Please note my email change.
Jeffrey Smart Baisden
b2746@windstream.net
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
FLAG NOTES May 2009
First let me congratulate Ahlin on her successful term of office as President of FLAG. You've set the stage for our continued success as a great artist's organization.
And secondly congratulations to Cheryl Day-Swallow and her crew of Area 4 workers for putting on a wonderful Symposium. The warm hospitality by Area IV and the Leepa-Rattner museum were really wonderful and the exhibition and reception was outstanding. The museum enjoyed hosting us and invited us to return on a continuing rotation of 7 years.
Cheryl Anne is going to follow up on the Leepa-Rattner's invitation to return and will set a definite date for that.
Thanks to everyone who stayed over for the Board Meeting on Sunday morning. I appreciate your support and look forward to working with all of our fine Area Chairs and the rest of the Board during my term as President. I wanted to touch base again and review the decisions we made.
Our secretary, Joan Lyon, will supply us with minutes of the board meeting from Friday, May 1, the general meeting Saturday, May 2, and our Board meeting Sunday, May 3.
Treasurer Roberta Schofield will supply us with a treasurer's report as soon as all transactions for the Tarpon Springs Symposium are finalized.
I asked all Board Members in attendance for an evaluation of the Symposium. What did we do especially well and what could we improve. Roberta agreed to put a request for an evaluation from the entire membership n the next newsletter if I provide the wording.
We asked Joan Klutch to go ahead and see about arrangements with BIG Arts on Sanibel Island to host the 2010 symposium. Joan took us at our word and has already confirmed with BIG Arts the exhibition dates and opening and has a hotel lined up. So we are a BIG GO for the 2010 symposium 9 months from now on January 8 and 9 on Sanibel Island. Joan checked with Howard Cowdrick about the negotiations with Longboat Key. He says Longboat Key has not yet responded. The BIG Arts facility is apparently a really nice venue, but in order to ensure that there is enough space for everyone we're going to limit the size to a maximum of 36" wide by 36 " tall including framing for 2D and 36"x36"x36" for 3 D Joan already has talked with Dan Welden about being our juror. This is tentative. Joan even has recruited a volunteer to deal with the jpeg entries. Good work Joan! Roberta Schofiled agreed to supply Joan with the budgets for the past two Symposiums.
We asked Ahlin to find out about the status of our request for an exhibition at the Maitland Museum of Art. I think I'm supposed to follow up about the Appleton Museum in Ocala on our earlier inquiries with them about exhibitions. If anyone has any ideas or contacts for other good venues for future years please investigate. Remember my # 1 priority is to have Symposiums set for 5 years or more in the future.
In our general meeting we agreed that we would have a statement of our policy about exhibiting digital art work and in the board meeting we agreed that Robert York would research what is being done in museums around the country. Joan Klutch gave us a handout with a policy statement from Women Contemporary Artists. We also agreed that Robert and I would develop a statement and have it in place for the Armory show and then it could be adopted formally at our next Symposium. It was suggested we consult with Keith Theriot on this issue. Robert and I will, of course, make the statement available to the Board members for comment before finalizing it.
We also agreed that we would include a page in our Symposium book a page outlining the awards we give including the dedications and the donors, subject to the approval of the various donors (some may prefer to remain anonymous).
We agreed to go ahead with the registration on Artist Registry. Mindy Colton, Area V chair, agreed to do the internet sign up and Roberta Schofield will write the $100. check that will be required. Roberta Schofield will also put a link on our website to Artists Registry.
Foks, we accomplished a lot and are off to a fine start. I'm really excited about Sanibel and our future growth. Hope all of you have a great summer making art, but keep in touch and I'll do likewise! See you in September in West Palm Beach!
Blessings, Barre Barrett
And secondly congratulations to Cheryl Day-Swallow and her crew of Area 4 workers for putting on a wonderful Symposium. The warm hospitality by Area IV and the Leepa-Rattner museum were really wonderful and the exhibition and reception was outstanding. The museum enjoyed hosting us and invited us to return on a continuing rotation of 7 years.
Cheryl Anne is going to follow up on the Leepa-Rattner's invitation to return and will set a definite date for that.
Thanks to everyone who stayed over for the Board Meeting on Sunday morning. I appreciate your support and look forward to working with all of our fine Area Chairs and the rest of the Board during my term as President. I wanted to touch base again and review the decisions we made.
Our secretary, Joan Lyon, will supply us with minutes of the board meeting from Friday, May 1, the general meeting Saturday, May 2, and our Board meeting Sunday, May 3.
Treasurer Roberta Schofield will supply us with a treasurer's report as soon as all transactions for the Tarpon Springs Symposium are finalized.
I asked all Board Members in attendance for an evaluation of the Symposium. What did we do especially well and what could we improve. Roberta agreed to put a request for an evaluation from the entire membership n the next newsletter if I provide the wording.
