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Association NEXT OPA MEETING: Friday, May 14th at Multnomah Art Center, 7688 SW Capitol Hwy in Portland.6:30pm: OPA General Meeting and Showcase Wrap-Up. Contact Anne Stecker with items for the agenda,, annestecker@comcast.net. Bring items for the swap table, Empty Bowls donations and snacks to share. 7:30pm: Program: The May Program will be the award winner from Showcase. Probably they will be giving a demonstration of their work. If you are submitting work for the Showcase Gallery and hope to win an award, start preparing your demonstration materials for the May Meeting! Mark your calendars now, the July 9th Program will be Elaine DeBuhr talking about sodium vapor firing primarily for functional work. Elaine is a ceramic artist living in Wyoming and teaching at the Northwest College. She will present slides of her work, influences, and student work at the July 9th OPA meeting. The following week, Elaine will be conducting a week long workshop at Oregon College of Art & Craft. NEXT OPA BOARD MEETING: Thurs, June 3rd at Jim Sloss’s, 3705 SE Locks Rd in Dayton. From Portland: I-5 to 99W, take 99W towards coast, just before Lafayette turn left on Locks Loop Rd (there is a small sign to Yamhill Locks Park), turn south onto Locks Rd. (only choice), the house is on the left about ½ mile just after a blue pole barn. From Salem: Take Hwy 221 from west Salem to Dayton, go west on Hwy 18 towards McMinnville/coast, next large intersection at blinking yellow light, right on Lafayette Hwy, at stop sign in Lafayette turn right on 99W, turn right on Locks Loop Rd. (next right just at edge of town), turn south onto Locks Rd. (only choice), the house is on the left about ½ mile just after a blue pole barn. From Eugene/Corvallis (quicker on 99W then I-5): 99W towards McMinnville, turn East towards Portland at Hwy18, turn Left at Lafayette Hwy (before Dayton at blinking yellow light), turn right on 99W at stop sign in Lafayette, turn right on Locks Loop Rd. (next right just at edge of town), turn south onto Locks Rd. (only choice), the house is on the left about ½ mile just after a blue pole barn. Future meetings will be Aug 3rd at Anne Stecker’s in Salem, Oct 4th at Beverly Curtis’s in Gresham, and Dec 2nd at Victoria Shaw’s in Portland. OPA OPEN STUDIOS 2004… TOUR FOR NEW MEMBERS: Five OPA potters will open their studios to visitors this May and June. Although this tour is geared to the newer members of our group, it is open to all OPA folks. Stop by the Showcase booth of each potter and see whose work you would like to better understand. Hosting potters will offer demonstrations and discuss their techniques and philosophy. A handout with maps to each studio will be available at the information booth. This years’ participants are: Anne Stecker - Booth D-17 - Cone 6 Shirl Lipkin - Booth H-01 - Cone 04 Adrienne Stacey - Booth E-09 - Cone 10 June 5, 1:00 PM - Ellen Currans - Booth D-13 - Cone 10 June 12, 1:00 PM - Patrick Horsley - Booth C-16 - Cone 6 This is a great opportunity to learn from some of the best potters in OPA! CLAY IN EDUCATION: The OPA has a program that pays OPA members to go out in the community and teach clay classes to kids and adults who otherwise might have few opportunities to take art classes. Do you have an idea for a teaching project that you would like to do? Contact the chairs, Chris Gum and Nancy Hart for details. OPA GENERAL MEETING LOCATION: The Multnomah Art Center, where we hold our general meetings, has increased the rent and we are now paying double. Friday night is more expensive than weekdays. Now that we are a non-profit organization we may be able to find space that would be free or at least less expensive. If you know of a location that is in the Portland area (preferably southern area) please contact Jill Warila, ccppots@aol.com, GRANT WRITER NEEDED: Have you ever written a grant? OPA NEEDS YOU! Now that we are a non-profit organization it is easier to qualify for a variety of grants. Some ideas are for: Educational areas of showcase; Clay in education; and Sponsoring juried exhibitions during NCECA 2006. Board member at large, Carol Sutton is investigating grants that are available but we need to find someone to write them. If you can help, please contact, Anne Stecker, annestecker@comcast.net STUDIO POTTER NETWORK: The OPA has re-joined the Studio Potter Network. This group