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Art News

AUGUST 2013

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A Newsletter for the Artists and Writers of the Billings Arts Association - Sharing Our Creativity & Inspiration

SUMMER SPOT LIGHT ON PLEIN-AIR

PLEIN-AIR PAINTING 3rd Fridays of the Summer Months. Don’t miss the last scheduled event — paint at the Zoo.

2100 S. Shiloh Road

August 16, 2013—Zoo Montana (10a.m. to 4 p.m.) Group rates $2.50/person/say w/BAA

Questions….Call Jacquie at : 861-2653 or jacquiepk@yahoo.com

Watch for additional Plein-air opportunities—JUST IN —Sept. 6... SEE PAGE 3,

Come paint in the beautiful Botanical Gardens at Zoo Montana. Walk the trails, paint the bears, wolves, tiger or maybe the otters. The gardens are planned, planted and maintained by The Botanical Soci-ety of Zoo Montana and all volunteer membership whose goal is to make these gardens the best in the state. Photo’s taken July 21, 2013, family day at the ZOO. The one-acre Sensory Garden is planted with both native and exotic plants intended to stimulate all of your senses. It is a very popular site for Weddings. The zoo also includes a Montana garden with native plants, and Dottie's Garden, which is home to plants that use very little water.

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Billings Arts Association 8th ANNUAL FALL FESTIVAL

Billings Arts Association Will Present the 8th Annual Fall Festival of Arts Show

September 13th & 14th, 2013 — 10:00 A.M. TO 4:00 P.M.

Gainan’s Heights Garden Center, 810 Bench Blvd

ARTISTS CHECK LIST: Art work check in: Thursday, September 12th from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. If you can not deliver your art, please call Kathy — 839-4647 to make arrangements. Two (2) pieces of artwork per artist. Entry fee: $5.00 for up to two pieces. Labels will be furnished to complete and attach to work at check in. This is an easel show, if you have an easel, please bring; a limited supply will be available. There is a 20% commission on all sales, 10% to BAA, 10% to Gainan’s. Art pick up is: Saturday, September 14th from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. If you are unable to pick up, please call Jacquie — 861-2653 to make arrangements.

SPECIAL EVENT: A $100.00 Gainan’s Gift Certificate will be given to one lucky artist who enters artwork in the Festival. Drawing will take place at 1:00 p.m. on Friday.

· This is an invitation to all members to join in the appreciation of the arts; Your opportunity to volunteer to sell and/or demo\paint in the beautiful Garden Center surround-ings, customers love to meet and visit with artist and share in the fun of creativity. Even if you do not have a piece in the show, please join in and volunteer — all members welcome. Call today to volunteer: Kathy @ 839-4647

IMAGES ART GRANT FUND: Ready, Set: let’s all paint miniature art (1 or more) to be shown in the Fall Festival, our 100% donation to the IMAGES GRANT. Miniature painting can be 2” x 3” or smaller and up to 8” x 10”, display ready—to be created in the medium of your choice. Artists are to price their own donation $5.00 to $25.00, a fund drive affordable to Festival visitors.

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2 1/2” x 3 1/2”

Donna Moore

2 1/2” x 3 1/2”

Kathy Davies

5” x 7” Jeanette Magstadt

Miniature art examples….Miniature art is fine art.

Questions: Kathy Davies

Fall Festival Chair

839-4647

Plan to Exhibit, bring your Family and Friends, Support your BAA.

EVENTS IN THE NEWS— Cont.

Be the lucky artist.

Saturday 1-3 p.m. listen to and enjoy the music

of the Gone Feral Band, a bit of Blues.

Miniature art is a specialty art, not a novelty art. Through the ages it has been considered an art form. Min-iature art is most often ex-tremely detailed work, ex-quisite in color with a strength of composition which can more than com-pete with larger paintings.

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ARTICLES FROM MEMBERSHIP

SUMMER NOTES; from Bonnie Eldredge

Hello!! Summer Artists!! We’ve been so lucky to have mostly comfortable weather for the plein air groups that Jacquie has arranged, and I believe she is planning them into the fall. Come and join the groups! MINI’s for Gainan’s Show Hope you are all engaged in painting a few mini’s to donate for the support of the Images Art Grants. The FALL FES-TIVAL show at Gainan’s is sure to be a success as the committee has nearly all the details put together well ahead of time. Be sure to bring your own easels and let Kathy or Jacquie know that you are willing to paint/attend the show.

