More about Overture show

The Northside Artists Group has been accepted to exhibit at the Overture Center for the Arts. The show will be on exhibit in Gallery III from January 10 through March 23, 2008.
Exhibit Theme
Our theme for the show is "Reflections of the Northside". The goal of the exhibit is to enable the greater community to explore and learn about Madison’s Northside through visual art. Your artwork should portray some element of the Northside within your preferred artistic medium.
Application and Artwork Submission
Applications for the submitting artwork for the show will be mailed / emailed on Friday, November 9th. The application deadline is Monday December 3rd.
You may submit one piece to exhibit. The gallery can accommodate wall-mounted artwork only. If your piece is 3-demensional, you may provide a shelf for display. No artwork or shelving may project more than 12 inches from the wall. Please prepare your artwork with wire and/or appropriate hardware.
Sales
You may offer your artwork for sale during the exhibit. The Overture Center and NSAG do not receive any money from sales of artwork. Artwork must remain hung until the end of the show. You will receive more information about artwork sales with the application.
Liability and Insurance Information
The Overture Center and Northside Artists Group cannot offer any insurance for your artwork. We will handle your pieces as carefully as possible. In addition, the Overture Center galleries are equipped with security cameras.
Volunteer to help
We are looking for volunteers to help out with the show. There are countless ways to get involved. Contact Dana if you are interested. Contact us at northsideart[at]gmail.com.


Important dates to remember
Applications mailed to artists Friday November 9, 2007
Application deadline Monday December 3, 2007
Exhibit installation January 8 – 9, 2008
Show opening January 10, 2008
Opening reception tbd
Show closing March 23, 2008
Exhibit deinstallation March 24 – 25, 2008

NSAG at the Overture

Exciting News! NSAG has been selected to exhibit at the Oveture in 2008. Our exhibit will hang January-March 2008 in Gallery III.

Details right now are a bit vague. The Oveture will host a meeting in August to provide more information, and NSAG will hold a meeting in early September.

January is closer than you think, so you can begin creating now!

Our theme for the exhibit is "Reflections of the Northside". In brief, your artwork should portray some element of you define the Northside or what you find valuable about the Northside within your preferred artistic medium.

I proposed the exhibit as follows in our application:
"The exhibit will enable the greater community to explore and to learn about Madison’s Northside through visual art. The Northside is an extremely environmentally, culturally and socioeconomically diverse community. It is home to Cherokee Marsh, Warner Park, the Governor’s Mansion, Mallards baseball, Troy Gardens, Dane County Regional Airport, the Vera Court, Kennedy Heights, Northport and Packers community centers and more. Artists have endless opportunities to create art based on their neighborhood while challenging their own artistic explorations."

At this point, every artist will be able to exhibit one piece within a limited size range. There will be a fee of some sort (roughly $30) to partake in this show to cover exhibit costs. If the fee is a challenge for you, please talk to me (Dana) or another NSAG coordinator.

Of course, we will need help coordinating the show. There are countless ways to get involved. If you have an interest in mind, please let me know. Sign up sheets will also be available at the September meeting.

If you have any questions, please ask.

NSAG coordinators,
Kristi, Dee, Linda, Macia and Dana

Northside Farmers Market Update

August 5
painter Susan Hoffman will be showing her work.

August 19
photographer Jo Severt will show and sell her work. There will also be an all ages art activity of drawing postcards with Susan Hoffman showing people her techniques.

September 2
printer Dick Walker and potter Margy Walker will show and sell their work

September 16
Jo Severt will show and sell her photography. The art activity will be decorating Meals-On-Wheels bags.

October 7
photographer Steve Salt will show and sell his work

October 21
Forrrest Espinoza will share her Arttogo kits and an all ages mixed media art boards activity too. Photographer Kristi Hall will show and sell her work

Artists at Northside Farmers Market

Would you like to have a Free Art Show?

You pick the date, we have the place! The Northside Farmer's Market Sundays from 8:30 am to 12:30 am.

Dates are:

July 1

July 15 Dana Art Activity

Aug. 5

Aug. 19 Art Activity Day

Sept. 2

Sept. 16 Art Activity Day

Oct. 7

Oct. 21 Art Activity Day

Dana and I have worked hard to get this space for all of you! We have a tent, two tables, NSAG brochures and a NSAG banner. All you have to do is pick a date and be their to share your art with the Northside community. You are welcome to share the space with other artists. So call a few people in the group, it's more fun with other people anyway. The Northside Farmer's Market would like us to have an art activity table on the third weekend of every month. This is a great chance for you to show people your skills with a hands on demonstration. Please call or email me and we can talk about the details!

