Cover design
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Volume XVIII, March 2000
Lines by Leslie
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| February's
meeting was well attended and we all had a great time. We
took care of some important business involving the Paul
Freeman Awards. The membership voted that all members
should be allowed to nominate candidates for the awards.
Nominations should be in writing and that the nomination
should include a brief statement of why that person is
nominated. Also, if the nominee has received the award in
the past, the nomination should mention the recent
reasons that person is nominated. All nominations will be
made in writing and sent to the committee chair (Laura
Heye this year), she/he will list them in the newsletter,
and then we will vote at the following meeting. This will
become our standing rule regarding these nominations, so
that we will not have to reinvent the process each year.
We have a lot of deserving members who have worked hard
for the Guild this year, so be sure to get your
nominations in as soon as possible. Maggie and I will
happily provide certificates similar to the ones we made
last year, so that each nominee will have a certificate
of nomination as a reminder of the Guild's appreciation. And speaking of nominations, it's that time of the year again. We have formed a nominating committee that will meet in the near future and then present us with a slate of officers for our approval. This means that it's time to start thinking about jobs for the coming year. This is a very important consideration for all of us. I know I've repeated this over and over, but I cannot stress the idea enough: in order for us each to feel as if this is our own Guild, we each need to take part. It's true that attendance at meetings and paying dues is definitely taking part. However, we need people to do the work that keeps the Guild going, and it is unfair to expect the same people to do those jobs each year. It is also unfair to expect the committee chairperson to be the committee. So, with all that said, I would like to thank our current officers and committee chairs for a wonderful year so far, and I would like to encourage, cajole, and beg everyone else to please, please consider volunteering for a job this coming year. None of our jobs are too difficult with the assistance of a friend. None of the committee chairs is too big a job if there is really a committee to chair. So let me know what you might consider doing for our Guild over the next month or two. All contributions of time and effort are greatly appreciated! Our calendar is almost sold out, so we made the right decision to print fewer this year than in the past few years. We're in the black, and that makes it even nicer. Joan and I showed off our calendar at the Southwest Calligraphers Conference in Fort Worth a few weeks ago, and it was so well received that we sold 9 more calendars there! Thank you once again to our Hospitality Committee. This was an especially pretty spread for Valentine's. And thank you to Mary Bowman and the Gorups for a wonderful Early Bird demonstration of Japanese calligraphy. It was such a pleasure to watch that graceful movement of the brush. Thank you also to Kate Bergquist for a lovely program on hearts, flowers, and decorated letters. Kate, you make it look so easy! Now we can all go home and practice till Valentine's Day. Our Twenty-Six Letters project is coming along beautifully. We should all be proud of the people who put that together and are making it all happen. We can hardly wait to see the final results. Meanwhile, we all need to be busy preparing our pieces for the Spring Exhibit, for which the theme is "Twenty-Six Letters!" The turn in date is coming up soon and we want to have a good showing. I look forward to seeing you all at the March meeting.
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Early Bird Arrive early (6:30 p.m.) for the Early Bird demonstration on "Calligraphy Beyond the Traditional Paper Surfaces." What does Maggie have in store for us this time? Come and find out, Early Birds are always interesting. |
March Program "Beyond the Nib" The March program is another fun round robin where you can experiment with writing tools and ink. No Speedball, Mitchell, or Brause nibs this evening! Come prepared to circulate through five stations writing on paper with non- traditional instruments such as twigs, tongue depressors, reeds, and other cleverly constructed writing tools. If you have any such instruments at your home, please bring them to share at a station. Plenty of paper will be available. All we need is creative minds and kindred calligraphic spirits! This will be another delightful guild meeting to be sure. Sally Gooze |
Valentine Card Exchange was a great opportunity to practice our creativity and our calligraphy; lots of beautiful cards were exchanged. The patients at Warm Springs also benefited. We created 90 handmade valentines for them to enjoy and make their holiday in the hospital just a little brighter. All cards were appreciated. SWAK |
MINI-WORKSHOP
with Joan
Schmitz Joan's supply list for the mini is short. You will need to bring the following: Elbow nib in pen staff, nib size of your choice. Ink of your choice. Joan will supply the lined paper. If you don't have an elbow pen staff and/or ink, don't buy them – Joan will be happy to let your borrow supplies from her, she has plenty. If you are interested in attending a mini-workshop, sign up with Gayle Venticinque. If you need to cancel – even if it is the day of the mini, please let Gayle know so she can contact someone to fill your slot – she keeps a waiting list. |
