Friday, October 31, 2008

Artist Help

Help is needed to paint the set at Wausau West for this up-coming play.

If interested in helping, go to Wausau West High School on Saturday Nov 1st at 10:00 am


Nov 6-9:West fall musical-Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat- Auditorium    Thur-Sat 7:30PM Sun 1:30 PM

Next Exhibit info and News

Due to the up-coming holidays there will be NO Guild meetings in November or December.

What could possibly be our most thought provoking exhibit since "Mattie's"  Peace on Earth is the next exhibit! ....

"MIND  OVER  MATTER -  The ARTIST Revealed"

Postmark Deadline for entries is :  Saturday November 15th
Deliver artwork Tuesday December 2nd, 5-6pm .. Marshfield Clinic-Weston Center, 1st floor
Pick up artwork Tuesday March 3rd, 2009, 5-6pm

Your work must include an artist's statement (YOUR words about the piece)  or ....
A favorite Lyric, Poem, Quote or Biblical/Spiritual Verse, etc, which inspired you to create the piece or that has 
a connection with your piece.

All statements must be emailed to me so the text is available to be formatted without the addition of anyone having to re-type them.   It can be in the body of the email or in a WORD document (BEST option) and attached to your email.  Also include a hard copy (a print-out) of your statement when you mail in your entry form.  Please make sure that your entry form is completely filled out ..... Title, Medium, Price, Dimensions.  All of this info is necessary for the tags and brochure to be printed.  Info missing from entry forms causes someone to take the extra time to hunt down this info.  Utilizing the CHECKLIST at the bottom of the entry form should prevent you from missing any information.

Please keep in mind, many hours volunteered by many members are essential to put on our great exhibits.  
Thanks to everyone for all their efforts and for sharing their creativity with so many. I am very proud to be among so many talented and wonderful people! 

Best wishes ....... Sharon L. Dowis

Monday, October 13, 2008

October Meeting...

Please attend if you can .........

Thursday October 16th meeting at Marshfield Clinic-Weston Center, 1st floor conference room
5:00 - 6:00pm social hour
6:00 - 8:00pm meeting  ..... 

Award certificates for ACE have been mailed out.   Don't forget to redeem them; they expire Oct 31, 2008!

Up-coming shows will be discussed.

Hope to see you there!

Sharon L Dowis
715-297-4779

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Trigs Winners announced!!

The winners in Trig's 2008 "Fur, Fins & Feathers" are:

Best of Show - Richard Eyre - "Taking Flight' - Photography

Award of Excellence - Patrick Plunkett - "Mon Cat" - Abstract Metal Sculpture
Award of Excellence - ChandraLyn - "Fishing for Compliments" - Glass Sculpture

Honorable Mention - Bruce Westberg - "Canadian Goose" - Colored Pencil
Honorable Mention - Bonnie Kostrzak - "Milkcan Habitat" - Oil on Canvas

Congratulations to the winners and thank you to all who entered.

Sharon

Friday, October 3, 2008

Deadline Extended!!!

The postmark deadline for Trigs "Red, White & Blue 2008 - Celebrating Patriotism" show  has been extended to Tuesday Oct 7th.
Due to the height of the art, we are not able to post statements for our shows at Trigs, therefore it is not necessary to include them with your entry form.

This show is from Sunday Oct 12th to Sunday December 7th.  Delivery of work is from 5-6pm on Sunday Oct 12.

If you have work in the Trigs "Fur, Fins & Feathers" show, it needs to be picked up on Sunday Oct 12th 5-6pm.
Winners of this show will be announced next week.

Thank you ..... Sharon L. Dowis