March 13, 2009 Meeting Notes

March 13, 2009

Table of Contents

Announcements

-High school visitation workshop ideas

-What do you want from the new art department?

-Peace Conference art submissions

-Name change - LASA

-Meeting time change for spring term

Activities

No immediate group activities planned, more next term.

Discussion

-Display cases for new gallery spaces

-Supply closet space needed

-Bulletin board acquired
-Announce LCCSAA meetings in classes

-LCC gallery listing creation

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Announcements

--High school visitation workshop ideas

APRIL 10, Friday, start workshops ~10AM

Need people to: Sign up to help with individual workshops – ceramics, printmaking, drawing, color/painting, and possibly others (see possible extra workshops).

Workshops will last 1 hour to 1 hour, 30 minutes, lead by members of the LCCSAA.

If you have a theme for a workshop or are willing to lead one, please write a description and material list with cost estimate / price of materials to be submitted. All material costs will be covered by the art department. Please have these emailed in BY NEXT FRIDAY, MARCH 20. Instructors will likely be willing to help if asked, if nothing else for yelling purposes.

Jennifer Salzman has any additional information (in charge?)

In previous years there have been 20-30 high school students per workshop.
Having student examples of work in each medium taught would be great. Please start thinking about work you might be able to bring in.

A release form needs to be signed for any work displayed!

Extra workshop ideas – Fibers (felting, quilting, collage), Multimedia (slideshow, contact Theresa Hughes or Rick Sims to collect student work to present in gallery as students filter in), demonstrations in wood and metals.

Workshop ideas

Ceramics – Amelia, talk with Stacie Joe do figurative and hand building techniques

Drawing-mediums… white-black-neutral grey papers with colors
Color – color mixing, color theory
Printmaking – examples, demonstrations – collograph, cardboard

Guide sheet to show examples of what you’ll be making, description, what time, place

--What do you want from the new art department?

The LCCSAA will present these ideas directly to the board, increasing the chances of them being put through! Demands should be specific.

Current list: Student lounge space, Student Art Association room / closet , room for No Cash Clothing Stash, good lighting

Need to find out how to get onto board’s agenda (Sage, ask Mary Jo)

Not concrete that new art department will be getting building 10, but if we present ideas to the board, our chances will increase

--Peace Conference art submissions

Conference interested in displaying peace-oriented artwork. Please submit work!

Conference is in May

Stan Taylor, the Lane Peace Center Chair, is heading the event.
More details to come.

--Name change

The LCCSAA will now be known as the Lane Art Student Association (LASA).

Email, blog, etc will be updated to reflect the name change during spring break.

Name is still open to change if you have any CATCHY acronyms you’d like to toss out.

--Meeting time change for spring term

First Friday of the spring term, April 3^rd, 1PM

After 1st meeting, send out email asking what is the best time for people (Sage)

Please help spread by announcing this in class!

Satoko is available Fridays.

Still need to find out when JS Bird is available.

Many art students do not have class on Fridays, is it advisable to have meetings then? May draw more in or lower the numbers. Having a lunch time might be good too, so people can eat their lunch while attending the meeting.

Activities

No immediate group activities planned, more next term.

Discussion

--Display cases for new gallery spaces

Mildred is still in discussion with Susan Loudermilk and the Art on Campus Committee. We have been asked to come up with 3 alternative spaces besides Building 1 that we would like to display artwork.

Council of clubs has on agenda discussing funds request for display cases week 2 spring term. They seemed very optimistic about our project to increase visitor / student exposure to art.

Include in proposal that: The art displayed will aid in the learning atmosphere. The display cases will be used for a very long time.

Is it feasible to build our own? – Would take a lot of time that people don’t necessarily have.

Cost according to Sharlene ranges from $400 - $1200 for museum grade cases with interior lighting. Do not necessarily need interior lighting though… Sage has found Curio display cases ranging from $100 - $300 that look just as professional if not better. Could be found on Craigslist, but we want cases that are aesthetically pleasing.

