February Newsletter 2021

Your source for what has happened since November 2020 and what is happening through April 2021 with CAS and its members.
This issue contains:

• President's Message
• Next Meeting
• New Members
• Member News
• CAS Events & News
• Non-CAS Events & News
• Tips & Tricks
• CAS Curated & Recurring Exhibits
• Board Members

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President's Message 

Happy New Year!  I hope that everyone is safe and well. Times are difficult but we can support and inspire one another via social media, our CAS Members Resources page MEMBERS RESOURCES - Creative Arts Society, the February 3rd Quarterly Zoom Meeting and participation in our rotating and curated exhibits.  Once gathering restrictions are lifted, we look forward to being able to schedule special exhibits and community events.

Don’t miss out on the fun!  Please renew your membership for 2021 before March to avoid the risk of being dropped from our distribution lists for future newsletters, calls for art and announcements.  We are offering a discounted renewal fee to 2020 members of $30 (vs. $45). You can renew here: https://www.creativeartssociety.org/membership-information.html.

We thank folks for adhering to the new contactless pick up and drop off protocols implemented at our rotating exhibits. If possible, please patronize our restaurant venues, Cypress Grill and Zaviya Grill during these difficult times.

Our Holiday Market exhibit is still up on our CAS website but we are planning a new virtual exhibit,  Spring Bazaar.  Keep an eye out for the Call for Art for this new online sale opportunity in the next few weeks. Please publicize these galleries to your friends, family and social media networks as much as possible.

I am honored to serve as your President. If you have any suggestions for improvement as we navigate these challenging times together, please email me at president@creativeartssociety.org. 

Thank you and I hope to “see” you on February 3rd at our next meeting! Watch for the Zoom meeting link email.

Joyce LaBaw                      

2021 CAS President

Next Meeting

Our next meeting will be held online on Wed., Feb. 3rd, from 7:00-8:30pm. (Join us at 6:30pm for networking) To ensure safe physical distancing, our general meeting will be a video conference call. If you are registered with Zoom https://zoom.us/, your logon to the meeting faster. At the time of the meeting, click on the meeting link in the CAS email that will be sent to you. 

Preceding Meeting: A networking session (6:30 -7pm) will be hosted and facilitated by Kat Zinna, our Programs Chair. You are invited to informally socialize with fellow artists, to catch up with friends and make new ones. View an exciting demo on Oil and Cold Wax painting by Eva Sim-Zabka. 

The video conference will be limited to 100 participants. We anticipate that this will be more than sufficient but we will also record the meeting and post a link to the recording on our Members Resources page. The President and Board Members will provide updates on our Exhibits and online resources.

General Membership Meetings are held four times each year.  Please add Feb. 3rd, May 5th, Sep.1st and Nov. 3rd to your calendars. (7:00-8:30pm.)

Board Meetings are held on the third Saturday of Jan., April, Aug. and Oct. from 10:00-Noon. These meetings are open, however, you will need to contact a board member in order to put your email address on the zoom list.

Feb. 3rd Meeting Demo: Oil and Cold Wax Painting 

We are thrilled to announce that this meeting will feature a demo on Oil and Cold Wax painting by Eva Sim-Zabka. Feel free to check out Eva’s artwork at https://www.onecolorfullife.com

Member News

CAS Membership Roster, report by Jenn James. 

We have 202 members total, 62 of them have renewed thus far for 2021. Please renew your membership by Feb. 15, 2021. Members who have not renewed by March 1, 2021 will be dropped from our distribution lists.

SOCIAL MEDIA REMINDER

Send an email with newsworthy art information that you're involved in to publicity@creativeartssociety.org. It will be posted on the CAS Facebook and Instagram accounts. Then, help each other out by FOLLOWING, LIKING, and COMMENTING on each other's posts as much as possible. More engagement with each other means your posts will show up in feeds more often, leading to more likes, follows, etc. Use this large group of artists to your benefit!

Send an email with newsworthy art information that you’re involved in to publicity@creativeartssociety.org. It will be posted on the CAS Facebook and Instagram accounts.

CAS - Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/480706486113259

CAS - Twitter https://twitter.com/CreativeAustin

CAS - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyn4iFJORn9UtlUFL2xq9UQ

FEATURED ARTISTS
The following members are recently or currently featured on the CAS Website Home page:

February - Denise Schneyer

Her work can be viewed on her website: deniseschneyer.artspan.com      email: daschneyer@gmail.com

CAS Featured Artist Notice: Stay tuned for the call for the monthly Featured Artists coming in Feb. Please do not apply if you have been featured within the past two years.

