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Presidens NesHello Everyone!

Here is what wewant to do onour next timetogether. May29th at Koelbel Library from 1to 5 p.m. come and enjoy a day

of art and fun! No costs to you (except, if you haveforgotten to pay your dues bring a check!) It would bea great time to bring in new member too. No chargeto them, well, they have to join, but look what a greatintroductory meeting this will be! Here is the program.

Libby Kyer will demonstrate Caran dAche coloredpencils, wet and dry. These pigment-rich tools will kick-start color in brilliant ways that might be new to you.Youll have samples of substrates and pencils to workwith, and shell guide you through a neat trick or two tomake colored pencils even more fun. All materials areprovided. Dont miss this fun, informative time with yourpeers.

Then we will break for refreshments and the second

part will be:

Heidi Snyder and Dorothy DePaulo are going to tellyou everything they know about working on draftinglm (commonly known as Mylar)! Well color withpencils, paint with acrylic, splash with inks, wash withwatercolors and dabble in collage. You can try yourhand at this very versatile lm and perhaps come upwith techniques we never thought about. Come anddabble in something new. Well have fun and learnsomething too!

I need a head count so we can organize food so let meknow as soon as you mark those calendars.susiolson@msn.com or 303-456-5175

Just to let those painters out there know I haventforgotten them. I am working on a similar day for you.More to come later.

About RMSBA

Founded in 1997 ...................................

From the Maine Girl ............................... 2

2010 RMSBA Tagawa Show .................3RMSBA Calendar & Events

February, March and April .................... 4

RMSBA Board Meeting Minutes .............. 5

2011 Published Membership List ......... 6, 7

Letter to the Board ............................... 8

Rocky Mountain Garden Call For Entry

The Colorado Garden ........................ 9, 10

2014 ASBA Annual Conference What can we do to impress? .............. 11

RMSBA Position Vacancies

New Treasurer needed ...................... BC

R o C k y M o u N ta I NSociety of Botanical Artists

First ChapteroFthe asB

Lily of the Valley

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I am happy to say that I nally managed to sit dand draw! Of course it helped that the drawing wacommission and I had a deadline. The illustration waTexas Blue Bonnets and I did it with colored pencil.

The Mayowers are budding here and that is a for sign of Spring. The other night I participated in Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens Input meeting. Gardens have been open for ve years and they are gthrough a re-discovering phase to see what visitors

or members like, dislike and would like to see happeof course inquired whether the Gardens were consideany Botanical Illustration courses since they are buian education building. My question was noted enthusiasm, so we shall see what the Gardens procand Ill keep you posted.

Have a wonderful Spring!

The Rocky Mountain Society of Botanical Artists founded in1997 is the rst chapter of the American Society of BotanicalArtists and is open to all persons interested in botanicalillustration.

RMSBA Ofcers of 2011

President .............................................. Susan OlsonVice President ....................................... Dorothy DePauloSecretary .............................................. Jan Boyd HaringTreasurer .............................................. Vicky MacWilliamMarketing Chair .................................. TBDMembership Chair ................................ Sharon GarrettPrograms Chair .................................... Julie TerryExhibits Chair ....................................... Libby KyerExhibits Coordinator .......................... TBDLogistics (Refreshment) Chair ............... Heidi SchnyderNewsletter Editor .................................. Katie Nichols

To join the RMSBA, please contact VickyMacWilliam,TreasurerTele.: 719.495.2986E-mail: hgvmacwm@worldnet.att.net8285 Freeman Drive Black Forest, CO 80908

ASBA Journal and RMSBA Newsletter $90.00 membershipincludes regular individual membership in the RMSBA andAmerican Society of Botancial Artists and entitles you toreceive both the ASBA Journal and the RMSBA newsletter,as well as participate in all open exhibits and functions.

Membership is for one calendar year. Memberships receivedafter the rst of November in any year will be applied to thefollowing calendar year.

Questions or contributions, please contactKatie Nichols, EditorE-mail: plantmanagerstudio@me.comTel.: 207.798.2677325 Five Islands Road Georgetown, ME 04548

Artwork is donated to RMSBA for exclusive use in thisnewsletter. Any other use is strictly prohibited withoutwritten authorization of the artist.

The membership list is printed in whole in the SpringEdition of the newsletter.