is a networking organization for studio potters. They publish a quarterly magazine, and they have a video library that we can all access. They also have lists of potters who can stay with each other when traveling and lists of people who can give workshops or who hire people to give workshops. You will see more about them in future Newsletters. OPA STORAGE UNIT: The person who now coordinates the storage unit is Victoria Christen, Contact her if you need access to it. LAKE OSWEGO ART SUNDAY: The city of Lake Oswego is planning to have an art and music event in Millenium Park overlooking the lake. 21 artists may set up 10x10 booths, there is no fee, noon to 8pm on August 8th. Art will be viewed during the day, food and music will be in the evening. Outdoors on level ground. They are looking for potters who make good quality work. OPA member Marilyn Woods is coordinating the potters who are interested. Please call her ASAP if you would like to do this, mwoods1@aol.com. LOCAL CLAY & CLAYFEST CLAYFEST 2004: This year's show is the sixth annual. As always, the show
is open to all Local Clay members and the allocation of booth spaces is done
based on volunteer points and the postmark date on applications. Applications
for the 2004 show are now available and can be obtained by either downloading
them from the ClayFest webpage (http://www.clayfest.org/show2004app.htm) or
contacting the Registrar (registrar@clayfest.org
or 541.683.6330) and one will be mailed out. Applications have already been
mailed to people who participated in last year’s show and paid their 2004
membership dues. This year there are 56 booth spaces available and they will go
fast! Despite what you may have read in the last OPA Newsletter, Clayfest is still a two day (Sat-Sun) show. The Friday opening idea is not planned for 2004. The show will be Oct 9-10, with set up on the 8th. CERAMIC SHOWCASE 2004 FROM THE SHOWCASE CHAIR, NATALIE WARRENS: We are all about to experience a new phase of Ceramic Showcase in this year's expansion. Over the past 22 years, many OPA members have experienced all the changes from the Forestry Center, to Montgomery Park, to the big move to the Oregon Convention Center, and now to doubling the space of the show. (We've added 25 exhibitor booths). For the past two years the Showcase Steering Committee has been working closely with the Long Range Planning Group implementing the suggestions and ideas to improve the educational and operational aspects and the aesthetic qualities of our show.We welcome all new participants, thank those potters who have been involved since the early years, and appreciate everyone who has worked especially hard on the expansion of this year's show. Visualize record attendance and record sales!!!!! Good luck-- CORRECTIONS TO THE 2004 SHOWCASE INFO PACK: -Set up dates are correct---April 21st, 22nd. -Show dates are incorrect. The correct dates are April 23rd-25, not May. -Booth walk will happen Saturday, not Sunday, with Arthur DeBow from OCAC, at 11am. He will give a tour/lecture about the importance of aesthetically pleasing booth display. SHOWCASE REMINDERS: -Read and double check ALL written material in the Info Pack. -Make sure to show up for your work shifts on time! -All cardboard pedestals and fabric MUST be treated with flame retardant paint/solution. -Gallery pieces must be picked up at the end of the show, Sunday 5pm. Out-of-towners unable to pick up work must arrange for someone to pick it up for them. -At the end of the show remove all trash and tape from the floor. EXHIBITOR SERVICES: -Artist lounge (tables and chairs) is located behind a curtain wall near the College booths. -Licensed massage therapist is available for seated massage Saturday and Sunday 1-4, for $1 per minute. Sign up at the info desk. -Kinkos is available on site in the Convention Center. Call Emily DeLano with questions. -5 Day Parking Passes available for exhibitors for the lot across from the big loading dock under I-5. Purchase at the lot for $25 on Wednesday. All day in and out privileges. NO overnight parking. The $8 daily parking in the regular lots has no in and out privileges. SHOWCASE WRAP-UP MEETING: Wednesday, May 5th at 5pm at Mark Heimann’s house, Directions will be mailed or emailed to Committee Chairs and everyone is welcome to attend. PRICING SETS OF PIECES: Mark clearly with only one price tag. For example, mark the teapot with one