October 2013 Meeting Minutes

Creative Collective Meeting 10/20/13, 4-5 PM following Figure Drawing

Alexis, Barb, Beryl, Erica V., Ken, Kevin, Malia, Sheri

Figure Drawing Sessions

•  5 weeks for $50, $12 drop-in
• $50 for model + $25 rent= $75 overhead per day
• 10/27, 11/3, 11/10, 11/17, 11/24 (one long pose session for painting or sculpting)
• Need lighting, 2 heat sources (WRCC), platform (Kevin may have)
• Sources to contact for new models: Dartmouth Art Dept., Billy Brauer group, ArtisTree, SPA, Seven Days, Arts Council, Woodstock group
•  Need for a variety of models, hired and announced in advance

Ken: Creative Collective show at the Craft Center, before or after holidays

•  Individual show or group show with a theme?

Kevin on self-curating the Artists Market:

• Art needs to be hung well and maintained
•  Security—small items have been stolen, should be displayed in glass case

September 2013 Meeting Minutes

Creative Collective Meeting 9/15/13, 2-4 PM at Alexis’s Studio

Alexis, Bonny, Erica S., Erica V., Ken, Lynn, Malia, Sandy

Events and resources:

VTICA (Vt Inst of Contemporary Art) in Chester

Axel’s Frame Shop in Waterbury has Alexis’s show through 9/28

Grant Foundation database at 109 State Street in Montpelier

ArtisTree call to artists for Local Color show, drop off 9/17-9/20

Chandler Gallery has portrait show

Donna Stepien offering class at AVA

Photo workshop at WRCC starts Tuesday 6:30-8:30, runs ~ 10 weeks

Creative Collective planning & business:

Swap out work for Artists Market Fall Show! 

•  New lockable cabinet
•  E-mail artists

Plan Winter Show with opening—pre- or post-holidays?

Open Studio Weekend 10/5-10/6, Collective pays half of fees

Monthly gathering ideas--

• offer workshops in different media
• Movie series (Art 21, artist bio pics?)
• Museum field trips
• Plein air drawing/painting

Figure drawing—

• Alexis will hire models, need folks to set up and clean up
• Announce models ahead of time (at least male/female)
• Rates for models ~$15-25/hr ($50-60 for 2 hrs?)
• New models, closer to Randolph?  Ask @VTC, ArtistTree
• Need to account for $25 rental fee to WRCC
• Who can help with set up & clean up?  Ken, Erica V., Erica S., group participation—send e-mail sign up
•  Need checklist for set up and break down, props, drapes, lighting
• Advertise as an activity of the Creative Collective
• Artists can pay for a series at reduced rate or drop-in fee
• Offer twice a month, 1^st and 3^rd Sundays with meeting before/after every other month?
• Begin on 10/6 with clothed model or plein air session during Open Studio Weekend (confirm with Kevin), next 10/20

Dues calendar year starts in September—Bonny, Alexis, Sandy, paid up

Conversation about creativity, discipline, artistic practice & sharing of current work

Recommended reading:

• The Mission of Art, Alex Gray
• Art and Fear, Bayles and Orland
• Concerning the Spiritual in Art & Kandinsky’s other books