Thanks,

Forrest Espinoza
Arttogo LLC
1218 Debra Lane
Madison, WI 53704

(608)-246-1898

email: forrest@myarttogo.com
web: www.myarttogo.com

NSAG artist URLs

If you are a participating NSAG artist, already have your own web page about your art, and would like to be listed on this NSAG page, send your name and URL to us at northsideart@gmail.com. We will add you to the roll.

Minutes from the last meeting

NSAG Meeting Minutes 5/16/07 @ Lakeview Library

In Attendance:

Dave Reisinger, Linda Falkenstein, Marcia Yapp, Kristi Hall, Dana Slowiak, Bill Beese, Ron McKinley, Carolyn Gantner, Forrest Espenoza, Valerie Holden

Meeting Time: 6:30pm to 8:00pm

Topic #1 Northside Farmers Market (NSFM)

• Forrest went over what was said at the NSFM meeting
• Set up is by 8:30am and breakdown is by 12:30
• NSFM is giving us a stall for free this year. In return NSFM would like us to be the filter for any art based group or individual that wants a stall
• We have our stall every 1^st and 3^rd Sunday from May 20^th thru Oct 21^st. NSFM suggested doing an art based activity on the 3^rd Sunday since they don’t have anything planned on those Sundays. Perhaps during the peak busy times of 10-12.
• There was a lot of discussion about the activities and/or demos.
• Can we get enough members interested to do them for 5 Sundays?
• Who will coordinate them?
• Who would supply and pay for the materials?
• Do we have enough time to get this organized?
• Forrest offered to supply some materials and ideas/kits for projects but cannot be at the NSFM every Sunday there is an activity.
• Those present at the meeting (as well as the NSFM) thought it would be acceptable to ask for donations from anyone participating in the activity.
• ACTION FORREST: Forrest will contact the NSAG members and see who is interested in either showing/selling their art and what dates they could do that and/or conducting an activity/demo while they are showing/selling their art.
• Be aware that we cannot compete with other NSFM vendors. Items such as candles, jams, and other homemade products are not allowed for NSAG members. See the NSFM’s webpage for a list of their current vendors.
• ACTION DANA: Dana is checking on purchasing tables and a tent for use at the NSFM. If you have any info to share regarding places to buy these things let her know. 241-3669. UPDATE: The tables and tent were purchased. We now have a tent and two six-foot tables
• We discussed that a portion (perhaps 5 to 10%) of any sales at the NSFM from NSAG members would go back to NSAG. Nothing was officially decided upon. ACTION DANA: place on the agenda for the next meeting and/or send out a ballot to NSAG members.
• The idea was brought up by Dana that the NSAG tent could be rented out to NSAG members for a fee and that money be income for NSAG. Those at the meeting liked that idea.
• NSFM will take care of advertising when NSAG will be at the market. We need to let them know if we will not have anyone there.

• What should we have at our booth on a weekly basis?
• We have postcards left for this purpose. Kristi and Dana have extras. Please get some if you intend to be at the NSFM.
• Do we need a banner? Who can work on that?
• ACTION DANA: Dana will work on a brochure for the booth.
• ACTION CAROLYN: Carolyn will talk to some people that might be able to loan us some stands that you hang artwork on.

Topic #2 Cherokee Marsh

• Carolyn Gantner offered to be the Coordinator for this project and subcommittee
• Let her know if you are interested in helping/participating
• The project idea: collaborate with the Friends of Cherokee Marsh (Jan Axelman) and put on an art show that highlights the marsh and it’s contents. Why it’s important, why we need to keep it around etc.
• Friends of Cherokee Marsh are willing to help us with any text, plant and animal ID that we need so that we can have info to go along with our artwork.
• We are hoping for a show in 2008, location TBD.
• ACTION ALL: Should we have a more precise theme? If you have ideas, send them to Carolyn.
• We discussed making this the Overture center exhibit but decided against it. If we do it separate, we’ll increase our exposure and coordinating the time might get a bit tricky.

Topic #3 Overture Center

• ACTION DANA: Working on the application that is due in Mid June
• Show would be for 2008. The overture would pick Spring or Fall and let us know.

Other Topics:

• Future meetings: we will try to have them about every 6 weeks or when needed. Subcommittees will have meetings as needed.
• ACTION DANA: Dana will be sending out a list of who volunteered or is interested in participating in what.
• Marcia said Dee heard some interest at the opening reception that NSAG members would like to have a social of some sort so we could all meet each other.

What's up with NSAG?

This new blog, for one. Visit frequently or subscribe to our feed to find out what's going on with the group.

And check out our current exhbit through May 31 at The Coffee Gallerie and the Lakeview Public Library.