Midwest Collage Society: October 2015

Saturday, October 31, 2015

Members exhibiting

Members exhibiting outside of Midwest Collage Society exhibits, come see what it's all about 18th Annual "Celebration of the Arts"

Monday, October 26, 2015

Our field trip to the Mexican American Museum was enjoyed by all. The museum is beautiful, the tour was very interesting and the food at Nuevo Leon was beyond yummy! Thanks Maureen for planning this wonderful day!

Remember that there is no meeting next Sunday, November 1.

The next meeting will be our holiday party on December 6. More on that in a month, but start creating something wonderful for the gift exchange if you want to participate.

Have a great Thanksgiving!

Sunday, October 25, 2015

Mexican Art Museum

Sunday, October 18, 2015

Sunday, October 25 (November meeting - one week early)

Field trip to Pilsen Mexican American Museum

Our November meeting will take place a week early. The program will be a field trip to the Mexican Fine Arts Museum in the Pilsen neighborhood, followed by lunch at a local Mexican Restaurant.
We have scheduled a guided tour of the museum and their “Day of the Dead” exhibit at11:00 am, led by a member of the museum’s Education Department. (Tours are not available on our regular meeting date of Nov 1^st, the actual Day of the Dead, due to large attendance expected that day). Please email Maureen McDonald at mcsox@aol.com if you plan on attending. Members can coordinate for carpooling and rides will be available.

Thursday, October 8, 2015

Interesting Collage Article in ARTNEWS

Collage in ARTNEWS

Monday, October 5, 2015

We have a Winner!!!

Winner....Winner...Chicken Dinner!!!

Nancy S. has finished her Mystery Build and shared a photo for us to see...

Hope to see more, the members of the MCS were challenged to create an Assemblage in about 2 hours with the things that they brought from home to glue together and the mystery build materials in there Number bag they picked. What a wonderful challenge in pushing creativity and our members.

Sunday, October 4, 2015

Assemblage Build Started

Numbers were given to everyone and their box. Which were filled with the Mystery items.

Some great fun stuff was in each box as you can see.

And some surprises too...got good laugh out this mystrey item. This is what each member was asked to bring. Mystery Build

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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