Message from the President - October, 2008

Hello Members!

We had a wonderful meeting last Thursday, October 9. Photographers Margo Gleason and Dave Coleman were on hand to photograph artwork brought in by our members in order to grow our member gallery on our website! I can't wait to see how they turned out! Thanks again to Mollie for all the hard work and time she has donated to make this site a success!

Brian Arwood, a new member, attended our meeting. When he saw that this meeting was dedicated to taking photographs, he went home to retrieve his art. The members were fascinated with what he brought so he gave us a presentation of his creations. Brian, a literature major, creates art with words. He described one of his pieces titled, "BELLUM", which means "war" in Latin, as "Happiness is a war. People will try to take it away from you, and you have to fight." Brian will have his gallery on our site soon.

Dave Coleman shared an interesting link with the group called, "The Untapped Source".
http://www.theuntappedsource.com/index.php
I will talk more about this in our next newsletter. Dave has some of his prints available at this site for sale. Dave said that one of the things that is great about his organization is that everything is done for free! If one of his prints sells, he reaps the rewards without any additional work to him.

Members, don't forget that the Fall Show is just around the corner, and we are soliciting for volunteers to help with our event. Please contact Ola Patty if you can donate some of your time for the receiving or hanging.

If you are interested in entering two shows, contact Margo Gleason for the show with Lake St. Louis!

Thanks to everyone!
Alice