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MMO For so many things -- how can I begin to thank all of you enough for making these two years so pleasurable for me as President ?!! All our meetings, programs, exhibits, workshops, fundraisers and just times shared together have been just great. Congratulations to Joan Schmitz and Shirley Ginn as our Paul Freeman Award recipients for 2002. What a stellar group of nominees -- And when Joan did the program -- THE RETROSPECTIVE -- Joannie! I had no idea that you were a stand-up comedienne in your spare time! IT was a sparkling finish to a quality year. Congratulations
are also in order to our newly elected Officers: As we look forward and create gifts for Secret Pals, prepare for our newest fundraiser, compile our Directories and sew them, present our new Calendar, and share time together -- amid all these exciting activities, we shall also be experiencing the saddest event this Guild can feel -- the death, an untimely one, of our long standing member, Denise Adler. Our deepest sympathy goes to Larry, her husband; her parents, and her sister. She will be so very missed by all of us. Thank you to everyone who was able to sign the book that we passed around at Thursday night's meeting. She saw it the very next day, thanks to Camille Storment. Our thanks to Camille and to Shirley Ginn for being there for all of us last Friday at the Hospital. It's not when all these good times roll, but when really tough things happen that the solid friendships in this Guild sustain us... Thank you all for that great gift. For the record: Bruce Gillikin would like everyone to know, even though no one has ever asked us, that he named Maggie’s column MMO, and it stands for “Maggie Mouths Off.” Maggie |
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A big THANK YOU to our hospitality committee in May for the delicious refreshments. Rod and Beeper Smith, Bill and Wilanna Bristow, Shawn and Linda Behrens, and Mary Bumstead all fed us well! We enjoyed it all. Sandra Reyna announced the May DOOR PRIZE WINNERS: Maggie Gillikin won a mini straw handmade journal donated by Pauline Sager; Betty Caffe won a calligraphy card by Pauline Sager; Nancy McHugh won a mini pink handmade journal by Sandra Reyna; Camille Storment won a mini beige handmade journal by Sandra Reyna; Kaye Yarbrough and Joan Schmitz won San Antonio note cards by Rosemarie Siebenhausen; Shirley Franklin, Linda Behrens, and Angie Murray won filled decorated bags donated by Janice Anabtawi and Eleanor Russell. Congrats to all. DUES ARE PAST DUE !! All information in the 2002-2003 directory will come from the new or updated membership form. You must pay your dues by the June Pot Luck Dinner in order to be in the directory. Mail your check for $24 and the membership form to Pam Thomas at 2810 Barrel Oak, SAT, 78231. WELCOME to new member Lynn Rothe, birthday 7/2. We’re happy to have you! Pauline Sager took pre-orders for the John Neal 2003 Calligraphers Engagement Calendar at the last meeting. They will arrive in the fall and she will deliver them at the meeting or the mini in September. The discount price is $9, and there are four copies as yet unsold. Contact Pauline at 494-1881 by May 30 if you would like one of these. The regular price is $11.95 + shipping if you purchase in September or later. Welcome back Priscilla Earl! We were all so happy to see you at the May meeting. CONGRATULATIONS to our Paul Freeman Award winner s: Joan Schmitz and Shirley Ginn. You are two very deserving members and we thank you for all of your efforts on behalf of the guild.Please remember that Jill Adams is collecting money for advance sales of the HOUSE OF CARDS fundraiser. The price is $25 each and approximately half are already sold. After the June Pot Luck dinner, sales will be opened to other guilds and the public in general. Thank you to Joan Schmitz for sharing such a lovely view of your work with us. The Retrospective was a real treat. And thank you also to Melanie Capps for a most informative Early Bird. Our CALLIGRAPHY EXCHANGE will take place on August 1. There is no charge for tables, but availability is first come, first served. Contact Maggie