September Meeting Summary - Updates

Alert - Gallery 3Ten pickup for our Summer Members Show after September 19
The show is currently being dismantled and packaged for you pickup beginning September 20
310 South Main St., Stillwater
Hours - 10:00-6:00 Mon.-Sat., 10:00-5:00 Sundays

Next Guild meeting, Wednesday November 14, 6:30-9:30 PM
Trudy Vrchota's home
6943 Sand Ridge Rd., Eden Prairie
Directions and details will be posted around November 1st
This is our annual planning meeting

December Pot Luck and Tessarae Exchange
Our annual event will be at Beth Karjala's home in Lilydale
December 12, 7:00-9:30 PM
Bring something to eat and a bag of tessarae to exchange
More details forthcoming

2013 Guild Members' Show - Janine Irisari coordinating
Hopkins Center for the Arts
March 7-April 14
March 7 Reception
Drop-off/delivery on Tuesday March 5
Pick-up on Monday April 15
Additional details forthcoming

Our 8x8 samples were on display at the 3Ten Gallery show and at the September 15 Tile Festival.  This is a traveling show that demonstrates our creative and diverse styles.  I encourage all members, especially new ones, to submit an 8x8 to represent each individual's work.  Pieces may be submitted at any Guild meeting.  This is a body of work that continually changes as pieces sell and are hopefully replaced by each artist.  Judy Sell has worked with Mosaic-on-a-Stick to store these pieces as they are in itself a traveling show.

Mosaic-on-a-Stick expects to move to its new building in January 2013.  If you have any work on display, for sale, in the back room, in process, or whatever, please pick it up to ease the move to the new building.  No guarantees about the status of items left behind.

Karin of "Karin Gallery" fame is conducting classes on Color Boards using oil paints
Monday nights for 8 weeks
Call Edina Art Center at 952-903-5789 for details

September Meeting and Updates

Wednesday, September 12, 2012 Guild Meeting
6:30 - 9:30 PM
Janine Irisari's Home
18075 2nd Ave. North
Plymouth, MN
763-476-0341
Non-members always welcome

Directions:
Hwy. 12/Interstate 394 West to MN Hwy. 101
North to 3rd Ave. North
West (left) to Queensland Lane
South (left) to 2nd Ave. North
West (right) to 18075
Topics - Presentation and discussion of monochrome pieces (see previous blogs)
Recording your work

Agenda:
Pick up of 3Ten Gallery pieces after September 19.
Art on Main Event - Stillwater
St. Michael field trip - report/feedback
Minnesota Tile Festival, September 15th, American Swedish Institute, 2600 Park Ave. So, Mpls.
Mosaic-on-a-Stick new home - if you have work there, pick it up soon
"Veggie Garden" project, Lori Greene and Holistic Health Farms
Hopkins Art Center show, March-April 2013

November 2013 Planning Meeting:
Trudy Vrchota's home, Eden Prairie

Summer Guild Show

Stunning as usual.  That's how I describe our show currently at the 3Ten Gallery in Stillwater.  If you haven't seen it yet, you must.  Hung by gallery manager Mandi Wallace, each artist is represented in an individual space, and a very large space it is.  See the previous blog for gallery location and times.

Regarding our individual contracts with the gallery:
The contract should have also included a clause concerning artist commission that result from exposure at the 3Ten gallery.  Essentially, when a customer arranges a commission with an artist as a result of seeing the artist's work at a gallery, the artist is ethically obligated to provide a portion of that commission to the gallery.  While the in-house commission at the 3Ten gallery is 50%, the commission for work done following 3Ten gallery exposure is 25%.  This arrangement is typical in the art world and would be a good topic for future Guild meeting discussion, perhaps presented by a reputable arts organzation like Springboard.  I'll put it on our agenda for next year's planning.

September 12 Guild Meeting:
Will be at Janine Irisari's home - location and direction details will be provided closer to the date.
Members are encouraged to develop one or more "monochrome" works to bring and discuss at the meeting.
Work should be no larger than 8x8 inches, or 8x8x8 if three-dimensional.
Janine has also been asked to show her craft in paper cutting.

Summer Members Show

The summer 2012 Minnesota Mosaic Guild Members' Show is at hand.

3Ten Gallery - third floor
310 South Main Street
Stillwater, MN  55082
651-439-6246

Reception Nights:
Friday July 20th and Saturday July 21st
6:30 - 9:30 PM
Includes food and wine for refreshments
Music throughout Stillwater the entire weekend - Friday through Sunday
Music by David Means in the third floor gallery on Saturday night

Regular gallery hours:
Sunday, 10 AM to 5PM
Monday through Saturday, 10AM to 6PM

Final two nights:
Friday September 14 and Saturday September 15
Open until 9:00 PM
Coincides with Stillwater's quarterly "Art on Main" event a huge draw to multiple galleries in town

Mosaic Guild Field Trip

Susan Demeules has arranged for a viewing of the mosaic work completed by Christine Carlisle at the St. Michael's Catholic Church (in St. Michael, Minnesota) on August 11 from 9:00 to 10:30 AM.

Directions:
I-94 West to the St. Michael exit
Follow County Rd. 241
St. Michael Catholic Church
11300 Frankfort Pkwy NE
St. Michael, MN  55376
763-497-2745

Six to Eight people have shown interest so far, so it is a go.  I will be at a wedding in Two Harbors, so won't be able to make it.  Hopefully some other time.

Thank you to Susan for arranging this.

June 13 Meeting Summary:

Summer Members' Show
Gallery 3Ten
310 South Main Street, Stillwater
651-439-6246
Drop off ready to hang work, pedestals for 3D available
Saturday, July 14 10AM-6PM
Sunday, July 15 10AM-5PM
Monday, July 16 10AM-6PM
5-6 pieces per member, more if your work is all small
8x8 pieces will also be on display
Contracts will be available at the gallery
Third floor gallery/no elevator so consider weight of pieces
All pieces must be for sale - 50% commission to the gallery
Reception nights:
Friday and Saturday, July 20-21, 6:30-9:30
Wine and food both noghts; music on Saturday
Suzanne Desmeules is working on organizing a St. Michael church field trip
Susan Mathis will post details when arranged

September 12 meeting:
Topic - Recording your work
Member Challenge - bring monochromatic work 8x8 or smaller
One color of tile, or black, or white
Janine Irisari's home - Plymouth

Minnesota Tile Festival - September 15
American Swedish Institute, 2600 Park Ave. South, Mpls.
Judy Sell Coordinating - Call to volunteer 651-430-2593

Mosaic-on-a-Stick is moving sometime this fall, just up Snelling Avenue
Hamline Park Building designed by Clarence Wigington,
the first African-American architect to design public buildings

Lori Greene is currently working on the "Veggie Grande" project
A mosaic project depicting garden vegetables and fruits
Partnering with Holistic Health Farms, an urban farm organization
Donations to the effort are welcome, more information forthcoming

Here is the new home of Mosaic on a Stick.  What a sweet building! But...it's going to get even sweeter!