Wednesday, February 8, 2012, 6:30 PM
Barb Steen's home
4013 Basswood Rd.
St. Louis Park 55416-3844
612-618-5603
Directions to Barb Steen's home -
From I-394:
Take the Penn Ave. Exit going South
Going straight, head West on South Wayzata Blvd. (along the South side of I-394)
Take the Theodore Wirth Pkwy. ramp going South (left) on Cedar Lake Parkway
First right at Cedar Lake Road
Cedar Lake Road becomes Ewing Ave. South
Ewing becomes France Avenue South
Turn right on Basswood Rd.
4013 Basswood is on the left
From Minnetonka Blvd. going East, or West on Lake St. out of Mpls.:
Turn North on France Ave. South
After about a mile, turn left (West) on Basswood Rd.
4013 Basswood is on the left
Main topic:
Let's each bring an 8x8 inch sample of our style of work.
Many of us have done them, but a new batch would be fun.
We can discuss our inspirations and the evolution of our styles.
Let's have a fresh new batch for our Stillwater show (we'll still show the old ones)
Judy Sell is the keeper of the current batch. We can add to the bunch.
Agenda items:
Membership Dues
Updating member list
April Show at Mosaic-on-a-Stick
Pick a theme
Summer show in Stillwater
Shows for 2013 - Barb and Janine
Collection, purpose and distribution of digital images
June, September and November meeting topics; and November location
Status of Haitian Project
September Tile Festival at American Swedish Institute
Community projects
Field trips
A more detailed agenda will be circulated at the February Meeting.
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Holiday Pot Luck & Tessarae Exchange
Wednesday, December 14th Holiday Pot Luck
Our annual holiday pot luck is fast approaching. Trudy Vrchota will be hosting the party this year. Hope to see everyone there.
Trudy's address and directions to her home:
6943 Sand Ridge Road, Eden Prairie, MN
Telephone - 612-865-6323
Directions:
Traveling West on Hwy. 62 (Crosstown), just West of Interstate 494
Turn South (left) on Baker Road (County Rd. 60)
Turn left again at Sand Ridge Road, about 1 1/2 mile
Trudy is planning to serve sliced ham for sandwiches. Please bring a dish, a beverage, or something scrumptious to share.
Also bring a small bag of tessarae for our exchange.
This will also be a good time for collecting 2012 dues.
Our annual holiday pot luck is fast approaching. Trudy Vrchota will be hosting the party this year. Hope to see everyone there.
Trudy's address and directions to her home:
6943 Sand Ridge Road, Eden Prairie, MN
Telephone - 612-865-6323
Directions:
Traveling West on Hwy. 62 (Crosstown), just West of Interstate 494
Turn South (left) on Baker Road (County Rd. 60)
Turn left again at Sand Ridge Road, about 1 1/2 mile
Trudy is planning to serve sliced ham for sandwiches. Please bring a dish, a beverage, or something scrumptious to share.
Also bring a small bag of tessarae for our exchange.
This will also be a good time for collecting 2012 dues.
Thursday, November 10, 2011
November Meeting Minutes
Our November meeting was held at Jo Shaddy's home on November 9, Thanks for the hospitality, Jo.
We had a good exchange of ideas about plans for 2012 along with some action items as summarized below.
1. Gil Gragert was re-elected President for 2012.-- MANY CONGRATULATIONS, GIL!
2. The 2011 Holiday Party will be held at Trudy Vrchota's home on December 14 at 6:30. This will be a potluck celebration so please bring something tasty to eat or drink. We will also have our annual tesserae exchange so please bring a small bag of tesserae to exchange at the party. More details about the party/meeting will be posted well before December 14.
3. 2012 meetings have hosts for the following months. If anyone would like to host the November meeting, please raise your hand!
--February: Barb Steen
--April: Susan will ask Lori Greene if she would like to host this meeting and if we can change the show date to April (rather than September). We had a discussion that we are likely to have better participation in the Mosaic on a Stick Show in April rather than September.
--June: Barb Napawocki
--September: Janine Irrrisarri
--November: OPEN
--December Holiday Party: Susan Mathis
4. Our 2012 Summer Show will be in Stillwater and our opening reception is scheduled for the same evening as the Stillwater Main Street Art Crawl kicks off. The show will be June/July. -- Gil will be providing more details.
