MVAG Newsletter

February 2010

Demo: Elaine Johnson

Refreshments: Geri Bates

A note from Pat:

The seating arrangement will be modified for the Feb meeting. There will be no circle and I will stand facing the windows so everyone else will have their backs to the windows and that should solve the glare problem. Thank you for all those who mentioned it. And the meeting should be shorter!

I’d also like to thank Pat Brown and Celie Matteson who have volunteered to serve as co-liaisons with the radio station so that avenue of publicity will continue.

And I’d like to thank Elaine in advance for doing our February demonstration on photographing your artwork. Elaine had rigged a system that helps eliminate glare and results in a nice professional photograph. Not only will she show us this and explain it, but she is generously willing to photograph your artwork after her demo. Please bring any paintings/drawings you have that you might desire to have photographed to the meeting. This is a wonderful opportunity to get high quality photographs of your work, so don’t forget!

The agenda for the February 22 meeting will include voting on a name for our new Monday group. Suggestions now are: Masterpiece Mondays, Sketch and Kvetch and Open Art Day. Other suggestions are welcome so be creative and bring your good ideas to the meeting.

We’ll also vote on buying a DVD player so we can show art instruction videos. We are able to use the TV and VHS player belonging to Meadowlark Apartments, so all we need is a simple DVD player. Be thinking of a schedule we can adopt for when we’ll show a video. Following the March meeting we’ll be breaking into small groups based on medium to get a list of artist video’s we might want to consider purchasing. We’ll have a committee that will sort through those suggestions and make purchase recommendations. This will be your chance for input and I will remind you before the March meeting. Our workshop chair, Carol will be gathering a list of videos members own and that they are willing to let us all watch.

In connection with fund raising I’ll be asking you to sign up for one business you are willing to contact to recruit a business patron. Sharon will have a brochure you can give the prospective patron and I’ll also be announcing that we are having a "Design a Patron Decal" contest with judging to take place after the March meeting. These will be those plastic peel-off decals that we’ll give to business patrons to display in their windows.

Also following the March meeting we’ll be having an art supply yard sale. I’ll announce the details at the February meeting. Because we will be having the yard sale, decal judging and small group meetings in March we will not have a demo that month.

It has been suggested that we consider having a painting retreat later this year. One suggestion was for the Gateway Resort, but the price is somewhat prohibitive. Another suggestion has been Camp Redcloud outside Lake City. I’ll be asking you to see if there is interest and if so, I’ll contact the camp to see what the possibilities are. And finally, we will have critique time at the meetings so be sure to bring your artwork to share and to get input if you’d like to have some.

KUDO’S Art Guild

Pat Jeffers spoke with management of Meadowlark Court Senior Apartments to see if they are satisfied with the way we’ve been using the facility. They have been impressed with our attendance, and appreciate the way we’re cleaning up after ourselves and are very grateful for the donation were making to the resident’s Association fund. The money we give is going directly into a fund that enables the residents of the apartments to have special activities they otherwise wouldn’t have the budget for.

Don’t forget to let Roxanne know which business you have some personal connection with that you are going to ask to become a Business Patron of the Guild. She has a new form for you to give anyone who donates. Please be sure to check with her so she knows what is going on. The Patron donation form is attached to this Newsletter.

Del Leger let Pat Jeffers know that he will no longer be able to be the radio liaison. Thank you Del for all you have done and continue to do, you have been a great radio man.

Pat Brown and Celie Matteson volunteered to be co liaison’s for doing our radio spot.

Kudos’ ladies.

Be thinking of a name for our Monday creating art days!

MINUTES OF THE MVAG JANUARY MEETING

Montrose Visual Arts Guild

Executive Meeting: Noon at Meadow Lark Apartments, Montrose, Colorado. A quorum being present, Pat Jeffers presided.

President Pat Jeffers gave the an overview of six areas in which she wanted to focus this year:

Reports were requested from the committee chairs:

Newsletter Chair, Angela Roberts, made no report.

President Pat Jeffers requested that board members let her know first before anything is e-mailed to the entire guild.

Demonstrations Chair, Sybil Brannam, reported a need for suggestions as to artists and topics for demonstrations.

Membership Chair, Sharon Marolf, reported she will update membership records.

Treasurer, Deb Bradley, reported a request that the guild pay dues for membership in the Chamber of Commerce; it was agreed to pay the dues. The Treasurers report showed a balance on hand of $11,724.45. The report is attached to the original of these minutes.

Carol Rogers made a motion that we pay $200 two times a year to Meadowlark Apartments for the use of their meeting room. Motion was approved.

Publicity Chair, Larry Sudduth, made no report.

Workshop Chair, Carol Rogers, reported on response to the workshop survey.

Show Chair, Leslie Rossman made no report.

The board meeting was adjourned.