ART AROUND THE BEND
Newsletter of the
Big Bend Arts Council May 2009
Highlights of the Last
Meeting:
The BBAC board met earlier to outline the plans for a BBAC
Co-Op space.
The fees/commissions and basic entry requirements were
decided upon and will be sent out to the membership via website.
There will be an evaluation after 6 months of operation of
the income and expenses-The fees and/or commission may be adjusted as necessary
to keep gallery solvent. Members
will have the option of leaving the gallery at that time if this does not suit
them.
We need to get a call for art out ASAP for the next show at
the Bread and Breakfast. A
postcard with all the pertinent information will be written and sent out with a notice to the newspapers.
Alan Vannoy presented a program on bookmaking.
He gave a concise and information demonstration of making
book covers, about signatures and how the book is placed together.
We learned about archival glue, book cloth and clamshell
designs of book boxes used for book preservation. Alan brought examples of several types of bindings including
bindings without glue.
At the
completion of his lecture/demo, a drawing was held and Martha Scott received
the finished book!
Imminent Show:
Get your latest artworks
finished, titled, framed and tighter, because Monday, June 8th
through Saturday, June 13th is submission week. Bring your artwork to Ocotillo
Enterprises, 205 N. 5th St. in Alpine during that week, (except
Tuesday). Hanging day is Sunday, June 14th (1-4pm) at Judy’s
Bread and Breakfast. (Helpers always needed). The show starts Monday, June 15th and runs
through Saturday, July 18th.
There will be a reception on the 3rd Saturday of June, on June 20th from
6-9pm. This coincides with Fiesta
del Sol weekend. (For a list of
all the shows and their dates planned so far, see the march-April 2009
newsletter on the website at bigbendartscouncil.com If you don’t have internet, or have lost your copy, contact
Judith to print you a list.)
More News around the Bend:
April 21-June 7 – Greasewood
Gallery, Hotel Paisano, Marfa: Tom
Curry “Paintings and Prints”
May 18 – Sul Ross State
University, Alpine: Leann
Zacharias, Cello & Friends Concert
June 2 – StarLight Theater,
Terlingua: The Flatlanders,
all-star country band, $50.00/ticket
June 26,27,28 – Theater of
the Big Bend, Kokernot Park, Alpine:
“The Will Rogers Follies,” 8:15-11pm
August 8, 9: Alpine/Big Bend Intertribal Powwow, Kokernot
Park, starting at 10 am each day.
Free
to the public. Contact: Joy Morningstar at 371-2195 for information
about program advertising and vendor fees.
Favorite Websites or Barter Patrol Items?
Know of some great websites
you’d like to share with others?
Or do you have some art supplies you need or want to dispose of? Contact this newsletter’s editor to
include them in the next issue.
Meanwhile, here’s a website
to look at: www.hennesseyingalls.com In the search box, put “urban
trends.” View a list of books
about “street art.” Yes, graffiti. There are 185 titles listed here. The city of Alpine has just, earlier
this year, criminalized street are.
This rebellious form of expression is often featured in the art magazine
JUXTAPOSE….
Newsletter Submissions
Deadline for submissions of
news to ART AROUND THE BEND is the last day of each month. You can subit them anytime,
though. Send to Judith at ocotilloent@sbcglobal.net In the subject line please put bbacnews
(so she won’t assume it’s spam).
Or call her afternoons at 837-5353. You may also send mail to her at Judith Brueske, 205 N. 5th
St., Alpine, TX 79830. For all coming events please include a
contact phone number and /or email address. For more information, call 837-5017, see www.bigbendartscouncil.com
Next Meeting:
This will be the last meeting
before summer starts! The BBAC
members’ meeting will be held this Sunday, May 17th at 2pm at the
location of the new BBAC Gallery!!!
BBAC members are asked to come
and visit the new space at 106 W. Sul Ross Avenue, the southwest corner of the
intersection of Sul Ross Ave and North 5th Street—At the southwest
corner of Old Town Square City Park.