Month: December 2020

Detail from Dwight Long’s award winning piece.

Dear AGP Members,

We kept art alive despite a pandemic this year! We continued our mission to increase the awareness and appreciation of artists and their works. Here’s a quick summary of our December 9 Members Meeting. Minutes will be posted to our website in January. 

Renew Membership – It’s still a low $25 for the calendar year. Click Here or mail your check to Art Guild of Pacifica, PO Box 582, Pacifica, 94044

Thank you 2020 Board https://artguildofpacifica.org/about-us/

• Bonnie Miller, President
• Misha Flores, Vice President, also Communications Chair
• Jennifer Alpaugh, Secretary
• Linette Morales, Member at Large
• Daniele Derenzi, Treasurer, also Gallery Store and Artist Gatherings
• Michelle Trausch, Liaison to SAC Board
• Gale Frances, Liaison to SAC Board
• Kathy Miller, Membership
• Nancy Russell, West Gallery Chair
• Charlotte Seekamp, Immediate Past President, also Gallery Staffing Chair
• Arthur Takayama, SAC Board President

2020 Year in Review – Thank you for participating, and SAC staff for pivoting to pandemic conditions

• 157 members
• 3 non-juried West Gallery shows featured134 entries and 1^st ever virtual galleries
• 1^st virtual pop-up show on Facebook with 13 entries
• 62^nd Annual Members show featured 84 entries and 1^st ever virtual Artists Talk with 43 attendees
• 230 hours of Gallery Staffers plus Key Persons kept the Galleries open. Vouchers of appreciation were given when we had to close Galleries
• Artist Gatherings – 1 in Main Gallery and 1 virtual
• Launched AGP hashtags
• Shop on a Shelf –active with each show
• Reserves still strong despite less shows and income – $4,948 
• Board Meetings converted to virtual
• Governance and infrastructure strengthened for our taxable California non-profit public benefit corporation- Board training, new online archive, updated filings and insurance
• Renewed our lease with City and updated the AGP/SAC Operating Agreement
• Organized and inventoried the AGP/SAC shared library of 824 books

 2021 AGP Shows and Events – subject to health and safety mandates

• 3 non-juried West Gallery shows – Feb 12/Perspective, June 4/About Face, July 16/ Restructured
• 63^rd Annual Members Show Oct 29
• Winter Art Fair Dec16-18 weekend
• Artists Gatherings -dates TBD, suggest topics – contact Danielesphotos@msn.com
• Other pop-up events -TBD
• Shop on a Shelf –interest in selling – contact Danielesphotos@msn.com

Meet Your 2021 Board

Unanimous vote for uncontested slate: 

• Bonnie Miller, President (officer) 2^nd term
• Linette Morales, Vice President (officer),
• Michele Trausch, Secretary (officer)
• Parva Zarei, Member at Large

Appointees:

• Daniele Derenzi, Treasurer (officer)
• Michelle Trausch, SAC Board Liaison
• Gale Frances, SAC Board Liaison
• Kathy Miller, Membership
• Misha Flores, Communications
• Nancy Russell, West Gallery Co-Chair
• Jennifer Alpaugh, WG Co-Chair

Continuing:

• Charlotte Seekamp, Immediate Past President, also Gallery Staffing Chair
• Arthur Takayama, SAC Board President

Questions, comments, suggestions, interested in volunteering? Contact agp.artguild@gmail.com

See you in 2021

Bonnie Miller

Detail from Sheldon Yee’s award winning piece

The Annual Member Meeting is coming right up on Wednesday December 9th at 7pm! All are invited to attend, though only current 2020 members may vote. We will be voting on some of this year’s guild board.

You must have the Zoom app installed in order to participate. Members see your email for meeting details. Non-members can contact us at agp.artguild@gmail.com for login information. Please try to login 5 minutes early so that we may begin on time.