March 2020 Newsletter

President’s Message:

Media:

In March “Your Berks Craftsmen” will be hosted by Carol Haile as she takes us on a tour of the Berks County Intermediate Unit Art Show at the GoggleWorks.  You will go on a delightful tour with Carol and most exciting, see and meet some of the students who are the recipients of our Stanley Seltz Student awards.  These award winning students will talk about their technique and inspiration with Carol.  If you do not get Comcast, you can view “Your Berks Craftsmen” on BCTV.org, on “youtube” or on our website: https://rbcrafts.org/our-guild/bctv-your-berks-craftsmen/.Your BCTV host,  Kay Bennecoff

Shows:

We need photos! Photographs of your work are used in ads, on facebook and various other ways. We keep a file of all the photos submitted, but we can’t keep using the same ones every year, and many of them don’t have a high enough resolution. The size is very important. For facebook, both height and width must be a minimum of 600 pixels, and more is better. For print, even higher resolution is required. Images are chosen based on the quality of the image, its proportion (vertical or horizontal) and whether the image is appropriate.   They can be emailed to info@rbcrafts.org.   Please consider sending new ones!Show Committee (Steve Hunter chair)

Programs:

This month’s program will be a tour of the student awards that where judged on Friday February 21. The students are the future of the Guild! See what the Judges awarded and why we gave the said awards! We will be meeting at the Den by Sly Fox, which is on the first floor of the Goggle Works. Walk in past the elevators back to the counter and tables and grab something to eat end drink. The program will start at 7:00, so show-up a little early to order your food and drink. There where many great crafts and art work produced by the students which made our choices difficult! See you at the DEN!

See their full menu here:  https://www.slyfoxbeer.com/reading

Programs  Chair, Matt Vardjan

Education:

The Reading-Berks Guild of Craftsmen’s 2020 Stanley G. Seltz Student Award winners are:

THE STANLEY G. SELTZ AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN DESIGN & CRAFTSMANSHIP
Devin Stark, Oley Valley, $100

THE BURKHART-GERHART FAMILY AWARD
Karen Mendoza, Wilson, $100

THE HEDWIG MILLER FIBER ARTS AWARD
Dayana Arana, Schuylkill Valley, $100

THE RUTHANNE HARTUNG TWO-DIMENSIONAL AWARD
Alyssa Anuszewski, Gov. Mifflin, $100
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THE RICHARD M. LOEPER MEMORIAL AWARD
Sacha Joseph, Fleetwood, $100

1st Prize Fine Arts: Morgan Lease, Gov. Mifflin, $100

2nd Prize Fine Arts: Kimberly Santos, Muhlenberg, $75

3rd Prize Fine Arts: Lily Dang, Schuylkill Valley, $50

1st Prize Crafts: Elizabeth Diehl, Kutztown, $100

2nd Prize Crafts: Madina Mavlonova, Boyertown, $75

3rd Prize Crafts: Quinn Knepper, Conrad Weiser, $50

4th Prize Crafts: Kevin Bartosh, Fleetwood, $25

Awards of Merit:
Mikah Rogers, Fleetwood

Kaitlin Creswell, Daniel Boone

The awards presentation ceremony for the BCIU High School Annual Arts Exhibit will take place on March 1, from 1-3 p.m., in the Cohen Gallery, first floor, GoggleWorks.  The exhibit will remain open to the publicuntil March 8.

Additional notes: The Wib Lauter Award for Best Traditional Work was not awarded this year.  Devin Stark’s exceptionally wonderful pottery (for which he is being awarded our highest prize – The Stanley G. Seltz Award for
Outstanding Achievement in Design and Craftsmanship) raised the bar quite high.  We felt no other traditional work at the exhibit rose anywhere near that level.

STILL TIME to APPLY for the 2020 Mini-Grant!

Education Chair, Carol Haile

Standards:

The next jury session is scheduled for Tues, March 10 at the Goggleworks. Members who have belonged to our chapter for a minimum of 3 months are eligible to present their work for jurying. The room will be open at 6:30, and jurying will begin at 7:00. Members will be asked to leave before jurying begins, and can return in 1- 1 1/2 hours for the results. Any Standards Committee member who can’t attend, please let me know. Check the board at the entrance of the Goggleworks for the room #. For more information or for an application, go to https://rbcrafts.org/resources or contact Louise at eglassplace@gmail.com.

Standards  Chair, Louise Mehaffey

Events:

General Meetings: (1st Tuesday of Month)
At each general meeting there is a drawing for a chance to be in the final drawing for a free booth at the Holiday Festival — Increase your chances by coming to all of the meetings!

March1: 7 PM at theGoggleWorks, Program: Social at the DEN and BCIU display of student’s work.

April 7: 7 PM at the GoggleWorks, Program: Newly Juried Members

Shows:
Holiday Festival:  TBD (either Oct. 31 & Nov. 1 or Nov. 7 & 8). KU Field house