Annual Member Meeting Recap

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Annual Member Meeting Recap

We had 34 members attend the meeting on Saturday, January 26 from 1-3 pm at the Brownsville Art Center upstairs in the Community Room. Cookies and Mike Purkerson’s coffee were served. We only had 11 members not able to attend.

In attendance: Sharon Banks, Deborah Brock, Cathy Carssow, Brynn Carter, Roberta Casteel, Pat Corbin, Gerald Golbek, Cheryl Haworth, Amy Herd, Wendy Hoffman, Jack Jones, Joni Nelson, Cecelia Peters, Anita Pilkenton, Mike Purkerson, Annette Reisbick, Morgan Renae, Rege Rippee, Maureen (Mo) Robeson, Uriah Roth, Lisa Taylor, Brenda Welch, Carol Wiggins, Christine Crowe, Stephen Brenner, Rhoda Fleischman, Debi Schatel (sp), Mandy Cole, Mishelle Tourtillott, Vince Warren, Linda McCormick, and Mikayle Stole

Absent: Avery Anderson, Colleen Becker, Pam Doan, Kristin Lee Hager, Diane Hunter, Donna and Karrel Koroush, Alice Tetamore, Steve & Joy White, and Colleen Wiley

Membership Status

Lost in 2023:

1.    Kathleen Swayze (cheer mugs)

2.    Rosalie Beals-Huntley (Oils, coasters, mugs)

3.    Judy Colbo (jewelry)

4.    Carrie White (watercolor, collage, d.)

5.    Pat Schlecht (may come back)

6.    Joanne Kaler (paper flowers)

7.    Chris Kostel (Jewelry, d.)

8.    Jenifer Motter (fabric birds, bags)

9.    Hilary Norton (pottery, encaustic – moved to Astoria)

10.  Marge Dillon (Jitter bug beads)

11.  Jim Mullholand (photography)

12.  Estelle Schroeder (fabric, beaded jewelry)

13.  Judy Whitfield

New in 2023:

1.    Debora Brock

2.    Roberta Casteel

3.    Gerald Golbeck

4.    Amy Herd

5.    Kassy Keppol

6.    Mike Purkerson

7.    Lista Taylor

8.    Uriah Roth

9.    Brenda Welch

10.  Carol Wiggins

Incoming:

Room for a few 3D artists

Tuesday Night Open Studio

Cheryl Haworth gave a description of the event.

  • Joni has an email list – send her an email at: billnjoni@peak.org to be added to notifications about meeting up.
  • 6 pm is a typical meet-up time.
  • Winter – meet at the Art Center or Rhoda’s Cosy Rose Studio
  • Summer – on location, Plein Air, figure drawing at Rhoda’s (models are clothed)
  • Often a critique period after the drawing session, positive-focused feedback, our art style is not the same, everyone has different styles.
  • THIS TUESDAY (JANUARY 30) at the Art Center – Giraffe repair and painting.

Classes/Education

1.    2/10 Brynn Carter’s Acrylic class has three people signed up

2.    Jeff Brown – making concealed books for hiding money, treasures etc.

3.    Encourage outside artists to attend

4.    FUNDRAISING: Coffee Tasting, chocolate tasing, etc.? (we are not allowed to do wine tasting at City Hall)

Events/Shows

1.    8×8

2.    Trash to Treasures

3.    Holiday Art Market

4.    Book signing event?

FUNDRAISING DURING Town events:

1.    Easter Egg Hunt (Saturday before Easter)

2.    Carriage Me Back Day 1890s (first weekend in May)

3.    Pioneer Picnic/Parade (3rd weekend in June) – sell lemonade?

4.    Rally on the River/City-wide Garage Sale (3rd weekend in July) – “Grandma’s attic” art sale? Open that Sunday as well? Trailer art

5.    Stand by Me Day (Jerry’s Plein Art), July 23 (Tuesday) open that day? Souvenirs

6.    Antique Fair (1st Saturday in August)– “Grandma’s attic” art sale?

7.    Hands on History (4th Saturday in August)

8.    Downtown Trick or Treat (Oct 31)

9.    Home for the Holidays (1st weekend in December) – Holiday Art Market

10.  Moyer House Holiday Open (Dec 26 – 31)

  • Add music to draw people in during these events?

Added Operating Expenses

1.    RENT: We now pay $100/month for rent (includes electricity and internet) = $1,200

2.    PROPERTY TAX: We now have to pay property tax of about $1,600/year. However Scott and Lori have been trying to work around it, but for now the

·     2024 year will be covered by the City

·     2025 we will be required to pay half

·     2026 we will pay all.

3.    INSURANCE: $700/year

4.    Eventually we will be paying $2,500 year in operating expenses

  • Non-profit status won’t help at all as we are a selling club
  • Become a City agency? Still does not solve our problem
  • If we were only sporadically using the space, but we are permanent

New Book Display

We’ve added a bookshelf for our authors, please bring in any books you’ve published.

ART CENTER MANAGER TRAINEE needed!

Do you have time to help Chris Seale out?
baaseale@yahoo.com 541-570-5649

Marketing Team

Steve Brenner: Website

  • Create your own site with Stephen! Send him your images and a bio and/or a link to your website and socials

Linda McCormick: Facebook posts – connected beyond the center.

Mikayle Stole:

  • e-newsletter for subscribers and members
  • Posters for classes and events
  • social media (Facebook and Instagram)
  • press releases: City of Brownsville, other localgalleries, Local calendars
  • editing of articles to be sent to WillametteLiving Magazine and Stephen Brenner

Brynn Carter and Carol Wiggins like to write!

Marketing/Outreach

1.    Write articles for Scott at Willamette Valley Living Magazine

2.    Become a distribution site for Willamette Valley Living Magazine

3.    Write articles for the Times, send photos (sometimes they get published)

4.    Insert in the newspaper? Mikayle will look in to costs

5.    Connect with other local galleries

6.    Add us to Trip Adviser and Yelp

7.    Put postcards in local Air B&Bs

8.    Enews – add events going on in town, feature new artists, artist of the month

Working at the Gallery

Let Donna Koroush donnakoroush@yahoo.com or 541-844-6602 know if you can’t make your shift in the gallery.

Jury

Cheryl, Alice, Rhoda, and Vince (Chris Seale said she could help out)

  • This committee has a special rating system so ties do not occur in voting.
  • This has been a successful committee with current practices.
  • Balance of 2D and 3D artists

Membership

Rhoda proposed to add a new membership or supporter fee for $25.Voted on and passed.

Budget Approval

The motion of approval of the budget for 2024 was initiated by Linda McCormick, seconded by Joni Nelson and passed.

New Business

Uriah Roth proposed an event “Grandma’s Attic” An art exchange Friday night during set up between participating artists (sell, trade), open on Saturday to the public. Opportunity to clear out your space, can be art that is part of your collection, not necessarily yours.

Frames to Sell – Lori mentioned she was offered a lot of various frames that we could sell to help cover new expenses.

Mike Purkerson told us a little bit about coffee tasting and education.

Artist Information

A sheet was handed out with agenda for each artist to update their address, phone, and cell phone (and which one is the preferred one to be contacted by), e-mail address, and was asked to add if they were interested in columns with an “x”

Mikayle can be contacted by email at brownsvilleartassociation@gmail.com| 541-912-1021

Stephen Brenner can be contacted at sbrenner@archetype.org