Gillikin to reserve your table.The BUDGET COMMITTEE for 2002-2003 will meet at 7 PM on July 29 at Maggie Gillikin’s home. All members are welcome to be present. All committees are asked to please submit written budget requests to Maggie by July 22. Thank you in advance. Congratulations to our new officers and members-at-large. The proposed slate was accepted by acclamation. Thank you to Kaye Yarbrough and her daughter Cindi for doing such a fantastic job of providing the refreshments at our Spring Exhibit. Everything was so elegant and delicious as well. Our sincere sympathies to Eleanor Russell on the loss of her brother Ralph after his long illness. Our thoughts are with you. Thank you to Pam Braha for volunteering to take care of the e-mail part of the Communication Committee for the coming year. We still need a volunteer for the telephone part of the job. Contact our new President Shirley Ginn if you are interested in this job. SAVE THE DATE! In April of 2003, Nancy Culmone will be here to present a workshop that will be funded in large part by our fundraiser collections. Don’t miss this one. It’ll be great. |
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All are invited
to attend the and Installation of Officers at the home of Pam Braha 340-3102 This is our annual end-of-the-year party and we hope all will attend. We thank Pam for volunteering her lovely new home and inviting us to help her “break it in.” If you have not yet signed up to bring food, please contact Juliet Bickley or Angie Chaos-Peters. From 410, exit West Ave. Go north on West, then left on Fox Hall Lane, which is just past Antonian H.S. on the left. Wind around past Fox Hall Cove and Hibiscus to mailbox 318 on left. Pam’s drive is just past the mailbox. Park on Fox Hall La. and walk to second drive, approximately 1/10 mile. House is on the right. PLEASE do not drive up to Pam’s house unless you are unable to walk, and please do not park in the drive to Pam’s house, since it is narrow and serves her neighbor also. OOPS ! Saturday
Special Workshop Due
to space limitations of the studio, the maximum students per day is ten
(10). Sign up for either day, or both if you so desire. MINI WORKSHOP June 13, 7-9 PM at the Church This is the June 13 surprise mini workshop, the make-up mini due to the bad weather in November and Rudy Gonzales’s illness. We will be making 2 books, a flag book and a piano hinge book. If there’s time, we may also make a 3rd surprise structure as well. Supply List: Double stick tape Please let Gayle know if you are coming to this mini so we can have a head count for the surprise. Thanks! XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX |
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ANNOUNCEMENTS PLAY DAYS Mark your calendars: On Saturday July 20 and August 3, at 10 AM, at the church, we will put together the House of Cards. Come work, learn, and enjoy the friendship as we complete our next fundraiser. On Saturday August 10, at Maggie Gillikin’s home, there will be a working day to make new name tags and to sew the directories together. Please contact Maggie if you would like to contribute your elbow grease and have some fun in the process. Saturday Specials: Dates for the Saturday Specials for the coming year are as follows: September 21, November 2, February 8, and May 3. As of this time, Bill Waddington will present Writing Gothic Letters in a Circle in September. Sharon Zeugin and Maggie Gillikin will present Designing Your Own Alphabet in a Book Structure in November. Bonnie Houser and Friends will present Surface Design in February, and Karen Veni will present Polymer Clay in May. So save these dates. From Mary Bowman: Thank you, thank you dear guild members for the outpouring of beautiful hand made birthday cards, loving kindness, and newspaper clippings at the May meeting. CALLIGRAPHY CONNECTION
The annual international calligraphy
conference will be in Minnesota this summer, June 22-29, on the St. John’s
College campus. Several of our members are going this year, including
Maggie Gillikin, Shirley Ginn, Fritzi Harry, Bonnie Houser, BJ Nichol,
Dolores Schultz, Francene Smith, Angie Vangalis, and Gayle Venticinque.