We asked Joan Klutch to go ahead and see about arrangements with BIG Arts on Sanibel Island to host the 2010 symposium. Joan took us at our word and has already confirmed with BIG Arts the exhibition dates and opening and has a hotel lined up. So we are a BIG GO for the 2010 symposium 9 months from now on January 8 and 9 on Sanibel Island. Joan checked with Howard Cowdrick about the negotiations with Longboat Key. He says Longboat Key has not yet responded. The BIG Arts facility is apparently a really nice venue, but in order to ensure that there is enough space for everyone we're going to limit the size to a maximum of 36" wide by 36 " tall including framing for 2D and 36"x36"x36" for 3 D Joan already has talked with Dan Welden about being our juror. This is tentative. Joan even has recruited a volunteer to deal with the jpeg entries. Good work Joan! Roberta Schofiled agreed to supply Joan with the budgets for the past two Symposiums.
We asked Ahlin to find out about the status of our request for an exhibition at the Maitland Museum of Art. I think I'm supposed to follow up about the Appleton Museum in Ocala on our earlier inquiries with them about exhibitions. If anyone has any ideas or contacts for other good venues for future years please investigate. Remember my # 1 priority is to have Symposiums set for 5 years or more in the future.
In our general meeting we agreed that we would have a statement of our policy about exhibiting digital art work and in the board meeting we agreed that Robert York would research what is being done in museums around the country. Joan Klutch gave us a handout with a policy statement from Women Contemporary Artists. We also agreed that Robert and I would develop a statement and have it in place for the Armory show and then it could be adopted formally at our next Symposium. It was suggested we consult with Keith Theriot on this issue. Robert and I will, of course, make the statement available to the Board members for comment before finalizing it.
We also agreed that we would include a page in our Symposium book a page outlining the awards we give including the dedications and the donors, subject to the approval of the various donors (some may prefer to remain anonymous).
We agreed to go ahead with the registration on Artist Registry. Mindy Colton, Area V chair, agreed to do the internet sign up and Roberta Schofield will write the $100. check that will be required. Roberta Schofield will also put a link on our website to Artists Registry.
Foks, we accomplished a lot and are off to a fine start. I'm really excited about Sanibel and our future growth. Hope all of you have a great summer making art, but keep in touch and I'll do likewise! See you in September in West Palm Beach!
Blessings, Barre Barrett
Friday, February 6, 2009
Officers for 2009
OFFICERS 2009 - 2010
President...............Barre Barrett, Jacksonville Beach
Immediate Past President................. ......AHLIN, Maitland
Vice President ....... ,,,,,,,,,...,.Joan Furia Klutch, Sanibel
Recording Secretary............Cheryl A. Fausel, Cape Coral
Corresponding Secretary.......... ..Brooke Allison, Dunedin
Treasurer..................Roberta Schofield, Tampa
Membership Chairman.............Jan Miller, St .Augustine
President...............Barre Barrett, Jacksonville Beach
Immediate Past President................. ......AHLIN, Maitland
Vice President ....... ,,,,,,,,,...,.Joan Furia Klutch, Sanibel
Recording Secretary............Cheryl A. Fausel, Cape Coral
Corresponding Secretary.......... ..Brooke Allison, Dunedin
Treasurer..................Roberta Schofield, Tampa
Membership Chairman.............Jan Miller, St .Augustine
Friday, January 16, 2009
Flag News January 2009
Area Chair II Cecily Hangen
Cecily Hangen reports that Area II will have an exhibit in the lobby of the Coral Springs Art Museum and Theater in May 2009. All board members are invited.
There will be a juried exhibition September 12 - October 3, 2009 at the Armory Art Center in West Palm Beach. We are responsible for the food and drink at the reception on Saturday, September13. Also, we pay for the signage maximum of $200. The Armory sends out an e-mail invitation to 5,000 people. The Armory will obtain an out of state juror. We are responsible for juror’s honorarium.
There will be a juried exhibition April 28-June 26, 2011 at the Cornell Museum of Art and American Culture, second floor in Del Ray.
Cecily proposed a program on art in public places. Palm Beach County has a very dynamic coordinator for that, Elayna Toby Singer.
Area Chair IV Cheryl Anne Day-Swallow
Cheryl Anne reported that Area IV enjoyed a wonderful show at the Octagon in Clearwater which was held in April-May 2008.
Area IV has been working very hard to prepare for the 2009 symposium which will be held at the Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art on May 1-3, 2009. This year, to save money for the FLAG organization, two major things will happen; Symposium packets for each area chair have been made up and will be given out. The packets include one envelope for each area member which need to be given out to the members during their next area meeting, or the chair can mail them. Whichever works best. If you are a chairperson and do not receive an envelope for one of the artists in your group, please e-mail Cheryl Anne ASAP. Cheryl will need the following information when you write. YOUR NAME, YOUR AREA, THE ARTIST NAME, THEIR COMPLETE ADDRESS INCLUDING ZIP CODE, THEIR PHONE AND THEIR EMAIL.
