Our next Art & About monthly meeting is Wednesday Feb. 10 at the Rahr West Art Museum at 6pm. Don't forget to bring your homework art project to share which had the theme "Hearts". You must also have paid your yearly membership dues of $25.00 payable to "Art & About" so that you will be on the email mailing list for updates and meeting minutes.
Please pay Bonnie Loeh at the next meeting or you may also mail it to her.
Bonnie Loeh
10028 Hwy R.
Whitelaw WI 54247
Also would like to thank those of you who had shown their art for our member exhibit at the Rahr West Art Museum which was held Jan. 10-24 2010. There were many wonderful pieces of art displayed from our very talented group.
Friday, February 5, 2010
Thursday, November 12, 2009
THANKS!!!!!
Thanks to everyone who very generously donated beautiful works of art for the 2009 Chairs for Charity! The way it looks right now we will have well over the 100 chairs we were hoping for! They are on display now at the Rahr West Museum in the main gallery and the oral auction will be on Saturday November 21st. Doors open at 5pm and the oral auction with the fabulous Charlie Kurth will begin at 6:30. There will also be a silent auction that will begin when the doors open at 5 and continue until intermission. Refreshments will be served at about 5:30. It is honestly and event you will not want to miss. Tickets are a suggested donation of only $5 and all proceeds from admission and the auctions will be put right back into the arts in Manitowoc County through a Rahr West Scholarship Fund, funding educational programs at the Rahr West and funding Art and Abouts free art projects put on throughout the year. If you agree that art is an important part of this and every community come out and support the arts on November 21st!
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
We Need YOU!!!!
We need all crafty/artsy people to get out your art supplies grab an old chair and decorate it for our 2009 Chairs for Charity Auction. The auction will be on Saturday November 21st at the Rahr West Museum with doors opening at 5pm! We will be accepting tastefully decorated chairs until November 9th but would love to display them sooner to spread the word about this fun event. If you have a chair to donate just bring it to Persimmons at 314 N 8th Street. IF you have old chairs but don't have any artistic ability we will take plain chairs too for artists to work their magic on! Proceeds for this event will go for art scholarships for Manitowoc County young artists, to the Rahr West Museum, a little goes to Art and About for future events and hopefully we can raise even more to donate to a worthy local cause. It is up to everyone to make this a wildly successful event! So come on and grab that paint and brushes and create for art's sake!
(chair in photo was a donation from our first 2007 event from the lovely and talented Gail Reibe)
Monday, April 20, 2009
Spring Art Tour 2009
Come join us for a weekend of art and fun for the 2009 Spring Art Tour. The tour will be starting off with an open reception at We Are Art at Brenda Lynn Burtard Studios at 1006 Margaretha Street in Two Rivers. The reception will feature music by Pick and Squeeze, refreshments, and great art. There will also be a silent auction of original birdhouses created by members of Art and About. Prior to the event you can see the birdhouses on display at the Rahr West Museum. The proceeds for the birdhouse auction will be donated to Hayden's Hope. Hours for the opening reception are 6pm-9pm.
On Saturday you can tour 9 local galleries/studios. Take a peek into the environment where artists create their works! With demonstrations throughout the day you will get to see the techniques and materials used to create beautiful works of art that will also be available to purchase. For exact demonstration times and locations you can pick up your map and tour guide and any of the galleries/studios listed below! Many of the participating galleries and studios will also have a giveaway for a chance to win art originals! It is a great FREE event that is very family friendly. Hours for the Saturday tour are 10am-4pm. Hope to see you there!
The Dolan Gallery....4910 Nicyssa Lane, Manitowoc
Petals Plus Gallery and Gifts....7014 Center Road, Manitowoc
Full Circle Products...1332 S 26th St., Manitowoc
Gallery East...930 S 7th St., Manitowoc
Best Western Lakefront Hotel Cafe...101 Maritime Dr., Manitowoc
Persimmons...314 N 8th St., Manitowoc
Evans Custome Jewelry...1119 N 12th St., Manitowoc
Martin Pottery Studio & Gallery, LLC...1304 Memorial Drive, Manitowoc
We Are Art...1006 Margaretha St., Two Rivers
On Saturday you can tour 9 local galleries/studios. Take a peek into the environment where artists create their works! With demonstrations throughout the day you will get to see the techniques and materials used to create beautiful works of art that will also be available to purchase. For exact demonstration times and locations you can pick up your map and tour guide and any of the galleries/studios listed below! Many of the participating galleries and studios will also have a giveaway for a chance to win art originals! It is a great FREE event that is very family friendly. Hours for the Saturday tour are 10am-4pm. Hope to see you there!
