from Shirley Simmons:
Saturday, the 29th, started cold and wet, and we decided not to try to spray paint. By noon Mr. Perry called and said he thought the weather now looked like he could spray for us. So, in the afternoon Wray and the Perrys, Larry and Michael, took on the job of painting a swath of sky. I had taken off for Albuquerque. We finally have some paint on the wall, thanks to the Perrys.
Jan E. has repaired the covering on a window on the building to get it ready to paint. Thanks Jan!!
Plans for next week.
Thursday, May 4th we will be doing more layout and prepping; starting at 10:00 am, working three or four hours.
Friday, May 5th Bob Morales is coming in with his sprayer and will be putting on more base coats on some of the larger areas. There will be other painting to do that day.
Saturday, May 6th Weather permitting more painting by roller and brush. 10:00am for several hours.
My idea at the present is to have people adopt parts of the plan that they are interested in bringing to life. You could adopt:
A building (there are a few planned around the door and windows of the wall)
The flag and flag pole
The Indian ruin
The Mountainair fire truck from the 20s (we will have this drawn to proper scale)
Clouds and scenery
Old pickup
Etc.
There will be room to add things:
Horse and rider?
Horse and wagon?
Mountainair train station?
People, or yourself
Jackrabbit
Long horn sheep
Cattle
Machinery in bean field?
Do you have ideas?
I will try to keep you advised by e-mail of any plan changes. If you are not on my mural e-mail list but wish to be, please let me know so I can add you.
Shirley S. 384-0038, ssimmons@swcp.com
Sunday, April 30, 2006
Reminder: Tour Meeting TODAY
Mountainair Arts Tour meeting today, Sunday, 2 pm at Ancient Cities, in the Banquet/ Meeting Room. (Anyone else wonder why we never meet at the Firehouse? I know I do...).
This meeting is not just for tour committee: any/everyone participating in, doing business on tour days (hence financially impacted by tour success or lack thereof), artists considering exhibiting or performing in tour, area artisans and craftfolk, or any /all just interested in tour and town. This last includes those with major grice about things are done - but only if willing to roll up sleeves and pitch in.
I don't have an agenda, but the meeting will deal with final details. Expect announcement about late registration fee waiver, some discussion of extra advetrtising and attention given to buffet in Shaffer Conference room (to accomodate those "thousands of visitors" that are wishful thinking & figments of the imagination), signage & getting it out, signing up volunteers, auctions, and so forth.
Performances - poetry and music - are looking good. Ditto workshops/demos, tours & special exhibits. Brenda's Bistro Bisonte is full (but not of bisontes). So is StoneTree. More booksignings have been added to the schedule - enough to merit their own blog entry anon. The Dr Saul Community Center will be a happenin' place with music and exhibits. It's a big place - plenty of room for more.
Mountainair Arts Tour page at The Art Center of Mountainair
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This meeting is not just for tour committee: any/everyone participating in, doing business on tour days (hence financially impacted by tour success or lack thereof), artists considering exhibiting or performing in tour, area artisans and craftfolk, or any /all just interested in tour and town. This last includes those with major grice about things are done - but only if willing to roll up sleeves and pitch in.
I don't have an agenda, but the meeting will deal with final details. Expect announcement about late registration fee waiver, some discussion of extra advetrtising and attention given to buffet in Shaffer Conference room (to accomodate those "thousands of visitors" that are wishful thinking & figments of the imagination), signage & getting it out, signing up volunteers, auctions, and so forth.
Performances - poetry and music - are looking good. Ditto workshops/demos, tours & special exhibits. Brenda's Bistro Bisonte is full (but not of bisontes). So is StoneTree. More booksignings have been added to the schedule - enough to merit their own blog entry anon. The Dr Saul Community Center will be a happenin' place with music and exhibits. It's a big place - plenty of room for more.
Mountainair Arts Tour page at The Art Center of Mountainair
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Wednesday, April 26, 2006
In review: around & about
Another on the fly update - items I hope to get back to writing more about anon. I did want to get the long one on Tour activities posted though, so Robin can link it to the Tour page.
Yes, the Mountainair Arts Tour page is up, with copy, links, pages, participating artists' page growing by the day. There are more than presently listed & linked, but, patience, they are on the way. If you registered, are exhibiting, performing, or doing a demo or workshop, your name should be on the list. If no copy, links, or images have been sent to imagiosstudios@yahoo.com, then there won't be a link because there is nothing to link to.
MMAC members do get virtual gallery space at The Art Center of Mountainair as a membership perk, but getting Tour pages up has priority. Besides our volunteer (unpaid) web person is also in college, with finals approaching, and working at UNM Valencia Studio Arts. Factor in slow computing from home... Patience, patience.
Saturday -
StoneTree and Cibola fleamarket did well, although I do not have / cannot recall exact figures. Hey folks - next time let us know so we can blog you before the event.
Ann Hopping, Megan Lemcke, and Judy Mowris joined Wray and Shirley at the wall. We've been turning down Wray's invitation to scaffold, but Saturday Megan joined him on the heights. Shirley estimates, as of Sunday, that something like 80-100 person hours have been put in, not counting away-from-the-wall time sketching, calling, meeting, researching, and so on. Ann and Shirley continued laying out and measuring. Wray, Judy, and Megan painted. Wray is invariably hatted appropriately for the weather.
Yes, the Mountainair Arts Tour page is up, with copy, links, pages, participating artists' page growing by the day. There are more than presently listed & linked, but, patience, they are on the way. If you registered, are exhibiting, performing, or doing a demo or workshop, your name should be on the list. If no copy, links, or images have been sent to imagiosstudios@yahoo.com, then there won't be a link because there is nothing to link to.
MMAC members do get virtual gallery space at The Art Center of Mountainair as a membership perk, but getting Tour pages up has priority. Besides our volunteer (unpaid) web person is also in college, with finals approaching, and working at UNM Valencia Studio Arts. Factor in slow computing from home... Patience, patience.
Saturday -
StoneTree and Cibola fleamarket did well, although I do not have / cannot recall exact figures. Hey folks - next time let us know so we can blog you before the event.
Ann Hopping, Megan Lemcke, and Judy Mowris joined Wray and Shirley at the wall. We've been turning down Wray's invitation to scaffold, but Saturday Megan joined him on the heights. Shirley estimates, as of Sunday, that something like 80-100 person hours have been put in, not counting away-from-the-wall time sketching, calling, meeting, researching, and so on. Ann and Shirley continued laying out and measuring. Wray, Judy, and Megan painted. Wray is invariably hatted appropriately for the weather.
I have a much more entertaining & less serious picture of a paintbrush wielding Judy. Threats to my life convinced me not to use it.
Thanks again to Geree for pictures of both mural and ATC tailgate session. She was not the only picture taker. Tom Willmon has been photo-documenting the project with elegant, professional results. A reporter from The Independent showed up and will be following the mural as well as doing a spread on ATC.
The ATC tailgate trading session was small but more than made up with enthusiasm. I joined Geree, Judy Mowris, and Linda Johnson in the NPS visitor center's parking lot. The Laundrymat was crowded & stuffy, so we adjourned to Geree's tailgate. I had just two - made somewhat under duress. Linda brought lovely ATC watercolors of area churches but did not trade. Both Judy and Geree have been VERY busy (obsessed is another word that comes to mind). The picture below does not really show card details but will give you an idea of color and output.
