Wednesday, March 19, 2014

WVAG - Meeting March 27

Welcome to our WVAG meeting on March 27 (5:00 pm social time - 6:00 pm meeting) first floor conference room by the gallery. 

1. MEMBERSHIP LIST: Your committee has been very hard at work gathering information for you. This list will be available for you at the meeting. IT WILL NOT BE EMAILED TO YOU.
2. NEW MEMBERS: Packets will be available; please feel free to invite a friend to join the WVAG.
3. SCRAPBOOK: We have started a new scrapbook for the Guild. This will be at all of the meetings for you to view. Feel free to bring in any articles to add to our scrapbook.
4. DEMO: Theda Neubauer-Hewuse will be presenting a watercolor demo. Thanks Theda.
5. AWARDS: Awards will be presented to the winners of the Cattails and Flowers Exhibit. Our members helped with finding the judge and worked for three hours on the judging day.
Thank you for our judge, Ann Waisbrot,for driving from St. Germain. Ann stated,” I enjoyed judging the show. There is some excellent work being done.”
    View her work at: www.annwaisbrot.com
6. FORMER MEMBERS: Many member packs have been mailed to former members. We hope to see their work in our gallery this summer.
7. WORKSHOPS/EXHIBITS: We will have information on art events , workshops, and exhibits at the meeting. Bring your ideas to share with us.
8. CATTAILS AND FLOWERS EXHIBIT: Come at 5:00 pm to view the gallery. It is like stepping into Spring!
9. We love treats!! Feel free to bring some for us. We are looking for a member to be our “Sunshine” person. Could that be you?
10. Contact us if you are interested in helping with any of the following for the WVAG?

   a. Working on judging day or finding judges. 
   b. Doing a demo or lead a discussion on art related ideas
   c. Ideas for topics for our meetings.
   d. Other ideas.

We are looking forward to seeing you at our meetings. Your ideas are welcomed. Help us to grow the WVAG.
A huge thank you to our membership committee members: Sharon Dowis, Sharon Feathers, Carol Hettinga, Gail Jaeger, Cindy Markowski, and Pat Plunkett.We could not do this work without your help.
Co-chairs:  Sharon Feathers, sharonfeathers@charter.net & Gail M. Jaeger, gailgreenthumb@yahoo.com

Monday, March 17, 2014

Area Workshops and Classes

Try something new or expand your skills at these area workshops:
At the Center for the Visual Arts:

MORE Creative Journaling for Busy People 
with Nancy Laliberte 
Saturday, March 22, 12 noon - 4 pm
Selling Art through Social Media 


with Lisa Downing
Mac laptops available for use!
Saturday, March 29, 2 - 4 pm

Fresh and Fabulous Florals in Acrylic 


with Nancy Laliberte
Painting from life with "live" models (flowers)
Saturday, April 26, 10 am - 2:30 pm









One Day Downtown Photo Walk/Basics Digital Photography 
with Nathan Porath
Digital Cameras available for use

Saturday, May 3, 
9 am -3 pm 




(Rain Date: Sat, May 17)



Zentangle Series


with Connie Souba




(soon-to-be) certified Zentangle instructor



Zentangle 101:  Saturday, April 5 & 12


11:45 am - 1:45 pm


Zentangle 102:  Saturday, April 26 & May 3


11:45 am - 1:45 pm


Zentangle 103:  Saturday, May 17 & 24


11:45 am - 1:45 pm



At the Woodson Art Museum: