It’s time to get your entries ready for the Winter LAG Juried Show. The show will be held at Out of the Box, 48th and R Street, Lincoln. There will be room for 2 entries per member. We have attached a copy of the pre-registration sheet for your convenience. Please fill out one sheet for each entry and mail with your registration fee to: Wanda Medina, 7563 Diamond Ct, Lincoln, NE 68506. All registrations are due before December 1st so there will be time to make name tags.

ALL ART WORK MUST BE DELIVERED TO OUT OF THE BOX ON DECEMBER 2, FROM 10:30 TO 2:00.
Following the rules will insure that your work will be seen by the judge.
1.  Entries: All works must not have been shown previously in one of our Fall or Spring show.
2. All work must be properly framed and ready for hanging (using screw eyes and wire only).  Framed artwork can be entered using glass in our show. Gallery wrapped canvas is acceptable without a frame, but the canvas must be painted around the sides. Edges must be wrapped and no staples can show on the
3. Three-dimensional artists must provide a pedestal (if needed).
4. A $5.00 entry fee shall be paid for each piece of art.
5. Work must be dry.
6. Work must have been completed in the last two years.
7. Work must be original. Copies of other artwork or from copyrighted photos are not eligible. No art work done in a workshop or class can be entered.
8. No work may be removed from a show in progress.
9. All work must be properly identified on the back of the piece — artist’s name, phone, title of work, media, and sale price (make sure this is securely fastened to the back of the piece)
10. Not for sale items can be entered, but must be removed at the end of the show.

The show chairs have the right to refuse artwork that is not prepared for the show properly. If you have any questions ask at the November meeting.

DECEMBER 2, FROM 10:30 TO 2:00. DELIVER Artwork TO OUT OF THE BOX for Winter Show
December 4, 2015 LAG WINTER JURIED SHOW (for detailed info refer to November newsletter) DECEMBER 18th, 5pm – 9pm, Third FRIDAY RECEPTION
JANUARY 23rd. 5pm to 9pm, Fourth Friday RECEPTION
January, 2016 date & Time (To Be Announced Later) Chinese New Year Dinner…
December, 2015 & January, 2016 NO Monthly Meeting.
Next Meeting will be February 2016, 7pm at Capitol City Christian Church, at 7800 Holdrege St, west entrance.

Here is some information for new members and reminder to old. LAG has a variety of items that are available for member use at the Big Red storage facility on North 27^th Street. Some of these items are available for members to use free of charge or for a low rate to replace material. Others require a small deposit to make sure that they are returned in good working order.

The items available for checkout are: paper cutter, mat cutter, shrink wrap machine, folding chairs, easels, and a set of display panels.

If you are interested in using any of these LAG items, contact the President so they can let you know what the charges are on each item. Also, notify Donna Pozehl who has a key and lives close to Big Red, 402-435-0172. You will need to sign them out and back in.

Karen Schneider was our featured artist and she filled the special area with her many lovely landscape and animal paintings.  Jan Blank decorated the food table with pumpkins and fall foliage, and the music was quite unique.   The Lincoln Early Music Consort was a chamber ensemble that played music from before 1750 on very early instruments.  At one time, all five were playing wooden horns.  The turn out wasn’t great that night–so, in the future, we all need to encourage our friends and neighbors to come, and most importantly, be there ourselves.

The membership voted to retain the gift exchange for our Chinese New Year’s Celebration.  If you want to participate, bring an art-related gift that is wrapped, and costs no more than $20.  Watch your e mails for further information.

Jan Blank gave a program on oil paintings at the November meeting.  She passed out a packet of papers that were meant to encourage people in their art endeavors and a “gripper” to help open stuck paint tubes and jars.  She did some demonstrating of one way to begin an oil painting (there are many ways) and showed some of her own artwork to demonstrate her talk.  Her workshop was filled with practical tips and interesting “tricks” that could facilitate oil painting.  Feedback was good in that members felt they could use the information.

Thank you to Julie Childers for getting LAG a 10% discount on any item at JoAnn’s.  You will need to show your membership card to receive the discount.