May want to buy locally as to avoid the $100+ price for shipping. What stores carry curios?

Cases should be easily moveable.

Possible places for gallery space: Building 1/Building 19, Center Building, conferences… Cannot put display cases in narrow areas with regard to being safety hazards.

--Supply closet

Need a supply closet for donated supplies – faculty meeting room is not ideal.

Amelia has many things to donate.

Maybe we could use the room all the looms are stored in?

--Bulletin board

Acquired, now waiting for the work order to be processed (… unfortunately these can take months. We will harass them though, and hopefully have them comply within a week or two).

Term calendar on bulletin board – write scholarship deadlines, meeting times, events

Print out copy of meeting notes

--Announce LCCSAA meetings in classes

Word of mouth is powerful for getting people to come to meetings!

--LCC gallery listing creation

LCCSAA should create listing of existing galleries / art on campus so people can find

Meeting Notes - Friday, Feb 27, 2009

Now in a much easier to read format!

Table of contents for meeting:

Upcoming Group Activities
-Movie Showing / Collaboration / Potluck - March 5, 4-6PM

-Tabling in Cafeteria and advertising LCCSAA - March 4

-Making of suggestion box and SAA poster for table March 4, 10AM, Fibers Room

-Draw big poster for display in cafeteria, sometime in the future

Announcements
-Open mic in cafeteria (group advertising, shout outs) March 4, 10AM-4PM

-Need art/photographs of art before March 4, 6PM with waiver filled out!

-Gallery Spaces for 2d works available!

Discussion

-Emma resigned as president

-Display case in cafeteria available for advertising
-Integrating media arts into the SAA
-New art building ideas, present at a board meeting!

-Possibly changing meeting time for next term?

-Creating new gallery space on campus

-Money and usage of

-Voting with limited members

Extra

-Eugene Free School

-M.E.C.C.A. supplies for teachers available for LCCSAA workshops

Full meeting notes:

Upcoming Group Activities

-Tabling in Cafeteria… What day? Wednesday?

Need to :

draw a poster with SAA name (Group)

make suggestion box (Group)

make fliers with group information

flier for movie showing Thursday (Anna)

people to attend table

Have random person collaboration?

-Making of suggestion box and SAA poster for table

Wednesday 10AM – 11:30PM
Fibers Room (to the right and around the corner of the art dpmt’s main entrance)

-Movie Showing / Collaboration / Potluck

Time: Thursday March 5, 2008 4-6PM

Place: Building 11 / Art Department Gallery

Movie: Resfest, Volume 1, Sharlene renting from Eugene library

Collaboration: Each person will start out with a piece of paper which will be passed to another every few minutes. Get it back at the end to see what it’s become.

Bring: Food, art supplies, a friend

-Draw big poster for display in cafeteria

Announcements

-Open mic in cafeteria

Wed, March 4, 10AM-4PM

-Lane Preview Night / art submissions needed

Time: Wed, March 4, 6PM

Place: LCC Gymnasium
Free art gallery t-shirts for those who help at the arts booth!

Need art submissions! Either physical or pictures of. All mediums, including video. Leave in art faculty room (building 11, end of second hallway on left) or send to lccsaa@gmail.com including the class it was made in and instructor name. A waiver form must be signed for physical pieces, just print name, sign name, and date it.

-Gallery Spaces available!

Both will only accept 2d works (I think)
Email Sage at sage3639@hotmail.com if interested.
1) LCC Cafeteria
Submit by Tuesday, March 3^rd
Will be hung on upper wood panels of cafeteria

Still figuring out how long they’ll be up for – no response (Sage)
2) Glenwood Restaurant

No commission asked
Can hold roughly 24 medium sized pieces

Nothing offensive (no nudity, blood, gore, violence, etc)

Need to figure out which Glenwood Restaurant it is

Need to call Jackie for more details (Sage)

Discussion

-Emma has resigned as president

Mildred, Sharlene, and Sage will split her duties for the remainder of the Spring term.

