Monthly Archives: February 2023

Dates to Remember

Mark your calendars!!!!!!!

April 11 – Monthly Meeting – Tai Chi Studio – 7:00 (work night making handmade cards / trading ATC’s – Artist Trading Cards)

May 9 – Monthly Meeting – Tai Chi Studio – 7:00 (ink blots-stretching imagination and creativity)

June 1 – Hang Seward Fourth of July Show – Pick up time to be announced (these will hang for entire summer)

July 13 – Monthly Meeting – Tai Chi Studio – 7:00 – Linoleum Block Printing (prep/design/cut)

August 11 – Monthly Meeting – Tai Chi Studio – 7:00 – continuation of block printing (inking and trading)

September 12 – Monthly Meeting – Tai Chi Studio – 7:00 (critique for the Fall Show)

October 10 – Monthly Meeting – Tai Chi Studio – 7:00 – to be announced

November 2 – drop off Fall Show entries 12 – 2 at the LUX

November 14 – Monthly Meeting – Tai Chi Studio – 7:00 – to be announced

November 29 – Pick up Fall Show 12 – 2

December 12 – No meeting due to holiday rush

January 9 2024 – Christmas Party? (Chinese New Year – Year of the Dragon)

Holy Trinity Fine Arts Festival

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The Lincoln Artists’ Guild will be providing two covered booths for the Art Festival which will be held on Saturday May 6 at their location, 6001 “A” St (across from Pius School). This is a great opportunity for LAG members to showcase their work and make sales too. This is a juried show so artists need to submit five examples of their work by March 15 in order to be selected to participate. The only cost to members is a $25 fee for the jury selection which goes to the church. All information can be found at holytrinityartsfestival.com. Please let Jan Garvin 402 904 4801 or her cell is 402 318 9757, if you are planning on participating,

Spring show

Thursday March 2nd is the drop off day for your Spring Show entries.  12 – 2.  If you can’t make that time, find a friend to drop off for you.  Things to remember:

  • current (must have been done in the last 2 years)
  • Original, not done in a class or under supervision
  • Original, not from copyrighted sources (use your own reference material)
  • Family friendly, non political
  • Wire hangers, no saw tooths
  • Gallery wrapped may have no frame, BUT must have the edges finished and no staples showing on edges
  • Must hang for the entirety of the show, if it sells, buyer must leave until the end of the show.
  • Name and title must be firmly attached to the back of the piece (in case a tag gets lost)
  • May not have been shown in a previous show (exception this year, you may show ONE piece from a previous show).
  • No late entries – must have all paperwork (can email) to Carmen by the 25th so tags and booklet can be made.
  • take down of show is Wednesday March 29th from 12 – 2
  • $10 entry fee for each piece

Questions?  Carmen Stineman, cmstine@hotmail.com, 402 641 6233

Business Cards

If you have business cards promoting your art, bring one along with your entries and I will post it beneath your art work for visitors to snap a photo so they can get hold of you about buying or commissioning or just connecting with you.

Memberships

Membership deadline to belong to both LAG and ANAC is Saturday February 25.  After that date, non-members will be deleted from the official roster.  This will allow ease in sending out the newsletter and streamlining the creation of the new membership booklets.

ANAC

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What is that? For those of you who are new to LAG, or those who just forgot; ANAC is short for Association of Nebraska Art Clubs. This organization combines all the local art clubs across the state into one larger unit for the purposes of displaying and promoting the arts across Nebraska. ANAC sponsors a state wide conference in June at various sites and offers workshops, and comradery with fellow artists. Life-long friendships are made here. The 2023 convention will be held in Columbus June 7-10 of 2023 with the theme “Create and Connect”. This organization is unique in the fact that Nebraska is the only state that has this type of organization. If you joined LAG prior to this February 25th, you will automatically become a member of ANAC with the Guild paying your membership. This entitles you to have your work juried into the state show and for you to attend the convention in June. Members joining after the 25th will not be eligible, but will still benefit from all the activities LAG offers in Lincoln throughout the year.

New Member

Welcome Edgar Millican to the Lincoln Artists’ Guild, and we hope to see you soon at our meetings.  Edgar’s information to add to your booklet is:

Edgar Millican – 2505 Winding Way-Lincoln, NE  68506-402 474 7135-edgarmillican @gmail.com

ATC’s

Several ATC’s  (or Artist Trading Cards) were shown at the last regular LAG meeting, and wow; were they awesome!  We decided to continue this project for two more months with trading happening at our April meeting.  For those of you who have not completed one or several OR a lot, rules are simple:

  • size 2 1/2 ” x 3 1/2 “
  • paper is heavier than regular copy paper
  • any media
  • signed and dated on the back
  • neatness counts
  • these are never to be sold, only traded with fellow artists within the Guild, across the state, nation or even the world if so desired.