March 11, 2024, TRAG General Meeting

Agenda:

6:30 pm Call to Order
Welcome Members & Visitors
Secretary Report
Treasurers Report
Co-Vice President Report
Membership Report
New members
• Morgen Barrett – jewelry/textile artist and painter. Volunteered for Holiday Show
• Becky Dawson- watercolors, ceramics. Shop: One Lane Road in Oregon City. Help with Guild
• Greg Roll from Gresham is a photographer of landscapes and wildlife who will help with monthly meeting programs.
OCFOTA Update
• Welcome Project Coordinator
• Aug 10-11, 9-4 pm
• Application deadline May 15
• Volunteer Sign-up/Volunteer Meeting
Spring Fling Update
• May 4 & 5 10-4 pm at Pioneer Community Center. Set up Friday May 3, 3-6 pm
• Deadline March 31. Notification of acceptance first week of April
Open Studios Update
• ??Oct 13, 14, 15. 10-5 pm.
End of Business

Program: How to Price Your Art and More Art Critiques

Last month’s critiques were so popular that we are doing it again! Bring a piece of art for a group critique after a short presentation on “How to Price your Art”. Erin Redding will go over the basics of how to price your artwork and the many things to consider when thinking about the monetary value of your art. We will have a few surprise “mini guests” from different media types within the guild to tell us about their pricing methods and considerations.

February 12, 2024, TRAG General Meeting

Program

 

Supportive Art Critique!

Members: Bring 1-2 pieces for a constructive, interactive, and thoughtful review from your peers (work in progress is great).

The presentation will start with a short “How to” on how best to critique another artist’s work in a supportive way. How to critique without being critical. Also, what kind of things do galleries and shows look at when critiquing your work? How do we take this experience of critically thinking about others work to look critically at our own work. Cathy Rowe will present.

We will then have a show-and-tell where anyone that wishes to may show their piece (works-in-progress are great) to get feedback from those present. We will try to limit the time per person to 5-10 minutes each depending on how many people bring in work. Please only bring 2 pieces if the second piece is in some way important to the viewing or explanation of the first piece, such as: the beginning of a series, a shift in style or niche, or a reference to past work.

 

January 8, 2024, TRAG General Meeting

 

Program

Daria Loi will be speaking about the newly opened Imperfecta Gallery in Downtown Oregon City.  The Gallery had its grand opening November 11, 2023.  She will be speaking to us about her journey to finding this unique space and bringing it to life.  Daria is an international artist that has experience creating art, curating art, and operating an art business.  Imperfecta Gallery is located at 117 6th St. and shows international and local art (including a few TRAG member artists).

 

November 13, 2023, TRAG General Meeting – Elections, Cupcake party and Volunteer Recognition!

 

Meeting Agenda

Election of new board members.

We are looking for volunteer board members who would be a piece of a larger puzzle. How about your best art friend in TRAG? How about you?

Presidents position. Where and what should TRAG continue to do: HELP TAKE US THERE.

Help a committee plan one of our festivals.

Secretary position. Take notes and print them up for the board and newsletter.

Vice-presidents position. Plan fun ideas for our monthly meetings:

Whew! That sounds like a lot of work unless we concentrate on more hands to help. TRAG members have lots of ideas and you can HELP TAKE US THERE.

 

Program: Cupcake party and Volunteer Recognition!

This is our last meeting of the year. We look forward to seeing you!

Bonus to the next Vice President:
The Vice President is one of the open positions for next year. Two of the activities for next year are already arranged! This will give you a start in planning presentations for the monthly  meetings. Consider all the benefits of being TRAG’S next VP!

 

October 9, 2023, TRAG General Meeting

 

Program: art swap!

For October’s general meeting we will be bringing back the art swap!!

This is your opportunity to pass on any art supplies you are no longer using and best of all, get some free art supplies you never even knew you needed!

It can be anything at all including storage containers, papers, paints, tools, glass, wood, canvas, etc. on into infinity.
October is a great time for purging so now you have a great excuse.

 

September 11, 2023, TRAG General Meeting

 

Meeting Agenda

 
Welcome to members and guests: Lynda Orzen
Treasurer’s Report: Nancy Graham
Presentation of minutes: Cathy Rowe
Vice Presidents reports: Melissa Gannon and Jeanne Kelly-Brown
Membership report: Sue Thomas
Event and program reports: Lynda Orzen

 

Program: Vona Adams-Lawrence Presents Impasto and Palette Knife Painting

 

With Joint issues I have had to adapt to a different style of painting using palette knives and thick paint to achieve a textured look to my paintings.

Palette knife painting is a term used to describe the impasto technique of applying paint to canvas using several styles of painting knives. 19th-century master painter Vincent van Gogh is one artist who was known to use the method.

An Italian word for “mixture,” used to describe a painting technique wherein paint is thickly laid on a surface, so that brushstrokes or palette knife marks are visible.

 

July 10, 2023, Guild Meeting

Meeting agenda

  1. Welcome to members and guests: Lynda Orzen
  2. Treasurer’s Report: Nancy Graham
  3. Presentation of minutes: Cathy Rowe
  4. Vice Presidents reports: Melissa Gannon and Jeanne Kelly-Brown
  5. Membership report: Sue Thomas
  6. Event and program reports: Lynda Orzen

 

Program: Photographing art for shows, print, websites and Facebook

Presenter: Melissa Gannon

Melissa Gannon will talk about photographing art for shows, print, websites and Facebook. Topics will include photo resolution, what to include in the photo, her method of creating a photo that accurately represents her piece (without being a professional photographer, using an iPhone), and a little about editing using Photoshop. She will also invite folks to share their experiences: what works for them in their own photography and what programs they are using to edit their photos to create great photos for applying to shows, posting on websites, print on demand sites, Facebook, postcards and other print media.

 

June 12, 2023, Guild Meeting

Meeting Agenda

To be announced later.

 

Program: A Conversation About Using Social Media to Promote Your ART!

Presenter: Melody Bush

Social Media can help you promote and even sell your art. We will be talking about using Facebook and Instagram, when to post, how to use tags, using Meta Business Suite, Canva, and other tips.

 

May 8th, 2023 Guild Meeting

Meeting Agenda

To be announced later.

 

Program: writing compelling artist statements

Susan Schenk will present a workshop on writing compelling artist statements

An artist’s statement tells others about you and your work. Writing one is a powerful exercise for articulating your passion and art. But, it also a challenge to capture in words what is often so hard to express and intangible. No matter your medium or level of proficiency, a good statement is a useful tool.

In this workshop, you will be guided through a series of questions to gather information to create a sophisticated artist’s statement, and to deepen your thinking about your own art making. If you are happy with your current artist’s statement, then write a statement for the fabulous artist you aspire to be, so that you can set that intention into the universe. Or, answer the questions as preparation for when you are interviewed for a national artist’s publication.

 

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