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SEPTEMBER 2018 NEWSLETTER President’s Message Wasn’t that a summer!! Loved it! Did you recharge?? I hope so because we have exciting things happening during the next months at the ASSC.

For those members who have not yet participated in a show or a workshop, please check out what is being offered in the fall and plan on taking part – you will make wonderful friends and find inspiration and enthusiasm.

Thank you to those who participated in the Art Challenge from photos from our Photography Group, and congratulations to Lorraine Nagle on having her “Rise Up” artwork purchased for the County’s Permanent Art Collection!

Have you registered yet for the Member Appreciation Evening??? We need to know the numbers by September 12 to inform the caterers. This is a social evening with a catered dinner, and then an enjoyable talk by Brenda Robinson, who entertained the group last year. Please sign up! No charge.

The ASSC is involving itself in the Provincial Culture Days by having artists set up in the Ottewell Centre on September 29 from 10 to 3 pm, working on their projects and intermingling with the public as they make this one of their stops to learn and enjoy “art” at the Centre. Email minirose@telusplanet.net if you would like to set up and be a part of advertising the Society and your artwork.

Check out on the website the great line up of workshops that Elaine has organized for this fall. Beginner to Intermediate workshops! The Fall Show is up on the website and we encourage your registration as an artist and member of the ASSC to showcase the great local art that exists in this Society. It is also time to prepare and gather your items for the Christmas Market – it is coming soon!

And...the Society needs you on board! Read through the Job Descriptions sent out with this newsletter and determine where you can fit in. There is something for everyone! Elections are held at the

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December meeting and it would be nice to have most of the positions filled by that date. If you are interested in participating on a Committee or on the Board, please email Sonja at minirose@telusplanet.net. The Board has 7 “at large” Board positions –members do not have to chair a Committee in order to serve on the Board. These “at large” Board positions are designed to encourage members to have their say and vote regarding Society activities and composition.

Thanks, Sonja.

Thank you to:

Antoinette Alleyne, Dianna Sapara, Arlene Bowles, Trish Haugen, and Norma Callicott for demonstrating your artwork in the Loft during the tour and luncheon by Strathcona County and visiting agricultural dignitaries. Also to Dianna and Brian L for covering the Loft Gallery on July 7 and 8. Much appreciated.

Shellie Patzer, Bonnie Halliday and Marie Schelske for serving, during the summer, on the Committee to screen applicants for the position of Ottewell Rental Coordinator/Administrator. Your time on this is much appreciated.

MEMBERS’ CORNER

Next Board Meeting: Tuesday, September 4 - 6:30 pm @ Ottewell Centre

Next General Meeting: Tuesday, September 11 - 7 pm @ Ottewell Centre. Samantha Williams Chapelsky will do a demo at the September meeting on image transfers on various surfaces. She will provide the attending members with an information sheet on the processes demonstrated. She is the Western Canada Golden Paints representative Culture Days: September 29, 10 to 3 pm.

Member Appreciation Dinner: September 29, – 6:30 pm

Deadline for Entry for Fall Show: October 1, 2018

Fall Show: October 26, 27, 28

Cross Cancer Show: October 29, 30, 31

Christmas Market Place: November 17, 18

WORKSHOP REVIEWS: Carol Nelson Workshop

From Trish Haugen: What an intense three days learning from a master. Carol was a wonderful instructor. She did well-spaced instruction then work time. People were so engrossed in the process and the activity at hand that you could have heard a pin drop as people went about their creative process after each segment of instruction. She was so positive and encouraging with her genuine sense of humour and gave terrific one on one help as needed. I think everyone really benefited from the experience although they were very tired by the end of the three days. I am, personally, very happy with the results I achieved learning her techniques and approaches and hope everyone was as well. From Barbara Mitchell: The three day workshop with Carol Nelson was a wonderful experience in color and design, sometimes stepping out of our comfort zone to embrace something new she was showing us, stepping into collage and the brilliance of fluid acrylics, along with a lot of fun and innovative ideas that continually flowed throughout the whole workshop. Carol is very generous with sharing her expertise and helping each one of us to achieve what we wanted to see in our art work. Her own artwork is amazing and truly an inspiration. She has a unique way of capturing elements of nature, that she is so willing to share with us. I would recommend her workshop to anyone!

