The last day to vote on topics to present at the IWS Annual Meeting is tomorrow, Friday, May 26.
The IWS Annual Meeting is September 15 – 16, 2023, at 311 Village Drive, Tamarack Resort, Tamarack, ID.
In addition to the numerous activities planned, we are requesting your vote to help us plan the presentations you would be most interested in.
CLICK THIS LINK TO RESPOND TO THE SURVEY TO VOTE ON TOPICS TO BE PRESENTED AT THE ANNUAL MEETING:Link to Survey
SURVEY
Over the past few years, many IWS artists have expressed interest in knowing more about the business of art, so the board has put together some ideas for a series of art talks at our Annual Meeting. We’d like your input on the suggested topics below and any others we have not included. Please rank the first four you are interested in hearing about, by numbering them 1-4, with 1 as the most important to you:
How to prepare and enter your art in local, regional, and/or national shows.
How to find local businesses and galleries that will hang my art?
How to create an effective Artist Statement?
At what point do I need to get a business license to report expenses and income?
At what point in my art journey do I need a website or other social media presence?
How do I effectively promote and market my art for sale?
Tips on framing my art for the most effective presentation and preparing my art for secure shipping.
You also have the opportunity in the survey to list other art business topics of interest to you.
CLICK THIS LINK TO RESPOND TO THE SURVEY TO VOTE ON TOPICS TO BE PRESENTED AT THE ANNUAL MEETING:Link to Survey
The IWS Annual Meeting is September 15 – 16, 2023, at 311 Village Drive, Tamarack Resort, Tamarack, ID.
In addition to the numerous activities planned, we are requesting your vote to help us plan the presentations you would be most interested in.
CLICK THIS LINK TO RESPOND TO THE SURVEY TO VOTE ON TOPICS TO BE PRESENTED AT THE ANNUAL MEETING:Link to Survey
SURVEY
Over the past few years, many IWS artists have expressed interest in knowing more about the business of art, so the board has put together some ideas for a series of art talks at our Annual Meeting. We’d like your input on the suggested topics below and any others we have not included. Please rank the first four you are interested in hearing about, by numbering them 1-4, with 1 as the most important to you:
How to prepare and enter your art in local, regional, and/or national shows.
How to find local businesses and galleries that will hang my art?
How to create an effective Artist Statement?
At what point do I need to get a business license to report expenses and income?
At what point in my art journey do I need a website or other social media presence?
How do I effectively promote and market my art for sale?
Tips on framing my art for the most effective presentation and preparing my art for secure shipping.
You also have the opportunity in the survey to list other art business topics of interest to you.
CLICK THIS LINK TO RESPOND TO THE SURVEY TO VOTE ON TOPICS TO BE PRESENTED AT THE ANNUAL MEETING:Link to Survey
311 Village Drive, TAMARACK RESORT, Tamarack, ID. 83615
We are thrilled to announce that this year’s annual meeting will be held at the beautiful Tamarack Resort in Tamarack, Idaho, near Donnelly. Your Board’s goal for the past couple of years has been to move the annual meeting around the State and it is our hope that this centrally located resort will get you as excited as we are about this gathering. This will be a great opportunity to make new members, renew old friendships and advance your artistic skills. Check out Tamarack Resort’s website: https://tamarackidaho.com
The resort has offered us the opportunity to hold a 2-day art show in the central plaza, that is surrounded by shops and restaurants. This would be a great place to sell your work. Many new condo owners! More details to come.
The Business of Art – Friday afternoon
Friday afternoon we will host a series of art talks by a variety of art professionals that will share their expertise in some of the following subjects: Framing, entering shows, setting up booths in art fairs to maximize sales, marketing your work, advice on getting into galleries, social media, websites and more. Click here to respond to the survey. This survey will allow you to tell us what areas are most important to you.
Art Workshop – Saturday 9:00am – 3:00pm
Details to be announced shortly including available number and price.
Paint Out – Saturday 10:00 – 2:00pm
For those interested in a plein air experience, we will have a plein air artist in the plaza available to lead you to locations with great views.
Social Hour – Saturday 4:00pm – 6:00pm
A cash bar is available on the patio overlooking the mountains, just outside the Fern & Feather meeting room.
Dinner and Annual Meeting – Saturday 6:00pm – 8:30pm
Dinner will be $40 per person
A large part of our annual meeting this year will be sharing a proposed strategic 5-year plan for IWS, with a goal of maintaining a vibrant organization.
A FEW MORE DETAILS
Room Rates – special rates have been set aside for our event and the resort has extended these special rates two dates prior to the event and two dates after, in case members want to extend their time at the resort. Seventeen rooms have been set in a block for IWS and reservations must be made by August 18. Individuals will need to make their own reservations with Tamarack by calling: 1-208-325-1009.
