June 2021 Wind-up Meeting

June Wind-up Meeting

This month, in lieu of our traditional pot luck luncheon, a Zoom meeting celebrating our vintage galleria pieces was initiated.

The meeting commenced with a booklist for summer reading, recommended and described by the members who submitted each book title. The list was emailed to all members.

Second on the agenda was a photographic showing, and discussion of Weathergrams, which were created by members following last month’s meeting. Interesting stories were related by the members about their Weathergrams.

Next on the agenda was a “World of Wheels” item where all our names were printed in circular fashion on a wheel. The wheel was spun, and winners were chosen when the wheel stopped on three names of members who were present. Three prizes were donated – two by Ruth Rutledge (two full sheets of Arches Text Wove paper) and one by Carolynn Dallaire (a handmade notebook). The lucky winners were Judi Hopewell, Judy Lowood and Chris Vanier.

Following this we conducted the main part of the meeting, the “Vintage Galleria Celebration”. Fifteen pieces were submitted and we all enjoyed hearing the history of each piece. find at the Kelowna Residential School, and suggested that if anyone wanted to offer condolences, they could write something to be given to First Nations people here on the Island who have suffered in a similar way. Anyone wishing to do so could submit no more than one page of words to Cathie Harrower and she will deliver them to the Cowichan Tribes Band Office. Other items of business included a request from Debbie Craig for more program ideas for next year (she has four already); information that Scriptors will continue to operate throughout the summer, and that the Guild library would be open all summer.

Jeanette Rawek

As with all Galleria displays there were new techniques to be learned from the pieces shown. Judy Lowood gave a brief demonstration as to how she catalogues her calligraphy work, thereby having a quick reference to the history of each piece. As a wind-up to the meeting a few business items were discussed: President Ruth Rutledge mentioned a conversation she had with member Cathie Harrower about the horrific - Margaret Kells

Judy Lowood