Art and About

THANKS!!!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Persimmons Gal) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:36:00 +0000

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!

We Need YOU!!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Persimmons Gal) — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 02:25:00 +0000

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)

Spring Art Tour 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Persimmons Gal) — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:55:00 +0000

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

February Meeting notes.

noreply@blogger.com (Persimmons Gal) — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 01:47:00 +0000

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

Wednesday March 11th!

noreply@blogger.com (Persimmons Gal) — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 01:32:00 +0000

Our next meeting will be on Wednesday March 11th at 6pm at the Rahr West Museum. Hope to see you there!

FEBRUARY MEETING

noreply@blogger.com (Maria) — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 14:35:00 +0000

We're getting together on Wednesday, February 11th at 6:00 p.m. at the Rahr West Art Museum.

Hope to see you there.

January minutes!

noreply@blogger.com (Persimmons Gal) — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:55:00 +0000

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Art and About met at the Rahr-West Art Museum at 6:00 P.M. There were several members present including: Heather Doucette, Jo Woodcock, Paula Radl, Brenda Ricky, Amy Zander, Bonnie Loeh, Mary Kay Burish, Randy Boldt, and new members, Paige Harrington, Katie Young, and Rachel Young. I apologize if any names are spelled incorrectly—let me know. We also had Joe Metzen of the Rahr join us.

Member Exhibit:
§ Most felt the exhibit went well—nice turn out. There was something like 165 people through the museum that day.
§ Art & About agreed to pay for part of the bill for the reception and the Rahr will let us know what our portion will be.
§ The show runs through Sunday, January 25th, so please pick up your work after that date.
§ There was some miscommunication as to press on the event—we will make sure that is taken care of for our next event and be more proactive as to publicity.

Dues
§ Art & About dues is due. Please send $$$ to Bonnie Loeh or contact Bonnie for any questions at: http://us.mc391.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=bnloeh@lsol.net

Visitor:
§ Joe Metzen (the new Mary Jo) came to the meeting to pitch an idea of a Manitowoc Arts website he would like to see for the community. He envisions the site having all area art events listed in one easy location and entries / announcement of events would be free to the public / local schools. Events could include, art shows, happenings at the Rahr, shows at the Civic Center, local high school plays, etc. There could be links to websites that serve the community, local libraries, museum and gallery links, links to area artists etc. We all agreed this would be a great site and would like to be a part of it. The question is do we have anyone in the group who does this kind of work—setting up and maintaining sites—or should the work just be farmed out and paid for? We agreed Art & About would love to be a part of the site and willing to pay a fee to participate. If anyone has any comments / questions let us know or contact Joe directly at the museum: 920-683-4501 or http://us.mc391.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=jmetzen@manitowoc.org

Directory:
§ Heidi Dahlberg has been kind enough to offer to put together an Art & About directory unfortunately she is having a hard time collecting information. You can add as little or as much as you like—all your info or just your name.

Chairs for Charity:
§ We discussed this year’s up and coming Chairs for Charity event on November 21st, 2009 at the Rahr-West. We discussed whether or not we should be looking for a new logo or if we should keep what we have and use it every year. There were a variety of plusses in either case—less cost per event, recognition of design, verses, more printing costs per event, variety of design, involving the community in logo creation.
§ Those present felt we still wanted to go along with a new design and will go ahead with the logo / poster contest plan.
§ I will be sending out a letter to all local high school art departments in Manitowoc county by the end of January to announce a contest to design 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.
§ Anyone interested in judging the poster contest please let me know at: http://us.mc391.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=joandtim@peoplepc.com or 920-775-4953. Those already interested are: Heather Doucette, Amy Zander, Bonnie Loeh, Paula Radl, and myself.
§ We also need to form committees for the event so consider what you will be willing to or able to do for this year’s event. Our first event turned out to be much more work than was anticipated. For this year’s event we all agreed that the work should be shared more equally among the group.
§ So far, the committees needed are a media committee—to handle press coverage of the event, a contacts committee—to contact local businesses to participate in the event. There will be more to come as there are many other needs to take care of so by next month, Heather and Kim will have a more complete list of jobs needing to be done for the event.
§ Ask not what Chairs for Charity can do for you...but what YOU can do for Chairs for Charity!

Other news:

§ The Rahr-West is planning a fun bike event on June 6th when they will unveil a new artful bike rack created specifically for the Rahr-West by Paul Kaufman—an artistic welder. However Paul is in need of some old copper and is looking for an old copper lined water heater and some copper tubing—1 ¼ inch to 1/ ½ inch. If you know of anywhere he can find some or can help him out in any way, please contact the Rahr at 920-683-4501.

One more thing…
§ Kim is now the president of the Downtown Manitowoc group and recently sent an email out to all of us. The DTMG is looking for a new logo for the downtown area. Refer to the email for details or contact Kim at http://us.mc391.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=gkgeiser@yahoo.com

Spring Tour:
§ Brenda Ricky will be the host for the spring tour on May 15th and 16th. More info to come.

