Meeting Agenda
Welcome to members and guests
Treasurer Report: Nancy Graham
Presentation of minutes: Cathy Rowe
Vice Presidents reports: Melissa Gannon and Jeanne Kelly-Brown
Membership report: Sue Thomas
Holiday Show Report: Lynda Orzen
Program:
Brainstorming session to give input on programs and events for 2023.
This is the time to share ideas on what you would like to see during our meetings and any new projects to undertake this year. When sharing ideas for projects, consider how you might be able to volunteer in some way to make that project happen.
Some ideas shared in the past include creating an artist bio, how to set up a great display for events, learning new techniques, First Friday on Main Street, road trips to a winery or to the woods for a meeting and to create art. At our last meeting there was some discussion about an Open Studios Tour-again, we’d need manpower to pull this off!
The community room at the library is now open so we could put on classes at the library in the future. Put your thinking caps on and let’s see what kind of fun projects we can create in 2023.
The board will be meeting in the next week to discuss your input and the coming year.
Good of the Order
Members have anything to share with the group; upcoming events, awards, shows, or a new grandbaby.
Lynda Orze
TRAG Co-President
There are life coaches, financial advisors, fitness trainers and therapists all eager to guide you to a better life. They’re eager to multiply your assets, diminish your vulnerabilities and coach you toward your goals. When it comes to our lives as artists, however, the professional coach pool is a little cloudy. If you search “art coach” you will find dozens of options. Their services range from “clearing your negative energy” to “how to make millions as an art entrepreneur.”
Maybe we need to do a little self-assessment before we even think about handing over money to have someone just listen to us. At the TRAG meeting, we’ll figure out if we need a coach, you’ll meet a coach and be a coach as we get clear on where we each are and where we want to go.
Susan Schenk
TRAG member
Please join us at the October meeting on the 10th for our AMAZING ART SUPPLY SWAP!!! That’s right! If you have extra supplies, items you no longer need, materials for art that you no longer create bring them to the meeting. We’ll have tables set up and you can go home with new to you treasures… art books, paints, glass, brushes, fabric, clay, pastels, paper, pens, charcoal pencils, enamels, glitter, buttons, bows, bits and bobs! Better bring a box or two or some bags for your new to you supplies. This will all happen after our short business meeting so be prepared!
Rhoda Bohr
TRAG Vice President
The September 12th meeting is going to be very inspirational! Everyone attending is strongly encouraged to bring a piece of the art you have created to show us all and talk for just a FEW minutes about how you created it!!!
Where was the photo taken? How much fabric was used? How long did it take to paint, carve, sew, mold, write, spin? We want to see what our wonderful members are creating so we can all be inspired by the vast amount of creativity and talent in this guild.
Seeing what someone else has done can really spark a thought or challenge us to try something new.
PLEASE join us on Monday the 12th at 6:30 p.m. Hoping to see LOTS of art on the 12th!
Rhoda Bohr
TRAG Vice Presiden
Shelley and Eric Arndt from Art-O-Maddic Gallery in Canby will speak to us about what it is like working with a Gallery. General info on how galleries work, what artists can do to increase possibility of inclusion, what Galleries look for etc. Very beneficial info for artists of all genres.
Come join us for the July 11th TRAG meeting where our own Mitzi Kugler will present!
Mitzi will share hints and info about simple booth setups for festivals, art shows and vents. GREAT info for newbies and good reminders for more experienced. We are indeed in show season so come join us and get this helpful info.
See you soon!
Rhoda Bohr
TRAG Vice-President
Our first in-person meeting in 2 years (!) will be on March 14th! We will be meeting in the basement conference room at the Pioneer Center in Oregon City from 7-8:30 pm. We will have a very brief business meeting starting at 7 pm and the rest of the time will be socialization! It will be great to reconnect with everyone. During the socialization time, we will have large post-it note paper around the room with space to write your wishes and dreams for Three Rivers Artist Guild moving forward. The board eagerly awaits your input to give us direction for this year. Hope to see many of you there! Masks (worn over both your mouth AND nose) will be required during the entirety of the meeting time.
Tamara Scott
TRAG President
