Important Dates
In and Out, 9:30a - 11:30a, September 30.
General Meeting, 9:00a, October 5
From the President
Carol Stearns
We welcome new members. A.J. Stewart and Byron Weihrauch. He does very unique crafts with metal. Also another crafter Judy Alexander who makes dream catchers and beautiful painted masks. We are very pleased to have such talent join us.
DID YOU KNOW....how much quiet volunteer action takes place every week in our Gallery? Behind the scenes are a great number of members who work without any recognition for what they do. Your newsletter is put together by a group of dedicated members who spend many hours to organize and correlate each topic, type the newsletter, print out the newsletter and send it to you by mail, email or make sure your copy is at the Gallery for you to pick up. We have members who step in to take care of all kinds of needs. Docenting extra on the calendar, sitting past their time to leave because another member might be late, members who make the quilt for the Quilt Show each year or each Officer handling a situation that pertains to the Gallery. We have members who will wash windows, paint the lettering on the windows, order bubble wrap when needed, buy supplies for the Gallery and do all kinds of odd jobs for us. The Publicity Director who sends newspapers the necessary information advertising the artists and all our shows. If Marian Spencer needs a ride to and from the Gallery she can always count on a member willing to help. Members who live in Tombstone will come in at night to make sure there are no water problems during our rainy season. These volunteers quietly slip out of the Gallery without ever looking for any kind of reward. All this is done behind the scenes. It's what it means to be part of the "Gallery family" taking the responsibility for tasks and getting them done! We would not have the efficient Gallery we have today if it were not for these members. Take the initiative and become part of the "family" instead of just docenting your one day a month. You truly will be rewarded in many ways.
DID YOU KNOW....OUR CLOCK IN THE GALLERY MYSTERIOUSLY GOT TURNED AHEAD BY 10 MINUTES? If you were wondering why you arrived late it wasn't your fault and if you were going home and realized you were home earlier than usual it was at the hands of a member who didn't want to stay for the full duration of their scheduled time. The clock is off limits unless it stops altogether.
We voted last March at the General Meeting regarding checks. The vote was unanimous in not accepting checks.There are still a "few" members who feel we should accept personal checks. There is a OPINION-SURVEY sheet on the front desk for members to sign stating: DO YOU AGREE TAA SHOULD ACCEPT PERSONAL CHECKS FROM CUSTOMERS WITH THE UNDERSTANDING IF THE CHECK BOUNCES YOU WILL NOT GET PAID AND YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE $35 BANK FEE. This is not a vote. This is just to see how the majority of members feel. I will give the results next month.
From the Vice President
Marian Spencer
September brings us relief from the summer's heat, return of some of our absent members and promise of others soon to appear. Public Works Alex assures us that the repair of the craft room leak must be delayed until the monsoon season is over and another city roof that is more damaged is repaired, but he has not forgotten.
A positive, friendly attitude can yield wonders. Two visitors entered with ice cream and promised to be careful. We invited them to sit at the table where they would be cool and we visited with them. Then we sold them items. Another visitor asked to pay with a check. We told them that we were unable to use checks and why, told them about the bank and credit union in town and the ATM sites, they came back with cash. While Carol Stearns and Sylvia Rosenkrans manned the Gallery two ladies came in and asked "What's different in here from the other shops?" Sylvia answered with "Nothing made in China." They each purchased a large amount of crafts including three pocketbooks made by member Jerre Johnson and paid with cash after it was explained to them why we don't take checks.
Visitors keep coming to ask how they can become members. They are photographers and want to make money. Or they are quilters. If they live in Cochise County they may be put on the potential member list, but whether or not, they may enter the Quilt Show in February or the Open Judged Show in March. IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED IN APPLYING FOR EITHER SHOW PLEASE HAVE THEM FILL OUT THE INDEX CARDS WHICH ARE IN THE FILE DRAWER UNDER EACH SHOW. ONCE THEY FILL OUT THE CARDS THEY WILL RECEIVE A SHOW FORM FROM US. If we have their name and address on the card we will send them a letter with the current form. None of them need to join and they may come from anywhere in the Continental US.
