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1 1 VILLAGE NEWS AND VIEWS Volume 40 Issue 4 The Village Painters is an affiliated chapter of the National Society of Decorative Painters July/August 2017 Web page President s Corner The Village Painters 2017 Board President Sheri Redd slredd3j@gmail.com Vice-President Pam Hypnar pamhypnar@yahoo.com Secretary Joan Mueller joankmueller@yahoo.com Treasurer Kathy Fischer fischerk@umich.edu Happy Summer, Ladies! I hope you are all enjoying this wonderful, not so hot weather! I am looking forward to our annual August picnic, among other events that are coming up. Enjoy the rest of your summer, and see you in August! For those of you that are helping on the Halloween committee, our next meeting is Tuesday, July 11th at 10 a.m. at my house. Please let me know if you will be coming! Sherri Newsletter Editor Linda Morgan morganlj@sbcglobal.net Membership Michelle Handley mlhandley56@gmail.com

2 Village Painters Picnic and Trunk Sale August p.m. Trunk Sale Special Show and Tell W&M Special Raffles We will be having an appetizer and dessert picnic. We will eat at 6:15 p.m. So pull out your favorite recipe or try making a new one. If you are bringing a dish that suits a dietary concern (i.e., nut allergies, diabetics, gluten-free, vegetarians, and vegan), please label it appropriately. Please bring a serving utensil for your culinary delight. If you wish to sell surfaces, books, or any other painting supplies, we will have the Trunk Sale from 5-6 p.m. in the Livonia Senior Center parking lot; in the center aisle. So, consider cleaning out your stash and making a little cash! Also, please bring your BRAG PAINTING or HEIRLOOM PAINTING for Show and Tell. And remember to bring your library books, memory boxes, treasure boxes, and cash for the Ways and Means raffles. August Picnic Chairperson Susan Rhodes Community Service Project: VA Hospital Donations Diane Stiller Thanks to everyone who contributed. Below is the list of items that I delivered. 2 Large bags of misc toiletries: soap, deodorant, 9 brushes/combs shampoo, toothpaste, tooth brushes, razors, etc. 2 pedicure brushes 1 package Always maxi pads 1 nail clipper 2 large boxes of Kleenex 5 pairs of reading glasses 2 8-pack packages of travel size kleenex 3 ball caps 5 pairs of men's shoes 2 pairs of winter gloves 2 pairs of flip flops 4 knitted beanie caps 2 pairs of women's sandals 3 boxes of tea plus loose tea 5 women's panties 2 games 3 pair of slipper socks 5 decks of cards 66 pairs of various kinds of socks 64 pencils various greeting cards and small note pads 20 pens 5 4-pack packages of gum 12 game/puzzle books 2 packages of hard candy 8 blank notebooks 44 paperback books 2

3 2017 Calendar of Events Village Painters Financial Report January 1 - July 5, 2017 Aug 3 Aug Sep 9 Sept 10 Oct 7 Oct 21 Dec 7 Picnic HOOT Prudy Vannier Michelle Handley Mary Wiseman PWU - Nancy Silver Christmas Party October General Meeting News Come join us for our Halloween Party on October 5 at the Livonia Senior Center. It will be a spooktacular event! There will be prizes for the best costume of the evening, and the most ghoulish dessert! We also have a fun project to put together. INCOME Amount Christmas Party 2016 (tax refund) $ Education seminars 2017 $ 2, Learn to Paint 2017 $ Membership $ Paint with Us $ Spring Fling 2017 $ 15, Ways and Means $ TOTAL INCOME $ 20, EXPENSES Christmas Party $ Community Service $ Treasure Boxes $ Education Seminars 2017 $ 7, General Meeting $ Learn to Paint $ Membership $ Misc. Printer $ Newsletter $ Rent - Board Meeting $ Rent - General Meeting $ Spring Fling Expenses $ 6, Sunshine Fund $ Ways and Means $ Website $ TOTAL EXPENSES $ 15, Difference $ 5, Checkbook Balances Checkbook Balance on 1/1/17 $ 11, Checkbook Balance on 7/5/17 $ 16, Pence Used $ Hostess Used $ Village Painter CD $10,300 3

4 4 General Meetings are held at Livonia Senior Center Farmington Rd, Livonia, MI Social hour begins at 6:00, Business meeting at 6: dates: Feb 2, March 23, Jun 1, Aug 3, Oct 5 Board Meetings are held at 6:30 at the Livonia Public Library 2017 dates: Jan 5, Mar 2, May 4, Sep 7, Nov 2 July Birthdays 1 Sam Farah 9 Pat Butler To our newest members: Jayne Brophy Janet Scrocco 14 Jayne Brophy 15 Janice Heins 17 Dianne Winn 18 Carol Sneary 21 Loretta Huebler October we ll be drawing for Village Painters 2018 free membership to those members whose name is drawn from the Treasure Box and Memory Box painters. For more chances to win, get those brushes flying and crank out more beautiful boxes. Each painted box turned in gets a ticket entered for the drawing. Something fun to do to give your brushes a rest. C A N V A S P R B C W R T M I C E X A I H A E X I S R T E N P A S A R T S Y V A D O I L T H E P L Y S N U D I E N A R I S E A B M P R T C Y C O L O R S S U M H F L W C A U P L L G E R I O M O S R A D F R I E N D S H I P P U M P R T E V E T O O N W P A I N T S E R ACRYLIC BRUSHES CANVAS COLOR CREATE EASEL FRIENDSHIP FUN OIL PAINTS SLIPSLAP TEACHER 22 Nancy Silver 24 Maureen VanBuhler 26 Darlene Greenwood 27 Charlene Wenzel 30 Linda Christopher August Birthdays 2 Karen Capshaw 3 Louise Brown 9 Diane Appleberg 25 Eileen Carroll 27 Darlene Laws 29 Michelle Handley 30 Barb Faulkner 31 Denise Robert

