Shovelin’ Out – Mind the Trick-or-Treaters in the Snowbank…

The Member Meeting at Rocky Mountain Land Library on September 29 was sparsely attended, but those who did enjoyed themselves immensely. Teresa Burkert won the Door Prize, a lovely hand-bound sketchbook from the prolific studio of Judy Vanderbosch. Several guests came and asked many questions of the artists and the Librarians, Jeff Lee and Anne Miller.

The RMSBA Board met earlier that day. We are glad to announce that a new meeting schedule will shortly be published, and we will conduct meetings at the Denver Botanic Gardens in 2020. More info will be forthcoming. The Board meets on November 10 to plan next year’s activities. Please bring to the attention of a board member any suggestions, concerns, or new ideas so they may be discussed.

Published Illustrator? If your illustrations are included in an ASBA Small Works Catalog or two, in either (or both) of SBAI’s Practice Makes Perfect volumes, or other book or catalog, or a magazine or a website where your work is shown, this InfoBud’s for you, from our colleagues at the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators. Thank you, Taina Litwak, for this:

Hi All - Check it out.

If you are a published illustrator (with minimum of 3 publications with ISBN numbers) and [have] not already signed up/joined ASCRL - the American Society for Collective Rights Licensing, you really should join. And if you are a member and have hesitated to sign onto one of the open claims, please do not hesitate.  The system is working well now.  The second claim just paid out and a third will open next month.  I am on the ASCRL Advisory Board and I want as many illustrators to benefit as possible.

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Many GNSI members got bank deposits from these claim payments last week.  The more of us who join, the better the position ASCRL will be in to receive more funds from other international Reprographic Rights Organizations.  The 2 payments so far have just been from only two RRO's, (Pictorights of the Netherlands and BUS (Bildupphovsrätt i Sverige) of Sweden).  It’s a big world out there, and many countries collect non-title-specific reprographic monies and are charged by the laws of their countries to get the money to the creatives who made the images.

Cheers - Taina

Cite the publication number (ISBN), along with title of the illustration, which does not have to be registered individually with the copyright office. You may be eligible for a surprise bonus check for your work – don’t let that get away!

Congratulations to Linda Feltner, Bird Maven, of the GNSI. The Zhejiang Museum of Natural History in China has purchased her "Where Eagles Dare" for their Art Collection. Transparent watercolor, 27x50", of Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) and White-throated Swift (Aeronautes saxatalis) at Chiricahua National Monument. Linda met their representatives at the 2017 GNSI Conference Portfolio Review in Asheville, NC, told they were there scouting artists. They found the painting on her web page. She recommends “… bring your stuff to the Portfolio Review! Not only [do] you share your amazing skills with friends and colleagues, we never know how such exchange will later develop.”

Last Week of Summer, Aspenpeeper Season Looms, Still Hot

Open Meeting September 29. Here are the details:

Congratulations to colored pencil master and RMSBA member Heidi Snyder, whose work was accepted into ASBA’s 22^nd Annual International Exhibition, this year opening in Fort Ross, CA.

16 September – Mexico Independence Day. Immediate results were not forthcoming in 1810 after Hidalgo’s Cry (“el grito”) to rise up against the Crown. It took years of struggle, but in 1821 Mexico gained independence from Spain and declared slavery illegal in its domain. Subsequent conquest by British incursions from the south and US invasions from the north and east, as well as local resistance to government from Mexico City such as the Texas situation, reduced the land base of the country.

1821

1864

2020 is a Leap Year, and a MoPrints year. If you’re in the print lane of our artistic pursuit, be getting’ ready for the big event. We’re looking forward to it.

Battle against the Japanese Beetles Over for another Year

Feathers and Flora: A Natural Relationship opening in Boulder at the CU Museum of Natural History! Congratulations to Karen Boggs Bryant, Mary Crabtree, Dorothy DePaulo, Patti Hearn, Karen May, Shiere Melin, Martha Narey, Eileen Richardson, Heidi Snyder, Irma Sturgell, Suzanne Stutzman, Valerie Teska, Daniel Teska, Carol Till, Judy Vanderbosch, and Patricia Whalen, and thank you for your work. Artists’ Reception on Wednesday, September 4, 5 – 7 pm, Henderson Hall. Come see what everybody did!

For those of you in exile on Pluto, or otherwise unavoidably unable to attend or to visit the exhibit during the fall semester, see here.