Our heroes for the month: Sue Olivo replaced the file folders with color coded ones. (Now we will have to remember what color.) Lee Latimore painted in the gaps in the window Gallery Sign. Jesse Davis is ready to bring us a new supply of bubble wrap. Of course the Gallery Directors have to watch the supply when they sell paintings in order to know when we will need it. Glen Sanner was tall enough to re-position the ceiling tiles in the craft room after a freak wind current dislocated them.
From the Gallery Directors
Pat Anderson & Sue Olivo
Thanks to all our Gallery Committee for all their hard work and especially to Martha Sprenkle for updating our Bio Book and file drawer. and Jan Huthoefer for replacing all the art labels. Since the Bio Book has been re-organized it is time for all of us to update our Bios and enter them in the book. Most buyers are interested in taking the artist's bio with the artwork that they have purchased. Let's try to have this project completed in the next couple of months. You will be getting an email reminder now and then. I know how easy it is to forget when we have so much on our minds.
Just a reminder, when you hang your own artwork, please do not let it drop below the peg board. It is a distractive and awkward. If you have any questions or comments, call Pat or Sue.
Sue Olivo will be the Featured Artist for October. We will be scheduling next years' Featured Artist, so start thinking about it. There will be a sign-up sheet on the bulletin board next month or give us a call. The In/Out date for this month is September 30th. See you then!
From the Craft Directors
Lu Proll and Gerrianne Bielefeldt
A big Thank You to Jean Manney and Grace Carini for their work in redoing the craft room displays and window. They have done a really nice job. And to Mary Jo Burns a big Thank You for checking our front table for any new crafts that have come in and setting on display as needed. Your help over the last few months has been greatly appreciated. Is it really September! Are we working on our Fall themed crafts? Keep them coming and remember to bring in your Halloween crafts. Even in the slow season crafts sell. Tourists love to have a little piece of local artwork to take home. Also, we will be putting up the Christmas Craft Show on the mezzanine on Saturday, November 6th. We will let you know when you can bring in your crafts for that show next month. So get creative and think Christmas.
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Monday, September 6, 2010
August 2010
August , 2010
Important Dates
Art Out/In 9:30.-11:30 a.m. Aug. 30th
From the President
Carol Stearns
DID YOU KNOW....all identification labels on artists' pictures are to be the same throughout the Gallery. The labels the Gallery Directors have are the ones that state name, medium, artist and price. These new labels were voted on at the April 6th General Meeting. Therefore, they should be used throughout the Gallery. If you need labels call Sue Olivo.
DID YOU KNOW...it is important that we all understand the use of copyright. The intent of copyright is to assure the authors of creative works, whether it is a painting or a craft, an incentive to produce something that won't be stolen -- the right to the fruits of their labor.
WHAT IS COPYRIGHTED? The scope of the law is broad. It generally protects any expression recorded in any tangible form, published or unpublished, in any medium, with some exceptions noted below. The protection is automatic. A copyright notice is not necessary, but its presence is an emphatic assurance that the author intends the work to be fully protected. Unpublished works are copyrighted as well, regardless of the date of their creation.
USING COPYRIGHTED WORKS With specific exceptions only the copyright owner may do or authorize the following:
Reproduce the work in any form or medium
Prepare a work that is based on or derived from the original work in any form or medium.
Distribute copies of the work by sale, gift, rental, lease or lending.
Performing the work, live or by other medium.
Displaying a work, either directly or by telecommunications.
If you don't own the copyright, ask yourself:
Is the work in the public domain?
Do I have the owner's permission to use it?
Does a legal exception apply to my proposed use?
Does "fair use" apply here?
If you can't say "yes" to one of these but go ahead and use the material anyway, you are violating the copyright laws. You might say, "I'll take the risk, they'll never go after me," but doing so puts the Gallery and yourself at risk for a law suit. And given the legal climate these days, the risk is very significant and not worth it.
A SPECIAL NOTE TO ARTISTS AND CRAFTERS: Please do not feel you have the authority to rearrange crafts in the craft room. There is a committee that will do that. I am getting reports that members are rearranging crafts and the tables. If you sell one of your items you can replace it where it was originally displayed. If anyone feels that something has to be done in the craft room please call Gerrianne Bielefeldt, the Director or a member of the committee Mary Jo Burns, Karen Goodman, Sharon Olson or Jean Manney. One of these ladies will be able to help you.
