Meeting MinutesJune2013

We had a good meeting of the BAA on June 13th, at Panera’s at Freshpond mall. In attendance were:
Christine Chang, Erika Hartwieg, Sophia Mone, Chris Arthur and Audrey Beth Stein
We talked again about many of the issues of being an artist in Belmont and realized that our discussion broke down into 3 categories:
1 Community – knowing the other artists in Belmont, getting together and sharing moral support and resources
2 Education & Information– between members and for the Belmont community
a. classes, lectures, demonstrations –
b. possible future projects:
i. repeat of framing demonstration at A street frames (was fascinating and informative)
ii. repeat of warren croce’s website talk
iii. oil paint maker demonstration
iv. group of artists to offer art class at Belmont continuing education

3 Help members exhibit and sell works

We decided to set the meetings for the rest of the year, at 7:30pm on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays hoping that members will be able to come at some of these times. Please mark your calendars. Locations to be determined, but for now the dates have been tentatively set at:
Tues July 16th
Wed Aug 14th
Thurs Sept 19th
Tues Oct 15th
Wed Nov 13th
Thurs Dec 12th

We will establish a bank account and ask a small membership fee to cover website and other incidentals.
Tasks:
Erika: Talk to Belmont Women’s club to see if we can use building for a meeting.
Chris: Try to schedule one of our meetings at Belmont Library. Talk to friend about drawing up non-profit papers
Sophie: Talk to citizen’s bank about getting display space in window and open bank account.
Christine: Get together with Warren to build website and establish constant contact email list

Investigate possible Display places:
– Citizen’s Bank
– Revolve
– Antique shop in cushing square
– Salon de Paris
– Savinos
– Stand at Farmer’s market
– establish list of other possibilities