Room prices are as follows:
Lodge – King Room $129.00 Per Unit, Per Night (5 units reserved)
Lodge – Queen Room $144.00 Per Unit, Per Night (3 units reserved)
Lodge – Studio Condo $139.00 Per Unit, Per Night (3 units reserved)
Village – Studio Condo $174.00 Per Unit, Per Night (2 units reserved)
Village – 2BR Condo $224.00 Per Unit, Per Night (3 units reserved)
Cottage – 2BR $224.00 Per Unit, Per Night (1 unit reserved)
This block of rooms could sleep 35 people. There could be others available, but it would be space available and might not be at the same discounted price. FIRST COME FIRST SERVE. There could also be lodging available in nearby Donnelly.
To register for a great weekend at Tamarack Resort, email or print out and mail the following information to Carol HasBrouck Browning hazzy1900@gmail.com
MEMBER NAME__________________________________
GUEST NAME (f applicable) __________________________________
__ I am interested in participating in art show and sale
__ I am interested in the workshop Saturday, September 16. 9:00am – 3:00pm
Instructor – Jack Dykstra, longtime member of Montana Watercolor Society and new member of IWS. Price $50 includes lunch.
__ Interested in plein air painting – Saturday, September 16, 10:00am – 2:00pm
__ Will attend annual meeting and banquet $35.00 per person.
# of banquet attendees _______
Mail checks to Carol HasBrouck Browning 71 W Arnaz St., Meridian, ID 83646
Tamarack Resort Room Reservations can be made by clicking the link just above this reservation form.
TO ALL IWS MEMBERS:
In recent Board of Director meetings, two changes were proposed for the current BY-LAWS.
1. Further expand on Distinguished Merit Membership time constraints in conjunction with active membership.
2. The second change is to provide Dual Membership in IWS as well as PAPI – Plein Air Painters of Idaho.
The purpose of these two proposed changes is to clarify and broaden our membership and encourage additional member involvement
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Please vote on your preference for these proposed changes by October 31, 2022, by clicking on the link:
Since we only publish our newsletter quarterly, and IWS is ramping up activities, I thought an update was in order.
Experimental Exhibition – Wow, what a turnout! The board was delighted to have 53 entries into our first-ever “Anything Goes” exhibition. A huge thank you to Cherry Woodbury for leading this effort. If you were at the Annual Meeting, you saw the winning entries and know who the winners are. If you missed that great event, here is the announcement…albeit delayed:
First Place, titled “A Night Out” by Jane Wilson $300
Second Place, titled “Summer Sunflowers” by Jean Nelson Ah Fong $200
Third Place, titled “Refugee” by Dave Earnest $100
A huge thank you to our juror Ruth Armitage from the Oregon Watercolor Society.
Annual Meeting – If you were not able to attend, you missed a good one! So many people helped make this annual event outstanding, but special thanks to our Regional Rep, recently retired, Linda Carlson. We will miss Linda, as she and her husband move to North Carolina. We experienced five amazing Art Talks over the course of those two days: Linda Aman, Sue Tyler, Torgeson Murdock, Yidan Guo, and Bernadette Regnier. We tried our hand at block prints, visited the Idaho Falls Art Gallery, picnicked in the park, wandered through the amazing Japanese Gardens, and made and renewed friendships from across the state. A huge thank you to all who helped make this event so enriching. Watch for news about next year’s location and activities.
Strategic Planning – The day before the annual meeting in Idaho Falls, a handful of members gathered to envision and plan for our future…who we are, who we want to be, and the resources we need to get there. Our goal over the course of the coming 9 months is to develop these plans and present them at our 2023 Annual Meeting for the organization’s approval. Our next strategic planning meeting will be in Boise in November. If you are a visionary and/or strategic thinker and would like to be involved, get in touch with me.
Membership – Three announcements regarding membership:
To facilitate increased opportunities for our members, the board researched other regional arts organizations and voted to increase our dues by $5. Dues will now be $45 per year.
Previously an additional $5 could be paid if a member wanted to receive the quarterly newsletter by mail. Due to the increased cost of postage and printing, for a decreasing number of members, the board voted to provide the newsletter exclusively by email and eliminate mailed copies.
The board and members at the annual meeting voted to offer a third option for membership. Joint membership with the Plein Air Painters of Idaho (PAPI) will be offered at a cost of $70. This is a $20 savings if you belong to both IWS and PAPI. Each organization will maintain its organizational structure and exhibition requirements. Joint membership will allow you to enter shows, workshops, and events for both organizations. Joint membership can be paid for either by mail to Lynn McConnell or online at the IWS Website.
We will start our cooperative activities with the previously announced Plein Air Workshop on April 8th. It will be held at the beautiful Riverhouse in Star, Idaho, featuring the nationally acclaimed Plein air painter, Gabriel Stockton from the San Diego Watercolor Society.
Rotunda Show – Beth Trott and Bonnie Liles have been busy planning for this next exhibition at the Capitol Rotunda Show March 4 – 17th. We had so many visitors last year, and a first-time reception that was so well attended, it was crowded. Just what artists, looking to sell their work (sans commission) like.