Sharon Olson will be helping with the newsletter starting this month. She will be emailing all members the newsletter who have an email address. Please make sure that Sharon has your correct email address. Her email address is solson36@cox.net so if you have any questions you can email or call Sharon. If you have any problem in receiving your newsletter and attachments please let Sharon know. We need to cut down on the cost of postage. Marian Spencer still will mail the newsletter to those without a computer.
IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ALL MEMBERS: By-Laws VI Member Duties #3 and #4 stipulate that when a member cannot docent they are to notify the VICE PRESIDENT MARIAN SPENCER in case of illness, change in dates and under all circumstances. Telling another member you are not going in to docent on your scheduled day is not allowed. Marian is in charge of the calendar and should be the first person you contact. Organizations have By-Laws in order to run properly. Please read your By-Laws and Standing Rules and abide by them.
From the Vice President
Marian Spencer
"April" has come!! The "April" we have needed for restoration of our night light, craft room power, regular phone and restroom! Only our craft room "April Shower" remains. We may need to wait for the end of monsoon season for repairs on the roof.
THANK YOU to those who dumped the pans of melted adobe and move vulnerable items from the leaky corner. THANK YOU to Jean Manney for updating the window display and cleaning the corner when the Craft Directors and committee have been plagued with illness. A word about "clean". We have extra help from a member to vacuum, clean kitchen and restroom once a week. We still need the helping hand at the end of your arm to pick up dead bugs and dust from the window display of the artists' work particularly. We have little Dust Buster and Kleenex for this job. Look in the window from outside, newly cleaned by Jesse Davis. How is our merchandising? Can you read the name cards for name and price?
We are looking for an artist that will paint the white lettering on our windows. The letters are faded and desperately need painting. If you are interesting in tackling this job, please call me. Our special heroes this month are: Jean Manney, Jesse Davis and also Mary Jo Burns who checked the flood in the craft room after a day of heavy showers.
From the Gallery Directors
Pat Anderson & Sue Olivo
The Gallery looks beautiful! Thanks to all who brought in new artwork and have replaced their labels with the new and improved labels. There are still some labels that need replacing. There is a new supply in the cupboard, so if you havenʼt done yours, take some time when you are docenting and finish the project. We would like to have them all looking the same by the 1st of September. We have made 250, so if
you would like to take a sheet of 5 home with you, you may. That will simplify your
time and ours.
Thanks to Jan Huthoefer and Martha Sprinkle members of our Gallery Committee for helping replace the labels for those who werenʼt able to come to the Gallery. We want to take this opportunity to thank Bob Kepple, Lee Latimore and Grace Carini for all their hard work on our In & Out day.
Septemberʼs featured artist is Gerrianne Beilefedlt. The In & Out date is Monday August 30th.
See you then!
From the Craft Directors
Lu Proll and Gerrianne Bielefeldt
Start thinking of Fall colors crafts for our September display in our window. Reminder: Please check your price tags because some are so faded they are hard to read and if the docent can't read them then there won't be a sale.
Craft room looks exceptionally great and clean. Many thanks to all the helpers on the Committee. All craft members are to commended on keeping their docenting time current. Great Job!!!!!
From the Publicity Director, Jan Huthoefer
This information is for those of you who are new to the TAA and are wondering where to get plastic sleeves for cards and unframed work. Some of us long-time members order sleeves from a company called Clear Image, Inc. Impact images, www.ClearBags.com. or 1-800-233-2630. You can ask for their price sheet/catalog. Orders of each size come in bags of 100. We often combine orders and have members who cannot use all 100 of the bags and are willing to share some sleeves. I personally have lots of 8" x 10", 9" x 12", 11" x 14" and 12" x 16" of which I would gladly share at cost + 1 cent each for shipping. The card sizes usually cost between 4 and 6 cents each. The larger sizes for artwork run from 11 to 26 cents each. You may contact me at 803-9657 or email me at jhuthoefer@cox.net. I'm having trouble receiving some messages, so you might also want to call me to be sure we're communicating.
Other good sources for frames and many other art products is Art Supply Warehouse, at 1-800-995-6778 or www.aswexpress.com. (they charge $6.95 for shipping & handling no matter how much or little you order and sometimes give a discount for $100+ orders), Dick Blick at 1-800-828-4548 or DickBlick.com, Jerry's Artarama at 1-800-827-8478 or www.jerrysartarama.com. Members sometimes combine orders to these companies to take advantage of volume discounts, etc.
