Artists of Bristol on the Delaware Meeting Minutes and Announcements February 8, 2012 Presiding Officer: John Styner Members Attending: 19 Treasurer’s Report: Balance as of January 30 is $. Guests Attending: Dewayne Jones, photogragher It was announced that the Board decided on doing five exhibitions this year. At present, it is planned that the events will be members only. The goal this year is to have a standard of quality, ”We expect your best”, that will be monitored by the event chairs with guidance coming from our more experienced members. Lorraine Skala will be putting the event information into a calendar format for Dwight to post on the website. Bristol Riverside Theater: Copies of an article that appeared in the Courier Times on February 7 were distributed. It was very favorable press and Rose Marie Strippoli called the reporter and thanked her. Thanks go to Pat Riffe, our Publicity Chairman, for making the connection. Pick up for the BRT exhibit is on February 21. Gene Williams will be calling the theater about announcing that ten percent of the sales will benefit the theater. Kathy DiBlasio uploaded pictures to the website and Facebook page. Grundy Library: See the prospectus for details. Silver Lake: Gail Bracegirdle will chair this event. The possibility of plein air demos and working with the campers was discussed. Also, we may partner with a weekend exhibiton at the Canal Works. Drop-off is planned for June 6 and 7; hanging, June 8; reception, June 10 and pick-up June 26. Middletown Township: Linda Reboh will chair this event with information to follow. Bucks County Community College: Rose Marie Strippoli is the chairperson for this annual event. It is planned to be an open show with a $10 entry fee. All art work is to be priced at $120 with $100 of the sale of art going to the artist and $20 to the college. There will be awards and demonstrations. Two items to follow up are better promotion of the event on the part of the college and the sale of hand painted wine glass. Ongoing Partnerships: Grundy Library: Gene Williams will look into the possibility of obtaining a list of programs for the display case available to us in order to coordinate with the art that AOB members will be exhibiting. Claire Bergen is to schedule rotation with the library. Playmasters: Jeanne Jordan’s work is on exhibit now. Linda Reboh and Kathy DiBlasio will be exhibiting in May. John Styner has signed for September. Gail Bracegirdle will keep the schedule of this rotation. Other Business: Marty Shively distributed the list of contact information for all the 2012 members who have agreed to this. Members E-mail addresses can be used for AOB related communication only. New brochures are now available. Kathy DiBlasio agreed to moderate a Facebook page. Dwight Harris agreed to continue moderating our website and presented a demo thanks to equipment supplied by Lorraine. The current features, e.g., blog, posted minutes, etc. are good for our purposes. An inviting website presence is important. It is vital for members to send Dwight images of their work and updates to their contact information. For the present, the only change discussed was replacing the picture on the home page with something more dynamic. John volunteered to come up with an image and provide ongoing assistance. Dwight agreed to look into new Artspan features and report back. Members Announcements Heather Riccardi has pieces at the 3rd Street Gallery Community Exhibition, running from February 3 to 26; The Plastic Club, Urban Observations Exhibitions, running from February 5 to 25, Riverfront Renaissance Center for the Arts, running from February 17 to March 13. Contact Heather at hcr@heatherriccardi.com for more information. Dwight Harris and Susanne Pitak Davis have two pieces each on exhibition at the National Arts Program at the New Jersey Medical School, 185 South Orange Ave., Newark, NJ; reception is February 23, 4 to 6 PM; Member Professional Artist Show at the Mainline Art Center in Haverford, PA, reception is March 8 from 6 to 8 PM.; the Philadelphia Sketch Club members exhibit at the “City Meets the Country” exhibition; and the Artsbridge Show at the Prallsville Mill. Dwight is artist of the month of February at the Northampton Library with about 20 pieces on exhibit. Susanne is now represented by the River Queen Art Gallery in Lambertville, NJ. Rose Marie Strippoli has work at the 3rd Street Gallery on 2nd Street in Philadelphia. Gail Bracegirdle’s paintings are on exhibit at her gallery on Bridge Street in Lambertville until February 29. Contact Pete Fuhr , theartbrush@comcast.net concerning an exhibit at the Bensalem Senior Center at the end of March. Reminder The next meeting of the Artists of Bristol will be held on Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at the Silver Lake Nature Center on Bath Road in Bristol at 6:30 PM. The committee meeting will be held prior to the meeting. Thanks to those who took the meeting notes and forwarded the notes to me in my absence. Claire Bergen.
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