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MAY 2020 NEWSLETTER

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President’s Message

The snow has disappeared! So have all our events!! We will still get organized for the fall – hopefully we can resume our activities then!! In my view, part of the success of the ASSC has been the enjoyment of members working together, in the name of art, towards successful events, workshops, etc. We must be careful that we do not lose that camaraderie and feeling of belonging while this pandemic takes us apart. The day will come again when we can be together and create and discuss and learn and laugh! I am happy that members are enjoying the FaceBook Drop-In Paint group. There is such inspiration there.. much needed in these times.

Enjoy the slow down in your life, and direct your mind to creating something beautiful, meaningful and colorful.

Take care and stay healthy !!

Regards Sonja

MEMBER’S CORNER: Next Board Meeting: Tuesday, MAY 5, – 6:30 pm via email. The May and June General Meetings are cancelled. Ready your garage sale items for another time!

Let’s reminiscence a little ! Time to look through the albums! Remember when:? Who and what do you recognize?

Loft Gallery and Gift Shop

CLOSED

The Loft Gallery and Gift Gallery have been closed until further notice due to guidelines recommended by Alberta Health Services during the Covid-19 pandemic. Current artists in the Loft Gallery and Gift Gallery have been asked to leave their pieces in place until the gallery can open again. We will not be soliciting new artists for a May-June show. Should we be able to open before June 30, the current show will carry on. Current artists have been notified of these changes. We thank you for your understanding as we navigate this uncertain time. Stay safe, stay well and keep on creating!

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WORKSHOP Newsletter APRIL 2020

As per the decision of the Board of Directors of the ASSC and communicated by the President to members and registrants on March 15, 2020, the following workshops have been cancelled due to COVID-19. Refunds will be forthcoming. Workshops may be rescheduled when safe to do so.

• Create a Better Painting, Margaret Klappstein, March 18, 25, Apr 1 • Exploring Landscape in Watercolour, Willie Wong, Mar 23, 30 • Pastels, Joyce Boyer, March 18 – Apr 8 • Watercolour Landscape, Frances Alty-Arscott, Mar 28 • Golden Mixed Media Lecture, Samantha Williams Chapelsky, March 31

The following workshops are on hold and have not yet been cancelled. Watch for further announcements. • ACRYLIC POUR – BEGINNER – Norma Callicott, May 23, 10-4pm Cost $55 • ACRYLIC LANDSCAPE PAINTING – Randy Hayashi – Apr.30 7pm, May1&2

9:30am-4:30pm Cost $130 FILLED

• INTRO TO WATERCOLOUR – Willie Wong, June 20, 10-4pm Cost $55

VOLUNTEER HOURS: Please continue to record your volunteer hours in the book located in the drawer to the left of the kitchen sink (or at home and insert them into the binder before you enter a show and at year end) These hours will enable you to show your artwork and they are also part of the application for the ASSC’s annual AFA grant.

Please stop at the Welcome Table on your way into meetings and sign in for the evening. This is important for the ASSC meeting attendance record and it may become important to you too if you are planning on showing your artwork at ASSC shows.

Volunteers!

Volunteers are just ordinary people with extraordinary hearts...

....they offer the gift of their time to teach, to listen, to help, to inspire, to build, to grow, and to learn.

...they expect no pay, yet the value of their work knows no limit ...they have known the unexpected joy of a simply hug ...they have planted tiny seeds of love in countless lives

Volunteers are just ordinary people who reach out and take a hand, lead, and together make a difference that lasts a lifetime.

...Kimberly Rinehart

“LIKE” the ASSC on Facebook and please pass the message around!!!

SHOWING? If you are having a show or an art event, please send your information to Anita, Newsletter Editor, for inclusion in the Newsletter!

Send your emails/suggestions to “THE MAIL BAG” or use the suggestion box found in the ASSC foyer!

Please UPDATE YOUR ARTWORK regularly on the ASSC website!

Members can now download an app for Android and iOS so they can log on to the ASSC Website from their phones and tablets. https://www.wildapricot.com/blogs/newsblog/2018/11/15/app-for-members-android?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=android_members_app&fbclid=IwAR0y1-4qjvigr8pBARY0UWr9auJVqAaABTwpzouSNgrt4mMOaw0AXKVI8Es#features

A “SHOUT-OUT” TO ALL MEMBERS!

Sometimes, the best advice comes from the experiences and learned lessons of others! Sometimes, it’s as simple as sharing a good quote, a comical joke, words of wisdom, or a big mistake. We’re open to anything - suggestions, questions, ideas - whatever you have...

Email “THE MAIL BAG”

minirose@telusplanet.net We look forward to hearing from each and every one of you - NOT ALL AT ONCE - OF COURSE!

Editor’s Message It would be very much appreciated if all submissions for the Newsletter could be sent by the 22nd of each month. And if you possibly can, please use ‘Arial’ font for your submissions, (it just makes life easier for the editor.) Members If you are having a show or an art event, please send your information to Anita Skubleny, Newsletter Editor, at askubleny@yahoo.ca for inclusion in the Newsletter! Also If you have any photos of art that you would like to send me so I can build of file of artworks to use in the newsletter, when there is space, it would be great.