Next meeting:
§ Wednesday, February 11th at 6:00 at the Rahr-West. See you there!

That’s all for now.

Respectfully submitted by:
Jo of Art

November meeting notes

noreply@blogger.com (Persimmons Gal) — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 21:39:00 +0000

Wednesday, November 12, 2008, 2008

Art and About met at the Rahr-West Art Museum at 6:00 with a skeleton crew present. We discussed the fall tour, the Chairs for Charity poster contest, and the farmer’s market.

Fall tour:
§ We discussed how we felt the fall tour went. There was a nice turn out however not great for sales.
§ The spring tour will be May 15 and 16
§ The fall tour will be held October 23, 24, with the opening reception at We Are Art! at Brenda Lynn Burtard Studios, 1006 Margaretha St., Two Rivers

Chairs for Charity poster contest:
§ I went over the Chairs for Charity poster contest rules with the group to finalize details. Basically, we will be sending out a letter to all area high school art teachers asking them to involve their students in a poster contest to create the image we will be using for next year’s event. There will be a $100.00 top prize for the winning design. More on the contest will be coming—we will be sending out info after the first of the new year. If you have any questions or comments email me directly. Thanks. joandtim@peoplepc.com
§ I also brought a book to share that I found in our school library entitled “Speak”. It is a collaboration of children’s illustrators each offering a story about their dog and an accompanying illustration.
§ In keeping with the flavor of the book, we thought it would be a good idea for us to do something on that order—where we all contribute to a publication—in the form of a calendar. We have plenty of artists to fill 12 months. It is definitely something we want to look into for the future. We could get area businesses to sponsor a page and we could also include area goings-on and of course, our own tours and happenings. Keep it in mind—any particular month you’d like to create something for?????? I get July. It’s my favorite month.

Farmer’s Market:
§ The farmer’s market went relatively well this past year but there were a few bumps. Barb Ferguson would like any suggestions or constructive criticisms to improve things for next year. Many felt there could be better communication between exhibitors.
§ Also, we are going to skip the tent entirely. Every vendor is on their own. This way the tent and weights don’t have to be passed around.
§ We felt it may be a good idea to have some sort of signed agreement with vendors to keep things running more smoothly and establish responsibility.
§ The market starts up again in the beginning of May. And new this year—or revived this year—will be a new night. Tuesday afternoon / evenings from 3:00 – 7:00 PM the market will be open as well. they are hoping to make a little more of the event and perhaps have music etc.
§ Yearly cost for the booth remains the same.
§ Any questions or comments please contact Barb directly at: barbaraferg@comcast.net

Member Exhibit:
§ Don’t forget the Art & About member exhibit is coming up SOON—right after Christmas so be prepared! The date is January 11th – 24th at the Rahr-West Art Museum with opening reception on Sunday.
§ Work must be in to the Rahr-West by Friday, January 2nd.
§ We also thought we could use the opening day as an informal winter gathering—maybe we can go out to eat afterwards—still open for discussion…
§ Reminder that all work exhibited should be ‘family friendly’.

In other news…
§ Kim attended the recent Tannenbaum gala at the Rahr and thought that perhaps the group should do a tree next year. We could make ornaments during a meeting or two. We’ll discuss it again at a later date.
§ Also, I mentioned that I would be willing to organize a trip to the Chicago Art Institute in the spring if there is enough interest. We would most likely open the tour to the public as well. We would need enough people to fill a coach bus, which is usually 45 to 50 people. Just a thought—let me know sometime if you would be interested in a trip to Chicago. We would probably aim for a Tuesday because that is the ‘free’ day at the institute.

This weekend…
§ Holiday on the Lakeshore will be held this weekend the 14th and 15th at Fox Hills featuring, among many, two of our artists, Kim and Heather. Hours are 2 – 9 on Friday and 9 – 5 on Saturday.
§ Maybe next year Art & About could split the cost of a booth and have several artists attend.

That was about it.

Our next meeting is on December 10th at 6:00 PM at the Rahr-West Art Museum. We will be making decorative Christmas trees! They’ll be just like the ones I make with my first graders. I will bring the tree cut outs (about an 8 to 10 inch cardboard cut out) a few sparkly things, and the glue. Anyone is welcome to bring other items to share for decoration i.e. buttons, old jewelry, spangles, beads, whatever. My sister and I used to call such stuff—Geschnarell. I don’t really know what that means but it seems to work.
See you then!

Respectfully submitted by:

Jo of Art

Art and About Meeting

noreply@blogger.com (Maria) — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:39:00 +0000

Here's a note from our great prez, Kim.

Hey everyone!
Our next meeting is this Wednesday, November 12th at 6:00 at the Rahr West Museum. WE will be talking a little about the recent Art Tour and some upcoming things. I am hoping Jo will bring the rest of the clay stuff to pick up. It won't be a very long meeting at all.

Hope to see ya all there.......our meetings are such fun .........