5. September Tile Festival: Guild members would like to participate in this in September 2012. We will show and sell a variety of 8 X 8's at the Tile Festival at the newly-renovated Swedish Institute. This is the CALL FOR 8 X 8'S FOR THE FESTIVAL. We'll call our pieces a "Style Sampler" which will showcase the diverse styles of our talented members. Please bring your 8 X 8 to the February 2012 meeting (well in advance of the Tile Festival). -- We would also like to display and sell our 8 x 8's at the Stillwater Show. Judy Sell is the keeper of the existing 8 X 8's so she can bring them to the two shows as well.
6, We need to make arrangements for our 2013 Summer Show NOW! -- If we do not get space reserved now, it will be impossible to get a venue. Action Item: Sandy Bartel will contact Hopkins Art Center as well as others (Bloomington, Minnetonka) and she will report her findings at the at our Holiday Party.
7. Mosaic on a Stick is celebrating it's 7th birthday this month. Happy Birthday, dear "Stick"! Several of you want to be on the email list to receive Mosaic on a Stick's newsletters which broadcast information on special sales, upcoming classes, new products, community projects, etc. Please contact the store at 651-645-6600 to get your name and email address on the list for newsletters. Also, please remember that Guild members ALWAYS receive a 10% discount on purchases at the store. Just remind them that you're a member when you check out.
8. Guild members will continue to receive 10% discounts on glass and beads at J. Ring. However, due to low profit margins on larger items like grinders, we will not receive the discount on those types of items.
9. Community Projects: There was an exciting exchange of ideas about potential community projects for 2012. Some of the ideas were: aligning with a local nature center and making a piece for them; aligning with a local women's shelter and make an upbeat piece for them; have an electronic auction on "Bidding for Good" to benefit the charity of our choice; partenring with "Free Arts Minnesota" to teach children the art of mosaics. We'll revisit all community art project ideas at our February meeting and make a decision on what to do. Bring your ideas, please.
10. Haiti Project: The children's hospital in Haiti is ready for installation of our quilt, having painted the lobby walls to complement the colors in the quilt. Unfortunately, one board member was concerned that Catholic people who bring their children to the clinic will not like the Vodou theme of the quilt. (96% of the population is Vodou and 4% of the population is Catholic). All were shocked by the decision - especially Michele Boston who heads up No Time for Poverty. Michele is looking for an alternative location of the quilt in Haiti. If that doesn't work out, we'll look for a home for it in the Twin Cities such as International Market Square would be one possibilty. We're all disappointed but we will find a place for it.
11. 2012 Field Trip Idea: Suzanne Demueles is interensted in leading a field trip to a church in St. Michael, MN, where there a lot of mosaics in a church there. Suzanne will keep us advised.
12. We want to have all dues from existing members collected no later than February 1. Those who attend the December Holiday Party may their dues at that time. After that, there will be an aggressive email campaign to collect all dues from existing members by February 1. New members may join at any time during the year.
13. Contact Information: We all agreed that it would be helpful to have an up-to-date contact list of Guild members. When members pay their dues, they will be asked to provide their email address and phone numbers. A member needs to take responsiblity to keep the contact list up-to-date.
We had a good exchange of ideas about plans for 2012 along with some action items as summarized below.
1. Gil Gragert was re-elected President for 2012.-- MANY CONGRATULATIONS, GIL!
2. The 2011 Holiday Party will be held at Trudy Vrchota's home on December 14 at 6:30. This will be a potluck celebration so please bring something tasty to eat or drink. We will also have our annual tesserae exchange so please bring a small bag of tesserae to exchange at the party. More details about the party/meeting will be posted well before December 14.
3. 2012 meetings have hosts for the following months. If anyone would like to host the November meeting, please raise your hand!
--February: Barb Steen
--April: Susan will ask Lori Greene if she would like to host this meeting and if we can change the show date to April (rather than September). We had a discussion that we are likely to have better participation in the Mosaic on a Stick Show in April rather than September.
--June: Barb Napawocki
--September: Janine Irrrisarri
--November: OPEN
--December Holiday Party: Susan Mathis
4. Our 2012 Summer Show will be in Stillwater and our opening reception is scheduled for the same evening as the Stillwater Main Street Art Crawl kicks off. The show will be June/July. -- Gil will be providing more details.