Thinking of Members Our condolences go to Betty Lou Jordan on the recent loss of her brother and to Carol Patterson on the loss of her father. Our heartfelt sympathy goes to both of these members. Please know that our thoughts and prayers are with you. Special prayers and wishes for a speedy recovery go to Rod Smith's wife, Beeper, and to Sister Nicholas. Sister is recovering from by-pass surgery. Please remember and pray for Patty Gaskins' son, Paul. Some of you may remember Patty; she is a former, very active Guild member. Her son Paul was in a serious car accident in January, as of the February meeting he was still in a coma at University Hospital. Write to Patty at home. She can use our support right now. |
Congratulations! Bonnie Houser and her family won an award in Austin recently for an entry from their Dry Comal Creek Vineyard. You can visit their vineyard for a wine tasting and free tour Wednesday through Sunday, from Noon to 5 p.m. The vineyard is located at 1741 Herbelin Road in New Braunfels, TX. Herbelin Road is off Highway 46 between Highway 281 and IH 35. For directions, call 830/885- 4121. DP |
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Next Workshop "COLOR" is NOW scheduled for Sat., & Sun., April 29th and 30th Location to be Announced Due to the opening of our Spring exhibit, Maggie has moved her next workshop to the last weekend in April. Mark your calendar for April 29th and 30th and make plans to attend another magical workshop with Maggie. She will have all the details for us in the April issue of Flourishes. We heard great things about Maggie's last workshop (see Shirley Ginn's rave review below: (Workshop Review/Suggestion) and we saw wonderful examples of color, creativity and melted letterforms at our February meeting. Maggie makes the cost affordable, generously donates the revenue to the Reggie fund, and shares her vast knowledge and talent with SACG! We're anticipating another magical workshop with Maggie & C-O-L-O-R. |
CALL FOR ENTRIES Twenty-six Letters or XXVI Letters is the theme for this year's annual spring exhibition. Entries will be accepted from 12 Noon to 5 p.m. on Monday, April 3rd at Ventana Gallery, 8407 Broadway. The opening reception will be Friday, April 7th from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Awards of the juror will be presented at 7 p.m. (The exhibit will be juried on April 4th.) 1. Please comply with the following. a. All exhibit entries must be original in concept and not have been exhibited previously in a Guild show. b. All entries that can be framed must be framed and wired for hanging. For safety reasons, all pieces that measure 20" x 24" or larger must have Plexiglas and NOT regular glass. c. All framed entries must be labeled on the backside of the entry with the following information: Title of Entry, Price (if for sale) or marked NSF if not for sale, Medium used, Member's name, Address, and Phone number. An entry card with the same information must also be supplied upon delivery, in order to prepare the catalog. d. The entry fee is $7.50 for the first entry, $2.50 for the second entry, $1.00 for entries 3, 4, and 5. A maximum of 5 entries per member. Fees will be collected at the time of delivery. e. If your official entries include handcrafted books (which must contain original calligraphy work) or hand-lettered fabric pieces, please provide display devices necessary to display such items to the best advantage. 2. INVITATIONS. The invitations for the exhibit and reception will be available for distribution at the March Guild meeting. If you cannot be at the meeting, please make arrangements to pick up yours. Please mail them 10 to 12 days before the reception to ensure delivery. 3. PRICING HINT. Remember, we are exhibiting in a gallery and pieces for sale will be sold through the gallery with the usual 50% commission for the gallery, so price your pieces accordingly. The exhibit committee urges all members to enter the exciting process of jurying but reminds everyone that the jury participation for this exhibit is entirely voluntary and confidential. Exhibit entry forms will be available for pickup at the March meeting. One is included on the backside of this page. If you have questions, please call: Brixey Sutton or Maggie Gillikin . |
Top Ten Ways You Can Tell You're An Artist
I got this humorous e-mail from a school friend of mine; she doesn't know me well enough to know that a few of these were on target. I don't know the author, but it is definitely someone who hangs out with creatives. 10. Brushes aren't for combing hair or
cleaning teeth. |
Paul Freeman Awards It is time again to nominate Guild members for the Paul Freeman Award. There are two framed pieces by the late calligrapher, Paul Freeman, that are presented each Spring for a year's enjoyment to two SACG members voted by the membership as having contributed and dedicated themselves to the benefit of the Guild in the past year. The Board made a recommendation to the Guild membership at the February meeting that the nominations for the Paul Freeman Awards should be made by the members of the Guild instead of by past recipients of the award. The membership voted to accept the recommendation. NOW is the time to make your nomination for this award. Your nomination must be submitted in writing and mailed to: Laura Heye or via e-mail to: heyehaus@yahoo.com Deadline for entries is Thursday, February 24th. Please specify the name of the person you are nominating and the reason you are nominating them. Past recipients are listed in your directory, if you are nominating a past recipient, please tell us what they have done in service for the Guild during the past year. All the nominees will be listed in the April issue of Flourishes, we will vote on the nominees at the April meeting, and the two awards (the ABCDarium and the New Spencerian) will be presented at the May meeting. All nominees will receive a certificate personally created by Leslie Winakur and Maggie Gillikin. Laura Heye |
Mary Bowman's Classes Mary's two sumi painting winter classes are really filled, but the Friday 1:00 p.m. class in her home has occasional openings. Calligraphers, consult with Mary on your desires for artistic expression in sumi as well as your Friday possibilities. Mary believes that calligraphers learn this technique especially fast. An example of Mary's sumi decorates our page below.
