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North Shore Artists' Guild (formerly West Vancouver Sketch Club) Januaty 2008 Page 4 Florence Allardice 604-925-3039 frogsnest@telus.net - Publicity Lynn Webster will be showing two of her paintings at the upcoming Landscapes Show, Feb. 12 24, 2008 at the Federation of Canadian Artists' Gallery on Granvifie Island. A few invitations are still available for NSAG artists who'd like to participate in Wild at Art in Squamish, March 14 to 23rd. This was a beautiful show last year and wifi no doubt be even better this year. Gallery will be at the Railway Heritage Museum. The stage is being set for the Olympics, when the show will expand to four weeks. The deadline to submit is Feb 1st, with a maximum of 2 paintings each. The Festival also includes music, film, dance, theatre, literature and culinary events. E-mail or call Wanda Doyle (wandad@telus.net, 604 896-0159 long distance) if you are interested. Participants will be expected to help sit the show and/or hang posters in the North Shore area. A fundraiser draw for a Limited Edition Robert Bateman Print, "Loping Wolf, 68/90" will be held and tickets will be available from Wanda at the next meeting. Mark your calendar. This is an event to see. Treasurer There is no Treasurer's Report this month Victor Smith zvvictors@shaw.ca Past President Larry Achtemichuk 604-926-9640 lachtem@shaw.ca First Fridays Starting in March, solo or small group shows by NSAG members wifi be held at Klee Wyck on the first Friday of each month. The schedule, a map and some information about the artists is on our website. The current schedule includes: Jffly Watson March 7 Edith Warner April 4 Karole Doucette and Louise Goodman May 2 Jayne John (and others) June 8 St. Anita Morse (and others) October 3 We can hang some 20 works from a rail around the main room, plus there are many easels and tables that can also be used. The rental cost is $40 for a 2 hour period. We hope to make this an "institution" over time and become a good venue for member shows. Please contact Louise Goodman or Larry Achtemichuk to schedule other dates or if you have questions and suggestions. Artist Websites Especially for all the new members, when you joined you got an e-mail with a Login ID and a password. When you log in to the Guild website you will now see a lot of information intended expressly for members, in addition to the information for the general public. You wifi also notice 60 member artist websites. Virtually all of these websites were created and are being updated by the artists themselves, possible because of some very innovative software we have had developed. It took most members just 2 one-evening workshops to get their websites up. The first workshop teaches you how to store and retrieve files on a computer and how to crop and fix digital photos of your work. The second workshop gets your website up and running. If you afready know how to crop photos you can skip the first workshop. Larry Achtemichuk will conduct these workshops as there is interest and demand. Contact him to discuss this further. We also can, for $60, have one of our volunteers create the website for you if you do not care to learn how to do it yourself.