Reproduction of this newsletter is prohibited withoutwritten permission from RMSBA.

We welcome your articles, calendar events and images.Please submit all text as an electronic le in .DOC(Word), .XLS (Excel), or the body of an e-mail. Pleasesubmit images in digital format; .JPG, .TIF, .PDF and atleast 300 dpi (resolution; dots per inch) in color.

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taGaWa 2011 aRt SHoWHello Artists,

We had a light-lled and well traveled-location within theTagawa greenhouses this year, giving us a steadier visitorrate and better art viewing for customers. The expanded

Back to Nature theme was very well received. Sales wereright at $2000.

We are revisiting the idea of linking up with Tagawas specialevents, and the various societies such as the Rose Society,African Violet Society, the Daylily Society and the edibleplant group for additional opportunities to exhibit and sell ona smaller scale throughout the year.

Thank you for your gorgeous art and for participating in theprocesses that keep this show happening. We are scheduledor a Fourth Annual Show in mid April, 2012.

Mary Jo Ramsdale

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TheRockyMountainGardenA show open to all RMSBA membersAt the Center for the Arts in EvergreenComing in September through October 2011

ASBAandRMSBAlinkstoworkshops/classes

www.amsocbotartists.orgwww.botanicalartists.org

GeneralLinkstoEventsand

Workshops/ClassesattheDenverBotanicGarde

DBG www.botanicgardens.org 2011CafBotaniqueLectures

www.cb-lectures-mervi.blogspot.comTime: 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.Place: Morrison Center, Denver Botanic Gardens

(SE corner of York Street & 11th Avenue)

June 2: Marja Eloheimo, University of Washington,Olympia WA: [Issues of Access to TraditionaMaterials for Indigenous Basket Makers](Abstract and more information)

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RMSBAs Spring Meeting at KoelbelLibrary, 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

FIVE : Sensory Garden,

Opening ReceptionFriday, May 27, 2011 6-9 pm

First FridayJune 3, 20116-9 pm

Last Look: coffee with the artist

Sunday, June 19, 20111-4 pm

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RMSBA Executive Board Meeting Minutes, held March 272011Location: Brios, Cherry CreekDocumented by: Jan Boyd Haring, Secretary

Eight members were in attendance:

Susi Olson -PresidentLibby Kyer -Exhibit CoordinatorDorothy DePaulo - VPSharon Garrett - MembershipJulie Terry - EventsVicky MacWilliam - TreasurerHeidi Snyder - RefreshmentsJan Boyd Haring - Secretary

Treasurers report from Vicky:Bank account: 5145.66.Credit Card Fees: We still have our First Americacard/$23. per month fee without additional sales.Susi is going to investigate Go Payment on

Smart Phone with lower rate. May need to opena coverage account with the bank. Discussionof receiving membership dues via Paypal.Membership is down to 59, which is normal for the season.

Newsletter: Are members reading the newsletter? Katies going to continue her post until the end of the year.Motion passed to add the newsletter to the blog. Dorothymentioned Carol might be interested in updating thenewsletter items.

RMSBA Blog: Libby has created a blog:rmsbartists@blogspot.com.Function: for specic entry forms, membership forms, and

other org-wide notications. Decision made to have themembership application in print and mail format insteadof ll-in pdf. Vicky had corrections to make to the form.Contact info for each ofcer will not be displayed.Open to all: followers are ok, can also subscribe.To add information: the contact can be Libbywith a copy to Dorothy to email the group.Links: Standard DBG, ASBA, GNSIPossible link of the week: informationalwith comment sectionEncourage input from readers, includingnfo on classes, supplies, and books.Create a gallery function for members, canink to their website. Members would be

responsible for their own updates.

ShowsDorothy has succeeded in getting the Evergreenvenue for a show theme Colorado Garden. Itwould be a self juried, rst come rst served entryprocess for 35 digital entries. Timeframe 9/11.

Heidi suggested the Brighton Armory as a possible venue.

Julie is in contact with the Astor House in Golden. Possibletheme of the Language of Flowers (Florigraphy, was a

Victorian era of communication). Could group owers pemeaning and create card packages. Timeframe: 2012.Another theme suggestion: Western Pioneer Flowersused in everyday life. Venue: Pioneer Museum inGolden. Could include plants brought with them fromhome: cuttings of fruit trees, peonies, daisies, iris.