The Dolan Gallery....4910 Nicyssa Lane, Manitowoc
Petals Plus Gallery and Gifts....7014 Center Road, Manitowoc
Full Circle Products...1332 S 26th St., Manitowoc
Gallery East...930 S 7th St., Manitowoc
Best Western Lakefront Hotel Cafe...101 Maritime Dr., Manitowoc
Persimmons...314 N 8th St., Manitowoc
Evans Custome Jewelry...1119 N 12th St., Manitowoc
Martin Pottery Studio & Gallery, LLC...1304 Memorial Drive, Manitowoc
We Are Art...1006 Margaretha St., Two Rivers
Monday, March 2, 2009
February Meeting notes.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Art and About met at the Rahr-West Art Museum at 6:00 P.M with 22 current and / or new members present—one of our biggest meetings so far.
Chairs for Charity
§ We discussed this year’s up and coming Chairs for Charity event on November 21st, 2009 at the Rahr-West.
§ Chairs should be delivered to the museum NO LATER THAN November 9th and will be on display until the time of the auction. HOWEVER, please start those chairs now! We would like to have them on display throughout the spring / summer / and up till November 9th. The more we have out—the more successful the event will be.
§ All Manitowoc county high school art departments are invited to have their students design a new logo for this year’s Chairs for Charity event. The logo / poster contest will offer a $100.00 cash prize to the winning design and a companion prize of a $50.00 gift card to Hobby Lobby to the winning designer’s teacher / mentor. Contest committee members include Jo Woodcock, Amy Zander, Bonnie Loeh, and Paula Radl.
§ At this point there are two main committees needed for the Chairs for Charity event. The first is a press / media committee—to handle press coverage of the event including newspaper advertising, radio, et cetera; and a contacts committee—to contact local businesses to participate in the event by either donating items such as refreshments for the reception, possible matching funds, or offering their business for chair display. There was a sign up sheet passed around for at the meeting—there were many volunteers thus far however, if you were not at the meeting but would like to be a part of a committee, please consider what you will be willing to do for this year’s event.
§ By next month’s meeting, Heather and Kim will provide each group with a more complete list of committee expectations.
§ We also discussed the reception and would like to lengthen the reception time as well as offer free wine along with the hors douvres. Free wine makes for holey pockets!
Spring Tour:
§ Brenda Ricky will be the host for the spring tour on May 15th and 16th. She would like commitments by next month as artists and studios that will be participating. If there are any artists who do not have a studio but would like a display space please contact Brenda at 920-553-2787 and matches will be made.
§ The fee for studio participation in the tour is $40.00 the first year to cover sign costs and $25.00 thereafter. There was some discussion whether or not independent artists should pay a fee to display at someone else’s gallery and it was decided that each artist could discuss the issue with their host and work out something on a case-to-case basis.
Fall Tour:
§ Just a note that the fall tour is on October 23, 24, 2009.
§ No one has yet to volunteered to host—anyone interested?
Farmers Market:
§ Exciting news for the farmers market—there will be a Tuesday evening slot this year! The Tuesday time slot will be from 3:00 to 8:00 PM and will run from June 16th to October 20th.
§ Saturdays will remain at 7:00 AM to 1:00 PM and will begin May 15th.
§ One of the great perks of being an Art & About member is that any paid member may sign up to exhibit at the farmers market—free of charge! The club pays the $100.00 yearly fee and Art & About members may use the space.
§ We would like as many, if not all, of the time slots to be filled—you may have the space to yourself or you may share with another member. Just remember to display the Art & About sign at your booth / table.
§ Sign up will begin next month, as Barb will bring a sign up sheet to the next meeting. Please see Barb for any questions about the farmers market and PLEASE do not just show up to the market—make arrangements with her. She is our spokesperson and all assignments must go through Barb.
