Tuesday, May 26, 2009

May 24, 2009 Meeting Minutes

Thanks to Ivonne for hosting the meeting and for taking minutes!

Meeting started at 1:30 after most of the attendees arrived. Members present were Teri Lueders, Ivonne Acero, Peggy Epner, Silvia Thornton, Diane Dorn, Linda Disosway, Juliana Robles, Mary White, Karen Chaussabel, Michelle Pryor, Deanna Wood, Patty Rooney, Junanne Peck, Susan Sponsler, Rhonda Daniel, VET.

After each member introduction VET took the floor to talk and give details about the next show in the agenda, Melt Down at the Art Hotel Gallery. She walked us through a hand-out with dates and specifics about the show. Deadline is June 14th; VET will be doing a Calendar update. Please refer to it for specific dates and details.

Next we talked about the Degrees show in Houston. Deanna did not accept any reimbursement, but asked if somebody could pick and pack the show to bring it to Dallas. Diane Dorn will get back to us to see if she can do it. If you think you can pick up the show this coming Sunday May 31st at 4:00 pm, please contact Deanna Wood.

Deanna Wood made a request about someone from our group to meet with representatives from the other groups in Austin on June 18. The meeting will be about the future of TexasWAX as a whole, including non-profit status. Ivonne Acero offered herself, she will be checking her calendar and getting back to Deanna. If you would like to attend, please talk to Deanna. Becoming a non-profit will be very beneficial for us for grants, scholarships, money to go to conventions, education, etc.

Next we talked about the show that Brett organized for us at Tarrant County College, Encaustic Methods- TexasWAX/Dallas. Since Brett was absent, Deanna and VET went ahead and gave the details. Sept 10th and 11th is the installation and you can deliver your pieces either at the July meeting or coordinate with Brett for delivery. We also spoke about whether it would be nice to have demonstrations and/or a talk for students. The reception is tentatively scheduled for Thursday, September 3, at 4:00 pm.

Next we talk about Janet Reynolds’ “ Global Swarming." There are two different openings one at the state fair: Opens Sept 4th and delivery of artwork is August 1st. There will be a second opening September 12 & 13. Please refer to calendar.

And last but not least we spoke about the Kilgore College show. Delivery of artwork is Oct 29th and opens in November 2nd.

As you see there is a lot going on. Next meeting will be at the Art Hotel, 1112 S. Akard
Dallas, TX 75215. We will deliver our artwork for the Melt Down show at that time.

Here's the updated calendar of events that VET put together (thanks, VET!):

TEXAS WAX CALENDAR OF EVENTS 2009 (still being finalized)
Date Event/Activity
June 6 Encaustic workshop for Meltdown Exhibit

June 14 Deadline for Meltdown Exhibit

June 28 Group Meeting @ Art Hotel, Dallas; Deliver artwork

_______* Deadline for Encaustic Methods Exhibit

July 11 Reception Meltdown Exhibit @Art Hotel, Dallas

July 19 Group Meeting @ Encaustic Center, Richardson: Deliver artwork for Encaustic Methods

August 1 Deadline Global Swarming Exhibit

August 8 Closing Meltdown Exhibit, pickup artwork

August 10 Install Encaustic Methods: Texas WAX/Dallas @ Tarrant County College

August 16 Group Meeting @ Patty Rooney’s

August 28 Deliver artwork for Global Swarming @ Texas Discover Gallery

Sept 3 Reception Encaustic Methods: Texas WAX/Dallas, Tarrant County

Sept 4 Reception Global Swarming Exhibit opening, Texas Discover Gardens

Sept 12 & 13 Grand Opening Art & Butterfly House

Sept 20 Group Meeting – Texas Discover Gardens

________* Encaustic Methods closes; pickup artwork

________* Deadline for Kilgore Exhibit

October 18 Group Meeting – TBA

October 29 Deliver Artwork @ Kilgore College

October 30 Reception @ Kilgore College

November 15 Group Meeting – TBA

December 10 Kilgore Exhibit closes; pickup artwork

December 20 Group Meeting – TBA

January 3 Global Swarming closes; pickup artwork

Monday, May 11, 2009

More °degrees° photos


Tasty food!


