April 2011 Meeting Minutes

Stone Motion Meeting 4/17/11, 1-2 PM

Barry, Erica, Eva, Holly, Kevin, Malia, cousin Mike, Tammy

Shared work (music, text, photocopied drawings, painted stones) & ideas

Stone Motion exhibit scheduled for June 25-26 at the WRCC

Gave feedback on poster design in progress—Malia will photograph stone

GMCC Meeting 4/17/11, 2-4 PM

Barry, Erica, Kevin, Malia, Patrick Texier, Sandy, Tammy

Craft Center has a corner studio for rent, $250/month (could be shared by up to 3 people)

Korongo Gallery— Friday April 29, 5-7 PM Phil Godenschwager exhibit opens

•  Will be open Sundays, closed Monday-Tuesday starting in May

Weavers Guild exhibit May 14-29 at WRCC, interested in art (ideally fiber arts but open to suggestions) for the walls of the halls and lounge

•           Erica and Tammy have work to contribute
• ·      Rug-hooking?
• ·      Peaceful Hearts quilters, Sue Schoolcraft, Alice Wakefield—Kevin will contact
• ·      Knitting? Sandy will talk to them
• ·      Alexis?
• ·      Fee (no)/commission (yes, 25% commission to WRCC)
• ·      Who will hang the show?  Participants themselves; Kevin, Barry, Sandy, Erica might be able to help/coordinate
• ·      Show hung prior to May 14 during business hours
• ·      Labels—Susan Rockwell; need to buy more vellum labels
• ·      Will not be separately advertised; but will include Open Studio weekend so should provide exposure
• ·      Picture rail will be installed in hall and lounge prior to Weavers Guild show

Membership application: revise registration form from Inaugural Show?

E-mail list: should it be blind? Active members vs. complete mailing list

Change meeting time for summer?  Poll the Collective… third Sunday, change to Monday evening? 

• ·      Next meeting Sunday May 15 2-4, overlapping Weavers Guild show that ends at 3 (or 2:30-4:30?  Malia will contact Susan Rockwell)

Leadership questions:  someone needed to chair meetings, set agendas, or do it collectively

• ·      Ken has volunteered to work as membership chair & treasurer
• ·      Malia will continue to help with communications (e-mail, blog, minutes)

Future shows—should plan ahead; themes?

• ·      Art Resource Association—a model for how to host self-hung, self-curated shows as they do in City Center, Montpelier
• ·      “rent” wall space to individual artists for a period of time—commission to WRCC if any work sold, GMCC membership gets access to wall space, “Artists’ Market” concept rather than a unified show; need guidelines
• ·      Send e-mail: come to next meeting to show work as part of the Collective wall, or to sign up for solo wall space

March 2011 Meeting Minutes

The Collective met briefly this afternoon and covered the set agenda items, here is a summary:

Membership - Ken Goss:

     He will send out a reminder to all mail list recipients regarding membership to the collective.

     He will assume responsibility of the treasury post.

Blog Update - Malia:

     Malia demonstrated how to access the blog, post comments etc. http://gmccollective.blogspot.com/ Check it out, thank you Malia.

Spring cleaning/painting - Sally:

     Several of the collective members volunteered to do some sprucing up at the WRCC and had 2 painting days last week to refresh the entry/hall way.  Next the Lounge...  Some money ($500) has been donated for new furniture, more is needed, the goal is $2500 by April 1, 2011.  Donations gratefully accepted, just write a check to the WRCC and send it to Sally Penrod, Stock Farm Road, Randolph, VT 05060.

Stone Motion - Barry:

     A group of artists will be meeting at Barry's home next week to further explore this creative path, call Barry for more info 728 2055.

New Business - All:

     The suggestion was made that a collective representative attend the WRCC Board meeting in the future.

     Several upcoming events events and Gallery openings were discussed.

     Ken brought in a new piece of work for us to view and explained the process used to achieve the product.

     Sandy has relinquished the "chair person" responsibilities, the opportunity is available to anyone, or could be shared on a rotating basis.

Next Meeting April 17, 2011 2-4PM at WRCC.

Happy Spring!

Closing Reception Highlights

The event was well attended by about 25-30 artists and friends.  Several new members shared their current work and creative path and answered numerous questions.

Remy Lary from Rochester discussed his passion for carving birds of prey and his techniques using tupelo wood.  He brought a Northern sowett owl as a sample (I hope I got the name correct!).

