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LEAGUE
INFORMATION
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the
WAL
Calendar for
your convenience.
Check out the
photo gallery
of WAL events.
League By-laws
Current General Meeting Minutes
Exhibit Registration Sheet and Art
Tags
Exhibit Wall Tags
We have a new
EXHIBIT POLICY. Please read
it and become familiar with it.
EVENTS AT-A-GLANCE
Mar 9 -
Meeting - Mona Reccord,
artwork critiques
Mar 13 - Dane gallery take-down
Apr 13 - Meeting - Doug
Gillette, silver point
May 11 - Meeting - Fran Selva,
basketry
LEAGUE MEETINGS AND ACTIVITIES
GENERAL MEETING PROGRAMS
are
held the second
Tuesday of each month
at the YMCA’s Senior Center at
45 Post
Office Park
(Map) off Boston Road in Wilbraham
(unless otherwise noted), starting at 6:30pm.
March –
Mona Reccord,
artwork critiques
April – Doug Gillette, silver point demo
May – Fran Selva, basketry demo
June – Open
Many thanks to John Robertson for
being a cooperative model
at our February meeting.

GENERAL MEETING SNACK
RESPONSIBILITIES
Here is
the list of those who signed up to provide refreshments
for our general meetings.* Thanks so much for
your help and for sharing with everyone!
March: Elizabeth Kowal,
Frank Tencza
April: Beverlee Corriveau and
Linda Lastoff
May: Vickie Fritz, Fran
Levesque
June: Sue Tosh and ?
We still need another refreshment
volunteer for June. The signup sheet will be at
the next meeting.
*Note:
Each person is asked to bring a plate of goodies, half &
half, and one
soda or juice, put coffee on and check to see if the supply box
needs anything, and if so purchase what is needed (paper
cups, coffee etc.) and the treasurer will reimburse that
member - only for supplies for the box. If for some reason you can't be there that evening,
please contact another member to take your place or trade
places.
The
hospitality box (with the green top) will be left at the
Senior Center.
PLEIN
AIR PAINTING
A new season of plein air
is coming up. To all those planning to attend, pack your
tools of trade and something to sit on. We recommend you include
a hat, sun screen, bug spray and water.
June 2 (Wed.) Country Club Of Wilbraham / Meadow Mist
Farm
Meet: 9:OO A.M. On site, in the Club parking lot. (Meadow Mist
is next door, offering a choice of subject matter.)
Lunch: Optional, at the Country Club
Rain-Date: Jun. 16
July 7 (Wed.) Poet's Seat
Mountain Park, Greenfield, MA
Meet: 8:30 A.M. Crane Park Parking Lot*
Lunch: Mesa Verde (1 mile from site)
Rain-Date: Jul. 21
Aug. 4 (Wed.) Stanley Park (Chinese Garden/Tea House)
400 Western Ave., Westfield, MA
Meet: 9:00 A.M. Crane Park Parking Lot
Lunch: (to be decided)
Rain-Date: Aug. 18
Sep. 1 (Wed.) Dean Pond (Brimfield State Forest)
Monson, MA
Meet: 9:00 A.M. Crane Park Parking Lot
Lunch: On site - bring picnic lunch
Rain-Date: Sep. 15
Clean restrooms
*Time change is due to almost an hour of travel which I don't
really like myself, but I believe it will be worth it.
For our newcomers, Crane Park is the same road as the Wilbraham
Library, instead of bearing left, just go straight into the
parking lot. We will carpool from there or you may prefer to
drive your own car.......this is fine too. We will wait up to 15
min. for those who signed up.
Please direct any questions or ideas to Sue Tosh
[pleinair@wilbrahamartleague.org]

SOCIAL ART
Social
Art will continue to meet on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays from 1pm
to 3 pm unless there is a conflict on the Senior Center
schedule. When the main meeting room is being used for a
Senior Center program, such as a lunch or other activity, WAL
Social Art will be in the North Room at the other end of the
hall. That room has carpeting, but we can use it for Social Art
if we put down protective covering on the floor. The dates
for March
are as follows:
March 10 and March 24
This is a time to
get together and do art, painting or whatever any of you may
want to do, drawing, pastels, jewelry making, etc. It's held in
the same room where the meetings are. Tables & chairs will be
available. Bring your own snacks. Come as often as you can. If
you just want to exchange ideas or talk about new techniques,
you can do that and leave your art stuff at home. This will be a
way for us to get to know each other better. If you can't
come each time, that's ok. If nobody is there yet, just go on
in the room. The Senior Center expects us.
Stop in and join
the group!
OTHER ACTIVITIES
WILBRAHAM FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY
SPRING BUS TRIP The Berkshire Bonanza to the
Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown,
MA will be followed by lunch at the Williams Inn. The afternoon
includes a visit to the Williams College Art Museum or
the Williamstown Shoppes.
The Clark special exhibits include Giovanni Boldini -
Impressionists in Paris and Frederick Remington - Landscapes of
the Mind and Mocha Dick.
This event will take place on Tuesday, April 20, 2010 from 8:30
a.m. - 6 p.m. The cost is $50 for WFL members and $60 for
non-members. Applications are available at the library.
Deadline is March 30th.
BOOKMARKS FOR
FRIENDS OF THE WILBRAHAM LIBRARY
The Friends of the Library
would really appreciate bookmarks that have been created
by the artists of WAL. Funds raised by selling the
bookmarks at the library will go to the Friends of
the Library.
The sale of our bookmarks continues to raise needed funds.
Thank you to those who contribute. Members can donate 2”
by 6” bookmarks using light cardstock (no more than 80 lbs.) that will be laminated by
the Wilbraham Library. Please put your name on each
bookmark. There are samples of bookmarks at the
circulation desk in the library. Kris suggested making sets of
6 bookmarks for laminating purposes. Bookmarks can be left at
the circulation desk in an envelope with Heidi Kane’s name on
them. Thanks.