Since then, ATCers have made arrangements for Stacia Robin, new MMAC member, experienced ATC maker & upcoming tour participant, to join them one weekend very soon for trading and a workshop. There are also more ATCers among us: both Ruth Ballen (that most wayward of elves) and Pamela Armas (Gypsy Treasures) are experienced ATC makers and traders. We look forward to having them sharing their expertise with us. Dale Harris, Celest Simon, Wana Beth Fox, and others have expressed interest too. It's growing.
Despite Judy's best efforts, I don't see myself spending much time with glue, glitter and paper - but have been working on Digital Artists Trading Cards (DATC) with a literary bent (illustrating Lorca).
Sunday -
MMAC general meeting, to be reported on in more detail & from notes in another post. The short version: Tour arrangements progressing apace & coming along nicely. Good energy someone commented. Ditto Summer Concert series at Gazebo. As if we did not already have enough on our collective plates, it was also time to start rolling out Sunflower ideas and plans.
In spite of a well-presented and thought out recommendation, accompanied with detailed suggestions, to drop 'sunflower' from the name, SUNFLOWER IS STILL SUNFLOWER. We'll keep the suggestions. There has been a name change though -from "Mountainair Sunflower Festival" to "(Mountainair?) Sunflower Folk Art Day." Comments and ideas invited.
I updated the Sunflower site to get the Sunflower 2006 page online. It already appears in a number of online calendars as a repeating annual event, so having at least the year right makes sense. Name changes that affect page editing are a nuisance to the webist & can mess up established rankings if too major or not handled just so. Note my conflation to just "Sunflower" and reference to "Sunflowering" in larger header than the actual name...
Thanks again to Geree for pictures of both mural and ATC tailgate session. She was not the only picture taker. Tom Willmon has been photo-documenting the project with elegant, professional results. A reporter from The Independent showed up and will be following the mural as well as doing a spread on ATC.
The ATC tailgate trading session was small but more than made up with enthusiasm. I joined Geree, Judy Mowris, and Linda Johnson in the NPS visitor center's parking lot. The Laundrymat was crowded & stuffy, so we adjourned to Geree's tailgate. I had just two - made somewhat under duress. Linda brought lovely ATC watercolors of area churches but did not trade. Both Judy and Geree have been VERY busy (obsessed is another word that comes to mind). The picture below does not really show card details but will give you an idea of color and output.
Since then, ATCers have made arrangements for Stacia Robin, new MMAC member, experienced ATC maker & upcoming tour participant, to join them one weekend very soon for trading and a workshop. There are also more ATCers among us: both Ruth Ballen (that most wayward of elves) and Pamela Armas (Gypsy Treasures) are experienced ATC makers and traders. We look forward to having them sharing their expertise with us. Dale Harris, Celest Simon, Wana Beth Fox, and others have expressed interest too. It's growing.
Despite Judy's best efforts, I don't see myself spending much time with glue, glitter and paper - but have been working on Digital Artists Trading Cards (DATC) with a literary bent (illustrating Lorca).
Sunday -
MMAC general meeting, to be reported on in more detail & from notes in another post. The short version: Tour arrangements progressing apace & coming along nicely. Good energy someone commented. Ditto Summer Concert series at Gazebo. As if we did not already have enough on our collective plates, it was also time to start rolling out Sunflower ideas and plans.
In spite of a well-presented and thought out recommendation, accompanied with detailed suggestions, to drop 'sunflower' from the name, SUNFLOWER IS STILL SUNFLOWER. We'll keep the suggestions. There has been a name change though -from "Mountainair Sunflower Festival" to "(Mountainair?) Sunflower Folk Art Day." Comments and ideas invited.
I updated the Sunflower site to get the Sunflower 2006 page online. It already appears in a number of online calendars as a repeating annual event, so having at least the year right makes sense. Name changes that affect page editing are a nuisance to the webist & can mess up established rankings if too major or not handled just so. Note my conflation to just "Sunflower" and reference to "Sunflowering" in larger header than the actual name...
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
Tour: More See & Do
Artists exhibiting and performing are only part of the tour menu for visitors. Other offerings include lectures, demonstrations, workshops, tours (self & guided), special exhibits, auctions, and even a ride (aka "rolling demo"). Areas cover art, food, crafts, architecture, local history, and more.
Ann Adams: making goat cheese (food art), Sunday, location TBA.
An artist with Cibola Arts Gallery and a long-time sustainable agriculture advocate, Ann recognizes agriculture and food preparation as art forms. She will demonstrate simple techniques for cheese-making and discuss how this art form is a continual source of experimentation and creativity allowing the cheese maker to create to a sustainable, local food system. To view Ann's art visit Cibola Arts or Sustaining Art.
LeRoy Simmons: forge art Saturday and perhaps Sunday as well, at Dragon Ash Forge, behind Earthsong on Broadway. (more detail to come)
Lore Wills: spinning and weaving, time and location TBA (more detail to come)
Merris Atman: application of sgraffito technique in painting miniatures. Sgraffito is making marks by scratching into the layers of the surface. Using a stylus or turning the brush over to scrape into the soft paint will create effects that cannot be produced any other way. Additionally, scouring into layers of dry paint can be scoured with a knife or sandpaper. When a painting is made in layers with undercoat, topcoat, and intermediate layers in different colors, scratching into the top layer reveals the colors below. The term and technique originated in Italian art. The technique is more familiar and widely used in ceramics (scratching away a layer of colored slip to reveal the contrasting underbody) than in painting.
Merris' Art Wall - sponsored by iCreate, Inc., for youth (and maybe the young at art) to make art on the spot. Kraft paper on the wall + chalk, watercolors, washable acryic, colored markers, etc. = an irresistible art making opportunity. UpHi Net, Saturday and Sunday.
Tanya Peterson, UpHI Net. Digital Photography Workshop. Details TBA
Stacia Robin of Rainbow Artists, a New Mexico women artists collective: ongoing workshop and demonstration creating ATC (Artist’s Trading Cards). Onlookers can either just watch the process of making ATC or create their own ATC in this "ATC Make-n-Take" workshop. Saturday at the Shaffer. Materials cost for workshop: $1/card. Pre-registration not required.
Digital art is art created on a computer in digital form. It can be purely computer-generated, such as mathematically generated fractals, based on an image from another source, such as a scanned photograph, or a computer drawn image created with vector graphics software using a mouse or graphics tablet.
Digital art includes fractals (computer generated using mathematical formulas), animations, photo manipulation, video game graphics, computer generated 3-D holographic images, digital collage, painting & airbrushing, pixel art, and more.
Rainbow Artists exhibiting “Women Squared,” collection of 1’ square artwork by members at the Shaffer Hotel Saturday and Sunday. (more detail to come)
Exhibit at NPS Visitor Center Salinas Pueblo Missions and film, Breath of Life, about the cultural clash between the Pueblo people of the Estancia Valley and the Spanish Colonial Empire in 17th Century New Mexico.
Student Art (from Arts in the Schools and ASPIRE Afterschool programs), organized and curated by Megan Lemcke, at the Mountainair Elementary School. Exhibit includes drawings, watercolors, altered objects, computer graphics, clay, and more. The works on display will reflect collaboration of art and specific academic areas. New Mexico History, World Cultures, Math, and Science. K-6 will be represented in media including collage, drawing, painting, and ceramics. Saturday only.