Fall Art Tour

noreply@blogger.com (Persimmons Gal) — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:57:00 +0000

Art and About Fall Art Tour
7 local galleries and studios will open their doors on Saturday October 25th from 10-4 for the 7th Art and About Art Tour. The tour will kick off with an opening reception at Petals Plus Gallery and Gifts located at 7014 Center Road in Manitowoc. The Friday October 24th reception will be from 6pm-9pm and will include live music, refreshments and a pumpkin carving contest. The public is encouraged to attend the opening reception where they can pick up a brochure with the Saturday tour route.
The Saturday tour stops will be
Petals Plus, 7014 Center Road, Manitowoc
Jim Dolan Studio, 4910 Nicyssa Lane, Manitowoc
Gallery East, 930 S 7th St., Manitowoc
Persimmons, 314 N 8th St., Manitowoc
Rahr West Museum, 610 N 8th St., Manitowoc
David Martin Pottery, 1304 Memorial Drive, Manitowoc
Stumpjack Coffee Co., 1606 Washington St., Two Rivers
This free tour will give tour goers a chance to see artist demonstrations, tour the studios, and even sign up to win free works of art.
A couple of new stops on the tour include Jim Dolan’s new in home studio and the new David Martin Pottery.
For questions about the tour or Art and About please email Kim Geiser at gkgeiser@yahoo.com or 684-3006.

Fall Art Tour, October 24th & 25th

noreply@blogger.com (Maria) — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:39:00 +0000

It's Fall Art Tour time. Here's the gorgeous poster on display at the Manitowoc Farmers' Market on Saturday. Hope you'll take the tour and see what our local artists have been working on - it's impressive!

And who was in the Art and About booth? Well, none other than the fabulous Kim and Heather, and Kim's lovely daughter Molly - noshing on a freshly made Hmong eggroll. Tried to sneak up on Kim and Heather for a photo, but they'd have none of that - they spied me as soon as the camera went up. What a lovely shot...

And here's a few shots of what was available in the Art and About booth on Saturday. It changes each week as different artists are in the booth. You still have a couple more weeks to check out the booth, the market runs through the end of October.

Fall Art Tour

noreply@blogger.com (Maria) — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:55:00 +0000

Getting ready for the Fall Art Tour. October 24 & 25. Stay tuned for details.

Art and About Appearances

noreply@blogger.com (Maria) — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:52:00 +0000

Looking for really cool art and artisan wears?

Check out the Art and About artists' booth at the Saturday Manitowoc Farmers Market, located at 8th & Quay in downtown Manitowoc.

Here's the artist list through October 18th. Oh, almost forgot....the market is open on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to noon

SEPTEMBER
20 Barbara Ferguson-fabric,paper
27 Heidi Dalberg

OCTOBER:
4 Annette Wimmer & Laurel S.
11 Heather & Kim
18 Johanna Worley

Meeting on Wednesday, September 10th

noreply@blogger.com (Maria) — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:58:00 +0000

Here's a note from our Prez:

Hello everyone,

Our next meeting will be this Wednesday [September 10th] at 6:00 p.m. at the Rahr West Museum. We will be playing with clay that Jo and Tim are bringing! Super fun meeting.

Before we play we will just touch on the Fall Art Tour but other than that not much to discuss!

See you there!

Sputnikfest Fun

noreply@blogger.com (Maria) — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:38:00 +0000

If you missed Sputnikfest, you missed a wacky wacky fun time. Here's a link to the group Flikr site. Got Sputnikfest photos to share? Post them on that Flikr site.

Looks like everyone was having a blast! So a great big we love you thank you goes out to everyone who made this wacky fun possible. Looking forward to next year's celebration.

Sputnikfest

noreply@blogger.com (Maria) — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 13:17:00 +0000

Another cool event is just around the corner - Sputnikfest. Although not an Art and About sponsored event, it's a project of several of our members.

Sputnikfest runs Friday and Saturday, September 5 - 6. Here's a link to the brochure and a link to the poster, both of which list all the fun activities. What an awesome out of this world event - see ya there!

Kate Gadd on Good Day Wisconsin

noreply@blogger.com (Maria) — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 09:37:00 +0000

Our very own Kate Gadd will be on Fox 11's Good Day Wisconsin on Tuesday, July 29, at 7:45 a.m. and 8:45 a.m.

During these segments, broadcast from the Rahr West Art Museum, Kate will be talking about her book binding class! Yay Kate!!! For more info on Kate, click here.

Thanks to heather e n doucette for helping to spread this good news.

July Meeting Notes

noreply@blogger.com (Maria) — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 09:23:00 +0000

This month's meeting was primarily geared toward creating peace and
happiness within the group. While we met, we also all decorated puzzle
pieces with positive words describing art 7 about on them...at the end
we put it together....what a masterpiece!

Some decisions were made on a few things that will change...

1. All events/info that you would like to see discussed at a meeting
must be emailed to Kim first. She will forward an agenda to the group
and that way if it is something that you want to be a part of or put
your "two cents" into, you can attend the upcoming meeting.

2. We also decided that we need to get to business quickly at meetings
and then move on to the fun and social part of our time together.
Someone will be responsible for each meeting's demo or
project...rotating the responsibility around to everyone who is
interested.

