Category: Holiday Art Show & Sale

By Lynda Orzen, Holiday Show Coordinator

The art show only had 28 artist this year with space for 10 more. Let’s hope we can fill it in 2023. This was our 15th annual event-yes 15! Our guild is going to be 16 in 2023! The Holiday Show is only open to members of the guild. The Oregon City News had a wonderful article with one of our artists on the front page! We shared advertising with several other events in the community along with a ½ page ad in the OC News. Over the years, the guild has donated over $7,000 to the Pioneer Community Center’s Meals on Wheels program!

Major kudos to Melody Bush for Facebook advertising, Ingrid Aubry for our postcards and posters – each year they just get better, Kerry Edwards, volunteer coordinator and my right-hand, Lynne Collum for name tags and booth signs and Yelena Shabrova who managed all the computer magic! Couldn’t have done this without good teamwork. Thank you for being so resourceful and fun to work with!

The Holiday Show will be taking place on the weekend of December 3 and 4, 2022.

Times for the events will be: 
Saturday from 9 am till 4 pm and Sunday from 10 am till 4 pm.

Set up will be on Friday, December 2 from 3 pm till 7 pm.
Please do not show up any earlier unless you are assisting with set up.

This show is for TRAG membership that have been juried into a TRAG event or the previous TRAG gallery. 

As of October 17th, 2022, there are only 6 spaces still available. All spaces are 8 feet wide by 6 feet deep at $60.
33 spaces have been already taken.

If you are a returning artist from the 2021 show and would like to request the same location, please let us know.

You must have your own display set-up. There are several tables available at the facility: 3 tables measuring 30” by 96” and 9 tables measuring 30” by 72”. Please send in your request to Lynda.

This show will be first come with applications for participation. If we are unable to fill the event during this first Call to Artists, we’ll send out a second call the beginning of November.

Please include at least 2 photos of your work for advertising purposes. We’ll have a postcard created to post on Facebook and email to clientele.

You will receive notification of acceptance by the end of October along with further instructions and information on set up.

If you have any further questions or comments, contact Lynda Orzen at orzep@comcast.net.

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by Lynda Orzen, Holiday Show Coordinator

I am going to claim the 2021 Holiday Show a success. We didn’t have as many artists participating but shoppers still had a huge variety of artwork to choose from. I know I did a lot of shopping during the weekend! Shoppers were so happy to be able to able to shop in person-finally! Heard lots of comments about the wealth of artwork and the organization of the event.

Tried to take some photos of the event but I’m definitely not a photographer. Unfortunately our photographer, Ingrid Aubry was recuperating from a broken hip. Happy to say, she is recuperating quite well!

Want to thank volunteers and organizers for pitching in to make this a wonderful event!

Happy New Years Artists and a New Year of creating art!

Lynda Orzen

The Holiday Show, happening the weekend of December 4 and 5 at the Pioneer Community Center located at 615 5th Street is now full. Participating artists will receive further information by early November. This will include the booth location, set up information, postcards for distributing online and the Hold Harmless. All who have applied are in the Holiday Show.

There will be Facebook postings daily with those artists that sent photos. We have physical postcards available for pickup at the Friends of the Library Bookstore, 814 7th street, open Tuesday through Saturday from 11 till 4.

Times for the event will be Saturday from 9 am till 4 pm and Sunday from 10 am till 4 pm. Set up is on Friday, December 3 from 3 pm till 7 pm. Please do not show up any earlier unless you are assisting with set up. We were unable to fill the show so more space will be allowed between most booths. We are taking all precautions to keep this event safe for all attending. Masks will be required.

Most of the returning artist have been given their original spaces, however a few have been moved to a more favorable location. You must have your own display set-up. There are several tables available at the facility. 3 @ 30” by 96” and 9 @ 30” by 72”. Please send in your request to Lynda if you have not done so yet.

If you have any further questions or comments, contact Lynda Orzen orzep@comcast.net

Call for Volunteers

We are currently recruiting volunteers for the Holiday Show. This is a wonderful, very successful show and just a little bit of volunteering helps it run smoothly. Consider volunteering for just a couple of hours and then a few more hours for Holiday shopping.

Days and times needed for volunteers:
Friday, December 3 from 2:00 till 7:00pm (Moving tables, laying out the booth spaces and helping artists set up)
Saturday, December 4 from 9 am till 4 pm. Giving artists breaks and passing out snacks.
Sunday, December 5 from 10 am till 6 pm. Giving breaks until 4 pm. After 4 pm helping artists break down booths and set up tables and chairs in the Pioneer dining area.

Sound like fun? Contact Kerry Edwards at kerryducks56@gmail.com.

Lynda Orzen
Holiday Show Coordinator

Now that we have the fantastic Festival of the Arts behind us, it’s time to look to our future events. The Holiday Show is happening this year. Set up will be on Friday, December 3 and show days on December 4 and 5. We are thinking of changing the times this year to 9 till 4 on Saturday and 10 till 4 on Sunday.

This show is only for members of the guild that have been juried in to either the gallery or another guild event. There will be 39 booths currently available: 35, 6 ft by 8 ft spaces and 3, 24 inches by 12 feet spaces. Cost will be $60 for a full space and $40 for partial.

The application will be in the September 15, 2021 newsletter.

The Pioneer Center is reserved for the 2021 Holiday Show. There will be a Friday, December 3 set up with the show running December 4 and 5. This show is open to TRAG members only! As in past years, 37 6X8 ft ($60) spaces and 3 3X12 ($40) ft spaces. This show is one of the Premier Holiday art events in Oregon City. I believe it will be our 15th!

A lot still depends on the overall safety in our community at that time. Unfortunately, there is no crystal ball that will tell us the future. May have to take extra precautions which will be worked out before the event. More information in September. Would like to form a small committee to help organize the event

Lynda, orzep@comcast.net

The annual Holiday show is still on for December. The dates will be December 4 for set up and 5 and 6 for the show. The event may need to be set up differently for social distancing purposes. Once we get later in the year, we will have a better idea of what the event will look like.