Tours within the Tour
Guided tours of Pop Shaffer’s Rancho Bonito conducted by local historian Dorothy Cole of the Mountainair Heritage Foundation: 10 am, 11 am, 1 pm & 2 pm, Saturday and Sunday. Visitors will be shuttled to Rancho Bonito by classic car. (more detail to come)
photo by Kristine Lauritsen
Studios: Walk or drive the loop from Broadway up Main, across Limit to Hwy 55 and back to Broadway to tour studios and workshops
Drystack Wall, photo by Kristine Lauritsen
Auctions
Silent Auction - Art, gift items, collectibles. Saturday, 10:00 am-3:00 pm, Dr Saul Community Center. Bring donations to Judy Reynolds on Acoma.
Noisy Auction - White elephant items - anything goes. Sunday 2:30-4:00 pm, Dr Saul Community Center. Linda Johnson will be collecting donated items through Saturday afternoon.
Silent Auction - Art, gift items, collectibles. Saturday, 10:00 am-3:00 pm, Dr Saul Community Center. Bring donations to Judy Reynolds on Acoma.
Noisy Auction - White elephant items - anything goes. Sunday 2:30-4:00 pm, Dr Saul Community Center. Linda Johnson will be collecting donated items through Saturday afternoon.
Lectures/Demonstrations
Ann Adams: making goat cheese (food art), Sunday, location TBA.
An artist with Cibola Arts Gallery and a long-time sustainable agriculture advocate, Ann recognizes agriculture and food preparation as art forms. She will demonstrate simple techniques for cheese-making and discuss how this art form is a continual source of experimentation and creativity allowing the cheese maker to create to a sustainable, local food system. To view Ann's art visit Cibola Arts or Sustaining Art.
LeRoy Simmons: forge art Saturday and perhaps Sunday as well, at Dragon Ash Forge, behind Earthsong on Broadway. (more detail to come)
Lore Wills: spinning and weaving, time and location TBA (more detail to come)
Workshops/Hands on Activities
Merris Atman: application of sgraffito technique in painting miniatures. Sgraffito is making marks by scratching into the layers of the surface. Using a stylus or turning the brush over to scrape into the soft paint will create effects that cannot be produced any other way. Additionally, scouring into layers of dry paint can be scoured with a knife or sandpaper. When a painting is made in layers with undercoat, topcoat, and intermediate layers in different colors, scratching into the top layer reveals the colors below. The term and technique originated in Italian art. The technique is more familiar and widely used in ceramics (scratching away a layer of colored slip to reveal the contrasting underbody) than in painting.
Merris' Art Wall - sponsored by iCreate, Inc., for youth (and maybe the young at art) to make art on the spot. Kraft paper on the wall + chalk, watercolors, washable acryic, colored markers, etc. = an irresistible art making opportunity. UpHi Net, Saturday and Sunday.
Tanya Peterson, UpHI Net. Digital Photography Workshop. Details TBA
Stacia Robin of Rainbow Artists, a New Mexico women artists collective: ongoing workshop and demonstration creating ATC (Artist’s Trading Cards). Onlookers can either just watch the process of making ATC or create their own ATC in this "ATC Make-n-Take" workshop. Saturday at the Shaffer. Materials cost for workshop: $1/card. Pre-registration not required.
Exhibits
Digital Art, a virtual exhibit on intranet and PPT, Saturday and Sunday at UpHi Net on Broadway. Contact me at vcrary@qwest.net or Merris Atman at icreateorg@hotmail.comDigital art is art created on a computer in digital form. It can be purely computer-generated, such as mathematically generated fractals, based on an image from another source, such as a scanned photograph, or a computer drawn image created with vector graphics software using a mouse or graphics tablet.
Digital art includes fractals (computer generated using mathematical formulas), animations, photo manipulation, video game graphics, computer generated 3-D holographic images, digital collage, painting & airbrushing, pixel art, and more.
Rainbow Artists exhibiting “Women Squared,” collection of 1’ square artwork by members at the Shaffer Hotel Saturday and Sunday. (more detail to come)
Exhibit at NPS Visitor Center Salinas Pueblo Missions and film, Breath of Life, about the cultural clash between the Pueblo people of the Estancia Valley and the Spanish Colonial Empire in 17th Century New Mexico.
Student Art (from Arts in the Schools and ASPIRE Afterschool programs), organized and curated by Megan Lemcke, at the Mountainair Elementary School. Exhibit includes drawings, watercolors, altered objects, computer graphics, clay, and more. The works on display will reflect collaboration of art and specific academic areas. New Mexico History, World Cultures, Math, and Science. K-6 will be represented in media including collage, drawing, painting, and ceramics. Saturday only.
Tours within the Tour
Guided tours of Pop Shaffer’s Rancho Bonito conducted by local historian Dorothy Cole of the Mountainair Heritage Foundation: 10 am, 11 am, 1 pm & 2 pm, Saturday and Sunday. Visitors will be shuttled to Rancho Bonito by classic car. (more detail to come)
photo by Kristine Lauritsen
Studios: Walk or drive the loop from Broadway up Main, across Limit to Hwy 55 and back to Broadway to tour studios and workshops
Self-guided tours: Construct a tour within the tour.
- Celest Simon: Mixed Media Arts
- Dragon Ash Forge
- Montgomery Designs
- StoneHouse Gallery
- The Wayward Elf
- Olde Tyme Shoppe
- Construct a fiber & fabric art tour by visiting the “all fiber & fabric” exhibit at Brenda's Place next to Up Hi, fabric artists and artisans at Cibola and the Dr Saul Community Center (look for local quilters there), Treasures of the Gypsy (by appointment only), traditional quilts at Tillie's Inn, and the Wayward Elf at Main and Limit.
- Do the same for medium of your choice. For example, a sculpture tour might include Ron Minnick's stone, LeRoy Simmon's metal, Gordon McMath's "critters," small sculptures at StoneHouse's casita on Limit, the banana split boat at Granny's Sweet Shop, and so on.
- Other mini-tours come to mind: jewelry; decorative arts; functional art; Western art; altered objects; collectibles (at least one of the most interesting, Tillie's Gifts and Collectibles, is not even on the tour map).
- Don't forget MURALS! The Town Mural project at Broadway & Ripley; Uncle Walter’s storefront; the eagle across from Gustin’s on Ripley; the student painted frontier scene in patio behind St, Vincent de Paul; Wana Beth Fox's mural on the Hwy 55 side of Abo Trading; indoor murals at Ancient Cities and the Chuckwagon.
- Check out the National Park Service Visitors Center - exhibit and film - and tour as many Salinas Pueblo Missions sites as time permits.
- Or combine personal discovery with scenes from Mountainair Virtual Tour page to construct your very own “funky Mountainair tour.”
Drystack Wall, photo by Kristine Lauritsen
Saturday, April 22, 2006
Quick Saturday update - more to come
A quick note & update on my way out the door... Saturday morning doings on Broadway.
Three things happening this morning (that's a lot for around here): muraling with Wray (painting getting underway today - if you aren't already there , dress to pain and come on over; first ATC trading meet at the Laundrymat (I doubt it will be overcrowded but it's a start & 1st steps matter); Cibola Arts fundraising sidewalk sale in front of the gallery (not art but hopefully useful stuff that someone will want to buy).
Check out The Art Center of Mountainair facelift. Tour 2006 pages are underway. If you are exhibiting, performing, or doing something else in the tour and want your name on the list & your own mini-page, you know what to do. Contact imagiosstudios@yahoo.com.
