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The Bead Mural Project is nearing completion. We have had weekly Thursday evening meetings and several other group meetings where we are placing pre-strung beads in the appropriate places and filling in the fields on each of the six scenes. We have met at Joan Landis' studio house every Thursday from 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm through the end of May. We are successfully working towards a June 2010 completion date.
We were not successful at receiving funding from the City of Pinole Redevelopment Program. Many thanks to Vicki, Joyce, Semion, Ken and others for their efforts to get it funded. We will still try to obtain city money for our operations through other venues.
We are deep into the planning of our June Artisan's Open House to run from June 12th to June 20th at the old Three Days Blind space at Pinole Vista Shopping Center. We have rented the space for 12 artisans (filled with one on the waiting list) and are printing signs for store windows and leaflets to place in appropriate businesses. There is also planning for another opportunity late this summer in Fernandez Park on August 22nd. We are calling the event "Art in the Park" and there will be space for everyone who wishes to display and/or sell. The event is also open to artisans from surrounding areas and organizations. You can register online today! Stay tuned for exciting updates as they occur.
Watch for our new light pole banners to appear on city light poles in the coming months. A number of Pinole Artisans have generously gifted about two-thirds of the cost of these banners. Anyone else willing to provide a gift of money towards the light pole banners is welcome to do so, lessening the cost of the banners to our organizations. If you care to learn more about the banners call/email Cheryl Johnson at 672-2643/
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and if you wish to gift money to the project call/email Penny Bledsoe at 724-5494/
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or simply click the donation button on the left of the page.
Our next regular membership meeting is Friday, June 4th at the Pinole Methodist Church at 7:00 pm. The evening will feature Steve Hurst talking about clock-making.
Our next Board Meeting is Thursday, June 10th 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 (
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) or call my cell phone number, 813-4080, and leave a message if I don't answer immediately.
Our new desktop computer has been installed at the Art Center with direct DSL (at 1.5 megabits/ second) for all to use. I want to thank the anonymous donor for the gift and Gordon Stone for putting it all together and installing it. We also have DSL wireless at the Art Center and a laptop computer with wireless capability that membership who sit and work at the gallery can also use 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.
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