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TACA Highland Rim Chapter May 2005 Newsletter & Minutes

Highland Rim Officers for 2005:
President: Tim Hintz
Vice-President: John Lucas
Treasurer: Noreen Grisolano
Secretary: Deborah Sam
Board Reps: Jeanne Brady, Tim Hintz, Adele Seitzinger, and Virginia Walker.

May 21 , 2005 Meeting Minutes:

The Chapter met at John Lucas' new home and studio–beautiful and flamingo–full. In attendance were: Cindy Billingsley, Jeanne Brady, Susan DeMay, Noreen Grisolano, Andrzej Gutek, Rob Harvey, Tim Hintz, Claudia Lee, John Lucas, Deborah Sam, Adele Seitzinger, Carol Ventura, Virginia Walker, and guest Mark Van Buren.

Brochures produced to advertise the TACA Retail Gallery were distributed. Until enough funds are raised, this project will go no further.

Noreen reported that the Chapter has a bank balance of $1,036.35.

Tim, Jeanne, and Virginia reported on the board meeting, including an update on the progress of the TACA website. A prototype is slated to be ready by the Fall Fair and the actual site up and running by Jan 2006.

Guest speaker Jesse Kaufman, Senior Vice–President/Creative at MMA Creative, informed and inspired the group both in concrete steps and on cultivating the mindset to “make oneself famous,” the best way to promote oneself. Jesse, members in attendance, and the chapter even got a press release and photo op out of the meeting.

The follow up to the discussion related to the Spring Fair Chapter booth are that Tim will report on the TACA issued instructions and that Mike Whiteman will be invited to future chapter booth meetings since he is knowledgeable and experienced with the nitty gritty.

Demo days at the Smithville Farmers Market on the Square. Tim introduced the group to a plan to educate the general public and himself and to increase exposure for himself and his craft. On the first Saturday of the month (except July), (7:00 a.m.–noon) he will do craft demos of some sort. Please feel free to join him in demonstrating your specialty. The only restrictions from the Market folks are that everyone clean up after him/herself and that the demo area not become a flea market.

Virginia suggested having some meetings in a more public place to attract and educate more folks. Critique meetings were also requested. At the next meeting, parameters and locations and times for critiques will be discussed, so think about what you need and how.

The chapter is looking for a venue to hold a group show. Please do some research on any place you know of and bring the information to the next meeting for discussion, even if the site is booked for a couple of years. If you are unable to come to the meeting, please either eMail the info to the list at Highlandrim–l@14850.com or contact Tim.

The Fall Fun Fest Craft/Art area will be organized by Mike again. We are inviting the other TACA chapters to have a booth. There will also be a Highland Rim group booth. Contact Virginia directly about this opportunity, even if you have already mentioned interest the day of the meeting. (Please call after noon–931-239-0711.)

Next Highland Rim Chapter Meetings:

• Friday, September 16th , 5:30 p.m., at Merritt Ireland 's new studio in Cookeville (rbowden@twlakes.net)
• Wednesday, December 7th , 5:30 p.m. at Virginia Walker's studio—Topic: Margaret Shuster, Herald–Citizen, will share information about getting covered.

Appalachian Center for Craft Reunion in the works. Contact Andersonke43@aol.com with your contact info, if you would like more information.

Highland Rim Members in the News:

• Susan DeMay has conducted a number of glazing workshops including a three day workshop at the Appalachian Center for Craft in February and a glazing demonstration sponsored by Spectrum glaze company at the 2005 NCECA Conference trade fair in March; will be conducting a workshop at Mid–south Ceramic Supply in Nashville (June 11–12) that covers many strategies for using sequential glazing in combination with wax resists to glaze wares.
• Tom Fuhrman had a piece selected as an "Empty Bowls" purchase award at the TACA Spring Fair; had a piece selected for the “Art in The Airport” show to run this summer at the Nashville Airport .
• Tim Hintz had a child's high chair accepted into the national wood exhibit entitled "Design in Wood" in Del Mar, CA.
• Claudia Lee had a book purchased by Special Collections, MTSU Library.
• John Lucas ' "The Tin Man" was accepted into the “reTURN to the Land of Oz” exhibit, the American Association of Woodturners invitational and juried exhibit premiering at the 2005 Annual Symposium.
• Kim Winkle won a juror's award in the national contemporary craft show entitled "Material Hard and Soft" in Denton, TX; had two pieces accepted into "Design in Wood"; had one piece accepted into the "SDSU Alumni Show" and one piece into the international juried exhibit, "The Other Side: A Tradition of Alternatives in Furniture Design" (online:www.postpicasso.com (May 27-July 10)) coinciding with the Furniture Society Conference in San Diego; was recently taped for the HGTV series, "Crafters Coast to Coast" doing woodturning; won one of 3 Merit Awards in the American Craft Council Southeast Region Show: "Spotlight 2005"; will be teaching a workshop, Introduction to Woodworking, this summer at the Appalachian Center for Craft.

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