March 3, 2008 – Newsletter to all members of:

– the best little art group in town!

The purpose of this newsletter is to keep everyone up-to-date. To save the cost of postage the newsletters will be emailed where possible and mailed to members without email.

1.  Getting to the meeting:

Do you know a member who lives near you? If so, why not check if you could car pool or drive a member who does not have a car? If you are a member without a car and need a ride please check our mailing list as one of the new members may live in your area.

2.  At our meetings:

Try to come early by 7:00pm to meet and chat as the Demonstration starts at 7:15pm when the demonstrator is set up.

Please feel free to bring information about art shows that you are participating in, new-found art books, or art supplies that you would like to show the group. Mention this to the President or Vice President, and you can make an announcement during the Announcement time.

Our room is small so during the demonstration, could you try to keep chat to a minimum, I know it is hard as artists are very spontaneous folk! BUT if you have any questions we really encourage you to ask them. If you need to meet with another member could you maybe do so in the corridor or keep it to the break time.

Break time – if you feel so inclined – homemade cakes and cookies or healthy food is always VERY appreciated by the group – we love good food! If it is your cultural time feel free to bring us samples of your goodies.

Could you remember before you leave the meeting to stack your chair in the corner of the room, the members who arrive early set them out for you.

3. Latest news about Membership:

John Nussbaum has volunteered to take over the duties as Membership Director as our previous Membership Director - Cathy Bast has moved to the Windsor area.

The membership form will be available at the next meeting March 19th. If you need one mailed to you please contact: John.

 Our association has a maximum of 50 members so please return the membership application at the Annual General Meeting or mail it to John before May 21^st. Please let us know right away if you do not intend to renew your membership so John can offer a place to another artist on our waiting list. So, if we do not hear by May 21st from you sadly you will be replaced!

4.  About our Executive:

Description about duties on the Executive:

New members of the group will be receiving a phone call from one of the Executive to ask you to consider being a member of the Executive:

There are 3 executive positions available for the 2008-2010 years:

Vice President;

Secretary;  and,

Newsletter Editor

The executive meets once a month on the first Monday of each month from October to May at 7:30pm for about 1 hour in room 216 upstairs at Edithvale CC. The executive meets to plan the coming year’s shows and events. It is a nice way to get to know members of the executive and being on the executive would give you a great feeling of pride to help make our group strong and successful.

Don’t worry even if you have just joined this year we welcome new members to the executive to help develop the group to new levels. I became President in the same year as I joined NYVA as we needed to keep the group going and then we did not have as many new members as we do now. The Executive is very encouraged with the level of excitement from the artists who have joined NYVA this year.

Here is current list of the 2008-2010 executive as of March 3, 2008:

Past President:       Sheila Mitchell

President:                Cathy Blank

PR and Publicity:  Sheila Mitchell

Vice President:       Open
Secretary                  Open )
Newsletter:              Open ) - could be one or 2 positions

Photographer:        Larry LJ Herscovitch has been doing such a good job on taking  photographs are the meetings – thank you Larry,  and we hope he would like to liaise with the new newsletter editor in providing the photos for the newsletters.

Treasurer:            Ann Katz - thank you for agreeing to serve again

Programming:      Jo Baumann -  thank you for agreeing to serve again

Website:               Cathy Blank thank you for agreeing to serve again and doing such a lovely job on our website

Social – Coffee:    Alma Fattori and Mary Therese Carmichael - Alma also sends cards to members having health issues – thank you for agreeing to serve again

Todmorden Reception: Shirley Katz organizes the reception at our annual Todmorden Art Show – thank you for agreeing to serve again

Membership:         John Nussbaum is now in charge of membership and retiring from the Show Committee - thank you Cathy Bast for all your very organized work

Show Committee: Jane Fick; Sue Nelson; Elaine Sugar – thank you all for agreeing to serve again

Studio Tour Committee: Jo Baumann and Nahid Marandi - thank you for agreeing to serve again

Member at Large:        Open but could be amalgamated with the Vice-President Position as the 3 main posts are important to fill

Telephone Committee: Alma Fattori; Mary Therese Carmichael; Alice Melikian thank you for agreeing to serve again

5. Demonstrations:

Jo Baumann schedules our monthly demonstrations an important job and the core of our monthly meetings. Jo has presented us with a great selection of professional artists during this year and here is her list for upcoming events:

March 19 Demo - Barry Coombs is doing Shape-reading in Watercolour
April 16 Demo - Merv Richardson - Design in Watercolour
May 21 – Annual General Meeting, Finger Food and Art Video Night

Summer Break ~ happy summer painting until:

Septemer 17 Demo - Luis Ramirez...Abstract design in Acrylics
October 15 Demo - Donnah Cameron... Street Scene in Watercolour.
November 19 Demo - TBA
December 17: End of Year Party

January 21/09 – Ed Yaghdjian - Anatomy of a Painting.

6. Our Website: www.nyvisualartist.com

Are you listed on our website yet? If not please call or email Cathy Blank

Sheila