3. Business will be further discussed by event committees and
decisions regarding that event will be made by the members of that
committee...therefore, if yo want to be a part of making decisions
regarding a specific event...you may want to join that committee.
Committee members will then report back to Kim and/or the group.

A few other details were discussed and finalized at this meeting as
well...

* The art & about member exhibit will be held at the Rahr West Art
Museum in 2009 rather than at Roncalli. It will run from January 11-24
and be displayed in the corridor area and lounge (which are the areas
that we had the chairs in last year before the Chairs for Charity
Auction.)

*The 2009 Spring tour will be May 15 & 16.

*The 2009 Fall tour will be October 23 & 24

*Chairs for Charity will return for it's second year on November 21st
at the Rahr West! The chairs will be brought to the museum on November 9th

More to come later on these events....

Also, if anyone is interested in attending the County Art Exhibit
Reception, it is this coming Sunday, the 20th, from 1-4 at the Rahr
West...and Richard Young will be doing a demo from 2-3...

Also, Patrick Burke, one of our scholarship recipients, is currently
home from Italy and will be doing 2 demos at the Rahr West. They will
be on July 26th and 27th, both days from 12:30 - 3:30...for more info on either of these events,
please go to the Rahr West's website... www.rahrwestartmuseum.org or
call them at 683-4501.

I think that for the most part...this is what we discussed...

Oh, and Thank you to all of you who responded to the survey that Kim
sent out, it has been a very helpful tool in assessing the state of the
group and what changes should be made int he future...if you have any
concerns or questions feel free to email Miss Kim.

June meeting notes by Jo of Art.

noreply@blogger.com (Persimmons Gal) — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 03:08:00 +0000

Wednesday June 11, 2008
Sixteen members of Art & About met for what started out as a tension filled meeting at 6:00 PM at the Rahr-West art museum.
There was much ado about the farmer’s market seeing that there were three booths set up on Saturday and some confusion about who should have been there. So, we will start with that even though that was not the first item on the agenda—it seemed to hold the most weight.

Farmer’s Market:
Due to some miscommunication, this past Saturday there were three people / exhibitors representing the Art & About booth at the farmers market. Because it is early in the year, and the market is not too full as of yet, this incident was allowed to slide. However, this CANNOT happen again. We realize it was simply an oversight and not faulting anyone, but aside from being unfair to other exhibitors who have also paid for their (ONE) space, we are the first and only group allowed to hold a spot in the market. This is new to them so if we cannot run our booth successfully this first year, they may not allow us back next year. It would be a shame to lose out on such a great opportunity.
So here are a few guidelines…

§ Barb Ferguson IS IN CHARGE of ALL activity at the farmer’s market. Dates and times CANNOT be changed without her knowledge.
o Her number is: 920-629-1193.
§ Because booth space has been paid for by Art & About, it is imperative that the groups’ materials be placed in plain view. The banner, cards, and exhibitor number MUST be present at all times no matter how the booth is set up whether it be tent or table. The artist / exhibitors work, although important and worthy, is really secondary to the groups’ interests.
§ Also, each exhibitor is responsible to get the materials (supply box) to the next person on the list. Please do not bring the box to Persimmons (unless Kim is next on the list) or return to Barb. It is the responsibility of the exhibitor to contact the next person on the list and make arrangements to deliver the supply box. There is a list in the box with everyone listed including phone numbers. The list will also be posted on our blog spot in the near future.
o Incidentally, once again, our blog spot address is:
§ www.artandabout54220.blogspot.com
§ Currently, the tent is broken however; Theresa said she would exchange it for another.
§ Be careful when using the tent as well, it can get very windy near the lake / river. Use weights or simply don’t use the tent if it’s too windy. Another suggestion was to take the top or sides off. Create a space for the air to circulate so you don’t accidentally implode! Although funny to see, not so funny if it hits someone or their property.
§ Speaking of which, we briefly discussed liability insurance. Is this something we need to discuss further? Let us know what you think.

Spring tour

§ In general, everyone thought the spring tour went well and in time, it will grow. The punch card thing was a good idea and prizes were awarded to four people. They were ecstatic about winning a prize. Aren’t we all?
§ There was some question on how the advertisement read for the Friday night open house. We will recheck this info for next year and make sure it makes sense to someone who is not in the group.

Techno geeks

There was some discussion at the meeting concerning the ‘how top’s’ of some basic technical things. Some people are not sure on how to get onto the blogspot or how to maneuver in a website, or how to take a decent photo of artwork so it looks good, et cetera.

§ So, next month’s meeting with be a ‘Techno’ meeting.
§ Tim and I will give some tips on how to set up a good photo (like we know) so bring your cameras and a piece of work or two so we can set up some shots. We talked about doing just a photo shoot day—perhaps we could do some of this during the meeting as well.
§ Kim is going to bring her half-#$$ed light box made from a cardboard and tag.
§ We are hoping to have a computer handy as well to go over the basics as to how to get onto the blog et cetera.
§ If anyone has anything else they’d like to do or demonstrate—let us know.
§ Kim is looking into the group buying a domain name as well so we can be easier to find.

