Saturday, August 28, 2010

Switching Dates for Art In Motion

August 31/September 1 are the switching dates for most of the artwork involved with Art in Motion.  This is a reminder that members need to pick up their work on the 31st to make room for new work to be hung on September 1.  If you do not know when you are scheduled to either remove or hang artwork, please contact our Art in Motion Coordinator, Geri Bates.  240-4616.

If you need new signage for your paintings contact Geri.

IMPORTANT:  Geri needs a list of your paintings that will be hanging from September 1 to January 1.  And if you cannot pick up/deliver your own work Geri needs to know who is doing it for you.

This switch is the last one of the year.  The artwork hanging now will be up until early January when we'll switch again.

Sunday, August 15, 2010

August 2010 MVAG Newsletter

From the President:


So far only one person has sent me photos so I can build a personal web page for that artist. The size of the Guild’s site is huge and it can handle images of many artists. Please, if you’d like to have an internet presence, send me about 6 images of work of yours with prices. I would also like to have a brief artist’s statement about why you do the work that you.

If this is all new and different for you, but you’re at least interested in it, talk to me about it so I can help you.

Please let me know if you have a personal website so I can post that on the blog and the website. So far no one in the guild has done that. Surely some of our members could benefit from a link with the Guild’s site!

Masterpiece Mondays are continuing throughout the summer and make a note that we will meet on Labor Day, too. Attendance may be low that day, but often people do not have picnics or family gatherings to go to and it’s fun to get together with friends in the Guild.

With an eye to the near future, it’s getting close to the end of the year and to the time when we nominate new officers and chair persons. Lael VanRiper has agreed to head our nominating committee. She may be contacting YOU to see if you can fill one of the vacant positions. Please give it serious consideration. We have lots of fun activities going on in the guild, but we can’t do all these things without a lot of volunteer effort. The nominees for our various positions will be presented at the October meeting and the voting takes place at the November meeting.

And finally, the October meeting will be a potluck for members only. After we feast and while we are enjoying our 2nd or 3rd dessert and sipping our coffee, we are going to take some time to assess or evaluate the various projects and activities the guild has undertaken this year. We’ll certainly discuss the show, but we also want to take suggestions on the Guild retreat, fund-raising projects, the Wine/Cheese event, Masterpiece Mondays, the Art Instruction Videos, Main in Motion, our internet presence, and Art in Motion.

I’m telling you this now and I’ll remind you again, so you can have some time to think about what you’ve participated in this year and what has or hasn’t worked well in your opinion. This is a chance for us as a group to determine what we’d like to repeat for next year and what we might want to tweak a bit.

Demos:

Our demonstration at the August meeting will be by David Delo of Delta. He’ll be teaching us something about pen and ink drawing with watercolor washes. In September our guest will be Virginia Columbo who will demonstrate how she makes her unique, creative masks. Our November demonstration will be by Dani Tupper.

Main in Motion:

The Guild artists doing Main in Motion on August 19 are Elaine Johnson, Andrea La Ponsie and Bess Sprankle. If you’re in town that evening, stop by and visit. This is the last Main in Motion for the summer.

Fund Raising:

Mark your calendars and get your tickets! The Wine and Cheese event is 6-9 PM on Saturday August 28 at Around the Corner Art Gallery: wine, beer, soft drinks and hors d’oeuvres and a Silent Auction. Roxanne will tell us at the August 23 meeting the details on Silent Auction donations. Tickets are $15 for one person or $25 for two. Bring friends! We need to sell tickets to make this a successful fund-raising event.

Also, we are selling the drawing tickets for the beautiful painting Kathy Carter donated to the Guild. They are $1 a piece. See Debbie Bradley to get drawing tickets and a photograph of the winning painting so you can show your friends and family what they might win.

The first batch of the Guild’s notecards has nearly sold out. We are awaiting the proofs of the 2nd order and we hope to have the notecards themselves within a couple of weeks. The first batch turned out beautifully. They make a wonderful gift. It’s $8 for a set of all 5 images or $2 for an individual card. Roxanne will have more information on this at the August 23 meeting.

And we still have our 2010 decals for sale. Remember that Patrons who make a $50 or more donation or donation in kind will receive one free. For Guild members they are $3 a piece or 2 for $5. Check out one of the cars flashing these bright, colorful stickers when you come to Masterpiece Monday. If you don’t have one yet, you might want to get yours now.