5. September Tile Festival: Guild members would like to participate in this in September 2012. We will show and sell a variety of 8 X 8's at the Tile Festival at the newly-renovated Swedish Institute. This is the CALL FOR 8 X 8'S FOR THE FESTIVAL. We'll call our pieces a "Style Sampler" which will showcase the diverse styles of our talented members. Please bring your 8 X 8 to the February 2012 meeting (well in advance of the Tile Festival). -- We would also like to display and sell our 8 x 8's at the Stillwater Show. Judy Sell is the keeper of the existing 8 X 8's so she can bring them to the two shows as well.
6, We need to make arrangements for our 2013 Summer Show NOW! -- If we do not get space reserved now, it will be impossible to get a venue. Action Item: Sandy Bartel will contact Hopkins Art Center as well as others (Bloomington, Minnetonka) and she will report her findings at the at our Holiday Party.
7. Mosaic on a Stick is celebrating it's 7th birthday this month. Happy Birthday, dear "Stick"! Several of you want to be on the email list to receive Mosaic on a Stick's newsletters which broadcast information on special sales, upcoming classes, new products, community projects, etc. Please contact the store at 651-645-6600 to get your name and email address on the list for newsletters. Also, please remember that Guild members ALWAYS receive a 10% discount on purchases at the store. Just remind them that you're a member when you check out.
8. Guild members will continue to receive 10% discounts on glass and beads at J. Ring. However, due to low profit margins on larger items like grinders, we will not receive the discount on those types of items.
9. Community Projects: There was an exciting exchange of ideas about potential community projects for 2012. Some of the ideas were: aligning with a local nature center and making a piece for them; aligning with a local women's shelter and make an upbeat piece for them; have an electronic auction on "Bidding for Good" to benefit the charity of our choice; partenring with "Free Arts Minnesota" to teach children the art of mosaics. We'll revisit all community art project ideas at our February meeting and make a decision on what to do. Bring your ideas, please.
10. Haiti Project: The children's hospital in Haiti is ready for installation of our quilt, having painted the lobby walls to complement the colors in the quilt. Unfortunately, one board member was concerned that Catholic people who bring their children to the clinic will not like the Vodou theme of the quilt. (96% of the population is Vodou and 4% of the population is Catholic). All were shocked by the decision - especially Michele Boston who heads up No Time for Poverty. Michele is looking for an alternative location of the quilt in Haiti. If that doesn't work out, we'll look for a home for it in the Twin Cities such as International Market Square would be one possibilty. We're all disappointed but we will find a place for it.
11. 2012 Field Trip Idea: Suzanne Demueles is interensted in leading a field trip to a church in St. Michael, MN, where there a lot of mosaics in a church there. Suzanne will keep us advised.
12. We want to have all dues from existing members collected no later than February 1. Those who attend the December Holiday Party may their dues at that time. After that, there will be an aggressive email campaign to collect all dues from existing members by February 1. New members may join at any time during the year.
13. Contact Information: We all agreed that it would be helpful to have an up-to-date contact list of Guild members. When members pay their dues, they will be asked to provide their email address and phone numbers. A member needs to take responsiblity to keep the contact list up-to-date.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Barbara Benson Keith
Check out the fabulous video of Barb on you tube. It was on t.v. on Sunday. She is an inspiration!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgU0CBMfhAc
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
November 9th Guild Meeting
November 9 Guild Meeting - See meetings tab for agenda
Guild meeting will be held at Jo Shaddy's house.
Meeting time 6:30-9:00 PM.
From highway 62 heading west from Minneapolis
exit Shady Oak Road (this is the exit just past the 169 exit)
turn left onto Shady Oak Road and go about 1 mile
turn right into Rowland Road (toward Bryant Park) go about 1/2 mile then
turn right into Fallbrook Road then an immediate
turn right onto Dunhill Road (my house is the corner, brick house on the left side on Dunhill) 11896
Agenda: Next Year Planning
Guild meeting will be held at Jo Shaddy's house.
Meeting time 6:30-9:00 PM.