-Display case in cafeteria advertising
Fliers can be posted and events can be written on the calendar. Must leave a note with flier in the QSA office located in student government room.

We should draw a big poster for inside it.

-Integrating media arts into the SAA

Film production… Could the SAA create a film?
Combined efforts between the Student Production Association, Student Art Association, and the media arts department could combine forces and make something good
Film discussion should be added as part of our movie showings

Is there a media arts group? Contact Theresa or Rick Sims (Jon)

-New art building ideas, present to the board!
Board meetings are held Wednesday nights (exact time? Sage)
Have to get on agenda to speak for 3 minutes (contact saying we will attend)
President, vice president, board are present

-Possibly changing meeting time for next term?
At least 1 adviser, the President or VP, and Secretary must be present
Doodle during Spring Break when peoples’ schedules are in stone

Meetings should be held every week

-Creating new gallery space on campus

Building 1

Health Clinic

Susan Loudermilk head of Art on Campus Committee (Sharlene contacting)
Above computers

Purchase display cases for 3d art

If a piece is sold, will the SAA take a small commission?

-Money and usage

Hand-out fliers should not be colored, only for post-up advertisements

Free black/white printing available in library

Need to purchase display cases for 3d work

Council of Clubs very willing to support groups with money contributions

Could hold a raffle for donated art pieces

Where is our money? (Sage)
We have $100, another $100 coming next term

Can get a code for using copier

Get separate code for Print Shop for printing in mass

How do we get these codes?

-Voting

Can we vote on things when only a limited number of people show up? Never stated within the constitution if there had to be a certain number present.

Extra

-Eugene Free School

Would be really great to host classes for the general community, especially geared toward children!

www.eugenefreeschool.org

-M.E.C.C.A. supplies for teachers available for LCCSAA workshops

Teacher supplies section has watercolors, pencils, pens, crayons, and many other things available for the LCCSAA if we decide to act as student teachers.

Activity Suggestions

SIMPLE MAIN LIST OF ACTIVITIES


-Gallery Creation
LCCSAA runs spring term Student Art Show
LCCSAA hosts own art show
Promotion of next year’s sculpture show throughout Lane County
Sculpture park on campus
Monthly gallery in Center Building
City gallery



-Art Information for Students
Artist Studio visitation
Invite and sponsor lecturers, or have students present on art history, careers in art, portfolio creation
Discussion groups on art movements, styles, and portfolios
Advertise opportunities for art students
Artist Resource Library online and in art faculty room
SAA Bulletin Board
Flier detailing teachers, what they teach, projects
Art Class Listing
Connecting with high school students through college fairs


-Gatherings
Art collaboration, a permanent mural or art installation on campus, recycled art piece
Art group party
Movie showings
Gallery/Museum Visitations
Peer critiques of fellow members / LCC Art Gallery artist
Move blue comfy seats from in front of bathrooms!
24 hours of art

-Booths
Art Sale at Saturday Market or some other venue
Interactive art demonstration in booth
Broadening perspectives in what art is





MONEY REQUIRING ACTIVITIES PULLED FROM LIST
Gallery/Museum Visitations
Advertising
Lecturers / Speakers
Art Conferences
Workshop Materials (paints, paper, drawing mediums, etc)
Resource Library materials





ELABORATION ON PROJECTS


-Create study body collaborative art piece outside or in center building
Have booth
Anyone can participate
Use garbage (materials LCC does not recycle)
Team up with Geo Pax, the recycling coordinator, to further understanding of recycling
Possibility of mold forming / smell from garbage-art – only use relatively clean items?