Report on 3rd Hidden Treasures Open Art Studio Tour

Our third studio tour on June 23 & 24th was a successful event with good attendance numbers, sales and weather! We had 11 artists in 10 home studios plus 9 artists in the barn. Visitors enjoyed viewing the actual creative space of our artists. It provided our artists with an opportunity to show their entire art collection and really show how they create and what inspires them. The number of visitors to home studios varied. Visitors to rural studios varied from 24 to 57 and depended on signage and location. Visitors to urban studios varied from 55 to about 100. The barn drew about 200 people, which was on par with 2017. The event was heavily advertised in the Sherwood Park, Fort Saskatchewan and Beaumont newspapers as well as in a Daytripper section of the Edmonton Sun and Edmonton Examiner. The Sherwood Park news also published an article about the event. We advertised on Facebook, ASSC website and many other sources on the internet. Brochures were distributed widely across County businesses. Individual artist participants also heavily promoted the event through email, invitations, and Facebook promotion. Our studio tour yellow signs directed people to the studios. The Committee is planning for 2019 and will share this soon with members. Any artist wishing to show their entire art collection without having to haul everything to a show, should seriously consider becoming involved in this successful event!! If you have questions or need help with how to set up your home for this event please contact Norma Callicott at 780 464 2519 or normacallicott59@gmail.com or Margaret Klappstein at 780 467 3092 or margaretklappstein@gmail.com

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Lorraine Schuld

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Kay McCormack Elaine Tweedy

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Saturday, September 29THis Alberta Culture Day!

ALL MEMBERS OF THE ASSC are invited to register to come to the Centre and work on their art pieces and to hang some artwork for sale. It is anticipated that the public will be venturing around Sherwood Park to the various locations celebrating Culture Days. This is also a great day to meet fellow artists and to have a tea with friends. No cost, no volunteer hour or meeting requirement – just sign up! If you are interested in being at the Centre that day and setting up to work and sell art, please contact Antoinette Alleyne, who is gathering names. Her email is sendtoantoinette@gmail.com

ART STORM: Colors & Shapes

The ASSC Fall Exhibition and Sale

on October 26th, 27th and 28th 2018

Yes, it’s time to register for this show.

Deadline is October 1, 2018.

Once on the website, click on the Members’ Section and select the 2018 Fall Show for firstly, the member registration, and secondly for the art registration. Those pages will clarify all requirements for the show and the entry of artwork.

Let’s make this a wonderful display of the artwork of our members!

Members: Please stop at the Welcome Table on your way into meetings and sign in for the evening. This is important for the ASSC meeting attendance record and it may become important to you too if you are planning on showing your artwork at an ASSC show.

THE ASSC wants to show you its appreciation for being a member!! If you have not registered online for the Member Appreciation Dinner on September 29, please do so as I have to give numbers to the caterers. The Society wishes to thank you for your membership and you will have an opportunity to listen to Brenda Robinson, a Sherwood Park motivational speaker, and to socialize with your fellow members. Please register and join with fellow artists for a social evening.

Simply register online... www.artstrathcona.com - under the Members’ Section before September 12 so we can give numbers to the caterer!

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Note Changes: Drop In painting days at the Ottewell Centre Are scheduled for 9:30 to 12:30 on September (Wednesdays): 12th, 19th, 26, and Monday Sept 24 October (Wednesday) Oct 31, and (Thursdays): 4th, 11th, 18th November (Mondays): 19th (Wednesdays): 7, 14th, 21st Come along to work on your artwork, and enjoy the company of other artists, learn from them, share your stories and your art - or just come and enjoy the company with a coffee!

Loft Gallery and Gift Shop

(Open Saturday and Sunday 12 – 4)

• Please note: The deadline to apply for a Feature Artist spot or Solo February Show in 2019 is September 1, 2018.

We are busy organizing for the September-October rotation. Registered artists are asked to drop off their Gift Gallery items at 2:00 on September 4 and Loft Gallery artists can drop off paintings at 4:00 on September 4. The Loft Committee will start hanging the show shortly afterwards. For members wishing to accumulate volunteer hours, please check the Loft Gallery shifts page under Members. Please note that the schedule has been altered somewhat to coincide with days and times set by the Fall Show. Please email asscgallery@gmail.com to volunteer for any shifts you want. Looking ahead….. The deadline for registering for the November-December rotation is October 1. If you have recorded 20 hours of volunteer time during 2017 and 2018 and have attended 3 meetings, you may enter up to 7 paintings (with consideration of size). If you are a new member this year, you may enter one painting and if you have recorded 10 hours of volunteer time, you may enter 2 paintings. Due to the lateness of the Fall Show, I would ask that inventory lists be in by October 15, although you may do slight adjustments following the Fall Show if needed.

ASSC Facebook Page Art Society of Strathcona County contact Norma Callicott, normacallicott59@gmail.com or Lorraine Nagle, naglelorraine@gmail.com

NOVEMBER “THE FORCE OF GRAVITY” Abstraction in Watercolour Brent Laycock Thursday/Friday Nov 1 & 2 9:30-4pm Cost $110 1Spaces left BUILDING A BUILDING WITH PEN, INK AND WATERCOLOURS Cam Wilson Saturday/Sunday Nov 3 & 4 10-4pm Cost $110 7 Spaces left

