Blaine Arts Council
June 8, 2023 Minutes
Location: Blaine Senior Community Center

Agenda:

Meeting Activities

The meeting began at 6:32 pm.

The motion to approve the May Minutes was made by Georgia Donovan

and seconded by Gaye Sawicki.

Kay Dee welcomed new guests.

Presentation

Xandra Blackburn is the program manager, gallery coordinator, and

frequent artist contact for Allied Arts of Whatcom County. She is an artist,

painting and drawing in watercolor, ink, and acrylic.

Xandra spoke on how to sell, present your artwork, and price your work.

She gave strategies and tips on using social media to widen your presence.

The following are references and resources she has found to be helpful:

Please contact her at xandraw@alliedarts.org if you have any questions or

would like more information. Information about Allied Arts can be found at

The Wave Update

Diane – Shared a personal story from her childhood about disappointments

and how the disappointment turned out to have a very positive outcome as

a lead-in to an update about The WAVE.

Our venue has changed as it was becoming cost prohibitive. Like last year,

we will have the Gala at the Boating Center from 6:00 – 9:00 pm.

We will have room for artists who are accepted to participate in the Art Tour

to display and sell one piece of art that night.

Tickets for the Gala will now be $20.00 for members and $25.00 for

non-members and will soon be available online on our website.

We will have wine and hors d’oeuvres, a silent auction, and a Wine Pull.

Destash Update

Destash – Will be held at the Pavilion on Saturday, June 10th, from 10:00

am – 1:00 p.m. Entry fee is 10% of your sales for BAC members, 20% for

non-members.

The meeting was adjourned at 7:40 p.m.