E-mail this morning from Stacia Robin of Rainbow Artists (NM women artists collective): they will be coming to the tour, exhibiting as a group and some individually. Stacia makes ATC (part of an ATC trading group in ABQ) and wants to do a workshop, so I suggested an ATC workshop.
The rest of the story .... later & with more details on Broadway happenings and pictures (courtesy of Geree)
Three things happening this morning (that's a lot for around here): muraling with Wray (painting getting underway today - if you aren't already there , dress to pain and come on over; first ATC trading meet at the Laundrymat (I doubt it will be overcrowded but it's a start & 1st steps matter); Cibola Arts fundraising sidewalk sale in front of the gallery (not art but hopefully useful stuff that someone will want to buy).
Check out The Art Center of Mountainair facelift. Tour 2006 pages are underway. If you are exhibiting, performing, or doing something else in the tour and want your name on the list & your own mini-page, you know what to do. Contact imagiosstudios@yahoo.com.
E-mail this morning from Stacia Robin of Rainbow Artists (NM women artists collective): they will be coming to the tour, exhibiting as a group and some individually. Stacia makes ATC (part of an ATC trading group in ABQ) and wants to do a workshop, so I suggested an ATC workshop.
The rest of the story .... later & with more details on Broadway happenings and pictures (courtesy of Geree)
Thursday, April 20, 2006
MMAC April Meeting Reminder
MMMAC General Meeting, April 23, 2006, 2 pm at the Shaffer Hotel (Conference Room - come early for lunch before the meeting).
Tentative Agenda (based on notes for last meeting)
The usual meeting opening remarks, minutes, and treasurers' report yadda-yadda
Old Business:
Reports/updates on tour and mural project
Summer Concert Series
New Business: Sunflower Festival
Do you have new business or other items to put on the agenda? Let us know. Questions to raise? Come to the meeting.
Please take full advantage of blog comments feature to share your thoughts on Sunflower - embellish by adding more sunflower exhibits and events, rename, or what... jump right in!
I'll kick off discussion with an idea: SUNFLOWER ATC. The newly minted Saturday ATC Swap could showcase sunflower ATC.
Tentative Agenda (based on notes for last meeting)
The usual meeting opening remarks, minutes, and treasurers' report yadda-yadda
Old Business:
Reports/updates on tour and mural project
Summer Concert Series
New Business: Sunflower Festival
In addition to Sunflower planning (old business really and briefly reported on at the last meeting), there will be "whither Sunflower?" discussion covering , among other points, whether the event should be renamed. There is some question/concern as to appropriateness of calling a one day event a "festival."Other New Business TBA
Do you have new business or other items to put on the agenda? Let us know. Questions to raise? Come to the meeting.
Please take full advantage of blog comments feature to share your thoughts on Sunflower - embellish by adding more sunflower exhibits and events, rename, or what... jump right in!
I'll kick off discussion with an idea: SUNFLOWER ATC. The newly minted Saturday ATC Swap could showcase sunflower ATC.
ACEO - Art Cards, Editions and Originals
We've had a lot of lively discussion here about ATC. Now several local artists are on a roll creating them - culminating in the first Mountainair ATC trading meet this coming Saturday morning (10 am) at the Laundrymat - a twofer combining ATC and muraling just around the corner.
So what are ACEO and how are they different from ATC?
(following description courtesy of http://www.art-cards.org/)
ACEO stands for "Art Cards, Editions and Originals". These cards have one main rule - they are 3.5 inches by 2.5 inches - the size of a trading card.
The reason for this is, of course, that Art Cards are made to be traded! But while artists were happily trading cards, the general public was left out in the cold, having no Art Cards to trade. A group of artists realized this, and quickly made their cards available for sale at remarkably low prices so that everyone could join in the fun!Cards are also sold either as originals or editions. Make sure you know which you are buying! If it is a print it should say so, and it should be numbered and signed, usually on the back.Art Cards can be a riot! Artists from all over the world are creating, and now selling these little gems in different mediums and of different subjects. Watercolor, Oil, Acrylic, Colored Pencil, Pastels, Pyrography, Pen and Ink, Sketching, Collage - the sky is the limit. Abstract, Surrealism, Outsider Art, Impressionism, Expressionism -every style you can think of - and then some!. Every interest and subject is covered! Extremely collectable Pocket Art, you can't stop at just one!
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
ATC's to Trade!
Hi Everyone!
Have you started your ATC's (Artist Trading Cards) yet? Want to trade? Want to show what you've done and not trade? Want to see the ATC's and not bring any of your own? Great! Let's meet on Saturday morning at 10 at the mural. We'll just take a few minutes away from painting to do some trading.
Remember to come dressed to paint! I'll be there to take some pictures of the progress.
Have you started your ATC's (Artist Trading Cards) yet? Want to trade? Want to show what you've done and not trade? Want to see the ATC's and not bring any of your own? Great! Let's meet on Saturday morning at 10 at the mural. We'll just take a few minutes away from painting to do some trading.
Remember to come dressed to paint! I'll be there to take some pictures of the progress.
Art on the move - ATC Trading Meet
Waiting for a local ATC sample to illustrate this post, I lost my window of opportunity: Geree beat me to the punch making this announcement. OK so here goes redundancy.
ATC with Southwest theme, Cristal Wooten
Cibola is not the only place in town for art deals to go down. Saturday morning (10 am) the Laundrymat will be another local art venue when local artists meet to trade ATCs.
ATC binder
It's warm, out of the wind, and convenient to the mural. So bring your Artists Trading Cards to the Laundrymat Saturday morning before or as a break in muraling.
"Don't put a square peg in a rond hole"
ATC by Kelly Simbirdi
If you haven't finished (or started) any ATC yet, drop by anyway for a shufti. Seeing what Judy Mowris, Geree, Linda Johnson, and others have been up to will get you motivated.
by Cinda Oliveiro
Geree has been experimenting with various materials and techniques, including "mini floor cloths" (floor cloths for doll houses?). Linda has been painting churchscapes. Judy brought a bunch of hers to show around at Tuesday's Mural Meet-up - very impressive!
Sewing ATC by Evelyn Poole
Besides, you don't want to miss checking up on the mural. OK so who all's going to make ATC of the mural? The mural series?
The Laundrymat - Mountainair's latest center for the arts...
ATC with Southwest theme, Cristal Wooten
ATC binder
"Don't put a square peg in a rond hole"
ATC by Kelly Simbirdi
by Cinda Oliveiro
Sewing ATC by Evelyn Poole
The Laundrymat - Mountainair's latest center for the arts...
Mural - Day 1
Wray on scaffolding
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday (starting 10 am each day) continue with blocking and layout. Actual painting begins Saturday (10 am again) and Sunday (AFTER 2 PM).
Muraling is scheduled for April 27, 28 & 29, taking us to the end of the month. The May schedule will be posted as soon as available. The "what" of a day's schedule is necessarily less definite and can vary. A few tips: check the weather (Wray was the only dressed ready for yesterday's chilly wind
) and above all dress down - muraling is not a formal dress activity. You can bring scapers, gloves, brushes, etc., but they are also available, so don't let NOT having them keep you away.
Wray & Joan scraping
Shirley has both not quite to scale preliminary sketch and another (less aesthetic but more to scale) laid out on a grid. I am angling for a jpeg of the former to resize for posting here. The scene includes a vintage train coming through Abo Pass, petroglyphs, Manzanos along the skyline, and then the town as represented by selected buildings and other elements - including a firetruck of the same vintage as the train. A large tree and road off into the foothills separate RR & town. And ample room for adding details.
