All right, everybody. All of my new ideas hit me when I'm half-asleep, and so last night when I was laying in bed I was struck with inspiration. The new Christmas agenda: gift baskets full of art supplies for homeless kids. I'm going to be contacting a local shelter and asking how they like people to go about donating things, and based on that we can figure out how to do this. I'm thinking either get a total for how many small children there are at the shelter, or if it is constantly changing, just do a few huge baskets full of art supplies. I'm thinking crayons, colored pencils, markers, watercolors, pads of watercolor paper, pads of drawing paper, coloring books, construction paper...
We can make this happen. And actually do something worthwhile. We can do this based on donations from members as well as revenue from the candy-cane-o-grams sale (it usually does pretty well...or at least it did last year).
Any ideas? Let me know. Comment on this post, talk to me in school, text me, email me (my info's on the sidebar). I'm excited. And if Ms. Altman doesn't approve of it (which I don't see why she wouldn't, but just saying), I'll be doing this as an individual thing. Either way, it's going to happen. Let me know your thoughts!
Liz Lupher
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Meeting Nov 11- Art With The Community Day!
So finally AWTC is happening and it can be over and done with! A reminder to all you volunteers who weren't at the meeting, be there BEFORE 6:30 if you're helping with the first class and BEFORE 8 for the second class. Also, please bring in bake sale stuff like pop and cookies and cupcakes and brownies and things. There's never too much.
Membership stuff was due today, the money and the forms. It's very important that we get those because we need to be able to contact everyone and know who's actually going to be participating this year. Once we get everyone's contact info in, I think I'll probably send around an email so that everyone will have everyone else's info. Or maybe I'll just post it here. Either way, it will be available.
Another thing that was due today was the t-shirt designs. Aside from that one I made, we only got one other one from Sasha which was really cool. It had dinosaurs with paintbrushes and pencils. It looks very similar to the one from last year. There was a vote, and Sasha's design, won, I guess. So we'll be in the process of putting into a format to screen print out onto t-shirts. I think next week we'll probably make a list of all the people who want one and the sizes and get a cost estimate. It should be around $10 per shirt. Sorry I don't have a picture of it here, but hopefully Brianna will post it soon enough.
Lastly, our next "project" sort of thing we have set up is going to be candy cane-o-grams. If you don't remember what that is from last year, basically people buy candy canes at lunch and send them to a friend. It's 50¢ to $1, I can't really remember, but pretty cheap. Now where it gets artsy is that this year we'll be making greeting cards to go with it, or decorative gift tags. They'll either be some sort of template or stencil that everyone can trace out and color or they'll be made of paper cut outs. Since Christmas break is really only a few weeks off, it's something that needs to be started right away, so by next week have some (fairly simple) designs for that in mind and we can pick two or three to mass produce for it. Don't even worry about actually obtaining the candy canes just yet though because you can get those everywhere on the cheap.
So, as the Dimminator used to say, It's about that time.
See you next week,
Andrea
P.S. I didn't mention this at the meeting, but there are at least three teachers who are lined up for us to paint murals on their walls. One of them would be a pretty big project, so it would take some time. The others are pretty simple. Dani Morrow is essentially in charge of these now, so we'll talk more about it at the next meeting and see about getting a committee together to help.
Membership stuff was due today, the money and the forms. It's very important that we get those because we need to be able to contact everyone and know who's actually going to be participating this year. Once we get everyone's contact info in, I think I'll probably send around an email so that everyone will have everyone else's info. Or maybe I'll just post it here. Either way, it will be available.
Another thing that was due today was the t-shirt designs. Aside from that one I made, we only got one other one from Sasha which was really cool. It had dinosaurs with paintbrushes and pencils. It looks very similar to the one from last year. There was a vote, and Sasha's design, won, I guess. So we'll be in the process of putting into a format to screen print out onto t-shirts. I think next week we'll probably make a list of all the people who want one and the sizes and get a cost estimate. It should be around $10 per shirt. Sorry I don't have a picture of it here, but hopefully Brianna will post it soon enough.
Lastly, our next "project" sort of thing we have set up is going to be candy cane-o-grams. If you don't remember what that is from last year, basically people buy candy canes at lunch and send them to a friend. It's 50¢ to $1, I can't really remember, but pretty cheap. Now where it gets artsy is that this year we'll be making greeting cards to go with it, or decorative gift tags. They'll either be some sort of template or stencil that everyone can trace out and color or they'll be made of paper cut outs. Since Christmas break is really only a few weeks off, it's something that needs to be started right away, so by next week have some (fairly simple) designs for that in mind and we can pick two or three to mass produce for it. Don't even worry about actually obtaining the candy canes just yet though because you can get those everywhere on the cheap.
So, as the Dimminator used to say, It's about that time.
See you next week,
Andrea
P.S. I didn't mention this at the meeting, but there are at least three teachers who are lined up for us to paint murals on their walls. One of them would be a pretty big project, so it would take some time. The others are pretty simple. Dani Morrow is essentially in charge of these now, so we'll talk more about it at the next meeting and see about getting a committee together to help.
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
11-3-2010
Firstly, lots of people have been giving me suggestions on ideas for the t-shirt, which is fantastic, and I just wanted everyone to know that I have been listening! I've already created a bunch of different variations of it. I'll have them printed out and put on the bulletin board in the hallway. Also, for those that want to, if you have a design for a t-shirt, you can print it out and staple it to the board too. I just ask that you number it when/ if you do.
Any t-shirt designs you have need to be turned in by next Thursday the 11th so we can vote on them either that week or the following. You can bring it to the meeting, give it to Ms. Altman or one of the officers, or you can just throw it in the second cabinet in E-8 by the NAHS binders (though you should probably tell someone that you did).
Second, Art with the Community is coming up fast! Make sure you know what you're supposed to be doing there, and if you don't, now is the time to ask. We have lots of volunteers, way more than we really know what to do with, but there will be something for you to do, I promise. If you can't make it for whatever reason, please let an officer or Ms. Altman know so we can replace you. And please try to recruit some friends or family members to come to AWTC! It's $5 per person per workshop I believe, and they can attend 2 workshops.
Third, the membership dues and contact sheets need to be turned in by next Thursday also. They were supposed to be due today but there wasn't exactly fair warning so I'll give you all another week! The membership fee is $3. If for some reason you cannot afford that, you must talk with Liz or I or Ms. Altman soon.
- Andrea
Any t-shirt designs you have need to be turned in by next Thursday the 11th so we can vote on them either that week or the following. You can bring it to the meeting, give it to Ms. Altman or one of the officers, or you can just throw it in the second cabinet in E-8 by the NAHS binders (though you should probably tell someone that you did).
Second, Art with the Community is coming up fast! Make sure you know what you're supposed to be doing there, and if you don't, now is the time to ask. We have lots of volunteers, way more than we really know what to do with, but there will be something for you to do, I promise. If you can't make it for whatever reason, please let an officer or Ms. Altman know so we can replace you. And please try to recruit some friends or family members to come to AWTC! It's $5 per person per workshop I believe, and they can attend 2 workshops.
Third, the membership dues and contact sheets need to be turned in by next Thursday also. They were supposed to be due today but there wasn't exactly fair warning so I'll give you all another week! The membership fee is $3. If for some reason you cannot afford that, you must talk with Liz or I or Ms. Altman soon.
- Andrea
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