Sputnikfest projects

§ We will be making four photo-op cut outs for Sputnikfest. Theresa will get the wood to Heather’s shop and at that point we can meet to prime and paint. Heather will let us know when the wood arrives so if anyone has some free time they can just stop over to her studio and get started. The priming should be done ahead of time. Then we can meet at a later date to do some painting.
§ The museum would like one of the cut outs to be of the two police officers that found the space object. The other three boards are still open for ideas. I thought it would be cool to do a ‘spacey’ American Gothic couple.
§ There are still NO applicants for Miss Sputnikfest! Can you believe that? Come on you people; how good do you look in that 60’s chic?
§ Application forms for Miss Sputnikfest and other info available at: www.sputnikfest.com

Chairs for Charity 2009

§ Our next ‘chair’-ity event will be held once again at the Rahr-West art museum, this time however; we are looking at a November date. The Rahr will be having a quilt show so perhaps the event could coincide.
§ This year there will be a sign-up sheet going around at some point so more of the responsibilities are evened out and everyone has a chance to participate.
§ An artist all-call will be organized by Annette and myself to find a new poster / logo for next year’s event. It was decided that the winning artwork would be awarded a $100.00 cash prize. So get those pencils sharpened! More info on the contest coming soon.
§ There was a question raised also about possibly giving some of the proceeds to a local charity. Any thoughts? Monies from the past event were divided as such: half went to the scholarship fund, a quarter went to the museum, and a quarter went to Art & About.

Summer picnic

§ There will be a summer swap and picnic at Laurel’s place on Monday, August 4th. Bring along any artwork, supplies, or whatever, to swap, sell, or trade with your fellow artists.
§ The party starts at 5:00 ish and we will eat at 6:00. Swapping, selling, or trading can take place after we eat so everyone has a chance at the goods. It should be fun.
§ Please bring a dish to pass. And Kim says: “Don’t get too fancy!” No salmonella tomatoes please!
§ More info and directions will be in next months’ minutes.

In other news

§ Heather got a call from A.J. Schroeder who says they are looking for artists to lease space on the third floor of their department store. Anyone interested may contact A.J. directly at: 920-793-2241.
§ Kim’s aunt Cindy called from Green Bay to let her know that the Ben Franklin on Mason street is going out of business! Big bargains! Better get up there!
§ Next month’s meeting is the ‘techie’ meeting on July 9th at 6:00 at the Rahr. See you then.

Respectfully submitted by:
Jo Woodcock , Art & About secretary (among other things )

Spring Art Tour

noreply@blogger.com (Persimmons Gal) — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:59:00 +0000

The spring tour will be on Friday and Saturday, May 16rd and 17th. Friday from 6 – 9 there will be an opening reception with refreshments at Full Circle Products Studio and Saturday from10 – 4 you can take a FREE tour of 6 local gallery/studios featuring guest artists, live demonstrations, and art projects.
One week before the tour there will be maps available at the participating locations. In addition to the free tour you can also win a prize by getting a card stamped at all locations on the tour. The prize will consist of a basketful of art from Art and About members. There will be SIX galleries participating. Those included will be:1. Kim Geiser, Persimmons 314 N 8th, Manitowoc, 684-3006
Guest artist Annette Wimmer, FREE make and take project Artist Trading Cards

2. Jim Dolan, The Dolan Gallery , 614 S 26th, Manitowoc, 242-4590
3. Heather Doucette, Full Circle Products, 1332 S 26th, Manitowoc, 683-1818
4. Laurel Schleis, Petals Plus, 7014 Center Rd, Manitowoc, 758-2322
5. The Rahr-West, 610 N 8th, Manitowoc, 683-4502
Guest artists Tim and Jo Woodcock
6. Brenda Ricke, (spelling) DBA Brenda Lynn Burtard We Are Art! at Brenda Lynn Burtard Studios§ 1006 Margaretha St. Two Rivers§ 920-553-ARTS§ Tour is featuring:· Brenda Lynn Burtard—2D and sculpture· Carrie Felzer—Photography· Fay Jens—home accents and knitwear· Keralee Miedaner—ceramics, Maria Birch--Beadwork and Fiber arts.

Manitowoc Farmers Market

noreply@blogger.com (Persimmons Gal) — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:50:00 +0000

We are going to have a booth at the Manitowoc Farmers Market! It will be a rotating display of fabulous art and about members. Thanks to the lovely Theresa Paral we also have a pop up tent! The first market is on Saturday May 3rd....see you there!

March meeting notes! It was a very good meeting.

noreply@blogger.com (Persimmons Gal) — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:17:00 +0000

April 9, 2008

Art and About met at the Rahr-West art museum at 6:00 PM in room 1. Those present were: Heather, Kim, Jo, Amy Z., newcomer Sarah, who will be 20 very soon, Judy R., Brenda R., Maria B., Randy, Annette W., Laurel S., who is very ‘earthy’, Mary Kay B. and twin sister Bonnie, and last, but certainly not least, Barbara Ferguson.