Dorothy updated on the Rare 2.0 exhibit. Selectionfrom 120 plants on the endangered list withinthe Rocky Mountain area. First meeting April 2,2011. Goal is the ASBA Conference in 2014.

Possible future venue for shows: Museumof Nature and Science, Denver.Discussion on the no charge shows, Tagawas andEchters. Will try this method this year and see how itgoes. Would only need $50. for food and $100 for cardsMotion passed: if people cant sit at the venue for aminimum of two hours, they must pay $20. Heidi says thinventory sheets werent used at Echters, and it should

be mandatory. Its difcult to make sales without them.

RMSBA will have two sales shows andtwo exhibit shows per year.

Future RMSBA Meeting Event ideas

Susi: Graham Paints honey based watercolor workshoCritiques continuing in other parts of themetro area next one at Julies house. Trydifferent days of the week or evenings.

Julie: Alyson B. Staneld and her book Id Rather Be inthe Studio, business of art topic. No fee meeting but

Alyson would like to sell her books and cds. Or, a fee toattend the meeting and you get a book to take home.

An all day instructional event with Libby/Caran Dacheand Dorothy/Mylar and a snack break in the middle.Could be at Koebel Library. Timeframe: Spring 2011.

Another meeting place could be Susisclubhouse. Discussion on guests being welcometo meetings and events if they join RMSBA.

ASBA 2014 NotesIdeas for the convention are starting to take shape.Jan is doing the catalog, Sharon some of the activityideas, Susi is handling the totebag, Three shows:Rare 2.0, a miniature show, and an ASBA show.

03/27/11 RMSBA Executive Board Meeting adjourned

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Susan Rubin2235 Dexter St.Denver, CO 80207303-698-2355susan@susanrubinstudio.comsusanrubinstudio.com

Exhibit at SPARK Gallery

900 Santa Fe DriveDenver, CO 80204720-889-2200www.sparkgallery.com

TITLE: FIVE : Sensory Garden

May 26 June 19, 2011

Opening ReceptionFriday, May 27, 20116-9 pm

First FridayJune 3, 20116-9 pm

Last Look: coffee with the artistSunday, June 19, 20111-4 pm

ARTIST STATEMENTIn an ongoing exploration of the relationship betweepeople and plants, this group of drawings takes a clolook at the ve senses, sight touch, taste, sound andsmell, and the way we experience the environment.There is no question that beautiful, delicious, fragranplants delight our senses, but it is not their job. Thescents and colors and tastes are all geared towardone thing: species survival theirs, not ours. . It iscoincidence that the sensory output of plants affectsus at all, but they do affect us, and we count onplants for survival and pleasure ours not theirs.

Letter to the Board:

I was sorry to see in the last newsletter that the newRMSBA Exhibit Requisites include imposing a salescommission on members artwork. Works for sale mayhave a commission charged by the venue, and will havea 10% commission withheld by the RMSBA to supportChapter activities, including the exhibition expenses.RMSBAs cash on hand has increased from approximately

$2000 in 2007 to over $5300 now. Im going to assume thatsome of that income came from our members from dues,exhibit entry fees and RARE products. Remember that ourmembers donated the use of RARE images for the cardsand catalogs and did the packaging and retailing too. Howabout looking for ways to use our cash excess for membersactivities instead adding on more fees for our members?

Sincerely,Carol Till

Woven by Nature, Courtsey of Lotus McElsh

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Call for Entries

The Colorado Garden

This will be an RMSBA show at the Rotary Gallery atCenter Stage in Evergreen.

Date: September- October 2011 (exact dates will be announced)

Location: Rotary Gallery at Center Stage in Evergreen, Colorado.

Eligibility: This show is open to all members of RMSBA who have paid dues

for 2011.

Eligible Submissions: Artwork must be (inner dimension) frame size 16x20 or

smaller. It must realistically depict, with botanical accuracy, any plant that

commonly grows in a Colorado garden. (This includes both the flower and

vegetable garden.) Artwork must have been completed within the past four

years and can not have been previously hung in an RMSBA show. The subject

plant must be the predominant feature of the work.

Media: Entries should be original art. (Watercolor, gouache, colored pencil, pen

and ink, artist prints such as etchings, oil, egg-tempra, pastel, are all

acceptable.) The artwork can be either a horizontal or vertical format.

