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Presidents Letter:
Greetings and Happy New Year! The Guild kicks off the New Year with Jim Sobels solo exhibit at CCAS! Dare to be Different, New Directions New Challenges will run from January 3, to January 30, 2014, and will be a retrospective of his work. His exhibit will include sculpture/art in stone, clay, metal, found objects, wood, mixed media, apoxy, assemblage-collage, painting, and digital design that encompasses a broad spectrum of emotions, themes, and ideas. The Gala Reception will be Friday, January 10, 2014 from 5 7 PM. Please join us at the reception to celebrate Jim and his marvelous art! Make a night of it and enjoy one of the many fabulous Cape Coral restaurants after the exhibit. A simulated live tour can be found on Jims web site at the conclusion of the exhibit: www.sculpturebysobel.com. We head into the New Year with a brand new approach to critiquing our work. As you know, after the standards vote in November, a group formed to explore our options moving forward. The group includes: Sue Archer, Louis Ford, Angela Aradia, Al Liccardi, Jacqui Smith, Kathy Erickson, Tania Begg, Alice Melzer, Toni Ory, Trudy Edlebeck, Alex Chung, Gloria Winer, and Nancy Giffin. They have already spent a great deal of time and effort, and are taking this task extremely seriously. One of the main developments has been to establish a voluntary peer review process where members can bring in pieces to be reviewed and discussed. This process will have clearly-defined and transparent parameters, and will be designed to provide constructive criticism and growth for participating artists. It will also help our members decide which pieces to enter into exhibits, if they are interested in exhibiting. We have conducted a mock review, which was very successful, and we are all encouraged that this process will work well. A Peer Review Committee has formed out of this group, and Sue Archer and Louis Ford have agreed to Co-Chair. The Board of Directors and I are extremely pleased with the progress we are making. Id like to thank Jacqui Smith for her tireless efforts and commitment to improve the old standards process and now the new peer review process. I've heard from many members who commend her on the excellent job shes done to make them feel prepared and calm as they approached prior standards reviews. Many of these people voted to keep the old standards process in tack specifically because Jacqui made their experience such a positive one! That is a great testament to her as standards Chair, and we are so grateful to her for helping us down this path that we are now on. I'm appreciative of the fact that she immediately volunteered to work towards an improved method of quality control and for remaining on the Peer Review Committee! Her presence and participation provide important continuity and background information that is much needed. Her contributions to the Guild have been great and are continuing into the future. Thank you so much, Jacqui! We will conduct our first peer review at the January business meeting on Saturday, January 18. We already have four people for this peer review, and we will be conducting another peer review in March. If you are interested in participating, please contact Sue Archer or Louis Ford. The number of people who will be critiqued will be limited to four in order to provide the time necessary to fully evaluate their pieces. Each person will be limited to three pieces. Also at the January meeting we will be breaking into small groups according to media to discuss what factors and guidelines should be used to address each media. I hope we will have a strong showing of support for this endeavor, and I agree with Louis when he predicts that people will be vying for an opportunity to have their work critiqued once this system is up-and-running and they see how educational and informative it can be. Many thanks to Sue and Louis, as well as the entire committee, for their commitment and dedication to this effort! Our Webmaster, Nancy Giffin, has been working on our website, which looks fabulous! Our new web address is: www.swflfinecraftguild.org. Nancy is continually updating the site. If you have any suggestions, please let her know. She has also created a new email address for the Guild: [email protected]. If you would like photos of your art work posted on the web site, please send them to Nancy. Please join me in thanking Nancy for all of her hard work on the site! Also, Nancy has volunteered to fill the spot on the VP Committee left vacant when Dee Cooper accepted the Treasurer position AND has joined the Peer Review Committee! Your efforts are greatly appreciated, Nancy! We enjoyed another fun-filled Dirty Santa Gift Exchange at our December meeting, which was well-attended by Guild members, guests, and new members! Thank you to all who came and contributed to the refreshment table and the gift e xchange. Im already looking forward to next years party! Warmest wishes to you and your families for a happy and prosperous New Year, Lorraine

