Art to Art Talk, April 2009

Officers
President, Carol Stearns
Vice President, Marian Spencer
Secretary, Jean Manney
Treasurer, Alice Mooty
Gallery Co-Directors, Pat Anderson and Sue Olivo
Craft Co-Directors, Gerrianne Bielefeldt and Lu Proll

Gallery Committee, Grace Carini, Lee Latimore, Bob Kepple
Craft Committee, To Be Announced

Newsletter Editor, Karen Goodman, karengoodman66@msn.com
Publisist, Jan Huthoefer, jhuthoefer@cox.net
Webmaster, Jesse Davis, jed7@cox.net

Important Dates
Art In/Out, April 30, 9:30a - 11:30a
General Meeting/Board Meeting, Tuesday May 5, 9:00a
Art In/Out, May 29, 9:30a - 11:30a
General Meeting/Board Meeting, Tuesday June 2, 9:00a

Important Web Addresses
Newsletter address, http://taaaz.blogspot.com/
Web address, http://www.tombstoneart.org/


Exciting News From The Editor
Karen Goodman

A lot of effort goes into the distribution of a newsletter. Aside from writing, formatting and editing, there’s printing, folding, addressing and mailing, the latter consuming dollars in addition to time. It’s time to go online. It’s time to go green. Most of our members have computers but for those who don’t, we will continue to provide paper copy of the news. For those of you with computers and email addresses, the newsletter will be online. We will notify you when a new edition is available via an email reminder (with the address where it can be found.) Point and click on that address and you’re there. The email will contain attachments, one will be the address and phone listing, the other the time sheet. Print these out or save them on your computer when you receive them. We will only replace them when there are changes.

What do we need from you? We need your email address. Be assured I will not give it out for any other purpose. Any email notification will be sent as a blind copy so even your peers at the Gallery will not see it. Send me your address in an email to karengoodman66@msn.com or leave it on the sign up sheet I have left at the Gallery. I need these addresses as soon as possible.

If you don’t have a computer, let us know that too. Leave a note at the Gallery on the email list stating you need hard copy of the newsletter.

The newsletter address is http://taaaz.blogspot.com/


From The President
Carol Stearns

First, I want to thank everyone for having the confidence in me to be President of TAA. I promise to be available, active and fair in everything pertaining to Gallery affairs. Please always feel free to call me whenever you feel the need. We have an outstanding Board consisting of Vice President: Marian Spencer, Treasurer: Alice Mooty, Secretary: Jean Manney, Gallery Directors: Pat Anderson, Sue Olivo and Craft Directors: Lu Proll and Gerrianne Bielefeldt who all will work very hard for the Gallery and it’s function. We hope in the future many of you will participate by attending our General Meetings. It is the best way we can all keep in touch and connected.

Our thanks go out to all who worked so hard for the Open Judged Show. It was a great success and the reception had wall-to-wall people. The food everyone brought was well appreciated and everyone had a good time. We welcome three new members who participated in this Open Show Francie Hammit, Dianne Acker and Martha Sprenkle. We look forward to seeing their work.

The Gallery had a very busy weekend of April 4th. We had a wonderful book signing at the Gallery for Marjorie Reed. The title “All Aboard” had its author Gary Fillmore autographing his book for many visitors. He sold 15 of his books. Marjorie Reed was a long-time resident of Tombstone and did beautiful paintings. We split some of the proceeds that he donated with the “Friends of the Library”. Many thanks go out to A.J. Stewart “Friends of the Library” who was in charge and organized this function. The Founders Day Parade, which also took place on April 4th, had none other than our very own Alice Mooty, Jerre Johnson and Kim Johnson as judges for all the floats in the parade. They had their very own platform with guests and were treated to lunch. WOW! What a weekend we had.

At the General Meeting April 8th Jan Huthoefer installed all the new officers using rainbow colors for each officer and presenting them with a white rose with a colored ribbon. It was a beautiful ceremony and we thank her for participating. We have had some more water damage this past month in the Craft room, but we are on top of the situation. Lu Proll did an outstanding job in running right over and cleaned up all the water. Jean Manney helped with trying to dry up the carpet and taking home the white tablecloths to clean. Lu and Gerrianne Bielefeldt are doing their best to rotate items so they won’t get wet. Marian called the City who had a work order and sent us a maintenance man. They came the next day and did some work on the roof. Pat Roark will be sitting on the 9th of this month and will again talk to the City about our problem. We now just have to wait for it to rain again and hope we won’t have to call them again.

