Claudia Lee, of Liberty Paper Mill in Liberty, Tennessee, and Jess Jones, were
chosen, along with two other teams, to be part of the inaugural Tennessee Master
Craft Artist / Apprentice program. This new program will be a seven month
apprenticeship beginning November 1, 2009 and ending June 15, 2010.

Funded by the Tennessee Arts Commission, in partnership with the Tennessee
Association of Craft Artists, to provide a concentrated learning experience that
encourages and invests in the continuation, advancement and creation of
Tennessee craft by recognizing the role of the master craft artist / apprentice
relationship as a way to preserve the state's cultural heritage. Jess Jones,
resident fiber artist at the Appalachian Center for Craft, will be blogging her
experience as apprentice in the hopes of engaging a larger audience and creating
on-going dialogue.

Andrzej put together a web page that features most of the work in the exhibition
at http://finecrafts.org/Show/2009_ACC.htm

Everyone,
     Ok, then.  I won't be there either!
I will be sure and see it though.  Susan



Carol Ventura wrote:
>
>
> I couldn't make the last meeting, but I don't remember seeing anything
> about a reception in the newsletter. I called the ACC and no one
> notified them about a reception, so I assume that there will not be
> one. Last time we organized it and brought our own food there.
>
> Carol
>
> >What time is the reception at the Craft Center next week? Tuesday?
>
>

I couldn't make the last meeting, but I don't remember seeing anything about a
reception in the newsletter. I called the ACC and no one notified them about a
reception, so I assume that there will not be one. Last time we organized it and
brought our own food there.

Carol

>What time is the reception at the Craft Center next week?  Tuesday?

Everyone,
     What time is the reception at the Craft Center next week?  Tuesday?
Susan

Everyone,
     I don't have my contract for the upcoming show, and while I could
have lost it, I don't remember getting it.  Will there be extra copies
at the meeting on Saturday?
Susan DeMay



Carol Ventura wrote:
>
>
> Hi All,
> I hope your spring is going well; warmer weather is on the way!
>
> I just received notice that Tech's graduation ceremony is May 9 and I am
> scheduled to attend (part of my faculty responsibilities). I conferred
> with the chapter officers and decided this: Saturday, May 9 is our
> meeting , from 5-7pm at the Craft Center. The only change is the time
> = it will be a supper potluck meeting so the day is not broken up for
> the rest of you.
>
> Jessica Jones will be giving a presentation on Facebook. The main
> office of TACA has one, and it is a good way to connect with present
> and potential customers.
>
> Laurie Hall will be sending out a reminder notice soon. If you have
> anything you want placed on the agenda please contact Laurie and Cc it
> to me: Wheelnkiln2@... <mailto:Wheelnkiln2%40aol.com> and
> jbrady@... <mailto:jbrady%40tntech.edu>
>
> Thanks, and I hope to see you at the Spring Fair and at the chapter
> meeting,
> Jeanne
>
>

Highland Rim,
     I am so glad that I will be able to come to this meeting!
Susan DeMay


Carol Ventura wrote:
>
>
> Hi All,
> I hope your spring is going well; warmer weather is on the way!
>
> I just received notice that Tech's graduation ceremony is May 9 and I am
> scheduled to attend (part of my faculty responsibilities). I conferred
> with the chapter officers and decided this: Saturday, May 9 is our
> meeting , from 5-7pm at the Craft Center. The only change is the time
> = it will be a supper potluck meeting so the day is not broken up for
> the rest of you.
>
> Jessica Jones will be giving a presentation on Facebook. The main
> office of TACA has one, and it is a good way to connect with present
> and potential customers.
>
> Laurie Hall will be sending out a reminder notice soon. If you have
> anything you want placed on the agenda please contact Laurie and Cc it
> to me: Wheelnkiln2@... <mailto:Wheelnkiln2%40aol.com> and
> jbrady@... <mailto:jbrady%40tntech.edu>
>
> Thanks, and I hope to see you at the Spring Fair and at the chapter
> meeting,
> Jeanne
>
>

Hi All,
I hope your spring is going well; warmer weather is on the way!

I just received notice that Tech's graduation ceremony is May 9 and I am
scheduled to attend (part of my faculty responsibilities).  I conferred with the
chapter officers and decided this: Saturday, May 9 is our meeting , from 5-7pm
at the Craft Center. The only change is the time = it will be a supper potluck
meeting so the day is not broken up for the rest of you.

Jessica Jones will be giving a presentation on Facebook. The main office of TACA
has one, and it is a good way to connect with present and potential customers.

