MEETINGS

October 8 (Second Sunday due to a conflict at the police station) Pam Eberlin, award winning assemblage artist, will present a cigar box assemblage workshop. Artists will create a small assemblage with their own supplies, including a small box of choice ( a cigar Box is suggested) and items from Pam Eberlin's stash of small things.

Artists should have a theme in mind; inspired by life, events, or their own supplies. Pam is sometimes inspired by objects which in turn suggest the theme. Pam Eberlin is a hopeless collector who creates art from found objects, especially vintage ones. She creates assemblages, sculpture, and jewelry, mostly from found objects. Pam is a Studio Artist at Union Street Gallery in Chicago heights. She teaches Art to 1st-8th grade students at St. Agnes School in Chicago Heights. Every year her 8th graders create a shrine for their Saint (Confirmation name) from cigar boxes and found objects. Some of the attached samples are similar to what the students created.

List of Supplies:

1-2 cigar boxes, collage papers, assemblage items, paint brushes, acrylic paint, water and paint containers, tacky glue (or similar) E6000 glue (or similar), "Modge Podge" or polymer medium, objects and supplies that fit your theme for your assemblage box.

Be sure to bring a plastic table cloth to protect the table.

November 5  Tammy Deck, fabric artist, will present a program on felted collage. More details in October.

December 3  Christmas Holiday Party/pot luck /gift exchange

MCS EXHIBITS

Remnants and Remembrances  at the Chicago Cultural Center continues through October 20th. Enter through the Randolph Street side---it takes you directly to our exhibit in the Renaissance Court Gallery.

The show is gorgeous, and the award ribbons are up for the public to see. A list of the award winning artists and the judge's comments are attached.
There is a lot of foot traffic there, and people are really taking time to look at the work!

Our Reception is Thursday, October 5th  4:00----6:30PMMo needs your information on what refreshments you can bring to the reception.  msox@aol.com
ALL refreshments must be store bought and still wrapped.  City of Chicago does not allow home made things! A list of promised refreshments is attached.

Pick up from Chicago Cultural Center will be Monday, October 23rd.
Good news----we have your wrappings if you left them
Not so good news----the wrappings are in large plastic bags with Tania, Margi and Nancy SR---so we will need a strategy to get them downtown ahead of time so work can be rewrapped.
Anyone got any good ideas?  More information to follow---at October meeting.

OPEN SPACES at If These Walls Could Talk (Gallery) goes up in November.
Attached are an information sheet and an entry form to be returned by October 18th.
You will receive more information soon----but get to work on OPEN SPACES now
They would like images for their publicity----so send them something and you might be the featured artist!!!!

MEMBERS 

"The Sisters Project" by Margi Hafer

My sister, Donna Johnston, left behind a stack of unfinished paintings and collages when she died in February 2017. During her last year of life, Donna's eye sight failed her due to radiation that compromised her optic nerve, thus she was not able to complete many of the lovely paintings and collages that she started.

In an effort to honor Donna and her talent, I have created "The Sisters Project".  I am asking fellow artists to help me by choosing one or two of Donna's unfinished works and completing them with watercolor or collage, or mixed media techniques of their choice. Both Donna's name and the collaborative artist's name will be on each piece. Then the collaborative artist is asked to donate the piece/s to a charity of their choice. I am photographing all of Donna's unfinished work, and will want photos of the works completed by her collaborative Artist "Sisters". This special collaboration will be documented in a book called "The Sisters Project" that will showcase Donna's efforts and those of the artists that complete her work. Each artist is asked to write a short artist statement about their collaboration, mentioning who received the donated art. I will photograph the finished pieces, or artists may send me a digital image, for print, for the book. I would like to be able to start work on the book by April 1, 2018. I will be bringing some of Donna's unfinished paintings to the October 8th Collage Society meeting in case some of you are interested in helping me with this project. When the book is finished I will bring a copy to one of our meetings so that you can enjoy this celebration of Donna's art, and the art of her collaborative "Sisters". 

I hope you will join me in this special tribute to my sister.

Laura Lein-Svencner has many classes starting up in October, 1. Collage and Spirit Animals, 2. Artists Way Course, 3. Mind, Body and Creative Spirit 1-Day Retreat- See on www.mayslakepeabody.com. 

Elaine Rath is having a moving sale at 640 W.58th Street, Hinsdale on October 13-14, 9:00-3:00. Some art related items include:

- Complete set of metal smith tools, in a tool box that includes jeweler's saw, extra blades, ring mandrel, many files,  needle nose pliers, sterling stamps, complete alphabet letter stamps, many files, rouge for polishing, wax for casting, some cabochons and sheet metal, Also book, "Design and Creation of Jewelry"  All $20.

- Airbrush equipment  includes tool chest, 3 airbrushes, generator and "Complete Guide to Airbrushing".  All $20

 *Block print tools:  5 linoleum cutter with assorted blades,  2 brayers, linoleum. All  $15

- 36" T-square $3

- 32" tall, fully articulated skeleton in stand, $30

If anything interests you, call Elaine at 630-536-4404 and she will bring it to the October 8th meeting  PRE-SALE!!