Tim Horton's Coffee Talk

Cathie, Marjorie, Pi, Jill and I met at Tim Hortons in Adrian this morning to go over The Box Show.

Drop off dates and deadlines (Box show)- The discussion was that we want to accept work all the way up to the Auction...however we're afraid if we don't have an early deadline we may not have enough work to have a show. We will be sending out an announcement stating something to this effect. "Members, please have your work ready to be installed by August 16th. However, if you require more time we will accept your work during normal gallery hours after the 16th." Cathie will be at the gallery on Saturday from noon to 4 PM on August 12th to accept work. I will be at the gallery on Monday, August 14th from 4:15 PM to 6 PM. Jill and Kathy will be putting up shelves and accepting work in the gallery from 6-8 PM. We need a volunteer to sit on the 15th from 4-8 PM. We will be installing the work on Tuesday, August 16th...we need volunteers for this.

Finance Committee- Pi and myself will be contacting Lad for an update.

Web Site- We would like to get an update from Kimberly on this at the board meeting.

Spotlight Show- We need to put our feelers out to see who would be interested in participating. I will be working on a simple prospectus this week. If you are interested please say so. Peggy Grant will be choosing the Spotlight artists so we need to have either slides or digital pics preferably before the Box Show Auction on Sept. 30th. We may not limit this show to 3 persons. We may have more depending on how many members show interest.

Can Do Show- None of us were sure of the status for this show. If we are going to do it then we should get busy with the particulars.

Box Show- The cards should arrive by this thursday. There was some discussion as to which lists we will be sending to. Pi mentioned that Valerie would take some cards to send to the Circle of Art list. Christine also volunteered to take cards to the Saline Picture Frame Company. We would like to request that the labels from our list be printed off by zipcode if possible. Cathie and Jennifer are working together to hire musicians for the auction night. We decided that we will be asking members to supply food, hors d'ovres and wine. We will ask local businesses to donate awards....if you know of any businesses which would like to donate please ask them.

The Gallery- We all thought it would be a good idea to have a cleaning party at the gallery. Specific dates to follow in the coming weeks. The floor is in bad shape. There was some discussion as to how we could possibly install wood floors in the gallery. We all thought laminate flooring would not handle the wear and tear. But, at this point I would say we're all still open for suggestions. Thanks goes out to Janet for volunteering to get the back hallway drywall fixed. There is some discussion going around as to whether we should continue to maintain a gallery, or should we float our shows to different locations? We're obligated to provide a place for the High School Show due to our Stubnitz Foundation grant for the next five years. Cathie mentioned that when the LCVA first started they did float from one place to another. She added that not having a central location created many problems. Personally, I think this topic would be a good conversation piece for the next informal coffee talk.