Exhibits

We are still looking for options for our May show UNLESS CTA decides to rejoin the ArtWalks again. Let Bonnie know your ideas. Some places have been approached on Montana and haven’t been able to house our exhibit. Tippet Rise Art Center Mary Knapp and Bonnie were called to meet with two young men from Denver who are here to promote and intro-duce the Tippet Rise development taking place just out of Fishtail Montana. It is to be a center of artistic perfor-mance and education. The plans are on the drawing board and are being determined by the heads of the Tippet Rise foundation, Kathy (the artist) and Peter Halstead (the musician). There are to be several art centered constructions on the large land site purchased containing 11 smaller ranches including some of Isabel Johnson’s place. The website: http://tippetrise.org/home Check it out!! It will be a huge boon to the performance arts and educational opportunities in our area. We are fortunate to have this interest so close to Billings, eastern Montana. Website Have you visited our website lately? www.billingsartsassociation.org Please go there and make any suggestions or ideas you have known to Bonnie or Eva or Jacquie. We need to make the website an active part of our organization and each artist in BAA. BAA is also on FACEBOOK!! Drop by and leave us a message. Jo Firm does the active job maintaining that site for BAA. Won’t be long now…..keep painting EVERY DAY! Love, Bonnie

Bonnie enjoying summer - drawing @ Coulson Park

JUST IN… NEWS FLASH: Plein-air Opportunity... Friday, September 6th: Donna McKamy's cabin: 30 miles South of Big Timber up the Boulder River past the Natural Bridge.

Donna has welcomed us for the day or she has room at the cabin to spend the night. You can arrive anytime after sunrise...please let Jacquie know, 406-

861-2653, if you plan to attend as she will send out a map & we will plan/share meals if you are staying overnight. jacquiepk@yahoo.com

NEWS FLASH

Natural Bridge as seen in low water. The dry creek bed is obvious above the falls. The river has completely gone un-derground upstream of here and works its way through the porous sandstone to where it shoots out to become a sur-face river again. In high water the entire creek is pouring over the edge as well as through the underground channels. Prior to its collapse in 1988 the creek was spanned by a natural bridge that gave the park its name.

Jacquie will send out emails with additional plein air dates and locations. If you have a loca-tion you'd like to share with us please let Jacquie know, jacquiepk@yahoo.com

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Plein-Air under the rims @ Coulson Park

With a view of Sacrifice Cliff — 6-21-13 Sacrifice Cliff is a mountain cliff in Yellowstone County in the state of Montana. Sacrifice Cliff climbs to 3,563 feet above sea level. The Yellowstone River flows be-low the cliff. Ranked #20 of 28 attractions in Billings

Sacrifice Cliff

Transportation to Yellowstone River

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Gerre

Biker Beware—Artist In the “Middle of the Road “

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Plein-air Painting in Watercolor - Cliffs overlooking the Yellowstone

Eva

EVENTS — BAA Members in the NEWS

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Plein-Air at Logan Ranch 7-12-13 Artists favorite Plein-air location is the historical Logan Ranch: Born in Helena on May 18, 1889, Dick Logan was a rancher and landowner in Billings area. Son of AC Logan. Member of the Logan children's orchestra. Manager of the Billings Airport for over 30 years. Married to Marjorie Ethel Powell in 1915. They had four daughters. He died March 14, 1957, at age 67. Billings Airport was renamed after Logan to Logan Field in 1957. In 1971 the airport was renamed to Billings Lo-gan International Airport . (Billings Public Library Historic Collection– Montana)

Sue returns to Logan Ranch with her original oil painted 10 years ago on this spot during a BAA plein-air visit - she captured the Rim Rocks as they slope to Alkali Creek, a bit of history on canvas.

Today Sue opens her paint box and the sites of Lo-gan Ranch will once again appear on canvas.

EVENTS — BAA Members in the NEWS—Cont.

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EVENTS — BAA Members in the NEWS—Cont.

Plein-Air at Logan Ranch 7-12-13 — cont.

