Artist Arvada Fine Arts Guild
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Biography
MISSION STATEMENTThe purpose of the Arvada Fine Arts Guild is to encourage the originality of the individual and endeavor to obtain public recognition for the amateur as well as the professional artist.
GUILD HISTORY
In November 1959, twelve area artists formed the Arvada Fine Arts Guild for people interested in the study of fine arts. We currently have approximately 100 members.BOARD MEMBERS:Elections for Executive Board Members are held each year at the October Member Meeting.
Executive Board:
President - Mickey LaFave
Vice President - Mary Jo Watlington
Secretary - Janet Archuleta
Treasurer - Jane Banzhaf
Past President - Janet Archuleta
Members-At-Large: Anthony Knight, Susan Schmitt, Mona Patton, and Mariposa Marangia
Appointed Board Members & Chairpersons:
Membership Chairperson - Mary Francis
Publicity Chairperson- Janice Wright
Social Media Director- John Evans
News Letter Editor- Diane Calkins
Website - Scott Roberts
MEETINGS:
Arvada Fine Arts Guild conducts member meetings on the third Tuesday every month except July and December, from 2 to 4. Meetings are held at: Indian Tree Golf Club, 7555 Wadsworth Blvd, Arvada CO, Banquet Room (left of the restaurant).
Meetings include: General Guild News and Announcements, Peer Review based on monthly Topic and Demonstration by a local artist.
Visitors are welcome. Artists considering membership in the Guild are invited to attend a meeting so they can experience our group first-hand. We would love to meet you.
Membership to the Guild
Annual Membership is from Oct thur Sept
Dues $25.00/year (Those joining after Mar 1, members dues are $12.50 for the remainder of the year)
The membership consists of artists working in 2 dimensional art in a variety of mediums.
We have 2 types of membership -- Associate members and Active members.
Associate members can join any time and are entitled to attend meetings, receive the monthly newsletter- The Painted Word, vote in elections, and may choose to display their artwork on the Guild website (Website is an additional fee: $15.00/year). Active members must present 3 pieces of there work to be juried by the Board. We jury in artists for [...]
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