Judy Anderson is participating in the Tropical Textiles Fiber Art Exhibit at Physicians Regional Healthcare System, located at 6101 Pine Ridge Rd, Naples, FL. Work will be on display through February 10, 2014; hours are M- F, 6:00 AM 8:00 PM; Saturday and Sunday 9 AM - 8 PM. Andrew Corke won first place in the Alliance for the Arts Rejectamenta Exhibit for his piece Death Owl, a recycled bike tire painting! Congratulations, Andrew!!! Dee Cooper will be the visiting artist at Harbor View Gallery in Cape Coral for the month of February, 2014. The Reception is Tuesday February 4 from 6 8 PM. Kathy Erickson has new email addresses. She prefers the first address. [email protected] and [email protected]. Nancy Giffin is the guest artist at Sea Grape Gallery in Punta Gorda for the month of January. Gallery Walk in Punta Gorda is Thursday, January 16, 2014 from Nancy is also participating in the Florida National Wood Art Expo & Competition for the third year. The Expo will be at the Charlotte Harbor Event Center in Punta Gorda on January 11 & 12, 2014.

Sherry Moesch will be the visiting artist at Harbor View Gallery in Cape Coral for the month of March, 2014. The Reception will be Tuesday, March 4, 2014 from 6 8 PM. Jacqui Smith has a new email address: [email protected]. Also, Jacqui is looking for someone who is skilled at pouring and casting resin molds so she can produce copies of her 32 piece Through The Looking Glass chess set. Jim Sobels solo exhibit, Dare to be Different: New Directions New Challenges, at CCAS will run from January 3 30, 2014. Jim will be showing art that hes never exhibited before! Be sure to attend the artists reception on Friday, January 10, 2014 from 5 7 PM. Jims newly-designed web site is: www.sculpturebysobel.com. Lisa Tully also has a new email address: sundance03075 @aim.com. Gloria Winer, who was kind enough to take the minutes of the December business meeting in Jims absence, is having computer problems. The minutes will be distributed at a later date.

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10. JIM SOBELs RECEPTION Dare to be Different: New Directions New Challenges, CCAS, 5-7

11. NANCY GIFFIN at FL National Wood Art Expo Charlotte Harbor Event Center 9-4; entry fees $7 one day, $12 two days. 18. At CCAS: 10:30 Board Meeting; 12:30 Business Meeting: Raffle tickets on sale; Voluntary peer review.

12. NANCY GIFFIN at FL National Wood Art Expo Charlotte Harbor Event Center 9-4; entry fees $7 one day, $12 two days.

13.RECEIVING Co-op Art Gallery 10-1 REMOVAL von Liebig, Breaking Through with Color, 10-2 RECEPTION Hirdie Girdie Art Gallery, Sanibel, 4-6:30 20. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

14. *FREE LUNCH* ART COUNCIL MEETING, Planning & Goal Setting Workshop Anne Dalton, Esq., Leader: 9:00-9:30 social, 11 workshop; 12:30 lunch; 1-3 workshop continues; location: Keiser University: 9100 Forum Corporate Pkwy, Ft. Myers *FREE LUNCH!* 21.

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31. RECEPTION Art Council Spring Show, von Liebig Art Center, Naples 5:30-7:30 Chinese New Year