Barb, Dick, Noel, Mike

Renee

Ev with her sister

Dana

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Plein-Air at Logan Ranch 7-12-13 —cont.

Ev and Jacquie

w/cliffs & painted cliffs

Barb w/ horses &

Painted Horses

Dick enjoying a moment as

Gate keeper. Oil on canvas, preserving

today forever.

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Plein-Air at Riverfront Park 7-19-13

Riverfront Park is Billings’ largest river park. On South Billings Boulevard, it has developed lawn areas, natural trails, picnic facilities, and the very popular Lake Josephine and Cochran Pond. Yellowstone River Parks Association has worked extensively on the gravel trails and continues to pioneer the Dutcher Trail route through the park. If you haven’t visited the YRPA’s web site: yrpa.org/archives/history/ and read through the sight, do so today, be sure to check out Bernadine Fox’s legacy “Four Seasons”; read the history and then we all can say “thank you” to those individuals with foresight to create the YRPA; we enjoyed the beautiful day, the beautiful park and the public green space, our paintings take on a new meaning.

Barb and Dick getting their Ducks in a row!!!!!! Bill settled into flora.

Barb Dick

Eva Jeanette

Kathy

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EVENTS — BAA Members in the NEWS—Cont.

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ARTSHOP a COFFEE BREAK—Gainan’s Heights Garden Center

810 Bench Blvd, Billings, MT — Third Saturday of every month @ 9:30 a.m. Gainan’s is not a coffee shop, we bring our own “fancy” coffee, soda, water.

EVENTS — BAA Members in the NEWS—Cont.

Dori and Donna

ArtShop June 2013, Artists show and discuss their work

About ArtShop: In the interest of getting to know our membership, ArtShop was created; a coffee break for artists coming together for a couple of hours each month to talk shop. Bringing creative endeavors for “show and tell” dis-cuss and maybe even ask for critique. Sharing the latest meanderings of the art world by bringing Articles of inter-est. Sometimes even a glimpse into artistic references in cyber space. Since organizing in March, 2012, we have made new friends, shared our works and just enjoyed “ArtShop”.

If you haven’t yet experienced ‘ArtShop” join in, no reservations necessary.

April

Thelma

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Special Guest: Doris Eccles, was raised in Billings. She began painting as a child, but not until re-tirement did the talent reawaken in her. Dori works in oils & watercolor, her paintings of floral groupings and landscapes from our National Parks in Montana display her ability and commitment to beauty. Dori’s Floral Painting of Lilly's

Get ready for the 8th annual FALL FESTIVAL—

September 13, 14, 2013

Plein-air at the ZOO

August 16, 2013

Paint and Eagle.

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EVENTS — BAA Members in the NEWS—Cont.

ArtShop July 2013, Artists in the sunlight—a perfect photo moment.

Louise Donna Kay Ev Noel

Ron ..displays his Intarsia woodworking; the wood used as the primary color is called purple heart ( it’s from either Africa or S. America), pine, Philippine mahogany, poplar and aspen. He estimated about 40 hours total time to make this mosaic-like picture: start to finish. “Wine Bottle & Glass” A bit about Intarsia: Intarsia is a woodworking tech-nique that uses varied shapes, sizes, and species of wood fitted to-gether to create a mosaic-like picture with an illusion of depth. Intar-sia is created through the selection of different types of wood, using their natural grain pattern and color (but can involve the use of stains and dyes) to create variations in the pattern. After selecting the spe-cific woods to be used within the pattern, each piece is then individ-ually cut, shaped, and finished. Sometimes areas of the pattern are raised to create more depth. Once the individual pieces are complete, they are fitted together like a jig-saw puzzle and glued to wood back-ing which is sometimes cut to the outline shape of the image.

Susan, Catherine (holding Eva’s Painting), Jim, Eva, Gerre

Helen showing the Art of Book Making

as Louise looks on.

Kathy, our Fall Festival Chair shares plans for

the Exhibit to be held September 13, 14, 2013 @ the Garden Center.

