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 It generally protects any expression recorded in any tangible form, published or unpublished, in any medium, with some exceptions noted below.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 Unpublished works are copyrighted as well, regardless of the date of their creation.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.