Directory:
Heidi Dahlberg has been kind enough to put together an Art & About directory--which looks great, by the way! If you haven’t already contacted Heidi with your info—please do so. Thanks!
Dues
§ Art & About dues is due at anytime. Please either pay your dues at our next meeting or send the yearly fee of $25.00 ($15.00 for students) to Bonnie Loeh. You can contact Bonnie at: bnloeh@lsol.net
Other news:
§ Amy Zander’s new studio is up and running. It is located in her backyard! Her husband built it for her—what a nice guy!
§ Also, Tom Chermake, who organizes Metro Jam, would like to have an art component to this year’s Jam. It is usually around the second weekend in June. If anyone would be interested in doing something like that—contact Tom Chermake or speak to Kim.
§ The Bead and Button Show will be in Milwaukee on June 14th. According to Kim it is a lots of fun and just plain crazy-good if you are a bead lover. A number of people already said they would like to go—we are planning to have several van-fulls of people. If you’d like to go, or drive, let us know. Still lots of time before June, but according to Kim, you better save up now!
§ Paula Radl brought up a very cool thing she has come across—using old cigarette machines as art vending! What a cool idea! She is going to look into finding one that the group can purchase / restore and maybe we could do something with it!
§ Kim is looking into buying the group a domain name so we don’t have to have such a big handle for our blogspot—which is: www.artandabout54220.blogspot.com I’d personally like to see the zip code removed—as many of our members do not actually live in the city of Manitowoc.
§ Go to Stump-Jack’s to see Nate Walkner’s show—opening this weekend. Something with the word ‘orama’ in it—should be good.
§ Also, if you’d like a little night music—go to the Courthouse Pub on February 20th beginning at 10:00 PM to see Adam Morantez per his wife Dani who will hopefully be a new member of the group. Also, they will both be at the Health and Wellness fair.
§ Art & About will have a booth at the UW extension on April 18th from 10 – 2. The booth will be about recycled art and there will be a recycle-type art project for people to make—paper beads.
§ Kim was invited to participate in the “All things Strange and Wonderful” event at Horrace Mann middle school. She’ll be doing some cool art.
Next meeting:
§ Wednesday, March 11th at 6:00 at the Rahr-West. See you there!
That’s all for now.
Note: if there are ever any corrections or additions to be made to these notes—please let me know or feel free to email the group with the corrected information. Thanks!
Respectfully submitted by:
Jo of Art
Art and About met at the Rahr-West Art Museum at 6:00 P.M with 22 current and / or new members present—one of our biggest meetings so far.
Chairs for Charity
§ We discussed this year’s up and coming Chairs for Charity event on November 21st, 2009 at the Rahr-West.
§ Chairs should be delivered to the museum NO LATER THAN November 9th and will be on display until the time of the auction. HOWEVER, please start those chairs now! We would like to have them on display throughout the spring / summer / and up till November 9th. The more we have out—the more successful the event will be.
§ All Manitowoc county high school art departments are invited to have their students design a new logo for this year’s Chairs for Charity event. The logo / poster contest will offer a $100.00 cash prize to the winning design and a companion prize of a $50.00 gift card to Hobby Lobby to the winning designer’s teacher / mentor. Contest committee members include Jo Woodcock, Amy Zander, Bonnie Loeh, and Paula Radl.
§ At this point there are two main committees needed for the Chairs for Charity event. The first is a press / media committee—to handle press coverage of the event including newspaper advertising, radio, et cetera; and a contacts committee—to contact local businesses to participate in the event by either donating items such as refreshments for the reception, possible matching funds, or offering their business for chair display. There was a sign up sheet passed around for at the meeting—there were many volunteers thus far however, if you were not at the meeting but would like to be a part of a committee, please consider what you will be willing to do for this year’s event.
§ By next month’s meeting, Heather and Kim will provide each group with a more complete list of committee expectations.
§ We also discussed the reception and would like to lengthen the reception time as well as offer free wine along with the hors douvres. Free wine makes for holey pockets!
