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| TACA Spring Show: Rob Harvey will be the Chapter Booth coordinator. Please contact Rob by February 1 if you want to be in the group booth. Booth fee is $25 per person. 615-536-5538 or creekbendpottery@yahoo.com |
| Potluck with TACA Executive Director: Bill Mullins, TACA Executive Director (retiring in May) will be coming to Jeanne and Tim’s house on Monday, December 28, 2009. If you would like to meet with him, please contact Jeanne Brady at jeanneb@dtccom.net to let her know if you would like to attend. Please bring something for the potluck. |
| Board Retreat: The Board Retreat will be held on February 6 and 7 at the Lakeside Resort. The meetings will be held in the Conference Room at the Craft Center and is open to all TACA MEMBERS. BILL MULLINS NEEDS HELP FINDING PATRONS AND SPONSORS. IF YOU CAN SUPPLY HIM WITH COLLECTORS OR SUPPORTERS OF THE ARTS, JUST CONTACT HIM AT THE TACA OFFICE. |
| Membership Committee: To increase membership a committee will be formed to make new members feel welcome. They would like a membership coordinator in each chapter. (Note: Tim Hintz is Highland Rim’s). They would contact new members by phone and possibly start a phone tree for meetings. Also, have members suggest friends who might like to join TACA. |
| FACEBOOK: Jessica Jones has set up a facebook account for Highland Rim chapter. It is a closed group. You need a facebook account to join and just search the Highland Rim chapter page to find out how to open a dialogue. |
| EXHIBITION VENUES: We need venues to exhibit. We possibly have Tullahoma and Tennessee Tech. If you have any ideas, please contact Rob Harvey. |
| FALL FUN FEST: The City of Cookeville wants us to give them a percentage of our profits from Funfest. We voted to raise the booth price to $75 in order to pay them $20 per booth. |
| Nancy Johnson is recovering from brain surgery for a tumor. |
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: “Tennessee Cross Roads” segment featuring Susan DeMay coming after the new year. Tressa Bush did interview and film crew filmed various parts of the pottery making process. Susan will be a feature artist at Museum Store of the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, during the Georgia O’Keefe exhibit. In January, Susan’s undergraduate school (Eckerd College) will be meeting to hear an artist’s talk. Kimberly Winkle is 2010 Niche Finalist: 2 pieces in painted wood category. She is a Merit Award Winner in Mid-states Regional Craft Exhibition at Evansville Museum of Aft, Science and History. Her is featured in 31st Annual National Contemporary Crafts Exhibition in Mesa Art Center, Mesa, AZ. She has her work in Invitational Exhibition “Women in Wood” at Arrowmont. Show will travel to Grovewood Gallery in Asheville, NC. She has been invited to be in National Woodturning Show called “Be Our Guest: A Progressive Alternative” at Ohio Craft Museum. Her is published in current (winter) issues of American Woodturner and Woodwork Magazine. Kimberly will be teaching workshops during Summer 2010 at Appalachian Center for Craft, Arrowmont, and Center for Furniture Craftmanship. She also has a solo Show at Nashville International Airport, June 2010. Chery Cratty has her work in Grovewood Gallery, Asheville, NC, in Southern Highland Craft Guild Show, 2010, and in Piedmont Craftsman Fair, Winston-Salem, NC 2010. She will be giving a Pulp Painting Workshop at the Appalachian Center for Craft in May 2010 and an Arts in Schools Pulp Painting Workshop, Marizoid, Winston-Salem, NC |
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November 14, 2009 TACA Board Meeting, report by Kim Winkle. •New officers: President Pat Moody, Vice President Alf Sharp, Treasurer Reaneau Dubberly. •Looking for new full-time executive director, hope to have the position filled by May 2010. •Financial status is improving, becoming more stable but no real surplus. Had not drawn money from investments since January 2009, reduced internal expenses by more than $35,000. •Have had success with major grants for FY2010, but fall fair sponsorship is severely down. Trying to strategize a comprehensive fundraising program. •Membership has greatly improved, largely due to the efforts of the membership committee and Katie Haile; up by 20% overall. We, currently, have 66 members in our chapter and 541 current members overall. Tim Hintz is the new membership chair committee. •Fairs have been a disappointment due to weather, however with the change to Zapplication artist entries were up by 30% over 2008. Fair profit of $43,000. •TACA is very excited about the collaboration with Tennessee Arts Commission in offering the new Master/Apprentice program. Two of our members, Claudia Lee and Jessica Jones, were recipients. •Board development training has begun and will be an ongoing initiative, this will occur at the upcoming TACA board retreat, which will be held at Lakeside Resort Feb. 6-7. This will help educate participant of their role as a TACA board member and how to become more involved. •MTSU will host the 2010 TACA Biennial Exhibition. 2012 is in the works. Possible venues include: ETSU or UTK. •Technology committee is starting 1st phase of the website overhaul. Looking to improve current technology at the main office. Hope to install or research options for an online TACA sales gallery. •Diversity committee. Trying to increase diversity throughout the organization. *Chapter Accounting changes: The TACA office needs chapter bank statements/expense sheets/chart of account before the 15th of each month for their accounting purposes. Please, include donors too. •Voted for local executive committee board members to be able to sign checks. *No corporate sponsor at Fall fair. Try to find new sponsors. •Long discussion regarding moving the TACA fair indoors. Research is being done regarding the viability/possibility/logistics of making this change. •Discussion was made of whether or not to include “Fine Art” at the fairs. This could potentially be at conflict with TACA membership and, therefore, affect funding. •TACA retreat Lakeside resort Feb. 6 and 7. |
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Next Highland Rim Chapter Meetings: - Saturday, February 20, 2010, 12 noon at the Craft Center. DEMO: Jessica Jones, DIGITAL PRINTING ON QUESTIONABLE MATERIALS. - Friday, April 30, 2010, 6 pm at the Craft Center. DEMO: Cheri Cratty, FIBER PAINTING ON ARTIST MADE PAPER (pulp painting). - Friday, September 17, 2010, 6 pm, Craft Center. (Any ideas?) - Monday, November 1, 2010, POSSIBLE MEETING with a visiting artist, Windy Mariama, furniture maker. - Saturday, December 4, 2010, Andrzej and Carol’s new house. - February 21, 2011. Visiting Balloon Artist: Jason Hackenworth. (Note: if anyone would rather have a meeting at their home/studio, just let us know and we can switch from the Craft Center. Please RSVP the host before each meeting! |
| And what have YOU been up to lately? Submit your “news” to Laurie Hall, Highland Rim Secretary at: wheelnkiln2@aol.com |
| Last updated on February 22, 2010. Comments? Send an e-mail to Andrzej Gutek. |