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CHRISTMAS PARADE AND ANNUAL MEMBERS POTLUCK
Thursday December 2 It's the most wonderful time of the year! Kick-off your holiday celebrations with us at our 68th annual Christmas Parade from 6:30 - 8 pm.....it's a night you do not want to miss as we celebrate 200 years of Monroe with a Bicentennial Christmas! We will have our Annual Members' Potluck that night starting at 5:30pm. Meet other members, make new friends! Bring a "heavy appetizer" or finger food to share. We will supply paper goods. The little fridge will be stocked with water and soft drinks.
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MEMBERS MEETING
We're having our annual members meeting on Sunday October 24 at 1:30. This is typically a pretty quick meeting:
MEMBERS SHOW
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GIFT CARDS
BUSINESS SPONSORS We are seeking Business Sponsors for 2022. Your business can support local art, be associated with a positive beautiful organization ... and donations are tax-deductible. Contact me if you're interested in learning more! CHRISTMAS SHOP Our Christmas Shop booths are all taken at this time. The Shop opens Saturday October 30! BBQ AND STEW on October 30 You may have heard that we are trying to raise money to buy a new kiln and also cover the related costs: electrical, etc. Our fabulous home cooks on our board plus Rebeeca and many of her pottery students will be preparing a to-go BBQ feast for you! Drop in on Saturday the 30th to pick up BBQ, baked beans, Brunswick Stew and more to serve at your Georgia-Florida Game get-together! We open at 10 am - and will be serving until we run out! CLASSES!
Hope to see YOU at the Members Meeting on 10/24! Hope Fall greetings to you, our wonderful MWCA members!
DON'T MISS: SPECIAL WORKSHOPS this weekend ... click on the links for more information and to register 24 hours in advance please Saturday October 2
SUNDAY OCTOBER 3 * from 1:30 - 4:30: drop-in Sunday Write-In CLICK HERE (free drop-in - no registration needed) See our CALENDAR here: https://www.monroewaltonarts.org/calendar.html These workshops are part of our line-up of classes for kids and adults. Over 60 classes offered in October! FALL FEST OCTOBER 9 If you are an artist-member in our shop (or have been in the past) and would like to host a POP-UP SHOP on October 9 during the city-wide event - Fall Fest, let me know. You set up your own table outside, handle your own transactions and settle up with us at the end of the day for only 10% of your sales. No rental fee - what a deal! WORKSHOPS, POP-UP SHOPS AND CITY-WIDE FUN! See the drop-in workshops for all ages we will offer HERE on 10/9 NEW CLASSES See them ALL ---> ADULT CLASSES here KIDS CLASSES here
OCTOBER NEWSLETTER I sent out the latest newsletter on Monday that covers our 60+ October events and classes. You can read it here - and here's a way you can be a HUGE help to us - you can share this newsletter through your own email or social media, too ----> LINK - CLICK HERE "Liking" and especially sharing our posts helps more than you can imagine - TONS more people see the good things we have going on here when you like and share. CURRENT GALLERY SHOW Our fabulous Regional Juried Show is ongoing through October 21. Please visit and invite your friends! Many pieces have already sold! SHOWS COMING UP ... Christmas Gift Show - November - December - if you are or have been in our gift shop, let me know ASAP if you want to host a booth area in the Christmas Show. SPACE IS LIMITED. SET UP is October 26-29 - show opens SATURDAY OCTOBER 30.
I have these artists (so far) requesting booth space - please check this list and let me know any updates!!! I only have 5 or so spots left open.
DON'T FORGET ----> Members Show - January 2022 - more info CLICK HERE FREE CREATIVE GATHERINGS:
VOLUNTEERS AND TEACHERS We are always seeking new volunteers and teachers for kids and adult classes.
