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Volume 10 May 2017 Newsletter Issue 5

Mark your calendars!The next TRAG General Members meeting will be on Monday, May, 8th at 7PM at the

Pioneer Community Center.

John Trax

President

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Jason Faucera

Vice President

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Carol Wagner

Treasurer

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Bonnie Moore

Secretary

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Sue Thomas

Membership

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Trieste AndrewsPublic Relations

Greetings, Members!

Mark your calendars for Monday,

May 8th. TRAG is holding the May

general meeting at the Pioneer

Center at 7 p.m.

Our presentation will be "Show Your

Art". Members may bring one or two

pieces of their work to show.

Everyone will get a few minutes to

show their piece and explain how

they created it.

John Trax

President, Three Rivers Artist Guild

In this IssueTRAG general meeting minutes

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Vldn Taylor

Marketing

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Holly Kroening

Carrie Trax

Gallery Co-chairs

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May Artists Reception

New Members

Member Appearance

Damascus Open Studio

OCFOTA Needs Volunteers

Artist Residency Program

OCFOTA Call To Artists

New Rotation at 221 Gallery

Susan Schenk on Writing Artist

Statements

Art Extravaganza Report

Artist of the Month Jeanne Kelley-Brown

TRAG MEETING MINUTES – General Membership Meeting

TRAG MEETING MINUTES – General Membership

04-10-2017

Meeting Location: Pioneer Community Center (Downstairs), Oregon City

Attendance: 27 members 3 guest/new members

Called to order @ 7:08pm., by John Trax, President

Welcome and acknowledgement of guests, new members: opened floor to Board Members

to give reports:

Treasurer's report given

Secretary's report given

Artist Reception for the May/June rotation is scheduled for Sunday May 7th from 1-3pm.

Jason Faucera is working on an informational program for setting up for an art show.

The Rose Festival is having a festival in Oregon City this year. They are looking for

volunteers willing to dress in period attire for the 1800’s as well as be willing to share historic

information to those who ask.


OCFOTA has extended the call to artists deadline to April 30th of this year.

OCFOTA is still has some committee needs in order to pull this show off.

We have approximately 120 members.

Voted on By-law change as published in the news letter. Susan Schenk made a motion to

approve. Linda Orzen 2nd the motion as long as the volunteer coordinator position was kept.

It was passed unanimously.

Guest speaker- Susan Schenk- Writing an artist statement.

Meeting adjourned at 8:45p.m.

OCFOTA Update

Oregon City Festival of the Arts!

The second annual Oregon City Festival of the Arts is well on it's

way! With over 55 artists signed up as of last week the festival

is close to full. Festival coordinator Lynda Orzen reports that

applications are still coming in and she anticipates and diverse and amazing group of artists

showing at the 2017 event.

If you are interested in showing in this event please get your application in to Lynda soon!

Email her at [email protected]

If you would like to volunteer to help put on this event please contact Lynda. She has

positions available for helpers and committee members.

Last minute update: We now have 58 applications, and the jury committee has started a wait

list. Looks like we will have close to 60 artists at the 2017 event.

May Artist's Reception is May 7th


New MembersDeborah Alysoun does cards, collage, colored pencil and pastel and is owner of the online store"

EarthBeauties.etsy.com.

She can be reached at [email protected]. She will be showing in the May - June gallery rotation.


Member AppearanceTRAG member Robert Bresky will be talking about his book: More Than Run of the Mill at the

following places:

-- May 18th, Willamette View Manor, 3 pm

-- May 21st, Marylhurst University Peregrine Series, 3-4 pm

Damascus Open Studios Tour

Visit six studios to see and purchase fine art. View Artists at work!

Friday 4pm - 8pm,

Saturday and Sunday 10am - 5pm.

The studios of painters, woodworkers, clay artists, photographers, metal artists, jewelers and

glass artists will be open on the tour.


event.

Calling all Volunteers!

The Oregon City Festival of the Arts is in need of several committee chairs for the 2017

event. To date the only committee chairs filled are for marketing, entertainment and food

services and artist registration. To date, this has been adequate to get the festival started but

now we need to recruit the rest of our team.

