Tuesday, March 31, 2020

April Meeting Information, Election of Board, Membership Due


Dear MCS Members,
Life is always changing,  just not to the extent it has been lately.  Hope this newsletter finds you well and staying in place.  This is a wonderful opportunity for us to do artwork without distractions.  Take advantage of it.  Put on your creative hat and run with it.
The Midwest Collage Society has cancelled the April 5th meeting.  Darien Police Department has closed the meeting room at least until the end of April.  After that we will take it one day at a time. This situation will not last forever.  Our new year begins April 1st so please use the Membership Form under the tab above to renew your membership. Remember to send to Cherie Denton's new address should you have an old form and not able to print the new one attached:
Cherie Denton
1789 35th Street
Apt 6313
Oak Brook, IL 60523
630.974.6152

The MCS Board met via the internet to determine our plan of action for future meetings, exhibitions and election of officers. These are covered under the various headings  Please be patient as nothing can be truly set in stone.  These are extremely fluid times. We'll let you know when we know. Please continue to create with the Exhibition Themes in mind. If the exhibition is cancelled we will reschedule for a later date and keep the theme.


Take care of yourselves,
Nancy Castner
President

MEMBERSHIP
It's time to renew your membership for 2020-21. Due April 1st. Mail application  and check to Cherie Denton, 1789 35th Street, Apt. 6313, Oak Brook, IL 60523.  

MEETINGS 
April 5th - Cancelled! Election of Board by e-mail. (all members have been email this letter) 
Please reply Yes or No to Nancy Castner with "MCS Vote" in subject line by April 10.  
The 20/21 slate of officers
President - Nancy Castner
Vice President - Tania Blanco
Treasurer - Andrea Fox
Communications - Joan Lucht
Membership - Cherie Denton
Exhibits - Adrienne Austin and Joan Lucht
Education - Margi Hafer

May 3rd  noon-2:30pm "Making Original Notecards with Collage" Tania Blanco, presenter
June 7th "Altered Canvas for Collage" Joan Lucht, presenter
July  NO MEETING
August 2nd -  "Parfait Dying Fabric for Use in Collage" Barrie Mason, presenter
September  NO MEETING, MCS RETREAT  September 23-27 Camp Alexander Mac
October 4th   "Assemblage Necklace or Bracelet from Found Objects" Mary Warner, presenter
November 1st  "Paste Papers" Marge Boyd, presenter
December 6th  MCS Holiday Party

Anyone interested in presenting a demonstration or workshop during our 2021 MCS meetings please call Margi Hafer 815-370-3345 

MCS EXHIBITS  
Between the Lines, our April show at Downers Grove Library, has been cancelled. 

Future exhibits:
Archeological Imagination   Bloomingdale Park District Museum - June  (Judged)  For now the Bloomingdale Show is still on. However, if the virus continues to spread our exhibit may be cancelled.  A prospectus will be available in the May Newsflash. 

A Compendium of Curiosities   Vogt Gallery - August (Judged)
Please submit title ideas for Woodridge Library - December 

OTHER EXHIBITS  
Call For Art - Engaging Frida
The Elmhurst Artists’ Guild is calling for 2-D and 3-D works of art in all mediums.
In celebration of the iconic Frida Kahlo and in tandem with the exciting exhibition of Kahlo’s work showing this summer at the Cleve Carney Art Museum, member artists belonging to one of the Alliance of Fine Arts groups in the Chicago western suburbs are invited to enter and exhibit their work in response to Kahlo's paintings, life, politics, and/or identity.

Exhibit Dates August 11 - September 5, 2020 
Details and Prospectus are posted online at www.elmhurstartistsguild.org/engaging-frida
Application deadline June 1, 2020.

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