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Member Newsletter September, 2020
Notes from “the Chair” Can you believe it’s time for our annual [October] Kansas show? We can hardly claim an ex-
cuse that we’ve not had time to create anything this year, can we?...since we’ve all been
cooped up at home!
This means that I’m really looking forward to seeing the wonderful things you all have been
doing. We’re opening it up, this year, so that you may enter as many as FIVE pieces, rather
than the usual three. (Space allowing, that is.) So I expect a “really big show!”
In the Executive Committee meetings, we continue to talk about how we can stay a vibrant,
growing organization in the 21st century. We MUST have ways of making more money so we can pay our bills without
dipping into the endowment fund. It would seem that this means, for
one thing, to sell our art online. While the Committee is beginning to
work with someone who can make that an easy possibility on a website,
we also know that we need a Board of Directors, most of whom can
make substantial contributions in ways we cannot. To that end, I am
asking ALL OF OUR MEMBERS to comb through your personal acquaint-
ances; and if you know someone whom we may invite to be on a board
of directors, please ask them to contact us or give us their name so we
can initiate a conversation. We need someone with an abundance of
initiative and love for the arts who can really work with us and for us. As
a non-profit organization, there are grants we can get, but many of the
avenues of obtaining money seem to require that we have a “Board,”
and our Executive Committee is not exactly that.
Please don’t assume that “others” will do this; the responsibility is borne
by all of us. Maybe you know someone from your church, or your place
of business, or your banker or stockbroker. Mentally scour your social
network, and let us hear from you soon!
Happy Autumn!
Dorethy
The Topeka Art Guild supports and promotes the visual arts and art education
through public programs and exhibitions of original work.
Executive Committee
Dorethy Hancock, chair [email protected]
Suzy Smith, secretary [email protected]
Karol Sutherland, treasurer [email protected]
Lila Bartel
[email protected] Mary Bauer
[email protected] Naomi Cashman [email protected] Leanne Kilmer
[email protected] Mike Locke
[email protected] Kris Luber
[email protected] Hugh Mitchell
[email protected] Marie Plinsky
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GALLERY STAFFING Thanks for all the staffing that has occurred through August and September. While we haven’t been able to fill all the time slots, there have been some staffers willing to fill in half days and that has helped a lot. PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THE HUB NOW HAS THE KEY AND THEY CLOSE AT 5:00 PM, so it is im-portant that you close the gallery and return the key before they leave. A reminder that if you have a member login you can go to our website and access the staffing calendar. It is private information only available to members. It gives the calendar and times that persons will be staffing and their phone number. This is most helpful if you find you need to trade your staffing time. We thank Phyllis Cory – [email protected], 785-806-3626 for keeping the gallery staffed in these uncer-tain times. If you can help out, please contact Phyllis. We are all in this together!
What’s happening — or not
• Entry day for the juried Kansas show is September 27. More details
and the prospectus are in this newsletter.
• Starting in October — October 13 at 4:30 pm — the monthly
Executive Committee meetings will be held both in-person and on
Zoom. All members are invited to join those meetings. A Zoom link
will be sent out closer to meeting time.
• Deadline for next newsletter — October 17.
• First Friday open houses will be held without refreshments.
• Diane Taylor is continuing her class on acrylic painting for beginners
on Thursday evenings. Call or text 785-224-8838 or email
[email protected] for information.
• The regular third Tuesday evening monthly member gatherings are
suspended due to the pandemic.
• Eagle Car Wash continues to display — and sell — member artwork.
• Security Benefit Academy has asked us to wait until it is safer before
we return to providing art for their mini gallery.
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The next show at the Gallery will be the annual Kansas Show with entry day September 27, 2-4 pm. The full prospectus is attached. The show is open to all Kansas artists whether or not they are members of TAG — so tell your friends! This is a juried show with $650 total prize money. The juror is Barbara Waterman Peters. Artwork must
• have a Kansas theme.
• be original work not produced in a class or workshop or shown previously at TAG.
• have a proper hanging mechanism. If you are unable to bring your entry on September 27, you may leave it at the gallery any time during the previous week. Make sure that you have read the prospectus carefully and adhered to all the guidelines. Failure to follow the guidelines could result in your artwork not being accepted for the show. Attach your entry form to your artwork along with your entry fee.
What you can do from the safety of home to support your Topeka Art Guild
• Follow the TAG Facebook page – and more than that, share the posts on your own
timeline and invite your friends to follow.
• Submit information about your accomplish-ments and share news of art opportunities to be included in this monthly newsletter.
• Continue to create new art and enter Guild shows.
• Invite your artist friends to join the Guild.