(Mark your Calendar)

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EDUCATION

ART CLASSES presented by members of the BAA

WATERCOLOR/WATERMEDIA CLASSES

Barbizan Art Center —

Linda Duncan, Instructor, 14 North 29th St. Suite 101, Billings

Thursday pm 1:00 to 3:30 Friday a.m. 9:00 to 11:00 Wed p.m. 6:00 to 8:30

Call for more information- 208-3064

Oil or Pastel Class—

Barb Butler, Instructor Paint Still life or from your picture

922 North 3rd Street Billings, MT —- Call for info 697-0355

OIL PAINTING CLASSES—

Dick Moulden, Instructor— 656-5613

At Hobby Lobby, Billings

Call for Times—and Sign-Up

Artist Dana Zier to teach class at

Carbon County Arts Guild , August 23, 24-2013

11 West 8th Street, Red Lodge, MT

CLEARLY PAINTING THE STILL-LIFE—Oil Paint Friday and Saturday, August 23 and 24, 2013 · 9 am - 3 pm

$50/day for members or $65/day for non-members

call CCAG @ (406)446-1370 to register, and get supply list

or questions: Dana @ 210-395-4644 email art2dtoo@aol.com

Course Description:

The beauty of glass is a great addition to the repertoire of the artist. Artist, Dana Zier, will take participants through a tradition-al still-life painting, focusing on the transparent. Painters will work with the qualities of glass and produce their own painting from the arrangement in class.

Dana Zier has painted and shown her dramatically lit, monumental still-life paintings from Indiana to Montana. Most recently her work was shown at the Tippecanoe Arts Federation in Lafayette, and at the Val-paraiso Brauer Museum of Art.

This painting is titled "Palm Sunday Blue"

BOOK MAKING CLASS The art of book making, October 4, 5, 2013—Create a beau-tiful hand sewn, artfully designed book with Helen. Join the fun of randomly painting large sheets of paper with brilliant dye-based watercolors, tear paper, sew w/cover. The fee for the two days is $110 and in-cludes the $20 supply fee. Class size is limited to 10 people. Secure your place in the class by sending me the supply fee no later than 15 September, as I need to order the paper and paints. I will send out an additional supplies needed list closer to the class date. After 15 September, former participants will be given the option to attend for the cost of a $40 supply fee for the 2 days. Please register early!! Send your check to:

Helen Widenhofer, 13 Meadow Glen, Billings MT 59102

SAVE THE DATE—11/14/13

FALL MEMBERSHIP MEETING

The Fall Membership Meeting is sched-uled for November 14, 2013 @ 6:00 pm at Jake’s West, 2425 Gabel Road

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One tiny blank spot, should be filled. So, I am go-ing to take this opportunity to say to all you BAA Members that have at-tended plein-air, art-shop coffee, workshops, committee meetings — WHAT AWESOME FUN!!! And to the members that have not been involved, join in—call any of the Team Members, we’ll see that you get rides or directions.

Art with a Smile, until, Jeanette

Dye-based color w/blocker

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IMAGES from the PAST ... A new feature: Stories preserved in the Billings Arts Association Archives

Researched by Ev Bergeron & Jeanette Magstadt

A few notes from an article published in The Billings Gazette September 21, 1960

“Wide Variety of the Arts Has Thrived Since Billings Founded”

By Iris O. Malmin

“……the modern world is ruled by science, but given its shape and color by art, its most pleasing sounds and meaning by music and poetry, its categories characters and catch words by philosophy, fiction and history”…Jacques Barzun.

Billings has never been a cultural cactus patch. It has been unique among western frontier towns be-cause since its beginning Billings has made consistent efforts to bring exhibits and the performing arts of dra-ma and music to this area.

The Billings Studio Theater provides top-rate winter footlight entertainment to sell-out audiences, while during the summer a playhouse workshop with an enviable reputation draws actors from all over the coun-ty.

The Billings Symphony and Community Con-cert Association plays to capacity audiences year after year.

The Yellowstone Historical Society has devel-oped a remarkable museum of western lore, preserving our heritage for future generations. The Billings Cam-era Club focuses on improving techniques and preserv-ing the current scene for posterity. Private and adult educational art and craft classes are filled to capacity. The Montana Institute of the Arts was founded in 1948 to “…..preserve the heritage of the state as found in its history and folklore; to stimulate creative work in the several arts, and to make these cultural re-sources available for the benefit and enjoyment of the people of Montana”. MIA started an art collection for Montana in 1959, and has 12 items as nucleus of a collection to be shown permanently in the Montana Historical Museum in Helena. The Institute is unique both in goals and princi-ples. There is no other state organization where artists, historians, writers, weavers, photographers and crafts-men have banded together to further mutual interests.

