Day:

Tuesday, February 7th, 2012

Time:

6:30 pm Social time, 7:00 Meeting

Place:

The Creamery Arts Center

Art Education Classroom

411 N Sherman Pkwy

Springfield, MO

 Agenda:  Guest  Speaker presentation and business meeting

Guest Speaker Larry Bartels

 Tandy Leather

 Topic:

Leather working and possibly a little on business

Phone: 417-862-8669

Email: springfield@leatherfactory.com

 All guild meetings are free to guests and anyone interested in arts and crafts is welcome.

For questions about meeting location or the guild, phone 417-689-4536.

Since January is one of the months off, due to high probability of bad weather, February 7, 2012 will mark the Guild’s next meeting date.

The Committee has arranged a roster of interesting guest speakers, ranging from artists and craftspersons representing different media to business professionals giving advice about different areas needed to operate a successful small business.

Regular monthly meetings will begin in February, the first Tuesday of the month at the regular time, 6:30 pm.

The Creamery Arts Center, Art Education Classroom will also remain the regular meeting place.

This is located at 411 N. Sherman Parkway in Springfield.

Everyone is welcome to attend.

September 6, 2011
6:30-7:00 PM Social time
7:00 PM Meeting

Art Education Classroom, Upstairs
Creamery Arts Center
711 N. Sherman Parkway
Springfield, Missouri

Ashleigh Yoder has arranged for a special presentation by Danny Mayfield CPA with ProAccounting of Nixa. He will be providing a short presentation with handouts, but more importantly will answer questions we have regarding small business ownership and taxes. Please come prepared with questions, perhaps written down so we don’t forget them.

This is a great opportunity to learn ways to make our businesses more profitable.

There will be a business meeting following the program.

Guests are welcome and attendance is free.

Refreshments are also always welcome. Coffee and tea is provided.

Stephanie Cramer, Special Projects Director for the Springfield Regional Arts Council, will be our guest speaker to help us plan for this gallery showing. We will discuss how much work each member can display, what the Arts Council has to support the display, what the guild members must supply and specifics for delivering and picking up work.

If you plan to display work at this August Gallery Show, plan to attend on Tuesday, July 5, 2011. Networking begins at 6:30 pm. Stephanie’s presentation will begin at 7:00 pm.

The meeting will be held in the Creamery Arts Center, Art Education Classroom, upstairs. Extra parking is available at the Ice Park. A short walk through Jordan Valley Park access the Creamery.

The Gallery Show is open to all members who are current in their dues.

If you did not pay your dues in June 2011, your membership has expired.
Dues are still $20 per year, $10 for students and may be sent to:

SWMO Art & Craft Guild

PO Box 350

 Marshfield, MO 65706

Visitors are always welcome and attendance is free.

NOTE: Parking is always an issue. If you can’t find a place from Sherman Street, go on down to the Ice Rink and park at the back of the lot. A walk through the park is closer than most other choices.

Officers will be elected at the meeting. The following officers are nominated:

• President: Ron Shawgo
• Vice President: Tom Hess
• Secretary: Sherri Alexander and David Hoover
• Treasurer: Cathy Evans

Dues are also due: $20 individual and studio membership and $10 for students. Receipts will be given to those who paid at the May meeting.

Program:

As requested: Pricing Round Table. Bring work for feedback on how to price them/it. If you haven’t participated in one of these programs, it can be valuable feedback. Members write down what they think the piece is worth and discuss their reasons. Sometimes work is priced too cheap; other times it is over the perceived market value.

Factors for pricing formulas will also be discussed.

Come with questions and ideas:

• Feedback on new work
• Information/questions about shows
• Feedback on pricing, display, suppliers
• Interesting new venues
• Successes and Awards
• Anything else you want to discuss.

Guild Business:

Snacks are always welcome

GUEST SPEAKER:

Emmie Seaman, fiber artist and photographer.

PROGRAM:

The jury process and how to assess your images from a judge’s perspective. Emmie served as juror for the Intermountain Weavers Conference in Durango, Colorado in 2009. The show occurs bi-annually and Emmie qualified 70 out of 157 submissions for awards.

Emmie is a founding member of Uncommon Threads, the regional art quilt group based in Springfield.

I know this is late notice, but there are still a few hours left. The July meeting is tonight, 7/6/10 at Braum’s, 4125 S. National Road, Springfield at 6:30 pm.

This meeting replaces the annual business meeting required by the Guild bylaws, last amended in 2003. We have been ignoring the current bylaws in many ways and it is time to re-evaluate them and develop something that we follow.

For example:

Should we exist as an organization to produce Art in the Park and delete our education and mentoring elements?

Should we keep these elements and start complying with them?

Should we require that exhibiting/juried members act as mentors to others in the group? (This means they would have to at least attend meetings.)

Should we adjust meeting dates to quarterly instead of monthly and have real, valuable programs with guest speakers?

Which night of the week should we meet?

There are a lot of questions and issues up for discussion. We will address all of these issues at this meeting. Then we will vote on them in August.

Any questions, call Cathy at her cell: 417-689-4536.

If you can’t come, please post you comments on this post.