Midwest Collage Society: August 2014

Sunday, August 31, 2014

October Chicago Artists Month 2014 MCS Members-Exhibit at 4Art inc

A few of our Midwest Collage Society Members are taking part in this Wonderful Exhibit...if you get a chance this October do Make it a point of destination...coincides with Chicago Artist Month 2014
Members: Jerri Reimann, Cynthia J. Lee,Nancy Staszak, Maureen Gasek.

Friday, August 29, 2014

Heads up-Monthly Meetings

We will have Lynn Tsan, who represents Crescent products, as our guest speaker in October 5th. She is also an artist and does beautiful, colorful illustration and designs in her own right. see where she works in her studio... this looks to be an exciting meeting don't want to miss this one...

Lynn presenting to us all the different aspect of the Crescent boards and a variety of substrates to use. We will all be receiving a package soon...How exciting and we are very Thankful. Wonderful Presentation. Thanks Lynn.

Thursday, August 28, 2014

No Meeting for September

Members

The MCS has over fifty members from Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin. Most members reside in the Chicago area. All members are professional artists who exhibit regularly in urban and suburban galleries. Many exhibit in other states, and a few exhibit internationally. The backgrounds of our members are varied, and range from those with graduate training in the fine arts to the self-taught. Many work in fields outside of the art-related professions. The diverse experience of our members is one of the Midwest Collage Society's greatest assets, and has contributed to our growth.

Ode to Collage Artists

We walk around always looking down,
Searching for things to pick up off the ground.
Leaves and paper or bits of string,
We can use just about anything.
While others may watch us and shake their head,
We just cram the stuff in our pockets and forge on ahead.
Home we go can't wait to start, what would we do if we didn't love Art?
We empty our pockets to peruse all our treasures, amazed this junk gives us great pleasures.
We crumple and tear, we sand and we paint, And we can't forget the glues and paste.
Amazed with the things we can create from someone else waste.
When were done some will say we just made it look old, But when we look upon it, All we see is Gold!

by Debbie Wojnarowski

Meetings and Dues

MCS generally meets on the first Sunday of each month (excluding January and July), from 12:30 to 3:00 PM in Darien, IL. Since many members live well beyond this area, the MCS uses its newsletter, group website, and regular e-mail communication to provide all members with timely information about planned exhibits and program content. Annual dues are twenty dollars ($20.00). Members also pay nominal fees for meeting workshops and exhibit entries. Membership dues are payable in April of each year.

Meetings are held at the Darien Municipal Center, 1710 Plainfield Road, Darien, IL.

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