The English and Humanities club donated $500 toward Paul Rowan’s visit
as a thank Sharon will be designing a poster for their upcoming events
Thanks again English and Humanities club!

Community Service
Fall semester: gingerbread house building
Spring semester: poster designs
- club manual?

Funds
Operational and speaker funds must be used before the end of the semester or they return to SGA
Any remaining fundraising money will carry over to next year
Sharon will be getting up-to-date fund information from SGA before next meeting

Artistic Opportunities
Student Art League (SAL) has officer positions open for next year
for more information attend SAL meetings or contact Kurt Heinrich or Natalie O’Patchen

Whole foods co-op in Erie
Wants to display student artwork in their Café
for more information contact Natalie

John Ritter (Illustrator) will be coming to campus to review senior portfolios
Brigette will inform club members of the details of his visit

Club Schedule for the remainder of the Semester

Monday March 29, 2010 BOWLING!
Meet at Doucette 118 and head to the lanes.
Bring money for shoes, games, and food
Kevin will make posters, Vanessa will e-mail the club

Monday April 12, 2010 (or a date close to this one)
We would like to bring in a speaker to talk about the business end of design
from freelancing to starting your own business including promotion, pricing and even taxes.
Brigette will explore here contacts in the Erie and Pittsburgh areas and consult with Shelle.
Date may change based on speaker availability

Monday April 26, 2010
Elections for next year’s Officers!
You must be present to vote.
Anyone interested in becoming a GDC officer MUST attend

Ginger Bread House competition
The club won 2^nd place and received 8 vouchers for Pizza Hut Pizza!

New Business:

Our 1^st club meeting of the semester will be
Monday Feb. 8^th (8:45pm Doucette 118 as always)
Shelle Barron will be speaking about Internships: When? Where? Why? and How?
Pizza will be provided

2^nd meeting will be Monday Feb. 22 (same time same place)
Movie Night
Come watch Beautiful Loosers w/ us
with Pizza of course!

Guest juror/speaker for Senior Show (Feb. 27-Mar. 6)
1. discussed Paul Roin from Umbra  $ could be an issue
-ask Shelle for more details
2. illustrator from outside Pittsburgh
- more info see Shelle
3. Franklin Grippe and other alums
Nothing decided yet, waiting for more information

March 15^th – officers meeting

March 22^nd – Club meeting

If you have photos from any of the GDC events this past semester, that you would be willing to share with the club to use for promotional purposes please e-mail them to me @ EUPGDC@gmail.com. Please title your e-mail “photos – event name.”

Events include, but are not limited to:

• Aloha
• Car Wash
• Club Meetings
• Toronto Trip
• Gingerbread Doucette

Thank you for all your help!

Announcements:

Not for Sale show
Purpose is to create an outlet for personal non-commercial work
secured dates Jan.22-Feb. 25
entries collected Friday Dec. 4 – Monday Dec. 7
Placed on table in Doucette 124 (the nook)
Entries should include the artist’s name, phone number, e-mail, title of the piece, medium
Entries that are NOT accepted into the show should be picked up on Dec. 11

Ginger Bread House competition
Monday Nov. 30
Help us make a gingerbread Doucette

Bates Gallery Jurying
Saturday Dec. 5 from noon-3pm
Doucette 119
We need your presence to help get good dates for the Senior Show!

Thank you to Catrina Spano from Gannon University for sharing her knowledge of the printing process with us!

Toronto trip is this weekend!
-excuses were passed out for missing Friday’s classes
-phone numbers collected for campus police in case of family emergency
-students reminded that this is a school sponsored trip, responsible behavior is expected
-Those going on the trip will be meeting at 6am at the parking lot by Reeder Hall.
-You will receive an itinerary at that time and leave by 6:30am.

-DON”T FORGET YOUR PASSPORT!
-Fundraising money will be going toward trip transportation.
-Feel free to choose roommates before Friday.

The club decided to hold the Not for Sale show in the Library again this year.
This juried exhibition will focus on non-commercial student work.
Stay tuned for important date information.

There is a tattoo parlor on State St. in Erie looking for student artwork.
Need name and price tag. Work sold without commission.
Contact Dave Lam for more information.

Collected fund raising money from pin sale

This Saturday Oct. 10 from 12-2pm Paul Rowan from Umbra will be speaking in Erie
Sign up in the Art Office for transportation from the U.C.
Free for Students

Toronto Trip Details

We will be staying at the Town Inn in downtown Toronto.
The rooms are suite style and four people will share a room.

Friday Oct. 23
leave Edinboro at 6am
- dean approved missing classes
Studio Tours – Hombly and Woolley at 1pm and others
Dinner at O.Noir – experience of the senses in a completely dark restaurant, blind awareness

Saturday Oct. 24
Spend the day in the Art Gallery of Ontario
Dinner plans are still up in the air
8pm Canadian Stage Co. showing “Rock ‘n Roll”

Sunday Oct. 25
Umbra Concepts Store
Drive back to Edinboro

Students are responsible for covering their own breakfast and lunch expenses

Brainstormed artists to jury the senior show
Paul Rowan
David Carson – (Erica will contact)
Chip Kidd- (Natalie will contact)
Demetri Martin

Toronto
-$100 collected from each student going on the trip
-funding was approved by SGA

Fundraisers
Button Sale at Homecoming (Oct 3)
-collected pin designs
-sign ups for selling and assembly
-Kevin will make signs
-Christina getting cardboard
-Brigette making sandwich boards
Car wash made $127.64
-Great Work! Thanks to all who helped out!

SGA – reps Bobby and Sharon

Chimera meets Wednesday 8:45pm

Meeting adjourned

Please join us in raising money for our Toronto Trip and tell your friends.

Arriving at 12
Sharon Bartlett (until 6)
Rachelle Rankin (until 1)
Kevin Lingle (unknown)
Leah Runstedler (could come at 1)

Arriving at 1
Alison Slippey (until 3)

Arriving at 2
Amanda Bek (until 5)
Tori D. Raup (until 5)

Arriving at 3:15
Dee Dee Foll (until 4:15)

Arriving at 4:30
Natalie Opatchen (until 6)
Emily Corbin (until 6)

We could always use more help, so if you are not on the list please come anyway.
(If you want to give us a heads up, please send an e-mail to EUPGDC@gmail.com)

Fall
-Trip – Toronto Oct. workshops, museums, performance
-Not for Sale
-Book Binding Workshop – Shelle
-Bates Gallery?

Spring
-Speaker – Sagmeister? Bruce Gallery
-Senior Show
-Resume and portfolio Workshop

Fundraisers
-Car Wash – Fire Hall
-Bake Sale
-T-shirts

Meetings – Every other week 8:45pm Mondays

Designing
-T-shirts
-“get to know you” forms
-Logo

E-mail list – Erica and Venesa will update

Budget
$1500 speaker
$ 500 operational
$ 116 Fundraiser
Trip – upon request

Meeting adjourned – Ice cream yum!

*AMS

• Set up will be Nov 1st
• Deadline is Oct. 30th

RAKE is Saturday Oct 25th from 10AM – 1PM

CHIMERA

• 4 graphic designers entered
• 1 made it – Shannon McCarthy

J. Ryan Posters – thebirdmachine.com

Student Art League is having a silent auction.

AIGA Newsletter – if Brigette can get 20 + members, we get a discount