September 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
September In/Out, September 30, 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Member Meeting, October 6, 9:00 a.m.

The President’s Message
Carol Stearns
In today’s unstable, often messy environment, business success depends on members using their full talents. As a Crafter or Artist we all want to succeed in our personal lives in today’s modern global competitive marketplace. Ask yourself “Is that a great picture I painted? Would I want to buy it? Is that craft the best craft I can make? Will it sell?” Positive attitude and practices are needed to improve productivity and quality of what we produce. To be effective you must know yourself, your strengths and your weaknesses. What are your goals? To sell an item every six months or create an original painting or an original craft that when the viewer looks at it they mush have it? Ask yourself “Are others more dedicated in working towards their goal than I am?” This requires all of us to think and work harder. We are proud to have each and every one of you as a member of this Association. You were chosen to join TAA because of your talents. Recognize your goals and adopt work procedures and “ground rules” to define and achieve the best you can do.

Point of Information: Board of Directors: Is a specified group of members who have been elected by you to make decisions on behalf of this Association. They must approve all notices, all correspondence from the Gallery including correspondence to members, and show dates. Deliver judgment on any disputes or grievances among members. Every decision that has to be made is first discussed, and then a motion is made and finally voted on by seven (7) Board Members (The President does not vote at any meeting unless her vote will affect the results of the vote). No one person runs this Association. Please know that your Board works very hard to make the right decisions regarding matters governing this Association and you.

Due to economic times and lack of resources, we will be asking for volunteers to clean the Gallery from now on. If you can help, please call me.

From the Vice President
Marian Spencer
It requires heat to temper iron into steel. It also requires good metal. We have had the heat, and our officers have combined their skills for an effective team, working together to supply the needs of artists, crafters and quilters to be an asset to the community and to show the public the place this building has in our history.

We welcome our new members, Valla and Jack Miller and Claudia Apperson, artists, and Cathy Brodniak, Sharon Olson and Janice Carmichael, Crafters.

If you read the revised By-Laws and Standing Rules you received, you understand our division of duties to have someone in charge of each area, Gallery Directors and Craft Directors, and responsible for an attractive display and a fair division of space for each member. Let’s not insult our Directors by moving items without first consulting them.

Our building is a work in progress. Twelve windowpanes were re-caulked, but watch them. Roof drain repair in the Craft Room is promised by the City “on Monday.” Until “Monday” protect vulnerable items under the stained ceiling.

Quilters were carefully ignored: Years ago, Ethel Barkley contacted quilters and a quilting frame was set up in the Gallery. Materials were donated. All records were retained by Ethel. Times have changed! Materials are expensive and there is no room for a quilt frame. We often have requests for quilts. We can spare room for a board with picture, size and price of quilts by members only with permission of the Board. The slow economy and our extra expense in building repairs lead us to budget early for the February 2010 Quilt Show. In addition to the Incentive Awards of Peoples’ Choice $75.00, 2nd Choice - $50.00 and 3rd Choice $25.00 a motion was made and passed to furnish the $100.00 Best Hand Quilted award from TAA. We are also planning ahead for docents at the desk during the month of February, relieving quilters who can explain exhibits and teach.

We have flyers with the quest book and also in the desk drawer. Read them. Give them away. Take some to your hangout in town. Advertise!

From the Gallery Directors
Pat Anderson & Sue Olivo
We have our new By-Laws, so this would be a good time to review pages 3 & 4 of the Standing Rules of the Gallery. Some of the rules remain the same, but there are some very important new rules. As always, you may contact a Gallery Director, if you have any questions.

We will have three featured artists in October: Lee Latimore, Jim Dalmer and Sylvia Rosenkrans. That means the rest of the members will be able to display 3 (three) of their art pieces.

This is a reminder to all artists who docent; please do not display any framed or matted pictures on the front table while you are working. This also applies to Featured Artists who will already have a total of 25 paintings hung in the Gallery. Why not just take our customers around the
Gallery and show them what you have done. They love the personal attention. Working on a painting while you docent is a wonderful way to get people to come in the Gallery and ask
Questions. It creates a lot of interest in the rest of the Gallery. The longer they stay the better it is for sales.

Our In-and-Out day is September will be Wednesday the 30th.
Until then, keep up the good work!

From the Craft Directors
Lu Proll and Gerrieanne Bielefeldt

LU PROLL WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE DURING THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER OR THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF OCTOBER. Please contact Gerrianne, Mary Jo or Karen if you have any questions regarding your crafts or anything pertaining to the Crafts in the Gallery.

September is here already. Kids are back in school and Halloween is just around the corner. Time to bring to the gallery all those Fall themed crafts you have been making, and start working on Christmas! Be sure to leave them under the table in the gallery front window and the craft directors will set them out for display. Our thanks to Jean Manney for redoing the craft window displays this month.

Sometime within the next couple of months the craft room will be painted to match the nice paint job done by Sue Olivo and Pat Anderson in the gallery.