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The Stanwood Camano Arts Guild is an association of artists
and art enthusiasts in and around Stanwood and Camano Island, Washington, sharing ideas, resources, and energy. The Guild's volunteers produce
three major art events annually.
All The News There Art
Updated
May 05, 2008
Click here for Guild newsletters &
meeting minutes
Opportunities
Be a
patron! - Sponsorship opportunities are available for the first
time, in conjunction with, and in support of the Guild's 3 annual
community events. Get your message out to a sophisticated, growing,
audience while supporting your local creative community.
Read more.
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Join the
Mailing List - If you aren't already on it,
click here to join our non-spam mailing list.
You'll get periodic notices about local artsy events, but we won't send
more than one every other month or so, and we will not sell the list to
anyone else.
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Art at the Schoolhouse
- April 4 through 27, 2008, 9 AM - 6 PM daily. Join Stanwood-Camano Arts Guild members
on the grounds of Christenson’s Nursery in Mount
Vernon. The little old “Schoolhouse” is the perfect setting for a tranquil display of artistic
endeavors. the Guild is a first time Tulip Festival participant this year.
Check
www.christiansonsnursery.com for more. Open 9AM - 6PM Contact
Information: Beverly Reaume (Chair)
Beverly@camano.net
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The 2008
Spring Art Show - the
Prospectus
& Application
are now online.
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Art by the Bay 2008: May 19 is the registration deadline for
this year's Art by the Bay. Remember, Guild members booth rates are half
that of non-members, but you must register early to get the discounted
rate. If your application is postmarked any later than the deadline
of May 31st, you will be required to pay the full rate. There will be no
exceptions. Member rates are as follows: 10 X 10 @ $ 75.00 (full
rate $150.00) 10 X 20 @ $150.00 (full rate $300.00) half booth @ $40.00
(full rate $80.00) 10 X 2 in the hallway @ $40.00 (full rate $80.00) You
may keep your space from last year if the application is received by the
deadline. New spaces are assigned on a first come first serve basis.
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| Call For New Artists - For the AAUW 27th Annual Invitational
Art for Education Show. Artists whose work has not been previously shown
in the Stanwood-Camano AAUW (American Association of University
Women) Invitational Art Show are being recruited to submit 3-5 samples
of their work to a jury panel on Saturday, July 12, 2008, at the
Stanwood United Methodist Church, between the hours of 10 am and 2 pm.
The church is located at the corner of 102nd Drive and 271rst NW in
downtown Stanwood. Selected artists will display and have their art sold
at the 27th AAUW Invitational Art for Education Show, scheduled for
Friday, September 19th through Sunday, September 21, 2008. This year’s
show will again be presented at The Floyd Norgaard Cultural Center in
Stanwood. Newly selected artists will be notified by August 1, 2008.
Previous art show participants need not submit their work for the jury.
Interested artists with further questions about the juried process may
contact Beverly Maxwell at 360-387-9177. Press contact for further
questions is Kathy Cunningham, at 360-387-1004, or
joekatoncamano@aol.com |
| Drawing Classes with Artist John Muhler - Individualized
instruction by professional artist and certified art teacher, John D. Muhler, who will teach you to see like an artist with drawing exercises
that will give you a strong foundation and the confidence to explore
your own interests. To register call: 360-387-2251 or
e-mail: autumn_winds@yahoo.com
or
john.muhler@gmail.com.