Locally Staples sells boxes of envelopes which accommodate cards made from 8 ½" x 11" cardstock cut in half and folded to make an 4 1/8" x 5 ½" card and of course, they sell cardstock in various colors. I've also found art-related goodies at Crafted Luxuries, Big Lots and the 99 cent stores.
Some of the art and craft supply places in Tucson are: Posner's at 1025 N. Park in the U of A area, Sarnoff's at 2504 N. Campbell Ave. (3 blocks north of Grant), Arizona Art Supply at 4343 N. Oracle, Paper Paper Paper at 3130 E. Ft. Lowell, and Michaels (one at 22nd and Kolb, one 4070 Oracle, 1 at 1161 W. Irvington and 1 at 3751 W. Ina) and Jo-Ann Fabrics at 7255 E. Broadway.
Important Dates
Art Out/In 9:30.-11:30 a.m. Aug. 30th
From the President
Carol Stearns
DID YOU KNOW....all identification labels on artists' pictures are to be the same throughout the Gallery. The labels the Gallery Directors have are the ones that state name, medium, artist and price. These new labels were voted on at the April 6th General Meeting. Therefore, they should be used throughout the Gallery. If you need labels call Sue Olivo.
DID YOU KNOW...it is important that we all understand the use of copyright. The intent of copyright is to assure the authors of creative works, whether it is a painting or a craft, an incentive to produce something that won't be stolen -- the right to the fruits of their labor.
WHAT IS COPYRIGHTED? The scope of the law is broad. It generally protects any expression recorded in any tangible form, published or unpublished, in any medium, with some exceptions noted below. The protection is automatic. A copyright notice is not necessary, but its presence is an emphatic assurance that the author intends the work to be fully protected. Unpublished works are copyrighted as well, regardless of the date of their creation.
USING COPYRIGHTED WORKS With specific exceptions only the copyright owner may do or authorize the following:
Reproduce the work in any form or medium
Prepare a work that is based on or derived from the original work in any form or medium.
Distribute copies of the work by sale, gift, rental, lease or lending.
Performing the work, live or by other medium.
Displaying a work, either directly or by telecommunications.
If you don't own the copyright, ask yourself:
Is the work in the public domain?
Do I have the owner's permission to use it?
Does a legal exception apply to my proposed use?
Does "fair use" apply here?
If you can't say "yes" to one of these but go ahead and use the material anyway, you are violating the copyright laws. You might say, "I'll take the risk, they'll never go after me," but doing so puts the Gallery and yourself at risk for a law suit. And given the legal climate these days, the risk is very significant and not worth it.
A SPECIAL NOTE TO ARTISTS AND CRAFTERS: Please do not feel you have the authority to rearrange crafts in the craft room. There is a committee that will do that. I am getting reports that members are rearranging crafts and the tables. If you sell one of your items you can replace it where it was originally displayed. If anyone feels that something has to be done in the craft room please call Gerrianne Bielefeldt, the Director or a member of the committee Mary Jo Burns, Karen Goodman, Sharon Olson or Jean Manney. One of these ladies will be able to help you.
Sharon Olson will be helping with the newsletter starting this month. She will be emailing all members the newsletter who have an email address. Please make sure that Sharon has your correct email address. Her email address is solson36@cox.net so if you have any questions you can email or call Sharon. If you have any problem in receiving your newsletter and attachments please let Sharon know. We need to cut down on the cost of postage. Marian Spencer still will mail the newsletter to those without a computer.
IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ALL MEMBERS: By-Laws VI Member Duties #3 and #4 stipulate that when a member cannot docent they are to notify the VICE PRESIDENT MARIAN SPENCER in case of illness, change in dates and under all circumstances. Telling another member you are not going in to docent on your scheduled day is not allowed. Marian is in charge of the calendar and should be the first person you contact. Organizations have By-Laws in order to run properly. Please read your By-Laws and Standing Rules and abide by them.
From the Vice President
Marian Spencer
"April" has come!! The "April" we have needed for restoration of our night light, craft room power, regular phone and restroom! Only our craft room "April Shower" remains. We may need to wait for the end of monsoon season for repairs on the roof.
