Sanford Art Association

Post Office Box 388 • Sanford, Maine 04073

(207) 490-0543

email sanfordspringvaleart@gmail.com


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Next Meeting
Wednesday Jan. 13 at 9:00 am in the Gallery on Main Street
The Pen and Pencil Club
Bring your Pens and Pencils (no pastels or paints), to The Community Room at Goodall Library, Thursdays (except Christmas & New Year's) from 10 to 11:30am. There will be a still life set up, good supportive company and plenty of reference books available to look at. Open to everyone interested in drawing and or writing.
Painting Nights
The third Thursday of the month at the Springvale Library from 5pm to 8:00 pm come and paint with other interested people in having a creative "zone" to paint either something of your choice or a model if there is one.

Hope to see you there. For more information call Mary 490-1487

GALLERY INFORMATION
All association forms are located in the off-white box on the floor, behind the counter. The box contains: membership forms, show agreements (both for the Gallery and the Hospital), Minutes from meetings (red folder), Gallery information (blue folder), a “mail folder” for each of the officers (President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, Membership, Webmaster, please use these for any letters, notes, and any information that needs to reach the above.
CALL TO MEMBERS
Any member interested or has a background in grant writing and would like to help.
Help organize the summer workshops.
Gallery sitters needed.
Raffle donations.
Please contact Mary if you can help in any of the above areas.
2010 Meeting Calendar
January 13th – 9:00am at the Gallery
This will be a good meeting for those who haven’t attended regularly to meet the artists in our group. So bring in your artwork and, if possible, a folding chair. We will be discussing the upcoming shows and other events for the year.
 
March 3rd – 9:00am at the Gallery
Please bring in your artwork and 2 or 3 paintings for a critique that will immediately follow the business portion of our meeting. So don’t be shy, in the past the critiques have been an informative and fun event. The paintings can be completed or ones that you are still working on. Critique artist to be announced at a later date.
 
April 7th – 6:00pm at the Goodall Library
We plan to get a speaker who will talk about advertising after the business meeting.
 
May 5th – 9:00am at the Gallery
We hope to have a collage demonstration after our business meeting.
 
June 2nd – 6:00pm at the Goodall Library
Bring in 2 or 3 paintings for a critique after our business meeting. This will help to accommodate people who can’t attend our morning meetings. If you attended our critique in March you can bring in more paintings. Remember that the paintings can be ones that you are still working on or ones that you have completed. Critique artist to be announced at a later date.
 
July 7th – 9:00am meeting at the Gallery
A talk about the “Business of Art” will follow the business meeting. The speaker will be announced at a later date.
 
August 4th – 6:00pm meeting at Goodall Library
After our business meeting,” Mia Auger will give a description of the history and process of pit firing. Included in her presentation will be work in progress and completed work, including pictures.
 
September 1st – 6:00pm at the Gallery
Please note the change of time due to the morning drop off of the open juried show.
 
October 6th – 6:00pm at Goodall Library
After our business meeting a talk called “Reinventing Oneself, A Personal Journey by Hilary Zayed of life dramatically changing due to a brain injury and discovering art and writing when life as it was could no longer be. The power point presentation includes visual art, journaling and whimsical quips about life, healing and attitudes.”
 
November 3rd – 9:00am at the Gallery
 
 
December 1st – 6:00pm meeting at Goodall Library
 
 
Would you like new pictures for your artist button?
Audrey Arguin will photograph your work at an arranged time...324-8148.

Should you want to contact an artist indirectly or our organization, please feel free to email us at: sanfordspringvaleart@gmail.com

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