Member Meeting Pre-minder: Sunday, September 29 meeting at the Rocky Mountain Land Library in Globeville: 4800 Washington Street, Denver, Colorado, from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm. We have a number of things to talk about for the upcoming year, and we encourage you to consider joining in the processes of planning and execution.

Hot Days and Afternoon Thunderstorms -- Again

Feathers and Flora. It’s heeere: the last minute, Thursday, August 1, 11:59 pm MDT. Get ‘em submitted, folks.

Member Exhibit Reminder: Compelling images of nature’s variety by Dorothy DePaulo and Heidi Snyder on display at Valkarie Gallery through August 18, 2019.

Dorothy DePaulo’s artist’s talk begins at 7 pm, Friday, August 2.

Tagawa Gardens RMSBA Show & Sale on July 13 was interesting and fun. In response to requests from Tagawa organizers, Irma Sturgell demonstrated Silverpoint drawing techniques at her table, Judy Vanderbosch demonstrated Colored Pencil layering techniques (with a sample lesson!), and Martha Narey demonstrated Carbon Dust techniques on Mylar film. We generated some interest among the visitors and shoppers and scored some sales (one JV had the top score: people just love her stuff, card sets and boxes and whatnot.) Less interest in originals (too $) and small prints (too bad). Cards do well enough.

Mt Goliath and other high-elevation alpine sites are in full – if rather oddly delayed – bloom. Fremont Pass is lined with red paintbrush on the slopes, and the Guanella Pass approaches from Georgetown show an abundance of coneflowers. Go fill up your eyes.

Lots of Fireworks Shows along Front Range – Check Them Out!

Reminder: Deadline today for the Manitou Springs Labor Day Art Festival. If you’re participating, now’s the last minute.

Feathers and Flora. Speaking of exhibit entry deadlines and the last minute, it’s coming up on Thursday, August 1. Get ‘em finished and submitted, folks.

Member Exhibit: Compelling images of nature’s variety by Dorothy DePaulo and Heidi Snyder can be seen at Valkarie Gallery, July 24 through August 18, 2019. Opening reception Saturday, August 27.

Dorothy DePaulo will host an artist’s talk at 7 pm on Friday, August 2.

Independence Day is coming up on Thursday. You’ll need sunscreen, PeptoAbysmal, DEET, a hat, shades, probably some bandaids, wetwipes, and good digestion. That’s just during the daytime. At night, you’ll need the bitty flashlight (not so blindingly bright as your Smartphone Flashlight), more DEET, Tumms, burn ointment, and a secure grip on the car keys. Enjoy our national birthday party. Take an aspirin before going to bed.

Tagawa Gardens Lavender Fields Forever event and Rocky Mountain Society of Botanical Artists Show & Sale, Saturday, July 13, 2019; 9 am - 3 pm. Be there or be square [we handle sales via Square…] and get a few rhizomes from the High Plains Iris Society.

Workshop. About 10 members had a great time with Dorothy DePaulo and Heidi Snyder as they demo’ed techniques for color pencil on Mylar drafting film on Saturday, June 22. We each got a practice piece and had a blast puttin’ down the pigment. Visit with friends and learn new stuff? Priceless.

Arts Activities, Exhibits, and Festivals A-Plenty

Announcement. This in from Helen Smithwick in the Pikes Peak region:

Hi!

I am a new member of the Commonwheel Artist Coop in Manitou Springs.  We are holding our annual Labor Day Festival from Aug 31 - Sep 2.

I was wondering if any of the members might be interested in entering the festival, or just visiting it. We have extended our application deadline to June 30. The application is available on our website: https://www.commonwheel.com.

Thank you for considering this!

Sincerely,

Helen Smithwick

Check it out. Maybe a few more RMSBA artists will take up the challenge. You who live in central and southern Colorado definitely should make the trip. Parking in Manitou probably will be limited, so make your plans…

75th Anniversary of the Allied Invasion of Normandy in France

Member meeting will convene on Saturday, June 22. Following the business to be discussed, Dorothy DePaulo and Heidi Snyder will share their experience and technique with the membership during this excellent (and free) workshop on rendering birds and vegetation.