Monday, April 17, 2006
IT'S MURAL TIME!
Message from muralist-in-chief, Wray Simmons: IT'S MURAL TIME. If you are unable to make it then but still want to participate in the mural project, let Wray know. If you don't have his number - let me know & I'll pass it on.
All aspiring muralists, please meet at the Laundrymat/Hair Enchantment wall Tuesday at 10 am.
Don't be immural or amural ...
CORRECTION - Judy Mowris did not really offer to record the event digitally - I (wishful thinking) misunderstood her comment that SOMEONE should. Sigh.
Please then - will someone show up with a digital camera...
In closing - a couple of outdoor murals:
A while back, Dennis Fulfer (another "mural booster"), after telling me that Mountainair used to have more murals, sent me a picture of the original eagle mural (rather more elaborate than the eagle currently at the same location) on what used to be Watts Grocery:
Anyone got pictures of old murals about town? Please share them with us.
An L.A. trompe l'oeil mural:
Tunnel Vision by Warren Johnson
All aspiring muralists, please meet at the Laundrymat/Hair Enchantment wall Tuesday at 10 am.
Don't be immural or amural ...
CORRECTION - Judy Mowris did not really offer to record the event digitally - I (wishful thinking) misunderstood her comment that SOMEONE should. Sigh.
Please then - will someone show up with a digital camera...
In closing - a couple of outdoor murals:
A while back, Dennis Fulfer (another "mural booster"), after telling me that Mountainair used to have more murals, sent me a picture of the original eagle mural (rather more elaborate than the eagle currently at the same location) on what used to be Watts Grocery:
Anyone got pictures of old murals about town? Please share them with us.
An L.A. trompe l'oeil mural:
Tunnel Vision by Warren Johnson
Friday, April 14, 2006
Even More About ATC's
Hi Everyone!
I bet you read Vanessa's excellent blog about ATC's but did you look at the sites she listed? I looked at most of them but the one I liked best was "Art in Your Pocket: ATCs at www.cedarseed.com. I even printed it even though it is 15 pages long. It is full of lots of new ideas and pictures of some very creative ATC's, even one that is a shadow box. As long as the size is 2.5 x 3.5 it can be as thick or tall as you want. I saw one that was of a bird and the tail of the bird folded down so it was actually larger than the required size, but it still worked.
Did you know that ATC's originated in Zurich in 1996-97? Imagine, it took 10 years for ATC's to reach Mountainair from Zurich! Pretty cool, huh?
I know some of you are interested and may be even creating ATC's so let's share what we've learned and tried. I am interested in trying new materials and techniques. After reading the 15 pages of "Pocket Art" I started playing with lots of fun things like acrylics and watercolors, wire, thread, beads, sequins, glitter, foil, and even hot glue. The hot glue was really fun to draw with and paint over. I tried to get a stained glass effect but it needs some work.
I think Judy's Blings on leather would make super ATC's, don't you?
Please post any idea or experience you have with ATC's.
I bet you read Vanessa's excellent blog about ATC's but did you look at the sites she listed? I looked at most of them but the one I liked best was "Art in Your Pocket: ATCs at www.cedarseed.com. I even printed it even though it is 15 pages long. It is full of lots of new ideas and pictures of some very creative ATC's, even one that is a shadow box. As long as the size is 2.5 x 3.5 it can be as thick or tall as you want. I saw one that was of a bird and the tail of the bird folded down so it was actually larger than the required size, but it still worked.
Did you know that ATC's originated in Zurich in 1996-97? Imagine, it took 10 years for ATC's to reach Mountainair from Zurich! Pretty cool, huh?
I know some of you are interested and may be even creating ATC's so let's share what we've learned and tried. I am interested in trying new materials and techniques. After reading the 15 pages of "Pocket Art" I started playing with lots of fun things like acrylics and watercolors, wire, thread, beads, sequins, glitter, foil, and even hot glue. The hot glue was really fun to draw with and paint over. I tried to get a stained glass effect but it needs some work.
I think Judy's Blings on leather would make super ATC's, don't you?
Please post any idea or experience you have with ATC's.
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
More Fundraising Ideas
More Fundraising Ideas
(or Tour Ideas, part II - link to part I)
Old Standards:
New:
Judy Mowris writes:
Then she writes:
more bling by Judy (bling, bling)
So, possibilities???
And passes on this e-mail from a friend:
(or Tour Ideas, part II - link to part I)
Old Standards:
- Silent Auction: a lot of work and always a challenge to get people to take on the responsibility. Sorry folks, but this old chestnut does not get my vote – as much for lack of novelty and original thinking behind it as for joyless work involved
- Mugs, T-shirts, refrigerator magnets, and so forth
- Grants (These have to be applied for with ample lead time and they are drying up. Sure, they are nice to have, but don’t depend on them instead of putting creativity to work. Am I the only one reading budgets & economic studies? That kind of money is drying up anyway. Let's save what there is for projects like the town mural) Besides, new ideas are more creative and fun.
New:
- Sell Artist Trading Cards – see previous ATC posts!
- Standard decorated items such as mugs, Ts, etc. could be given a new twist – order plain undecorated ones for individual decoration by hand painting or image transfers. Create original items.
- Let artists & artisans pay registration fees in kind by donating artwork & Pretty Things to sell for benefit of tour
- The noisy auction is a new idea and sounds like great fun. Clean out that closet or garage too.
- Exhibit items before auctioning them (maybe this one is not new). There’s plenty of room at the Community Center.
- Get more bling the second time around! Don’t toss it – embellish it! (see Judy M’s suggestions below)
Bling by Judy
Judy Mowris writes:
I have always wanted to try painting/decorating old leather purses. They always have some at the thrift store in town. Wonder if some artists would like to do that? Then auction them off....too late for this year I guess but maybe an idea for the next year or maybe the sunflower festival? The purses are really cheap, just dust them off, clean them out and start painting/beading, etc.
Then she writes:
"Gently Used Leather with Pizazz"
Previously owned leather items such as jackets, vests, bags, belts, carefully selected shoes and boots. All decked out with paint/beads/fabric/baubles and all that stuff! Many of these items can be picked up at St. Vincent, a real good deal on $2/bag days. I already have a wonderful, in fact never used, laptop backpack that I have already painted with southwest designs. I don't need or want it and would donate it.
more bling by Judy (bling, bling)
So, possibilities???
And passes on this e-mail from a friend:
Yes please share any/all ideas for raising $$$. At one fund raiser, artists were invited to create something from the bowling ball each was given. It was a wonderful show and $$$ raiser. I cut my bowl and did two pieces. Years ago, I organized a fund raiser where we invited artists to create something from old folding chairs. Our purpose was to raise $$ for new chairs. It was a fabulous fund raiser/exhibit and tons of fun. That idea I got from the Oakland Museum and what they had done with old wooden folding chairs. Artists are so creative it is always fun to see how funds can be made. I saw an idea in Raw Vision (magazine of Outsider Art) where the artists painted pickets from wooden fences. They exhibited the pickets like a fence and then sold each picket.
How many can YOU come up with?
more about Artist Trading Cards
Fabric Butterfly ATC
full sized image and more ATC at
glitz-oh.com/art/
The very basics of ATC or Artist Trading Cards:
- As their name indicates, ATC are collectables, a brilliant idea born of the older sports-themed trading cards.
