Art of the Carolinas 2009

The Carolina Mixed Media Art Guild will be out in full force at Jerry's Artarama's Art of the Carolinas (AoC).  Scheduled to take place in Raleigh between Friday, November 13 and Sunday, November 15, it promises to be a fantastic event!  Here's a preview:

• Guild members will assist with classroom preparation, maintenance and breakdown, supporting the outstanding staff at Jerry's (including Guild members Christina and Sharon shown here)

• Our members will host a "Make and Take" event, encouraging everyone attending AoC to create Artist Trading Cards (ATC) to keep or trade.  Kudos and tremendous thanks go to Strathmore, Ampersand, Winsor & Newton, and Jerry's, for donating supplies for our Make and Take activities, including papers of various kinds; stampboards and clayboards; paints; pastels and glues.  Some of the ATC created during AoC 2008 are shown below. 
• Members' work in the World of Art Challenge will be exhibited in a boardroom in the workshop area. We encourage you to visit to see where it all began, with a canvas showing all the components of the kit, then to explore the vision of 25 artists confronted with the challenge of design with those components.  You'll be amazed at the innovation, diversity and creativity! 
• Guild members will also be demonstrating various art techniques throughout the weekend.  Check the schedule when you arrive to see who will be doing which demos including painting, stamping, clay and much more.
• And of course, there's the trade show area on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, where we'll shop till we drop! 

So, plan to join us for all the fun, art-filled activities...it'll be a great time!  For more information, visit the AoC site here.  See you there!

CMMAG at Art of the Carolinas 2008

Members of CMMAG participated in Art of the Carolinas, sponsored by Jerry's Artarama. We assisted the staff by preparing and maintaining classrooms for art workshops, operated a "Make and Take" area for people to create Artist Trading Cards (ATC), and welcomed trade show goers to our own CMMAG table which featured work from many of our members.

Kudos to our intrepid secretary Penny Arrowood, for putting this all together and making it all work in pre-show planning, and over the four days of the event. Our Guild was presented to a new audience composed largely of other artists, and we received many positive comments about the work we displayed. At our CMMAG table, we raffled off a one-year membership to the Guild, and made contacts with artists from near and far.

And, at our Make and Take ATC table, we displayed hundreds of ATC made by our members, and we encouraged artists to create their own Artist Trading Cards to keep or share. Creativity and originality abounded, and fun was had by all!

Art of the Carolinas

It's time again for Jerry's Artarama's Art of the Carolinas (AoC) in Raleigh, NC:

Trade Show Dates: Friday and Saturday, November 14 and 15,
9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Sunday, November 16, , 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Workshop Dates: Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
November 13, 14, 15, 16.

Workshops begin Thursday, November 13th at 9:00 a.m. Students will be allowed access at 8:45 a.m.

Registration closes down on Tuesday, November 11th at midnight for all Internet workshop orders. Any workshop orders that need to be placed after that time, will resume at 8:00 a.m. on Thursday morning at the Hilton North Raleigh only.

Our Guild will be involved with AoC by assisting with arrangements for the workshops, acting as runners, and staffing a CMMAG information table during the weekend. We encourage all members to sign up to work at AoC here. To showcase the work of our dynamic, creative members, we will display examples of our work, including artist trading cards (ATC) made from Strathmore artist trading card papers. Details on how to submit your work will be posted soon.

Art of the Carolinas is a great event: interesting workshops, new product demos, deeply discounted shopping opportunities...what could be better?

See you there!