So if you are traveling on vacation this summer and are in the
neighborhood, stop by and see the amazing display of calligraphic art
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Summer Birthdays
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PARTICIPANTS IN THE SPRING SHOW 2002BILL BARSTOW |
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THE WINNERS OF THE SPRING SHOW 2002Juried by Carol Pallesen, Reno, Nevada BONNIE HOUSER, 1ST PLACE This piece named ”Masquerade” is fun and humorous. The rich colors draw one in and cause one to climb along and up the rocky road of life. It is done in acrylic and 24K gold. LESLIE WINAKUR, 2ND PLACE This piece named “Mirrors” is lovely and clean and has great forms and great flow. It communicates very effectively. She used watercolor, gouache, and palladium leaf. JO PACELLI, 3RD PLACE This lo vely pair of pieces named “Song” (diptych) are meant as one. The gouache, ink and watercolor flow well and is very pleasing to view.HONORABLE MENTION LAURA HEYE,” WISDOM” KAREN VENI, ”FUSCHIA REVERIE” BILL WADDINGTON, “YOU CAN GO HOME AGAIN” HELEN RASPLIKA, “REFLECTING THE MOMENT” B.J. NICHOLS, “LETTER FOREST” B.J. NICHOLS, “KINDNESS” LAURA HEYE, “GHAZEL’S A MOUNTAIN STREAM” PAULINE SAGER, “FLOWER OF HAPPINESS” SHAWN BEHRENS, “SPRING” ELEANOR RUSSELL, “LORD OF CREATION” |
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In Memoriam August 11, 1951 - May 4, 2002 We are all saddened by
the loss of our dear friend Denise. She will be sorely missed. Here are some recollections from a few members who were close to her. Memories are the gratitude of the heart. Camille Storment: Denise’s long time crafting buddy, recalls the fun they had working on their projects. They especially enjoyed putting together the June, 2000, newsletter cover, a collage with a Paris theme that Denise designed based on her own trip to Paris. Camille would like the guild members to know how much pleasure and comfort Denise derived from the many cards, handmade books, and other gifts, visits and calls she received. These expressions of love and concern helped sustain Denise throughout her illness and were appreciated more than words can say. Shirley Ginn writes: The summer of 2000 was a fishy experience for me. Fish began arriving in Maya and continued swimming my way up to the night of the revealing of Secret Pals. Of course, that night I got the biggest fish of all - an autograph fish which was signed by most of those present at the September, 2000, meeting. This fish now resides in my studio and I have a precious memory of a wonderful and talented lady, Denise Adler. Denise was not only my Secret Pal, showering me with fish that did not smell, but also showering me with her smile and love. She became a precious friend, one I will always treasure. We laughed together, cried together and prayed together. I will miss her so , but I know that I have a new angel watching over me. I was truly blessed to see Denise on Friday, May 3. As the nurses were preparing her for a surgical procedure, we had a chance to have that one last visit. Being typical Denise, she was more worried about me and the difficulty I was having seeing a precious friend going through so much, than about worrying what the procedure would bring her. It was so easy for me to tell her that I loved her. It was something that we said to each other often, sometimes several times during a visit in person or on the phone. Denise was everything that a person could ever want: a true friend, someone who loved you even when they knew the uglies about you. Her face always had a smile on it; there was a gentle and special touch that was only hers and the words that came from her mouth were spoken from the heart and with such kindness and love that you knew that you had been touched by an angel. We were all blessed to have Denise in our lives. Treasure your memories of her and know that she will be watching over us from above as we stumble through this world without her. I hope that each one of us will try to be just a little bit like her - a caring, loving individual. Maybe if we all do this, we can make a difference. Francene Smith writes: It was with great sadness that I learned of the passing of Denise Adler, but remember well her celebration of life. As she generously shared her knowledge and Xyron supplies with us monthly in Seguin, her prophetic words were, “ I have been blessed with more than lifetime supply, so it gives me joy in sharing.” My personal feelings are summed up in the following poem that Carlos Haun submitted to the Heart of Texas Stampers in memory of Denise. In the rising sun, and
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The Calligrapher in Our Time We don’t create heroic things to earn fame. We put no scratches on the globe, but perhaps with our gentle art we add a few little dabs of joy to life, in a nicely written praise of the Lord, written with the complete engagement of our heart. Calligraphy is a peaceful and noble art, done by well educated human beings who do their work with full commitment, with intense concentration. For we want to put into our letters a little of our own feelings, of our personality and mood. Letters should have grace and beauty in themselves. No calligrapher pollutes rivers with his ink, or poisons the air we breathe. Calligraphy makes no noise. We don’t fight with arms nor with our pens, but we want to convince sometimes with a hand-lettered message of special importance in which we believe. Of course we know we are not the center of the world—we merely like to make nice things with our given talent. And we have a burden of responsibility: the heritage of the great masters of the past, the tradition of the scribes of the Middle ages, of the royal and imperial ancestors in Europe and Asia. Calligraphy is still a royal activity. Thank you to Joan Schmitz and to the Washington Calligraphers Guild for sharing these words of wisdom from the insightful Hermann Zapf, one of the fathers of modern calligraphic arts. |
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Membership dues It’s that time again! Dues are $24, due now. Dues are delinquent after June 1, which means you can certainly still join, but your information will not be provided in time for the new directory. If you do not have a membership form, please contact Jill Adams and mail the form and check to: SACG, c/o Jill Adams, Membership Chairperson, PO Box 291232, San Antonio, TX, 78229. |
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