Laurie Hall will be sending out a reminder notice soon. If you have anything you
want placed on the agenda please contact Laurie and Cc it to me:
Wheelnkiln2@... and jbrady@...

Thanks, and I hope to see you at the Spring Fair and at the chapter meeting,
Jeanne

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Hello TACA members,

I hope that you are staying warm.  This is a reminder about the
February 6 deadline for the TACA workshop that is at the Craft Center
on February 21.  Now is the time to send your application in.  The
topics are digital photography and doing craft fairs.  You can
attend  both sessions because they are both being offered twice.  In
fact, you could attend the same topic twice.  Let me know if you need
another application or more information.

See you there,

Tim Hintz

This law has already been passed (August 2008). If you are an artisan
or crafter who makes and markets any items designed for children age
12 and under, you need to check out the consequences of this law,
which makes it illegal for you to sell a product to a child aged 12 or
under if that specific product has not been laboratory tested and
certified as lead free.  (The testing process is very expensive and
the item being tested is destroyed during the testing process - so
much for one-of-a-kind children's items.)

This law applies to items made of natural products, fibers, etc, as
well as clothing and toys, glass, metal, wood - in short, anything
marketed to children.

As a side note, the same law also makes it illegal for anyone to
re-sell (as in yard sale) any used children's items, including
children's clothing.

For more information, and links to help fight this go to
craftlister.com.  There is an effort to get the law amended to exempt
small craft businesses and artisans who make one-of-a kind items or
small quantities of items from the Child Protection Safety Act.  We
would also like to get natural substances that are inherently
lead-free (like wood, cotton, fibers, silver, gold, glass, etc.)
exempted from the law.  The only thing we can do to get our point
across is to contact our congressmen in Washington.

Please check on this for yourselves.  You can go to the CPSA website
for more information.  Much of the craft community is in an uproar
about this, but I haven't heard anything from TACA, so I'm posting this.

Hello ALL
Just a short note to everyone to spread the news. My first attempt as
your new secretary so be patient please! - Hope everyone had a good
holiday season and happy new year - Laurie

MEETING DATE CHANGE
The DATE of the February Highland Rim chapter meeting is CHANGED FROM
FEB 12 (Thursday) TO FEB 10. Jeanne and Tim will be out of town on
the 12th. SAME TIME, SAME PLACE.- Craft Center at 6 pm. Please bring
a dish to share. There will be a program on contacting and selling to
galleries given by some local gallery owners. It will center on what
to present to galleries, how to contact them, etc.

Members who want to sell at the spring TACA show must attend this
meeting to get information about the sale and to participate in
organizing who will be able to be there throughout the weekend. We
need a minimum of 5 people to have the booth.

TACA WORKSHOP
Don't forget about the workshop on FEB 21st. It should be very
informative and we need at least 50 people to sign up to hold the
workshop. This is the information and it is also attached as a
separate file.

Winter Workshop 2009 – You asked for it. We have it!

We are offering a one day workshop February 21 with a "weather date"
of February 28. It will be at Appalachian Center for Craft in
Smithville with a cost of $40 for the whole day per person.
Registration is scheduled for 9:00am. First session will begin
promptly at 10:00. Lunch will be available for purchase in the
cafeteria at noon. Second session will begin promptly at 1:30pm. The
workshop should conclude at 3:30. Both sessions are included in the
$40. There will be NO discount, free pass or half day charge.

Topics will be:

Craft Fairs 101:  A diverse panel of experts will present their ideas
about what you need to know to be successful in the craft fair
market.  They will exchange points of view and then be open to your
questions.  Bring your questions and note pad. Panel will include:
Dale Baucum, long time potter; Marcie Christensen, coordinator of
Francisco's Farm Festival and founder of CompassRoseWorks; Wendy
Outland, art consultant, juror and founder of Who Knows Art; and
Breanna Rockstad-Kincaid, fiber artist.

Digital photography: Starting with the Fall 2009 Fair TACA will
accept only digital photography for fair applications.  Learn what
you need to know  about making the digital transition.  John Peden
will explain the mechanics and terminology of digital photography as
it applies to recording your images and applying to craft fairs.  Get
aboard the digital revolution! John Peden teaches digital photography
at Tennessee Technology Center in Murfreesboro.

Postmark deadline is February 6. If there are not 50 participants,
workshop will be cancelled. You must provide phone and/or email.

