DECORATIVE ARTISTS OF ORLANDO SEPTEMBER 2020 NEWSLETTER CHAPTER WEBSITE: www.decorativeartistsorlando.wordpress.com CHAPTER MEETINGS ARE CANCELLED THROUGH th DECEMBER 31, 2020 September 7 American Legion Post #243 Labor Day 491 W. Broadway St – Oviedo, FL 32765 PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR AN UPDATE REGARDING THE JANUARY 2021 MEETING We hope all members, friends, and loved ones remain healthy and safe! ~ “Labor Day 1909” by Bob Pettes September Birthdays 4th – Barbara Fowler 7th – Greg Case 11th – Pam Richards 13th – Adriana Young rd 23 – Penny Brown “Green Heron Near the Lighthouse,” Sanibel Island, FL. 29th – Sherry Siercks ~ Photo by Greg Case, May 2020 30th – Evette Appleby PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE “Count your life by smiles, Your board members have been busy with some ideas for not tears. Count your age 2020 and we need your vote to approve or give feedback if it by friends, not years. there is something you do not agree with. There is a ballot to com- plete and can be mailed or e-mailed to Greg and Dianne. Greg has Happy birthday!” typed up the questions for you to vote on. One of the questions is about the local chapter dues being waived for 2020, and was a sug- gestion made to us by Alise Duerr. Thank you Alise; the Board agreed. Coming Birthdays - October It has been suggested we publish the I certainly have been missing our monthly chapter meetings and next month’s birthdays for those who workshops. I hope all are doing well and staying busy with at least like to plan ahead and craft cards! some of what you love. 12th - Debra Crook Stay safe and be well, Debi Crook 2020 BOARD SPRING FLING APRIL 2021 Debi Crook - President [email protected] We are still thinking about an April 2021 Spring Fling. We Dianne Case - 1st VP have 11 tables with Table Captains. Here is the list: Di- [email protected] anne Case, Greg Case, Estelle Simandl, Deanna Spence, T. Kay White - 2nd VP Debi Crook, Pam House, Penny Brown (2), Stephanie Pooler, Judy [email protected] Deanna Spence – Recording Secretary Dearolf, TK White. There are 4 tables remaining. There are a bit [email protected] more than 5 months to prepare a table! Who’s in? Penny Brown - Corresponding Sec. ~~ Penny Brown [email protected] DAO MEMBERS NEED TO WEIGH IN! Greg Case - Treasurer [email protected] Recently, the Board reviewed several ideas on behalf of the Mem- bership. Those ideas are listed below. AT THE END OF THIS NEWS LETTER IS A BALLOT FOR YOU TO E-MAIL OR SNAIL MAIL. Please take a few minutes to read over what we propose, and give us your vote – also add any thoughts you might have, too. 1. Rewards Points earned by a Chapter Member in 2020 will carry over and be added to earned points in 2021. Do you agree with this? October Newsletter Deadline 2. Current Chapter Members will not be charged Chapter dues September 25, 2020 in 2021. We have 31 members. So, that is $620 that would not be added to the treasury in 2021. However, Chapter Greg Case, Editor Members will have received only a little value for their dues 789 Mahogany Dr. in 2020. So, the Board thinks this solution is only fair to Casselberry, FL 32707 [email protected] ~ 407-280-4268 Members. Do you agree with this? E-mail or Text Submissions! 3. To be a 2021 Chapter Member, each person must pay their national SDP dues for 2021. In the Bylaws - No vote re- Newsletter Ads quired. Business Card size $3.00 4. Because Chapter Board Members have been carrying out Quarter Page size $10.00 Half Page size $10.00 their offices this year, each will be credited with Rewards Full Page size $20.00 Points for their 2020 offices. Do you agree with this? Advertisement charges are per issue. Make 5. New Chapter Members in 2021 will be required to pay $20 check payable to DAO and mail to above dues. Do you agree with this? address. We would also like to hold a Christmas luncheon. But, we will have to wait until later in the Fall to decide on that. Stay tuned! CHAPTER SHOW & TELL COMING DAO EVENTS! No Show & Tell submissions this month. Keep in mind, you can earn 2021 Rewards Points for each Newsletter submission. We’d Kathie George Seminar love to see some of your work next month! February 2021 Details to be announced. SEPTEMBER BIRTHDAY ARTIST – “Grandma Moses” In researching an Artist to feature in September, I was delighted to Spring Fling see “Grandma Moses” and I shared September 7th birthdays! April 2021 When I was a boy, my Mom brought home a nicely framed Details to be announced. “Grandma Moses” and hung it in our living room. I think it might have been “Sugaring Off”. She was the first Artist I had ever heard of. She certainly led an amazing life! Please read on. ~ Greg Case Anna Mary Robertson Moses (September 7, 1860 – December 13, 1961), known