PO Box 14
East Brookfield MA 01515
November 2008
www.massasoitartguild.com
Next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, November 11th at 7PM
Next Open House is scheduled for Saturday, November 8th from 1-4 PM

MAG Officers
Mary Kay Ebersold, President, Sunshine Committee…Gayle Magwood, Vice President…Ann Marcel,, Treasurer…Michele Trzcinski,, Secretary and Webmaster…..Emile Gaucher, Spencer Artist of the Month Committee Chairperson…Carole Bentley, North Brookfield Artist of the Month Chairperson.. Deborah Kirk, Planning Committee Chairperson…. Deborah Sundquist, Publicity Committee Chairperson.

A Letter from the Prez

There is no way I can thank all of you that helped with our 5th Annual Art Show, but I will try.
I would especially like to thank Len Ivel and his team for all their help with the racks. Your trailer, Len, seems to me made just for our purpose, and your organizational skills and hard work saved us so much time in the set up and take down. 64 racks went from East Brookfield to the Spencer Town Hall and got put together and arranged in 90 minutes. A new world record!!
I would also like to thank all the newest members of the Guild for joining in with the work. Even though you had no idea what you signed up for, you were there pitching in. You don’t know what that means to me!! We are very lucky to have you as members.
I have to thank the show committee. We spent 9 months planning out all the little details and it really paid off. And you all kept your cool at crunch time! Not an easy feat!!.
Thanks to all the sitters - you graciously welcomed guests & really sold those raffle tickets! Thanks to Jan & Jane and all those who contributed food. It was a great spread! (Another world record for “a buffet demolished!”) Thanks to those who hung the show and those who took down the show. Thanks to Debbie Kirk for meticulously arranging and straightening paintings up to the last minute. Thanks to Norman for the fabulous raffle table and to those who contributed to it. Thank you to Bemis Farms Nursery for once again adorning our show with live plants and to Norman C. for hauling them back and forth. Thanks to all who put out merchandise for sale. The show goers look forward to purchasing treasures. Thanks to John and Tim for donating an hour of live music. You added to the ambience of our show and got our feet tappin’. Thanks to Emile, our elder statesman. You are a great ambassador for our group. Thanks to Michele and Pat for putting together the program. You pulled together and survived the last minute nature of the beast!! Thanks to Gayle and Carole. You dug deep and finished what you had begun. I truly do appreciate you both. Thanks to Ann Marcel for enduring the cold, keeping the books and spending 14 hours with me. You deserve a medal! Thanks to Sherpa John. You did it again!
And to all of you ….Thanks for all the little things. Thanks for all the “What can I do to help?” s. Thanks for all the smiles, the compliments, the suggestions, the fresh flowers. Thanks for entering your artwork into the show! (the most important thing of all) All of this WOWed the visitors and made for a wonderful event.
Like with childbirth, I have already forgotten the pain, and I am so proud of what we have accomplished together. I look forward to a bigger and better show next year!
Once again, THANK YOU! Mary Kay Ebersold - President


North Brookfield Display Opportunities. In concert with the North Brookfield theme and cultural grant of our Art Show, the North Brookfield Library will be hanging the themed art show entries featuring North Brookfield for the months of November and December. They will also be selling cards and prints featuring North Brookfield for the month of November only. Carole Bentley will be coordinating the display of North Brookfield Pictures and the sales of prints and cards through the library. Please ensure that all of your work has removeable stickers with your initials and price. For further information, please contact Carole at 508-867-8782.

November Program - Printmaking Techniques
Come explore 6 different printmaking techniques. This evening program is sure to bring the creativity out in each and every one of us! If you have any of the following items, and don’t mind sharing for the evening, please bring with you any of the following things that you may have: Brayers, foam brushes, exacto knives, cutting boards or resealable mats for cutting, elmers glue, metal spoons, any kind of found objects with interesting textures, leaves or objects of nature! Other supplies to be supplied by the Guild. This program is sure to be hands-on fun! Hope to see many of you there!

October Program Recap – The last 10 minutes of a painting
Thank you to Pierre Theriault for his presentation and demonstration on little things that you can do to a painting that really “finish” it. As he demonstrated he explained why what he is doing is so important for that finished look. It was truly an enjoyable and very useful presentation!

Open House on Saturday November 8th, 1-4 PM. Our monthly Open House will be as scheduled on the 2nd Saturday of the Month from 1-4PM. Please join us for a painting session that afternoon, or just stop by for some coffee. Rotate your prints and paintings. Bring in your cards, and make sure everything that is for sale has a price tag on it!

Featured Artists for November 2008 Stop in to see the works of your fellow artists and Guild members!

* Spencer Savings Bank, 176 Main Street Spencer: Leonora Giguere
* Richard Sugden Library, Wayne and Linda Lilystrom
* Cormiers Jewelers, Spencer: Linda Spencer, Gert Kennan and Anna Ozolins

If you are not on the list to display your works in the Bank or the Library contact Emile Gaucher at 774-745-0088.