GIFT SHOP Have you checked out the gift shop lately?!? SO MANY new items - unique, affordable, beautiful gifts! Lots of new pumpkin/ fall/ halloween decor, jewelry and art! Thank you for supporting local arts & artists and promoting our community non-profit art center. We appreciate you! SEPTEMBER NEWSLETTER
I sent out the latest newsletter on Tuesday that covers our 60+ September events and classes. You can read it here - and here's a way you can be a HUGE help to us - you can share this newsletter through your own email or social media, too ----> link "Liking" and especially sharing our posts helps more than you can imagine - TONS more people see the good things we have going on here when you like and share. CURRENT GALLERY SHOW Our fabulous Regional Juried Show is ongoing through October 21. Please visit and invite your friends! Many pieces have already sold! SHOWS COMING UP ... Christmas Gift Show - November - December - if you are or have been in our gift shop, let me know ASAP if you want to booth area in the Christmas Show. SPACE IS LIMITED I have these artists (so far) requesting booth space:
NEW CLASSES See them ALL ---> here
SPECIAL EVENTS IN SEPTEMBER LINK for the details on BOTH events ---> HERE * Sept 11: Saturday Soiree/Patriot Day - a day of remembrance and service: two drop-in workshops - pottery, and beading. First responders and military get 50% off our workshops on that day. Our Service project will be making feral cat shelters with Dawn Smith, who runs a local TNR program and veterinarian Norm Reese. * Sept 18: Pirate Day in downtown Monroe! Watch for specials and fun all over downtown. We'll have some fun things going on here, too! See the link above for details! FALL FEST OCTOBER 9 If you are an artist-member in our shop (or have been in the past) and would like to host a POP-UP SHOP on October 9 during the city-wide event - Fall Fest, let me know. You set up your own table outside, handle your own transactions and settle up with us at the end of the day for only 10% of your sales. No rental fee - what a deal! VOLUNTEERS AND TEACHERS We are always seeking new volunteers and teachers for kids and adult classes.
Hope THREE BIG HAPPENINGS to let you know about:
1 - Regional Juried Art Show Open now for your registration. EVERYTHING you need to know can be found below!! 2 - NEW WRITERS CONTEST Cash prizes and get your writing in front of a literary agent! Submissions start June 1. Click here to learn more: https://www.monroewaltonarts.org/new-writers-contest.html 3 - MONROE BLOOMS/Saturday Soiree - June 19 Activities all over downtown! Drop-In Workshops here at MWCA. So far we have these workshops:
Also POP-UP SHOPS on June 19 if you're in our market and would like to have a Pop-Up Shop, please contact Barbara Barth, our (volunteer!) shop manager ASAP - you will set up a tent or table outside, bring extra inventory, and handle your own transactions. At the end of the day you settle up with us for 10% of your sales. No booth rental fee etc. Easy and fun! Barbara's email is thefourhounds@gmail.com WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON AT MWCA?
ABOUT THE REGIONAL SHOW The submission process is identical to last year - online through Google Forms. Below you'll find everything you need to know and the link to pay your fee. As we learned last year, the process is easier if you use a GMAIL account. You'll even find directions below for opening a gmail account if you need to. Although the submissions open officially June 1, the link is "live" now and you can go ahead and pay your fee. I'll email the Google Form to you after you pay your fee. NEW this year: we have our usual categories of 2D, 3D, photography and fiber. This year we've added Functional Pottery back in as a category. We have traditionally had functional pottery as a category, largely due to the influence of Bobbie Austin who lobbied many years ago that functional pottery should be a separate category from 3D. Recently, our board voted unanimously to put functional pottery back in, in part to honor Bobbie. PLEASE SHARE this email with other artists!! This same information can also be found on our website: https://www.monroewaltonarts.org/call-for-entries.html Hope to see you and your fabulous art soon! Hope 
hello members -
I hope this finds you all well. Just a few updates ... IMPACT REPORT I'm so proud to include our 2020 Impact Report. Our president, Laura Templeton, used her writing and design skills to pull this together for us. It gives you a view of our year, our accomplishments and challenges we faced. I hope you'll open it and spend a few moments celebrating our successes and victories through a tough year. Feel free to share this awesome report with others - we're super proud! Thank you, Laura! If you can't download it to take a look, drop by the center and I'll print one out for you. It is linked above. GARDEN TOUR - MAY 15!! We're hosting a fund-raising GARDEN TOUR on Saturday, May 15 from 10 am - 4 pm and there are LOTS of ways you can help. Ten gardens total; 7 homes and 3 specialty gardens! Read ALL about it - https://www.monroewaltonarts.org/garden-tour-information.html Volunteers needed:
