IMPRESSIONS NEWSLETTER OF THE ARKANSAS LEAGUE OF ARTISTS Christmas Party At November Meeting We would like to thank all our members who were able to attend our annual Christmas Party, which was held at our November meeting. Since we had already consumed too much Thanksgiving stuffing, we decided to go for a pasta dinner from Two Sister s Catering in Sherwood, AR, and it turned out to be great! The room was filled with decorations, an assortment of Christmas music, great conversation, and wonderful art as we all enjoyed our meal. After the meal, members were delighted to begin the Santa exchange, which revealed some really fabulous art! After the Santa exchange, we were able to start voting for our December winners, making this our last monthly competition of the year since we do not have a December meeting. Thanks to Stacy Jones and Sandy Kraft for doing such a great job! Merry Christmas and see you next year! No meeting in December
ARTISTS of THE MONTH December 2017 Winners: 1 st - Ed Noble 2 nd - Sharon Franke 3 rd - Millicent Phillips 4 th - Stacy Jones 5 th - Debbie Strobel December winners will display their art at the designated vendors in January. 2017 ALA Winners Show The 2017 ALA Winners Show will be on exhibit at the Patrick Hays Center, 401 West Pershing Blvd., NLR, January 2-31. The Winners Show is an exhibit of all the winning artwork from the 2017 monthly competitions. There are 60 eligible pieces of artwork for this exhibit/competition and it is always one of ALA's finest exhibits. Everyone is welcome to the Opening Reception/Awards Ceremony on Friday evening, January 5, from 6:00-7:30, at the Patrick Hays Center. (Beside the NLR Community Center where the monthly meetings are held.) 2
Awards and Recognition Susan Hurst was honored to have two pastel paintings accepted into the 31 st Juried Web Exhibition of the International Association of Pastel Society. The show will go online December 1, at www.lapspastel.org. One of the paintings accepted into the show was the portrait she started of her brother-in-law as a demo for an ALA meeting. Mary Ann Stafford will be the Featured Artist at Art on the Green in Conway, AR. The opening reception for her show, "Where the Sky Kisses the Earth", is Thursday, January 11, from 3:30 to 5:30 pm. Santa Exchange Kay Reed got Sam Caruther s Smile Millicent Phillips got Stacy Jones bird. Lacy Frasier got Eddie Smith s Chickadees 3
Debbie Strobel got Ed Noble s Sharon Franke got Patrick Edward s Sandy Kraft got Debbiel s Ed Rhodes got Louise Carlisle s Nancy Smith got Tom Crowder s funny gift. Ed Noble got Bruce Schratz s Patrick Edwards got Sharon Franke s Louise Carlisle got Kay Reed s Sam Caruthers got Ed Rhodes Tom Crowder got Millicent Phillips Anne Parat got Sandy Kraft s 4 Bruce Schratz got Lacy Fraiser s
Eddie Smith got Anne Parat s Stacy Jones got Nancy Smith s Annual Dues Just a reminder that annual dues are not due until the month of August, 2018. Any NEW members or renewals paid at or after our August 2017 meeting, will be tracked and considered current until August, 2018. Members will have to be current on their dues to participate in monthly competitions, shows or exhibits for 2018. Please Help ALA by signing up for Kroger Community Rewards For those who have already signed up for the Kroger Community Program, we thank you. But we ask that you please go online to re-designate ALA as your desired charity in order to continue the rewards. This must be done every January to continue the rewards for ALA. You do not have to recreate your account, just re-designate ALA as your charity. For those who have never signed up, please go to: https://www.kroger.com/account/enrollcommunityrewardsnow., create an account and designate Arkansas League of Artists as your charity. Our number is 80995. This is free money for ALA without your being out anything but a little extra time to sign up. Each year, you must re-designate but you do not have to recreate an account. Just remember your password or you can create a new one. If you need help, please call Sandy Kraft (501-786-0910) or Louise Carlisle (501-779-1475). Thank you for your support ALA Staff ALA Board Members: President - Sharon Franke, President Elect - Clarence Cash, Secretary/Newsletter Editor - Sandy Kraft, Treasurer - Patrick Edwards, Stacy Jones, Ed Noble, Anne Parat, Vonda Rainey, Ed Rhodes, 5