Alert! The Lost in the Woods Artists’ Reception at
Betty Ford Alpine Gardens in Vail, Colorado, on January 4, 2020, 1 – 4 pm, IS
CANCELLED for that date, because of heavy weather and avalanche peril.
Perhaps we can postpone the party for a bit...
ASBA encourages
us to pay our 2020 dues (newly enlarged), and do check off the box for RMSBA, on
the ASBA
web page forthwith and posthaste (by February 10). The MotherShip
also sent us all mailers in the fall, soliciting contributions to the ASBA
General Fund, etc. Our RMSBA Treasurer, Vanessa Martin, might
welcome some small gifts to our own General Fund from the occasional member,
also tax deductible.
Cannabis: A Visual Perspective has been
dismounted from the Center of Southwest Studies, Fort Lewis College, Durango,
Colorado. Your Editor stopped by the gallery for a quick visit before
pre-Graduation events began – and found them repacking our bags, which they love, by the way. Museum staff was very
engaging about the collaboration they had with the Biology Department and Aurum Labs cannabis testing laboratory in Durango to develop supporting displays. Many
educational tours of our works in that setting, with area fourth-grade visitors
expressing high interest in the exhibit; lots of traffic. They love RMSBA and
are proud of our collaborations. We love them right back.
Exhibits
for 2020! We plan two exhibits. We encourage artists to
participate as committee members for each of these efforts, as well as
presenting your skilled portrayals. Proposals and subject lists are in
preparation.
“Plant – Insect Intersections“ calls
for renderings of the insect and arachnid collection – and associated plants,
of course – held by the CU Museum of Natural History. Vanessa Martin is the
contact.
“From Platte to Peak” calls for
illustration of specimens collected by Edwin James during the first actual
scientific expedition to the western High Plains, led by Major Stephen H. Long,
during the summer of 1820. Martha Narey is the contact.
More information will appear on this Blog and
via MailChimp. Do plan to attend the Sunday, February 23, 2020 Member Meeting
(Gates Hall, Denver Botanic Gardens) for details and presentations about these
upcoming opportunities.
Your
board of directors for 2020-2021, listed below. If you want to serve
RMSBA by joining the board, please consider how you might steer your talents in
that direction. Members serve two-year terms, unless extended.
President - Carol
Till
Vice President -
open
Treasurer – Vanessa
Martin
Recording Secretary
– Kristi Czaijkowski
Exhibits Co-Chairs –
Dorothy DePaulo and Sharon Garrett
Programs – Judy
Vanderbosch
Special Projects –
Irma Sturgell
Communications
Editor – Martha Narey
2019 Review. Three
exhibits on the road: Cannabis: A Visual
Perspective; Lost in the Woods; Feathers and Flora: A Natural Relationship.
Show and Sales: Gathering of the Guilds; Tagawa Gardens’ Lavender Festival.
Meetings: Boulder, Lakewood, and the Rocky Mountain Land Library in Denver.
Holiday Party in Centennial. Workshops: Dorothy DePaulo’s Colored Pencil on
Mylar at Valkarie, Tom Mazzullo’s Silverpoint at the LAAC.
Happy
New Year!