Three areas that are vital to the festival are the Volunteer Coordinator, Silent Auction Chair

and the Children’s hands on art.

The Volunteer Coordinator position could be shared. We already have a spreadsheet of all

the positions needed to run the event-just needs to be filled with people. Volunteers will be

needed to work the TRAG information table, greet visitors, relieve artists, assist with set up

and break down, find volunteers for the silent auction and children’s art tables. This position

will need several months lead time to full all the volunteer positions.

The Silent Auction chair would be responsible for collecting pieces of art from artists, set up

auction tables, bids sheets and collect funds. This year we are just going to be auctioning art

work and no outside community donations.

Children’s hands on art should be a simple matter of finding volunteers to man the tables and

instruct. For the 2016 event Holly did a wonderful job of creating several projects. There is

enough stock left-over from the art project items from 2016. All volunteers need to do is

supervise and help visitors make a piece of art work to take home.

If you are interested in any of these positions or would like to discuss them further, please

contact Lynda Orzen at [email protected] .

Artist Residency Program


2017 Call to Artists

Update: Applications received after May 1st will be placed on a wait list in case

an accepted artist drops out.

Three Rivers Artist Guild is presenting an arts, culture and heritage event known as The

Oregon City Festival of the Arts (OCFOTA) on August 12 & 13, 2017 for the purpose of

promoting local art in the community. Artists working in every medium will participate

along with local food vendors, and local musical groups. The event is free to the public.

Location: End of the Oregon Trail Interpretive and Visitor Information Center

1726 Washington Street, Oregon City, Oregon 97045

IMPORTANT DATES

February 1, 2017 Call to Artists & Application emailed to TRAG artists

April 1, 2017 Applications due

June 1, 2017 Acceptance letter, contracts & digital show card emailed to

accepted artists

July 1, 2017 Contract and payment due

July 24, 2017 Artist information sent by email.

Includes booth # and position, parking and set-up Info

August 11 & 12 Artist set-up (Friday: 2 pm - 7 pm, Saturday: 7 am – 9:30 am)

August 12 & 13 Festival – 10 am – 5 pm both days

IMPORTANT FACTS

Contact person: Lynda Orzen (503-313-0024) [email protected]

Services to artists during event:

Security on grounds Friday and Saturday nights

Volunteers to provide breaks for artists

Designated parking area for artists

Water and snacks


Color Comes Alive at the 221 Gallery

Three artists create colorful vistas at the 221 Gallery’s 2nd quarter 2017 rotation.

Andrew Baker, Trieste Andrews and Susan Schenk all use color in different ways, but

all three bring us a palette with purpose, highlighting their subjects’ moods and

nuances.

Andrew’s large animal portraits use color boldly,

moving beyond realistic tones to help tell the

subjects’ stories. In “Elephant,” he uses broad

vertical strokes of black, gray and shiny gilt gold to

suggest trunk, tusks and tree-wide legs of the

royal yet wild animal. “Giraffe” makes use of

fantasy orange markings to give a whimsical tone

to the long-necked subject. Dark doe-like eyes

with long lashes meet our gaze, as if asking us to

play.

Trieste’s realistic landscapes and bird portraits

highlight colors we may see but overlook in our

natural surroundings, giving her compositions a

timeless, graceful quality. “Ocean Sunset”

captures a coral sky reflected in the watery

reflections of a blackened stony shore line.

“Alaska Lawn Art” contrasts a rusty truck with the exuberant overgrowth of the flowering

field around it. “Cedar Creek Grist Mill” shows a surprising display of color in the snowy

scene, hinting at the browns, greens and blues of the surrounding forest and nearby

creek.

Susan Schenk’s collages range from near-

monochromatic to vividly vibrant to tell her visual

stories. “Inner Sanctum – Blue Heron” is a

patterned interplay of gray steel tanks, staircases,

support beams and pipes. Peeking through the

tangle of metal are snippets of phrases, including

“struggle, I see a generation,” and “our way of

life.” Her joyous “Floral Tulips” abounds with


energy as red, orange and yellow-toned tulips burst like fountain spray against a

background of bright blue and long green leaves. If you look closely, you can see a wild

feline’s spotted fur nestled in the tulip pot!