Trayc Claybrook (Dallas)


lto r - Junanne Peck, Ivonne Acero (Dallas)



Ivonne Acer0 (Dallas)






l to r - Bonnie Leibowitz, Antoanetta Hillman (Dallas)


l to r - Janet Reynolds, VET, Juliana Robles - (Dallas)


mingling


more mingling


Peggy Epner's piece (center)






Denise Stringer-Davis (Houston)


Deanna Wood (Dallas)








(left) Patty Rooney (Dallas)


Julia Koivumaa (Houston)




(left) Brett Dyer (Dallas)

°degrees°


The weather was not the only thing that was hot in Houston this weekend. Saturday evening, May 9th, from 7-9 pm, the M² Gallery was filled with patrons and artists visiting and viewing the texasWAX exhibition entitled °degrees°. The exhibit featured artists from all of the texasWAX groups: Austin, Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio. Thank you to the M² Gallery for such a lovely space and reception. The exhibition will be on view until May 31st. For more information: http://www.m2-houston.com/

Sunday, May 3, 2009

Working In Wax show


Meltdown of the American Dream



Carnival



Jester

The "Working in Wax" show, a national juried show opens at the Bedford Gallery in Walnut Creek, CA on May 3, which is today. It will be up through June 21. Eileen P. Goldenberg was the juror for the show.

Texas Wax-Dallas member, Carolyn Fox-Hearne, has three pieces in this prestigious show. Congratulations, Carolyn on representing us so well. Some members of other chapters of TX are also included, but I do not have a listing currently.

Update:
The list has been published on the Bedford Gallery's website.

Other TexasWAX members that got in the show are Julia Koivumaa (Houston), Sharon Kyle Kuhn (Austin), and Marilyn Fenn (Austin). Congratulations!

Saturday, April 25, 2009

Meeting minutes - April 19, 2009

We met at The Encaustic Center in Richardson.

Present were: Peggy Epner, Diane Dorn, Mary Wright, VET, Trayc Claybrook, Janet Reynolds, Charlotte Cornett, Silvia Thornton, Junanne Peck, Patty Rooney, Michelle Pryor, Juliana Robles, Cheryl McClure, Carolyn Fox-Hearne, Bibi Gill, Ivonne Acero, Bonny Leibowitz, and Deanna Wood.

We collected the work for the Degrees show in Houston. Deanna is going to deliver it to the gallery on Sunday, May 3rd.

Each exhibiting artist is responsible for $3 for the postcards and $15 for food. Deanna collected the postcard money and some food money, since the finalized food cost wasn't known at the time.

The opening exhibit for Degrees is Saturday, May 9th at Gallery M Squared. I hope everybody can make it to Houston!

VET talked about Melt Down, the Art Hotel show coming up this summer. She'll send more info soon, but this is the preliminary info:
The show will be in July at the Art Hotel, 1112 S. Akard, Dallas.
Bring artwork to the June meeting that VET is hosting at the Art Hotel.
VET or the gallery owner will curate from images (more info to come).
She's going to work on setting up a workshop to tie in to the show.
The show will be up for a month.
Each person can probably have 3 or 4 pieces.

Deanna proposed Brett's idea to have a group show at the TCC Southeast Campus gallery. There's a large space and it can accommodate work from many of our past shows. He wants the theme to be encaustic materials and methods and suggested that we come up with a name that's descriptive fo that idea. So we brainstormed some names and decided to give them to Brett to decide the final one.

Update: Brett decided on a title - Encaustic Methods: TexasWAX/Dallas

He'll have dates and more info soon.

Janet reported on the Global Swarming show at the Texas Discovery Gardens. She's going to meet with them soon and will send out more information. Patty was going to contact someone she knows to get a quote on hexagon panels.

Carolyn is looking at the gallery schedule at Kilgore College and will try to get us a group show there. Possibly in December, but she'll get back to us with more info.

Charlotte reported on the New Mexico Wax show that she saw in Santa Fe. She said that the group there would like to have a show with us as well.

Our next meeting will be on Sunday, May 24, at Ivonne Acero's studio - 3116 Commerce St, Suite E, Dallas.

Friday, April 10, 2009

Charlotte Cornett sent images of the Waning and Waxing show at the Zane Bennett Gallery in Santa Fe. Enjoy!

Charlotte (left) with Martha Baker and the 2 paintings that Martha had in the show.



Thursday, March 19, 2009

New Mexico Wax

If you're in the Santa Fe area, be sure to check out the exhibit featuring members of New Mexico Wax - Waning and Waxing: The Resurgence of Encaustic.

March 20 - May 2, 2009

SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 2009, 1 - 4 PM
Encaustic demonstrations and lecture, free and open to the public

Zane Bennett Contemporary Art
435 S. Guadalupe
Santa Fe, NM 87501