Friday, November 15, 2013

December meeting and Members News


Our December potluck is fast approaching!  We will meet on Sunday, December 1, from 12:30-3:00 pm at the Darien Municipal Center to share our traditional holiday meal and enjoy lots of time to chat with fellow artists.  In order to help our Hospitality Coordinator Barb Arntzen plan, please RSVP to her at jarntz@wideopenwest.com to let her know what dish you will bring for the potluck.  We will also have a gift swap, so bring a small, wrapped handmade gift
or art item if you'd like to participate in the exchange. We also need several people to help set up the tables and chairs and to return the room to normal at the end of the meeting.  Please let Barb know if you can help.

2.  JANUARY MEETING
Instead of a January meeting, we have been invited to meet with the Book and Paper Arts Guild at the Lisle Public Library to begin a collaborative project.  Below is their invitation (please read carefully and note day and time):

The Book and Paper Arts Guild
 
Invites the members of
 
The Midwest Collage Society
 
To join us in each making an envelope book at
our January meeting, Thursday, January 9, 2014
from 7-8:30pm at the Lisle Public Library.
If you care to come early, we set up the room at
6pm and have a short meeting at 6:30.
 
Please bring along scissors, a piece of handmade
Paper 6” x 15” for the cover, another coordinating
piece of handmade paper 4 ¼ x 11 ½” for the inside
cover, scissors, 12” ruler,  glue stick and tacky glue.
We will have extra of these for those who
need them. All other supplies will be provided.
 
Please RSVP so we have an idea of how many
are attending or if you have any questions, contact
Mary Warner at m.warner5@sbcglobal.net

3.  FEBRUARY MEETING

Our February meeting will be held on the SECOND Sunday of the month, February 9, from 9:30 am - 3:00 pm at the Darien Municipal Center.  The morning will consist of open work time and the BPAG will join us in the afternoon to create collages to go in the envelope books that were created in January. 

4.  CALLS FOR ART
4ArtInc in Bridgeport has put out two themed calls for art that are very interesting!  Check them out here:
http://www.4artinc.com/submission.htmAnd here are direct links to the entry forms:http://www.4artinc.com/OMG_submission_Form.pdf
http://www.4artinc.com/eggsistential_submission_Form.pdf

5.  HELP NEEDED!
We need several members to serve on the nominating committee again this year.  Our elections will be coming up in the spring, and we need to identify candidates and determine the slateWe've found that 3 people is ideal for this committee, so if you are willing to serve, please contact me.  This committee works entirely by phone or email, so no traveling is needed.

6.  MEMBER NEWS

Nancy Staszak has a solo show at the Woodridge Library for the month of November.  Join her for the reception on Friday, November 22, from 7:00-8:30 pm.The Bendi Dolls Project (with work from many of our members) is on exhibit until December 30 at the Indian Prairie Library in Darien.
Congratulations to Eve Ozer who won First Place at the Elmhurst Artists' Guild Winter show for her piece "I Had to Go There to Come Here #2."  She also sold her piece "Yearning" to an art consultant.

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