Notes from the President:

This Saturday, September 26 from 10 to 1 pm in Bicentennial Park. You must be a paid member and have paid your $20 Art Market fee. Please write me by Thursday to tell me if you are going to be at the Art Market.

Annual Membership Meeting

Program: Getting grants to learn more about your craft.

Travel to far away workshops. - Think about it.

Date: October 8, 2009 @ 7 p.m.Where: Arts West - upstairs

The board will bring dessert and coffee.

To Do: BRING A FELLOW ARTIST.

New stuff....

At the last board meeting on 9-17-09 we talked about a few things that I need to share.

The most important thing is that the next membership meeting is going to be on

October 8th at Arts West.

Please bring anyone interested in joining ALPACA.

There will be desserts, coffee and important information about the group, grants and future shows.

We talked about upcoming show date for 2010 and here are some of the potential dates:

July 4th Show on July 3rd and 4th 2010

Foothills Art and Blues Festival on August 27th and 28th 2010

Holiday Show on December 11th and 12th 2010

We want to encourage people to think ahead and be prepared for shows in the future.

Meet a member of ALPACA!

Janet and Dave Gustafson work in the medium of fused glass. Janet is a teacher for Athens City Schools and Dave has just retired from working in school psychologist. They currently serve on the ALPACA board with Dave as president. You can see their work at many local shows such as the Dairy Barn Holiday Show, ART Markets at Bicentennial Park, Holiday Shows at The Markets on East State and many more. For more questions for Dave or Janet please email them at dgustafs@columbus.rr.com.

Great work Dave and Janet!!!!!

New meeting information

The new date for the fall membership meeting is October 8th at ARTS West. Please bring a dessert and some questions for us about ALPACA. Nancy Baur will be doing a short presentation about Grant Funding for local artists. If you have questions please contact any member of the ALPACA board.
See you soon!

September News

Well the summer is not officially over but the leaves are starting to brown out here in Meigs county. It is time to start our fall show season so start your crafting and get ready to travel.
Here are some important dates you need to know about ALPACA for the month of September.

September 3rd- Board Meeting

September 17th at Arts West----Fall Membership Drive
This event if for everyone and we need you to try to bring a friend who would like to join. We will be talking about membership, shows and Nancy will present on Grant Writing. Please bring a dessert to share with everyone. Please contact a board member with questions. ( see bottom of page)

September 25th---- Art Market
Come and sell your wares at Bicentennial Park from 10am until 1pm. You need to be a member and have paid for your art markets to vend. Contact Lori with questions.

October 17th-----Homecoming Art Market
This will be a new show for us and will be from 11am until around dark at Bicentennial Park. There will be more information to come.

December 11th and 12th----Possible dates for the Holiday Show