May's Meeting don't you miss this!!!

(From Elaine Rath:)

Hello everyone, 

I am deeply honored to serve as the new president of this wonderful organization.  I pledge to learn everyone's name as quickly as possible and to do the very best job I can going forward.  I am grateful for the great group of women on the Board and all the behind the scenes workers who keep things running smoothly.  To this end, I am calling a kick-off Board meeting on

                 Sunday MAY 17th at 2:30 PM at

                 Panera Bread Restaurant

                 1001 75th Street, Woodridge, IL 

If you are unable to attend, please tell me at the May meeting or contact me at 

thomasr460@aol.com.  (Husband hogs the computer, but does a great job as my personal secretary.) 

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IMPORTANT REMINDER:  DUES ARE NOW DUE!     Please send $20 for Midwest Collage Society only, or $55 for combined MCS and National Collage Society to 

                  Cherie Denton

                 4641 Stonewall Ave.

                 Downers Grove, IL 60515

If dues are not received by June 1st, you will miss out on important emails regarding news and upcoming opportunities to exhibit.  

Looking forward to another great year!

Elaine Rath   

  
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Please Send all MCS News related information now to Joan Lucht at  jlucht @wideopenwest.com  

Always check the Blog for all current Information at http://midwestcollagesociety.blogspot.com/ 

Midwest Collage Society Invites Karen Sako to our May's Meeting May 3rd at 12:30pm to 2:30pm
                                 1710 Plainfield Rd, Darien, IL 60561, USA (map)

It’s time to step out of your comfort zone and try something completely different. In this demonstration, you will be taught the basic techniques guaranteed to get your creative juices flowing. Karen Sako will lead you through a small project combining many different art styles by layering paper with other mixed media. Experiment with a variety of possibilities that each individual can then adapt to their own personal style. Work intuitively, surrendering your expectations and explore mixed media art!

Karen Sako is a graphic designer, art instructor and award winning mixed media artist with a BFA in Visual Communications from The Illinois Institute of Art. Her true love is fine art and she concentrates most of her time to teaching and creating mixed media pet portraits. Karen has been sharing her infectious love of art with students in the Chicago area for over 25 years. She is a member of the Long Grove Artists Guild and regularly teaches mixed media workshops at Mainstreet Art Center located in Lake Zurich.

Karen Sako 

Supply list  bring -baby wipes and pastels if they have them.  Everything else she will supply.