A motion was made and approved by the Board to install new locks for the front and back doors of the Gallery. It has been five years or more since the locks have been changed. Too many keys are presently unaccounted for and too many people have a key that was given to them or that they made duplicates. In the future duplicates cannot be made. If you have a key and it doesn’t fit the lock, please throw it away. It will be useless. The people who need a new key will be given one.

We want to express our sympathy to Bobby Garrard and Cora Caygill on the loss of Bobby’s husband Gary. They had a beautiful tribute to Gary at the American Legion last month. Our prayers and thoughts are with them and their family.


From The Vice President
Marian Spencer

On April 8th the TAA officers were installed for the two years ahead including President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Gallery Directors and Craft Directors. Our Publicist Jan Huthoefer and our Editor Karen Goodman will continue to do an outstanding job for us.

We congratulate them all and now prepare for an even better era. The new officers have already proposed plans to display our works in better ways, and plan to co-ordinate their efforts for a more attractive center.

THE RAIN THE LEAKS! The roof is fine. We paid for it. The corner of the craft room will still give us major problems. If you are sitting or visiting and it is raining/has rained, call the City (the number is on the top of the membership list of telephone numbers). One must explain to them that the water trapped in the division between the parts of the building needs to be swept out because the drain spout is located above the pool it is intended to drain.

THE CALENDAR! The purpose of the calendar is to assure us that we will have someone to sit. Our loyal members have done a good job of signing ahead, and have informed me of the times when they are not sure whether they will be capable of sitting. If you see a name with a line through it, the signer may not know if he can carry out his obligation. Someone may be needed to sit with/for him. If you must drive from a distance and sign for all day, you should not be questioned not at the price of fuel. If you need someone to sit with you and an all-day signature is already there, let me know and all three may have credit. If you sign up for a day that we have our meetings on, we still need you. When an officer needs to run to the front of the Gallery during the meeting it disrupts the meeting.

Mary Jo Burns and her husband Jim have consented to be our contact people for the City in case of any emergency in the Gallery. They live in Tombstone and we appreciate them taking on this responsibility. Our many thanks go out to them both.

My thanks to all of you for the wonderful celebration of my 90th Birthday.

New members are: Martha Sprenkle, Dianne Acker, and Francie Hammit.

From The Gallery Directors
Pat Anderson and Sue Olivo

Pat and I are excited about being your new Gallery Directors. Carol and Sylvia have done an outstanding job of running the Gallery for the past four years. They have made the transition for us as effortless as possible.

We want to thank Lee Latimore, Bob Kepple and Grace Carini for continuing to work on our Gallery committee. We have noticed that they are always ready on In/Out day to do what needs to be done and always in good humor. (Grace is questionable? by her own admission.) We also appreciate those who have offered to help when we need extra help.

Some art supplies have been donated to us by the family of Betty Curtis. We will have those items priced and available April 30th. It will be on a first come basis. Whatever doesn't sell that day will go home with one of the Directors who will return them the next month for further sales. We will continue this until all items are sold.

There will be no featured artist in May. All artists will be able to bring five (5) paintings each and as usual, if you want to hold your paintings over, please call one of the Gallery Directors at least 24 hours in advance. This makes it easier for us and gives you a chance to sign up for docenting on the days you want. The In/Out date is April 30th between 9:30 – 11:30 am.

We are looking forward to a great year! Happy painting & Happy picture taking!


From the Craft Director
Lu Proll and Gerrianne Bielefeldt

Thanks for the opportunity to serve as your Craft Directors. Gerrianne Bielefeldt and I will do the best that we can to see that all transitions run smoothly.

Anyone wishing to join the craft committee may contact Gerrianne or Lu.

A Special thanks goes to Cora Caygill and Pat Roark for a terrific job of decorating our window. The displays have been very appealing and inviting to all who pass by.

We welcome all comments, questions, concerns, and especially ideas about our craft area. Let's all work together to make and keep our craft room attractive and profitable.

Editor’s Note
Karen Goodman
Please submit articles via email when possible, and in the Arial 10 format, to karengoodman66msn.com. Articles are due after the Gallery meeting.