For the January 23 open house, we plan to offer Valentine cards and gifts for sale.  All items should be priced at $30 or less. You may bring handmade cards, small framed paintings, etc. The items will be on display through Valentine’s Day.  Start working on some items now, so you’ll have them ready in time.

Contact: Lois Rood at 402-570-2333 or LRood2@neb.rr.com
LINCOLN ARTISTS’ GUILD ANNOUNCES NEW ART AND MUSIC SERIES FOR 2015!

The Lincoln Artists’ Guild is excited to announce its 2015 Art and Music Series with a free new opportunity for art and music lovers in the Lincoln area.

Enjoy new art openings and live music each month at Out of the Box, 366 N 48^th Street on the fourth Friday of the month from January through October and the third Friday of the month in November and December.  Art openings will start at 5 p.m. with live music from 6-8 p.m.  This is a unique series with musical performances as varied as the many visual artists in the Guild.

Out of the Box is a 20,000-square-foot store selling high-end building products at affordable prices and offering many products recycled from custom upscale homes.  The Guild’s gallery partnership with Out of the Box allows more than 60 artists to display their work.

The Guild encourages the public to come to Out of the Box for a little art, music, culture and shopping.  Musical performances for the 2015 Lincoln Artists’ Guild Art & Music Series are listed below.

Jan. 23 — Jive Merchant, a soul, jazz, organ trio from Lincoln.
Feb. 27 — The Lincoln Irish Dancers, a traditional dance troupe from Lincoln and The Lincoln Celtic Sessions Players, a small acoustic ensemble of the Lincoln Celtic Jam.
Mar. 27 — Celticas Spiritus, a varied performance delighting in the spirit of the Celts from the British Isles and beyond.
Apr. 24 — The Alligator String Choir, an all-woman acoustic group celebrating life through Cajun, swing, folk and novelty tunes.
May 22 — Native American Traditional Performance, a demonstration of traditional Native American instruments, music and dance.
June 26 — The Shoestring Band, an American string band playing old time and folk music.
July 24 — The Southeast Nebraska Bohemian Bagpipe Band, musicians from southeast Nebraska perform Bohemian music with the traditional Czech dudy (bagpipe).
Aug. 28 — LUAU, Lancaster Ukulele Aficionados United, a ukulele group that performs in Lancaster County and hosts public strum-a-longs for people of all skill levels.
Sep. 25 — Ephemeral Gift, a hammered dulcimer duo with flute and percussion performing music from the 1400-1700s.
Oct. 23 — The Lincoln Early Music Consort, a chamber ensemble specializing in music before 1750 playing early instruments including recorders, viols, cornamuse, krumhorns and more.
Nov. 20 — Nebraska2Nashville, area songwriters share their original songs.
Dec. 18 — Tis the Season, area musicians share songs of the seasons and sell their CDs.

Wow what an experience it has been to be your President for 2013 & 2014. I have learned so much and done more than I had ever expected.   2014 has been a good year for LAG. We have added 28 new members, and thanks to Out of the Box our art work has been on display every day for over a year. We have sold 56 pieces of art work as of December 18th. We now have one of the largest galleries in Lincoln. We should all be very proud.

The Program Committee has done a fantastic job at scheduling programs that are very interesting and educational.

It does take a lot of time, hard work and persistence to keep a large club running. Thanks to all who have volunteered to help during my two year term.

The new Board will be wonderful and LAG will continue to grow. Just remember that new ideas are always welcome and if you would like to be on any of the committees, just visit with your new President and she will help you get started. Don’t forget to attend the New Year Party. It will be great fun. Call Rita Holland and let her know you are going to attend.

Thanks again to everyone.
Donna Pozehl

VOLUNTEERS: We need members to sign up to work at the gallery for 2015. Everyone that has art at the gallery needs to work at least one day or two half days at the gallery. This would be for the Sundays, Mondays, Fridays & Saturdays of each month.

LAG art shows:  Don’t forget that the art shows run for a month. The entries are to hang for an entire month. The Fall Show was open on November 22^nd making the end of the Show December 22^nd. The only art that needs to be removed at the end of the show is the Not for Sale pieces. If there is a reason you need to remove your work, please contact a member of the Show Committee, or the President to let them know.

Sign design: Be sure to turn your design for the sign above the stairway by January 21^st.

Refreshments in February will be brought by Jane Chesnut and Donna Pozehl.

ANAC:  Don’t forget that our February 3^rd meeting will be a Critique of our work that we might enter in the ANAC Show. Everyone is welcome to bring two pieces of work to be critiqued.

MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORYS:  New Membership books will be made for 2015. Make sure your information is correct before January 31^st. Email Lincolnartistsguild@gmail.com if you have updates or corrections.

Member news and picture:  Don’t forget to send in pictures, articles of interest and Kudos to the LAG newsletter. Sent to http://www.joelbrehm.com/lag/submit

Change Date for the Gallery will be January 18^th from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 pm. Each member should have a total of 12 painting, unless you don’t have 12 to bring. You can leave 12 painting that you have there now, you can leave some and bring some new ones or bring all new paintings. This is up to you. No painting brought in after that date will be hung. If we need more painting, another date will be set. This will be during the same week so we can get them all hung before the 4^th Friday Opening.

All paintings must be wired, framed correctly and each painting MUST have a tag attached to the back of the artwork with your name, name of painting, your phone number and the price of the artwork, along with a tag to be hung on the wall by the painting. All paintings must be for Sale. Paintings will NOT be hung if any of this is missing. When you deliver your work Make sure your work is checked over before you leave.

We had a great number of votes in the mail box this year. Just shows how many people were viewing the show.
The Peoples Choice Award went to “Habitation Among the Trees” by Donna Pozehl
2^nd to “Dancing Leaves” by Jane Chesnut
Tie for 3^rd place -“Winters Chill” by Myrna Baade and “Fire Wood” by Greg Sparling

It is time to be creative. Jody from Out of the Box has asked us to create a sign for LAG to be painted on the wall above the staircase. We would like all members to create something artsy and fun, not just boring letters.

Make your creation approximately 8 ½ x 11, colored media and turn it into Out of the Box by the 21 of January. The Out of the Box Committee, Jody, Steen, Myra and Ted will decide on the wining entry.

Volunteers will help paint the sign on the wall and the winner will get to sign their name on the wall. Stop by to Check out the wall anytime during the working hours. If you have questions for Jody, stop by the store on Tuesdays or Thursdays.