  - - - - - - - - - - - -Remove and send with $40 to - - - - - -

TACA

PO Box 120066

Nashville, TN 37212-0066



Name ________________________________________________________



Address ______________________________________________________



Phone __________________ Email ________________________________

Highland Rim's February  meeting is changed to Tuesday, February 10 @
ACC conference room starting at 6pm. Bring a dish to share.  Those
interested in selling in the group booth at TACA's Spring Fair should
attend this meeting.  The program for the meeting will include a
presentation on contacting and selling through galleries. More details
to come.

I have posted the newsletter for December in the Files section here.

~Susan

The next Highland Rim TACA meeting will be on Saturday December 6th at
2:00 pm at The Appalachian Center for Craft

"Show and Tell" and Elections!

Please bring work to show and tell and to exhibit and sell and
something to eat or drink for a Pot Luck dinner.

Hope to see you there!

The Society of Contemporary Craft in Pittsburgh will award its prestigious
Raphael Prize next year to an artist working in wood.  The prospectus for the
award and accompanying exhibition is in the files area of our Yahoo page at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HighlandRim/files/ .

The Firefly Fine Arts Festival at the Renaissance Center has set a
December 15 deadline for entries for its June 26-28, 2009 Festival.

Cash Jury Awards and Booth fees with more information are on the
Festival's website:  http://www.fireflyartsfestival.com

The Festival is open to artists in these categories:

     Ceramics                Digital Media
     Drawing                 Fiber Arts
     Glass                   Graphics/Printmaking
     Jewelry                 Metalworks
     Mixed Media             Painting
     Photography             Sculpture
     Wood

The Magical Muse Gallery at 123 West Broad Street (across from the
Depot) in Cookeville has invited our chapter to exhibit work (for
sale) the second and third weeks of December of this year! They would
like pieces valued from $25 to $150. You may submit 2 pieces (or more
if small) and they will replace them in the display as they sell. They
will only charge 30% commission for us, too! You may bring your pieces
to our next meeting at the Craft Center on December 6th  or to the
gallery the 4th or 5th . The reception will be December 12th.

The DEADLINE for SPRING 2009 paid Teaching Assistant positions is
Friday, November 14th. More information about this and other
opportunities are at:
http://www.fristcenter.org/site/volunteer/internships.aspx

Thank you!

-andee
Andee Rudloff
Educator for Outreach
Frist Center for the Visual Arts
919 Broadway
Nashville, TN 37203
Phone: (615) 744-3351
Fax (615) 744-3965
www.fristcenter.org

ARTIST STUDIO TOUR SET FOR NOV. 7-8 IN COOKEVILLE

See the art, meet the artists, and wander from studios and galleries
to restaurants, shops and museums during this year's free ART Prowl
weekend in historic downtown Cookeville, set for 12-8 p.m., Friday,
Nov. 7, and 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 8.

A total of 15 studios, galleries and other host locations will
showcase the diversity of 28 local artists. There's no admission
charge, most of the locations are within walking distance of one
another, and everyone is welcome.

All but two of the tour stops are within 1.3-miles of each other.

Demonstrations in clay, fibers, painting and more are scheduled
throughout the two-day event. Featured art includes both traditional
and contemporary ceramics, glass, jewelry, mixed media, photography,
and wearable art. Most tour locations are hosting several artists.
Unless noted otherwise, all art on display is for sale.

Participating galleries are The Magical Muse and West Textures
Framing & Fine Art in Cookevillešs West Side arts district, Silver
Maple Gallery just off the Courthouse Square, and The Blue House in
Algood.

For artist information, a tour map and a demonstration schedule, visit
www.artprowl.com <http://www.artprowl.com> , a resource of local art
hosted by Art ŒRound Tennessee, a non-profit group devoted to art
advocacy and education.

I am opening a new gallery and moving my studio to Watertown Tn in
November.  I am asking anyone in the Highland Rim to contact me to
have work placed in the gallery for the holiday market.  I am seeking
all areas of craft artists.  If you are interested, please e-mail me
with your information and what you would like to show.  I will get
back to you as soon as possible. I am so excited. I can have room now
to teach classes and do fibers as well as metals.

Susan Thornton
615-419-0353
susanthornton@...

TACA is preparing content for the next issue of the Artisan, the TACA
newsletter. In an effort to continue the member-focus TACA has always
had, I'd like to offer the opportunity to the members across the state
to submit news for inclusion in the Artisan. Has someone in your
chapter recently received an award or honor, had a mention in the paper
or television? Send the news along so the successes of our members can
be celebrated from Memphis all the way to Tri-Cities!

For all Members in the News submissions please include the name of the
member, the chapter and the announcement.  Please send it to
khaile@... before October 15 for inclusion in the next
edition of the Artisan.

Carol,
     I will be there by 6.
I look forward to seeing everyone.