5 Please send in your registration forms ASAP for the following classes: Prudy Vannier s egret, Michelle Handley s mixed media class using a Chris Haughey pattern (only 11 registered so far), and Mary Wiseman s magnolia which she designed specifically for our chapter (only 7 registered so far). What s happening so far for 2018? Education Diane Stiller The results of the Big Brush 2018 vote in order of most votes are as follows: Debi Coules 24, Holly Hanley 22, Chris Haughey 19, Maxine Thomas 16, Rebecca Baer 14, Beth Wagner 13, Judy Westegaarde 12, Shirley Koenig 11, Jill Fitzhenry (Jillybean) 11, Debbie Cotton 10, Paula Leopold 4, and Maureen Baker 3. As far as the projects for 2018 that I offered for vote from Donna Roskamp, Sherri Baldy, Mila Marchetti, Deb Mishima, and the Believe bear pattern by Holley Hanley, none of these received a sufficient number of votes to be considered for next year. The free 2018 class using Ros Stallcup s berry pattern which will be led by me received 29 votes, so that will be scheduled for next year. I have contacted Holly Hanley and we are working to secure a date. I would like a committee of about 6 people to help select the projects that she will teach. We need two 1-day projects so I would like about 6 projects to present to the membership for voting possibly at the August meeting and if not, then at the October meeting. Many of you have taken classes from her or have painted so many of her projects that you would know better than I what you would be interested in having her teach. Please let me know by Friday, July 14, if you would be interested in participating on this committee. I will then arrange for a day and location to meet. If anyone would like to check out Holly's web site or books and me a picture of a project that you would like to propose that we consider, then please feel free to do so. I did speak with Debi Coules and though she is interested, she could not commit herself at this time until a few personal issues have been settled. She has asked me to contact her again at the end of July. Learn to Paint Diane Stiller 2017 will be the last year that I serve as Co-Chair with Linda Christopher of the Learn to Paint program, so please consider serving in this position for next year. We will also reduce the number of classes from three to one each year. Paint with Us Diane Stiller Please start thinking about registering for this event; it s really just around the corner. Only 14 people have registered so far. Remember that we are celebrating Decorative Painting month in October. The purpose of the event is to introduce our love of painting to those with little to no painting experience; so plan on inviting friends or family. Nancy Silver will be teaching a Kim Christmas pumpkin pattern on roclon. Originally we were going to have this event at St. Matt s, but are now able to hold it at the Senior Center. The registration deadline is October will be the last year that I serve as Chair of the Paint with Us event, so please consider serving in this position. In addition, instead of holding it every year, it will be held every odd year so 2019 will be the next one. The Fall Retreat will be held on the even years so we don t have two big events towards the end of the year. 5

6 Education Diane Stiller Mark Menendez s classes were very instructive. It was very interesting to learn his quadratone method to select 4 color pencils within a color family and his geometric grid to learn how to draw. We all had a great time working on our projects and many people were happy with the results of their portraits. Raffle winners: Margaret Pedersen $30 purchase credit and Joan Mueller $15 purchase credit. 6

7 Here s what our members brought to the June, 2017 Show & Tell Diane Stiller Pam Hypnar Denise Robert Louise Brown Joan Mueller Darlene Greenwood Diane Stiller Eileen Carroll Dawn Billiau Nancy Forbes Susan Rhodes Jeannine Laderach Sam Farah Sam Farah Rondi Bur Louise Brown 7

8 Connie Vasilnek Jan Heins Linda Morgan: Color and B&W portrait Jan Heins Charlene Wenzel Paula Atkinson Memory and Treasure Boxes Diana Winn Joan Mueller Eileen Carroll Louise Brown Audrey Gusmano Rondi Bur 8

9 9 Audrey Gusmano Pam Hypnar Eileen Carroll Diana Winn Connie Vasilnek Chris Morrison Marilyn Cunningham Mark Menendez June 2,3, Color Pencil Revenue Students Fee Registration: Seminar Coordinator 3 $0.00 Members 48 $30 $1, Non Members 6 $45 $ Discount for 2 classes 15 -$10 -$ SubTotal Revenue (22,19,16) 72 $1, individuals Raffle $70.00 Total Revenue $1, Expenses Sue Hagen Eileen Carroll Instructor Fee $2, Supplies $ Meals $ Car travel $ Raffle items $45.00 St Matthew's Church for Friday $ Livonia Senior Center for Sat & Sun $ Comfort Inn for 4 nights $ $3, Profit/Loss -$2, Less Village Painters Treasury $2, Net $0.00 Pence & Hostess Credit -$ Total from Village Painters Treasury -$186.00

10 Next General Meeting Livonia Senior Center Next General Meeting August 3, Farmington Rd Livonia, MI See you there!! 10 Linda Morgan - Editor 2043 Bellingham Canton, MI 48188