THANK YOU to those who dumped the pans of melted adobe and move vulnerable items from the leaky corner. THANK YOU to Jean Manney for updating the window display and cleaning the corner when the Craft Directors and committee have been plagued with illness. A word about "clean". We have extra help from a member to vacuum, clean kitchen and restroom once a week. We still need the helping hand at the end of your arm to pick up dead bugs and dust from the window display of the artists' work particularly. We have little Dust Buster and Kleenex for this job. Look in the window from outside, newly cleaned by Jesse Davis. How is our merchandising? Can you read the name cards for name and price?
We are looking for an artist that will paint the white lettering on our windows. The letters are faded and desperately need painting. If you are interesting in tackling this job, please call me. Our special heroes this month are: Jean Manney, Jesse Davis and also Mary Jo Burns who checked the flood in the craft room after a day of heavy showers.
From the Gallery Directors
Pat Anderson & Sue Olivo
The Gallery looks beautiful! Thanks to all who brought in new artwork and have replaced their labels with the new and improved labels. There are still some labels that need replacing. There is a new supply in the cupboard, so if you havenʼt done yours, take some time when you are docenting and finish the project. We would like to have them all looking the same by the 1st of September. We have made 250, so if
you would like to take a sheet of 5 home with you, you may. That will simplify your
time and ours.
Thanks to Jan Huthoefer and Martha Sprinkle members of our Gallery Committee for helping replace the labels for those who werenʼt able to come to the Gallery. We want to take this opportunity to thank Bob Kepple, Lee Latimore and Grace Carini for all their hard work on our In & Out day.
Septemberʼs featured artist is Gerrianne Beilefedlt. The In & Out date is Monday August 30th.
See you then!
From the Craft Directors
Lu Proll and Gerrianne Bielefeldt
Start thinking of Fall colors crafts for our September display in our window. Reminder: Please check your price tags because some are so faded they are hard to read and if the docent can't read them then there won't be a sale.
Craft room looks exceptionally great and clean. Many thanks to all the helpers on the Committee. All craft members are to commended on keeping their docenting time current. Great Job!!!!!
From the Publicity Director, Jan Huthoefer
This information is for those of you who are new to the TAA and are wondering where to get plastic sleeves for cards and unframed work. Some of us long-time members order sleeves from a company called Clear Image, Inc. Impact images, www.ClearBags.com. or 1-800-233-2630. You can ask for their price sheet/catalog. Orders of each size come in bags of 100. We often combine orders and have members who cannot use all 100 of the bags and are willing to share some sleeves. I personally have lots of 8" x 10", 9" x 12", 11" x 14" and 12" x 16" of which I would gladly share at cost + 1 cent each for shipping. The card sizes usually cost between 4 and 6 cents each. The larger sizes for artwork run from 11 to 26 cents each. You may contact me at 803-9657 or email me at jhuthoefer@cox.net. I'm having trouble receiving some messages, so you might also want to call me to be sure we're communicating.
Other good sources for frames and many other art products is Art Supply Warehouse, at 1-800-995-6778 or www.aswexpress.com. (they charge $6.95 for shipping & handling no matter how much or little you order and sometimes give a discount for $100+ orders), Dick Blick at 1-800-828-4548 or DickBlick.com, Jerry's Artarama at 1-800-827-8478 or www.jerrysartarama.com. Members sometimes combine orders to these companies to take advantage of volume discounts, etc.
Locally Staples sells boxes of envelopes which accommodate cards made from 8 ½" x 11" cardstock cut in half and folded to make an 4 1/8" x 5 ½" card and of course, they sell cardstock in various colors. I've also found art-related goodies at Crafted Luxuries, Big Lots and the 99 cent stores.
Some of the art and craft supply places in Tucson are: Posner's at 1025 N. Park in the U of A area, Sarnoff's at 2504 N. Campbell Ave. (3 blocks north of Grant), Arizona Art Supply at 4343 N. Oracle, Paper Paper Paper at 3130 E. Ft. Lowell, and Michaels (one at 22nd and Kolb, one 4070 Oracle, 1 at 1161 W. Irvington and 1 at 3751 W. Ina) and Jo-Ann Fabrics at 7255 E. Broadway.
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