 Alexis Kyriak from Northfield shared her sculpting process using fimo clay, plus her fiber art.

Ted Danforth talked about her pastels and the evolution of her career in art.  She will also be showing her work this Spring at the Gifford Medical Center exhibit space, make sure to see it.

The show ended on a successful note for Gene Parent with a sale of one of his pieces.  The Collective will be meeting on the usual third Sunday of the month at WRCC from 2-4, join us.  We gather to share new work and cover any topics of interest to the group...  see you there.

GMCC in the Herald

This is the unedited text of the Randolph Herald article about the Green Mountain Creative Collective that ran on February 10.  Thank you Sally and Sandy for keeping the GMCC in the news!

Approximately a year ago, in an effort to make better use of its evolving space and facilitate creative connections, the White River Craft Center invited a group of people to brainstorm the needs of local artists.  

Initial meetings were exploratory.  Some of the interests and needs identified included a forum for getting to know one another, share work, motivate and support each other; and a venue for showing works.  Since that time, the group has met each month at the Craft Center and has recently chosen the name Green Mountain Creative Collective to create an inclusive identity and to provide ongoing support for artists in the community.

The Creative Collective is currently running its first show at the Craft Center, and will host a closing reception Sunday, Feb 20 from 2:00 to 4:00.  Shown is work by 17 artists – including oil and watercolor painters, sculptors, textile artists, potters, photographers and musicians.  Future events under consideration include informal hands-on sharing of talents, additional group shows, and community celebrations.

Kimball House, home to the WRCC, has enjoyed a long history of involvement with the town of Randolph, through its associations with VTC, RTCC, the Department of Labor, Orange County Parent Child Center, Prevention Partnership, Vermont Weavers’ Guild, and now the GMCC.  WRCC has long been home to artist and craft studios, first at its Westin Street location, and now also in Kimball House. 

January 2011 Meeting Minutes

Notes from meeting 1/14/2011

Present: Sally Penrod, Tammy Wight, Kevin Harty, Susan Rockwell, David Hurwitz, Barry Miller, Ken Goss, Bonny Willett

Ongoing Art Show: To take down or leave up?

1. It was decided to leave the show up for now and to have a closing reception of 2/20 at 2pm with a general meeting to follow at 3pm
2. Melia to pursue publicity with the Herald (maybe an article) and to e-mail artist’s and members.
3. Sally to ask Bob Eddy to photograph the reception and art
4. Set-up Ken Goss and Kevin Harty, Barry Miller
5.  Clean-up Sally Penrod, Tammy Wight, David Hurwitz, Susan Rockwell

March Art show postponed due to conflicts with scheduling for artists, etc.

Barry Miller offered to do a show “Stone in Motion” for that time slot.

Membership:  $10 for year of membership (Jan-Jan) was decided by members present.  This would entitle members to exhibit their work in the gallery. 

Artists would be asked to pay next meeting or whenever new members are joining.

Ken Goss announced that we a new member. Ken will pursue people on our interested persons list re’ joining the guild with personal notes.

Gallery Space: The large gallery space would re reserved for revolving shows.  Though there is limited wall space, movable partitions could be used for art as well.

Living room space: could be reserved for pieces of art from regular members and could be ongoing.

Publicity: we discussed that more publicity was probably needed re the venue and discussion planned. 

Evening use of the living room space for other events was also discussed

Following the meeting those present went down to the gallery walk at Chandler.

Happy 2011!

The Green Mountain Creative Collective kicked off the new year on 01/01/11 with an event at the White River Craft Center.  Barry Vermont invited everyone to come share their creative work, from art to music to writing to storytelling to leading an activity.  There was a little bit of everything and a lot of great food packed into the first afternoon of 2011.

Bonny Willet provided these photos of some of the amazing music that was made that day by Barry Miller playing with John Mahan (both pictured), Chris Martin, Spencer Lewis and John Zuefle.

Malia Timmerman brought a candy sculpture project to share, and in collaboration with the Zimet family's mini-marshmallow building materials, it yielded some very creative structures (some more structurally sound than others!).  Malia built a spirit house for her brother, which she completed decorating at home and liberated in a bonfire the next day (click here for "liberation" photos).

 As it left the Craft Center

"Spirit House for Sean", completed on 1/2/11

Many thanks to Barry for a great inspiration, to the White River Craft Center for providing the space for it to blossom, and to everyone who participated in whatever way.  This may need to be an annual event!