November Swap Meet at the MCBA Visual Journal Collective,
November 17, 2014
The Art Supply Swap Meet for the MCBA Visual Journal Collective
is this month's meeting. Join us on November 17, 2014 from 7 to 9 p.m. to swap
and silently auction all manner of art materials and art related items.
It’s time to clean your studio, craft cupboard, or art journal
bin to hunt down the items you no longer use, hate now that you own, or just
don’t want the mental pressure of having sit around and not being used any more
so they can be swapped out for an fresh new item that is exciting and fresh.
Plan to arrive a little before 7 p.m. if you have stuff you want
to swap or auction. Member Jean Shannon will run the meeting. She will explain
the procedure to everyone when the meeting gets under way at 7, but basically
there will be tables for you to put your "free" stuff (things you
want people to take off your hands) and tables for you to set up stuff you want
to silent auction. (There will be sign up bidding sheets for the latter.)
What to Bring:
Art supplies and tools you no longer use but which may still be
useful to someone else—so partially full paint tubes and jars of medium, lightly
used brushes, pencils sets you've outgrown, partially used rolls of unprimed
(or primed) canvas…
Art magazines and books that you want to swap or auction.
Paper scraps, partially used paper pads that you know don't suit
your working method but might be fine for someone else…
Photos and dimensions (height, width, depth, and weight) of
larger items like easels, desks, light boxes, lamps, etc. that you might want
to auction, but don't want to haul in and home again case someone doesn't bid
on them (owners will arrange delivery/pick up with the winning bidder). If you do have larger items and want to
generate “buzz” feel free to post a picture to Facebook with a description.
Cash or checks so that you can bid on items—the shop will not
be open so all transactions (and change) will have to be made between
participants. (I suppose if you have one of those "squares" for your
smart phone you could bring that, but you get the idea.)
What Not to Bring:
Actual junk that is not art or journal related. Artworks and
crafts that you have made and want to sell or auction—this isn't a
sale of your artwork, this isn't what we'll be doing at this meeting.
About the Collective:
The MCBA Visual Journal Collective is an adult visual journaling
group (we also have some members who are writers or just journal curious) that
meets on the third Monday of each month. The meetings are usually free
(sometimes there is a small materials fee if we are making something); they are
open to adult journal keepers of all skill levels. Please come and share your
ideas and journals with us.
Depending on the amount of stuff brought to the swap and the
time it takes to redistribute it we'll have some journal sharing at the end of
the meeting so be sure to bring your current journal to show us what you've
been working on. We hope to see you on November 17.
