GENERAL MEETING: Saturday, 19th of March at 9:30am at Augustana Lutheran Church, 5000 East Alameda Ave. Enter through the east door of the south building and the classroom is straight ahead.  Remember that we meet on the 3rd Saturday at 9:30am.

Your furnished name tags should to be worn to each meeting - if you wear your furnished name tag and your signup number is called out by a guest, you win $5!  The Hello stickíem tags are only for guests!!!  Patricia Montano won the $5 and Carmen Freeman won the raffle.

The PROGRAM this month is a change. Terrie Lombardi will be our demonstrator in pastel. Terrie is a member of the Colorado Pastel Society and many other organizations and her artwork has appeared in several magazines, one being the Southwest Art. She will tell us more where her paintings are exhibited. Muriel Jelsma, who was going to be our demonstrator this month is still having troubles with her wrist that she broke last year.

Review of last months program and workshop: The program in February was a watercolor demo given by Scott Ronzio. His subject was a resting tiger (portrait of) and several tips, hints and pointers on the use and painting with watercolors. A new product on the market (for watercolor) is Acqua Cover that is like gouache for highlights, whiskers, etc. Since it is made with paper, it comes in various colors (all white, however), made for Arches paper (both bright white and regular) and several other brands of paper. He gets his supply from Cheap Joeís. Once the product dries on your paper it is not movable with water, etc. He stresses VALUE as all artists stress.

The workshop that was held on Saturday, February 26, was a blast for everyone who attended. The subject was encaustic and taught and demoed by Judy Patti. She brought enough wax, irons and paper for everyone. Along with her supplies she demonstrated excellent examples of just how fast, etc one can make a painting - 30 - 45 seconds. Donuts were brought by Rachel Newbauer and the club furnished the coffee, tea and hot chocolate. There were critiques and Judy furnished all of us with corners (mat corners) so we could ëfindí a picture within a picture - oh, it was exciting. Everyone came away with several finished paintings and Judy was kind enough to mat those we felt were worthy. Pictures from this workshop will be at the March meeting. BTW, Gay Curran did attend this workshop and it was wonderful to see her - she looks great.

Our web site is www.daagonline.com is up and running with Karl Johnson the manager of our website. To set up a member page, update your page, or have new photos taken of your artwork, you can bring them to a meeting -  they must be unframed and not shrink-wrapped. Be sure to call Joyce Madden at 303-771-2019 to tell her that you will be bringing paintings to that meeting (so she can bring her camera) A fee of $25.00 to each member will give that member a page of 6 paintings plus a bio. There are links to agencies, retail outlets (Meiningerís, etc), and organizations. Once your page is up and approved, your $25.00 is due. If you want to change one picture in your web site that is free, any more than that there is a flat fee of $25.00.

You need to get your updated resumÈs (forms are available) and photos of at least three (3) of your artwork to Rachel Neubauer and if you have something for the Historian book you can bring that along. Our History book is wonderful and if you havenít taken a look thru it, please do.

REFRESHMENTS for this March meeting will be furnished by Joyce Poland and LaVeryn Talmage.  For April the refreshments will be furnished by Tony McCrary and Liz OíConnor. We will need volunteers for September.... If you have any questions, you can contact  Sally Moore at 303-698-2003.

Deadline for the April newsletter will be March 31.

Reminder: The inventory/registration form for the upcoming (April) Denver Botanic Garden show was included in your February newsletter. You all have two copies - one is for your records and the other is to accompany your paintings that are juried - fill out completely beforehand!  Be sure to write your name at the two (2) locations on this form. A sitting signup sheet will be passed around at the March meetings - those that show should sit this event - there are far too many openings for sitting - please put your name on the list. The juror is Ed Brookins.

Perjuring: April 9:  9 - 10:00am at Dick Lutzís clubhouse

Hanging at Botanic: April 12:  9:30am

Show Dates: April 12 - 19, 2005

Take down: April 19: 2 - 3:00pm

The next Board Meeting will be Wednesday, March 30th at Eleanor Hargroveís at 9:30am.

