January Meeting Minutes

Nancy Lohmiller – 1-19-2015

Greetings,
We had a wonderful celebration on January 10^th meeting. Thanks to everyone who brought goodies. Nora and her staff were appreciative for the sharing.

Our Agenda:
1. As my life changes direction I would like to step down from the ‘director’ position and

    allow other members to bring their creative spark to the group.

2. Concerns

                  a. Attendance was a central point of concern. There was an in depth conversation as

                       to member expectation.

                                    1.  Some would like more demos.

                                    2. Some felt a demo every month is to much.

                                    3. Some had concerns that only a few are willing an able to do demos and

    the expectation on a few would be unfair.

4.  Use meeting to critic and assist in the complication of books.

5. Having theme projects.

3. All felt a survey would be good.

                  a. So this is your opportunity to have a voice and let us know what direction you

                      like to see the group go toward achieving in 2015.

       Other possibilities/solution:

a.      Membership dues in-which the members take a more formal involvement in

structure.

b.     Night meetings were discussed but felt to difficult.

c.      A variety of different formats for meetings were discussed.

4. Artists and Display

                  a. We cannot have a meeting at Artist and Display in February. I have been looking

                      at others sites and so far the only one I have is the Library on 76^th and North.

                                    (The group felt they would like the meeting in one place each month.)

                  b. Any one who has a thought on a possible location that is centrally located

                   let us know.

5. There was a concern that the “Artist Statements from the show were not handed back to

      the artist. This is normal. With the onset of computers most have a copy in their

       computer. Also,

AND

FYI - When an artist puts work in a show there is an agreement that her work has to stay in the show for the duration.

Projects

1.     Pages for Nora. We had agreed to create pages for a book for Nora as a thank you. Please contact Sheila ASAP with your pages so we can complete the book and get it to her by February 1^st.

2.     Valentine Post Card

a.      Design postcards for Valentine’s to share with members.

( Our next meeting February 14^th.) Can be standard size. 

Postings

  Binder’s Guild Blog:

http://bindersguild.blogspot.com/

  Pinterest - Binder’s Guild Board:

http://www.pinterest.com/vintagepix/binders-guild/

  Images Opening reception show ‘Books Unbound 2’   

              https://www.flickr.com/photos/vintagepix/sets/72157648834414981/ 

Opportunities

1.     The Book Arts Group in Racine has an open studio on Monday mornings.

http://www.blackeyedpress.com/book-arts-guild.html

      

       2.    I am still waiting for a reply from The Midwest Chapter

Check out the ‘Guild of BookWorkers’ and the Midwest Chapter of the guild of book workers at: http://midwestgbw.wordpress.com/

The Midwest Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers, the national organization for all the book arts.  The Midwest Chapter servers the greater Midwest region by hosting workshops, exhibitions and other events in the areas of bookbinding, artists books, printing, papermaking and all fields of the book arts.

2.     JoAnna Poehlmann

a.      Has a retrospective of her work at RedLine Milwaukee 1422 N. 4 St.