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NEW MEMBERS: A warm welcome goes out to the Guilds new members: Doug Capps, driver, sherpa, proofreader, 1295 Par View Dr., Sanibel, FL 33957, 239-395-3666 home; 239-989-3956 cell; [email protected]. Gloria Ford, Clay, 1512 SW 54th Terrace Cape Coral, FL 33914, 239-5409183, [email protected]. MaryAnn Lehmann, Clay, 4091 Orange Grove Blvd., Ft. Myers, FL 33903, 239-671-9800, [email protected]. MaryAnn is rejoining the Guild! Welcome back, MaryAnn! Cathy Weckerling, Jewelry, 5342 Cobalt Court, Cape Coral, FL 33904, (239) 540-2990, [email protected]. Marilyn Whittaker, Fiber, 23160 Foxtail Creek, Bonita Springs, FL 34135, 217-722-5284 Cell, [email protected]. THE GUILDS EXHIBIT AT THE SWFL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: The Guilds Exhibit at the SWFL Community Foundation continues through January. The reception on November 22 was well attended and well received. The staff at the Foundation repeatedly commented on how impressed they were at the quality of our art work. When your work sells, you will be notified, and you may replace it at any time; just ask for Jacqueline Ehlers when you drop off your replacement piece(s). Removal for this exhibit is Thursday, January 30 from 9 AM 12 Noon. Many thanks to the Art Council and the Community Foundation for this excellent exhibit opportunity! CRAFT BASH: This season's Craft Bash will be held on Sunday, January 26, 2014, from 9 AM - 4 PM, and the workshops will be: Silversmithing, Fused Glass, Raku and Horsehair Firings, Weaving, Mosaics, Bead Weaving, Nantucket Baskets, Doll Making, and Stained Glass. Trudy Sampson will give a Stone Sculpture demo during the lunch hour, which will be a BYO brown bag lunch. Guild members and CCAS students receive discounts on workshops. Reserve your spot today by calling 574-0802. Workshops fill up fast so act quickly! There will be another raffle of art work made by Guild members. We are in need of donations of art work for the raffle. The raffle will benefit our scholarship fund! Flyers have been distributed. Please use them to invite as many people as you can. There is a post on Facebook about Craft Bash and as it gets closer, there will be a Facebook event created. Please share both of these to help spread the word. It just takes two quick clicks to share an event or a post and it helps tremendously to get the word out. We are still in need of two people to help with parking. Please let June Bennett know if you can help. Teachers, please have your sample projects and supply lists to Cher by December 30. MEMBERSHIP UPDATE: The Guild now has 92 members! That is the largest number we have had in recent years! Anna Marie Jacobi tells us that many years ago we had 128 members, most of whom were fiber artists. Our goal now is to break that record in 2014! We can do it if everyone works hard and keeps recruiting in the forefront of our minds! Regularly priced membership

renewals of $35 and $50 for individual and family memberships respectively, are due on or before January 1, 2014. You may mail your check to Kathy Erickson at any time: P.O. Box 511602, Punta Gorda, FL 33951. You will need your 2014 membership cards to enter Coconut Point as well as Guild and Art Council shows. Kathy will give you your membership cards at Guild meetings. Remember to keep your Yearbooks up-to-date by adding contact information for new members as they are published in the Newsletters. CO-OP ART GALLERY UPDATE: January Receiving is Monday, January 13 from 10 AM 1 PM, and the Reception is Friday, January 17 from 5 7 PM. Effective January 6, the Gallery will be closed on Mondays. This will make the scheduling of gallery sitters easier, it will provide opportunities for meetings to be held, and it will allow more time for receivings, installations, and rearranging the Gallery as refreshed items come in. The Guilds November commission on sales was $1,742.40! Congratulations to everyone who sold and who contributed to this total. While December sales figures will not be finalized before this newsletter is published, sales are well ahead of December, 2013! Remember, in order to participate in the Gallery, you must be a member of the Guild for three months and you must attend two business meetings. If you have any questions about the Gallery, you may contact our Art Council Delegate, Naldyne Light. ART COUNCIL UPDATE: The January Art Council meeting will include an important Workshop on Goals and Planning, led by Anne Dalton, Esq. The meeting will be held on January 14, 2014 at Keiser University at the Forum on Colonial Blvd. in Ft. Myers, and will be hosted by Arts of the Inland. Their meeting starts at 9:30 with a social half hour and business meeting from 10 11 AM, after which the Art Council meeting will begin. It will be an important meeting since the first goal of the Officers is to find a permanent place for the Co-op Gallery and for the Art Council. As always, Guild members are encouraged to attend. We all will benefit if the Art Council finds a permanent home, and we all should help in any way we can. Lunch will be provided by the Art Council!! METAL DISPLAY STANDS: The metal artist who created Louis Fords display stands is Byron Wood of Metalsmith Designs, Inc.: 12581 Metro Parkway #17, Fort Myers, FL 33966; Email: [email protected]; www.metalsmithdesigns.com; www.byronmwood.com. Phone: 239-936-6720; Fax: 239-561-0286; Cell: 239633-3469; It is best to call ahead and make an appointment, but feel free to stop in any time as you may be able to catch him. He will make custom display stands for your work at a reasonable cost, and will make one at a time, or a larger number. Thank you, Louis, for sharing this information with us! DING DARLING UPCYCLE ART FESTIVAL: Ding Darlings Upcycle Art Festival will hold a scaled-down upcycle event on April 16, 2014. Twenty-five artists will display their work in the nature center with artwork for sale, and there will be an undetermined number of artists with one piece on display and eligible for awards and