Arts Group Formed

The Billings Arts Association formed in the fall of 1954 by state members as a branch of the MIA, is open to anyone. It has grown from eight members to nearly 100. Eugene Carroll has been fol-lowed as president by Mrs. Ben Forbes, Malcolm Lewis, Irene McPherson, Bill Sage, Robert Fehlberg and Isabelle Johnson. The association sponsors the Foreign Film Festi-val to bring to Billings outstanding films from Sweden, Germany, Austria, Italy, England and Japan such as ‘Aida” “Genevieve,” “Green Magic,” “Romeo and Juli-et,” “Othello,” and “Animal Farm.” These films vastly different from usual American film and television fare, afford a glimpse into foreign cultures. Proceeds since 1955 have gone into a building fund for a local art center. An annual Christmas art exhibit sale and recep-tion, held since 1956 in the EMC Union building draws large crowds to view oil and watercolor paintings, sculp-ture, mosaics, carving and ceramics produced by associa-tion members. “Bits of Sage,” a collection of prose and poetry by members of the writers’ group, has sold 2,000 copies since 1957 and a fourth edition will be published this fall. …….The Billings Arts Association after six years is active and growing, and it looks forward to widening horizons in all fields…………………..

Above article stated that the BAA was originated by eight (8) members. We found notes listing nine (9) members, assume (maybe) the founding 8 plus 1 new member, in any case the names are as follows: Gene Carroll, (President), Agnes Corrigan, Chuck Harring-ton, Donna Forbes, Esther Gray, Antoinette Fraser (Secretary), Malcom (Mac) Lewis, Mrs. Albert Schunk, & Mrs. Henry Lohof.

Unbelievable published comment: …….our oldest member (mentioned her name) is 72.

More in next issue. If anyone has a ques-tion about BAA past, maybe the detectives can find the answer. Ev @ 208-0411

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COMMUNITY INTEREST

Q’s ART AND FRAME & Gallery 15 North—248-1102

Your complete Framing and Art Supply Shop

John Armstrong, Owner For Class Registration —

Call for Schedule and Cost All in stock art supplies 30% off during month of August, 2013.

Out of Town Galleries—Of Interest CODY COUNTRY ART LEAGUE - 1-307-587-3597 Cody, Wyoming Website: www.codyart.vcn.com CUSTER COUNTY ART & HERITAGE CENTER 1- 406 -234-0635 Miles City, MT ccaric@midrivers.com

CARBON COUNTY ARTS GUILD - 446-1370 Red Lodge, MT - Exec. Dir. Deborah Kline Sonderman

34th Annual Labor Day Arts Fair—9-2-2013 For Workshops: on line at www.carboncountydepotgallery.org

Jo Firm has opened a FACEBOOK page for the Billings Arts Association which has quite a few followers. If you would like to have a few of your paintings displayed send them to her at JoFirm @ yahoo.com. Be sure and include the size, price and medium…..

PURPLE SAGE & Robert Tompkins Fine Art 120 North 28th, Billings, MT

Traditional and Contemporary painting by profession-al artists, master woodworks, jewelry, prints & cards. Open Daily 1—4 pm and by appointment (406)860-3859

Gallery Owners: Robert Tompkins

Gayle Tompkins Online visit: purplesagegallery-mt.com

VISIT: Phil Bell’s web page at: www.philbellphotography.com

MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY - BILLINGS - 657-2324 Northcutt Steele Gallery (Now Open)

SANDSTONE GALLERY - 256-5837 - A cooperative gallery with 20 local artists. 2913 2nd Ave North - sandstonegallery.org

Director Leo Olson, Co-Director Sue Hammersmark

Leo Olson, Life Time member of the BAA Sue Hammersmark, Member of BAA

ART 0F INTEREST

ART EXHIBIT—Kittson, Mehlaff, Mehlaff, Mesce

McCormick Café, 2419 Montana Ave , Billings

Hanging: September 1—October 31, 2013

Jean Mehlhaff, Linda Mehlhaff, Jacquie Pritting Kittson and Kristian Mesce’s art show reception will be held

during the October ArtWalk, Friday, October 4th, 5 pm to 9 pm. Join the artists, enjoy their work as you

listen to the live music of “Inner Voices” from Seattle, WA

Jacquie Kittson painting at Matt Smith workshop

Next Issue of IMAGES: BAA “Images Grant “ receipents will be featured.