price and label each of the four cups as part of a 5 piece set: 1/5, 2/5, etc, with no price on those tags. CHEAP HOTEL WEBSITE: The POVA hotel deal website has changed to http://www.travelportland.com/big_deal/big_deal_hotels.html#lloyd SHOWCASE VOTING: Your Showcase ballots are included in this Newsletter. Please use them to vote on your favorite pieces in the Gallery. Remember, you must vote between 5pm and 11pm on Thursday, April 22 or 8am to 9:30am on Friday, April 23. Let’s have a great show and visualize $600,000.00 in sales! EMPTY BOWLS EMPTY BOWLS IN EUGENE: The date has been changed to Friday, June 4th. This gives everyone more time to make their bowls. If you have any questions, or would like to get more involved or donate some pieces, contact Terry Kirby, tkirby@foodforlanecounty.orgEMPTY BOWLS IN PORTLAND will be 4th of July weekend at the Waterfront Park Blues Festival. The Empty Bowls Chairs will come to your booth at the end of Showcase to ask for bowl donations. WORKSHOPS-LECTURES-CONFERENCES LINDA CHRISTIANSON: "Wood and Salt Extravaganza," June 10-17, $250 for OPA members & MHCC students, at Mt Hood Community College, 26000 SE Stark St, Gresham OR 97030, make checks payable to Mt Hood Community College Ceramics ClubThe following workshops will be at Clay Art Center, 2636 Pioneer Way E, Tacoma WA 98404. 800-952-8030, www.clayartcenter.net. DON SPRAGUE & PAT HORSLEY: "Thrown & Altered Forms," altering wheel thrown pieces into sculptural forms, June 18-20, $195. PETER KING: "Architectural Ceramics," learn his large-scale ceramic building techniques, July 9-11, $195 TOM ROHR: "Functional Pottery with Flair," Tom will demonstrate how to put the "fun" into "functional," Sat May 15, 10-4, Salem Art Association, $65, www.salemart.org, 503-581-2228 PAUL LEWING: "The Art of China Painting," hands on, explore Paul’s way of working using water based pigments instead of oil. $110 includes some supplies, May 15 & 22 and June 5, Moshier Community Art Center, 430 S 156th, Burien WA 206-242-7752 or register at 206-988-3700 NCECA CONFERENCE: NCECA 2005 will be in Baltimore, and in 2006 it will be in Portland! The dates will be March 8-11, 2006. The current Portland liaison is Ted Vogel and his sidekick is Thomas Orr. OPA will of course be involved. The most immediate concern for the conference is the lack of space for ceramics exhibitions here in Portland. If you know of any exhibition spaces available, please contact Ted, 503-977-1716, vogel@lclark.edu. If you are thinking about having an exhibition, NCECA now asks that all shows be submitted to them in advance, and if they meet their approval they will list them in the catalogue that is handed to Conference attendees. Information about that procedure will be on their website at a later date. OPA will sponsor a few shows during the conference. The board is discussing the themes for these shows. If you have any ideas about shows you would like to see OPA sponsor, contact Janet Buskirk. We will of course need a group of people to help organize, hang and man these shows. More information about all of this will be in future Newsletters. MEMBER NEWS LESLIE LEE & DENNIS MEINERS were on Oregon Art Beat on Oregon Public Broadcasting on April 15th.PETER MEYER will have a piece featured in 500 Figures in Clay: Ceramic Artists Celebrate the Human Form published by Lark Books. KRISTIN YOUNT had some of her teeny tiny pieces included in the Art-O-Mat project. DEBORAH SHAPIRO has a platter accepted into Strictly Functional Pottery National. The show has gotten extremely competitive, with 105 pieces accepted out of 1463 submitted. JOE DAVIS has been accepted into the MFA program at Ohio University in Athens starting September 2004. Showcase will be the last chance to get a Joe Davis pot for a while! JERROLD MARTISAK had a sculpture accepted into "Gigantic: Ceramic Figurines" at the Kirkland Arts Center in Washington. The juror, Patti Warashina, selected 39 pieces from 300 entries. Jerrold also had two pieces accepted into the "Radius 25" exhibition at the Salem Art Association. BEVERLY CURTIS & LINDA KLAUS have work in "Urban Scenes" at the Gresham City Hall Visual Arts Gallery through April 29. RICHEY BELLINGER, NORMA MORRELL & KIM MURTON had a show together at Graystone Gallery, 3279 SE Hawthorne in Portland in March JACK WALSH had a piece accepted into the Soda/Salt National in Montana EXHIBITIONS OF INTEREST