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Continuing Education Classes Innovative Calligraphy Italic Beginners and Inter-mediates with Pauline Sager. Classes will be held at Reagan High School for 8 weeks. Classes meet every Wed., beginning Feb. 23rd, from 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Cost is $60. Call Pauline for details. Beginning Calligraphy & Italic Handwriting with Sylvia Stanley. Classes will meet at Churchill High School for 8 weeks. Classes begin Tues., Feb. 22 from 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Cost is $60. Call Sylvia for details. ACA Bulletin 24 January 2000 EDUCATION. We have wonderful news in this New Year and new millennium! The ACA has received the long-awaited funding commitment from the Speedball Arts Products Company of Statesville, North Carolina USA to develop the first phase of an educational curriculum for school aged children. Entitled "Elegant Writing, Calligraphy for the Classroom" the program was inspired by Project Calligraphy, created by the Calligraphers Guild of Jacksonville, Florida USA and will help to foster future generations of calligraphers. The funding from Speedball will be used to develop the curriculum, instructional materials and exemplars. EXHIBITIONS. Great things are happening! AlphaMark, the ACA traveling exhibition of artwork by our members, is clearly a success. The exhibition opened in conjunction with the PenUltima '99 conference in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. It was on display at the Etobicoke Civic Centre in Toronto, Canada until February 3, 2000. AlphaMark is a prime example of the ACA fulfilling its mission to its members, the calligraphic community and the general public. Make sure you view AlphaMark at the South Bend Regional Museum of Art in South Bend, Indiana USA from March 5 through April 24, 2000, or order a slide set to show at your next guild meeting (contact Anne Binder at abinder2@michiana.org ). Check the ACA web site or contact ACA Exhibitions Director Linda Renc at therencs@ij.net for the complete AlphaMark schedule. Please note that substantial individual and corporate funding is still needed to support this important endeavor. Let us know if you can provide any assistance in securing funding for AlphaMark. MEMBERSHIP. Our greatest challenge this year is to increase our membership and improve services to our members, while remaining financially viable. Membership renewals, our primary source of income for ACA programs and activities, are being returned very slowly this year. Much to our dismay, we were forced to delay publication of this issue of The Newsletter until we had sufficient funds to pay for the printing. The Newsletter was delivered to the printer last week and should be in your mailboxes soon. The ACA exists for the benefit of all of our members, who range from those who love calligraphy as a hobby, to calligraphers working full-time as paid professionals. Help spread the word about ACA activities and encourage all calligraphers to join. Remember that all levels of skill and enthusiasm are welcome! If you have not done so already, renew now. ACA Gift Memberships are available. Any time of year is the right time to give a gift membership in the ACA. We continue to embrace exciting challenges and opportunities to increase the presence of calligraphy around the world. With appreciation, Thank you for joining the ACA. Your membership is valuable, and connects you with thousands of individuals and organizations worldwide who share your enthusiasm for the calligraphic arts! Together we can accomplish our goals. Welcome! Name_________________________________________ Address_______________________________________ City__________________State___ Zip Code_________ Phone: Days_____________ Evenings______________ FAX_______________ Email______________________________ [ ] I am a hobbyist [ ] I am a professional calligrapher [ ] I earn extra money doing calligraphy on the side [ ] I teach calligraphy or related arts [ ] part-time [ ] full-time TYPE OF MEMBERSHIP: PAYMENT: Amount enclosed: Dues: _______ Contributions: _______ TOTAL: _______ [ ] Check Please make checks payable to the
ACA, in U.S. funds If you do NOT want to receive monthly e-mail ACA Bulletins, please check here: [ ] If you do NOT want your name published in an ACA directory, please check here: [ ] Occasionally, suppliers and art-related organizations ask us for our membership list. If you do NOT want your address given out, please check here: [ ] To send in your membership dues BY MAIL send
this completed form to the ACA office: |
Members: Please read this policy. There will be a vote to adopt this policy at the next Guild meeting. Policy for Pictures Published on the "Flourishes" Web Site Group pictures may be taken and published on the Flourishes web site without specific permission. No names will appear on the caption. The purpose of the picture will be to publicize the Guild event. Individual or small group pictures will be published on the Flourishes web site only with written permission of the individuals in the photo. Permission to print names must be granted. Pictures of work in progress or completed artwork by Guild members will be published only with written permission from that individual. The artist will verify a caption describing the work. No completed calligraphic or general art pieces from non-Guild members will be published on the web site without specific written permission from the artist. Photos