Just as spring broadens nature’s palette to announce its arrival, so these three artists

use color to announce their subjects and themes.

Take a trip to the 221 Gallery and add a spark of color to your day!

How to write compelling artist statementsWriting an artist statement by Susan Schenk. This is a summary of Susan's

presentation at the April 2017 TRAG meeting.

Your artist’s statement is a reference page for people interested in learning more about

you and your work. To be most helpful, it should include an informative statement and

contact information, no longer than one page.

Use an artist’s statement to:

-Add information to expand the viewer’s understanding. Make them want to look

deeper or longer at your work.

-Write simply if you want people to read it.

-Less is more. Be concise. Edit it down. Imagine each word costs $10 and you’re

on a budget.

-Leave room for viewers to incorporate their own experience and imagination.

-Write more about the work, and less about yourself.

-Tell a story and draw in the viewer. Write as if you were standing there with

them by your work.

-Encourage the viewer to search for treasure. Don’t provide a detailed map.

The following questions can guide the creation of more sophisticated statements. They

can also deepen your thinking about your own art. Use your answers to craft a powerful

statement.

What excites me about my work?1.

What does someone need to know about my work and how it’s made?2.

What process do I use to make my work? How is it different than other artists?3.

What special research am I doing with my work? What discoveries?4.


How do I make my work, step by step?5.

What is unique about my work? What’s my niche?6.

Where do I get inspiration? Place, people, things, experiences?7.

How has making art changed or saved my life?8.

How does my personal history affect my art? What life experiences show up in

my art?

9.

What first drew me to this art form?10.

Who are my influences? Teachers, mentors, other artists?11.

What obsesses me, fascinates, haunts or compels me about my work?12.

What am I curious or worried about with my work? How am I evolving?13.

How does my work fit into the history of this kind of work?14.

What do I want my audience to feel, think, do, experience, wonder about, or

understand after experiencing my work?

15.

If my work were music, what sound? Tempo? Instruments? Genre?16.

If my work could speak, what would it say? What tone of voice? What language?17.

If my work could dance, what moves? Tempo? Genre? Costumes?18.

If you could eat my work, what would it taste like? Texture? Spicy? Sweet?

Tangy? Hot or cool?

19.

What kinds of memories does my work trigger? Where does my work “take”

people?

20.

Pull your best ideas from your answers into your new artist’s statement. Create one that

is a page long and includes contact information to use in shows. Create a second one

that is 1000 characters or less for online applications for shows, grants and

competitions. Then make one that you memorize to give a 15-20 second answer to the

question, “What kind of artist are you?” And finally, a very short statement of 3-8 words

that becomes your motto, and that can be put on your business cards that describes

your art and artmaking.

2017

Art Extravagansa


Earth Day Extras Mark Art Extravaganza

April’s Art Extravaganza made two bold moves this year! The first was to a Saturday to

draw more weekday-working artists, and the second was to Earth Day, to celebrate art’s

interaction with earth-friendly themes.

The ReClaimIt! Store joined the

vendors’ tables for the first time,

sharing creative ways to reuse and

reimagine discarded items in works of

art. A table was also set aside for the

“We Love Clean Rivers” group,

inviting artists to create art from river

trash to be displayed and auctioned

as a fundraiser for the Clackamas

River Basin Council.

Altogether, 23 vendors and demo artists filled the tradeshow rooms and hallway

alongside hands-on workshops, lecture demos and a panel discussion.

Eager artists scooped up samples, literature

and special purchases at the Merri Artist pop-

up store. Guild members distributed

membership flyers and Oregon City Festival of

the Arts post cards at our entryway table as

we talked with attending guests.

We also made a strong showing among the

event’s volunteers! The sponsoring

Clackamas County Arts Alliance’s listing

included Cheri Bosserman, Beth Daniell,

Richard Gaffield, Denise Gilbert, Eric

Griswold, Judy Haas, Valerie Ilustre, Kathy Johnson, Jeanne Kelley-Brown, Phyllis

Koessler, Holly Kroening, Bonnie Moore, Lynda Orzen, Dorothy Sherman, Vldn Taylor,

John Trax, and Carol Wagner. Many thanks to everyone involved!

www.clackamasartsalliance.org.


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