Scholarship status:
§ Five of the six on the scholarship committee read over all of the applications. After much deliberation we all came up with nearly identical decisions.
§ The top two recipients of the first ever Art and About Chairs for Charity Scholarship were announced and they are: Patrick Burke who is a sculptor apprentice and is studying in Italy; and Jacqueline Muench (spelling may be incorrect) who is a senior in high school and will be going on to be an art teacher.
§ Letters will be sent to the winners and all others who applied for the scholarship. We would like to have a reception or some kind of presentation to award the recipients—details pending.
§ Next time around we need to be more specific concerning our expectations of the applicants. Perhaps next time we will have more of a form to complete along with an essay and we will specify the number of artworks / examples of work expected from each applicant. We originally said we wanted the money to go towards tuition and perhaps weren’t clear enough on that issue so we need to more specify state our intentions for future scholarships.
§ Overall, we were very pleased with the result and look forward to doing it again! Next time it will be that much easier.

Spring Tour:
§ The spring tour will be on Friday and Saturday, May 23rd and 24th. Times will be Friday from 6 – 9 and Saturday from10 – 4.
§ There will be SIX galleries participating with the possibility of two more. Those included will be:
1. Kim, Persimmons
2. Jim Dolan gallery
3. Heather, Full Circle Products
4. Laurel, Petals Plus
5. The Rahr-West
6. Brenda Ricky, (spelling) DBA Brenda Lynn Burtard
We Are Art! at Brenda Lynn Burtard Studios
§ 1006 Margaretha St. Two Rivers
§ 920-553-ARTS
§ Tour is featuring:
· Brenda Lynn Burtard—2D and sculpture
· Carrie Felzer—Photography
· Fay Jens—home accents and knitwear
· Keralee Miedaner—ceramics
· Maria Birch—beadwork and fiber arts
Saturday Surrealist Party
Directions:
Memorial Dr. north
Left on Columbus St.
Right on 10th
Left on Margaretha
OR
HWY 310 East
Right on Columbus
Left on 10th
Left on Margaretha

§ Opening reception will be Friday night at Heather’s place, Full Circle Gallery from 6 – 9. Be there or be a cubist.
§ There will be a punch card for gallery goers and they will have one week to go to get all six punches. There will be a drawing and a prize awarded to a worthy recipient.
§ Both Heather and Laurel have space available if there is anyone looking for a place to display their wares.
§ The Rahr-West is looking for an artist or two to be working on their craft on Saturday. I volunteered myself and my husband. If anyone else is interested please let us know.
§ Posters will be printed soon so all info must be to Heather no later than Monday, April 21st.
§ Spring tour signs made by Nelson Graphics will be available for purchase--$15.00 for a one sided sign--$25 for a two sided sign. Let Heather know if you are interested.
§ We are hoping that Theresa Paral will help again with press. Randy and Brenda will help distribute posters.
§ Heather will be ordering post cards soon so let her know how many you need.

Manitowoc Farmer’s Market:
§ Barbara Ferguson is in charge of the sign up for the Farmer’s market. Anyone interested in taking a Saturday, please contact Barb at 920-692-1193 for information and dates available.
§ Art and About has paid the fee for the year. This is a great perk for our club so please take advantage of this excellent opportunity to show your stuff and be a part of the art (and vegetable) community.
§ The booth is a 10 x 10 space and we do have a pop up tent available for anyone who does one.
§ Hours for the market are 7:00 AM ‘til 1:00 PM. You must be up and running at 7:00 AM.
§ We are looking into having a sign made that reads: Booth sponsored by Art and About. Guess who will be doing that?
§ The first week of the Manitowoc farmer’s market is May 10th, which is coming up sooner than you think!

In other news…

§ FYI: the fall tour is October 24th and 25th
§ Don’t forget about the local artist show at the Rahr-West in July. Pick up your application at the Rahr.
§ Artta This World is looking for artists for the art fair during Sputnik Fest. It will be a juried fair. Applications are due by July 15th. For more information go to www.sputnikfest.com .
§ Also, we now have plywood for cool spacey photo-op cutouts that we (Art and About) said we would do for Sputnik Fest. We have 7 pieces of wood so start coming up with some cool spacey ideas. We will probably have a painting party to do them amass. More on that later.
§ Reminder Kim has a show up at Stump Jacks so if you didn’t get there—what are you waiting for?
§ Also, Kim has classes every Thursday night at her store—where are you people? Tomorrow she will be having felt hair clip night! And on the 24th she is having shrinky-dink night!!! How cool is that? Call Kim for more details.
§ We have decided to start a sign up sheet for snacks—some of us get hungry during meetings. Especially now that they are so early. Well, half an hour seems to make a difference. Kim and Laurel will bring edibles next time.
§ Coming up on July 12th during Crazy Daze—Kim is looking for a few artisans to grace her shop. She would like a total of 8 artists / booths for $25.00 a booth. Call Kim if you are interested. She has three already but has room for more.
§ FYI: there will be a benefit for Casey Herman (friend of Kim’s) who has a brain tumor and things are not looking very good for him. If you would like to help out the family please come to Meadow Lanes West for a benefit in his honor on April 26th. Call owner of Meadow Lanes West Amy Swanson for more info.

