Notes from Today's Meeting

Thanks to everyone who came to the meeting today. The food was delicious.

Essentially for the semester, we plan to do several fundraisers as well as demonstrations within the club. A number of opportunities for fundraising are coming up, such as the First Friday Artwalks downtown and show openings. Selling pins, magnets, earrings and other pieces in the sub is also a possibility. A "Red Eye, Black Tie" event (potentially inter-club or inter-department), wherein we work for twelve solid hours on pieces and open a show directly after for silent auction. This could be for charity as well as benefiting our organization.

Several local businesses are interested in displaying work. Vinyl Perk and the Portneuf Valley Brewery regularly show pieces and are friendly to students. The campus galleries are partial to student/club shows. We will have plenty of chances both as individuals and as a Guild to display our art. I will post more information about our department shows and deadlines for submissions as it becomes available with appropriate links.

As a Guild, we also want to reach out and be part of the local art community. We will be working with other ISU clubs as well as the local art organizations. We're looking into providing workshops for the local school districts in elementary through high school art classes. An after-school program has also been suggested. We will participate in the ISU Tech Fair, which will be during the week following finals. As the weather warms up, we will be more actively involved with the First Friday Artwalk with outdoor displays and demonstrations for the public.

We're not asking for club fees until our constitution is officially sanctioned by the university. The range will be around $10-15. Hopefully from these fees we will have a Mokume Gane (Japanese alloying/forging technique) demonstration, or potentially visit the copper mine in Utah.

Our next meeting will be in 2 weeks, and we'll be sure to inform everyone well in advance. The time may change in order to accommodate as many members as possible.

If you missed the meeting, please be sure to send me your contact info to: isu.metals@gmail.com

Also, send pics of your work, work in progress and any thoughts, comments, or suggestions to: isu.metals@gmail.com

Thanks everybody. I hope you're as excited as I am.
-Rebecca