Colored Pencils on Drafting Film
Saturday, June 22
9 am to noon
VALKARIE Gallery & Studio   
445 S Saulsbury St, Lakewood CO 80226

Please Bring:
-Artist quality colored pencils
-Tombow Mono Zero Elastomer Eraser (ultra-fine tip) (available at Dick Blick or most art supply stores)
-Qtips

-Pencil sharpener either battery operated or manual hand-held that produces a long sharp point. 

-Small container (like a pill bottle with a screw top) of Formula 409 Household Cleaner
-Clipboard or a 9” x 12” piece of foamcore to use as a drawing surface 

We hope to see you there!

Reminder. Carol Till invites you to her show in the Santa Fe Arts District.

Tequila Hues - Carol Till

June 5 - 29, 2019

First Friday Art Walk: June 7, 6-9 pm

Third Friday Artist’s Reception, June 21, 5-8 pm

Beautiful metal etchings of agaves, botanically accurate and finely detailed, printed in the intense colors of the desert using colored inks and handmade papers. Have a nice visit with Carol during 1st and 3rd Friday evening openings or Tuesdays 10 -1:30 in June. Join her for a little tequila-themed refreshment at the Artist’s Reception on June 21, 6-8 pm, Artists on Santa Fe Gallery, 747 Santa Fe Drive, Denver, Colorado 80204.

The Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College in Durango features the traveling exhibit from RMSBA, "Cannabis: A Visual Perspective." Up through 2019. Drop in on your way to Mesa Verde or Grand Canyon.

Call for Entries. “Feathers and Flora: A Natural Relationship” prospectus remains available for download at OnlineJuriedShows.com. We do recommend the YouTube journey with John Muir Laws’ “How to Draw Birds” offering, recently revised according to the New Birds Drawing Systems. Check it out! Last day to enter August 1 (notices by August 7).

Reminder: Tagawa Gardens Lavender Fields Forever event!

Rocky Mountain Society of Botanical Artists Show & Sale

Saturday, July 13, 2019; 9 am - 3 pm

A variety of media, including colored pencil, watercolor, etchings, ink, and graphite. Original works, prints, greeting cards, and similar offerings available for purchase.

Do say yes to providing a demonstration of technique or work on new projects -- actually creating art -- while at the garden center. Tagawa believe it would be wonderful to have a couple artists working on some art pieces as guests stroll by.

Contact Irma Sturgell (isturgell@gmail.com) if you want to participate.

Sticks and Litter Where Once Blossoms Stood – Oh, Hail!

Exhibit. Carol Till invites you to her show in the Santa Fe Arts District.

Artists on Santa Fe Gallery + Studios

June exhibition features new work by printmaker Carol Till.

Tequila Hues - Carol Till

June 5 - 29, 2019

First Friday Art Walk: June 7, 6-9 pm

Third Friday Artist’s Reception, June 21, 5-8 pm

This show includes a series of beautiful metal etchings of agaves, botanically accurate and finely detailed, printed in the intense colors of the desert using colored inks and handmade papers. Don’t miss visiting with Carol during 1st and 3rd Friday evening openings or Tuesdays 10-1:30 in June. Join her for tequila themed refreshments at the Artist’s Reception on June 21, 6-8 pm, Artists on Santa Fe Gallery, 747 Santa Fe Drive, Denver, Colorado 80204 

Spring Bloom on the Colorado Plateau. May bountifully produced the outcome of the wettest spring in years on the Colorado Plateau. Early in Cortez and Hovenweep areas, and later in Moab and Grand Junction areas. In Navajo State Park (NM), every shrub and bush on the canyon walls was in bloom. In the slick rock, cacti blooming yellow and hot pink. The tallest Utah Mallows your Editor may ever have seen. Grasses thick and Sego lilies carpeting the ground like bindweed in a pasture. This bang-up nature show is moving northward from Grand Junction toward Wyoming, so go visit Hayden or Steamboat or Dinosaur and fill up your eyes.

Silverpoint Workshop (in homage to ASBA’s 25^th Anniversary Year efforts) April 27 with Tom Mazzullo was awesome. Participants gesso-coated papers, impatiently allowed them to dry while sampling techniques on sample papers. The most amazing marks are left by the edge of a silver dollar! Copper bits – like pennies or bits of solid-strand electrical wire – for fine or broad strokes. Silver wire (and copper wire) is held in a 2mm lead holder; sharpen the tip for fine, soften for broad. Both these media age to lovely patinae, while gold wire makes a delicate pale mark that will never tarnish. We had flowers, critter skulls, and various objects to practice on. Other metals (like, well, lead) also serve as mark-makers. He told us it was a pleasure to teach technique to people who already know how to draw. Well, it was a pleasure for us, too, Tom.

The Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College in Durango has exhibits in its two permanent galleries: “Ben Nighthorse Campbell: Honors & Awards” and “Hispanidad! Treasures of the Southwest." A third gallery features the traveling exhibit from RMSBA, "Cannabis: A Visual Perspective." Exhibits are up throughout 2019. Drop in on your way to Hovenweep or Monument Valley.

Call for Entries. Once more we announce the upcoming member show “Feathers and Flora: A Natural Relationship.” The Prospectus remains available for download at OnlineJuriedShows.com. We continue to recommend the YouTube journey with John Muir Laws’ “How to Draw Birds” offering, recently revised according to the New Birds Drawing Systems. Check it out! Last day to enter August 1 (notifications by August 7).

Wall of Birds. Jeanne Benson offers this link about depicting the evolution of birds. “Huge project and very inspiring. In the video, the artist talks about tweaking the birds through their eyes and bills to make them more interesting.”

Beyond the Studio: Make a Difference! – 2019 ASBA Artist Grants 
If you have been a member of ASBA for two years, you can apply. Grants may be awarded either to individuals or to groups.

New this year: Do not submit applications online; instead, use the downloadable application form. Submit the form with supporting documents via email using the WeTransfer program, which can accommodate large files up to 2GB for free.

Three grants may be awarded to worthy projects this year:

             1. The Esther M. Plotnick Artist Grant in the amount of $3,000.

             2. The Dorothy R. Peck Artist Grant in the amount of $1,000.

             3. The BAEE Artist Grant in the amount of $3,000 for a project focused on native plants.

Applications must be submitted by August 1, 2019. Artist Grant awards will be announced at the ASBA Conference Awards Banquet, October 19, 2019, in Pittsburgh.

To learn more and apply, go here. Review the past project archive here for inspiration!

Tagawa Gardens Lavender Fields Forever event!

Rocky Mountain Society of Botanical Artists Show & Sale

Saturday, July 13, 2019; 9 am - 3 pm

As always, a beautiful selection of botanical art! RMSBA artists display our exquisitely detailed works in a variety of media, including colored pencil, watercolor, etchings, ink, and graphite. Original works, prints, greeting cards, and similar offerings will be available for purchase.

Any artist is welcome to provide a demonstration of technique and to work on new projects -- actually creating art -- while at the garden center. This sort of activity might serve to slow down the hopefuls racing toward the High Plains Iris Show, so as to siphon off a few shekels from the rhizome sales. Tagawa believe it would be wonderful to have a couple artists working on some art pieces as guests stroll by.

Contact Irma Sturgell (isturgell@gmail.com) if you are interested in bringing your work to the show.

Preminder: June member meeting Sunday, June 23. Dorothy DePaulo will conduct a workshop on rendering birds in colored pencil on Mylar at Valkarie Gallery. More details to follow.

Desole pour Notre Dame!

Link to story at DemocracyNow!

Equinox and more than 12 hours of daylight!

Reminder. Upcoming member meeting Sunday March 31 at the Museum of Natural History (Henderson Hall) at CU Boulder, 1pm, room 212. We will introduce the Feathers and Flora Call for Entry, talk about RMSBA's plans for the year then adjourn to the bio lounge for some specimen sketching. Please bring your sketching materials!

Gathering of the Guilds of the Colorado Arts & Crafts Society is at the American Mountaineering Center in Golden on April 14. Come see us and shop around for paper, cards, jewelry, artworks, textiles and so much more.

Exhibit. Our Past Prez Vanessa Martin invites you to a show.

The Center of Southwest Studies Museum unveiled its new exhibits rotation in its two permanent galleries: “Ben Nighthorse Campbell: Honors & Awards” and “Hispanidad! Treasures of the Southwest." A third gallery features the traveling exhibit from RMSBA, "Cannabis: A Visual Perspective." Exhibits are up throughout 2019.

Call for Entries. Again, we announce the upcoming member show “Feathers and Flora: A Natural Relationship.” The Prospectus is available for download at OnlineJuriedShows.com. We recommend a YouTube journey with John Muir Laws’ “How to Draw Birds” offering, recently revised according to the New Birds Drawing Systems. Check it out!

