September Meeting of the CCAG

The  2014-2015 CCAG year was kicked off with a carry in supper meeting enjoyed at the Sidney Legion Park shelter house.   First order of business included the election of officers. 

President:  Cindi Egging
Vice-President:  Ron Nordyke;
Secretary:  Judy McElroy
Treasurer:  Margie Surber. 

Following is a brief synopsis of the meeting as submitted by Judy McElroy, CCAG secretary

Cindi explained the mini-workshops before the meetings and the after-the-meeting programs for the year.  The CCAG will be making a scarecrow for the Oktoberfest Scarecrow Competition. 

Various art workshops were discussed:

• Nancy Dee's upcoming pastel workshop (Oct.3-5th) at the Eagle Canyon Hideaway at Lake McConaughy (for more info. go to www.eagle-canyon.com or call Patti Bohall at 970-630-3517as there may still be openings)
• Halsey Autumn Art Workshops (contact Tish for more info), 
• Possible watercolor/acrylic workshop by Patsy Smith, 
• Golden Acrylic & Watercolor workshop by Mary Morrison, 
• plein aire workshop by Ben Darling, and another possible workshop by an area artist 

Cindi discussed a possible art trip to MONA in Kearney and the Henri Museum in Cozad. 
The CCAG project for the year will be a Mystery Painting.  Contact Cindi at cindiegging@daltontel.net if you would be interested in painting one section of the mystery painting.  It will be due for the Spring Show in March 2015.  Those already signed up for this project include Judy, Tish, Chuck, Pat A., Tess, Patsy, Darcy, Jack, Dakota, Ron, Margie, Cindi, and Margaret.

NOTE:  Mary Morrison can teach the Golden Paints Workshop in Sidney on Wednesday, October 22 or Saturday, October 25th.  All Golden Paints and Mediums used and taught in the workshop will be provided free of charge.  At the workshop I attended in 2013 we were even given samples to take home.  I learned a lot and gained enthusiasm to do much more with my paintings!  They now have Golden Watercolor paints as well as new, slow-drying acrylic paints. The workshop would be from 10 AM to 3 PM (4 PM at the very latest) with a half an hour for lunch.  The cost of the one-day workshop is $1,000, so we will need 12 to 15 people taking this workshop to make it more affordable per person.  Ten people would be $100 per person, 11 people would be $90.91 each, 12 people would be $83.33 per person, 13 people would be $76.92 each, 14 people would be $71.43 each, and 15 people would be $66.67 per person.  Please contact me at jimcartist@yahoo.com or call ne (Judy) at 308-249-1488 if you would like to take this workshop and which day would work better for you.  Please let me know as soon as possible so we'll know whether or not to make a definite reservation to have this workshop.