Roberta Schofield will be assembling the catalog. Thank you to Roberta for tackling this difficult task. One of the biggest changes for our symposium is that the catalog itself will be available during the symposium. Which means due dates have been moved to allow time for the catalogs to be printed. Please take time to note these important dates in the entry form. We don’t want anyone to be left out.
Bob York has moved from Area VII and joined Area IV
Area Chair V Mindy Colton
Mindy applied for an Area V group at the Crealde School of Art Jenkins Gallery in
Winter Park. Board members and Area 5 members who responded were Ahlin, Cheryl Bogdanowitsch, Mindy Colton, Carol Frye, Lynn Hughes, Barbara Leto, Sydney McKenna, Joan Nixon, Richard Rosen, Henry Sinn, Cheryl Day-Swallow. Nancy Cockerham in Lakeland suggested she submit the group for an exhibit to the Arts on the Park Gallery in Lakeland. She is also planning on submitting the group show to the Terrace Gallery in the Orlando Park City Hall and also to the Albin Polasek Museum in Winter Park. She is continuing to look for other exhibition venues.
Fred and Rose Samuelson have moved to Daytona Beach left the Area V Group. They are now in Area V1. There have been three applicants for membership from Area VI.
New Business
Howard Cowdrick will replace Judy Lyons Schneider as Chair of Area III.
Ahlin has written to Marlene Hauck at Long Boat Key Center of the Arts regarding a FLAG exhibition in 2010. Jean WagnerTroemel will offer a $500 award in memory of her husband to be called The Benjamin Award. The President will send letters of sympathy to Jean Wagner Troemel and to the Founder of The Armory Art Center, Mary Montgomery of Palm Beach. She will also write to the Treasurer of the Elizabeth Morse Genius Foundation regarding our Award for 2009.
Old Business
Area Chair VI, Sydney McKenna handed out copies of a very professionally designed brochure by Maribel Angel. UNFORTUNATELY there will have to be changes made because of new revisions to the application form. Ahlin will proof the final version. Board Members are asked to send CD’s of their work to Maribel for inclusion in the brochure. Jan Miller asked for a motion, when the brochure is approved, to print 5,000 copies on 100lb glossy paper.
The 58th Annual Symposium Update
Ahlin will send an email to all members of the board about our Juror of Awards, Artist Sam Gilliam. She mentioned that Gilliam is best known for his draped or otherwise unconventionally suspended paintings considered by many to be a major contribution to the history of contemporary American art. He is truly one of the giants of this century.
Our next meeting will be held at the United Arts of Central Florida Board Room, 2450 Maitland Center Parkway, S/201 Maitland, FL 32751, on Saturday, February 7, at 11a.m to select new members. An email will be sent to all board members with directions.
Cecily Hangen reports that Area II will have an exhibit in the lobby of the Coral Springs Art Museum and Theater in May 2009. All board members are invited.
There will be a juried exhibition September 12 - October 3, 2009 at the Armory Art Center in West Palm Beach. We are responsible for the food and drink at the reception on Saturday, September13. Also, we pay for the signage maximum of $200. The Armory sends out an e-mail invitation to 5,000 people. The Armory will obtain an out of state juror. We are responsible for juror’s honorarium.
There will be a juried exhibition April 28-June 26, 2011 at the Cornell Museum of Art and American Culture, second floor in Del Ray.
Cecily proposed a program on art in public places. Palm Beach County has a very dynamic coordinator for that, Elayna Toby Singer.
Area Chair IV Cheryl Anne Day-Swallow
Cheryl Anne reported that Area IV enjoyed a wonderful show at the Octagon in Clearwater which was held in April-May 2008.
Area IV has been working very hard to prepare for the 2009 symposium which will be held at the Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art on May 1-3, 2009. This year, to save money for the FLAG organization, two major things will happen; Symposium packets for each area chair have been made up and will be given out. The packets include one envelope for each area member which need to be given out to the members during their next area meeting, or the chair can mail them. Whichever works best. If you are a chairperson and do not receive an envelope for one of the artists in your group, please e-mail Cheryl Anne ASAP. Cheryl will need the following information when you write. YOUR NAME, YOUR AREA, THE ARTIST NAME, THEIR COMPLETE ADDRESS INCLUDING ZIP CODE, THEIR PHONE AND THEIR EMAIL.
Roberta Schofield will be assembling the catalog. Thank you to Roberta for tackling this difficult task. One of the biggest changes for our symposium is that the catalog itself will be available during the symposium. Which means due dates have been moved to allow time for the catalogs to be printed. Please take time to note these important dates in the entry form. We don’t want anyone to be left out.