That is all for now.

Our next meeting is on May 14th at 6:00 at the Rahr-West Art Museum room 1. Hope to see you all soon.

Respectfully submitted by:

Jo of Art

February Meeting Notes.

noreply@blogger.com (Persimmons Gal) — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 13:40:00 +0000

Art and About met, for the first time to my knowledge, without Kim present. However, those of us in the know were there in her stead.
Those present included Heather, who is not Kim, Jo, who is the secretary, Theresa who is acting as Becky’s agent although underpaid, Randy (comic relief), Bonnie who is our treasurer deluxe, Mary Kay Burish who is Bonnie’s sister, relative newcomer Heidi, who is a medical illustrator, and new member Michael Marr who was probably frightened off by the lot. Welcome Mike, please stay, we promise to behave. Well, we’ll see.
Basics of the meeting included the member’s exhibit, Chairs for Charity scholarship fund, farmer’s market, and the spring tour.
Member’s exhibit:
§ Set p for the exhibit is on Friday February 29th at 9 – noon. If you are available to help set up please come and help—goes faster with more present.
§ Exhibit runs Friday from 6 – 9 with an opening reception—Kim is in charge of food—cheese, grapes, etc. We will have punch—Tim will make sure there is a punch bowl and table for the reception.
§ There will be a $5.00 entry fee for the exhibit to cover the cost of advertisement and refreshments etc.
§ Please bring all entries to Roncalli on or before the 29th. You can drop them off at the office of the school or bring them directly to the art room. If you cannot get to Roncalli but have work to exhibit—please call one of us and we’ll work something out.
§ I will be in charge of kids’ crafts for the afternoon from noon to 2 or however long the supplies hold out. Heather wants to make ‘rockin’ recycled rockets’ out of toilet paper tubes—I’m sure this will be a bit hit with kids. Other crafts / and activities for kids will be a bead / bracelet making station, origami basics, and a famous artist coloring page station. Those wanting to help out with the kids are welcome. You don’t need to have any skills to help with kids—they all love art and are thrilled to make stuff. Any other ideas or crafts are welcome—but let me know what you have in mind so we can be sure to have all the materials needed for the afternoon. Thanks.

Scholarship:
§ We are very excited to announce that there were nine applicants for the Chairs for Charity scholarship. We would like to organize a committee of six people who would be willing to review the applicants and choose one or two of the recipients for an art scholarship. Those on the committee thus far are:
1. Jim Dolan
2. Jo Woodcock
3. Heather Doucette
4. Heidi Dalberg
5.
6.
§ As you can see we are in need of two others interested in reviewing the applications. Please let me know via email if you are interested in being on the committee. We will also have to make a date and place as to when / where to meet.

Farmer’s Market:
§ Barb Ferguson will be the booth coordinator for the farmer’s market. Theresa Paral said she has an easy-up tent we can use until we can secure one of our own for the group if this endeavor works out well. Anyone interested in having the booth on a Saturday should contact Barb. It would be great if we can get this going steadily so the community comes to expect our presence at the farmer’s market.

Spring Tour:
§ The Spring Tour will be May 16 and 17.
§ Deadline for entry in the tour is April 30th. So far we only have Petals Plus, Persimmons, and Full Circle Products. We are looking for more entries for the tour—please contact Kim or Heather if you would like to have your gallery on the tour docket or if you are an artist without a space and would like to display your work again, please contact Kim or Heather.
§ Tour demos will be from 10 – 4 anyone wanting to demonstrate what you do please let us know.
§ Also, we need a count for the postcards—if you have a mailing list let us know how many you will need to advertise the tour. In the future we would like to merge these lists so we can just do one mass mailing. Anyone like doing that sort of thing?

Other:
§ Rahr-West table setting exhibit runs through the 20th. Maybe we could do one next year as a group? That would be fun! Tim and I did a few a few years ago—it was lots of fun.
§ We did not set a place for next month’s meeting but it will be on the second Wednesday of the month so that would make it March 12th. See you soon at the exhibit and upcoming tour.

::: Bridget Riley ::: I've never believed in God, but I believe in Picasso.

January meeting notes by the brilliant Jo

noreply@blogger.com (Persimmons Gal) — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 19:58:00 +0000

Art and About meeting notes for January 9, 2008
We met at Persimmons at 6:30.