Spring Tour:
§ Brenda Ricky will be the host for the spring tour on May 15th and 16th. She would like commitments by next month as artists and studios that will be participating. If there are any artists who do not have a studio but would like a display space please contact Brenda at 920-553-2787 and matches will be made.
§ The fee for studio participation in the tour is $40.00 the first year to cover sign costs and $25.00 thereafter. There was some discussion whether or not independent artists should pay a fee to display at someone else’s gallery and it was decided that each artist could discuss the issue with their host and work out something on a case-to-case basis.
Fall Tour:
§ Just a note that the fall tour is on October 23, 24, 2009.
§ No one has yet to volunteered to host—anyone interested?
Farmers Market:
§ Exciting news for the farmers market—there will be a Tuesday evening slot this year! The Tuesday time slot will be from 3:00 to 8:00 PM and will run from June 16th to October 20th.
§ Saturdays will remain at 7:00 AM to 1:00 PM and will begin May 15th.
§ One of the great perks of being an Art & About member is that any paid member may sign up to exhibit at the farmers market—free of charge! The club pays the $100.00 yearly fee and Art & About members may use the space.
§ We would like as many, if not all, of the time slots to be filled—you may have the space to yourself or you may share with another member. Just remember to display the Art & About sign at your booth / table.
§ Sign up will begin next month, as Barb will bring a sign up sheet to the next meeting. Please see Barb for any questions about the farmers market and PLEASE do not just show up to the market—make arrangements with her. She is our spokesperson and all assignments must go through Barb.
Directory:
Heidi Dahlberg has been kind enough to put together an Art & About directory--which looks great, by the way! If you haven’t already contacted Heidi with your info—please do so. Thanks!
Dues
§ Art & About dues is due at anytime. Please either pay your dues at our next meeting or send the yearly fee of $25.00 ($15.00 for students) to Bonnie Loeh. You can contact Bonnie at: bnloeh@lsol.net
Other news:
§ Amy Zander’s new studio is up and running. It is located in her backyard! Her husband built it for her—what a nice guy!
§ Also, Tom Chermake, who organizes Metro Jam, would like to have an art component to this year’s Jam. It is usually around the second weekend in June. If anyone would be interested in doing something like that—contact Tom Chermake or speak to Kim.
§ The Bead and Button Show will be in Milwaukee on June 14th. According to Kim it is a lots of fun and just plain crazy-good if you are a bead lover. A number of people already said they would like to go—we are planning to have several van-fulls of people. If you’d like to go, or drive, let us know. Still lots of time before June, but according to Kim, you better save up now!
§ Paula Radl brought up a very cool thing she has come across—using old cigarette machines as art vending! What a cool idea! She is going to look into finding one that the group can purchase / restore and maybe we could do something with it!
§ Kim is looking into buying the group a domain name so we don’t have to have such a big handle for our blogspot—which is: www.artandabout54220.blogspot.com I’d personally like to see the zip code removed—as many of our members do not actually live in the city of Manitowoc.
§ Go to Stump-Jack’s to see Nate Walkner’s show—opening this weekend. Something with the word ‘orama’ in it—should be good.
§ Also, if you’d like a little night music—go to the Courthouse Pub on February 20th beginning at 10:00 PM to see Adam Morantez per his wife Dani who will hopefully be a new member of the group. Also, they will both be at the Health and Wellness fair.
§ Art & About will have a booth at the UW extension on April 18th from 10 – 2. The booth will be about recycled art and there will be a recycle-type art project for people to make—paper beads.
§ Kim was invited to participate in the “All things Strange and Wonderful” event at Horrace Mann middle school. She’ll be doing some cool art.
Next meeting:
§ Wednesday, March 11th at 6:00 at the Rahr-West. See you there!
That’s all for now.
Note: if there are ever any corrections or additions to be made to these notes—please let me know or feel free to email the group with the corrected information. Thanks!
Respectfully submitted by:
Jo of Art
Wednesday March 11th!
Our next meeting will be on Wednesday March 11th at 6pm at the Rahr West Museum. Hope to see you there!
Sunday, February 8, 2009
FEBRUARY MEETING
We're getting together on Wednesday, February 11th at 6:00 p.m. at the Rahr West Art Museum.
Hope to see you there.
Hope to see you there.
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