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| Treasurer's Report: The balance is $1,239.15. |
| Empty Bowls: You may donate bowls to Lifeworks in Smithville (Healing Stones Sanctuary) or TACA in Nashville at any time. They donate $5 to TACA each time they receive a bowl from a TACA member. This is an ongoing donation of handmade bowls. The 'bowls' can even be a painting of a bowl. For every bowl donated and auctioned, the proceeds help Chapters, many worthwhile charitable organizations and sponsors art education for students in our public schools. Bring your 'bowls' to the Spring Fair or contact the TACA office (615) 385-1904. |
| Sewanee Group Exhibition: Rob Harvey has lined up a show for February 15-to-March 15 2008 in Sewanee, "A Show of Hands." He is accepting slide submissions from Highland Rim members who wish to participate February 15-to-March 15 2008. Rob, Claudia, Tim, and Sherry will help organize the exhibit. |
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Spring Fair - Chapter Group Booth Rob Harvey has graciously accepted the position of Chairperson for the 2007 Group Booth. We are calling on all Highland Rim members to participate in showing their crafts at the Group Booth if you haven't already signed up for your own individual booth(s). This is a wonderful opportunity for all new members who have never participated in the (TACA) May Fair or for those members who feel they don't quite have enough items to fill a booth of their own. It costs $25 per person and you must take a turn working in the booth. Please submit slides or digital photos representing your work to Rob by March 1st. Highland Rim voted to provide Group Booth participants and others with Highland Rim business cards to enclose with purchases from the booth. There will be room on the cards for the artists name & contact information too. We need more participants! To help expedite the Group Booth, remember: "Many hands make light work", so contact Rob today and gather your (tagged/priced) work for a great Spring show! Contact Rob at: creekbendfarm@hotmail.com |
| TACA Board Meeting Report: Alice has retired and a new interim director has been appointed.
The Annual Board Retreat, February 9-11, 2007, will be a time for strategic planning for TACA. Adele Seitzinger will be attending and will share a report with us about the planning and decisions from the Retreat at the next meeting. We look forward to hearing the information. |
| Pixels - Dpi - Jpeg? If those words make sense to you and you have new digital photos
of your work for our Highland Rim website www.finecrafts.org;
Andrzej Gutek, our fearless computer Guru, agutek@tntech.edu
says he can now accommodate up to 800 pixels/72 dpi and jpeg is the ideal way to format. Now, if none of that made sense to you: Don't miss the June Digital Workshop. The exact date and time is "to be announced". This one day workshop will cover: Zapplication and Digital formatting, to learn online application processes and how to photograph your artwork. Contact Breanna Rockstad-Kincaid, Highland Rim President, so we can count how many will want to attend the June workshop. Email: brkincaid21@tntech.edu Contact Deadline: March 15. |
| Workshop Scholarship:
Thanks to the generous gift from Unity Church of the Cumberlands in Cookeville,
the Highland Rim Chapter of TACA has a $200 workshop scholarship for a TACA member.
To apply for the scholarship: Please send a description of the workshop
(including place, date, cost, and instructor), and a statement on how this benefits your career. After the workshop, please provide a report about the experience (a written report or orally at a Highland Rim meeting). Include your contact information and send your application to Jeanne Brady, 1560 Craft Center Drive, Smithville, TN 37166. Jeanne, Claudia, and Adele will review the applications. Deadline: February 28, 2007. Notification: March 21st. |
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Tentative Highland Rim Chapter Meetings: Saturday, May 19th, 11:00 am; Bill and Molly's Saturday, September 15th, 11:00 am; Carol & Andrzej's Saturday, December 1st, 11:00 am; Merritt's |
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Highland Rim People in the NEWS: Susan DeMay [Ceramist] facilitated an artist's forum at the Frist Center in December with ceramic sculptor, Tom Bartel. Susan also conducted a three-day glazing workshop at the Chastain Arts Center in Atlanta, Georgia during the first week in January, which coincided with a display of her work. You can also see Susan's cover-article "Fooling the Eye" about Sylvia Hyman in the upcoming issue of "Ceramics: Art and Perception." She will show in the Metropolitan Arts in the Airport from March 9th-June 4th on the walls by the restaurants. Tim Hintz [Woodworker] has an exhibition at the Tennessee Arts Commission until February 16th. Corliss Acosta [Decorative Tile/China Painter] was featured on the front page of the Herald Citizen (January 17th edition), which spotlighted her work and her discussion of TACA/Highland Rim and all its fabulous member-artists. Kimberly Winkle is a 2007 Niche Award finalist for "Clocks" category. Kimberly is exhibiting January - April 2007 at the 20th Annual National Contemporary Crafts Exhibition - Mesa Art Center, Mesa, Arizona where she had two pieces juried into the show. Kimberly will also conduct a weekend workshop at the Arrowmont School of Art and Craft in conjunction with ACC SE Conference/Symposium (American Craft Center South East). Carol Ventura [Fiber Artist] Two of Carols' tapestry crochet purses were included in the "100 Purses to Knit and Crochet" book by Rita Weiss and Jean Leinhauser. |
| And what have YOU been up to lately? Submit your "news" to the Highland Rim Secretary. |
| Do you Yahoo? Come join our e-hostess, Carol Ventura and many other Highland Rim members on the Internet at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HighlandRim/ It's simple to join and a fun way to stay in touch between meetings and share information. So, grab a cup of hot tea and join us for an "art-chat." |
| Attention-Attention: Gail Ruhl needs a ride to our meetings from Woodbury. Please contact her gailruhl@yahoo.com if you can help. Thanks! |
| Last updated on September 16, 2007. Comments? Send an e-mail to Andrzej Gutek. |
