Demo- Lynne Schwarzenberg - Photographing Your Work
Membership Brochures given out to members at the meeting
Balance to be sent to members not present
Clay Challenge to be disclosed
Further discussion on Guild Anniversary. Suggestions encouraged
Clay Day Sat June 9 9:30 - 7-ish at St Paul's in Wallingford. We will have plenty of room, so guests are welcome.
Upcoming Demos:
June - Loreen Resler Making Cutters (not just for cookies)
July - Karen Tenny – TBA
Welcome new members:
Evie North from Derby
Susan Dudas from Middletown
Congratulations to Lynne Schwarzenberg, Tracy Van Buskirk and Diane Villano for their contributions to Carol Blackburn's Making Polymer Clay Beads: Step-by-Step Techniques for Creating Beautiful Ornamental Beads, published by Interweave Press.
Diane Villano will be teaching the following classes:
May 20, '07, Faux Leather Picture Frame, Michael's in North Haven, CT 10:30-12:30,
$20.00 plus materials
June 8, '07, Contemporary Jewelry Inspired by Ethnic Art - Oaxacan Woodcarving,
Bead & Button Conference, Milwaukee, WI, 9:00-5:00, $165.00 plus materials
October 18, '07, Bottles of Hope Workshop at Art Fest to Nurture the Soul, Cromwell,
CT, 3:00-6:00, free to conference attendees. More info at www.artfest4thesoul.com
Lynne is teaching in Orlando in June, Baltimore in August, Israel and Rhode Island in October, and Houston in November.
SCPCG Meeting April 21, 2007
13 members in attendance
Meeting began with a demo by Diane Villano – “Mica Magic”.
Discussion about SCPCG Library: who has items out, what magazines we should
subscribe to (Ornament was requested), and what other items people would like to
see in the library (Metal Clay and Mixed Media Jewelry by Sherri Haab was
suggested).
Recap of the Clay Weekend at St. Paul’s on March 3rd and 4th.
Discussion of the SCPCG class coming up: Libby Mills is in contact with Tracy Holmes
and Dan Cormier about doing the “Better Beads” workshop in the fall (October 6th
and 7th ). Details are being worked out. Libby made a motion that we donate a spot
at the workshop as a raffle item at Klay Karma in order to generate more interest
within the Massachusetts guild. Motion was approved.
A Clay Day was proposed for June. St. Paul’s has been reserved for June 9th.
Bottles of Hope are needed and a request was made that members make them and bring
them in to be distributed. Deb Goodrow agreed to look in to getting bottles directly
from the manufacturers. BOH now has a contact in Europe (Netherlands).
Raffle Chain item was donated by Judy DeCaro – a covered pen and pencil set. Libby
Mills won the raffle and will donate an item in June.
Discussion about marketing your craft work: Brookfield Art Center has a class. Also,
the Art Business Institute (ABI) gives seminars on this topic.
Artripeneur.blogspot.com is an online resource as well.
Entries to the “Wire Challenge” were presented and paired with their creators. Next
challenge will be offered at the May meeting by Deb Goodrow.
National Guild news:
The new website is up.
The submissions to “Progress and Possibilities ’07” have been sent to the judges for
consideration. There were 82 artists and 207 entries submitted this year. Scores
should be back by June 1st with the artists being notified by the end of June.
The National Guild will hold their conference in February 2008 called “Synergy” in
Baltimore. The conference will include lectures and demos, products, vendors, and
networking. It will not be a hands-on claying conference this time. The Baltimore
Guild is planning on holding a three-day clay workshop the weekend before.
Upcoming Demos:
May – Lynne “Photographing Your Work”
June – Loreen Ressler (TBD);
July – Karen Tenny (TBD).
Upcoming classes:
Diane is teaching her “Fish Pendant” class at Libby’s house on May
5th, cost is $60.
Jenn Dorion sent the message that anyone wanting to put a link to their website from
the SCPCG website should contact her with the information at dgthree at ducknrun.com
Deb Goodrow has lined up libraries in which to display the Traveling Exhibit through
the fall. The exhibit is currently at the Hamden Miller Memorial Library through the
end of May.
Meeting adjourned at 2:30pm.
Minutes submitted by Wendy Oestreicher
Respectfully submitted,
Lynne Ann Schwarzenberg
Newsletter Lady, and General Polyphile
riverpoet@adelphia.net