-First Friday art walk

-Get together and do art show in town
Have to pre-register months in advance
Maybe ask around and get hosted at a new or unconventional spot?
Sign up for 3 or 4 venues so we can stagger times throughout the year we have gallery space in town
When signing up for venue, sign up for one name, but be sure to mention that more than one person is involved, AKA, the LCCSAA
Bring has gallery space for artwork made from recycled materials
MECCA also has gallery space like Bring for recycled artwork
MECCA allows people to teach a craft they know to others

-Saturday Market Booth for LCCSAA members
Maybe too difficult and costly

-Gallery space on campus
Art on Campus Committee – have to ask them where we can display
Make history / journal of putting together piece, recording time taken as well so that people don’t feel art is daunting

-Interactive art demonstration / guided learning sessions in booth at Center Building
Demonstrate different mediums

-Lane Night
High school students come interested in LCC, we could set up a gallery for them featuring different mediums
Feb 10th, 8:30AM – 12PM at Fairgrounds
We should get everything together the day before and have someone in charge of getting pieces there
Easels needed
Feature print, fiber, metal, clay, photography, drawing, stone, painting student works

-Create handout with teacher biographies, what classes they offer
Would make approaching teachers or asking questions of them easier and less daunting

-Broaden perception of what people consider art
Describe artwork meaning/purpose
Monthly table in center building where art in presented

-SAA bulletin board creation for announcements or presenting work
One in Center building and one in Fine Arts building
Amelia has a spare board to donate

-Create art resource library
In art faculty room: books, tools, magazines, guides, etc
Online: links to galleries, tutorials, e-books, etc.

Feb 13, 2009 Meeting Notes

February 13, 2009 LCCSAA Meeting





UPCOMING EVENTS



-Movie / Collaborative Art Project / Potluck

Friday, February 20, 2009, 4PM in the LCC art department gallery

Still not sure what we’ll show, so if you have any suggestions please send them in. Something artsy, but not necessarily a documentary. The LCC and Eugene libraries have a good selection of films to choose from, can someone scour something from one of those?
Bring a bowl, eating utensil, and art implements, though some will be available if forgotten. Food and a pillow might also be nice (pillow because of possible seating issues, we have 20 chairs, but who knows what will happen; we can probably borrow chairs from an unused classroom though).

After the movie we’ll do a collaborative piece of some kind, maybe an exquisite corpse? Logo drawing? Start a drawing and pass it to the next person in a circle? Suggestions welcome.
Suggested films: Rezfest, Art21

Talked about doing this every other week, possibly on changing times and days, though Friday is a dead day in the art department. Projector just needs to be reserved by one of the group’s advisers the week of the movie showing, and the gallery needs to be reserved with Jenny Sulzman.





-Lane Preview Night

March 4, 2009, 6PM

The event starts at 6PM with an information fair. Once again, having examples of student artwork either physical or photographed would be great. I’ll put a stack of waiver forms in the art faculty room (end of second hallway in building 11 right before blue chairs) with an example filled out – just need your name, signature, and the date if submitting the original work. Again, please include the class you made the piece in and the instructor’s name.

Free gallery t-shirts for students who help out at the event! Email Sage3639@hotmail.com if you can.





-Denali is seeking submissions!

Denali deadline for the Spring 2009 issue is April 10th, 2009 at 5PM! For more information visit Denali’s website at http://www.lanecc.edu/denali/





-High School LCC Visitation

April 10th, 2009

We have been asked to take charge of an interactive art workshop for high school students, ideas and suggestions for the workshop(s) are much appreciated!

We need a ceramic project (usually just giving students a chance to play on the wheels), a printmaking project, a drawing project and a color/painting project.

Suggested workshop ideas: Minimalist, charcoal; Many different mediums to experiment with; Cloth / Wool dying.

Other suggestions: Give tour of art building; Have artwork created from various art departments/classes there in workshop.

Keep in mind: Materials will be paid for by school; We have to clean up whatever mess is made; We will have students for an hour to an hour and a half; Minimal might be best with possible short attention spans





-JS Bird show opening

Corvallis at the Art Center, Thursday, February 19, 5-7PM





-World Café open mic with collaborative painting

Every Tuesday, 7-11PM (or later)

Some really great jam sessions that go on here, with a huge canvas to freely paint on (paints and brushes supplied).