prizes. Set-up and the reception will be held on Tuesday, April 15, 2014. The application/jurying fee is $30, with 10% of sales to be donated to Ding Darling. All booths and displays will be inside or under cover on the outside of the main building. Acceptance in the art show will be on a first-come-first-served basis under the guidelines of the show (60% recycled art materials.) The art show will be a trial for an upscale upcycle art show in 2015. If you are interested, please contact our Ding Darling Chair, Toni Ory. CCAS GUILD CASE: The Guilds display case is located in Building 2 of CCAS. CCAS retains 30% of the sales, so work should be priced accordingly. Contact Jeanne Kostrub to reserve your spot. Please give her your first and second choice of months. 239-731-1302; [email protected]. The case is available to all members. New members should take advantage of this opportunity! CCAS is busy during the summer because of the childrens camp. January 2014: February 2014: March 2014: April 2014: May 2014: June 2014 July 2014 August 2014 September 2014 October 2014 November 2014 December 2014 January 2015 Craft Bash Workshop Examples Angela Aradia Anna Marie Jacobi Stan Dzedzy Patsy Pelton Available Available Available Available June Bennett Dale Eulitz Alex Chung Craft Bash Workshop Examples

7, 2014, and the poster entry deadline is February 28, 2014. For further information and to download the registration form, go to www.miromarartonthelake.com. You may also contact Jessica LaCroix, Events and Social Activities Manager, at 239-908-2398 or [email protected]. HIRDIE GIRDIE GALLERY: The Hirdie Girdie Gallery is celebrating its 20th Anniversary! Guild members Sandi and Phil Krym, Kathy Boynton, and Tania Begg are members of the gallery, along with former Guild member Jeanne Risher. Gallery hours are 11 AM 5 PM, Monday through Saturday. The gallery hosts a reception every month during season, and the January reception will be held on Monday, January 13 from 4:00 6:30 PM. This month gallery alumni artists return with their work. Come join the celebration! ALLIANCE FOR THE ARTS: We will be partnering with the Alliance for a day of art demos on Saturday, March 15, 2014! More details will be distributed soon, but we are excited about this endeavor. Members who volunteer to demo will be able to sell their work at the same time. This will be held in conjunction with the Alliances Green Market, so there will be a large number of people in attendance. We are hoping to have our business meeting after the event on the Alliance grounds in the Edwards Building. We need to think of a good name for this event. Some initial thoughts are Made by Hand and The Art of Fine Craft. Please put your creative thinking caps on! Many thanks to Rose Young, our Alliance Chair, for her hard work in this regard. VOLUNTEER UPDATE: Please consider the following list carefully, and remember that a spouse or family member can be your stand-in for volunteering! If your family member has any of the qualifications for or interest in any of these positions, we would appreciate their help. Volunteer opportunities are constantly changing, so be sure to discuss them with Phyllis Rieser, if you have any questions. In addition to the Alliance event above, the volunteer positions currently available are: Craft Bash 2014: We still need people to help on the day of Craft Bash with parking control. There are four entrances that need to be manned. Please let June Bennett know if you can help. Its a fun day and a great way to get your volunteering in for 2014. Craft Bash is scheduled for Sunday, January 26, 2014 from 9 AM 4PM. We also need donations of art work for the raffle that will benefit our scholarship fund!!! Recruiting Committee: Our Recruiting Chair, Edie Limbright, has two people on her Committee now! Petra Kaiser and Zdenka Fiala have joined the Committee, and will work with Edie on this important job. Please be on the lookout for potential new members for the Guild. Pick up business cards and/or email addresses for people you think are good candidates, and give the information to Edie so she can contact them. Remember, we can ALL help with this effort, and many of you have recruited new members recently. THANK YOU for that, and keep up the good work. We should all be constantly on the look-out for new members, whether they be friends, fellow students, fellow sitters at Coconut Point, neighbors, and for our teachers, students in your classes. If you are interested in joining the Committee, contact Edie. Advertising Chair and Committee: The Board has developed an advertising brochure as a tool to assist in obtaining sponsors and advertisers. This brochure will be finalized and distributed to all members shortly. We can begin this process even before we have an Advertising Committee in place if each of us makes an effort. The brochure will be completed soon and will be distributed to all members. Please help with this important job! The Advertising Committee will use the phone and/or email to solicit ads for our web site and newsletter. The membership could be instrumental in providing ideas for potential advertisers. We have a flyer that could be utilized which outlines the costs of our ads. Once