BAYSTATE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL NEEDS ARTISTIC
DONATIONS
Baystate Children's Hospital in
Springfield, MA is extending a request for proposals to regional
artists for permanent gifts of art to enhance various pediatric
inpatient and outpatient areas.
You can find information and forms for sending in to the
hospital on the Baystate Children's Hospital website under
BCH News, "Call to Artists" at baystatehealth.org/bch. Or
you can call Susan Fontaine at 413-794-7630 for further
information.
This is a wonderful opportunity to make a difference in the
lives of critically ill or injured children and their families
by creating clinical environments that are bright, captivating
and friendly.
The deadline for submissions is March 31, 2010.
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UPCOMING WAL EXHIBITS
DANE GALLERY - INDIAN ORCHARD
MILLS This show will take place from February
20 to March 13, Saturdays from 12-4 p.m..
Pick up will be Saturday, March 13 at 4 p.m. and no sooner.

WILBRAHAM GARDEN
CLUB SHOW This show will be coming up in May. Watch here for details!

ATHENEUM SOCIETY
OUTDOOR TEA PARTY This
art show will take place on the afternoon of July 11 inside the
Old Meeting House. More details to come.

OTHER EXHIBITS
WILBRAHAM FRIENDS
OF THE LIBRARY EXHIBIT
This exhibit is open and
ready for viewing. It will be held through the month of March.
Reception: March
6, 1-3
Take Down: March 31, 12-4
Call the library (596-6141) to make sure the Brooks Room will
be open at the time of your visit. Contact Kris Crimmins
with questions.
SALES POLICY
If you sell one of your works due to publicity of
a show, please have the buyer make the check out to Wilbraham
Art League. The buyer should send the check to our P.O.
Box 253, Wilbraham, MA 01095. Please make sure
a 6.25% sales tax is added to the cost of the art work. If the check or cash is given
directly to you, you should send it on to the P.O. Box. Joe
Morin, the WAL treasurer, will take out the percentage for the
venue and 10% for WAL, and send the remainder to you. Thank you.
MEMBER NEWS
(Please email Lucy Peltier
webmaster@wilbrahamartleague.org
if you will be showing,
and your name can be listed here.)
JOHN ROBERTSON &
HARRIETTE BLOCK
RECEIVE AWARDS
John received a third place award for his drawing: “Drinking
Fountain in Rome”. Tobacco Valley Art League in Somers, Ct.
held a competition at the Chicopee Library and there were 53
entries total and 17 in the mixed media area. John won in the
category of mixed media. Congratulations John!
Harriette received first place during the same
competition in mixed media for her artwork entitled “Story
Teller.” Her artwork was created in silver point.
Congratulations Harriette!
WILBRAHAM LIBRARY
EXHIBITS
March........ Friends of the
Library
April..... Linda Lastoff,
Beverlee Coriveau, Suzanne McGlynn, and Beth Algie
May....... Melissa Alves
June..... Jeff Kern
September...... Nick Gioscia
October..... Lucy Peltier
OTHER MEMBER EXHIBITS
Palmer
Library
June....
Lucy Peltier
ART INSTRUCTORS
Vicky
Fritz – Wilbraham
Elizabeth
Ann Koscher – Ludlow
Joyce
Emerle – Hampden
Deborah
Padden – Monson
Fran
Selva – Basket Weaving – Wilbraham
COMMUNICATIONS
WEBSITE
Lucy Peltier (webmaster@wilbrahamartleague.org) stated
that league members can send her their profiles including a
photo of themselves and their e-mail address. A link will
be created and up to three small pictures of an artist’s work
can be displayed (digital
photos no larger than 400 X 400 pixels). Also, a
link can be included to a member’s website. There will be no
direct sales. She is accepting only e-mailed information.
Click for example.
E-MAIL COMMUNICATIONS
Lucy Peltier sends out email communications to the members. If
you need a message distributed to the membership, please compose
your own message to assure that it says exactly what you want.
Email it to Ann Carver. She will proofread it and send it
to Lucy for another proofread. Lucy will have Frank approve the
message. This process assures that all messages are clear,
concise and complete, to avoid any confusion. Please allow
extra time for this process.
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