Officers of the Lincoln Artists’ Guild met Tuesday morning, February 27th. Present were President, Carmen Stineman, Vice President Kirk Kuenzi, 2nd Vice President, Mark Mesloh and Treasurer Jan Garvin.

$31,000 in our treasurery, both in checking and Edward Jones Account.

Presented and passed unanimously that honorary members will be dropped from the memberhip roles as a $12 fee per member must be paid out to ANAC, and it was felt that as these members do not pay a membership fee, that the $12 fee was an additional expense we did not want to continue.

Discussion about a Web Page vs Facebook page. The Web Page has many obsolete or erroneous entries, and possible we can have both a public and members only accessable site on Facebook. Jan will look into that for us.

Last year the Guild hosted members in a three site booth at the Holy Trinity Arts Festival in order to encourage novice and veteran fair goers to show their art and promote the Lincoln Artists’ Guild. Now that members have had the experence the Guild will not host a booth, but will instead take applications from members who would like to have their own booth, but request financial help from the Guild, with the stipulation the artist promote the LAG organization. Requests can be made in writing to Carmen Stineman, President of the Lincoln Artists’ Guild, 3300 SW 80th Circle, Lincoln NE 68532. Deadline for this application is Saturday April 6.

We will again be participating in the Seward Fourth of July Art show held all summer in Seward. Due to construction at the Langworthy Center, this summer’s show will be held at the Red Path Gallery on the square in Seward. Unlike in previous years which didn’t cost anything, this year we will charge $10 per entry, and if any sales are made, a commission will be required to help cover the $250 a month rental that the Seward Arts Council is absorbing this year. Also, due to the size of the space provided we will have to limit the size and number of pieces. Advantages to this space rather than previous years is that is the gallery right on the square where all festivities are and members may sell their work, which we could not do in the past.

Items that were discussed and tabled for future were: Do we need another set of metal screens for hanging? Requirements for being a 501 (c). Possibly changing banks due to difficulty with online depositing. If we wish to participate in the fine arts part of the State Fair, we need a point person to facilitate.