Art Club

The Exec Board had a fantastically long but productive meeting in which we seriously discussed and drafted policies. Here are the abbreviated minutes.

1. Budget:  we need to ask for money in order to keep doing artsy things! Thank you Louisa for working on the budget.

2. Interviews: we start interviewing teachers on Thursday, Sept. 3^rd so we set up a procedure and worked out who’s interviewing who. Thank you Adrienne for taking on this tremendous task.

3. Weekly Exec board meetings: members at large are welcome to join us, Sundays at 5:30pm in Erdman for dinner meetings

4. New membership policies!

-Voting members should have attended more than one Art

Club meeting

-Attendance will be on the Honor Code

-Community Art Night will double as an General Art Club

Meeting on the last Wednesday of every month

5. Set up of policies for events in Arnecliffe

-clubs will need to clear events with the Art Club Exec Board

-we have created guidelines and policies that will need to be

agreed to and signed; they deal with our duties and

clarifying the duties of space “renters”

-policies include a non-smoking and alcohol-free policy

6. Access code

-access codes will only be given out in person or by a personal email

– easiest way to get the code is to come out to community art night!

7.  Set the agenda for future meetings

1.  SIGNS in the studio:
  -Sign in sheet is on the black board, always use it, even if all you do is grab a piece of paper or draw for a couple minutes
  – Guidelines and safety notes are on the cork board
  – Borrowed materials sheet: if you need to take a communal material home (such as paint, or knitting needles), sign it out with your name and email so that if someone needs it they can find you.  Also, this will prevent buying supplies we already have.

2. Anna is giving a zine making workshop this Thursday at 3 in the studio

3. If you want to teach a workshop, please email Charlie (ccaplan@bmc), our workshop manager, to work out dates.  Then contact Tina (yhu02@bmc), our treasurer, for information about buying materials for your workshop.

4. Starting next week there will be weekly make-art meetings with Vice President Angela (aawang@bmc).  They will be at 8 on Wednesdays.

5. Things we need to buy:
   -fan
   -recycled paper towels
   -general cleaner (eco-friendly)
    Someone is donating a bottle of rubbing alcohol–Thank you!
   If you think you can buy any of these, email Tina so she can tell you the budget and how to get reimbursed.  Anna has coupons for eco-cleaners, so let her know if you need one.
   **There is a cardboard box marked “cleaning supplies” please put such things in it.

6. Fall Frolic is this Friday from 4-7
  come help table for a bit.  Anne will help set up at 3:30.  Bring your art work to show people.

7. Place-based art show–Project with the Greens
  -art about how places/ environments affect your life
  -art due by Oct. 20th.
  -put your name and email with the art, but on a separate piece of paper
  -feel free to include an artist statement of 2-4 sentences
  -This is open to all members of the community
  –Anna will send out fliers with information on this soon.

8. PHIllY ZINE FEST is October 4th

9. Next meeting will be Tuesday September 30th

10. As always, the studio is open and free for anyone to use.  If you have anything you want to donate (rulers, fabric, one-sided paper, whatever), just go and put it in the studio.  There is a donation cup in there studio for supplies.