CALLS TO ARTISTS: Art Council of SWFL Spring Show 2014 is here! The full Prospectus can be found on the Art Councils web site: www.acswf.org. All Guild members are eligible to participate!!! You MUST send all registration forms and information to Naldyne Light via US Mail by January 6, 2014.We would like to have a strong showing of 3D fine crafts!! The venue is the von Liebig Art Center in Naples. Receiving is Wednesday, January 22, 2014 from 10 AM 4 PM. If you have not submitted your information to Naldyne in advance, you will not be allowed to enter the exhibit at Receiving! You MUST bring your 2014 Guild membership card, which you will receive when you pay your 2014 Guild dues. It is your responsibility to make sure you have your card. This is another fabulous opportunity to exhibit and sell our art at the von Liebig! If you need a hard copy of the Prospectus, Lorraine Capps will print one for you, as always. Please feel free to ask her for one. Volunteers are still needed to help with Receiving on January 22, hosting at the Reception on January 31, and for Removal on March 3 from 10-4. Remember, our Marco Exhibits Receiving is on March 3 as well (11-2). However, if you would like to volunteer, please contact Sandra Mark at [email protected]. UPCOMING BIG ARTS EXHIBITS: BIG Arts is hosting the following exhibits this season: Based on Books, January 17 February 28, 2014. Trick of the Light: Black and White Photography Show, March 3 31, 2014. Its Illuminating, April 3 29, 2014.

The prospectuses for these exhibits can be downloaded by going to www.bigarts.org. Notify Lorraine Capps if you need hard copies. You may also call 23-395-0900 for further information.

Art on the Lake, Miromar Lakes Beach & Golf Courses 6th annual art

festival is scheduled for Sunday, March 30, 2014 from 12 Noon to 3 PM at the new marina on the peninsula. They are looking for artists to participate in the festival, as well as entries for their poster contest. The grand prize is $1,000! The registration deadline for the festival is March

we have more advertisers, there will also be the need to keep track of their renewal dates. An assistant or assistants may be necessary. Also, please consider advertising your business with the Guild and helping to find advertisers. The rate schedule is as follows: Business card size ads: 4 newsletter issues + 6 months on web site: $50 9 newsletter issues + 12 months on web site: $75 Quarter page ads: 4 newsletter issues + 6 months on web site: $100 9 newsletter issues + 12 months on web site: $150 Advertising in the Yearbook is $50. The Board has been working on developing a process that will help the Advertising Chair and Committee get started. The Board will assist in any way possible to develop this committee. Buddy System: Established members who are active in the Guild are assigned to a new member and make themselves available to explain all facets of Guild activities, answer all questions and concerns, sit with new members during meetings, and generally help them become informed and feel comfortable as quickly as possible. Phyllis has a pool of people to pull from when new members join. Please let her know if youd like to participate. March Art Council Meeting: We are co-hosting the March Art Council meeting with CCAS on Tuesday, March 11, 2014 from 9:30 AM 1:00 PM. We have a conflict with our reception for our Marco Island Exhibit, Art on the Edge Of the Gulf, which is the same day from 5:30 7 PM. Because we will have to split our resources that day, we will need volunteers to help with the Art Council meeting as well as the Marco reception. While we do not have to provide all of the food and wine for the reception, they have asked us to help. Our Art Council Delegate, Naldyne Light, and Phyllis Rieser are working on the Art Council meeting and will need a group of people to help them. To discuss current volunteer opportunities, please contact Phyllis Rieser at [email protected]. GUILD T-SHIRTS: Sue Archer delivered our new Guild t-shirts at the December meeting, which were created by her husband, Neil. A huge thank you goes out to both of them for a job well-done. If youd like to purchase one of the extra t-shirts that were ordered, contact Dee Cooper. FRIENDSHIP MEETINGS: Thank you to the Fialas for hosting the December Friendship meeting. It was a delightful afternoon, and we enjoyed the tremendous birdwatching experience. Their lake was full of white pelicans, wood storks, loons, ducks, and cormorants! Sherry and Rich Moesch are hosting the January Friendship meeting on Saturday, January 25 at 2 PM. Their address is 1128 Amber Lake Ct., Cape Coral; 239-458-9970; shergale1@gmailcom. Please RSVP to Sherry if you can attend. Feel free to bring family, friends, and visitors! Friendship meetings are our way of providing more opportunities for us to get together in a relaxed, social setting. The hosts simply provide nonalcoholic drinks and paper products, and the attendees supply everything else. The hosts may choose the day of the week and the time of day. The schedule so far for this season is below. Contact Lorraine if you are interested in hosting. January 25, 2 PM February March April Sherry & Rich Moesch, Cape Coral Sandra Mark & John Merchant at their studio space in Ft. Myers Maryanne Olson, Bonita Springs Available

