Midwest Collage Society: March 2015

Sunday, March 1, 2015

April

Attention All Members
This months Meeting will be held on April 12th

Early Start time: 12:00 - 3:00

The April meeting will begin at NOON in order to renew memberships and elect new board members.

Followed by the program, Veronica Fremont, a sculptor, jewelry artist and owner of Cicada Pi Studios in Oak Park will give a presentation on cold connections for mixed media, with the demonstrating on how to use rivets and other means to attach objects in 3D projects.

Member's Work on Exhibit at Newberry Library

Member, Marjorie Boyd has Work on Exhibit at Newberry Library Calligraphy Exhibit

EXPLORATION 2015 at the

Newberry Library, 60 W Walton, Chicago, IL

March 16 - June 12, 2015

Times:

Mon, Fri Sat : 8:15 - 5:30pm

tues, Wed, Thurs: 8:15 - 7:30pm

Reception: Sat, March 28, 11:00-3:00pm

Calligraphy demonstrations from 11:30-1:00

Program at 1:00 with a presentation by Susan O'Leary on the Zen Art of Kazuaki Tanahashi

More information, contact exhibits@chicagocalligraphy.org

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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Member's Work on Exhibit at Newberry Library

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