OREGON COLLEGE OF ART & CRAFT THESIS EXHIBIT: Check out the work of some local up-an-coming artists. The thesis shows will be at both Contemporary Crafts Gallery and at the Hoffman Gallery at OCAC. At CCG, the opening is May 14 at 7pm. At OCAC the opening is May 13. SHAMELESS ADVERTISING WANTED TO BORROW (or rent or????) a PC laptop computer from mid-May thru mid-June. I'm doing some traveling and would like to use it to keep a journal and organize digital photos along the way. Nothing fancy needed, just a basic brain and USB port. I'm totally trustworthy (trust me on this one!) and promise to take excellent care of your loaner. PS : If anyone has any personal contacts in northern Italy (nothing south of Siena) it would be great to have some names and numbers/emails, and by all means if you have a favorite out-of-the-way place to visit send it along (restaurants accepted). Don Clarke ddclarke@efn.orgKILN FOR SALE: Brand new, still in box, Skutt KM 818, has computer, EnviroVent, furniture, $1500 obo, Stephanie, (Oregon City) FOR SALE: 2 Eclipse TR-8 burners with 2 automatic shutoff (BASO) valves to fit ¾" gas pipes, $100, Janet (Portland). ROOM FOR RENT: Come share my home! $375/month + 1/3 utilities. Satellite TV, hot tub, deck, possible clay space in basement. Victoria Shaw, (cel) (N Portland) DATES TO REMEMBER: April 23-25: Ceramic Showcase May 5: Showcase Wrap-Up Meeting May 14: OPA Meeting June 3: OPA Board Meeting June 4: Empty Bowls, Eugene June 10: Newsletter Deadline July 4 weekend: Empty Bowls, Portland
OREGON POTTERS ASSOCIATION – BY-LAWS ARTICLE I: NAME The name of this corporation is Oregon Potters Association (OPA). ARTICLE II: OFFICES The corporation shall maintain a post office box and a local phone number for the purpose of OPA communication. The Board of OPA may, at any time change the post office box and/or the phone number. The corporation may also have other offices at such places as the Board may fix by resolution. ARTICLE III: PURPOSE To promote an exchange of knowledge and information about all types of ceramic arts, and to provide mutual support, encouragement and education for its members. To serve as a professional liaison to the public, galleries, businesses, publications and arts agencies. ARTICL IV: MEMBERSHIP Section 1. Classes and Voting: There shall be one class of members of this corporation. Each member shall be entitled to one vote on all matters for which a membership vote is required by law, the Articles of Incorporation, or the by-laws of this corporation. Section 2. Qualifications: A person shall become a member of the corporation by payment of dues, and by living within the geographical boundaries as decided by the Board, or voted Emeritus member by the Board. Section 3. Expulsion: A member may be expelled by the Board after giving the member at least 15 days written notice of the expulsion and the reasons for the act. The member shall be given an opportunity to be heard by the Board or its designated agent, orally or in writing, at least 5 days before the effective date of the expulsion. The written notice of the expulsion shall be given by certified mail, sent to the last known address of the member show in the corporation’s records. The decision of the Board or its designated agent shall be final, and shall not be subject to any review or appeal by any court or other persons. Any member who brings suit against OPA automatically forfeits his/her membership. Section 4. Annual Meeting: The annual meeting of the members of this corporation shall be held on the second Friday of January of each year at 6:30 p.m. at a place decided by the Board. Section 5. General Meetings: Notice of general meetings shall be given in writing six times a year and delivered by U.S. mail. Notice shall be deemed delivered when deposited in the U.S. mail addressed to the member at his/her address as it appears on the books of the corporation. Section 6. Quorum and Voting: Those members present at an annual or general meeting constitute a quorum. Action is taken by an affirmative vote of a majority of members present, unless these by-laws or the applicable law provides differently. Section 7. Proxy Voting: There shall be no voting by proxy. ARTICLE V: OFFICERS Section 1. Title: The officers of the corporation shall be the President, President-Elect, Past President, Co-Treasurer(s), Secretary, Showcase Chair(s) and Newsletter Editor.