<<Volunteers and painters - your shift will last three hours from either 10 am - 1 pm OR 1 pm - 4 pm. As a THANK YOU to all our volunteers and painters -- you will get a FREE TICKET to the Tour to view the gardens during your "off" hours.>> PAINTERS We are hoping to have a nice blend of beautiful gardens and art (of course), so we'd like to have plein aire (outdoor) painters situated in many of the gardens. These painters would simply paint the lovely garden as a demonstration while the Tour is happening. You might interact some and answer questions. This is a great way to promote yourself as a painter and will be a lot of fun. The painting belongs to you at the end of the day for you to keep or sell. GARDEN GREETERS We'd like each home to have greeters to help guide people along and ensure the tour goes smoothly. GARDEN TALKS Are you a gardener? Could you provide a demonstration of a topic like container gardening or herb, flower, or vegetable gardening? Starting plants from seed? Anything?!? Respond to this email if you'd like more information. NEW/UPDATED GIFT SHOP We had a big sale out of the Members' Show and so we were able to use "our" part to make huge improvements in the gift shop -- almost all the shelving has been replaced with crisp, white new shelves -- LOOKS FABULOUS!! Our artists' items just sparkle against the new shelves - you should come take a look! We only had to buy the materials, as volunteers built the shelves, saving us well over $1000. Many thanks to Tom Nehmer and Rebecca and Chris Braswell. The plans were provided by Babs Kall. I think you'll be pleased. We are always looking for ways to improve around here. We have LOTS and lots of new works in the shop - drop by for the perfect gift, art, home decor, jewelry and more!! A QUICK COMPARISON Just to compare - my first month here was Feb 2017 - I started right around Valentine's Day. We sold four items that month. We sold 163 of our local artists' works in February 2021. I always enjoy that look back on my anniversary to see how far we've come ... and it just keeps getting better!! REGIONAL JURIED SHOW The next show you might be interested in entering is the Regional Show in August. Online submissions start in June. https://www.monroewaltonarts.org/call-for-entries.html CLASSES
IN THE GALLERY Elementary Student Art Show through March 18 VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: Please contribute a little of your time to our community art center - learn more here and take a moment to fill out our Volunteer Survey here: https://forms.gle/Sm7ZDy4wU5F5EMrE7 See you soon- Hope Hello friends -
It's very unusual that I send out two Memos in a month, but I have THREE important things to share that are upcoming in November: 1 - our MEMBERS MEETING on Nov 15 2 - I want to make sure I have everyone listed below on my Christmas Shop list that has asked for space. Several of you have been added to my list since the Oct 16 email and we still have a little room. I won't go over all the details again. If you need ALL the details, dates and instructions please refer to this: https://www.monroewaltonarts.org/members-memo/updates-10162020 3 - Christmas Open House on Nov 12 - bring your friends and family to shop! MEMBERS MEETING This is our annual "business" meeting - but we will try to make it interesting! No need to RSVP, just come! We invite all our current MEMBERS to our Annual Members' Meeting which will be held Sunday, Nov 15 from 4 -5 pm. Business to cover:
CHRISTMAS SHOP Our Gifts from the HeART Shop officially opens Thursday, November 5 but as much as possible I urge you all to have your booth installed by October 30. I have these members signed up so far to have a booth at the shop: Debra Alling Barbara Barth Mickey Baxter-Spade Rebecca Braswell Melissa Chewning Donna Coffman Nancy Duggar Darrell Everidge Deb Guy Diane Hannah Babs Kall Rita Knight Katie Lyons Carol MacAllister Rebecca McCartt Nancy Miller Martha Mitcham JoeAnn Nehmer Bob Richardson Linda Russell Todd and Robin Tetterton Trisha Watson Cindy Wood KT Zebrowski If your name is not on this list and you've told me you would like to be in the shop, please remind me. :-) We still have room for a few more artists/artisans so please contact me ASAP if you want space. Instructions, dates, etc: go here - https://www.monroewaltonarts.org/members-memo/updates-10162020 CHRISTMAS OPEN HOUSE Join us for special refreshments Thursday November 12 from 6 - 8 pm. Visit our Gift Shop for the best gifts in town made by 50+ local artists and makers! A festive and fun event for all! Each purchase of $25 or more enters you in a drawing for a $50 gift card to our shop! *Volunteers needed to help make this event special for our community - email hope@monroeartguild.org if you'd like to help! We need refreshments and hosts* NOVEMBER CALENDAR is online here - check out our classes and events and more will be added - https://www.monroewaltonarts.org/calendar.html NEW Intro to Landscape Painting Course added - taught by our president, Joe Gargasz. Coming soon - Woodturning workshops by Todd Tetterton! **A COUPLE OF REMINDERS FROM THE LAST MEMO** FALL FEST OCTOBER 31 We will have a pottery workshop and pop-up shops. I have these artists listed for a pop-up shop. Washington Street will be closed so there is plenty of room for booths. Bring your own tables and tents (if you have one) and chairs. Please let me know if I've left you off the list or if you'd like to be added:
