Alpha Rho Tau Newsletter

October, 2014

We will meet at the TCC SE campus on 20 October 2014.

Next General Meeting is October 20, 2014 at Tulsa Community College

The next meeting of Alpha Rho Tau will be held at 6:30 Monday evening, October 20^th, at the Tulsa Community College (TCC) Southeast Campus at 10300 East 81^st St. South.  The meeting will be in the student union building one floor below where our annual art exhibit takes place.  It will be in the Chat Room.

See attachment 1 for additional driving directions.

The CHAT room at the TCC student center will be our location for October only.

The October meeting is one of the busiest! Some of the agenda items:

Slate of Nominations for 2015 Officers

Information on Scholarship Applicants

Entries for 9^th Annual Member Show Accepted

Holiday Party Sign Up

Details on 2015 Bonus Show

Membership Renewals for 2015 (due before 31 Dec)

You can also look forward to a great presentation by representatives of the Philbrook Museum. They will talk about their 75^th Anniversary and other opportunities and events at Philbrook. This is a good time for them because they do have a lot going on right now and they are looking forward to sharing this with us. 

From the Treasurer:

It is time to pay your DUES in the amount of $25 for the upcoming year.  Remember that dues must be paid before you are eligible to enter any of the exciting 2015 exhibits that our show chairman has planned and has in the works.

Also the deadline for entry to the biggest and best of the year, our 9^th Annual All Members Show at TCC is October 20.  Please take time to fill out your entry form at home where you have no pressure and then make a copy of it.  We try each show to cut out as many errors as possible.  Make sure your handwriting is legible.  Careful printing is best.  Make sure you TCC 9^th Annual Members’ Show

know which paintings you plan to exhibit and have the price on it that you want on the tag for the show.  THERE WILL BE NO CHANGES MADE AFTER YOUR ENTRY HAS BEEN SUBMITTED.  It is your responsibility to make sure your entry is correct and readable.  It is my responsibility to get proofreaders to check my work. I recommend that you mail your entry.  Any entry postmarked by midnight of the 20^th will be accepted.  Mail to:

Byrene Culver

8006 S. 75^th East Ave.
Tulsa, OK 74133

You will find a notice and entry form attached to this newsletter.  Also don't forget to attach the required information to the back of your painting when you bring it to be hung at the show.

October Hospitality News

Thank you! We appreciate all the members who signed up to be “Cookie Angels” and “Table-Scape Decorators!!”

If you are an “Angel,” please remember that we need 3 dozen sweets (brownies, mini muffins, cookies, or any treat of your choice) for the meeting.  “Decorators” plan on arriving a little early (6:15), so we can set up the table for all our “Angels” and members.

Thanks to our September “Angels”: Sister Eugenia Brown, Joanne Greene and Emma Nichols. Many thanks to our decorator Phyllis Snyder

Thanks again and we’ll see you at our October meeting!

Special 2015 ART Show

Alpha Rho Tau has a special exhibition planned in the Tulsa, Brady Arts District in early 2015. This will be a First Friday Show, so get your 2015 membership dues paid ASAP... more details to follow. Pay your dues before 31 Dec 2014, to our treasurer Byrene Culver.

Alpha Rho Tau Newsletter

September, 2014

 

Congratulations to Vinicio Perez.

 

 Vinicio was the featured artist in the August edition of Tulsa People magazine.

 

Next General Meeting is September 15, 2014

     The next meeting of Alpha Rho Tau will be held at 6:30 Monday evening, September 15^th, at the Hardesty Regional Library, 8316 E. 93rd St., Tulsa.

Everyone really enjoyed our August speaker, Richard Coones, amazing presentation of techniques for graphic arts and his creation series.

     You can look forward to a great program at our September Membership Meeting.  A.R.T. program presenter will be Ross Myers, native to Oklahoma, who graduated with a BA degree in Fine Arts from the University of Tulsa.  Myers is known for landscapes of the South Western United States and Oklahoma.  His work has been featured at galleries and museums in Colorado, Arizona, Texas, and Oklahoma.

     Through the years many of our members have taken art lessons from Ross.

 

Utica Square Show- Deadline for entry forms for the “Art in the Square” at Utica Square is September 15^th.  Please mail your entries if possible before that deadline.  People who mail their entries have fewer errors because they take the time to read the instructions carefully, print clearly and have a clear idea of the amount they wish on the tag. Please help me to do away with errors for our shows.  We will not make last minute changes.  Send your entries to:  Byrene Culver, 8006 S. 75th East Ave., Tulsa, OK 74113.  Thanks so much.

 

September Hospitality News-Thank you! We appreciate all the members who signed up to be “Cookie Angels” and “Table-Scape Decorators!!”

If you are an “Angel,” please remember that we need 3 dozen sweets (brownies, mini muffins, cookies, or any treat of your choice) for the meeting.  “Decorators” plan on arriving a little early (6:15), so we can set up the table for all our “Angels” and members.

Our Sept. 15th meeting “Decorator” will be Phyllis Snyder and our Sept. “Angels” are: Sister Eugenia Brown, Joanne Greene and Emma Nichols.

Thanks to our August “Angels”: Richard Coones, Cindy Crowley, Jan Heffner and Liz McKay. Many thanks to our decorator Robin Hutchings.

Thanks again and we’ll see you at our September meeting!

October General Meeting

October 20, 2014, will be our October membership meeting at TCC Southeast Campus at 10300 East 81^st St. South.  The meeting will be one floor below where our annual art exhibit takes place.  It will be in the Chat Room.

Art Shows

October 6^th - Utica Square show.  This year Art in the Square, Utica Square will be held on Saturday, 4 October, 2014. Notice of the show and entry forms are attached to the August ART Newsletter.

 

October 20^th – Deadline for entry into ART members’ show at TCC.

Now it’s time to get ready for our Annual Members’ Show at TCC! This is a wonderful opportunity for our club to showcase the terrific artwork of ART.  This show will hang all of November, and we need every member to participate!  The information sheet and entry forms are attached to this newsletter.  The deadline for entry is October 20^th and you can mail your entry prior to that to Byrene Culver. Byrene's address is 8006 S. 75th E. Avenue, Tulsa, Ok 74133.

 

DUES for 2015?  Yes, you can pay them now. Contact Byrene Culver.

 

Opportunities – Sharing information which may be of interest to our members. Not a venue for advertising.

 

Free admission to museums:

Gilcrease:

• All visitors receive free admission for "TU Tuesday," which is the first Tuesday of each month.
• All visitors receive free admission for "Funday Sunday," which is the third Sunday of each month.

Philbrook: Second Saturday of every month.

The Oklahoma Fall Arts Institute at Quartz Mountain is now enrolling students for fall classes held over four day weekends. Classes are offered on a variety of art expressions. For more information go to the website: http://www.oaiquartz.org/