Jury: Entries will be vetted for quality, conformity to theme, and space available.

The curator of Evergreen Center for the Arts will review all submitted work for

quality.

Frame Label: Each itemmust be labeled on back of frame with the artists name,

title, medium, contact information and price.

Exhibit information: Space is limited, and entries will be accepted on a first

come, first serve, basis. Entries will be limited to one submission per artist.

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Thirty five submissions will be selected in total. Drop off and pick-up dates will

be announced as soon as Evergreen Center for the Arts provides them.

T0 Enter:

E-mail a jpeg. image of your work(not larger than 2 MB) to Dorothy DePaulo at

ddepaulo@gmail.com byAugust 15, 2011 and include:

Name____________________________________________________

Address__________________________________________________

Phone #___________________E-mail address__________________

Title of work______________________________________________

Media___________________________________________________

Frame size__________________ Price_________________________

Fees: There will be a $5.00 fee to cover the cost of labels, cards, and hanging

materials. This will be collected at time of delivery of artwork. At this point in

time, were waiting to hear if Evergreen charges a commission. There will be noRMBSA commission. It is also not known at this point in time, whether or not

Evergreen requires that artwork be for sale. As soon as this information is

available, it will be passed on to the membership.

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American Society of Botanical Artists (ASBA) 2014 Annual MeetingDenver, Colorado

Hosted by

Rocky Mountain Society of Botanical Artists (RMSBA)

The 2014 annual meeting of ASBA will be held in Denver, Colorado. Although still 3 yearsaway, it is time to make arrangements for the meeting to be one of the best possible.

The annual meeting is held in the autumn each year at a location proposed by a local sponsor.After discussions between several RMSBA members, it was decided to begin with downtownDenver as a potential meeting location because of the number of hotels with meeting facilities,variety of restaurants, and proximity to the Denver Art Museum, Contemporary Art Museum,downtown galleries and other points of interest to visitors. The Denver Visitors Bureau wascontacted to see what might be available for October or November 2014. The week of 8-11October was identified as unavailable. The Visitors Bureau offered to handle contacting hotels.

As a result, a request for proposals for meeting space for 15-18 October 2014 was sent toseveral downtown hotels, with proposals due by 21 January 2011.

In addition to accommodations, classes and meetings, the ASBA meetings frequently have aconcurrent show of botanical art. A proposal was submitted to the Denver Art Museum (DAM)for such a show. While interested in botanical art, the DAM is not setting up small shows for2014. Other potential venues have been suggested for the ASBA show.

Putting on a successful annual meeting requires considerable up-front work by the host chapter.The following help is needed for the Denver meeting:

Conference co-chairsLocal logistics committee (ensures all activities are completed!)

Develop conference titleRegistration packets and conference giftDevelop conference PowerPoint for 2013 meetingKeep conference recordsFollow-up reports

Hotel/site liaison and transportation coordinatorsShow committeeLocal registration committeeEducation committee (identify Colorado-based courses and field trips)Local silent auction supportGraphic design (including development of meeting logo)Keynote speaker committee

Public relations

There is a great deal of work to be done and plenty to go around! If you are interested in joiningthe initial activities, please send an e-mail to Terry Ruiter (tlruiter@msn.com) and DorothyDePaulo (ddepaulo@comcast.net). If you have thoughts on any of the topics listed, please passthem along. Your involvement will be a terrific way to highlight the botanical art being done inthe Rocky Mountain region....and will be a lot of fun!

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RMSBA is in need of the following positions

within the society to be lled:

New Treasurer Needed

Please consider taking on this function for RMSBA beginningnext year. Vicky is looking for a willing individual who willwork with her as an assistant over a period of time untilthe new person is condent in performing this task. Afterthe transfer, Vicky will remain as an assistant if neededand will help in any way. The job is neither difcult nor timeconsuming -- it just takes attention to detail. A calendar hasbeen set up to make sure nothing is missed and involvesapproximately three items per month. Most of the activitiesare computerized and simple to perform.

Please contact Vicky (719-495-2986 or hgvmacwm@att.net)for more information. This job is a great way to participatewhile still having full control over your own schedule.

Tulip Tango Courtsey of Dorothy DePaulo

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