- The one rule that makes an ATC derives from their origins: the dimensions of the ATC must be 2.5"x3.5", or 64x89mm.
- On the back of each ATC the artist writes part or all of the following information: name, contact information, title of the ATC and number (1/8, 2/8...) if it's part of an edition.
- By definition ATCs are made in limited numbers, often no more than one of a kind.
- Unique ATCs are called originals; sets of identical ATCs are called editions and are numbered; sets of ATCs that are based on one theme but that are different are called series.
- Don't be intimidated by the concept of small editions or originals. What most collectors really want are cards that were made with care. Based on that, numbers are meaningless.
- They can be any medium: pencil, watercolor, acrylic, oil, collage, scratch board, mixed media - anything the creative mind of the artist can think up.
Traditionally and among artists themselves, an ATC is exchanged, not sold. The original purpose was about artists meeting (by correspondence or online if need be) and exchanging their works, thus meeting many artists and getting exposed to many personal styles. But baseball cards (their inspiration) are both traded and sold. ATCs are now selling strong on eBay, that perhaps ultimate barometer of what will sell.
Mini-artworks of local artists could even become a hallmark of the arts in Mountainair - something that would stick in visitors minds and make event memorable (returnable to). Come to the tour (or sunflower or whatever event) and complete your collection... It would also build social capital among artists as well as being immediate & portable promo.
Good ideas, images & how-to's for ATCs on these pages:
- Art in your Pocket - primer & idea bank
- Project - Artist Trading Cards - An Arizona Sunset
- Artist Trading Cards, a Collaborative Cultural Project
- Artist Trading Cards' Journal (more blog than "journal")
- Wikipedia entry for ATC
- Art-e-zine's first ATC swap online, 3 big pages (slow loading but well worth the wait) of Artist Trading Cards.<>
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From what I've been reading, cards are not complicated to make They would be a great way for the MMAC to develop a catalog of artworks. The tour could come out ahead - make more from them than the $25 fee. Who wouldn't just love to trade cards with other artists? Too cool to have a mini artwork collection of every local artist. Gary Fey could make mini batiks - or regular size ones, cut into pieces, and adhered to cards. Judy Mowris' work would make great ATCs too. (Would we call them "pcoket hangings" then instead of wall hangings?) Merris Atman and Megan Lemcke already do miniatures - more than halfway there.We could even mount a an exhibit right here on the blog.
The oppostion would indubitably be:
- can't because it is different (can't imagine a lamer excuse for not doing an art something)
- no one's ever done it here before (actually a reason FOR doing it - see above)
- "we don't do (never have done) things that way"
- not standard practice in the art world (which WE know and YOU don't)
Even without official blessing, anyone could assemble a bunch of ATCs, rig up a push cart or a facsimile thereof, and hit the streets with the ATC ... without paying anyone any kind of fee. Like the local burrito vendors. If telling doesn't do it - SHOW them. Anyone with ATC to sell could wear a vest with pockets - with a selection of visible ATC clipped to them on the outside. Sign on hat - like a hot dog vendor at a baseball game - "Get your fresh (original) ATC here." OK, so this may be getting a bit bizarre, but you get the idea.
PS Judy Mowris has come up with great fund raising ideas too. I've started writing them up to blog fundraising - another entry & with images.
Tuesday, April 11, 2006
Artist Trading Cards!
Hi Everyone!
Have you heard about the latest fad in art? Its called "Artist Trading Cards" or "ATC" for short. They are the same size as standard trading or playing cards: 2 1/2" x 3 1/2". Yes, they are small! They are all the rage on ebay and I've seen them with bids from 99 cents to $99!
They can be made of any medium but most are acrylics or watercolors on paper or canvas. Some are collages and many are drawn. Some are painted right onto playing cards. Anything goes!
Apparently, some artists starting the trend when they started to trade mini artworks with each other. The fad caught on and is quite popular on ebay where these artists are doing quite well.
I've made a bunch and I am wondering if any tour artists would like to trade with me? Wouldn't it be cool to trade mini artworks at the tour? Email me (gereemcd@earthlink.net) if you're interested in learning more about ATC's or want to trade.
I know there has been some discussion about how to cut the $25 fee for local artists. Well, here's an idea: what if each artist donated 25 ATC's instead of $25. Some would be worth more than a dollar so the tour could make more than the $25. Some can be sold at the info booth while others can be auctioned. The leftovers on Sunday afternoon could be put in the last auction with an opening bid of $1. Just a thought.
Let me know what you think-
Geree
Have you heard about the latest fad in art? Its called "Artist Trading Cards" or "ATC" for short. They are the same size as standard trading or playing cards: 2 1/2" x 3 1/2". Yes, they are small! They are all the rage on ebay and I've seen them with bids from 99 cents to $99!
They can be made of any medium but most are acrylics or watercolors on paper or canvas. Some are collages and many are drawn. Some are painted right onto playing cards. Anything goes!
Apparently, some artists starting the trend when they started to trade mini artworks with each other. The fad caught on and is quite popular on ebay where these artists are doing quite well.
I've made a bunch and I am wondering if any tour artists would like to trade with me? Wouldn't it be cool to trade mini artworks at the tour? Email me (gereemcd@earthlink.net) if you're interested in learning more about ATC's or want to trade.
I know there has been some discussion about how to cut the $25 fee for local artists. Well, here's an idea: what if each artist donated 25 ATC's instead of $25. Some would be worth more than a dollar so the tour could make more than the $25. Some can be sold at the info booth while others can be auctioned. The leftovers on Sunday afternoon could be put in the last auction with an opening bid of $1. Just a thought.
Let me know what you think-
Geree
Friday, April 7, 2006
Poetry Spoken Here
Prospects are definitely looking up for poetry at this year’s Arts Tour. Last year’s spoken word event was a minimalist affair, unmarked, and all too unnoticed by tour visitors who missed Dale Harris, Gary
This year, Dale is pulling out all the stops. A familiar figure at Albuquerque poetry and slam events, Dale also organizes the Annual Poets and Writers Picnic, has been a featured reader at Sparrows Poetry Festival, performs regularly at Albuquerque poetry venues, and edits poetry for Central Avenue, a monthly poetry publication.
Gary
ART GOODTIMES
JUDYTH HILL
Judyth Hill
This year, Dale is pulling out all the stops. A familiar figure at Albuquerque poetry and slam events, Dale also organizes the Annual Poets and Writers Picnic, has been a featured reader at Sparrows Poetry Festival, performs regularly at Albuquerque poetry venues, and edits poetry for Central Avenue, a monthly poetry publication.
Word will be spoken - with verve - on Saturday at the Shaffer Gazebo, its traditional venue. In addition to expected voices already familiar from the annual Poets & Writers Picnic, Spoken Word at the Arts Tour welcomes poets Art Goodtimes of Telluride CO and Judyth Hill of Rockmirth Farm, where the Rockies meets the Plains, near Las Vegas , NM
But that’s not all. If the audience doesn’t come to spoken word, poetry and music will go to them, with strolling and strumming troubadours spilling out onto the streets. We can’t tell you more than that because it’s going to be a poetry happening, Mountainair style.
Come, see, and listen for yourself. Bring your own poems for open mic, but be sure to contact Dale Harris to schedule mic time: poetdale@yahoo.com or (505) 242-4930.