Not a Leap Year. Tomorrow is, in fact, March 1. No birthday for Leap Babies.

“Lost in the Woods” opens tomorrow in Lakewood! Join us for another opening of
Lost in the Woods at the Lakewood Arts Gallery this Friday from 5-9 pm as part of the 40 West Arts District First Friday/Colfax Art Crawl (13 local galleries, including New Orleans brass band and Mardi Gras events). This show will be in the gallery through March 29. Lakewood Arts Gallery is at 6731 West Colfax, in Lamar Station Plaza (same as Casa Bonita – area once known as JCRS…). Come out to the west side!

Call for Entries. Again, we announce the upcoming member show “Feathers and Flora: A Natural Relationship.” The Prospectus is available for download at OnlineJuriedShows.com. We recommend a YouTube journey with John Muir Laws’ “How to Draw Birds” offering, recently revised according to the New Birds Drawing Systems. Check it out!

It’s that Time Again! Gathering of the Guilds is coming up and if you are participating in the event with RMSBA as a seller you need to let Irma Sturgell know TODAY. The show is scheduled for 10 AM – 4 PM on Sunday, April 14, 2019.  This year, the popular event will take place at the American Mountaineering Center at 710 10th Street in downtown Golden, CO.

Punxatawney Phil may (or may not) have it right – regional meteorologists disagree – just keep shoveling

New logo. RMSBA’s new logo appears at the top of the Blog.

Last Look tomorrow at Spark Gallery, 9^th Av & Santa Fe Drive, for Susan Rubin’s “Political Landscape” colored pencil drawings, Carol Till’s “Arboreal” etchings, and Tom Mazzullo’s natural realism silverpoint offerings. Noon to 5 pm. If you have other obligations, try again Sunday afternoon (1 – 4) to get a glimpse as they fly off the walls. See you there.

Urgent reminder! Renew your ASBA membership by February 10, 2019 for the full year of member benefits until December 31, 2019, including all four issues of The Botanical Artist! To renew, 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 neglect indicating your membership also in RMSBA, the first ASBA Chapter.

“Lost in the Woods” now departs extended until February 22 at the CU Museum of Natural History in Boulder. “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.

Call for Entries. As promised, here is the announcement of the upcoming member show “Feathers and Flora: A Natural Relationship.” The Prospectus is available for download at OnlineJuriedShows.com. We recommend a YouTube journey with John Muir Laws’ “How to Draw Birds” offering, recently revised according to the New Birds Drawing Systems. Check it out!

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.

Mountain report: The deep mountains have snow, and piles of it at the foot of Mount Elbert. Quality for recreation very high, but I fear the moisture content is lower than we ourselves have experienced right here in New Frontrangia. I got to lift a great deal of it off when I returned from a most satisfactory snowshoe expedition. Oh, well, upper body exercise…

The Better New Year

New logo. RMSBA’s new logo appears at the top of the Blog.

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 neglect indicating your membership also in RMSBA, the first ASBA Chapter.

Call for Entries. As promised, here is the announcement of the upcoming member show “Feathers and Flora: A Natural Relationship.” The Prospectus is available for download at OnlineJuriedShows.com. We recommend a YouTube journey with John Muir Laws’ “How to Draw Birds” offering, recently revised according to the New Birds Drawing Systems. Check it out!

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” now departs the CU Museum of Natural History in Boulder. “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.

ASBA’s Silver Anniversary. The Mother Ship encourages us to participate in the events over the next year observing this anniversary with distributed activities. They of course solicit entries for their show in New York. We here at RMSBA are organizing a workshop in silverpoint as a medium on April 27. More information forthcoming shortly.

Executive Board met January 13 to plan the upcoming year’s activities. March 31 we gather (11 – 2) at the BioLounge at the CU Museum of Natural History in Boulder for some sketching. June 23, Dorothy De Paulo will present a workshop/class on colored pencil rendering of birds on Mylar drafting film. September 29, Judy Vanderbosch will guide us through the process of making our own spiral-bound sketchbooks, using the papers near and dear to our hearts.

Speaking of paper: On January 15 from noon to 1 pm, the Strathmore paper company brought their merch to Gates Hall at Denver Botanic Gardens. Not only did we score some sample papers, we got a random selection of General’s drawing media and a few other items, so we could try all of them out on the sample sheets. Fun!

First Flakes for the New Year

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.