July 2009

President, Carol Stearns
Vice President, Marian Spencer
Secretary, Jean Manney
Treasurer, Alice Mooty

Gallery Directors, Sue Olivo and Pat Anderson
Gallery Committee, Grace Carini, Bob Kepple, Lee Latimore
Craft Directors, Lu Proll and Gerrieanne Bielefeldt
Craft Committee, Mary Jo Burns, Karen Goodman

Publicity Director, Jan Huthoefer, jhuthoefer@cox.net
Web Page Editor, Jessie Davis, jed7@cox.net
Editor, Karen Goodman, karengoodman66@msn.com

Important Dates
July IN/Out, July 31, 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Member Meeting, August 4, 9:00 a.m.

The President’s Message
Carol Stearns

We welcome three new members this month. Claudia Apperson, Jack and Valla Miller. Jack does oil colors on canvas, Valla is a photographer and Claudia also does oils on canvas. We look forward to their work and having them as members.

On July 7th we had our General Meeting. At this meeting the By-Laws and Standing Rules that were in your June’s newsletter were all passed unanimously. The Board wants to thank everyone who came to this meeting and participated in the vote. It shows that you have an interest in this Association. Our Secretary Jean Manney is in the process of incorporating the new changes with the old By-Laws and Standing Rules. As soon as possible copies are being made. You will be able to pick up your copy, which will have your name on it, in the kitchen. This will save us postage. Please check the next time you sit and take your copy with your name on it. Any member who is out of state will have their copies sent to them. Once you have your copy please disregard your old By-Laws and Standing Rules and replace them with the new ones. Go over them thoroughly because these are the rules we govern our Association by and it is important that you know them.

We have renewed our membership with the Tombstone Chamber of Commerce. This is important because as a member, we will be part of a larger tourism and economic team that includes the Cochise County Tourism Council, the Arizona Office of Tourism, The Arizona Tourism Alliance, and the Arizona Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber of Commerce is a marketing and promotion organizer for Tombstone and it will benefit us greatly.

Our Treasurer Alice Mooty has informed us that during the month of June a shortage of $27.00 had incurred. It appears that an item was sold and the money was never collected. It is extremely important that when a customer comes to the desk to purchase something you must STOP whatever you are doing and concentrate ONLY ON THE SALE. Take your time, talk yourself through the sale, double check your addition and above all DO NOT BAG THE ITEM until you have collected the money and gave the correct change back when necessary. Alice balances the cash drawer and at all times she is aware of the amount of money that should be in it. We cannot afford mistakes of any kind so please be extra careful when making a sale. Alice is now keeping track of the numbers that are on the Quilt Sale Tickets. By doing this she is aware of the correct amount of money that should be in the Quilt Bag at all times.

We are sad to say that Lee Latimore’s brother passed away the week of June 21st. Lee drove to Idaho to be with family. Also Nancy Martin’s brother Frank Jr. who was Aldine and Frank Chadwick’s son passed away following injuries he sustained from an ATV accident on June 12th. Our thoughts and prayers are with both families.


From the Vice President
Marian Spencer

Welcome to Tombstone, the town of surprises! Thank you, all of you, for filling in at the last minute as docents. Sudden illnesses and deaths in two families have caused us momentary concern. We just pray that the physical problems are solved.

Windows.
We asked the City to please help us keep our building intact by cleaning out the old glazing compound and replacing it in our front windows. Response from the City was: All work must be done through a licensed contractor. “Estimate” is $3,978.68. The City has no funds. Restoration funds are not available. At this point the contractor has been asked to quote on the six desperately needed panes behind the front desk. Please, if someone identifies himself ass the contractor, ask his price. We will need to finance this work for the safety of the building and beautiful artwork.

Saturdays, Fabric Construction Workshops.
So far, we have had raggy quilts, appliqué, resources, embroidery, pot holders, baby quilts, shortcuts and always a great theater for people watching. Drop in any time during the day.

Coolers.
Our heros are Jim and Lu Proll. When the back cooler began blowing hot air, Jim arrived on his trusty steed, purchased one part from the hardware store and found that he must buy the rest in Sierra Vista. While you view their halo’s, listen also to their explanation of the operation of a coolers:
The principle of the cooler is evaporation. If there is no air from the outside, they do not work. The fan also helps to circulate the air.
(The other tool you need is the fly swatter. The open door also lets in the flies. This tests your accuracy and physical prowess.)

