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Be curious always! For knowledge will not acquire you; you must acquire it.
     - Sudie Back


"Booty from the Deep," watercolor by Bev Paulson
Poster design by
Mark Dodge


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The Stanwood Camano Arts Guild is an association of artists and art enthusiasts in and around Stanwood and Camano Island, Washington, sharing ideas, resources, and energy. The Guild's volunteers produce three major art events annually.

All The News There Art
Updated July 12, 2008
Click here for Guild newsletters & meeting minutes

Opportunities

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The Spring Show Winners Gallery is now on line! Check it out.

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Be a patron! Sponsorship opportunities are now available in conjunction with the Guild's three annual events. Get your advertising message out to a sophisticated, growing audience and support your local creative community! Read more.

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Join the Mailing List - If you aren't already on it, click here to join our non-spam mailing list. You'll get periodic notices about local artsy events, but we won't send more than one every other month or so, and we will not sell the list to anyone else.

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Art by the Bay 2008: Coming up soon! Click here to see the concert schedule.

bulletCall For New Artists - For the AAUW 27th Annual Invitational Art for Education Show. Artists whose work has not been previously shown in the Stanwood-Camano AAUW (American  Association of University Women) Invitational Art Show are being recruited to submit 3-5 samples of their work to a jury panel on Saturday, July 12, 2008, at the Stanwood United Methodist Church, between the hours of 10 am and 2 pm. The church is located at the corner of 102nd Drive and 271rst NW in downtown Stanwood. Selected artists will display and have their art sold at the 27th AAUW Invitational Art for Education Show, scheduled for Friday, September 19th through Sunday, September 21, 2008. This year’s show will again be presented at The Floyd Norgaard Cultural Center in Stanwood. Newly selected artists will be notified by August 1, 2008. Previous art show participants need not submit their work for the jury. Interested artists with further questions about the juried process may contact Beverly Maxwell at 360-387-9177. Press contact for further questions is Kathy Cunningham, at 360-387-1004, or joekatoncamano@aol.com
bulletDrawing Classes with Artist John Muhler - Individualized instruction by professional artist and certified art teacher, John D. Muhler, who will teach you to see like an artist with drawing exercises that will give you a strong foundation and the confidence to explore your own interests. To register call: 360-387-2251 or e-mail: autumn_winds@yahoo.com or john.muhler@gmail.com.
bulletClasses at John's Studio:
bulletAdult Drawing Class: Tuesdays 1:00-2:30 PM
bulletAdult Drawing Class: Thursdays 9:30-11:00 AM
bulletAdult Acrylic Portrait Class: Thursdays 2:00-4:30 PM (starts 1/17)
bulletClasses at the Camano Community Center:
bulletChildren's Drawing Class: Tuesdays 4:00-5:30 PM
bulletChildren's Acrylic Painting Class: Wednesdays 4:00-5:30 PM
bulletArt in Public Places: The Guild has four venues for displaying approximately 25-30 total pieces of member artwork. Artwork remains on display for six months (current exhibits were placed near the end of March 2008). If you are interested in displaying your work, contact:
bullet Frontier Bank
Anne Daletski - camanoart at yahoo.com
bullet Washington Federal Bank
Ann Curtis - rcurtis at wavecable.com
bullet Stanwood Camano Physical Therapy
Jan Nicholson - jlnicholson at verizon.net
bullet Stanwood Camano Area Foundtaion
Melanie Serroels - rserroels at comcast.net
bulletSnohomish County Arts Website: Artists wanted...lots of artists wanted. The new Snohomish County Arts Commission website is a window to the arts in the county and we need local artists. Local means artists who work or live in Snohomish County and Camano Island. We'll put your name in lights on the Internet highway. There's no setup fee, you get free publicity, and you're helping establish Snohomish County as a place for the arts. Just email a jpg of your work with permission to use it, title of the work, medium, your name, email. If you have a website or a place on the internet where your work can be seen, be sure to add that web address. Include a brief statement about yourself as an artist. Send your info to Marsha Neumaier, Website Editor neumaierdesign@comcast.net Visit www.snohomishcountyarts.org 
bulletWA State Tourism Website Listings - List your business for free on www.experiencewa.com. Every tourism-related business and resource operating in Washington State is welcome and encouraged to add a listing. For a fee, you may also choose to increase the size and visibility of your listing. To view the variety of options, choose "Paid Travel Planning" link, and then you can choose the Free Listing option.

News

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NEW Grid Rental Policy - Click here to read about the Guild’s policy for the lending of our grids to individuals and organizations:

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Guild Calendar
New Member Jurying (click for more information) happens two times per year at meetings. Programs, presentations of interest to artists, also happen three times per year at meetings. All are invited to attend. See the schedule below for details.

2008

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January 23 - New member jurying

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February 27 - General meeting

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March 26 - Meeting with presentation program.

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April - Art at the Schoolhouse

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April 23 - Meeting with presentation program

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May 28 - Meeting with presentation program

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June -  The Spring Art Show

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June 25 - Meeting with Art by the Bay rally!

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July - Art By The Bay (no general meeting)

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August - Board retreat (no general meeting)

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September 24 - New member jurying

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October 22 - Annual meeting (dues & elections)

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November 27? (TBA due to Thanksgiving) - Meeting with presentation program

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December ? - TBA - Christmas party and white elephant gift exchange (no general meeting)

Unless otherwise noted, Guild general meetings are held at 7 pm every 4th Wednesday of the month at the Stanwood Library, 9701 271st Street NW.
 

 

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