The nominating committee Ann Hanscom, Rosemary Weiler and Marion Wright did a wonderful job in recruiting volunteers for next year and once again you all came through. The list of nominees will be in the April newsletter.

Channel 6 (TV) auction is set for April 23 and 24, with a reception in April - those that donated their pictures will get an invitation to this and the reception party is only by invitation. Viewing of the donated items will be April 9 and 10.

Shhhhhhhhh

Out of courtesy for our demonstrators/speakers, please refrain from talking during the program. You have plenty of time to converse with your friends at the break, before and after the meeting.

Please keep the meeting room clean as you found it - also it would be helpful if you would put your chair back in its original position when you leave.

Club Notes:

ï Zana Ravnholdt is having an art sale (watercolor) of her works at her gallery on April 2 and 3, 2005 with a reception on April 2nd.

ï Floy Walberg is in the ìWinners Circleî at the Depot Art Center until April 2. This ìWinners Circleî features the winners in the juried All Colorado Western Welcome Week 2004

ï Florence Schliem has fallen recently and hurt her back

ï Carmen Freeman sold a batik at the Core Art Gallery

ï Dorothea Thonssen celebrated her 102nd birthday earlier in February

ï Mary Lou Rose will have a show at The Depot (in Littleton) April 6 - 30th with a reception April 16th.

ï Marion Wright had an exhibit at CDOT during February

Future DAAG programs planned:

March 19  - Terri Lombardi - Pastel demonstration

April 16 - Nancy Wylie - Watercolor demonstration

May 21 - Ellen Masters - Pastel demonstration

June 18 - Marc Sabatella - Critique

Future DAAG exhibits:

April 12 - 19 - Denver Botanic Gardens (see above)

all of May - non-juried show at the Colorado Dept. of Transportation(CDOT) , E. Arkansas (just north and east of AAA).           We will have 4 boards; 2 on 1st floor and 2 on the 2nd floor. Thanks to Patricia Montano for working for us to         get this exhibit. Registration forms and more information in the April newsletter. This is a non-juried event.

July  - Koebel Library (will be juried, have a reception and invitations)

September  - Boettcher

ï Note the Channel 6 auction is April 23 & 24. Channel 12ís is in September.

Other Workshops:

Judy Pattiís studio, call 303-798-1345  9:00am to 4:00 unless otherwise stated

 ï April 1, 2, 3: Cory Celaya - Experimental fun (w/c & much more)   $195

 ï April 29, 30, May 1: Betty Carr - Watercolor   $195

 ï May 2, 3, 4: Betty Carr - Oil    $195

ï Heritage Fine Arts Guild is having various upcoming workshops - For more information, contact: Mary kay Jacobus at 303-741-5875:   

 - March 5 - Ken Valastro - Impressionistic Painting - any media

 - March 19 - Robert Gray - Landscapes in watercolor

 - April 15 & 16 Eric Wiegardt - Watercolor free and easy

ï Colorado Artists Guild: For more information, contact Karen Pollart at 303-693-4549.

 - March 26 - Deborah Bayes - workshop - Light & Shadow

ï The studio of the late Zoltan Szabo is releasing unpublished video tapes of workshops and demos that Zoltan held these past years. Most of these tapes run about 1-1/2 to 2 hrs. For more information contact Willa McNeill or Sandi at 1-704-845-8090 or the web address: Szabowc@aol.com.

Art in the Mountains will have numerous workshops this year and several in Denver (Adamës Mark Hotel); including workshops with Alvaro Castagnet (WC), Michael Atkinson (WC), Judy Morris (WC) and many more. Also workshops in Bend, Oregon, and San Diego. Call (in Redmond, Oregon) 541-923-2648 and on the web www.artinthemountains.com.

Other shows/workshops: There is far too much information concerning future workshops, classes, etc. to put in this newsletter, so each month we make this information available to you by putting the flyers and information sheets on the table at our monthly meetings.

ï If you have information that you want included in the newsletter, please call Joyce Madden at 303-771-2019.