Greetings! This is going to be an amazing season for the Guild and it gets started early!

We havent really had a break from the excitement this summer. Weve been actively negotiating with the Alliance to develop a good working relationship; weve been working on A Seahorse Dream project; weve continued our participation in the Co-op Gallery; but probably the most important thing is our exhibit, Dimensions in Art, at the von Liebig Art Center, Naples Art Association! Weve been trying for a very long time to secure an exhibit at the von Liebig, and weve finally achieved success. Many thanks to Sandra Mark who, once again, tipped me off that this opening existed. A copy of the Prospectus for this exhibit is included in this newsletter. Please note that this is a new version of the Prospectus, which includes a listing of works submitted, which you must fill out. Remember, this is an all member exhibit, and the only restrictions on entering are that you must be a member in good standing and that you must volunteer with the Guild, either for this

exhibit or some other volunteer need the Guild has. It is a fantastic recruiting tool, since new members can quickly qualify to participate. Now is the time to help the Guild with recruiting efforts. I know we will come together to work to make this the best ever Guild exhibit! Please read this newsletter carefully, as it is packed with important information that you all need to know. Doug and I and the dogs survived our 5,000+ mile trek to Colorado and back. We dealt with our insane highway system, wildfires, mud slides, flash floods, horrible thunderstorms, high altitude, cold weather with colder rain, extremely hot weather, and an unbelievably dry climate. People think Florida has extreme weather! We are very happy to be home. I hope all of you continue to have a great summer, and I hope you are ready to jump in and participate in a busy, enjoyable season with the Guild! Best wishes, Lorraine

Judy Anderson won the Bernes Choice Award at the Sidney and Berne Davis Art Centers Art of Playing exhibit for her fiber piece, Childs Play. Judy also won a Juror's Choice Award at the 27th Annual All Florida Exhibition, at the Alliance for the Arts for her fiber piece,Whaleback Light. Alex Chung won third place in CCAS Mays Bouquets for his clay piece, Iris Fragrance Jar. Stan Dzedzy will be the featured artist at the Cape Coral Arts Studio Gallery for the month of October, 2013. Fantasy in Clay opens on October 4, and the artists reception is Friday, October 11 from 5 to 7 PM. Kathy Erickson won a merit award in the VACs Made by Hand exhibit for her basket Ride a Wild Horse. Zdenka Fiala also won a merit award in the VACs Made by Hand exhibit for her Fused Glass Jewelry Set. Nancy Giffin won third place in the VACs Made by Hand exhibit for her wood, glass, and fiber piece, Turning Point.

Sandra Mark and John Merchant each had a piece on exhibit in the Center for the Arts of Bonita Springs show Sand, Surf & Summer, which ended July 26, 2013. Judy Van Inwegen won an honorable mention in CCAS Mays Bouquets for her fused glass piece, Field of Flowers. Rose Young was the featured artist at the Franklin Shops in downtown Ft. Myers in July. Her artwork will travel with the Studio Art Quilters Assoc. in 2014 & 2015. She won first place and the Peoples Choice Award in the VACs PrimaVera Spring Exhibit for her fiber piece, Gone with the Wind. This piece is featured in the PBS documentary The Fabric of Floridas History (http://thefloridachannel.org/video/the-fabric-of-floridas-history/) She also won second place for her fiber piece Blooming Rose Away from my Cheating Husband in the online gallery Infinity Art Gallery (www.infinityartgallery.com) for their 2013 Fiber Art Show. She will have her own entry in A Seahorse Dream project, and has secured a sponsor, Seahorse Marine. Roses Rhapsody in Blue won second place in the VACs Hot Summer Daze exhibit. These are amazing successes! Congratulations to all of you!

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The Guilds Exhibit at the Naples Art Association, Dimensions in Art, runs all month! Removal is Monday, Oct. 7, 2013, 10-1