 | Classes at John's Studio:
 | Adult Drawing Class: Tuesdays 1:00-2:30 PM |
| Adult Drawing Class: Thursdays 9:30-11:00 AM |
| Adult Acrylic Portrait Class: Thursdays 2:00-4:30 PM (starts 1/17) |
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| Classes at the Camano Community Center:
| Children's Drawing Class: Tuesdays 4:00-5:30 PM |
| Children's Acrylic Painting Class: Wednesdays 4:00-5:30 PM |
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| Art in Public Places: The Guild has four venues for
displaying approximately 25-30 total pieces of member artwork. The
next rotation happens March 27th, 2008 and artwork remains on
display for six months. If you are interested in displaying your work,
contact:
| Frontier Bank
Anne Daletski - camanoart at yahoo.com |
| Washington Federal Bank
Ann Curtis - rcurtis at wavecable.com |
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Stanwood Camano Physical Therapy
Jan Nicholson - jlnicholson at
verizon.net |
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Stanwood Camano Area Foundtaion
Melanie Serroels - rserroels at comcast.net |
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| Snohomish County Arts Website: Artists wanted...lots of
artists wanted. The new Snohomish County Arts Commission website is a
window to the arts in the county and we need local artists. Local means
artists who work or live in Snohomish County and Camano Island. We'll
put your name in lights on the Internet highway. There's no setup fee,
you get free publicity, and you're helping establish Snohomish County as
a place for the arts. Just email a jpg of your work with permission to
use it, title of the work, medium, your name, email. If you have a
website or a place on the internet where your work can be seen, be sure
to add that web address. Include a brief statement about yourself as an
artist. Send your info to Marsha Neumaier, Website Editor
neumaierdesign@comcast.net
Visit
www.snohomishcountyarts.org |
| WA State Tourism Website Listings - List your business for
free on www.experiencewa.com.
Every tourism-related business and resource operating in Washington
State is welcome and encouraged to add a listing. For a fee, you may
also choose to increase the size and visibility of your listing. To view
the variety of options, choose "Paid Travel Planning" link, and then you
can choose the Free Listing option. |
News
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NEW Grid Rental Policy -
Click here to read about the
Guild’s policy for the lending of our grids to individuals and
organizations:
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Sylvia Domoto won the 2008 Spring Show poster contest by
vote of the Guild members. It is a colorful painting of poppies.
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| Welcome New Members: We had 3 individuals jury in to the
Guild at the January 23, 2008 meeting. All were unanimously accepted.
They are:
| Molly Le Master (watercolors) mdlemaster at wavecable.com |
| Holly Evans (pencil drawings, portraits, acrylics)
caho.evans at wavecable.com |
| Rocky Barrick (pencil, wildlife, illustrator, Americana,
trains, acrylics, watercolors, oils) drbarrick at hotmail.com. Welcome
all! |
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| Check out the
2007 Spring Show Winners Gallery |
| The Guild Membership Book - Many years ago now, the Guild
kept a book that included information about the members. It's back! Add
yourself to it! You can include anything you like, a bio, an artist
statement, a resume, pictures of yourself and/or you art. Just keep it
to one page. Bring your page to any meeting or mail it to the Guild
(P.O. Box 778, Stanwood, WA 98292) to add to the book. |
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Guild Calendar
New Member Jurying (click
for more information) happens two times per year at meetings. Programs,
presentations of interest to artists, also happen three times per year at meetings. All are invited to attend. See the schedule below
for details.
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January 23 - New member jurying
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February 27 - Spring show rally! Spring Show
poster art jurying.
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March 26 - Meeting with presentation program.
Art by the Bay poster art jurying.
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April 4-27 - Art at
the Schoolhouse
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April 23 - Meeting with presentation program
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May 28 - Meeting with presentation program
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June 6-8 -
The Spring
Art Show
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June 25 - Meeting with Art by the Bay rally!
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July 19-20 -
Art By The Bay (no general meeting)
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August - Board retreat (no general meeting)
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September 24 - New member jurying
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October 22 - Annual meeting (dues & elections)
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November 27? (TBA due to Thanksgiving) - Meeting with presentation program
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December ? - TBA - Christmas party and white elephant gift exchange (no general meeting)
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Unless otherwise noted, Guild general meetings are held at 7 pm every 4th Wednesday of the month at the Stanwood Library, 9701 271st Street NW.
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