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Arts Collaborative of Wakefield News & Announcements

ACW Meeting 2/15 7:00pm at the Cultural Exchange

ACW Meeting Agenda February 2023:

Recent/Current ACW events

February: Beebe Library – Blake Gallery exhibit - one month duration.

Participating artists: Pick up your work on 2/28 anytime during the day; please let the library desk know that you picking up your work

Upcoming ACW events – See more details further below

March 26th: ACW Artisans Sale as part of the Reading Symphony Orchestra Concert – ACW Members Sale

2023 Events

See 2023 list below

Mail


ing List and Newsletter: Andy and Emily are co-chairing this ACW new focus area

Website and Instagram updates/reminders

Update your ACW Website content – send any updates to Joy joy.schilling@gmail.com

Jamie is always happy to receive artwork to post on the ACW Instagram account; pls send to her at: jamiegibbonsstudio@gmail.com

ACW Kitty:

Starting balance $ 569

October show expenses: $ 76

New Ending balance: $ 493

October 2022 show expense receipts:

Joy Schilling – 76$ - Misc show expenses

Other Topics?

Round the Room News to Share – who’s exhibiting where? Upcoming art events? etc...

After Meeting Discussion Forum Topic:

February: Jamie to lead off the discussion on Instagram – what it is, how to use it, etc....

Joanne Jolly Kay contributed the attachment on Instagram

March: open for topic and topic host

April: Social Media for Artists with David Kay and Joanne Jolly Kay

May: open for topic and topic host

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xamples of possible future topics:

How to get out of an artist block

What inspires you as an artist?

Assets for Artists

Plan an upcoming Field Trip – events & locations

Upcoming Events:

March: ACW Artisans Sale as part of the Reading Symphony Orchestra "Mythical Tales of the Middle East" Concert – ACW Members Sale

  • March 26, 2023 afternoon (exact set up and open times are TBD)

  • The ACW has been asked again to be the before/after concert and during intermission ‘event experience’ for the Reading Symphony Orchestra’s March concert at the Galvin Middle School. We did this event right bef


ore the Covid 19 shutdown in 2020 and it was very successful sale for the members who participated. Exact times for the 3/26 event are TBD but could be set up starting at 1:30 and then take down after the concert at 5:30. Please let me know if you have interest in participating. More details are to come on this one!

  • Kathy and ? are coordinating

  • In process of confirming cafeteria space with the Galvin Middle School

  • Set Up Date/ Time: TBD

  • Break Down Time: TBD

  • Promotion will be key and will be in coordination with the RSO

  • Confirm member interest / participation

Spring Show at ACE Building

Subcommittee: Joy, Andrea, Tanya, and Joanne

Theme/Show Name; TBD, but will be nature related


Likely in June due to May conflicts with ACE building events

ACW Calendar:

2023

  • February: ACW member exhibit at the Blake Gallery at the Beebe library for the month. 7 members are participating.

  • March 26: ACW Artisans Sale as part of the Reading Symphony Orchestra Concert – ACW Members Sale

  • Spring: ACW Spring Show: Dates and Theme are TBD – targeting June.

  • Summer/Fall: Tentative - the ACW could be a guest vendor once a month at the Wakefield Farmers Market on North Ave.

  • June: ACW exhibit at the Beebe Estate in Melrose – starting planning in March

  • October: Fall Show - Theme is TBD

  • December: Winter Artisan Sale

2022



  • February: ACW had 8 members exhibiting at the Blake Gallery at the Beebe library for the month

  • March: Many ACW members participated in the Arts & Edibles art show at the ACE building. Members were exhibiting artists and event hosts

  • Summer/Fall: the ACW was a guest vendor once a month at the Wakefield Farmers Market on North Ave.

  • October: ACW hosted the Creatures and Critter Art Show for the month of October.

  • November: ACW had 7 members exhibiting at the Blake Gallery in the Beebe library for the month.

  • December: Stoneham Library exhibit space - a one month duration. About a dozen ACW artists exhibited

  • Annual Winter Artisan Sale: 1st weekend in December. Over 20 local ACW and other artisans participated in the annual ACW Winter Sale.



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