ANNOUNCEMENTS



-LCCSAA mail/drop box

Located in the art department’s general office room (second door on the right). It’s the one in the lower right corner, labeled LCCSAA on the inside. We appreciate notes and surprises and things we ask for put in here, unless malicious.



-LCCSAA website!

http://LCC-SAA.blogspot.com





-Blue lounge chairs / New art department ideas!

Many have expressed a dislike for the chairs being located in front of the bathrooms, and want to swap them with the pedestals. Mary Jo has explained that due to past vandalism of the pedestals, the wall protrusion was built to hide them, and making the swap would destroy that safety cove.
She sympathized with us and said that space is very limited in the art department, faculty feel the crunch as well.
Mary Jo has suggested that members of the LCCSAA attend the open meetings for the development of the new art department. There, we can ask for student space – perhaps even one specifically designated for the LCCSAA. Let your voice be heard! Officers could act as representatives for the student body on what they would like to see happen. Email in your ideas for what the new art department should contain and we will take them to the discussion table.


-Collecting photographs of student artwork!

Please email them in to LCCSAA@gmail.com, put them in our mailbox, or ask Sage to photograph the work by emailing him at Sage.Liskey@gmail.com

At the very least, please include the class you created the work in and the instructor’s name. Mediums used and some brief description of the project guidelines would be good too. These will be used at events to expose prospective students to the arts of Lane Community College.





-Collecting art resources (books, supplies, paper, references, etc).

Please put them in the LCCSAA mailbox, or directly into the art faculty room. Do not donate trash!





-Constitution has been okayed by group members

Now it needs to be reviewed by the administration that handles new groups. Tentatively we will become official on the 23rd of February.










QUESTIONS THAT NEED ANSWERS



-Art show deadlines?

LCC Student Art Show – Sometime in April? Juried by professionals.

League of innovation competition – juried by faculty



-New art building meetings

When are the meetings and who will express opinions regarding what students need in the new building? Maybe we should collect written statements.











OTHER TOPICS OF CONVERSATION




-Lane County Youth Career Fair
Thanks everyone who submitted work! It was a big success and a lot of people are excited about attending lane.


-Billboard

Someone needs to talk to Amelia about the size of the billboard she offered to donate. Suggested position of the billboard is above the drinking fountain next to the bathrooms.

Everything that goes onto the billboard should be signed and dated by the department, specifically relating to the LCCSAA (no general stuff), and removed once under expiration.

A suggestion box will be put onto the billboard for anyone with comments or suggestions or what have you.





-Art faculty meeting room needs to be reserved prior to use.





-LCCSAA weekly meetings

With or without administrators to touch basis with. 5 hours a term is very limited.

Perhaps have officer meetings without voting?

As we begin to handle more tasks and events, we will need to set aside time to prepare for them.





-Logo - Do we want branding?

JS Bird knows a student excellent with logos, though may not want to do a commission.

Could have a logo drawing party and just have everyone sit down and produce ideas.

Logos are good for catching the eyes of people, it’s how advertising works.





-Should we change our name?

An acronym that can be said as a word would be better. Satoko has suggested “Lane Association of Student Artists” (LASA). We’d have to change all of our web-established names though upon making the change. LCCSAA is already established in peoples’ minds though.

Meeting Notes - January 30, 2009

ANNOUNCEMENTS

-First Friday ArtWalk Feb 6, 2009, hosted by Kate Ali, instructor at LCC. Tour begins at 5:30PM at Jacobs Gallery at the Hult Center followed by stops at White Lotus Gallery, Fenario Gallery, Harlequin Beads and Jewelry, and New Zone Gallery.

-Lane County Youth Career Fair
Feb 10th 8:30AM – 12PM at the Fairgrounds
This is a good opportunity to expose high school students to the wide range of mediums taught at Lane Community College. If interested in displaying work, please reply with details on the size and medium - there is limited space so I'd like to sort out getting as many different mediums as possible on one table. I'll get back to you with more details.