Section 2. Election: The officers of the corporation, except the President, Past President, Co-Treasurer(s) and the Showcase chair(s) shall be elected by the majority vote of the members present at the January annual meeting. The OPA Presidency is a three-year commitment. The President-elect shall serve as President the following year; the President from the previous year becomes Past President. The President-elect, President, Past President, Secretary, and Newsletter Editor shall serve a one-year term. Each Treasurer shall serve a four-year term with alternate treasurer elections every two years. The Showcase Chair shall be elected by the Showcase Steering committee. An officer may be reelected without limitation on the number of terms he/she may serve. Section 3. Vacancies: If the President-elect resigns, the position is filled by a vote at the next general meeting. If the President resigns, the President-elect fills the position for the remainder of the term, in addition to serving as President the next year. If a Past President resigns, the position stays unfilled for the remainder of the term. If a Treasurer resigns, the position shall be filled by vote of the Board for the remainder of the term for that Treasurer. Vacancies of all other elected offices shall be filled by vote of the remaining Board. Terms of office in this case will be until the next annual meeting, at which time the position will be filled through the regular election procedure. Section 4. President: The President shall designate, on reasonable notice, the time and place of all Board meetings. The President shall preside over all meetings of the membership and of the Board of Directors. The President shall appoint such committees as may seem necessary or desirable and shall be an ex-officio member of all standing committees. The President shall in general perform the usual duties pertaining to his/her office. Section 5. President-Elect: The President-Elect shall act as an aid to the President and shall perform the duties of the President in his/her absence. After serving as President-Elect for one year, he/she automatically becomes President for one year. Section 6. Past President: Past President shall advise and aid in all matters of the Board for the purpose of continuity. Section 7. Secretary: The Secretary shall attend all general and Board meetings and shall keep and maintain a record of all proceedings of the Board of Directors and general meetings. The Secretary shall give notice of all meetings of the Board of Directors whenever required. The Secretary shall cause the minutes to be distributed to the Board in a timely fashion after each meeting. The Secretary shall keep and maintain the files and records of the corporation and shall perform such other duties as are incident to the office of Secretary. Section 8. Co-Treasurers: The Co-Treasurers shall be responsible for all fiscal matters of the corporation and shall maintain adequate books and records which accurately reflect the operations of the corporation and its assets and liabilities. The Co-Treasurers shall also prepare or cause to be prepared all quarterly, annual and such other reports ordered by law, and shall perform such duties as are incident to the office. Section 9. Newsletter Editor. The Newsletter Editor shall compile, publish and distribute the newsletter every other month, per guidelines as established by the Board of Directors. The newsletter shall be sent to everyone on the mailing list. Section 10. Showcase Chair(s): The Showcase Chair(s) shall oversee the organization of the annual spring Ceramic Showcase. The Showcase Chair(s) shall act as chair of the Showcase Steering Committee. This position may be held by one person or shared by two people, with co-chairs holding only one vote in Board matters. ARTICLE VI: BOARD OF DIRECTORS Section 1. Duties: The affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by its board of directors. Section 2. Chair: The President of the OPA shall act as chairperson to conduct meetings and perform other duties imposed on her/him by the Board. Section 3. Members at Large: At-large Board members are elected at the OPA annual meeting. They shall attend at least four of six Board meetings per year. The term of office shall be one year. Vacancy of an At-large Board member position shall not be filled until the next annual meeting. Section 4. Number: The number of the Board of Directors shall consist of eight officers, twelve at-large members and current OPA committee chairs. In the case of Showcase Co-Chairs, there will be nine officers. Section 5. Term: Board members may be elected without limitation on the number of terms he/she may serve. Section 6. Removal: Removal from the Board of Directors shall be caused by a unanimous vote of the other Board members. Section 7. Quorum and Voting: All decisions of the Board of Directors shall be by a majority vote. A quorum is those in attendance at the Board meeting. Officers, At-large Board members and OPA committee chairs in attendance each have one vote, except Showcase Co-Chairs as in Article V, Section 10. Section 8. Board Meetings: Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at a time and place to be determined by the Board of Directors. The Board shall meet a maximum of six times per year at the discretion of the President. Section 9. Stipend: Stipends may be awarded at the discretion of the Board. ARTICLE VII: COMMITTEES Section 1. The Board of Directors may establish such other committees as it deems necessary and desirable. Such committees may exercise functions of the Board of Directors, or may be advisory committees. The committee chairs are elected at the January general membership meeting for a term of one year. ARTICLE VIII: OPA TRADE SHOWS: CERAMIC SHOWCASE The Showcase Chair(s), Steering Committee and Showcase Committees shall put on an annual trade show for its eligible members, and invite the public. The Showcase Chair(s) and Steering Committee shall have authority to make all Showcase decisions and policies. ARTICLE IX: CORPORATE INDEMNITY OF OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS This corporation will indemnify its officers and directors to the fullest extent allowed by Oregon Law. ARTICLE X: AMENDMENTS TO BY-LAWS The Board of Directors may amend these by-laws by an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members of the Board. ARTICLE XI: MISCELLANEOUS Section 1. All assets of the corporation are the property of the corporation, to be used in any way, or in any transaction that the corporation and/or the Board of Directors, as representatives of the membership, sees fit. Section 2. All checks, notes, drafts, contracts and other obligations shall be signed and countersigned in such manner as the Board of Directors may determine. Section 3. With the exception for those items which are part of standard operating procedures (i.e. approved budgets): A) Treasurer and one Board member may authorize expenditures up to $100: B) A quorum of the Board of Directors may authorize expenditures up to $500; C) Expenditures of more than $500 must be approved by a majority vote of a quorum of the membership. Amended 1/04
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