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Anyone (you don’t have to be a guild member) who wants to talk about glass, doing shows etc. is invited to a potluck brunch at Karen Seymour’s by the zoo in Seattle. Bring a dish to feed about 8.
If you also bring something for the show and tell (glass, a new technique or questions about a process, a kiln “surprise” to diagnose etc.) people will be delighted.
Please contact Karen if you plan to come so we have enough chairs etc. out before everyone starts arriving.
Lets show that Glass Artists do it best…
April 28th to the 30th Gathering of the Guilds (GOTG) Show in Portland OR expects 20,000 plus art lovers and purchasers to come visit the show. People are excited to get out and see your artwork in person and to chat with you.
We offer several alternatives for booths including a group booth and a special spot for new and emerging artists. We also have opportunities in the “Spotlight” for up to three of your masterpieces without having to be at the actual show.
If you are new to selling at a show, we are here to support each others’ success and can walk you through your maiden voyage.
One of this year’s artists who was in last years show noted that customers were saying “Thank you for having this show again – we are over the moon about seeing artist’s work again in person and have been missing this experience so much. It is a joy to see the creativity and beauty that is in all the work that is in this show and it has far exceeded our expectations”. Can’t wait to hear what they say about this years show!
So sign up soon…you need to act now as some of the other Guilds have waiting lists and want to purchase any unsold booths.
For details see the GOTG registration page https://www.pnwglassguild.org/gotg-registration-info/ . If you have questions please text the GOTG coordinator Lesley Kelly at 503-816-3981 and she’ll call you back.
To all customers who attended the Gathering of the Guilds in Portland, Oregon and made credit card or debit purchases at Marvelous Mosaic Fine Art booth, we have important information to share. Due to a technical glitch, our credit card reader ceased functioning properly from Saturday at 12:45 pm until Sunday at 4 pm. We kindly ask that if you purchased glass vitrigraph, glue, tools or pendants during these times, you check your charge statement and reach out to us if you were not charged for your purchase all charged did not go through between times indicated. Your attention to this matter will greatly assist our small business in recovering from this unforeseen setback. Kory Dollar of Marvelous Mosaic kory@marvelousmosaic.com or 360-719-9298
11 am until around 2 pm at Karen Seymour’s house near the zoo in Seattle (5415 Greenwood Ave N). Any one is welcome, member or not. Come discuss glass, what the Guild could do that would be helpful to your glass journey, and especially the upcoming Vendor Fair May 11.
If you have a piece to show off or ask questions about, we’d love to see it. Also bring a dish to feed about 8. Please contact Karen Seymour if you plan to attend.
It’s October! Here are some of this month’s glass opportunities:
Oct. 4-5 Margie’s Fall Market, Aurora OR (a bit south of Portland) where the Guild is coordinating several indoor booths. Stop by this Friday and Saturday to say hi to and buy from members Kory Dollar,Shawna Hovey, Lesley Kelly, Lyn Kennison, Barb Kienle, Carlyne Lynch, Rose and Gerald McBride, Daryle Ryder, as well as nearly 50 other vendors. (There may be a space left in the Guild booths if you wish to try selling your work here: see details or contact Carlyne Lynch)
Oct. 4-6 Local 14 Art Show in Portland OR members Greta Schneider, Mitzi Kugler and Cheryl Chapman are showing and selling their work in this well regarded juried art show
Oct 5 Issaquah Salmon Days, Issaquah WA (SE of Seattle) member Linda Schnell will be selling her work along with lots of other juried artists in the 55th annual celebration of the salmon returning
Oct 17-20 Refract is the annual 4 day celebration of Seattle area glass that ranges from Tacoma to Everett and from live glass blowing to special museum exhibits to the Pilchuck Gala Auction. The Guild sponsored Glass And Decor Studio Tour and Sale, in north Seattle on Sat & Sun Oct.19-20, is counted as just one of the nearly 50 different Refract venues. Stop by the 6 studios on the tour and talk glass with members Lael Bennett, Angie Heinrich, Stephanie Johnston, Debbie Marchione, Karen Seymour, David Smith, and Sandy Spear.
Oct 19-20 on the Washington County Studio Tour members Linda Gerrard and Rosalind Cooper will open their Beaverton OR studios (SW of Portland) so you can see where they work their magic and buy their resulting glass art.
Oct. 27 General Meeting via Zoom: voting for 2025 officers (all are willing to serve a second term so it should be short) followed by a discussion of packing, shipping, hang tags and all those little details that can help raise the level of your glass professionalism just in time for holiday sales.
• The Art By Design show in Seattle WA Feb. 3-4 features 2 Guild members
• Also in Seattle WA there’s a Glass Artist’s Potluck at 11 AM Sunday Feb.5
• A Mosaic Retreat in Deer Island OR Feb 3-5
See the calendar for other classes in Deer Island OR and Battle Ground WA this month
And of course the ongoing registration for Gathering of the Guilds booths: if you buy your booth and get your photos in by tonight’s publicity deadline (Jan 31st) your art has a good chance of being seen all over Portland in the next 3 months as part of the big promotion planned by the GOTG organization. The show will be April 28-30.