by her nickname Grandma Moses, was an American folk artist. She began painting in earnest at the age of 78 and is often cited as an example of an individual who successfully began a career in the arts at an advanced age. Her works have been SDP NEWS! shown and sold in the United States and abroad and have been marketed on greeting cards and other merchandise. Moses' paintings are displayed in the collections of many museums. Sugaring Off was sold for US $1.2 million in 2006. The New York Times said of her: "The simple realism, nostalgic atmosphere and luminous color with which Grandma Moses RETREATS portrayed simple farm life and rural countryside won her a wide following. In 2021 Fredericksburg, TX person, Grandma Moses charmed wherever she went. A tiny, lively woman Please join us for our 2nd Fredericks- burg TX Retreat, January 26-28, 2021. “Sugaring Off” 1955 Our teachers are Mark Menendez (color pencil), Sherry Nelson, MDA (oil with mischievous gray eyes and a quick wit, she could be sharp- intensive study) and Plaid’s group of tongued with a sycophant and stern with an errant grandchild." teachers. More information will be com- ing this summer. She was a live-in housekeeper, starting at 12 years of age. One of her employers who noticed her 2021 St. Simons Island, GA appreciation for art supplied her with materials to create drawings. Moses SDP by the Sea May 11-13, 2021 Our and her husband began their married teachers are Paula Leopold, CDA (wa- life in Virginia, where they worked on tercolor & color pencil), Jillybean Fitz- farms. In 1905, they settled in Eagle henry (acrylic & glass paint) & DecoArt Bridge, NY. The couple teachers Sandy McTier & Tracy Mo- “Taking in the Laundry” 1951 reau (acrylic). More information com- ing. had ten children, five of whom survived infancy. She expressed an interest in art throughout her life, including embroidery of SDP MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION pictures with yarn, until arthritis made this Trial Membership - $40 yearly pursuit too painful, at age 76. Her sister Student Membership - $20 yearly Celestia suggested that painting would be Individual Membership - $60 yearly easier for her, and this idea spurred Moses's Household Membership - $40 yearly painting career. When her right hand began to Business Membership - $90 yearly hurt, she switched to her left hand. SDP Address: Society of Decorative Painters Moses painted scenes of rural life from earlier days, which she called 1220 East First Street "old-timey" New England landscapes. Moses said that she would Wichita, Kansas, 67214 "get an inspiration and start painting; then I'll forget everything, SDP Phone: (316) 269-9300 everything except how things used to be and how to paint it so www.decorativepainters.org people will know how we used to live." From her works of art, she omitted features of modern life such as tractors, telephone poles. She was a prolific painter who generated over 1,500 canvasses in three decades. Moses initially charged $3 to $5 for a painting, depending upon its size, and as SOUTHEAST TEAM NEWS! her fame increased her works were sold for $8,000 to $10,000. 2021 T.E.A.M. SOUTHEAST CONFERENCE Her 100th birthday was proclaimed "Grandma Moses Day" by New York Gov. Thursday April 8-11, 2021 Rockefeller. LIFE magazine celebrated Epworth By The Sea her birthday by featuring her on its St. Simon’s Island, GA September 19, 1960 cover. Grandma Moses died at age 101 on December 13, T.E.A.M. SOUTH EAST 1961 at the Health Center in Hoosick MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION “Waiting for Christmas” 1960 Dues - $25 Falls, New York. She is buried there at the Diane Foreman, Treasurer Maple Grove Cemetery. President John F. 23 Lancelot Dr Kennedy memorialized her: "The death of Palm Coast, FL 32137 Grandma Moses removed a beloved figure [email protected] from American life…” After her death, her work was exhibited in several large traveling exhibitions in the United States and abroad. ~ Source: Wikipedia “Shenandoah Valley” 1938 ___________________________________________ Decorative Artists of Orlando Membership Application for 2020 Decorative Artists of Orlando - An Affiliated Chapter of the Society of Decorative Painters Name:_______________________ Current SDP Membership No. ______ Street Address:_______________________________________________ City/State/Zip Code: __________________________________________ Phone: __________________ E-mail Address:______________________ Birthday: Month ______ Day ______ Painter's Partner Wood & Art Creations Dues for 2020 are $20 before January 1. Checks payable to DAO Greg W Case DAO Membership runs from January 1st through December 31st. You must 789 Mahogany Dr. be a current member of SDP to become a member of DAO.