TEACHERS NEEDED We are seeking artists, artisans and writers to instruct community art classes. These classes can cover just about any artistic genre, e.g., painting, fiber arts, mixed media, jewelry making, writing, various crafts, etc. Instructors design their classes: examples -- a one-time workshop, a course of 3-6 weeks or weekly on-going classes. We have a class proposal worksheet for you to fill out. This helps you walk through exactly what you need (and we need) to start teaching here - and includes our policies. WORKSHEET: https://forms.gle/jgU2hN29n95VWPpL7 We also have an interview/mock class process for new teachers - you must demonstrate your project/work to our education chair. We have fabulous teachers here and wish to expand our offerings of more creative and fun classes to our community, taught by artists who also love to teach! We offer classes for all ages - children, teens and adults - and all levels of experience - beginners to advanced. Hello friends -
Hope this email finds you well! We are rocking along here ... offering our classes, wrapping up the Regional Show (have you seen it?!?), getting ready for the Christmas Shop and other events. By the way, if you have art in the Regional Show, the pick up days are Friday and Saturday, October 23-24 from 11 - 5. A few "insider" updates... MEMBERS' SHOW: Categories: 2D, 3D, Photography and Functional Pottery. Also a Youth category for ages 10-17. Enter up to three pieces for $35. I'll send out the registration form soon. • Drop off Jan 8-9 • Install/hang the show: Jan 12 (volunteers needed!) • Opens Jan 13 • Awards Reception Jan 22 • Closes Feb 20 • Pick up Feb 23-24 CHRISTMAS SHOP Our Gifts from the HeART Shop opens Thursday, November 5. I have these members signed up so far to have a booth at the shop:
If your name is not on this list and you've told me you would like to be in the shop, please remind me. :-) We still have room for a few more artists/artisans so please contact me ASAP if you want space. Details: 1 -- If you are NOT already in our gift shop, you will have to be juried into the Christmas shop. We are looking for quality of course, but also works that are unique and not in direct competition with what we already have. Send me photos and I will run your submissions by our gallery committee and will let you know. 2 -- Set up is on these days
Show opens Thursday Nov 5 3 -- You will need to provide a small table, like a card table and a white tablecloth. It's also nice if you have some fun & festive decor. Make your table attractive. Bring your own display items to make things easily accessible (displays for earrings for example etc). 4 -- The majority of items you offer should be in the range of $35 or less. Keep in mind that our average selling price is $15-20. 5 -- REFRESH your items every 2-3 weeks. We have repeat shoppers. In November you may want to offer more fall/Thanksgiving themed items. Remove those items by December 1 and replace with Christmas decor and gifts etc. 6 -- TIP: If you can be set up by Fall Fest on October 31, we should be busy and have lots of shoppers that day. You may even want to offer some specials for that day only. 7 -- EVERYTHING must be tagged and priced. Contact me if you don't know how to do this. 8 -- The Christmas Shop technically closes on 12/24. If you want to run an after-Christmas sale, you are welcome to do that. All items must be removed by January 6. 9 -- We are open until 8pm (if the city does this again) for candlelight shopping on these Thursdays: 11/8, 11/12, 11/19, 12/3, 12/10, 12/17. Volunteers are appreciated. 10 -- PLEASE PUBLICIZE the shop to your friends and family via social media. Invite them and bring them here to shop! 11 -- FESTIVE OPEN HOUSE with hot cider and refreshments: Thursday, Nov 12 from 5 - 8 pm. Help needed - please - to bring snacks and hosts/hostess. 12 -- Christmas Parade, I assume, will be held 12/3 unless it is canceled because of the virus. This is a busy night for us and a good night to have your items freshened up!! We usually host a members' pot-luck that night, too -- will make an announcement about that later. 13 -- The usual 75/25 split applies. Please note that of our 25%, we only net about 8-9% after we take care of supplies, processing fees etc. FALL FEST OCTOBER 31 We will have a pottery workshop and pop-up shops. I have these artists listed for a pop-up shop. Washington Street will be closed so there is plenty of room for booths. Bring your own tables and tents (if you have one) and chairs. Please let me know if I've left you off the list or if you'd like to be added:
TEACHERS NEEDED We are seeking artists, artisans and writers to instruct community art classes. These classes can cover just about any artistic genre, e.g., painting, fiber arts, mixed media, jewelry making, writing, various crafts, etc. Instructors design their classes: examples -- a one-time workshop, a course of 3-6 weeks or weekly on-going classes. We have a class proposal worksheet for you to fill out. This helps you walk through exactly what you need (and we need) to start teaching here - and includes our policies. WORKSHEET: https://forms.gle/jgU2hN29n95VWPpL7 We also have an interview/mock class process for new teachers - you must demonstrate your project/work to our education chair. We have fabulous teachers here and wish to expand our offerings of more creative and fun classes to our community, taught by artists who also love to teach! We offer classes for all ages - children, teens and adults - and all levels of experience - beginners to advanced. Thank you so much for your support! see you soon - Hope Hello MWCA members!