I’ve posted our current patrons on our website, our blog and at the bottom of this newsletter. We could use more patrons. Please support those businesses that have helped us and consider approaching a business you have a connection with to encourage it to become one of our patrons, too.

Show:

Let me know if you did not receive a prospectus. Remember that you can have up to a total of seven entries with no more than two entries in any category. Entries must be postmarked by Tuesday September 7.

The show dates are October 1, 2 and 3. The judge is Carl Purcell.

Remember that Leslie has asked anyone with folding chairs to let her know because we might need them.

Sign-up sheets for helping to set up the show and for show sitting are available on Mondays and will be at the meeting. Sign up if you can. Help is needed!

Art Instruction Videos:

We show an art instruction video on the first Monday of the month around 11 AM. The August video by artist Scott Christensen was well-received and we’ve already shown it a 2nd time. In September we’ll be showing a video by British acrylic painter John Hammond. October’s is one on still life painting by David Leffel and in November we’ll watch a watercolor video by Sterling Edwards. Although the videos typically have demonstrations in one medium, the instruction given is usually beneficial in any media.

We are very fortunate to be able to show the video more than once. If you miss the first Monday or simply want to see the video again, please let me know. And, if you think of an artist you’d like to see in a video, please let me or one of the art instruction committee members know.

We now have all our videos and equipment locked in a 2-drawer file cabinet that Debbie Bradley graciously donated to the Guild. One of the new positions for 2011 will be a video librarian. Please let Lael or I know if you would like that job!

Retreat:

Remember that the Guild’s Retreat at Camp Redcloud near Lake City is October 12-14. If you signed up, your 2nd payment of $95 is due by September 1.

During September I’ll have a waiver form for each person going to complete and we’ll talk about room assignments.

There are still openings. Right now 14 people are going on the retreat. Spouses and friends are also welcome. If you’ve now found out you can attend, please let me know. The cost is $190 and includes 2 nights of lodging and 6 meals. We’ll arrive there Tuesday afternoon and you can hike, horseback ride, canoe, fish, sleep, read and oh yes…PAINT to your heart’s content. We’ll have all day Wednesday there and end the retreat after lunch on Thursday. We’ll be coming home late Thursday afternoon.

Upcoming Meetings and Tidbits:

Our August meeting will be the 23rd. Please note there are 5 Mondays in August and we meet on the 4th Monday. Our demonstrator will be David Delo of Delta doing pen and ink and watercolor wash.

If you missed the July meeting, you missed an especially fun demonstration on smoke painting by Twyla Groswald. Thank you very much Twyla!

Thank you to Mary Hager and Elaine Johnson for providing our July refreshments. The August meeting refreshments will be by Lael VanRiper and Sharon Marolf.

Kudos to Elaine Johnson and Larry Sudduth for winning both blue and red ribbons at the County Fair!

And we had quite a good showing at the Ouray Artists’ Alpine Holiday show. Stephanie Abbath, Pat Brown, Kathy Carter, Loretta Casler, Mary Hager, Tommie Howerton, Elaine Johnson, Sharon Marolf, Celie Matteson, Roxanne Morris, Barb Scheu and Claudia Wolff all had work juried into the Main Room. A special congratulation goes to Celie Matteson for winning the Ago Gallery Award. Tommie Howerton won an HM and sold a piece. Sharon Marolf and Roxanne Morris also won HM ribbons and Elaine Johnson sold one of her paintings.

Please give me a call if I’ve missed something. So many people work behind the scenes each month to keep the Guild going strong and everyone’s efforts are appreciated. I don’t want to overlook anyone or anything that’s going on.

Reminders:

Sept. 4: Plein air art festival at the Ute Museum. Contact Pennie Alexander at 234-6117 for information. I have registration forms available at Masterpiece Mondays.

Sept. 15: Entry deadline for WCWS members’ show at the Apple Shed. Open to entries in water media used like traditional watercolor.

Sept. 18 & 19: Plein air oil painting workshop with Barbara Churchley. Contact Around the Corner Art Gallery for more information. 249-4243.

Oct. 12-14: Guild retreat in Lake City. See Pat Jeffers for more information or to make a reservation.

Nov. 10-12: Ann Templeton workshop. Information available through Around the Corner Art Gallery. 249-4243