Bob York has moved from Area VII and joined Area IV
Area Chair V Mindy Colton
Mindy applied for an Area V group at the Crealde School of Art Jenkins Gallery in
Winter Park. Board members and Area 5 members who responded were Ahlin, Cheryl Bogdanowitsch, Mindy Colton, Carol Frye, Lynn Hughes, Barbara Leto, Sydney McKenna, Joan Nixon, Richard Rosen, Henry Sinn, Cheryl Day-Swallow. Nancy Cockerham in Lakeland suggested she submit the group for an exhibit to the Arts on the Park Gallery in Lakeland. She is also planning on submitting the group show to the Terrace Gallery in the Orlando Park City Hall and also to the Albin Polasek Museum in Winter Park. She is continuing to look for other exhibition venues.
Fred and Rose Samuelson have moved to Daytona Beach left the Area V Group. They are now in Area V1. There have been three applicants for membership from Area VI.
New Business
Howard Cowdrick will replace Judy Lyons Schneider as Chair of Area III.
Ahlin has written to Marlene Hauck at Long Boat Key Center of the Arts regarding a FLAG exhibition in 2010. Jean WagnerTroemel will offer a $500 award in memory of her husband to be called The Benjamin Award. The President will send letters of sympathy to Jean Wagner Troemel and to the Founder of The Armory Art Center, Mary Montgomery of Palm Beach. She will also write to the Treasurer of the Elizabeth Morse Genius Foundation regarding our Award for 2009.
Old Business
Area Chair VI, Sydney McKenna handed out copies of a very professionally designed brochure by Maribel Angel. UNFORTUNATELY there will have to be changes made because of new revisions to the application form. Ahlin will proof the final version. Board Members are asked to send CD’s of their work to Maribel for inclusion in the brochure. Jan Miller asked for a motion, when the brochure is approved, to print 5,000 copies on 100lb glossy paper.
The 58th Annual Symposium Update
Ahlin will send an email to all members of the board about our Juror of Awards, Artist Sam Gilliam. She mentioned that Gilliam is best known for his draped or otherwise unconventionally suspended paintings considered by many to be a major contribution to the history of contemporary American art. He is truly one of the giants of this century.
Our next meeting will be held at the United Arts of Central Florida Board Room, 2450 Maitland Center Parkway, S/201 Maitland, FL 32751, on Saturday, February 7, at 11a.m to select new members. An email will be sent to all board members with directions.
Monday, November 17, 2008
Flag News November 2008
We have 2 new members for area VI- they are old members, but from a different area before this.-moved to Ormond from Orlando. Fred and Roseanne Samuelson. Their new address is 113 Timberlane Trail Ormond Beach, Fl. 32174 Ph: 386 677-6665. They have no e-mail, so this is the only way to contact them.
Roseanne Samuelson's work was selected to be featured in The Artist Magazine for the March 2009 issue. The call was for artists over 60, and she was one of 10 selected.
Maribel Angel, Sydney McKenna, and Karen Sheridan (not a member) are having an exhibit “La Florida” at Butterfield Gallery opening 12/05/08 with a reception from 5 to 9PM concurrent with First Friday Art Walk. They are joining up for this show because all three are in the “Picturing Florida” book.
Sydney McKenna will be having an exhibit opening May 2, 2009 at the Atlantic Center for the Arts. Sydney will be paired with Orlando sculptor Marcia DeBroske.
Roseanne Samuelson's work was selected to be featured in The Artist Magazine for the March 2009 issue. The call was for artists over 60, and she was one of 10 selected.
Maribel Angel, Sydney McKenna, and Karen Sheridan (not a member) are having an exhibit “La Florida” at Butterfield Gallery opening 12/05/08 with a reception from 5 to 9PM concurrent with First Friday Art Walk. They are joining up for this show because all three are in the “Picturing Florida” book.
Sydney McKenna will be having an exhibit opening May 2, 2009 at the Atlantic Center for the Arts. Sydney will be paired with Orlando sculptor Marcia DeBroske.
Thursday, October 16, 2008
News From FLAG October 2008
Upcoming venues confirmed: 2009 Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art in Tarpon Springs. Also in 2009 Armory Art Center in West Palm Beach, in 2011 Cornell Museum of Art and American Culture. Unconfirmed, with no regrets, yet, Appleton Museum of Art, Ocala, requested 2010 and 2011. Maitland Art Center, 2008.
We are so proud of the professional quality of the newly elected members.
New member applicants will, in 2008/2009, be requested to send jpeg/CD images.”
We are so proud of the professional quality of the newly elected members.
New member applicants will, in 2008/2009, be requested to send jpeg/CD images.”
Friday, July 11, 2008
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