Truly Spring: Snow to Crocus; Easter Bunny Approaches at Warp Speed

ArtCozy project is finished, and had you attended the March meeting at Southglenn Library, you could have purchased one for only $25 ($30 for nonmembers)! Judy Vanderbosch and crew did an awesome job. RMSBA exhibit committee will keep 50 – our shows tend not to have more items - to use for transporting and storing exhibit entries.

We have product available in black or grey, and nice stuff it is, too: 32” x 22 ½”, double bottom and Velcro closure, very capacious and soft. They fold up well for storage. Ask Vanessa Martin or Judy about payment methods.

‘Lost in the Woods’ is open for entries at OnlineJuriedShows. If you need guidance with the good wood, Irma Sturgell has help for you: ask for the Champion Trees files. Deadline for entry is May 15. The show opens at Valkarie Gallery in Lakewood, and installation is Monday, June 18; Opening Reception on Saturday, June 23. First Friday event on July 7! Artists will be enjoined to attend, to mingle and discuss… You can sell prints in conjunction with the exhibit.

Subject: Artists Wanted - Summer Art Sale May 19, 2018

Deadline April 6, 2018

Questions-To: krystle.codrey@cityofthornton.net

Western Spirit Art Show & Sale continues through April 15 at Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum in Cheyenne, WY, should you be in the neighborhood.

Gathering of the Guilds is scheduled for April 29, 2018, at the Boettcher Mansion on Lookout Mountains. Put it on your calendars now. Irma Sturgell is collecting names of those who are interested in selling artwork, prints, cards, etc. here and also at …

Tagawa Gardens Lavender Festival. The RMSBA Art Sale is coming up on July 14 (that’s Bastille Day, history fans). Get your stuff ready for this one. Last year we were right in front of the High Plains Iris Show & Sale, and we did benefit from their traffic.

Drive a little, see a lot. RMSBA is arranging a Rambling Day Open House at the Buffalo Peaks Ranch south of Fairplay on July 28. Lunch will be served and the Rocky Mountain Land Library property will be open for participants to explore and sketch the numerous scenic features. More details to follow.

Art for the Sangres Show & Sale, for those of you planning farther ahead, will be September 28 & 29 at A Painted View Ranch, Westcliffe, CO. More information available soon here.

ASBA Worldwide International show – four RMSBA members were accepted into this show: Vanessa Martin, Connie Sayas, Dorothy DePaulo and Sharon Garrett.

ASBA 4^th Annual Online Auction March 26 through April 27. Visit via this link.

Open Studios for spring with Kristi Czajkowski on these Wednesdays:

    April 18    Robischon Gallery, 1740 Wazee Street, 11 am - 2 pm

    May 9       Denver Museum of Nature & Science (meet in lobby), 10 am – 2 pm

    June 13    Denver Zoo (meet outside entrance), 10 am – 2 pm

Daylight Savings Time Begins, Readjustment Lags

Reminder: Member Meeting March 18 (a week earlier than usual: the 25th is Palm Sunday). Location: Southglenn Library, Meeting Room B, in The Streets at SouthGlenn, 6972 S Vine St, Centennial, CO (303) 542-7279, 1-3 pm. The Executive Committee (your Board) will meet at 11 am at First Watch Café, just across the street. If you have agenda items for the Board please contact one of the directors, or attend that meeting.

Member Meeting Agenda

·         Exhibits

·         Gathering of the Guilds / Tagawa

·         Open Studio

·         Art Cozies

·         Rambling Day at Buffalo Peaks Ranch

·         Members’ Works in Progress

ArtCozy project is finished! Judy Vanderbosch and crew did an awesome job. We have product available in black or grey, and nice stuff it is, too. See ‘em at the March Meeting.

Reminder: March is the Month of Printmaking, with most venues and galleries participating, so keep those eyes open. Events include a studio tour on Saturday, March 24 from 10 to 4, and Carol Till’s studio will be among those open. Carol will also host an open house on Sunday, March 25, from 10 to 4.

 ‘Lost in the Woods’ is open for entries at OnlineJuriedShows.  Deadline for entry is May 15, 2018. The show will open at the Valkarie Gallery in Lakewood. Installation is on Monday, June 18, with an Opening Reception on Saturday, June 23. First Friday event on July 7! Artists will be implored to attend, to mingle and discuss…

Cannabis Exhibit. Through May 2018, “Cannabis: A Visual Perspective” remains on display at the University of Colorado Natural History Museum in Boulder, after which it will move to the Paquette Gallery at the SteamPlant museum in Salida. Participating artists offering prints or cards/postcards for sale at the Salida venue when the exhibit moves in June should package the inventory and deliver to Vanessa Martin before May 31, 2018, the installation date in Salida.