Dale Harris and other anticipated participants, such as ART GOODTIMES
Art Goodtimes
Art is a three-term County Commissioner from the Green Party, journalist, published poet and essayist, member of the poetry ensemble, EAR, director and poet-in-residence for the annual Telluride Mushroom Festival, leading Sparrows Poetry Festival regular, and organic potato farmer.
His journey to a rural mountain community from his days as a 60s political activist and performing with the Union of Street Poets in San Francisco, a loosely organized group of spoken-word performers, uniquely qualifies him to connect with all of Mountainair, not just poets, as well as offering a model for newcomers to the community in how to connect and work with long time residents who may seem to inhabit a different quantum dimension.
A seventh-generation Californian, Art grew up in San Francisco
Art fell in love with the West as a VISTA volunteer in Montana San Francisco for graduate school, the Summer of Love, and several years working as a preschool teacher, his Montana
After his first visit to Telluride CO
Because Telluride was too pricey, Art lived in nearby Placerville Norwood
After a short time in Norwood
Online reading: selected poems by Art Goodtimes and essays at his blog.JUDYTH HILL
Judyth Hill
Judyth Hill is another rural, mountain dweller whose life ways will resonate for many in the Mountainair area. Stand-up poet and teacher of poetry, Judyth received a four-year grant to create and direct Poetry TeenWorks, a poetry/theatre program for Santa Fe teens, is a New Mexico Endowment for the Humanities “Road Scholar,” touring her lecture, “Dharma Lineage of American Poetry,” and has also been the Director of Literary Activities for New Mexico Arts, a division of the Office of Cultural Affairs.
Judyth conducts poetry workshops in conjunction with the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe , NM , teaches writing both on-site, and in their statewide O’Keeffe Outreach Program, conducts poetry workshops for the International Museum of Folk Art in Santa Fe
She also teaches Full Moon Writing, writing workshops at Rockmirth, every month, at Way of the Mountain on Rockmirth, an 111 acre Art Farm.
Judyth’s six published books of poetry include Baker’s Baedeker, The Goddess Cafe, Hardwired for Love, Presence of Angels, Men Need Space, now its second printing, and Black Hollyhock, First Light. Her poems have appeared in numerous anthologies, she wrote a food column for the Albuquerque Journal, and her art and travel writing have been widely published. Currently, she is a free-lance writer for the Santa Fean Magazine, the Pasatiempo section of the Santa Fe New Mexican, and writes frequently for the Albuquerque Journal Special Sections. Coming from the "everything matters" school of writing, Judyth listens to the “music of the ordinary” and sings "the good back into the world," through poems, stories, and creative word play. A deep commitment to developing the delicate connections between our political, emotional, cognitive, spiritual, imaginational bodies, both within the self, and within the social web, to each other informs her writing – but never letting earnestness disconnect her from the funny bone.
Like Art, Judyth’s poetry and performances generate enthusiasm, bringing her subjects to life and energizing audiences. Author of the internationally acclaimed poem, “Wage Peace,” she has been described as a “woman who runs with pens,” “energy with skin,” and “a tigress with a pen.”
More reading - a selection of Judyth’s poetry is also available on line.
More tour stuff - unofficial
To date, I count 8 workshops/demos/lectures and special exhibits. There may be more... could be less. Workshops (tentative and confirmed) include: making handcrafted books (Pam Smith, curator of Museum of NM Lasting Impressions exhibit), Merris Atman (awaiting description), and photo editing (make your own digital art) at UpHi. We'll have more on these later - especially on the handcrafted books workshop and the digital art exhibit.
Digital Art - fractals
There will be separate registration for handcrafted books since the workshop, which is being offered for material costs only under a Museum of NM grant, has limited space and will require advance material prep.
Pop-up Book
We also have a number of new exhibitors this year that will be introduced here in more detail - with links and pictures so you can see some of their work in advance. A hearty welcome to Paul Arviso, Linda Rael, Kathy White, Ron Evans, Beth Sahd, Rose Smith, Merris Atman, Kristine Lauretisin, and Hamilton Montgomery.
Design by Hamilton Montgomery
The tour page is underway, and when the spiffy 2006 page, complete with the poster and LOTS of pictures is uploaded, YOU, dear readers, will be the first to know. Robin has had an unanticipated move but one that will facilitate computer work. We have been working on getting page materials together so that individual artist/performer listings are complete when they go up. Saves editing time later on.
Venues & turnout: StoneTree (Jess Davidson's) and Brenda Dahl's place (formerly Sam Harmon's Gym) across the street are FULL. Not to worry - there is still room at the inn - Dr Saul & the Elementary School. Plus, assorted local businesses and studios have generously offered space to a few exhibitors. Not yet counting Rainbow Artists (which we really hope will come out in force), we have a good showing that can only get better.
Hmmm... thinking about exhibiting? Better get those registrations in...
Both fiber arts and jewelry are well represented, but the jewel in the tour crown may well end up being performance - music and spoken word. Addtionally, several local businesses look to be getting behind the tour in a big way.
Digital Art - fractals
There will be separate registration for handcrafted books since the workshop, which is being offered for material costs only under a Museum of NM grant, has limited space and will require advance material prep.
Pop-up Book
We also have a number of new exhibitors this year that will be introduced here in more detail - with links and pictures so you can see some of their work in advance. A hearty welcome to Paul Arviso, Linda Rael, Kathy White, Ron Evans, Beth Sahd, Rose Smith, Merris Atman, Kristine Lauretisin, and Hamilton Montgomery.
Design by Hamilton Montgomery
The tour page is underway, and when the spiffy 2006 page, complete with the poster and LOTS of pictures is uploaded, YOU, dear readers, will be the first to know. Robin has had an unanticipated move but one that will facilitate computer work. We have been working on getting page materials together so that individual artist/performer listings are complete when they go up. Saves editing time later on.
Venues & turnout: StoneTree (Jess Davidson's) and Brenda Dahl's place (formerly Sam Harmon's Gym) across the street are FULL. Not to worry - there is still room at the inn - Dr Saul & the Elementary School. Plus, assorted local businesses and studios have generously offered space to a few exhibitors. Not yet counting Rainbow Artists (which we really hope will come out in force), we have a good showing that can only get better.
Hmmm... thinking about exhibiting? Better get those registrations in...
Both fiber arts and jewelry are well represented, but the jewel in the tour crown may well end up being performance - music and spoken word. Addtionally, several local businesses look to be getting behind the tour in a big way.
Date Change for Arts Tour Meeting
The Arts Tour meeting originally scheduled for Sunday, April 9 has been canceled. It has been rescheduled for Sunday, April 30, 2:00 pm, in the meeting room at Ancient Cities Cafe. This meeting is not just for committee members; it is for exhibitors, volunteers, everyone who is working to make this Tour a success.
Just a reminder: Please submit your registration form if you are planning to exhibit at the Tour. Forms are available at Cibola Arts or from Judy Reynolds if you do not wish to download them from this site.
Judy
Just a reminder: Please submit your registration form if you are planning to exhibit at the Tour. Forms are available at Cibola Arts or from Judy Reynolds if you do not wish to download them from this site.
Judy
Wednesday, April 5, 2006
Quickie updates - motley miscellany
In case the grapevine has not carried it your way yet: Monday evening at an open town meeting at the AofG campgrounds, the Town of Mountainair, following opening the grounds to citizen walkthrough and a Q & A session, voted to make a formal offer to purchase the campgrounds. This has been in the air for some time and is now an official commitment. I took notes, so there will be more anon.
