to take couples or families on a scenic, charming ride through the historic Catlin Court district.        For the second year in a row, the Glendale Arts Commission will coordinate an on-site Plein Air competition that will take place on Saturday, Feb. 5. The competition will be open to any artist 18 years of age or older, who paints using the Plein (open) air technique in oil, watercolor, acrylic or pastel. Plein air paintings are created outdoors, from real life; both painter and subject must be outdoors and photographs can not be used. At the 2010 Chocolate Affaire, 25 artists entered more than 70 paintings, with top prizes becoming part of the city’s permanent public art collection. This year, participation is expected to triple. The festival is free. This year for the first time, event attendees will have the option of paying for preferred parking in the two downtown garages, located at City Hall, at 59th and Glendale avenues and the Bank of America building at 58th Drive and Glenn Drive. The preferred parking fee is $10. Surface street parking in the area will remain free. Event hours are Friday 5 - 10 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Sunday noon to 5 p.m. The event is located in the heart of Historic Downtown Glendale, in Murphy Park, located at 58th and Glendale avenues. The Glendale Chocolate Affaire was named one of the Top 100 Events in North America by the Washington Post, the Seattle Times and the American Bus Association. The event also was bestowed with the 2003 Governor’s Tourism Award for the Best Special Event in Arizona. The Glendale Chocolate Affaire is sponsored by Cerreta’s Candy Company, Kokopelli Winery, ABC 15, The Arizona Republic, YooHoo, KMLE, KOOL and JAMZ, Nissan, Commerical NV, Sedona Pines and Pacific Monarch. For more information on the Glendale Chocolate Affaire, call our special events hotline at 623-930-2299. A list of authors making appearances will be posted soon. Event Poster (pdf) Entertainment Lineup Friday 4-Feb 5:00 -7:00 One More Time Band 7:30 - 10:00 Sky "Daddy" and the Pop Rocks Saturday 5-Feb 10:00-11:30 Weezul Brothers Band 12:00 - 2:30 Peppermint James 3:00-5:00 Marmalade Skies 5:30 -7:00 MC6 A Cappella 7:30-10:00 Urban Country Sunday 6-Feb Noon-2:00 Voodoo Swing 2:30-5:00 Chuck E. Baby and the All-Stars

Symposium of Literary Romantics  Authors and Workshops!   The festival has become the largest gathering of national romance novelists in the Southwest. This symposium of literary romantics offers fans the opportunity to get up close and personal with authors, as well as the chance to attend free writing workshops given by the experts.   Pamela Tracy, Cathy McDavid, Connie Flynn & Libby Banks 10:00 on Saturday Topic: Critique Groups Laurie Schnebly Campbell 11:00 on Saturday Topic: Challenging Couples in Love Amber Scott 12:00 on Saturday Topic: Diapers to Deadlines: Find Time to Write, No Matter What Tara Taylor Quinn 1:00 on Saturday Topic: The Journey to Publication Donna Hatch 2:00 on Saturday Topic: Going Deeper Into POV Susan Pohlman 3:00 on Saturday Topic: Memoirs: The Stories Of Your Life Janeen O'Kerry 4:00 on Saturday Topic: Writing The Hook Tina Gerow 12:00 on Sunday Topic: Thinking Like An Editor Judy Duarte 1:00 on Sunday Topic: Conflict: How to Notch Up The Tension Vijaya Schartz & Kris Tualla 2:00 on Sunday Topic: Internet Author Promotion Erin Quinn 3:00 on Sunday Topic: Paranormals: It's Not Just Vampires Judi McCoy 4:00 on Sunday Topic: Ask Me Anything & Wrap Up

Glendale’s 2011 Plein Air Competition at Glendale Chocolate Affaire The city’s Library & Arts Department, in collaboration with the Marketing/Communications Department, will sponsor the 2011 Plein Air Painting Event at the Glendale Chocolate Affaire. It will be held during the popular festival in downtown Glendale, on Saturday, Feb. 5, 2011. We invite artists to participate. Pictured to the left is the 2010 Best of Show winner by Linda Dellandre. To see an excellent article about this event last year go HERE!