CAS Events & News

Maggi Miller is exhibiting a dozen pieces of artist-made paper pictures and collages at Hyde Park Bar & Grill (HPB&G), Westgate. The exhibit will be from Jan. 9th through Feb. 6th. HPB&G is very supportive of local artists, and its patrons frequently make purchases of the work there. 

Katie Conley sold an art piece at the Carver Library exhibit called “Jazz Trio”. The art is a postage stamp collage. To view more of her work go to http://www.katieconleycreative.com

Terri St. Arnauld and Frank Yezer sold two of their art works during the holiday season. 

1) A Black & White gelatin silver contemporary print from vintage negative that Frank took when he was a professional ballet dancer: “Freddie Franklin Teaches Pointe Class, NYC” c. 1956. 

2) Digital print “Colorado Storm Clouds” 2015.

Shruti Mehta was featured by Austin PBS. The video, ‘Blending Perspectives’, explored Shruti’s artistic style and her journey as an artist. Decibel ATX created a short movie and article which you will find here https://decibelatx.org/culture/blending-perspectives/. Video by Blair Waltman-Alexin aired Dec.21, 2020 on Austin PBS/KLRU.

‘Parallel Realities’ exhibit.

CAS members Theresa Bond and Carol Hayman are exhibiting their work in a new gallery, 620 Art Gallery and Studio, in Round Rock. The annual Print Austin event (Jan.15-Feb.15, 2021) will take place at 620 Art Gallery and Studio in the ‘Parallel Realities’ exhibition. The show runs Jan. 4th to Feb. 12th.  

620 Art will also participate in the first Round Rock Print Austin Gallery Hop on Jan. 30th from 3-7pm along with the Tiemann Art Gallery tagroundrock.com and the Downtowner Art Gallery www.roundrocktexas.gov/residents/arts-culture/downtowner-gallery/.  Come out and see this wonderful display of printmaking and support local artists! For more information visit the gallery website at 620art.com location: 1205 Round Rock Ave #127, Round Rock, TX and phone (512) 662-1188.
 

Veronica Ortegon Primeaux is working on a slide presentation of CAS members’ artwork to be displayed at our September General Meeting. We plan to use art that is presently displayed on our website but I would also like to use new images. Please send jpgs of your artwork (1MB) and a short text with information about you/your work to: veronicaortegon1999@yahoo.com.

CAS Members' Resources Page
Go here https://www.creativeartssociety.org/members-resources.html to find 
information about our organization, volunteering, member artists, knowledge sharing, other information.  

Non-CAS Events & News

Jerry Goldstein Foundation Awards 

Through the Jerry Goldstein Foundation and Jerry’s Artarama, $100,000 in total will be provided to help Artists in Need.
Nominate an artist today! 100 artists each will receive a $1,000 Amex Gift Card.  Deadline: 2/14/21 
https://www.jerrygoldsteinfoundation.com/help-an-artist-in-need-nominate-now/

Innovate Grants - Call for Grant Submissions

Grant: $550 each for 1 Visual Artist + 1 Photographer. Eligibility: Over 18yr, all media and genres are accepted. Deadline: 3/19/21 Innovate Grant is now accepting submissions for the Winter 2021 Cycle. Two $550.00 grants are awarded each quarter, to one Visual Artist and one Photographer. In addition to receiving a grant award, winners will be featured and recognized on their website and join a growing community of vibrant and talented artists. For more information and to apply visit https://innovateartistgrants.org

Applicants retain the copyright to the work they submit. Application fee of $25.00 (non-refundable) helps offset our administrative costs, enabling us to continue to support artists and the creation of their innovative work. Winter 2021 Cycle: Deadline March 18, 2021

Dougherty Arts Center 

Join the Dougherty Arts Center and neighborhoods across the city as we POP UP! for community art activities. We are looking for artists from various mediums to lead workshops in their district that will be free and open to the public. Artists of color are strongly encouraged to apply. Selected artists will receive an honorarium and the Dougherty Arts Center will provide necessary supplies and resources. This is a great opportunity for artists to share their artistic skills, give back to their community, and gain professional development and teaching experience. For more information and to apply, visit  www.austintexas.gov/dacgetinvolveds .

This is an overview of the sales at our CAS venues, compiled by Treasurer, RJ Armstrong. You can see that we had an upward trend which was abruptly interrupted by Covid-19. We are encouraged that we had some sales toward the end of 2020 which hopefully indicates that there is pent up demand and once restrictions lift, we will be a in a great position to sell more art!