Did you catch how much tour coverage there is in the current issue of Steppin' Out?
Speaking of "catching," who all caught Celeste Simon yesterday on "That's Clever"?
Update from Judy Reynolds: the Arts Tour meeting that was scheduled for this coming Sunday, April 9, has been canceled. The meeting has been rescheduled for Sunday, April 30, 2:00 pm, in the meeting room at Ancient Cities. Anyone with progress reports or questions in the interim can contact Celeste at 847-0105, or Judy at 847-2518.
Or if you prefer - e-mail me your reports or questions - vcrary@qwest.net - and I will make sure your voice is heard.
CENTRAL AVENUE monthly Burque reading is Thursday, April 6, 7 pm at Winning Coffee Co, 111 Harvard SE, Albuquerque, 1/2 block so. of Central in the University area. Open mic, free admission. Special featured poet is Logan Phillips from Arizona, just back from a spoken word tour of Cuba and other exotic places, after the open mic, at 8:15.
Send submissions for Central Avenue issue by email to poetdale@yahoo.com or by snail mail to Dale Harris 2115 Aspen Ave NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104 (no SASE). Issues are available at the monthly readings for $3 each or free if you are featured. Subscribe for $20/year - checks to Dale Harris.
ABQ Poetry Jam at the Lensic this Friday, April 7, at 7:00 PM, featuring multigenerational cast of poets who will read, perform and dance to original poems. Students from area schools and area local poets, including Judyth Hill (one of our tour Spoken Word headliners) and others, will read. Tickets: general admission $7.50, $3,50 for students and teachers. For further information, call 988-1234.
Don't forget about the Red Balloon Review this coming week-end. Poster to be posted.
Back at ya later...
Did you catch how much tour coverage there is in the current issue of Steppin' Out?
Speaking of "catching," who all caught Celeste Simon yesterday on "That's Clever"?
Update from Judy Reynolds: the Arts Tour meeting that was scheduled for this coming Sunday, April 9, has been canceled. The meeting has been rescheduled for Sunday, April 30, 2:00 pm, in the meeting room at Ancient Cities. Anyone with progress reports or questions in the interim can contact Celeste at 847-0105, or Judy at 847-2518.
Or if you prefer - e-mail me your reports or questions - vcrary@qwest.net - and I will make sure your voice is heard.
CENTRAL AVENUE monthly Burque reading is Thursday, April 6, 7 pm at Winning Coffee Co, 111 Harvard SE, Albuquerque, 1/2 block so. of Central in the University area. Open mic, free admission. Special featured poet is Logan Phillips from Arizona, just back from a spoken word tour of Cuba and other exotic places, after the open mic, at 8:15.
Send submissions for Central Avenue issue by email to poetdale@yahoo.com or by snail mail to Dale Harris 2115 Aspen Ave NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104 (no SASE). Issues are available at the monthly readings for $3 each or free if you are featured. Subscribe for $20/year - checks to Dale Harris.
ABQ Poetry Jam at the Lensic this Friday, April 7, at 7:00 PM, featuring multigenerational cast of poets who will read, perform and dance to original poems. Students from area schools and area local poets, including Judyth Hill (one of our tour Spoken Word headliners) and others, will read. Tickets: general admission $7.50, $3,50 for students and teachers. For further information, call 988-1234.
Don't forget about the Red Balloon Review this coming week-end. Poster to be posted.
Back at ya later...
Sunday, April 2, 2006
Tour 2006: posters, postcards & flyers
Celeste Simon's gorgeous Tour posters & postcards have arrived and are at Cibola!
If your rounds take you past galleries or other good poster locations or you have a trip coming up to art location rich areas, please pick up some posters to distribute. Last year we had posters earlier but did not get as many out as we should have. Rather than laying that on just a few, let's all pitch in to promote the tour.
We also have tour flyers - not in the same category of collectible as the posters & postcards to be sure - but attractive and packed with information. You can pitch in here too by downloading and printing out either the BW flyer or the color flyer (with picture of the tour postcard) to distribute.
And just in case - here are links again for downloadable tour registration and Manzano Mountain Arts Council membership application forms. Major hint to the well-intentioned but still unregistered in case you hadn't already guessed.
If your rounds take you past galleries or other good poster locations or you have a trip coming up to art location rich areas, please pick up some posters to distribute. Last year we had posters earlier but did not get as many out as we should have. Rather than laying that on just a few, let's all pitch in to promote the tour.
We also have tour flyers - not in the same category of collectible as the posters & postcards to be sure - but attractive and packed with information. You can pitch in here too by downloading and printing out either the BW flyer or the color flyer (with picture of the tour postcard) to distribute.
And just in case - here are links again for downloadable tour registration and Manzano Mountain Arts Council membership application forms. Major hint to the well-intentioned but still unregistered in case you hadn't already guessed.
Shaffer Bash & Rainbow Artists
Last night was the Shaffer bash - one of its openings or rather re-openings. This one was the "private opening," although it seemed rather more like a town open house with edibles, potables, art, music, lots of people, and a ribbon cutting. Townies were joined by a number of Albuquerque & other out of towners - even a couple of hotel guests who just happened to be there at the time. A Mountainair Happening.
The opening "timed" for the tour is the "public grand re-opening," which looks to be offering a big share of scheduled tour events as well. Not just Pop Shaffer's wild art and the building itself but also Spoken Word at the Gazebo, exhbit space for artists from Rainbow Artists (a NM women's arts collective), and maybe more.
"Women Squared" sign by Patricia Ryan
If you there and caught the densely rich exhibit of multiple 1' x 1' artworks exhibited in the dining room, that was Rainbow Artists exhibit, "Women Squared," which just completed the month of March at the Hispanic Cultural Center in Abq and will be at the Shaffer through April 9th. If you missed the bash or were there but headed straight for the chow line, you can still catch it - and most certainly should not miss it. With the Cibola's Fiber Arts Show opening on the 8th and overlapping, you've got a worthy twofer.
More good news - taking the opportunity to visit with Stacia Robin from Rainbow - and talk up the tour, I learned that Rainbow artists, individually and collectively, are interested in exhibiting at our May arts tour. I shot off registration, membership forms, and flyers this morning. So much for taking a day off... trying not to think about other artists at the bash that I missed snagging.
The opening "timed" for the tour is the "public grand re-opening," which looks to be offering a big share of scheduled tour events as well. Not just Pop Shaffer's wild art and the building itself but also Spoken Word at the Gazebo, exhbit space for artists from Rainbow Artists (a NM women's arts collective), and maybe more.
"Women Squared" sign by Patricia Ryan
If you there and caught the densely rich exhibit of multiple 1' x 1' artworks exhibited in the dining room, that was Rainbow Artists exhibit, "Women Squared," which just completed the month of March at the Hispanic Cultural Center in Abq and will be at the Shaffer through April 9th. If you missed the bash or were there but headed straight for the chow line, you can still catch it - and most certainly should not miss it. With the Cibola's Fiber Arts Show opening on the 8th and overlapping, you've got a worthy twofer.
More good news - taking the opportunity to visit with Stacia Robin from Rainbow - and talk up the tour, I learned that Rainbow artists, individually and collectively, are interested in exhibiting at our May arts tour. I shot off registration, membership forms, and flyers this morning. So much for taking a day off... trying not to think about other artists at the bash that I missed snagging.
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