STANDARDS UPDATE: Our next standards review will be Saturday, October 12, 2013, beginning at 10:30 AM at CCAS. Information regarding the exact room(s) will be determined closer to the date. In order to go through standards, you must be a Guild member in good standing for at least three (3) months, you must have attended at least two (2) business meetings, and you must have volunteered with the Guild during the calendar year you wish to go through standards or during the four months prior to the standards review date. Also, you must let Jacqui Smith (dreamscopes@earthlink.net; 239-772-4154) know that you wish to sit for standards at least two weeks prior to the standards review date. Jacqui will respond immediately to review the process with you. Every effort will be made to match the media of the members going through to the expertise of the judges chosen for each standards review. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact either Jacqui or Lorraine. MEMBERSHIP UPDATE: A warm welcome goes out to the Guilds new members: Andrew Corke, Thecorke@aol.com; mixed media. Stephanie Miller, Stephanie@Selectre.net. Oil painting/photography. 9250 Corkscrew Road. #8, Estero, FL 33928; Phone 239-851-0995. A SEAHORSE DREAM PROJECT: As you know, the Guilds application for A Seahorse Dream Project has been accepted. However, we still need to find a sponsor for the amount of $5,000. Please help! Feel free to copy the Guilds application that has been emailed to everyone and take it to companies you think may be interested. The benefits to them will be all the good PR they will receive from the project itself, free advertising with us, and most importantly, helping with such a fantastic cause, Golisano Childrens Hospital! Contact Lorraine if you need help. CHANGE IN HONORARY MEMBERSHIPS: At the May meeting, the Board approved a change to the status of Honorary members. Instead we will now replace this designation with Patron of the Guild and Member Emeritus status. Patrons of the Guild are members who support the Guild by providing services, donations, time, or other efforts that show their concern for the continued success of the Guild. The Member Emeritus status will be given to members whose achievements, contributions, and service to the Guild exceed what would be accepted as normal and expected over a lengthy period of time. The process to designate someone a Member Emeritus will begin with a written nomination presented to the Board. The Board will discuss and put the nomination under advisement until the next meeting when final comments will be accepted and a written vote will be taken. A simple majority will be required and a nay vote will not preclude another nomination after one year. The Member Emeritus is no longer required to pay dues or meet volunteer requirements for exhibiting, and retains their standards status and all benefits afforded to members in good standing. At this time Esther Ruminer is our only Member Emeritus. These changes will be reflected in the new Yearbook which will be distributed at the September meeting. INTERESTING ARTICLE: Heres a link to an article about one of our FGCU award recipients from last spring, Meaghan Shaw. Many thanks to Angela Aradia for your continued hard work in the PR department! http://www.examiner.com/article/ceramic-artistmeaghan-shaw-wins-southwest-florida-fine-craft-guild-award. CCAS GUILD CASE: September 2013: October 2013: November 2013: December 2013: January 2014: February 2014: Judy Van Inwegen Pam Bradfield June Bennett Sherry Moesch Craft Bash Workshop Examples Available

March 2014: April 2014: May 2014: June 2014 July 2014 August 2014

Available Available Available Available Available Available

Contact Jeanne Kostrub to reserve your spot. 239-731-1302; jekglass@gmail.com. CALL TO ARTISTS:

Mask: Cover-Conceal-Protect, the Alliance for the Arts Member Exhibit will be

held August 9-30, 2013. Receiving is Monday, August 5 from 9 AM 5 PM. The reception is Friday, August 9 from 5 7:30 PM. Removal is Tuesday, September 3 from 9 AM 5 PM. If you are not a member, you may join at receiving so that you have an opportunity to exhibit in this show. More info at 939-2787 and www.artinlee.org. The cost of membership starts at $50 per year.

The Aquarium, presented by CCAS runs from August 30 - September 26, 2013. In

its 21st year, this exhibit is open to all adult artists 16 and older, and is open to all media. The work must depict life beneath the waves, whether real or imagined, realistic or abstract. All work must be original, complete, ready for hanging, and cannot have been previously exhibited at CCAS. CCAS will retain a 30% commission. The non-refundable entry fee is $10, which includes two pieces per artist. The work will be juried and judged, and prizes will be awarded. Receiving will be Monday, August 26 from 9 AM 12 Noon (sharp!); call the Studio at 5740802 on Tuesday, August 27 after 9 AM to determine if your piece(s) made it into the show; Artists Reception will be Friday, September 6 from 5 - 7 PM; Removal is Friday, September 27 from 9 AM 4 PM. Receiving for Dimensions in Art, our ALL MEMBER exhibit, at the von Liebig Art Center at the Naples Art Association is Tuesday, August 27, 2013 from 11 AM2PM. The Prospectus for this exhibit is incorporated into this newsletter. VOLUNTEER UPDATE: Since the Guild is entirely a volunteer organization, participation by every member is essential. Volunteering is required in order to go through the standards process, and in order to participate in Guild-sponsored art exhibits. These volunteer positions are varied and require different amounts of time and commitment and provide a variety of opportunities. The positions that qualify are: officer or director, chair or member of a committee, assisting with Craft Bash or any other Guild-sponsored event or exhibit. Calls for volunteers go out in advance of every exhibit as well as each year for Craft Bash. Any member may serve in any capacity. Bringing food to a meeting or event, while important, does not fulfill your volunteer obligation, and neither does hosting a Friendship Meeting. We all must bring food to meetings and events if we dont want to go hungry! Although Friendship Meetings are important and provide a great opportunity for us to get to know one another better in a relaxed environment, neither hosting nor attending is required. Volunteer opportunities are constantly changing, so be sure to discuss them with Phyllis Rieser if you have any questions. The volunteer positions currently available are: Advertising Coordinator: The Advertising Coordinator could 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 we have 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 $45. The Board has been working on developing a process that will help the Advertising Coordinator/Committee get started. The Board will assist in any way possible to develop this committee.