CCAS, February, 2014 Mirroring the World Around Us : Prospectus has been distributed; check participation requirements. Exhibit dates: February 7 27, 2014; Receiving: Monday, February 3, 2014, 9 AM 12 Noon; Reception: Friday, February 14, 2014, 5 7 PM; Removal: Friday, February 28, 2014, 9 AM 4 PM. Judge: Alicia Schmidt Marco Island Center for the Arts, March, 2014 Art on the Edge Of the Gulf : (Please LIKE the Marco Island Center for the Arts on Facebook!) Exhibit dates: March 7 27, 2014; Receiving, Monday, March 3, 2014, 11 AM 2 PM; Reception, Tuesday March 11, 2014, 5:30 7 PM; Removal: Friday, March 28, 2014, 10 AM 1 PM. Judge: Barbara Snyderman CCMI FOOD DRIVES: Collecting food and other supplies for the homeless and hungry is an important aspect of our charitable status, and is extremely important for our community. You may visit CCMIs web site for ideas of food and other items to donate: www.ccmileecounty.com. You may also contact Sandi Krym, our Community Outreach Chair. We need to move away from the idea that we simply clean out our pantries looking for expired items. If you would not eat it, please do not donate it! When you are shopping at the grocery store or warehouse store, spend a few extra dollars to buy an item or two that is really needed: a large box of cereal, a bag of rice, or cans of beans would go a long way towards helping those in need. Pet food is also a great thing to donate since helping people keep their pets is one of the many fantastic services that CCMI provides our community. We collect food at every Guild meeting! Please help. Lets make each months donations even bigger than the last! LONG TERM PLANNING: Please be thinking ahead, as we have the following Guild exhibits coming up in the future: Visual Arts Center (VAC), Goff Gallery, Punta Gorda, January, 2015 (no theme yet); Cape Coral Arts Studio (CCAS) February, 2015 (no theme yet); Sidney and Berne Davis Art Center (SBDAC) July, 2015 (no theme yet).

Please like both the VAC and SBDAC on Facebook. We are always looking for exhibit venues and themes. If you have any thoughts, please share them with Lorraine Capps or a member of the VP Committee. We will also have the next Art Council Spring Show open to all Guild members in February of 2016. Our eligible winners from our exhibits will participate in the Councils Winners Circle Show in March of 2015. Pertinent dates for these exhibits can be found in the Art Council newsletters, and will be published here as they get closer. Check the Art Councils web site, newsletters, and brochure for other art leagues exhibits that are open to all Art Council members. FEBRUARY MEETING CHANGE: Our February meetings will be held on the SECOND Saturday of February: Saturday, February 8, 2014. The Board meeting will be held at 10:30 AM, and the Business meeting will be at 12:30. Mark your calendars! Anne Dalton, Esq. will be speaking after our Business meeting on Artistic Integrity and the Law, the notion that artists should receive residuals for their work when it re-sells similar to the royalties that writers receive when their work re-sells. Come learn about this and other artistic integrity protections for your work in a return workshop with Anne, a creative arts attorney and Patron of the Guild who has been representing artists, photographers and others for 35 years. You wont want to miss this informative and interesting presentation!

THIS SEASONS REMAINING GUILD EXHIBITS: Please plan for our remaining exhibits of the season!

LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST: Congratulations to Scamp and Skitter Krym for making the pages of the 2014 Bad Cat Calendar! Their adorable photo is on Friday, March 28 and is reproduced below. How cute are they? Sandi and Phil have no idea who Dave and Jessica are, since the captions are added by the publisher. These are two very large and in-charge boys!