QUESTIONS THAT NEED ANSWERS

-Do we want to change our name from LCC Student Art Association?
A professional sounding name is good for validity
Something unique that stands out might be good
If a new name is chosen, Student Art Association should be kept as a subtitle name

-Are LCC Student groups considered non-profit?

-Can students keep money made from artwork sold through SAA galleries?



WEB SPACE

-Facebook, I’ve since looked at Facebook and as you can’t have a simple URL, am deciding against it
-Google Group, seems like it would be the best means of creating a real mailing list / discussion area for members
-I’ve looked into separate image hosting more and found out it’s gotten a bit better. Leaning toward a blog now with links on the side to specific entries that detail members’ works / biographies and specific events.



GROUP ADVERTISING

-Several outlets for doing this free including the Torch, and the LCC Radio Station
-Torch wants to do an article about LCCSAA and interview several members.
-We can have our own designation number for making photocopies



CONSTITUTION
-Mission Statement
The LCCSAA functions to promote an appreciation and understanding of the arts and provide enriching activities for building a strong artist community.
Promoting an appreciation + understanding of the arts + broadening the art community + providing an outlet for the enrichment of the arts

-Satako suggested that officers work on the constitution together separately, then present it to the members and get feedback and get it ratified.




ACTIVITIES AND ACTIVITY IDEAS

-Activities should be separated into groupings of those requiring money and those not requiring money, then prioritized so we can keep a realistic agenda for the term

-Create study body collaborative art piece outside or in center building
Have booth
Anyone can participate
Use garbage (materials LCC does not recycle)
Team up with Geo Pax, the recycling coordinator, to further understanding of recycling
Possibility of mold forming / smell from garbage-art – only use relatively clean items?

-First Friday art walk

-Get together and do art show in town
Have to pre-register months in advance
Maybe ask around and get hosted at a new or unconventional spot?
Sign up for 3 or 4 venues so we can stagger times throughout the year we have gallery space in town
When signing up for venue, sign up for one name, but be sure to mention that more than one person is involved, AKA, the LCCSAA
Bring has gallery space for artwork made from recycled materials
MECCA also has gallery space like Bring for recycled artwork
MECCA allows people to teach a craft they know to others

-Saturday Market Booth for LCCSAA members
Maybe too difficult and costly

-Gallery space on campus
Art on Campus Committee – have to ask them where we can display
Make history / journal of putting together piece, recording time taken as well so that people don’t feel art is daunting

-Interactive art demonstration / guided learning sessions in booth at Center Building
Demonstrate different mediums

-Lane Night
High school students come interested in LCC, we could set up a gallery for them featuring different mediums
Feb 10th, 8:30AM – 12PM at Fairgrounds
We should get everything together the day before and have someone in charge of getting pieces there
Easels needed
Feature print, fiber, metal, clay, photography, drawing, stone, painting student works

-Create handout with teacher biographies, what classes they offer
Would make approaching teachers or asking questions of them easier and less daunting

-Broaden perception of what people consider art
Describe artwork meaning/purpose
Monthly table in center building where art in presented

-SAA bulletin board creation for announcements or presenting work
One in Center building and one in Fine Arts building
Amelia has a spare board to donate

-Create art resource library
In art faculty room: books, tools, magazines, guides, etc
Online: links to galleries, tutorials, e-books, etc.





ACTIVITIES E-MAILED IN

-Gallery Creation
LCCSAA runs spring term Student Art Show
LCCSAA hosts own art show
Promotion of next year’s sculpture show throughout Lane County
Sculpture park on campus

-Art Information for Students
Artist Studio visitation
Invite and sponsor lecturers, or have students present on art history, careers in art, portfolio creation
Discussion groups on art movements, styles, and portfolios
Advertise opportunities for art students

-Gatherings
Art collaboration, a permanent mural or art installation on campus
Art group party
Movie showings
Gallery/Museum Visitations
Peer critiques of LCC Art Gallery artist
First/Last Friday Art Walk
Peer Critiques of member work, written or verbal
Remove Signs