Ding Darling Committee: We will be looking for members to help with Ding Darlings Art Festival next April. There will be many positions available and you will be hearing details in the near future. Toni Ory is Chairing this Committee, and Trudy Sampson is a member. They will need A LOT of help in the future! A Seahorse Dream Project: We will need help with our seahorse once we find a sponsor. Some people have already expressed interest, but we will need help with all aspects of this project. We also need help immediately with finding a sponsor willing to donate $5,o00. Benefits include a huge amount of great PR as well as the opportunity to help a fantastic cause. This project benefits the Golisano Childrens Hospital being built in Ft. Myers. Buddy System: The Board recently approved a Buddy System. Members who sign up for this would be assigned to a new member and would make themselves available to explain all facets of Guild activities, answer all questions and concerns, stay with new members during meetings, and generally help them become informed and feel comfortable as quickly as possible. We have two new members waiting for their buddies! Please contact Phyllis Rieser regarding volunteering at PRpsych@aol.com. Phyllis will be traveling during August and September, so if you do not hear from her, you may contact Lorraine. LONG TERM PLANNING: We have the following standards only Exhibits coming up in the future: CCAS, February, 2014 Mirroring the World Around Us Marco Island Center for the Arts, March, 2014 Art on the Edge Of the Gulf VAC in Punta Gorda, January, 2015 (note change in date; no theme yet) CCAS, February, 2015 (no theme yet) SBDAC, July, 2015 (no theme yet) We will also have the Art Councils Spring Shows open to all Guild members in February, 2014 & February 2016. Our eligible winners from our exhibits will also be participating 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. CO-OP ART GALLERY UPDATE: Summer season at the Gallery continues through October. Sales have been surprisingly good so far this summer. Remember, Guild members are qualified to participate once they have been members for three months and have attended two business meetings. We are hoping the Gallery will enjoy another season at Coconut Point! SALES OPPORTUNITY: The Grand Oaks Resort and Museum, located 25 miles from The Villages, will host the first of their twice-yearly Fine Arts and Crafts Show on October 19 and

20 (www.thegrandoaks.com). Booth Rentals: 10 x 10 single - $ 125 and 20 x 10 double - $ 250 plus tax 7% tax. You may register at www.zapplicaton.org and search for The Grand Oaks. If you have any additional questions please email info@thegrandoaks.com. This is NOT a Guild-sponsored event. We are merely passing along this information. FRIENDSHIP MEETINGS: Friendship meetings are our way of providing more opportunities for us to get together in a relaxed, social setting so that we might get to know one another better on a personal level. They have been very successful in this regard, and we are going to continue the practice this season. While hosting a friendship meeting does not fulfill volunteer obligations with the Guild, it is greatly appreciated. You may host a meeting at your home, or a condo party room, a park, the Sanibel Causeway, or any other place of your choice; use your imaginations! When these parties are hosted at members homes, it is particularly enjoyable to see studios, personal art work, and collections. The hosts simply provide non-alcoholic drinks and paper products, and the attendees supply everything else. The hosts may choose the day of the week and the time of day. This season we will begin in October, with Dee and Joe Cooper hosting in their Cape Coral home. In November we will gather at Maryanne Olsons home in Bonita Springs. Thank you both for volunteering so early for our first two parties! Details will be published soon. The months of December, 2013 April, 2014 are available, if you would like to host; contact Lorraine Capps for more details. 501(c)(3) UDATE: Our 501(c)(3) application was filed with the IRS in June. Many thanks go out to Marnie Keller, CPA, and her firm Keller & Koczara for helping us with this filing and for agreeing to waive their fee in return for advertising. Please like their Facebook page. Dee Cooper deserves a huge round of applause for making this whole thing happen! She took on an enormous job and persevered until the end. We are hoping for good news from the IRS, but will deal with whatever they come back with.

