Gavel . . . anyone?

The food was delicious and the conversation stimulating at our meeting last night. Two full tables of AOTA members met at the Brickhouse 40. We discussed our upcoming Member Show, had more artists register and saw a draft for the show poster. We shared ideas about art, fine art printing, surviving the current economy and got better acquainted and relaxed after our busy days.

Although Patty didn't attend the meeting last night (because the MUSE got her and wouldn't let go!), we caught up afterward on the phone. After chatting about the intentionally loose format of our get togethers we came up with an idea for future meetings that would insure important and interesting items would not get overlooked. It is a goal of AOTA to be a place where networking and support and all things ART can be shared by all.

With that in mind . . . the rotating "AOTA GAVEL" is coming to our next get together. It'll pass around the room and if you have something to share, the gavel will be the sign to all that it is your turn to have everyone's attention . . . you're in an upcoming show, planning a trip to Denver to see an exhibit or buy supplies, looking for someone to go painting with, know of a good printer, need help with digital editing or show entry, etc., etc.

It was also brought up that the Thursday Art and Entertainment events at Circle H have been a big success and that perhaps some of our artists would miss our meetings because of these programs, so look for our end of June meeting to be on a different night. It will be good timing for going over details on our Member Show the following week. We'll also be looking for a venue in the WP/F end of Hwy 40 just to change it up a bit.

Last, but not least is a picture of the new Clubhouse at Pole Creek Golf Course. It's open and if you are participating in the Member Show you may want to stop out and take a look before hand so you'll have a sense of how nice our show will be.



Marie Johannes aka mariefraser