From highway 62 heading west from Minneapolis
exit Shady Oak Road (this is the exit just past the 169 exit)
turn left onto Shady Oak Road and go about 1 mile
turn right into Rowland Road (toward Bryant Park) go about 1/2 mile then
turn right into Fallbrook Road then an immediate
turn right onto Dunhill Road (my house is the corner, brick house on the left side on Dunhill) 11896
Agenda: Next Year Planning
Friday, September 16, 2011
September Meeting/Minutes
September 14, 2011
Fall Member's Show -
Mosaic-on-a-Stick
595 North Snelling
Opening Tuesday, Sept. 20
Reception Saturday, Sept. 24, 7-9 PM
Closing Friday, October 14
Pick up work beginning October 15
Note: MOS is closed Sundays and Mondays
During the meeting, members presented their work around the "Animals and Nature" theme, discussing inspiration and techniques.
Members voted on their choice of the work - Janine Irisari won the $50 gift certificate for Mosaic-on-a-Stick
November meeting will be at Jo Shaddy's home, Eden Prairie:
Address will be posted well before that date
Annual planning meeting - come with your hot ideas for 2012
December Holiday Party at Trudy Vrchota's home, Eden Prairie:
Pot Luck
Tessarae exchange
Haiti update:
The clinic is near completion
The location of the mural within the clinic is being decided upon
Lori Greene, Susan Mathis and Connie Cohen
Miscellaneous:
The annual Minnesota Tile Festival will be held at the Midtown Market (rather than the usual Swedish Institute location) on Friday and Saturday (September 16 and 17).
The July Mosaic Garden visit was well attended generating interest in Riana's classes which are fun and physically demanding.
Four openings for Laurel True's October class at Mosaic-on-a-Stick - the class focuses on creating community mosaic projects, etc. - Check w/Lori at MOS
Next year's SAMA conference (February, 2012)is in Lexington, KY
Fall Member's Show -
Mosaic-on-a-Stick
595 North Snelling
Opening Tuesday, Sept. 20
Reception Saturday, Sept. 24, 7-9 PM
Closing Friday, October 14
Pick up work beginning October 15
Note: MOS is closed Sundays and Mondays
During the meeting, members presented their work around the "Animals and Nature" theme, discussing inspiration and techniques.
Members voted on their choice of the work - Janine Irisari won the $50 gift certificate for Mosaic-on-a-Stick
November meeting will be at Jo Shaddy's home, Eden Prairie:
Address will be posted well before that date
Annual planning meeting - come with your hot ideas for 2012
December Holiday Party at Trudy Vrchota's home, Eden Prairie:
Pot Luck
Tessarae exchange
Haiti update:
The clinic is near completion
The location of the mural within the clinic is being decided upon
Lori Greene, Susan Mathis and Connie Cohen
Miscellaneous:
The annual Minnesota Tile Festival will be held at the Midtown Market (rather than the usual Swedish Institute location) on Friday and Saturday (September 16 and 17).
The July Mosaic Garden visit was well attended generating interest in Riana's classes which are fun and physically demanding.
Four openings for Laurel True's October class at Mosaic-on-a-Stick - the class focuses on creating community mosaic projects, etc. - Check w/Lori at MOS
Next year's SAMA conference (February, 2012)is in Lexington, KY
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Fall Members Show
Our annual Fall Members Show is fast approaching.
Title:
Animals and Nature Mosaics
Location:
Mosaic-on-a-Stick
595 North Snelling Ave.
St. Paul, MN
651-645-6600
Dates:
Opening - Tuesday, September 20
Closing - Friday, October 14
Reception:
Saturday, September 24, 7-9:00 PM
Refreshments and light food provided
The stick is open:
Tuesday, 10-9:00
Wednesday, 10-4:00
Thursday, 10-9:00
Friday, 10-6:00
Saturday, 10-6:00
Closed Sunday and Monday
Title:
Animals and Nature Mosaics
Location:
Mosaic-on-a-Stick
595 North Snelling Ave.
St. Paul, MN
651-645-6600
Dates:
Opening - Tuesday, September 20
Closing - Friday, October 14
Reception:
Saturday, September 24, 7-9:00 PM
Refreshments and light food provided
The stick is open:
Tuesday, 10-9:00
Wednesday, 10-4:00
Thursday, 10-9:00
Friday, 10-6:00
Saturday, 10-6:00
Closed Sunday and Monday
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