Highlights of the September 8, 2020 Executive Committee Meeting
With the stock market strong, the income from the
Guild’s investments came up a bit in August. But since gallery sales were only $189, money had to be withdrawn to cover expenses.
The transition to a new website is going slowly so the current one will be up until a new website can be developed.
Future Exec. Comm. meetings will be held in per-son and on Zoom to include those who are unable to come to the gallery.
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Congratulations to these artists who sold
work at the gallery recently: Dorethy
Hancock, Brenda Meiers and Johanna Hanks.
Total art sales for August were $189.
Entering art in shows has become more
challenging in recent months. The lower-
ing or eliminating of entry fees has been
both a blessing and a challenge. These
shows are bringing in 500 or 600 entries,
and the virtual nature can sometimes at-
tract artists from long distances. Yet many
galleries are struggling to keep going.
We congratulate our fellow artists whose artwork was chosen by these shows and galleries:
Diane Lawrence, Naomi Cashman, Kris Luber, Leann Kilmer, Lila Bartel, Kathy Menzie, Ruth Powers and Bernadette
Robbins have displayed their work in recent group shows at Southwind Gallery. Kathy Menzie was featured artist at
Fire Me Up Ceramics in NOTO throughout August.
NOTO Arts Center Morris Gallery: Kris Luber, Naomi Cashman — and featured in the recently released NOTO
2017commemorative art book: Phyllis Cory, Kathleen Cobb, Connie English, Fred Hsia, Bernadette Robbins, Kris
Luber.
Visions of the Flint Hills at Buttonwood ArtSpace in Kansas City: Naomi Cashman, Fred Hsai, Diane Lawrence,
Kris Luber
Aaron Douglas virtual Art Fair: Marie Plinsky
Currently: Kathy Pflaum at NexLynx; Bernadette Robbins at Classic Bean Fairlawn Plaza; Connie English at Crea-
tions of Hope; Dorethy Hancock at Dr. Connie Lang’s office in east Topeka and the Bank Barbershop downtown.
Kris Luber at Modella Gallery, Stillwater, Oklahoma, Webster Arts in St. Louis and Fine Line Creative Arts Center in
St. Charles, Illinois. Naomi Cashman at Landmark Bank in Lawrence.
Please let us know where you have shown your work recently!
A note from Naomi Cashman — Landmark Bank in Lawrence has an exhibit of my paintings in their spacious lobby. After the announcement went out to the public, the bank lobby closed to all visits except business appointments. They have agreed to let me schedule interested folks before my artwork comes down on September 25. Please click on the link provid-ed to sign up if you wish to see the exhibit. I will be there to greet you. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0A48ADAC29A6FA7-naomi or contact me to help walk you through the sign-up process.
Scholarship Winner Claire Coultis September
“Artist of the Month”
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Topeka Art Guild’s
2020 Prospectus for the Kansas Artists’ Show
Exhibition Dates: October 1st through November 27th, 2020
Entry Date: Sunday, September 27th, between 2:00 & 4:00 p.m.
Eligibility: All artists who reside in Kansas are eligible to enter the show. All works of art (2D or 3D) must be
original to the artist, not done in a class or workshop, completed in the last 2 years, have a Kansas
theme, and not shown before at the Art Guild.
Prizes: $300 for 1st Place; $200 for 2nd Place; $100 for 3rd Place; $50 for People’s Choice.
Four Honorable Mention ribbons will also be awarded.
Entry day: Sunday, September 27th, from 2:00 to 4:00 pm.
Entries must be presented with an entry form and the entry fees paid to the Topeka Art Guild and
Gallery at this time, unless prior arrangements have been made. Artwork entered in the Kansas Show
must be picked up by Sat., Nov. 28th, 5:00 p.m., unless other arrangements have been made.
Juror: Barbara Waterman-Peters, well-known Topeka artist.
Entries: 2D entries must be appropriately framed or gallery-wrapped and have
hanging wire properly secured on the back.
3D shall not exceed 48” in any direction, be pre-assembled and stable without outside support.
Artists will be notified of entries not accepted into the show within 5 days of entry day.
Entry fees: $20 (+ $30 for non-members) for the first piece and $15 for each additional piece, with a limit
total of 5 pieces, as space allows. Entry fees are not refundable.
Student fee is $5 per piece with a limit of 3 pieces.
Sales: All entries must be available for sale. The Art Guild will retain a commission of 45%
(or 30% commission plus 12 hours of volunteered time).
Liability: While utmost care will be taken in handling of all art works entered, the Topeka Art Guild shall not
assume liability for any loss and/or damage to art work entered. All persons working with this
exhibition shall be held blameless for any and all liabilities arising from this exhibit.
Advertising: The Art Guild shall have the right to reproduce any work for the purpose of advertising online,
in our newsletter and in the newspaper.
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