Calendar of Meetings
~ Whether she is cerebral or not, the artist is a joyous
sensualist, for the simple reason that the eye traffics in
feelings, not in thoughts.
~

Upcoming Meetings
2011-2012
- Sept. 13, 2011 - Critiques, sharing papers, tips and techniques.
- Nov. 8, 2011 - Member presentations.
- Jan. 14, 2012 - Gayle Gerson's home.
- Mar. 13, 2012 - Fiber Arts presentation.
- May 8, 2012 - Marketing your artwork and Art as a business.
Past Meetings
The theme "Growing by Pieces" was chosen for the 2010/2011 year. The first meeting of the year is also the Annual meeting. It was held Saturday, September 11, 2010, from 1:00-4:00 p.m. at the Art Center.
November 9, 2010 was a hands-on meeting at 7:00 p.m. at the Art Center. Silvia Wilhelm suggested creating collages inspired by the Master's works, and that will be the focus of this meeting. A Board meeting is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. before the membership meeting.
Gayle Gerson generously offered to repeat the very successful meeting she held at her house last year. It was a working meeting, on Saturday, January 15, 2011. All artists were encouraged to bring their starter collages they no longer wish to work on so another artist could give it a go.
The March 8th meeting featured speaker, Ashley Benton, from Paonia. Ashley presented an overview of her work over the past several years and talked about materials and her techniques mostly focusing on her use of resin and wax.
The May 14th meeting was combined with the Grand Valley Art Students League on a Saturday at The Art Center from 10:00am to 4:00pm. This was a celebration working meeting. From 11am to 2pm RMCS members presented demonstrations. Gayle Gerson did a collage demo as a "Paint Along." Deborah Robinson gave her Windowpane Motherboard demonstration. Cathy Pabst did a background demo and Sheri LaBeau had a mat cutter demo.
A "sharing box" has been created for the convenience of members who are struggling to carry so many supplies back and forth to the meetings. The box is designed for all members to contribute to whenever they can, or contribute a few dollars to it now and then.
NEWS
January 14th Meeting
Join RMCS for our annual workday at Gayle Gerson's House:
Saturday afternoon, January 14th from 1 - 4.
This year we will do "All the Same Stuff" packets. Please bring
your matte medium (or another adhesive of choice), scissors and
brushes and a $4.00 fee for the 4x4 inch cradled board that will be
provided to you to collage upon.
Also bring a lunchable munchable to share with the group
(something easy to eat while working.) Drinks will be provided
(water, soda, coffee, tea.)
It is absolutely MANDATORY to RSVP to Gayle at 241-8561 or
galstarr@bresnan.net so she will know how many places to set
and packets to prepare. Please RSVP by January 7th.
(We hope to be able to make groupings of our work on the 4"x4" cradled
boards to display at our member's show in September.)
Tom Calenberg plans to demonstrate a painting technique using paints of differing viscosities
that lends itself very well to collage work at the January 14th meeting. If members want to
try out this technique after the demonstration, He asks each artist to bring two clean 2" nylon
brushes, scrap matboard, a water container to rinse out the brushes between applications and a
roll of paper towel or paint rags.
Upcoming Events
January 18th 10:00am
Palisade art lovers at Artist's Haven
Deborah Robinson demonstration.