SEPTEMBER Alberta Landscape in Mixed Media Doris Charest Saturday/Sunday. Sept 8 & 9 9:30-4:30 Cost $110- 4 Spaces left Willie Wong 6 week session Watercolours (Mondays) Sept 10, 17 Oct 15, 22, 29 Nov.5 9:30-12:30 Cost $160 FULL PEN, INK & WATERCOLOURS 3 Sessions Anne McCartney (Mondays) Sept, 10, 17, 24 1-4pm Cost $50 6 Spaces left BEGINNER WATERCOLOUR 3 Sessions Margaret Klappstein (Wednesdays) Sept 12,19,26, 1-4pm Cost $50 6 Spaces left ACRYLIC POURING SAMPLER 2 Sessions Norma Callicott (Thursdays) Sept 20, 27 1-4pm Cost $35 FULL

OCTOBER BEGINNER OIL 3 Sessions Joyce Boyer (Wednesdays) Oct. 3, 10, 17, 9:30-12:30 Cost $50 11 Spaces left ALCOHOL INK ON YUPO Sherry Telle. Saturday/Sunday Oct 13/14. 9am-4pm Cost $110 5 Spaces left

Art Society of Strathcona County

WORKSHOP Newsletter September 2018

2018

UPCOMING WORKSHOPS FOR JAN – APRIL 2019

These will be posted on the ASSC website in October.

Offering a variety in subject and mediums:

Watercolour, mosaics, collage, acrylic, pastel from

beginner to advanced.

Dear Members, We need your help. I know that things are always last minute but our request for photos has not been as robust as we would like for the Spring 2019 Show. Please take a minute and email your patrons so that they can submit photos that we can possibly use as reference. Hopefully this will generate more sales! They can submit as many photos as they would like. Please do this ASAP. I really would appreciate it if you would also share on your Facebook page. We need to get this out. Thank you again for your cooperation and help! Cheers Joyce Boyer SPRING SHOW 2019

DID YOU NOTICE?

Some members have had their artwork selected by the County for patio tables:

Ellen Kempers:

Margaret Klappstein

Anyone else?

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“I am seeking. I am striving. I am in it with all my heart.” Vincent van Gogh

Speakers for the Fall Meetings September 11th: Image Transfer Samantha Williams-Chapelsy Golden Working Artist and Abstract Landscape Painter Samantha has been a Golden Working Artist since 2014. Samantha speaks to artists about the uses of Golden products. She is also a teacher and a successful artist. She shows her distinctive acrylic abstract landscapes at shows in Canada and the U.S. October 9: How To Be More Professional in Your Art Practice Chris Carson, Executive Director, Visual Arts Alberta - CARFAC As Executive Director, Chris speaks to many groups across the province and will be speaking on how we can be more professional in our art practice. November 13: New and Exciting Art Products John Scott, Owner, Delta Art John will be bringing new and interesting art products available to artists. He is very knowledgeable about art products and can answer any questions you may have about the proper use of them. Norma

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Some Facts:

Alberta’s arts community is robust and diverse, and many Albertans value and are engaged in the arts. According to recent research: • 44,880 Albertans were employed in the arts, entertainment and recreation in 2016 • 76% of Albertans surveyed attended an arts event • 57% of Albertans surveyed participated in artistic activities • 87% of Albertans surveyed believe arts and culture make their community a better place to live • 84% of Albertans surveyed feel arts activities are important in contributing to the overall quality of life in their community Despite their important contributions to the province, artists often face economic challenges and income disparities, compared with the overall labour force: • 44% lower earnings ($32,600) than the average income of the overall labour force ($58,200) • 55% lower earnings ($30,300) than those with the same academic credentials at or above a bachelor’s degree ($66,500)

Interesting, eh?

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Google says the most popular themes for art these days are:

In order:

1 Traditionallandscape2 Localviews3 Modernorsemiabstractlandscape4 Abstracts5 Dogs6 Figures,notnudes.7 Seascapes,harbors,beaches8 Wildlife9 Impressionismlandscape10 Nudes.11. Stilllife.

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Library Corner

Will return next month. Sherwood Park Photography Group of the ASSC

Will return next month.

SEND YOUR EMAILS TO Don’t forget to email “THE MAIL BAG?”. Show initiative! Step up to the plate! Take the plunge! Take a stab at it or anything else you’d like to call it! Let us hear from you with your thoughts on the Society, on the events, art in general, or anything that you would like to throw out there.

Please send your emails to “The Mail Bag” at

minirose@telusplanet.net

We look forward to hearing from each and every one of you - NOT ALL AT ONCE - OF COURSE!

Editor’s Message It would be very much appreciated if all submissions for the Newsletter could be sent by the 22nd of each month. And if you possibly can, please use ‘Arial’ font for your submissions, (it just makes life easier for the editor.) Members If you are having a show or an art event, please send your information to Dianne Dixon, Newsletter Editor, at dcdixon@shaw.ca for inclusion in the Newsletter! Also If you have any photos of art that you would like to send me so I can build of file of artworks to use in the newsletter, when there is space, it would be great.