=====Looking Ahead

=Don’t forget about the Bead Bazaar in September! We hope you are already busy making beads and other items to sell at the guild table.
=Clay Day Aug 2 at St Paul's Wallingford
=Demo by Diane Villano August meeting
=Millennium Garden Workshop with Leigh Ross Oct 4-5
=Demo using bead rollers by Libby Mills

=====Classes, Workshops, Retreats
MEMBERS TEACHING CLASSES:

Tracy is teaching a beginning class, Secrets of Polymer Revealed at Brookfield July 12.

Debbie Goodrow will be teaching beginner classes with Clinton Adult Education starting this fall. Classes start in September, and there will be two five week classes. Details will be left on message boards.

Jody will be teaching a 4-week portfolio class on Wednesday mornings at Brookfield in the fall.

CLASSES: The guild is sponsoring a Millennium Garden Workshop with Leigh Ross Oct 4-5 in East Haven. We have the room until LATE. Leigh would like us to provide a scholarship to someone who otherwise wouldn’t be able to attend and who would really benefit from learning techniques. Speak with Sharon if you are interested in the scholarship.

Jeffrey Dever will be teaching a class at Brookfield in October.

===== Shows, Exhibits, Publications
New England Bead Society Bead Bazaar – September 13, 2003

====Call for Entries

=Evolution of Polymer Clay, conference sponsored by NPCG in San Diego 6/20-6/27 2004 class proposals are due July 21.

=Announcing a new polymer clay book in progress. It is tentatively called "Polymer Clay Inspirations" which I, (Patti Kimle) am writing for North Light Publications. It is a project book and in it will be exploring the process of using source materials (such as fabrics, natural materials, etc.) for inspiration for polymer clay work.
Submissions are invited of work for the gallery section of the book. If interested, send 35mm slides by September 15, 2003. Any type of work will be considered. Also please include a brief statement (50 words or less) about what inspired the piece(s). Please include a SASE for return of slides. send to: Patti Kimle 2525 North Dakota Ave. Ames, Iowa 50014

=====Traveling Exhibit

MINUTES FROM THE JUNE 2003 MTG OF SCPCG

6/21/03
Meeting called to order at 11:29 am

Demo by Lynne Schwarzenberg on pasta machine cleaning & maintenance.

There were 15 members in attendance.

Welcome new member Stephanie Towner.

Reminder, Lynne is still collecting beads for the guild bead strand. Please consider an extra bead for the bead strand coordinator.

Bottles of Hope (BOH) – Arlene is running a BOH workshop @ Gaylord June 28. She needs more help. She will also be running a workshop 7/12 1-4 pm at Larsen Place in Hamden.

Bead Bazaar – Sat Sept 13. Members can consign work to the guild booth. We will be renting 2 tables. Beads, bead sets in particular, accounted for most of the sales last year. Customers appear to be looking for components. We are going to revamp the display somewhat. Please pay particular attention to finishing details. Work that is copied straight from a video, class or article will not be accepted. Inventory sheets will be available at the July meeting. Inventoried beads will be due to Diane at the August meeting. Sharon will be providing generic display cards with the guild logo for mounting your beads. Individual members are encouraged to place their personal contact info on the back of the cards.

Clay Day, Aug 2, St Paul’s Episcopal Church, Wallingford. 11 am – 8 ish?? Wendy arranged for us to use the church hall FREE. Check the message board for any further details. Sharon & Sue will bring ovens. This is a good opportunity to work on beads for the bead bazaar.

CLASSES: The guild is sponsoring a Millennium Garden Workshop with Leigh Ross Oct 4-5 in East Haven. We have the room until LATE. Leigh would like us to provide a scholarship to someone who otherwise wouldn’t be able to attend and who would really benefit from learning techniques. Speak with Sharon if you are interested in the scholarship.

Jeffrey Dever will be teaching a class at Brookfield in October.

MEMBERS TEACHING CLASSES:
Tracy is teaching a beginning class, Secrets of Polymer Revealed at Brookfield July 12.
Jody will be teaching a 4-week portfolio class on Wednesday mornings at Brookfield in the fall.

Diane reminds teachers with the guild of the following teaching proposal deadlines.
Bead & Button proposals are due in early July.
Evolution of Polymer Clay, conference sponsored by NPCG in San Diego 6/20-6/27 2004 proposals are due July 21.

SHOWS:
Sharon will be participating in a show in New London Sat 6/28 on the pier.
Tracy will be in a craft show on the green in Trumbull 2nd week of Sept.
Barbara McKie has a quilt in a show at the Windham Area Art Center through mid-July.

Please use the message board and let us know if you have class or show announcements.

A special issue of Bead & Button Magazine called Bead Dreams features 3 pieces of Diane’s work plus an article on polymer over papier-mâché in a special issue. Diane also expects to have an article on her piñata pendant in the December issue of Bead & Button.

Lark Books has once again extended the deadline for submissions to the new polymer clay gallery book until July 15. The guild will be submitting some slides of several BOH.

BOH update – Tracy brought pictures from the Casting for Recovery group along with a lovely note of thanks. Tracy’s son worked on bagging & tagging 50+ BOH as a community service project for Boy scouts.

Leigh is going to be writing an article about Bottles of Hope for Polymer Café magazine.

If anyone can help with the ongoing job of taking BOH to Yale-New Haven Hosp please let Terry know.

Arlene will be doing a demo on her wirework for the August meeting.

The meeting adjourned at 2:15 pm.

Minutes submitted by Secretary Libby Mills

Respectfully submitted by