May 3 Guild Minutes
Present at the meeting were: Nina Williams, Ben McFarlin, Cindy Logue, Bonnie Hellman, Debera Stewart, Ron Cloyd, Mark Joyce, Becky Fassler, Norm Olsen, and Pat Feinberg.
Paper Clay Workshop
The Paper Clay workshop sign-up has begun. If you are interested in attending, send a check made out to Mary Mansfield to Harold Snider @ 635 Brooks Court Grand Junction CO 81504. Harold is keeping a spreadsheet of those who have paid.
If you want to see some of Sandy Early’s work, go to http://www.art-nic.com/ . enter the site and click on “our artists”. Sandy has four photos of her work, starting with the raku torso in the third row down on the far right. There will be an article in the June 1st issue Free Press on this work shop.
Photo Shoot of Guild Member’s Pottery and Potluck
This will take place Saturday, May 12th at Cindy Logue’s at 9:00 AM and will be followed by a potluck. Bring your pots and something to eat and a good time will be had by all.
4-H girls raku event
Saturday, May 5th at Ben & Mary’s Grand Junction Ceramics, beginning at 9:00 AM.
501 (c)(3) status
Harold has found a resource that shows how to create a 501 (c)(3) organization. He will order the book and Ron Cloy and Bonnie Hellman have volunteered to help him with completing the project.
Tony Clennel Workshop
Tony Clennel, the star of the video, Taking the Macho out of Big Pots, has agreed to do a workshop for the Guild that will take place in the first half of 2008. Thanks to BJ Clark, Becky Fassler’s fiancé for making the contact with Tony and getting his agreement to do a workshop for us.
Naked Raku and Foil Sagar Workshop
There is a strong possibility that the Guild will host a workshop on naked raku and foil sagar firing in the next few months. Stay tuned for details.
June Meeting
The June meeting of the Guild will be a pot-luck affair hosted by Ron Cloyd at his place, and will be on Saturday, June 9th at 6:00 PM.