As part of CAS’ effort to actively promote development of the “Artist in Everyone”, we donate to various organizations that help in that effort. The CAS Board has agreed to donate to the following organizations:

• ACC Art Scholarship Fund
• Art from the Streets
• Art Spark (formerly VSA)
• Imagine Art
• Texas Institute for Excellence in Mental Health at UT Austin - Mental Health Creative Arts Contest
• Totally Cool Totally Art

Creative Arts Society board members plan to refresh and update the Holiday Market. Look for a new call for art for the new Spring Bazaar. We will continue to require artists to manage their own shipping for sales made.  

CAS Artists Portfolio Program

CAS has been fortunate to be able to provide many wonderful opportunities for our members through our regular rotating and juried exhibits over the years. In an effort to expand our reach and your career, we offer a curated program designed to match artists who are seeking solo and small group shows with venues seeking artwork for their space. All current CAS members are encouraged to join. 

There is no deadline for application, but you must be a current member of CAS to be listed in the Portfolio. CAS artists who submit are featured in the CAS Artists Portfolio which is presented to our CURATED VENUES for selection. Applicants must have a body of work large enough in order to hang 10-20 pieces if selected by the venue, a functioning website or professional artists’ social media page featuring relevant art, and be able to hang your own artwork and make your own labels.  

Note: there are additional submission and hanging requirements for exhibits that fall under the curated program listed in the CALL for ART. To find out more and submit your work, visit https://www.creativeartssociety.org/artists-portfolio-application.html

Inclusion in the CAS Artists Portfolio does not guarantee a show. The CURATED VENUE manager or owner selects artists from the portfolio of eligible artists. This portfolio is not the same as the online CAS gallery that is viewable by anyone. The portfolio is only for CURATED VENUES and not shared with the general public.

NOTE: If you are already listed in the portfolio and would like to change your listing, please follow the application link to make changes to your profile or withdraw from the CAS Artists Portfolio.  Artists Portfolio Withdrawal - Creative Arts Society

CAS Exhibits

Coordinators and the Curated Exhibits Chair. The CAS Portfolio is used as a starting point. If you are an experienced exhibitor interested in being considered for these exhibits and have not yet submitted, or would like to change your artwork displayed in the Portfolio, please submit/resubmit 1) your 3-image portfolio; 2) a brief artist’s statement; and 3) the URL to view your body of work, to this web page: http://www.creativeartssociety.org/artists-portfolio-application.html. If you’d like to see the submissions already included in the Portfolio, you can do that here: http://www.creativeartssociety.org/artist-portfolios.html

Rotating Exhibits are managed by Venue Coordinators and the Exhibits Chair. They have Calls for Art that are emailed to all eligible members at least 3 weeks in advance of the hanging. Dates for Calls, Installations and Strikes are posted on the Creative Arts Society Calendar, which can be found at https://www.creativeartssociety.org/, near the bottom of the Home page. Agenda view is recommended. Rotating venues include Cypress Grill, Zaviya Grill and DuoWorks.

South Oaks Family Medicine Exhibit

CAS artists Debbie Upton and Lisa Hollins are exhibiting 30 art pieces at South Oaks Family Medicine. The exhibit will be up until April 6, 2021.  This program is for artists who are able to hang their own art and make their own labels. Please contact Debbie Upton@debbieupton.art and Lisa Hollins @theartlocker if you have questions. 

Cypress Grill

Cypress Grill has a new art installation! The yellow walls provide a cheery backdrop for all the artwork. Brittany and Lisa installed the art, and Amanda created the tags. This installation will be exhibited until March 9th.

Location: 4404 W William Cannon Dr, 78749  Exhibition Dates & Time: Jan. 13 - March 10, during regular business hours

Artists: Kat Zinna, Joyce LaBaw, Charlotte Clark, Deena O’Daniel, Lisa Zinna, Amanda Zappler, Brittany Bernstrom, Linda Montignani, Denise Schneyer, Mozelle Marks, Joan Lawson, LeRoy Lawson, Helen Mary Marek, and Lisa O’Connell.

 
VENUES 

Whenever possible, CAS has ongoing and one-time exhibits around town. We are always looking to expand exhibit potential. To do that, we need Spaces and Venue Coordinators. If you know of a space that could use some artwork or if you are interested in being a Venue Coordinator, contact the Exhibits Chair, Martha Kull for recurring exhibit venues; the Curated Exhibits Chair, Betsy Denny, for venues that prefer curated exhibits; or the Special Events Chair, Jane Fier, for one-time or annual exhibits. Refer to "CAS Exhibit Space Needs / Venue Coordinator Needs" in CAS Events & News section of this newsletter.
 

Board Members