Hey Renegades!

Our next official in-person meeting is happening next week! We’ll be doing official meetings on the second Thursday of every month, from now on (unless that Thursday falls on a major holiday). You can plan ahead this way.

When:
Thursday, Oct. 11th at 1 p.m.

Where:
The Factory on 5th Artspace main building (the big red brick building).

The Factory on 5th Artspace
1715 5th. St. NW
Albuquerque NM 87102
Location info: http://www.factoryon5.com/location.htm
(please say something if you need help with directions)

For those that have not been reading the Yahoo! group, we moved the location of the meetings to an artspace because we’ve had problems finding large tables and hearing each other in the past. Plus, we can stay as long as we like and the waitresses don’t get mad at us.

Who:
Everyone who can make it. Please try to bring snacks and we’ll have a
nice little get together.

What:
We will be discussing:

–our member website
–the Duke City Renegades Art Show this year (in Nov. or Dec.)
–show opportunities, winter shows, 4th st.
–doing special events with other guilds/groups in town
–anything you might want to bring to the table
–including ourselves in the ABQ Arts art society listing; admitting
new members, whether or not we should charge fees, etc.

Remember that we’re no longer just an Etsy street team. It’s not
necessary to plug Etsy as your main focus, in your group website bio. We’ll discuss that in the meeting. We are our own thing now!

Notes:
Since we’ve already been doing this, let’s go ahead and mark the
second Thursday of every month as our official meeting day. That way
we can plan in advance for future meetings and attendance. All of the
other local arts guilds have set days for their meetings. We should,
too (for the sake of everyone’s scheduling).

I realize it’s impossible to make meetings perfectly accessible to
everyone, all the time. I usually miss my Watercolor Society meetings
because they’re always on a Saturday, usually when I have an art show
going on. I understand that not everyone can make it all the time. I
hope that by choosing an anchored date, more of us can get there more
often, though.