FACEBOOK:
Many of us are on Facebook, but we are not all Facebook Friends. If we were all friends with other Guild members, our sharing of information would be a lot more successful in that it would reach a lot more people. Since it takes far too long to suggest friends to others, please run down your roster list and see which fellow Guild members are on Facebook and send them a friend request. When you see a member on Facebook, and you are not friends, you could send them a quick request. It makes a lot of sense for all of us to be connected!

NEW FACEBOOK PAGES TO LIKE: Glass Artists of the Pikes Peak Region Keller & Koczara

The Southwest Florida Fine Craft Guild Presents Dimensions in Art August 30-October 4, 2013 Naples Art Association at the von Liebig Art Center, Naples, FL 585 Park Street, Naples, FL 34102; www.naplesart.org An All Member Juried Exhibit <> Judge: Muffy Clark Gill Receiving: Reception: Removal: Eligibility and Prizes: 1. 2. Tuesday, August 27, 2013 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM NO LATE ENTRIES Friday, September 6, 2013 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM (awards at 6:30 PM) Monday, October 7, 2013 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM

Entries must be ready to display with all necessary hangers. Maximum weight is 75 lbs . Maximum size for wall art is 30x40. This exhibit is only open to members in good standing of the Southwest Florida Fine Craft Guild who have volunteered with the Guild in 2013 or who have signed up to volunteer. PASSING STANDARDS IS NOT REQUIRED FOR PARTIPATION IN THIS EVENT. 3 Each artist may enter a maximum of three (3) pieces. It is not necessary to provide pedestals unless specialized to the piece. It is necessary to bring display stands for your work if they are needed. 4. Artists statements must be provided with each piece. Briefly state relevant information about the piece and/or yourself. These will be displayed along with the title, pricing, and medium. 5. All items must be for sale. 6. Ribbons and cash prizes will be awarded as follows: 1 st place $200; 2nd place $150; 3rd place $75; one merit award $25: one honorable mention ribbon. 7. All art work must be original; no giclees or reproductions of any kind are permitted. 8. Jurying and judging will take place immediately following receiving. You will be called ONLY IF YOUR WORK IS DECLINED OR IF YOU WIN A PRIZE. Fees and Commissions: No work previously shown at the von Liebig will be accepted. 2. Entry fees are $25 for the first piece entered, an additional $10 for the second piece, and an additional $5 for the third piece. Entry fees are not refundable. Please make checks payable to the Southwest Florida Fine Craft Guild. 3. A 30% commission will be retained on all sales by the von Liebig Art Center. Please take this into consideration when pricing your work. 4. RESPONSIBILITY: While every effort will be made to handle all pieces with care and protect from loss, neither the Southwest Florida Fine Craft Guild nor the Naples Art Association will be liable for loss or damage. 5. The submission of work for this exhibition will constitute an agreement to these conditions, including dates for exhibiting work, removing work, and permission to photograph for publicity purposes. Neither the Southwest Florida Fine Craft Guild nor the Naples Art Association will have responsibility for work left beyond the specified removal time. Signature on the identification labels constitutes agreement to these conditions. NO WORK MAY BE REMOVED BEFORE THE REMOVAL DATE SHOWN. KEEP THE ABOVE PORTION OF THE APPLICATION FOR YOUR REFERENCE AND INFORMATION.

Please provide the following information, leaving Entry ## blank.

ARTIST:
ENTRY ## TITLE MEDIUM PRICE

Attach one of the following to the back of your work, or face down if your work is on a pedestal: Entry #1 Entry #2 Dimensions in Art August 30-October 4, 2013 Dimensions in Art August 30-October 4, 2013 Name: ___________________________________________ Phone: _______________Email:______________________ Title of Work: _____________________________________ Medium: _________________________________________ Selling Price: ______________________________________ Signature: _________________________________________ Entry #3 Dimensions in Art August 30-October 4, 2013 Name: ___________________________________________ Phone: _______________Email:______________________ Title of Work: _____________________________________ Medium: _________________________________________ Selling Price: ______________________________________ Signature: _________________________________________ Name: ___________________________________________ Phone: _________________Email:____________________ Title of Work: _____________________________________ Medium: _________________________________________ Selling Price: ______________________________________ Signature: _________________________________________

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