Clay Guild Minutes
At Amused studios: BBQ Ice cream Social - white elephant bowl exchange July 22
White Elephant Clay Guild BBQ 4 pm/to follow meeting.
Date / Time: 7/23 / 3 pm
Location: Amused Studios
On Going Business
Full Clay-a-palooza Update at The Art League of Ocean City
*Winter plans for the Clay Guild, Feb 17th and 18th- Stacked Art Project at Amused Studios 12-4pm
$20/ per person- half goes to Amused half to Clay Guild
The Wrap up
At Amused studios: BBQ Ice cream Social - white elephant bowl exchange July 22
White Elephant Clay Guild BBQ 4 pm/to follow meeting.
Date / Time: 7/23 / 3 pm
Location: Amused Studios
- Call to Order: 3:05
- In attendance: Marie Cavallaro, Ernie Satchell, Matthew Amey, Patricia Rose, Robert Johnson, Imma
- Treasures Report: 1310.13
- Membership report:
- All memberships next year will be prorated $2 a month to/ June 30th - 2024-
- If some one signs up before June it is an additional $2/ month until the following June to be a member.
- All memberships next year will be prorated $2 a month to/ June 30th - 2024-
On Going Business
- Workshops:
- Fall Workshops at the Art League of Ocean City
- September -“Tea Party” September 17th, 1-4 pm $60. Teacher fee would be a donation to Clay Guild,
- Sept 17th -Patricia Extruder Class 11-12:30- Wall Bud Vases $40/ 18 max -
- Now is the time to put in classes for Oct-Dec at ALOC to be in the brochure
- Fall Workshops at the Art League of Ocean City
Full Clay-a-palooza Update at The Art League of Ocean City
- Month long Exhibition:
- Final tally of sales
- 2023 Total sales:$2190.50
- Artist Commissions:$1533.35
- ALOC Commissions:$657.15
- Looking to Next year:
- Moving raku to a later weekend
- Lets have a different workshop available each weekend?
- Who would like to teach?
- What workshops should be available?
- Who would like to teach?
- 2024’s Clay-a-palooza- Self Curated, showing on pedestals, each artist will have about 2-3 feet of pedestal space or 1-2 pedestals. Wall space available as well. Artist Bio with pictures on wall near work for each artist. All work must be available for purchase. Everything should be sent to me ahead of time including pottery/ pictures of pottery.
- 2024 Stacked Art Ideas: Fantasy creatures, Kiln Gods, Sports, Birds, giant dish-ware
- Wheel of themes - At the next meeting we will put ideas in a wheel of chance and the wheel choose. We will then come up with ideas and may throw ideas in a hat to choose, we will allow trades. Ideas should be sent to Sarah ahead of time to prepare the wheel with themes.
*Winter plans for the Clay Guild, Feb 17th and 18th- Stacked Art Project at Amused Studios 12-4pm
$20/ per person- half goes to Amused half to Clay Guild
The Wrap up
- Next Meetings:
- September 17th, 11:30am - 12 pm @The Art League of Ocean City
- Sept 17th will be a short meeting in-between Patricia’s Extruder class and The CG Tea Pot class
- Main theme of meeting will be choose the Theme for 2024’s Stacked Art Project.
- Sat 11 am, Feb 17th @ Amused Studios in Fruitland MD, meeting followed by start of 2024 Stacked Art Project Workshop from 12-4pm
- Adjournment: 3:55