Fall Festival of Arts Show & Sale, September 13, 14, 2013, make plans today.

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BAA Leadership Committee and Chair

Board Meeting Bonnie Eldredge 3115 Harrow Drive 259-9802 edge3115@bresnan.net Treasurer Eva Morganthaler 4200 Night Hawk Road 259-4395 femorgan@msn.com Member Meeting Mary Knapp 2377 Road 16 South 967-3708 knap@nemont.net Ballantine Work Shop/Plein Air Jacquie Kittson 2105 Santiago Blvd. 861-2653 jacquiepk@yahoo.com Gainan’s Exhibit Kathy Davies 1166 Calico Ave 839-4647 skdavies@bresnan.net Team Member Karen McBride 512 Sahara 656-4579 mcbridemcbride@bresnan.net Team Member Kay Larsen 611 Glen 656-7481 klarsen@crowleyfleck.com Team Member Dana Zier 53 E. Ridge Rd Columbus 210-395-4644 art2dtoo@aol.com Team Member Sue Hammersmark 4520 Palisades Park 656-7529 shammersmark@bresnan.net Newsletter Editor Jeanette Magstadt 3738 Lava Cr 656-0794 jeanette.magstadt@gmail.com Web Page Jeanne Broveak 9119 Waterloo Drive 652-7573 email@sunriseartstudio.com Grant Coordinator Madelein Bladow 2423 Spruce, 59101 256-6124 DBlad1@aol.com /Email Notices

Leadership Committee meets quarterly on the 3rd Thursday 7:00 pm— all members welcome.

This is an on-line only IMAGES Newsletter for August, 2013 w/colored pictures. IMAGES Newsletter for August, 2013 w/o colored pictures will be mailed to those not having on-line capabilities. Additional Contributors: Pictures: Kathy, Jacquie. Articles: Ev, Kathy, Jacquie, Bonnie

WEB PAGE www.BillingsArtsAssociation.com is your key to BAA News. If you have not visited the site check it out. To find your Newsletter; click BAA site, click on News—read and enjoy. **Artists on the site need to keep their paintings updated. Contact: Jeanne Broveak 652-7573 email@sunriseartstudio.com

BAA INTERNET CAPABILITIES

BAA as a non-profit, community-based publicly supported organization. The BAA relies on our members to help fund the arts, cultural and charitable activities held each year. Benefits include belonging to an organization that encourages partici-pation and appreciation of the arts through, art exhibits, membership meeting networking, receiving the BAA newsletter “Images” and internet technology (email ) and BAA website. Take a look “billingsartsassociation.com”.

Please enroll me as a member of the BILLINGS ARTS ASSOCIATION

Name:________________________________________________ Address: _____________________________________________ City __________________ State:__________ Zip ____________ Telephone: ___________________________________________ E-Mail:_______________________________________________

Dues: Individual $20 - Family $25 per year - Student $15

Make your checks payable to the Billings ArtsAssociation and send with this application to

· the BAA Treasurer: Eva Morganthaler—4200 Night Hawk Road

Billings Montana 59106 - 259-4395

Things to do today: JOIN BILLINGS ARTS ASSOCIATION

REMEMBER… Dues can be paid

any time to Eva Morganthaler treasure. Check the month your dues are due on the label of your

newsletter.

**If your e-mail changes PLEASE let Eva know your NEW one, to keep the list up to date…

Information about events between newsletters… is sent by e-mail

IMAGES Newsletter accepting articles/pictures of interest — news items etc. for publication Have you traveled, entered an exciting exhibit, created an awe- inspiring work of art, anything that our mem-bership would be interested in… this is your infor-mation station!!!

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