Susan

Carol Ventura wrote:
>
> I just looked at my calendar and noticed that the meeting was supposed
> to be at 6pm. I accidentally told Susan 6:30 - so it's my mistake.
>
> Sorry about that!
>
> We will begin at 6:30, but people can come earlier, too!
>
> Carol
>
>

I just looked at my calendar and noticed that the meeting was supposed
to be at 6pm. I accidentally told Susan 6:30 - so it's my mistake.

Sorry about that!

We will begin at 6:30, but people can come earlier, too!

Carol

Get off 40 at exit 286 and go north on Willow. Pass TTU, then turn
right at the light on 12th street, then left at next light onto North
Dixie. Big Spring Circle will be around a mile on the right. We are at
163 Big Spring Circle. 931 520-3962.

> Will you give directions again?

Carol,
     Will you give directions again?
Susan




Carol Ventura wrote:
>
> Our next meeting is this Friday (October 3rd) at 6:30 at our house
> (163 Big Spring Circle) in Cookeville. Big Spring Circle is a mile
> north of the TTU Music and Art Building off Willow. Our guest/speaker
> will be Hans Knopfli, the author of several excellent books about the
> crafts of
> Cameroon. Pot luck dinner as usual.
>
> He'll be giving 2 free lectures (and you are invited!) about Cameroon
> crafts at TTU this Tuesday and Thursday. You can read about them at
> http://www.tntech.edu/publicaffairs/rel/2008/sept08/fairtradecrafts.html
> <http://www.tntech.edu/publicaffairs/rel/2008/sept08/fairtradecrafts.html>
>
> Hope to see you there - and here!
>
> Carol and Andrzej
>
>

Our next meeting is this Friday (October 3rd) at 6:30 at our house (163 Big
Spring Circle) in Cookeville. Big Spring Circle is a mile north of the TTU Music
and Art Building off Willow. Our guest/speaker will be Hans Knopfli, the author
of several excellent books about the crafts of
Cameroon. Pot luck dinner as usual.

He'll be giving 2 free lectures (and you are invited!) about Cameroon
crafts at TTU this Tuesday and Thursday. You can read about them at
http://www.tntech.edu/publicaffairs/rel/2008/sept08/fairtradecrafts.html

Hope to see you there - and here!

Carol and Andrzej

FYI:
I am with the Body of Christ Ministry we are planning a Fall
festival , with crafts, yard sale and Bluegrass  music ect. , This
event is to raise funds for our Ministry , we are renting space for
$20.00 each due on the day of the event . Anything you make is yours
we only ask for the set up fee, this will be held at the Bloomington
Springs Community Center off HWY 56 just outside of Cookeville,
Baxter area on Nov. 1 starting at 8Am you may stay as long as you
wish and may break down anytime you are ready, you will need to bring
your own tables , we have a large area so you will have plenty of
space to set up if you would like to participate . This is our first
time to try this so if you know of anyone else who might like to be
involved please spread the word , we also are having yard sale
vendors and displays are welcome as well.

If you have any questions email me or call
931-349-1995 or 931-525-1732
We do ask if you intend to come to call and reserve your space as we
do not want to overfill the area

Thanks Have a blessed day
Crystal Redmon
Body of Christ Ministry

I just added the both application PDF to our files at
http://f1.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/oFzJSJKzpNYdOj-1F7woBP_mcj19AVO5fNlMxEWpJQh6tvfIoeZ\
2mfLaMwLeEFEcyYE5tTNRMVFf0bp5k3qa_g/SYVendorApplication.pdf

or

http://tiny.cc/gecWp

Here's the invitation:
The Sergeant York Patriotic Foundation would like to cordially invite
you to reserve a booth to promote and sell your crafts.  The event is
receiving significant exposure (posters in every Tn Welcome Center, an
article will run in the Tennessean this weekend, Farm Bureau's Tn Home
and Farm magazine, press releases, etc).  We hope you can attend and
benefit your business!

Hi, all!
I am an adjunct professor teaching apparel manufacturing at MTSU. I'm
also Barbara Joyner's daughter (Morningside buying club), if you
recognize that name.

I am inviting local artisans to come speak to my class about product
development in the home on October 16 from 2:30-5 here on campus.
Students are interested in understanding a more casual product
development process(creativity, idea generation, marketing, etc.). The
product does not have to be fashion-related, but if it is, great!

If this is at all a possibility for you (or better, something you might
enjoy), we would love to have you! Please let me know at your
convenience or relay any questions to my email or phone (615) 495-9215.

Cosette M. Armstrong
Middle Tennessee State University