The Board approved the colorful quilt top submitted by Alice Mooty as next year’s raffle quilt. It will be quilted by Marian during the summer.


From the Gallery Directors
Pat Anderson & Sue Olivo

The Gallery has had a lot of beautiful paintings and photographs this summer and the sales have been very good. Keep up the good work!!

The swiffer for dusting the artwork is now under the front window behind the desk. We would like the morning docents to please dust all the hanging art in the Gallery. Everything gets really dusty this time of year.

We are in need of volunteers to paint the cupboards in the kitchen. If you are interested in helping out in this way, please call Sue Olivo @ 803-1035 or e-mail jsolivo@cox.net.

Carol and Marian have been busy with City Hall about getting the front windows re-caulked. So far there is an estimate that is very high, so we may only get the worst windows done. With that said, don't forget to remove the paintings from the front windows during this monsoon season.

Pat McAloon will be the featured artist in August so the rest of us will be able to bring 4 pieces of art. We still are allowed only 4 minis and 6 mini-minis. These restrictions are listed in the By-Laws, so unfortunately, if you have more than that we will have to place the excess in the kitchen for you to pick up.

The following changes to our standing rules and bylaws were approved at the last member meeting. Please take this into consideration when submitting your pieces.

Recommendations: VII – Gallery Operations: #3 The TAA Gallery will collect a 20% commission from members and a 30% commission from non-members on each item sold. No painting or craft will be accepted if priced over $1,200. The TAA will collect 20% from both members and non-members during the Quilt Show only. Prices of quilts will not exceed $800.

Recommendations for Artwork: #3. All work in all shows exhibiting in the TAA Gallery must not exceed 60” including the frame. If artwork is between 48” - 60” including frame, only one (1) piece of artwork will be allowed for that show. Featured Artists are allowed the one piece between 48”- 60” plus the designated number of art pieces for that show. All submissions are at the discretion of the Gallery Directors.

Our in-and-out date will be July 31st. Until then.........

HAPPY PAINTING AND PHOTOGRAPHING!!


From the Craft Directors
Lu Proll and Gerrieanne Bielefeldt

Please welcome our newest crafter, Jennifer Brown. Jennifer is from Hereford and creates handbags of all sizes as well as woven fabric bowls and coasters.

A few reminders: Please take the time to check your tags. Some ink has a tendency to fade over time. Prices become hard to read and the correct price may not be charged for your item at the time of sale. Items in need of repair or cleaning will be pulled from the sales floor, a note attached and dated, and put in the kitchen. Please check the counters to see if any items belong to you. If items are not tended to in a timely manner, they will be removed from the counter and put into your box. Unless a craft item is a replacement, please put your item(s) under the table in the gallery front window. One of the craft directors, or committee members will put your items out to the sales floor. Please remember, there are no certain spots for any craft or crafter except for Christmas items and baby items. We will keep rearranging the craft areas at different times to give everyone exposure for their items.

Even though it’s summer, and business is slow, the craft area has been doing fairly well, so keep those craft items coming in. Labor Day is fast approaching, so let’s hope for a good selling weekend.

It’s not too early to plan for your Halloween/Thanksgiving/Fall items. Time passes so quickly, those holidays will be here in no time at all. We will be decorating our window with these items soon after Labor Day.

Lu Proll will be gone the month of July. Address any concerns to Gerrianne Bielefeldt.


From the Editor
Karen Goodman

For those of you who would like to print the newsletter instead of reading it online, you may have run into the situation of not knowing how to print only the current issue instead of the entire blog.

Try this…
While you are viewing the blog, notice that there is a tool bar above the blog. It looks like this…

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Select Print Preview. This will show you what appears on each of the printed pages for the entire blog. Take note of the pages you want to print. The newest issue will likely be pages 1 to 4 or so. Close the Print Preview Box by clicking on the X at the top right of the box.

Select File.
Select Print from the drop down menu. In the Print Range Box, found in the bottom left corner, note that your default is Print All. Select Pages and enter the Print Range, for example,
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This will work for any document.