CITY OF GLENDALE LIBRARY AND ARTS
Proudly presents:
The 2011 Glendale Plein Air Painting Event

What: Please join us for the 2011 Glendale Plein Air Painting Event. The event is open to any artist who
paints using the Plein Air technique in oil, watercolor, acrylic, or pastel. Plein Air (open air) paintings are
executed outdoors from real life, as opposed to being painted from photographs in a studio. Both painter
and subject must be outdoors, and photographs are NOT used.
When: Saturday, February 5, 2011, 8:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Where: In Beautiful, Historic Downtown Glendale, Arizona
This event is hosted by the City of Glendale Arts Commission in conjunction with Special Events and the
Annual Glendale Chocolate Affaire, which takes place from February 4 – February 6, 2011.

RULES FOR THE EVENT:
1. Painting Area: An artist may paint any subject or scene outdoors that he/she chooses, as long as
it is within the boundaries of the City of Glendale. (Please see attached map, along with a list of
potential sites.)
2. All canvas/panels/paper must be stamped PRIOR to painting. NO unstamped art will be
accepted. An unlimited number may be stamped but no more than two (2) can be submitted for
the competition.
3. Painting Time Period: Each work of art must be started and completed "en plein air" on
Saturday, February 5, 2011, during the event times stated.
4. The event will be held rain or shine, so come prepared.
5. Only the following mediums will be accepted: oils, acrylics, watercolors and pastels.
6. Size of unframed artwork is not to exceed 16" x 20".
7. All artists must be 18 years of age and older.
8. Artists must provide their own materials and a sturdy easel(s) for display during the
judging process. Artists will be required to remain with their easels during this time and
will be responsible for the safety of their paintings. The Glendale Arts Commission/City of
Glendale shall assume no responsibility for loss or damage to any work, display or person during
this event.

REQUIRED REGISTRATION:
All artists must register and have their canvas, panels or paper stamped prior to any work being done.
(No exceptions). Registration will be set up from 8:00 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. at the Promenade on
Palmaire, located in Downtown Glendale at 5835 W Palmaire Ave., Glendale, AZ 85301.
SUBMISSION and JURY PROCESS:
1. Paintings and a signed contest entry form should be delivered to the judging site by 3:30 p.m. on
Saturday, February 5, 2011. There will no late entries accepted, so plan your return trip
accordingly.
2. Each artist may submit no more than two (2) finished paintings for the competition.
3. Each finished painting submitted should be signed on the front.
4. The "Plein Air Stamp" provided at registration must be visible on the back of each painting at the
time of submission. All paintings must be appropriately framed, mounted and securely wired for
hanging during the judging process. We reserve the right to refuse any painting improperly
framed or wired (i.e., no unframed wrapped canvases, stained mats, alligator hangers, etc.).
5. All judging is final during the competition.

AWARDS:
Award categories are Purchase Awards and will be accessioned into the City of Glendale’s
permanent collection upon completion of the event:
.. Best of Show. One (1) $1,000.00 Best of Show award will be presented.
.. Portraiture. One (1) $500.00 award will be presented.
.. Landscape/Cityscape. One (1) $500.00 award will be presented.
.. Architecture. One (1) $500.00 award will be presented.
.. Anima/Fauna. One (1) $500.00 award will be presented.
.. Abstract. One (1) $500.00 award will be presented.
Awards will not be presented on the day of the event. All funds will be disbursed within
30 days.

For further assistance, please contact Mojgan at mvahabzadeh@glendaleaz.com (623) 930-
3557, or Judy at jfleming@glendaleaz.com (623)930-3547, or log on to:
www.glendaleaz.com/arts.

To see an excellent article about this event last year go HERE!