Book club & Other Business

BOOK CLUB

Saturday, March 21st, at 9:00 will be our first book discussion.

The book we chose  is "The Memory Keeper's Daughter" by Kim Edwards.

Anyone who read the book is welcome to the discussion. 

We will also be choosing the next book, or maybe even list a few for the coming months, so that everyone will learn in advance what book will be discussed each month. Please bring your suggestions.

I am on the last few chapters of the book and I am looking forward to hear everyone's comments on it.

Should you have any questions feel free to post a comment to this blog or e-mail me at chiaraw@mac.com

WHERE IS THE WHITMOYER ART STUDIO & GALLERY GOING?

Last week's Second Friday featured Brian Hornberger and his beautiful mosaics.

We are presently showing five wall hangings and three 3-dimensional pieces from Brian's work.

We had some new guests for our event and as always we enjoyed the company as well as the appetizers and  drinks.

The next "Meet the Artist" event will be Friday, April 10th, from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm and will feature the latest artist to join our gallery, John McGraw.

Last Sunday we presented our gallery to the North Mountain Art League's general meeting.

The Whitmoyer Art Studio & Gallery has been an exciting and fulfilling project for me and William. 

We started with a dream and a handful of ideas, we blended them with the help of friends and a lot of enthusiasm. Today we have a lovely little gallery that offers exposure to local artists, as well as a networking reference for anyone with an interest in art and culture.

As some of you already know, I reached a point in life where I am ready to move on to other quests, and my presence in the studio will be less and less from now on. Although business and interest is steadily growing, the gallery is not yet supporting itself from a financial point of view, and we have exhausted our personal resources to keep it going.

We are now faced with a decision: do we close this chapter as a fun and exhilarating experience that could have taken off onto much more but ran out of time... or do we reinvent it to somehow keep it going and hopefully blooming to its full potentials?

We do not have much time to come to a decision, so we reach out to all of you for suggestions, ideas, and any help.

We could sell the business to someone else who shares our dream and has the resources to keep it going. Or, as we suggested at the NMAL meeting, we could pool together resources and expertise, and make it into a coop or a shared artists space.

We have a cute little setting, with lots of potentials. The start-up costs are covered and we are reaching a wider audience every day. Some projects are already well established and others are taking off. We have office space, studio space, gallery area, wireless high speed internet. The fixed costs of operation are very reasonable.

This is something I would like all of you to consider. Think about how you could benefit from being part of a team who runs an art studio and promotes art and culture in our area.

Please share your comments on this blog or contact me or William directly. We would love to meet with you, individually or as a group, to answer your questions and hear your input.

You have all been a part of this project in one way or another and before we make a final decision we would like to give you all a chance to express your opinion.

Until next time,

have peace.

Chiara