Holidays. First out
of the gate was Hanukkah, to celebrate a miracle; next was Pearl Harbor Day, to
remember a disaster. La fiesta de la virgin de
Guadalupe brought children’s parades. Next was our own Holiday Party, followed by Solstice
and a full moon. Christmas Eve, carolers and maybe a Vigil; elves and reindeer
and Santa in the night on the roofs; brightly dawns Christmas Day! Take-it-all-back-returns
Day, Boxing Day, and Kwaanza! New Year’s Eve, to reflect and have a nice toast
to what must surely be a better New Year.
Renew your
ASBA membership by February 10, 2019 to enjoy a full year of member
benefits between January 1 and December 31, 2019, including all four issues of
The Botanical Artist! When renewing, please first go to the ASBA web page, then click on Member Login in
the upper right corner; use the email address associated with your ASBA
Membership account to log in. Do not forget to indicate your membership also in
RMSBA, the first ASBA Chapter.
Women's
Winter Kits. Several of us from RMSBA, supported by the Mile High and Very Deep Book
Club, gathered for an assembly party for these on December 6th at Judy
Vanderbosch’s house. Well, she put us right through our paces, organizing tasks
and taskees, while finishing up a few last minute items and making soup for our
lunch. Irma Sturgell did some fabulous skewered accompaniments. These kits are
quite practical packets of personal items, including a USB flash drive – handy at
the Library. The bags are sewed cotton cloth – each different and all pretty --
and have button closures.
Holiday
Party. We had a lovely Chinese Year of the Earth-Dog repast at Shiere’s on
December 15. Thank you, Shiere, for hosting. Thanks, Eileen, for the goods.
Thanks, Irma, for moving all along. We enjoyed good attendance and interesting
conversations.
Reminder
about Framing and Matting. Our accepted frame sizes are 12x12, 12x16, 16x20,
and 18x24. Currently, we prescribe the Blick Essentials Wood Gallery Frame in
Natural (Dick Blick 18862-1904,
-1906, -1908, and -1909). Mats white or off-white. Do remember that D-ring flat
hangers are much preferred; no little toothy rack things or eye screws.
“Lost in
the Woods” is still up at the CU Museum of Natural History in Boulder, until January
5, 2019. “Cannabis: A Visual
Perspective” opens soon at the Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis
College in Durango. Information forthcoming about an Opening and any related
activities.
Reminder: Executive
Board meeting coming up January 13. Contact any board member if you have items
you want added to the agenda.
Pre-minder: On January
15 from noon to 1 pm, the Strathmore paper company will be displaying and discussing
their products at Gates Hall at Denver Botanic Gardens. Often this presentation
is accompanied by a selective distribution of free samples, which you might try
out and consider using in your work.