* North Brookfield Library: Works of North Brookfield will be displayed for November and December

If you are interested in exhibiting at the North Brookfield Library, please contact Carole Bentley @ 508-867-8782

* East Brookfield Library: Gary McComas. Andrew Dunphe, and Gerard LeBlanc

If you are interested in exhibiting at the East Brookfield Library, please contact Gayle Magwood at 508-867-6516

Call for Artists
The Sprinkler Factory Gallery in Worcester, MA is seeking fine juried artists interested in doing an exhibit in the Gallery in 2009. There will be no fee for the Gallery Rental if the Guild as a whole (or if an individual artist from the Guild) is interested in this once in a lifetime great deal. We will be advertising this event heavily. This opportunity comes because the Gallery is undergoing a rebirth of sorts and we want to encourage people to come to this beautiful Gallery in the historic Sprinkler Factory. You can check out our website at www.sprinklerfactory.com for a peak at our beautiful large Gallery. We are currently hosting a fine art photography exhibit with Lindsay Monroe. Please let us know if there is an interest in the Guild to do an exhibit. Thank you.
Carlyn Hebert
Sprinkler Factory Gallery
Email: craftfairs@sprinklerfactory.com


Links for our Web Site
Since its inception, the Massasoit Art Guild website has had over 7635 hits. We would now like to start to link our artist’s individual web sites with our organization web site. We will be developing a web site link page which would take the viewer from our site directly to your on-line gallery or web site at the click of a mouse. If you are interested in linking your on-line gallery or web site to the guild’s please email the link to Michele Trzcinski @mtrzcinski@verizon.net - please identify yourself as a MAG member in the SUBJECT LINE! - thank you.

2008 Art Show Recap – Our 5th Annual Art Show was a wonderful success.

Seven original framed photos and paintings, 75 cards, 16 prints and 7 bookmarks from various artists were sold during this show.

The following artists won awards: Congratulations to all!

Prize Image # Image Title Artist

Watercolor
1. 1. The Blacksmith Dennis Albetski
2. 77. Assisi Farmhouse Deborah Roberts Kirk
3. 112. Winter Field Linda McGinley
HM 19. Solitude Linda Bourie

Acrylic
1. 54. Farm Reflections Emile Gaucher
2. 69. The Blue Fish Rhea Kennen
3. 73. Tidal Touch Kathleen Kine
HM. 48. The Walled Garden Mary Kay Ebersold

Oil
1. 115. Here’s Looking at you Patricia McInnes
2. 14. Train Station Carole Bentley
3. 13. Wendemuth Farm – Bates Grove – Carold Bentley
HM 52. Walking Nikki at Rock House – Newton Frost
HM 57. Mixed Flora Edward Heske

Pastel
1. 124. Subway Stance Jean Murphy
2. 139. Sarah and Coda Linda Spencer
3. 70. Low Tide Rhea Kennen
HM 16. Quaboag River Ruth Bolton
HM 142. Fishing Village Jane Stendrup

Prints & Drawings
1. 2. Catnap Dennis Albetski
2. 4. Hopeful Hungry Harry Marjorie Barstow
3. 5. Coneflowers Marjorie Barstow
HM. 95. Teddy Bear Linda Lilystrom

Mixed Media
1. 18. Martha’s Clay Cliffs Linda Bourie
2. 53. Tall Sentinel Emile Gaucher
3. 6. Red Canoe Marjorie Barstow
HM. 80. Valentine William Kleinedler


Photography
1. 32. Ageing Cellar, Calvados France – Kim Durant
2. 9. Hibiscus Donald Beal
3. 34. Favorite Courtyard, St. Paul DeVence – Kim Durant
HM. 41. Winterview From Kearsarge North – John Ebersold

Digital Imaging
1. 7. One Day in Maine Donald Beal
2. 137. 7 Mile River, First Frost Jack Shea
3. 135. Morning Light Jack Shea
HM 149. North Brookfield Michele Trzcinski

North Brookfield
1. 75. North Brookfield Center – Debbie Kirk
2. 94. Brookfield Orchard Barn – Gerard LeBlanc
3. 138. Snowy School Street- Linda Spencer

Open Studios

The Guild hosts a number of open studio times. Come join a group of artists and get some painting done! Everyone is Welcome.

- Daytime Open Studio Every Wednesday Morning from 9:30 AM until Noon. All are invited to attend this open painting session.

- Evening Open Studios are held, once again, every Wednesday evening from 7 PM until 9 PM. Contact Norman Cabanna at 508-885-5061 for more information

- Saturdays – 2ND Saturday of every month in conjunction with our Open House 1-4PM. Contact Mary Kay at 508-885-9520 for more information:
Please remember to leave a donation of $1.00 when you paint at the open studio. It’s a small price to pay for a bight and spacious place to paint! We look forward to all of our members taking advantage of these open studios!


DECEMBER AND JANUARY CORMIER’S MINI SHOW

Every Year the months of December and January are greeted by the “Mini” show. Each piece of art must measure no more than 11 x 14 matted. Get your smaller artwork ready to be hung!!! More details will be available during our November meeting.


CHRISTMAS PARTY
December’s meeting will be our annual Christmas Party, which is always a good time. See the enclosed flyer for details! We look forward to seeing everyone there! Please either mail the flyer back or bring it to the guild’s next meeting in November.!!

ELECTIONS:

Yes, that time of year is fast approaching! January brings with it our annual elections. If you are interested in seeking an office please see either Norman Cabanna or Debbie Kirk by our January Meeting. All officers are elected annually for a term of 1 year and all offices are opened. Actual elections will be held at the February meeting.