ShareFest, ATC trading, retreating BoD

Thursday, January 17, ShareFest
When & Where: 5:30 pm at the Dr Saul Community Center

Saturday, February, ATC Swap (2nd Saturday of month unless otherwise announced)
When & Where: 10a.m. - 12n, Rhonda's Creative Craft Center at 8214 2nd Street NW, Albuquerque, NM 87114
February theme - recycling

If anyone in  the area attended the Jan 12 'burque swap, please send me a report to blog - with pictures if you can.

Sunflower ATCs by Jude Mowris

Whatever happened to the local ATC buzz from last year and the year before? It must have packed its bags and moved to Chile with Gereé. We have card makers but none into trekking to 'burque to trade cards. Here's a thought : trade ATCs at ShareFest. So what if no other ATC makers show up. Display your cards,  visit, enjoy the live music, kick back and just have a good time.

Static Energy, ATC by Gereé

Associating ATCs or Artists Trading Cards with was a good idea and still is, so maybe its time will come. Jude Mowris, Linda Johnson, Wana Beth Fox and Meg Chobanian are still making cards. IIn the absence of local swapping opps, Jude trades hers by mail but sets up her ATC display in Art Alley for events. The prominent and attractive display always attracts interest and often nets out of town swapping partners.

If not a "real world" f2f swap, the genre should lend itself neatly to online display - a blogzibit. I'll put it on my 2008 blog resolutions list. Maybe even in time for a Feb pre-swap reminder but don't take that to the bank just yet.

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Today, MMAC board members are off somewhere bonding at a retreat slash strategic planning session. I respected request not to publish on BoD only retreat but they are, like Bilbo Baggins, back from wherever they retreated to (Casa Manzano on dit). Hopefully, a report and something on strategic plan will be forthcoming.

Last I checked, the MMAC page did not list current BoD, so FYI, here they are: Prez, Ray Terhorst; VP, Ben Steinlage; Seccy, Tomas Wolff; Treas, Judy Reynolds; At-large (but not necessarily large), Kristine Lauritsen (Stonehouse), Celeste Simon & Karen Smith (2ponyz). Also listed on unofficial MMAC page.