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| Treasurer's Report: The balance is $1,796.71. |
| Katie Haile, TACA's Member Services Coordinator, told us what was happening at the office in Nashville. The Director resigned, and the Executive Committee will begin a search for a qualified candidate to fill this position. Michelle Clark was hired as a volunteer management consultant from the Center for Non-Profit Management and Jennifer Cole was hired to assess TACA's infrastructure and liabilities. Katie also said that the TACA web page is being redone to accommodate more member benefits, including a members-only area. Your work can be included in the online TACA Artist Gallery for a yearly fee; 4 images and text for $50 or 8 images and text for $100. |
| Andrzej projected the updated Highland Rim web page www.finecrafts.org during the meeting. As a member of the Highland Rim Chapter, you can have your own gallery page for free. Just send the pictures and info to Andrzej at agutek@tntech.edu. HR Member’s pages can accommodate pictures up to 800 pixels/72 dpi. Jpeg is the best format, but he can use all types of photos (including prints and slides). Andrzej recently completed pages for Laura Clemons and Molly Meharg. |
| When asked, what can TACA do for you? Most responded that help with marketing and networking, more exhibition venues, and better communication would be great. |
| Bruce Baker will present a TACA workshop on February 1-3, 2008, at Vanderbilt, the same weekend as the TACA Annual Board Retreat at Scarritt Bennett. |
| Tim Hintz reported that the TACA Board set several goals, including that Board Members should be trained by TACA and that every Chapter should try to increase their membership by 10%. The next Board Meeting will be at the Crafts Center at 10:30 on November 17th. Everyone is invited to attend. |
| Thanks to Mike Whiteman’s hard work, a variety of craftspeople filled the Fall Fun Fest booths – and netted our chapter $640! Some pictures of this year’s event are at http://www.finecrafts.org/Fun/2007.htm |
| Merritt Ireland was not able to attend the meeting, but she wanted everyone to know that Pacesetters really appreciates the $100 grant from our chapter. |
| The TACA Fall Fair (Sept. 28-30) is experimenting with a new idea – Chapter Group Booths. A few members from our chapter will participate this time (only the Spring Fair has allowed group booths). The TACA Fair Committee voted to lessen the restrictions; digital photography is now allowed, as long as it is done by the artist. |
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Exhibition Opportunities: The First Tennessee Bank in Cookeville, The Mill in Lebanon, Art at the Airport in Nashville, and the Old Feed Store in Woodbury have free exhibition spaces. Contact them for more information. The Upper Cumberland Art Alliance has a gallery in the Cookeville Mall and is looking for members. CraigsList.org and Etsy.com are online sales venues. |
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Next Highland Rim Chapter Meeting: Saturday, December 1st, 11:00 am; Appalachian Center for Crafts. Show and Tell, elections, and members will be shown how to set up their own shop (with a shopping cart) on Etsy.com. Gail Ruhl needs a ride to our meetings from Woodbury. Please contact her gailruhl@yahoo.com if you can help. |
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Highland Rim People in the NEWS: The work of several chapter members, including Jeanne Brady, Tim Hintz, Susan DeMay, and Kim Winkle, was included in Spotlight 2007, at the Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, an exhibition sponsored by the American Craft Council Southeast. Susan DeMay taught I was Cone Six, When Cone Six Wasn't Cool glaze workshop at the Craft Center and appeared in an NPT documentary about Sylvia Hyman. Tim Hintz has an exhibition at the Tennessee Arts Commission until February 16th. Carol Ventura taught tapestry crochet at national conferences in New Hampshire in July and California in September. Several new books include her crochet projects, including Crochet Me, Jewelry with a Hook, and AntiCraft. Gail Ruhl will exibit her work at the Old Feed Store in Woodbury in October. Susan Thornton is the Volunteer Coordinator for the 2008 Society of North American Goldsmiths. Kim Winkle’s Blossom Box is pictured in the Autumn issue of NICHE magazine. |
| And what have YOU been up to lately? Submit your "news" to the Highland Rim Secretary. |
| Please join our Highland Rim Internet group 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. |
| Last updated on October 12, 2007. Comments? Send an e-mail to Andrzej Gutek. |
