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 1st ever virtual galleries
- 1st virtual pop-up show on Facebook with 13 entries
- 62nd Annual Members show featured 84 entries and 1st 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
- 63rd 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) 2nd 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