April, 2009 Newsletter

NEXT MEETING: April 20^th

Program:

Join Pat Hellman for a talk on Digital Photography. Her Adobe Director presentation will cover basic equipment, software and techniques for capturing, saving and editing digital images. Tips on how to take better pictures and the use of basic editing software for correction and enhancement purposes will be included. Pat's Digital Photography presentation is an informative tool for artists to take better pictures as well as store and present their work digitally.

Pat holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a Master of Fine Arts from Maryland Institute College of Art. She has applied digital technology into her artwork since the late 1990's. Her portfolio includes images shot around the world from Asia, North America, South America as well as locally. She currently shoots her photos on the award winning Nikon D300.

NOTE: Linda Brauer is looking for speakers or suggestions for potential speakers.

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:

A short president’s letter.

As you can see from the list of new members, this has been a very successful year for the Maryland Art League.  There are a lot of accomplishments, and many participants to be thanked.  Yet, rather than naming names, I’ll just point out that an organization can only be as good as the members who work for it.  We hope to involve all the new members before we break for summer, and I am confident that next year will be even better.

Don’t forget, our final screening of the season this month.  I look forward to seeing the work of all our old and new members.

Meeting Schedules for 2008 – 2009

Membership Meetings: May 18 and June 15

Board Meeting: (all members are welcomed to attend) June 1

Hopitality:

April’s meeting – Harold Walpert, Eileen Zuckman,

Teresa Laroque, Vi Norris, Roberta Shaffer

Please try to help out by bringing an offering for the hospitality table.

EXHIBITION NEWS:

Next Exhibition:

Wells Real Estate: May 2009

100 E. Pratt Street

Baltimore, MD 21202

Dates of Exhibition: May 2^nd to May 30^th

Hanging: May 2^nd,10-10:30 AM

Takedown: May 30^th,10 – 10:30 AM

Point of contact is Bruce Blum.

General Information: A $4.00 hanging fee is due at time of delivery. A 20% fee on sales is charged, 10% goes to Wells Real Estate to be given to a nonprofit organization of their choosing and 10% to the MAL Scholarship Fund. There will be no reception. No insurance coverage is provided, however guards are on premises at all times.

Delivery information: The building is located on Pratt Street between Calvert and Light Streets across from the Inner Harbor.  There is a loading dock on Calvert Street for van deliveries and a door on Light Street for individual deliveries.  Ring for the guard to let you in on weekends.  There is also a garage entrance next to the front entrance and next to the loading dock.  The exhibit will hang in the main lobby on the ground floor.  

Future Exhibitions:

Wells Real Estate: November, 2009.

Carroll Community Collage:

Hanging: Week of November 1st -7th, 2009

There will be no reception. The exhibition will run officially from 11/8/09 through 12/18/09 in the Great Hall Public Gallery

Sandy Spring Museum for 2010:

Hanging: January 4th 2010 at 9:00 AM

Official Opening January 6th

Reception: January 10th from 2 to 4

(They provide paper products and punch. We provide food.) Wine if we wish.

Take down: March 29, 2010 at 9:00 AM

Community Art Gallery at Holy Cross Hospital, Spring of 2010 with Senior Artists Alliance, April 1st to May 31st 2010. Each group may hang 15 paintings of an average size of 16 by 20. This certainly is not many. They want a framed biography of each artist plus information for a press release. They also will have a reception.  They ask for a 10% commission.

Exhibitions are no longer going to be hung at Dr Ratchford’s office.

MEMBER NEWS:

Update your directory with our

            New Members:

Diane Getty

dianegetty@gmail.com

Elaine Hochreiter

emhoch@comcast.net

 Anne Quinlan

anniequinlan@yahoo.com

 Deanna Williford

deannawilliford@cs.com

Al Steinbach

Michael Alloy

michaeljalloy@yahoo.com

Jill Dodson

jilldodsonstudio@aol.com

Mary Rever is opening her Studio 55 Art Gallery.

Anyone interested in possibly exhibiting with Studio 55 could contact Mary at 410-444-0022 or cell 410-591-1878 or by email Studio55@verizon.net.  One of the goals of the gallery is to offer an interesting and diverse selection of affordable artwork from established Maryland artists.  The gallery does provide limited insurance coverage for all work.

The grand opening is Friday, April 17 from 6-9 PM and continues on Sat and Sun for a few hours.

The website for the gallery is www.studio55LLC.com. 

Course opportunity:

Laura Siner is hosting “THE BUSINESS OF ART SEMINARS”

During these difficult economic times Laura decided to share her experience and expertise in the business of art for all of you that are struggling with creating a successful business.  She will guide you on how to market your work not just in economic downturns but also at any time.  Many of you have work sitting around and you are not sure how to get it out there, others of you need guidance in taking your business to the next level.  There are always people and companies with disposable income even in the worst of times.  Laura will show you how to find them and make yourselves known to them.

She is scheduling two seminars: May 3^rd and May 17^th.

For more information contact her at lks@artresource.org or by phone at 410 332 4644, or go to www.artresource.org

Classes are limited in size.  Cost is $100.00 in advance payable to The Art Resource, Inc.; cost at the door is $115.00. 

The Artist’s Network

The latest issue of the Artist Magazine addresses art in times of economic difficulty. Main points discussed:

1. Start a support group

2. Don’t lower your prices

3. Be active in your community

4. Think small, see big

5. Learn from local galleries

6. Develop internet savvy

7. Build a patron list

8. Do commission work

9. Enter and curate shows

10. Start an artist studio tour

11. Try new creative venues

12. Keep a positive attitude