We have weathered what I hope is the worst of 2020 and remain open to serve you and our community through offering classes, an inspiring new Show and everyone's favorite gift shop! Comments I've heard just today: "It's so calm and peaceful here. This is a really nice break from the world." "This is our first visit to Monroe and this place is amazing! We'll be back!" I hear comments like those almost daily. It's great fun to take someone on their first tour of this place and watch their eyes just about pop out of their heads. I know we take this place for granted, but having a community art center offering a shop, classes, gallery shows and events of our caliber is a rare and precious thing. Have you seen the new show? It's really amazing; my favorite one so far, I think. 64 artists are showcased through over 130 works selected by a panel of jurists. It truly is the best of the best. COMING UP …
You might be interested in how the shop is doing ... August 2020:
PLEASE REVIEW US Review us on YELP (four stars if you love us): https://www.yelp.com/biz/monroe-walton-center-for-the-arts-monroe - this will help people find us when looking for things to do in Monroe. And on GOOGLE (five stars please): Post a review to our profile. https://g.page/monroewaltonarts/review?gm This just takes a moment!! CLASSES Our classes are back! If you're interested in teaching, please let me know! https://www.monroewaltonarts.org/classes--events.html VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: Please consider contributing a little of your time to our community art center - learn more here and take a moment to fill out our Volunteer Survey here: https://forms.gle/Sm7ZDy4wU5F5EMrE7 Please be our ambassador and help us spread the word about the good things happening here! See you soon – Hope Good day to our Monroe-Walton Center for the Arts Members!
Here's the list of our Members' Show winners plus a couple other announcements. Above you'll see a few of our winners that I was able to catch through the evening. 1 -- MEMBERS' SHOW CONGRATULATIONS to our 2020 Members Show Winners - announced at our fabulous celebration Wednesday night... Thank you to *all* who entered our show - it's great one because of your talent and willingness to share the wonder and beauty of art with our community. And SO MANY THANKS to our Gallery Committee, headed by Shirley Yagrich, who works tirelessly to bring our community these wonderful shows. Much gratitude to: Sandy Blanchard, Carole Bowlden, Rebecca Braswell, Chris Goga, Sue Grilli, Jill Lingerfelt, Susan Pelham, Stephanie Ruby, Maribeth Schmeltzer, Carrie Soles and Mary Vogel. The show judge was Dr. Katie Geha, Director of the School of Art Galleries, Lamar Dodd School of Art at UGA. Come see the show soon - closes on January 31. For photos, see our Facebook page, please. Best in Show: Homage to Gauguin, Katherine Summers 2D First: Magic, Barbara Barth 2D Second: Cat Dreams, Cindy Wood 3D First: Black and White Naked Raku, Linda Russell 3D Second: Vase #2, John Johnson Functional Pottery First: Il Vaso di Flori,Sandy Blanchard Functional Pottery Second: Stairsteps, Beth Trinh Photography First: Last Day, Julie Bell Photography Second: Lion, Renee Hraga Fiber First: Cotton, Peggy Malcom Fiber Second: Sea Turtle, Jill Lingerfelt Youth First: Turtle in Glove, Paige Garvin Youth Second: Kitty Litter, Clarissa Wright * Honorable mentions: Crystal Tree: Ian Bell Morning Bath: Mary Vogel White Stag: Susan Pelham Blue Calm II: Alexis Hummel Circle of Life: Missy Lindsey Exploration: Julie Bell Gentle Breeze: Michael Gibson River Runs Through It: Sharon Enlow Interior #2: Pat Zwarg Mountain Bowl: Donna Campo Our Regional Show is coming up in APRIL - please consider entering this juried show that is open to all artists, members and non-members alike. *** 2 -- BOARD POSITIONS OPEN We have two Chairs open as of January 1 on our Board of Directors. Our board is a working board and each board position has its own committee and responsibilities to oversee. We have an interview process and orientation documents so you can have a clear understanding of what our expectations are if you are approved onto the Board. These are important - CRUCIAL - positions ... and again, we're reaching out to our members for your help. You don't have to be an artist to serve -- just a love for this place, agreement with our mission and the time & commitment to serve for a minimum of two years. You'll make new friends and be a part of a great team of creative, caring people!
*** 3 -- NEW CLASSES We've launched three new on-going classes reaching new groups -
Thank you all, once again, for you support for this place. I've heard this comment twice in the last 24 hours - "I wish I lived closer to Monroe so I could get involved here!" art for all - Hope |
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