Minutes from November Meeting

Agenda for Meeting

ACTIONS REQUIRED

FROM MEMBERSHIP

It is time to renew dues to remain eligible for 2009 shows. You can mail to Virginia Maksymowicz, our treasurer:
3719 Lancaster Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19104
215/387-9706
vam@tandm.us
http://tandm.us

To download the form, visit
http://www.nationalwca.org/wcadocs/application2008.pdf

Be sure to pay before December 31st because National Dues increase after January 1st, 2009. Local dues remain $15.
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FROM EXHIBITIONS COMMITTEE

Irving Sandler Database Update (Deadline November 28th)
Please update your Irving Sandler Artist Files as we need to submit images to several galleries who have contacted us about a WCA group show. The deadline for updates is November 28.

For the instructions on how to create or update your Irving Sandler file, please visit http://home.earthlink.net/~philawcamembers/id4.html
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CALL FOR WCA PHILADELPHIA ARTISTS (deadline Wednesday, January 7th)

WOMEN AND THE ENVIRONMENT (A Juried Exhibition)
showing with “Women Helping Women: Stitch By Stitch” and St. Louis

All work submitted, and dropped of at Marie Elcin's House by Wednesday January 7th, 2009.

We can photograph on the 9th, 10th, or 11th and mail a disc for the entire chapter.

Women and the Environment - March 2009

a juried exhibition for members of WCA- St Louis MO and WCA-Philadelphia

Work will be juried January 16th, and Notification sent January 30

WCA-Philadelphia exhibition committee will organize the jurying via digital images and the shipping to the gallery by February 20th.

Unaccepted work can be picked up at the February WCA Phila meeting.

$5 entry fee per piece. All mediums accepted but no ceiling suspended work.

Limit to 3 entries per artist.

The work will be displayed from March 2 - April 2 2009, and the Rubia/WCA quilt will be displayed simultaneously.
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OPEN TO ALL 2009 DUES PAYING MEMBERS:

WCA Philadelphia showing March 2009
Plastic at the Plastic Club
(with solo shows from Diana Riukas and Pam Flynn)
247 South Camac Street

Philadelphia, Pa 19107

215-545-9324
http://www.plasticclub.org/

WCA Philadelphia hosts Girls Gotta Run exhibition at Holy Family University Gallery, September-October 2009

http://www.girlsgottarun.org/

About the Foundation: “The Girls Gotta Run Foundation (GGRF) is a volunteer organization founded in 2006 to raise money to provide support for impoverished Ethiopian girls who are training to be runners. Training to be athletes allows them to stay in school, avoid early marriage, and gain personal independence. Besides athletic shoes, GGRF provides money for training clothes, extra food ("calorie money"), coach subsidies, and other training-related expenses.

We were inspired by the spirit and determination of the girls in the December 29, 2005 Washington Post article written by Emily Wax, "Facing Servitude, Ethiopian Girls Run for a Better Life." She relates not only the tremendous challenges and difficult problems faced by Ethiopian girls, but also how female Ethiopian athletes, especially runners, are serving as role models and inspiration for them.
By providing support for these aspiring athletes, Girls Gotta Run gives Ethiopian girls the chance to improve not only their lives, but also their families and communities.”
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HOLIDAY PARTY

December 7th at the home of Martha Knox in Germantown.
Bring a small wrapped piece of your original work for the holiday exchange (Pollyanna style).

Party is 12-3

Martha Knox
49 Ashmead Place South
Philadelphia, PA 19144
330-242-4742
marfknox@gmail.com
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THERE IS NO MEETING AT MOORE IN DECEMBER!
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OPPORTUNITIES:
PAINTING AND HOLIDAY DRAWING IN MEXICO
$100 NON-REFUNDABLE TO HOLD SPOT
$435 DUE DECEMBER 20
$535 DUE EARLY FEBRUARY 2009
Classes by Lynn Denton (Moore Professor and distinguished artist). Email her at lynnbden@earthlink.net
Website: www.sanmiguelrentals.com
(Thanks to Qaadira Allen for bringing this to the meeting. She will be on the trip.)

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Trip opportunity
Join Bonnie MacAllister in a carpool to
Annual WCA/DC Holiday Brunch
Dec 6th, 2008 11:00 am to 2:00 pm
Program/Event at Bombay Room (East Indian Room), 3001 Veazey Terrace, NW, Washington, DC 20008
Event Description
Join us for our annual Potluck Holiday Brunch and Corinne Mitchell Award Presentation! This is a great opportunity to connect with WCA members and honor an outstanding woman in the arts. Friends and family are welcome!
download flyer:
http://www.wcadc.org/files/events/81ab9df2679011fbabf0f6bfcf3ff806.pdf