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The Bead Mural Project continues towards completion. We have had weekly Thursday evening meetings and several other group meetings where we have placed pre-strung beads in the appropriate places and are now filling in the fields on each of the six scenes. We are meeting at Joan Landis' studio house every Thursday from 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm. Much has been done but much remains to be completed. You are welcome to and encouraged to participate. We still expect to be finished by sometime in June 2010.
A committee headed by Vickie Resso, and including Joyce, Semion and Ken, developed a new art project and we applied for the City of Pinole Redevelopment Program to fund it. It involves art along the path following Pinole Creek from the junction of Tennant and Pinole Valley Road to San Pablo Avenue. We are very excited about the prospects and expect to know whether we were successful in early May (May 4th to be precise). We are planning a June Artisan's Show to run from June 12th to June 20th. Presently this is still in the planning stages so additional information is not yet available. We will let everyone know about the opportunity as soon as we have it sufficiently worked out. There is initial planning for another similar opportunity late this summer in Fernandez Park. Stay tuned for exciting updates as they occur.
Our next regular membership meeting is Friday, May 7th at the Pinole Methodist Church at 6:30 pm. The evening will feature a "shopparama" where art/jewelry/crafts/supplies, books, perhaps CDs, etc. will be available to buy.
Our next Board Meeting is Thursday, May 13th at 7:00 pm in our classroom at the Pinole Art Center at 2221 Pear Street in Pinole. All Board meetings are open to any member of Pinole Artisans. If there is a matter you would like to address or discuss, please contact me in advance to be put on the agenda. Email me or call my 813-4080 number and leave a message if I don't answer immediately.
Again, I want to remind all members that we presently have DSL wireless (at 1.5 megabits/ second) at the Art Center and that we also have a laptop computer with wireless capability at the Art Center and that the membership who sit and work at the gallery are welcome to use the computer and the wireless DSL at the Center for Artisan's business or their own laptop and the wireless for anything they wish to. If you do not know the code to get on the internet wireless, just let me know and I can tell you where to find it. It's quite simple and easy to use! In addition, within the next month, we will be installing a donated desktop computer already wired to the internet which, as a condition from the donor, will be available to all members to use without conditions.
Ira Nelken
President
Pinole Artisans Foundation
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