C O V E R A R T I S T * * * Gwen Weaver |
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| Whew! I survived the first
meeting as President -- thanks are due to all of you for
being so patient and helpful during the whole evening. It
all began with the Hospitality Committee, filling us full
of goodies, to include Pam Braha's own birthday cake --
boy! was it all yummy! It was wonderful to munch and also
feast our eyes on all the Secret Dragon Pal 2000 treats! We got right down to a business-packed meeting with the acceptance of the 2000-2001 Budget. We got a glimpse of the 2001 Calendar and it's just lovely with great continuity of drawings and letterforms -- good job Pauline and artists! We decided that the price for this calendar would be $7.00, and it will go on sale at the October meeting, we hope. Shirley Ginn showed us the book chosen from Hazel Carter's own collection that the Guild purchased for the library in Hazel's memory. Jill Adams passed out our new 2000-2001 Directories and I won't even need my bifocals to locate that pink eye-popper -- perfect for a directory that I use so often! Thank you to Thea and Jill! Our posters and posters books are selling well, the mini workshops are filling fast, and just about everyone got a newsletter in August. (It's easy to be the president when it works like this)! We also voted to donate $1.00 each to the hardworking sextons who set up our meeting place each month! Jill Adams is collecting the money and it will be presented to them at Thanksgiving. Thanks, everyone. We discussed plans for our CD in the future, a need to supply possible "seed" money for fundraising projects, while also insuring that such a plan would have safeguards, and keep the CD from being used and potentially not replenished. One suggestion was to split the CD into 2 funds - one more fluid than the other, and the fluid one used only as "seed" funds - to be refilled with the first profits from the fundraiser it provided the "seeds" for. Whatever we do in the future with the CD, we want to do it well. Many of our long term members worked so hard to amass those funds. We have plenty of time, so put on your thinking caps, and give me a call. We also discussed using the space in our newsletters (and future directories) for advertisers, with special interest toward art stores. This paid advertising would help defray costs of printing. We're batting the idea of paid advertising around; let me know what you think. This is one issue that might reach a vote next month. When I began whining about needing a chairman for the 2002 Calendar, Darla Peek quickly and graciously volunteered for that big job -- you have our thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks, Darla! Please help her with theme ideas -- it will be our 25th anniversary edition -- Pauline Sager is collecting suggestions for our own 25th birthday bash -- set for next April -- so call her with your ideas! Our Secret Pal Program was such fun, with most of us completely fooled by our terrific Secret Dragon Pals -- what creativity! As we look forward to next month, please be sure to consider the two fall workshops coming up -- 2 for the price of 1; Gwen Weaver and Mark Van Stone in October, and the weekend with the talented Sharon Zeugin in November. Our next board meeting will be at Joan's house on 26 October at 7 p.m., and all are always welcome. *HOPE*IT*RAINS*BEFORE*WE*SEE*EACH*OTHER*AGAIN* Maggie |
Early
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Program Mark Van Stone will present an informative slide show and discussion of "Romans, the Root of all Calligraphy."
The 2001 Calendar will be on sale at the October meeting. It will sell for $7.00. The calendars are being hand bound by Pauline Sager, editor, and her committee. The beautiful cover was done by Hazel Tilson. Janice Anabtawi is in charge of sales. What a wonderful gift for friends and family. |
WORKSHOP INFORMATION We have two wonderful workshops
coming up this fall. The first will take place at
Discovery School on October 7-8. It will feature mark Van
Stone, whom many of us know and love. He will be joined
by the dynamic and lovely Gwen Weaver from Virginia.
Together they will be teaching Roman lettering, both
capitals and lower case. Mark will feature the broad edge
pen, and Gwen will feature the pointed pen. They will
both be teaching the use of pressure to vary the letters.
This is a wonderful chance to learn from two
distinguished instructors. The supply list is in your
September issue of Flourishes. The cost will be $90. for
the weekend.
"The Journal is the
Destination" is a course designed for all levels of
experience. There will be a brief discussion about
journaling, a review of artists' journals, and exercises
to facilitate improvisational writing. Supply list |
Mini Workshop The October mini workshop will be
conducted by Laura Heye. We will be decorating large
brown kraft envelopes to either give or mail to a friend.
If you choose not to mail these, you will be able to bind
the envelopes in a book at a future time. |
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bulletin board * Thea and Gordon Moore celebrated 50 years of
marriage this summer! Congratulations!! * Seen in the Galleria in Houston this summer
at John Ludlam Fine Stationer, a special display
featuring Dawn Houser's cards and note paper designed for
the Crane Paper Company. * Joanne Pacelli is doing much better each day
following her surgery. Priscilla Earl has been too ill to
attend our meetings, but her spirits are high. Our
thoughts and prayers are with them both. * Pauline Sager was featured on Channel 29 FOX
News this summer conducting a calligraphy workshop. * We had three visitors at the September
meeting, and we have three new members – Janie
Mikesell, Nena Richardson, and Sandra Reyna. * Reminder – Denise Adler is available to
take book orders. * The two gift certificates for $25 each donated by Asel Art Supply, were won by BJ Nichols and Camille Stormet. We appreciate the donation for our door prizes and Congratulations to the winners! |
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Congratulations SACG congratulates Aletha Irby, of Austin, daughter of member Vera Irby. Aletha's entry in the National Postal Museum's Graceful Envelope Contest was one of 100 selected to be part of the traveling exhibit produced by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service. The exhibition will travel during 2002. Aletha earned her BA from UT Austin and her MFA in creative writing from the U. of California. She is on staff at UT Austin. |
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tisket, a tasket, And this is the
fine print - in case of a tie, or multiple winners,
prizes will be awarded until the sponsor's energy to make
the said prizes runs out. |
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Ventana Gallery on Broadway is featuring the work of Bill
Waddington and several of our book makers in an exhibit
entitled "A Tribute to American Women Poets"
until October 8. |
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