on the Web http://www.axs4u.net/home/inksmith/photos0200.htm - Feb 2000 |
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Letters – Poster Update The latest on the XXIV Letters poster – it's in the printer's hands. We plan to debut it wrapped around the April issue of Flourishes. It will also be available as a poster and after we wave our magic wand over it a few times, it will reappear in the form of a book. The original artwork will be in the Spring exhibit as well, you will have an opportunity to view them up close. Thank you to everyone who has been involved with the poster. Our appreciation of calligraphy and our love for letters is very evident – this spirit permeates the color Xerox draft copy. This is an exciting project for SACG! DP |
Workshop Review/Suggestion Do you want to spend some fun times with friends, old or new? Learn some new techniques? Or re-learn some that you have forgotten? Then mark your calendar for the next workshop given by our very own SACG members. If you were at the February meeting you saw the display of wonderful projects completed by those that attended Maggie Gillikin's recent major workshop, "Melting Letterforms into Composition." Thirteen of us completed three separate projects during the two-day workshop. Each project was very different, but encouraging and challenging each of us to step out of our comfort zone and to just be creative. There was no right or wrong design or method; everyone was just supposed to put color to paper and then pen to paper. The results were WOW! Take advantage of the tremendous talent in our Guild and sign up for the next major or mini workshop. We need to draw on our strengths; this will make the cost of a great time and a fabulous workshop affordable for all! Shirley Ginn |
Design, Calligraphy and You A workshop with Marijo Carney and Annie Barnhardt Sat. 7 Sun., March 25 & 26 Learn the elements and principles of design in this hearts-in, hands-on workshop for calligraphers. See, touch, explore, enjoy, create and design in an encouraging, non-threatening atmosphere. Use an innovative Design Workbook, specially written for this class by the instructors. The workbook contains definitions, instructions, exercises and materials on each element and principle of design necessary for creating strong, appropriate and effective calligraphic layouts. DESIGN, CALLIGRAPHY AND YOU clearly interprets the use of line, texture, color, value, balance and contrast for calligraphers. Slides, coordinating with the workbook, illustrate the successful application of these concepts. Best of all, once you have learned the basics and seen them demonstrated, you have a chance to try them with your own hands, in a series of inventive classroom exercises. If you have always wanted to know more about design and how you can use it to improve your work ... attend this workshop. SUPPLIES: Writing board if you like to use one, water jar, a variety of your favorite nibs, pen holders, glue stick, small sharp scissors, Dennison Tack-a-Note stick or other brand of removable adhesive, loading brush and any other of your favorite workshop supplies. Please do not purchase any items especially for this class. There is a $20 materials fee that covers watercolor, gouache, fine art papers, handouts and a variety of other materials used in this class (included in fee). This workshop is for all skill levels. To hold your place in class,
send deposit check for $50 made out to SACG to: |
Timothy Botts & The Psalms In the February issue of Flourishes we mentioned the Timothy Botts exhibit in Santa Ana, CA. Our timing was excellent. A few days later I got an e-mail from Sara Franzen. This is what Sara had to say: A few days after I received my February issue of Flourishes, it just so happened that I had a trip planned to visit a friend in Orange County. Since Santa Ana is in the same general area, I decided to take a side trip to see the Timothy Botts Exhibit at The Seed Company (which is a ministry of Wycliffe Bible Translators). The exhibit included 25 pieces (most of them originals) from Botts' collection in his "The Book of Psalms". When Timothy Botts was the instructor of the first weekend workshop I ever took, what struck me most about his calligraphic skill was his ability to use color to express emotion. This very ability struck me again when I viewed the exhibit. Mr. Botts has the unique gift of creating visual images that please the eye and touch the heart. I thoroughly enjoyed the experience! Sara Franzen Thank you very much for your review. We're fortunate to have a Guild member in California who could view the exhibit in person and give us a special report! DP |
-----Reminder----- Let members know about our workshops, playdays, and calligraphy classes in the Guild newsletter - we'll print the info if space permits. The deadline for April Flourishes is Thursday, March 2 – the night of the March meeting. If your copy of Flourishes arrives late, damaged or not at all – please call Mavis Caudill at 694-0014, she has extras until the next meeting, then they go to Jill Adams, Membership Chairperson, 826- 8214. Or, if you have Internet access, look at the
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