Heather, although not the boss and not officially in charge, put together an outline for us to follow at the meeting. Good thing too because I am a secretarial putts. Thank you Heather!
Anyway, dues were collected from those who attended and anyone who has not paid their dues may do so at any time. Bonnie Loeh will be our treasurer—thanks Bonnie! Make checks payable to Art and About. You may pay your dues at our next meeting on February 13th or bring it in to Persimmons. Dues are $25.00 a year for adults and $15.00 a year for students. Dues must be paid on or before our member’s exhibit on Feb. 29th / March 1st.
As mentioned our yearly member’s exhibit will be held at the Roncalli Atrium Gallery on Friday, February 29th with an opening reception from 6:00 – 9:00; and on Saturday, March 1st from 10:00 – 4:00. There will also be art projects / stations for kids of various ages from noon to 2:00. Yours truly will be organizing the projects and will need a few people to help man the stations. I’m thinking we will have three or four stations. So far ideas are beading / bracelet making, paper kites, foil repousse’ or metal punch, origami paper folding, and / or ….? Anyone having some wonderful idea for a project may share it with me—I’m open for ideas. I am planning on having something to appeal to a variety of age groups.
We would also like to have someone at the show at all times during the day on Saturday to answer questions, greet people, et cetera. Here is a list of those who have signed up so far:
10 – 2 Randy Boldt
Tim and Jo (we will probably be there all day—either one or both of us)
12 – 2 Tim and Jo
Amy Zander
Annette Wimmer
Johanna
2 – 4 Judy Rollin
Laurel and Heather will be there in the afternoon
These times are certainly not set in stone—we just want to make sure that there is always someone present. If you are able to help out or know that you will be there during the day—let us know or just show up. If you would like to help out with a specific project let me know about that as well.
We will be setting up the members exhibit on Friday morning, the 29th, beginning at 9:00 AM. Anyone willing and able to help is encouraged to come. We should have everything set up by noon. We will have Art and About name tags the morning of set-up—either you can write your own or someone (Tim or I) will write them for you. Bring all art to Roncalli that morning or, if you are unable to help set-up, please bring your work in anytime during that week—either drop it off in the art room or bring it to the main office. If you can’t make it to Roncalli that week, I’m sure Kim would be willing to house your work at Persimmons.
Everyone enjoyed the music at our opening reception so much last year that Kim is going to look into asking Greg, of Pick & Squeeze, to return. We are also just going to go with punch this year (no wine) so we don’t get into any trouble with the prohibitionists and otherwise fuddy-duddies of this country who think wine was created by the feet of the devil. And, even though European mothers serve wine to their children in their bottles, we are not allowed to drink wine in a Catholic school while viewing art or having fun. Because of course, having too much fun is frowned upon.
We will also have the return of the ‘chunk-o-cheese’ as we had in year one, crackers, and the ever popular olive penguins. I will need some help this year making the penguins because our usual penguin maker (my sister) will be out of the country at that time soaking up the golden rays of the sun in the Virgin Islands and she’s not even taking me along (although she did offer). Besides, I couldn’t go anyway; my bikini was lost at the cleaners.
Moving on to our spring tour…dates for the tour will be May 16th and 17th with the opening reception on Friday at Full Circle Products (Heather’s gallery) from 6 – 9 PM. On Saturday the times will be from 10 – 4. Gallery fee is $40.00. Please have your fee and info into Heather no later than April 30th so brochures and maps can be properly made to include your info. Any individual artist needing a space to display their work can let us know and we can match you with a gallery. We would also like demonstrations that day as well so again, anyone wanting to do a demo—let us know.
In other news…Kim Geiser of Persimmons will be having her own exhibit at Stump Jacks on Friday, March 28th. More info to come.
P.S., Kim could use some cool glass jars with lids if anyone has anything they’d like to get rid of.
Also, we have three or four applications already in for the Chairs for Charity scholarship fund and we will be viewing and discussing the applicants at a future Art and About meeting. We will keep you posted.
The Rahr-West museum, under the direction of Barbara Bundy Jost, is looking for art to be donated to an “Art” event coming up on Feb. 1, 2, 8, 9, 15, and 16. They are looking for artwork to be auctioned off during a silent auction. If you would like to donate a piece of art (100% of the proceeds will go to scholarships) please bring in your work or contact Barb at the museum ASAP.
And, on a last note, Ladies Day!, an inspirational day of artistic exploration and unbridled self expression, will be held on Saturday, January 19th at the Rahr-West Art Museum. Please RSVP ASAP if you are interested in enjoying the day—sounds like fun.
That is all for now.

Reminder: our next meeting will be held at Roncalli High School in the art room at 6:30 PM on Wednesday, February 13th.

Hope to see you all soon.

Jo of Art

Chairs wrap up.

noreply@blogger.com (Persimmons Gal) — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 22:28:00 +0000

We haven't had a real serious meeting in a while but did meet in November to put together thank you notes to all of the people who attended or donated to the Chairs for Charity auction. Thanks to the hard work and dedication of a lot of people we raised a little over $4000!!!! Great great great job everyone! There is a scholarship available for students who are enrolled in an art program in any school beyond high school. The form is available at the Rahr West Museum and we will determine our recipient at the end of February. Again the proceeds from the auction will be split with 50% going to the scholarship fund, 25% going to the Rahr West museum to help fund things like workshops and education, and 25% to Art and About so we can continue to put on events that enhance our community through the visual arts.

Thanks again to everyone and start thinking about your chair ideas for Chairs for Charity 2009!!!