Newsletter for June 2007
GENERAL MEETING: Saturday, June 16, 2007 at 9:30am at Augustana Lutheran Church, 5000 East Alameda Ave. Remember that we meet on the 3rd Saturday at 9:30am.
Your furnished name tag should to be worn to each meeting because if you wear it and your signup number is called out by a guest you win $5! The Hello stick’em tags are only for guests!!! At the last meeting, Dorothy Petet won the $5.00 and Sharon Hann won the raffle prize. Ann Hanscom presented a red Hibiscus flower, furnished by Sharon Hann, to new member, Linda Klingman.
Breaking News: Ann Blecha passed away on June 7, 2007. A memorial service for her will be Friday, June 15 at 2:00 - more information at the meeting.
The PROGRAM will be our annual White Elephant Sale. This the time where you can sell, give away or trade your no-longer-in-need art stuff. You can keep the dollars or donate the earnings to the guild. There will be donations from Jane Goode’s estate and frames from Helen Colvert.
Review of last month’s program: Helen Buznedo gave a wonderful and learning hands-on drawing workshop. The first was a warm-up in drawing when given the instructions for line drawing. This project had us team up with our sitting neighbor and they would scribble a line of sorts, then we would make something from this line, without erasing or lifting the pencil. We did 3 or 4 of these and amazing pictures were made. Then Helen gave each one of us black paper and a wooden skewer. We were then to scrape out (using the sharp edge of the skewer) a drawing of whatever we chose. To our surprise, when we scraped out areas, colors appeared and at random on this interesting paper. (can be purchase from Guiry’s). Our third project in this hands-on drawing workshop each of us were given back construction type paper. We drew on it with the white pencils we brought - this was to teach us negative drawing. From the pictures we brought, we drew the ‘white’ or lightest part of the picture. If what we drew was right, we then had a completed drawing showing the black and white of the picture. For all of these projects, Helen came around and helped and gave suggestions when needed.
Just a reminder. There will be no DAAG meetings in July or August - see you all in September.
Our web site, www.daagonline.com, is up and running with Karl Johnson as our webmaster. To set up a member page, update your page, or have new photos taken of your artwork call Joyce Madden at 303-771-2019 and make arrangements. Slides and/or photos can be sent directly to Karl and he will get them online. Be sure to include a short (5 or 6 lines) biographical note. A fee of $25.00 to each member will give that member a page of 6 paintings plus the bio. There are links to agencies, retail outlets (Meininger’s, 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. For any more than that there is a flat fee of $25.00. Karl’s address is 2423 S. Yarrow Way, Lakewood, CO 80227 - phone: 303-980-0501 - email: Karl@colorado-artist.com. We included a form that is to be used in our May newsletter. If you need one, there are more to be had.
You need to get your updated resumés (form layouts are available) and photos of at least three (3) of your artwork to Joyce Madden and if you have something for the Historian book you can bring that along and give to Floy Walberg. Our History book is wonderful and if you haven’t taken a look thru it, please do.
REFRESHMENTS for this June 16 meeting will be furnished by Carol Reeves and Sherry Gunnell. There will be a signup sheet for next year (starting in September) for refreshments. If you have any questions, you can contact Sally Moore at 303-698-2003.
Montview Presbyterian Church Show - Rosemary and Al Weiler will go to the church on Saturday, June 16th (early) and pickup all the paintings and bring them to the DAAG meeting that day. If you cannot attend this June meeting and you have a painting at Montview, you need to call Rosemary and set up a time when you can pick it up at her home.
From the club - a tremendous thank you to Rosemary and Al Weiler for picking up all our paintings (from Montview) and bringing them to our June meeting (you can clap your hands now)
These officers were voted in at the May meeting and installation will be at this June meeting.
President: Thelma Gash
Vice Prez: Ann Hanscom
Treasurer: Ardath
Corr Secretary: Marion Wright
Rec Secretary: Rosemary Weiler
Membership: Sharon Hann
Exhibit Chairman: Eleanor Hargrove.
Helpers for Eleanor: Carmen Freeman, Peggy O’Brien, Joyce Madden, Roland Jones, Ann Hanscom (and anyone who wants to volunteer)
Historian: Floy Walberg
Refreshments: Sally Moore
Web Master: Karl Johnson
The next Board Meeting will be held sometime in August for the exchange of papers for the new officers. This meeting will be held at Ann Hanscoms home.
Enclosed with this newsletter is a poem by Millie Wilner who wrote this after her double mastectomy several months ago. And she writes in her note to me “..........I share my poem with anyone who wants copies to help boost the morale of cancer victims whom they know.........” Im told it brings a chuckle to those for whom its relevant..... Millie Wilner
Reminder: Dues will be due by June 30, 2007 - $40. Make check out to Denver Allied Arts Guild and either give or mail to Ardath Baker, Treasurer. Be sure to note any changes or additions (example would be e-mail address) because we use this information for the upcoming membership book. If you want to give more than the $40, it would be most appreciated. If you can’t pay the dues, talk it over with the President - who will be most understanding.
From the editor: I want to thank everyone who contributed to this newsletter. It has been my pleasure for these many years to be the Editor of this DAAG newsletter, but it is time for me to turn over the reigns to Marion Wright. Just for a little trivia, years ago Marion was editor of this newsletter.
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:
Ann Blecha has congestive heart failure but is getting better - prayers are needed
Dorothy Petet sold a painting at Montview Presbyterian church in May.
Carmen Freeman has artwork in the Gilpin County Art Show.
George Schwartz sold 3 sketches from his Croatia series.
Floy Walberg has 3 paintings in the Gilpin County show.
Future DAAG programs planned:
June 16 - White Elephant sale/trade
July and August - no meetings
September 15 - Demo by Yelena Sidoropa on silk painting
October 20 - Critique
November 17 - Yupo demo by Chuck Danford
December - Christmas party
June 16 - White Elephant sale/trade
July and August - no meetings
Future DAAG exhibits:
Denver Botanic Gardens
Webb Building
Koebel Library
Your ideas and suggestions, please......
Other shows/workshops:
Invitation to Urban Market:
· 8 Thursdays, June 21-Aug 9, 2007
· 11am-9pm Every Thursday for artists, 11am-2pm for farmers and specialty food items
· Located at the Denver Pavilions in downtown Denver. Vendors will be located in the plaza area stretching between 15th & 16th with Glenarm running directly through the Pavilions
The Mission: to promote downtown Denver and the Denver Pavilions as a cultural center. Thursdays during the summer bring us Hot Sounds, a wonderful tribute to Colorado musicians.
Urban Market: An Artisan Experience will extend the evening event into the day, celebrating Colorado artisans of fine arts, crafts and other hand made goods, as well as a few farmers and specialty food vendors.
Freya Lustie
FreyaWorks
www.freyaworks.com
c.720.301.7239
(Note this is not a DAAG participation event)
Heritage Art Guild is having a workshop with on silk painting with Yelena Sidorov on August 11 from 9 - 3. (This artist is moving to Florida in October). For more information contact Mary kay Jacobus at 303-741-5875.
The Littleton Fine Art Guild is having a show (for Western Welcome Week) at the Depot Art Center from August 1 - September 1, 2007.
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. Examples would be Colorado Artists Guild; Heritage Fine Arts Guild; Photoshop workshop; Aurora Arts Guild; Hudson River Valley art workshops; Curtis School of Humanities; City of Littleton arts exhibit; Abend Gallery; Lafayette, CO arts project; etc.
For more information regarding Judy Pattis ongoing classes and upcoming workshops, call: 303-798-1345.