Annual Exhibition 2023 – Plans are well underway with our experienced Exhibition Coordinator, Scott Muscolo. Our Vice President, Don Belts has been working hard at securing a juror and workshop instructor for next year. We are pleased to announce that he has contracted with Robin Poteet of Virginia. If you are not familiar with her work, check out her website. I think you will be impressed. The breadth of her work is amazing. Scott will have more information and the prospectus available in January.
Regional Reps – I wanted to recognize the great work our Regional Reps are doing, hosting workshops, meetings, and art activities and recruiting new members. Every week I receive notice from Lynn McConnell, our membership chairman, of new members joining IWS. A huge thank you to Cathy Anderson, Connie Pepper, Cheryll Root, Les Scott, and Neila Loebs.
In closing, I am writing this from my daughter’s patio in Santa Barbara. It is 89 degrees today! Beautiful, but a little too hot in October for this native Idahoan! Enjoy this beautiful Fall and paint like your life depended on it. After all, we have numerous shows coming up: Rotunda show, WFWS, Annual Exhibition, and probably more!
Please read the proposed IWS 2023 budget attached to this announcement. It will be voted on at the annual meeting on September 9. If you will not be at the meeting, please vote now using the included link. If you have questions, please call or email Carol HasBrouck Browning at 864-423-2521 or hazzy1900@gmail.com, President, or Carol Spoor at 208-939-2055 or jakes39chevy@msn.com, Treasurer.
We need cards for Marjorie Reinecker, our Correspondence Secretary. In the past, we have requested original painted cards, but when Anne Abgott was with us for the annual workshop in June, she shared an idea that I am excited about.
She took digital images to a photo store and had 4″x6″ color prints made. Then she glued the corners to the front of a blank card. Beautiful and cheap!
If you are willing to send me a digital image of your favorite painting, we will do the rest to create unique IWS cards to send to members for congratulations, get well, etc. By sending me your image, you allow IWS to use it for these member cards.
**Please do not respond to this announcement, but instead, send your digital image to Carol HasBrouck Browing’s email address included at the end of this email.**
Payment for the Banquetwill need to be made by Check or Cash ONLY.We do not have the equipment to take credit card payments. Payment will be taken at the door.
Parking – all day parking is difficult downtown, so here are some suggestions:
1. The Art Museum of Eastern Idaho allows us to park in their lot on Friday and Saturdays at no charge. The address is 300 S. Capital Ave. It is 2 blocks from the Arts Center. For those unable to walk that distance, shuttle service will be available from members beginning at 8:30 am.
2. A Public lot is one block north of the Arts Council building on the corner of B Street and Capitol Street ($1.00 per hour). Payment at the meter.
3. Public underground parking – A Street & Memorial Dr. $12 per day. Open from 6:00am – 11:00pm. One block east of the Arts Council
Hotels – For those in either the Hilton Garden Inn or the Best Western Driftwood Inn, the Arts Center is just across the bridge and a block to downtown. If you have not made room reservations, the Hilton Garden Inn still has some available rooms.
Saturday Lunch – sponsored by IWS, will be along the river. More details on Friday. If you are planning to attend, bring a folding lawn chair in case there are not enough benches.
As we move out of all the covid restrictions of the past few years and begin to look to the future, the Board feels IWS could benefit from the development of a strategic plan. Other watercolor organizations in the western WFWS group are looking to the future as well and it appears there will be some brainstorming in the near future among the leaders of these societies. I am excited about this new opportunity.
It has been obvious over the past few years that we are in need of marketing and graphics assistance. Unfortunately, several members who we relied on, probably too heavily, to create marketing and creative, have moved out of state. There is an urgent need to promote current events, create printed materials and recruit membership. These are only several of the areas where marketing and graphics could assist IWS. At this point, we have not found available volunteers among our current members, so the Board feels we need to expand our search outside the organization. This is one of the aspects of a long-term plan we would like to discuss.
If you have an interest in helping shape the Idaho Watercolor Society’s future, by being part of a small group that crafts a strategic plan to guide us forward, please contact me. The Board would like to have volunteers from all five regions to ensure that our plans incorporate artist’s interests across the state. Initially, we are looking for 8-10 people.
This group will meet for the first time the day before the Annual Meeting in Idaho Falls. Thursday, September 8th . We will meet at the Idaho Arts Council. Time to be determined once we have volunteers.
Regards,
Carol HasBrouck Browning
Your IWS President
In recent Board of Director meetings, two changes were proposed for the current BY-LAWS.
1. Change active member status to include anyone who has been a primary Idaho resident, but has subsequently moved out of State. That member must be current with their dues to remain an active member.
2. The second change is to allow associate members enter non-juried regional or statewide shows.
The purpose of these two proposed changes is to broaden our membership and encourage associate member involvement.
Please vote your preference to these proposed changes by January 31, 2022.
Thank you, as always, for your support of an active and engaged IWS membership.
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