For those of you who don’t know it yet, my term as VAGF's President is about to expire at the end of the month. The past three years have been fun, busy and eventful. Many things have been accomplished and others need to be worked on some more. All in all, I had a great time.

My most sincere thanks to everybody who have made significant contributions to the organization. I'd like to express my appreciation to all those wonderful people who have supported us. It's been my good fortune to work with highly creative, challenging, fascinating and sometimes demanding individuals, most of them ready to share their talents and love for the arts with others. Thank you all for your hard work, your patience, and your ideas.

I think we have a great new Board of Directors for 2009-2011. They come with the best attitude to listen to new proposals and to share their gift with our community.

Happy Holidays to All!

Diana Moya

The Visual Arts Guild of Frisco has a new Board effective January 1, 2009.

The Board of Directors believes in a family friendly VAGF for a family oriented city, giving the opportunity to artists of all ages to interact with other creators of art at various levels. The Board believes in the importance of VAGF giving back to the community that supports it, and is very excited that this group of outstanding individuals will lead the organization forward.

Kathryn Petroff, President.
A professional artist with her own company. She joined VAGF in January and has been a solid volunteer since then, contributing her talents and many hours of volunteer work to coordinate four collective shows this year that included artists working on site, music and theater. Kathryn introduced to our group her artists friends from surrounding cities, thus giving more exposure to the Guild and to the City of Frisco.

Melissa Rader, Secretary.
An artist and a Frisco ISD art teacher at Borchardt Elementary, now completing her Ph.D. in art education at the University of North Texas. Melissa has participated with her whole school (administrators included) in the Rising Stars Project for the last 3 years and Borchardt Elementary has won the highest award two years in a row. This year's Borchardt's Rising Stars Project engaged in a conversation about 'going green.'

Kayla McKennon, Treasurer.
The McKennon family has been a supporter of the Visual Arts Guild of Frisco since its inception. The late Richard McKennon, a successful young lawyer in Frisco was committed to help the organization. As our benefactor, Richard paid the rent for the first building the Guild had as a home in Historic Downtown. Kayla and her two daughters have remained in touch with the Guild and actively participated in events as the Garden Party by the downtown gazebo and the Scholarship Awards presented in the City Council chambers last year.

Best wishes to our incoming Board.

CONGRATULATIONS TO FISD STUDENTS AND TEACHERS FOR A GREAT JOB!

The Visual Arts Guild of Frisco is very proud of the participation of each and every child, teacher, administrator, artists, and others that have contributed to make these wonderful Stars every year, for the past three years. 2008 Star entries were exhibited at the Frisco Arts Center from November 17th to December 12th. The general public was invited to vote for their 3 favorites. The votes were counted Saturday, December 13 with the following results:

1st Place - Curtsinger Elementary
2nd Place - Sem Elementary
3rd Place - Robertson Elementary

Mooneyham Elementary was recognized by the Board for their initiative and additional effort to make their stars shine. With the motivation and encouragement of their art teacher Denise Boles, Mooneyham's Art Club produced their own design of a star with a new material. The VAGF's Board acknowledges their effort with a Certificate of Recognition.

FISD Art teachers will deliver a VAGF's Certificate of Participation to all their 2008 artists of all ages.
CONGRATULATIONS TO FISD STUDENTS AND TEACHERS FOR A GREAT JOB!

The 2008 Stars are now displayed for the Holidays at Parkview Frisco located at 7450 Stonebrook Pkwy, Frisco, TX 75034. This is a great facility for active adult living where its management provides gallery space for the Visual Arts Guild of Frisco to display.

The 2009 'Tour of Stars' will begin at the CATE center and then continue to school campuses. The Career & Technical Center is located at 9889 Wade Blvd. See link: http://www.friscoisd.org/schools/cte/

Hello Artists,

Thank you once again for your participation in our show this Saturday, December 13, 2008 from 10am-4pm.

This is a more low-key family fun holiday event compared to our evening shows in the past. We want to have a lot of fun with the people wandering Main Street, so feel free to contact me with any ideas you may have to make this a great day. Patrons will be wondering shops and businesses in the area that will have a variety of holiday themed projects and entertainment. If it is a nice day (like I'm hoping) I would like to set up a couple artists working live on the sidewalk to entice people to come into the art center. If you are interested in working live, please let me know.

Here is some important info for you to remember:

-The event is from 10:00am to 4:00pm throughout Historic Downtown Frisco. We will be meeting and displaying artwork at the Visual Arts Guild of Frisco Arts Center, 6827 Main St Frisco, TX 75034.

-Please arrive NO LATER than 9:00am to set up your work. Since the center is used for a variety of events from day to day, we cannot set up earlier than that. That gives us 1 hour, so please be on time, willing to help, and be organized.

-You have two options as to how to display your artwork:

1.You may hang your work on the art center walls. If you choose to do this, you must have your work framed or stretched on a frame with wire ready to hang. The art center has brick walls, so we suspend work with fishline from hooks at the top of the wall.

2.You may also bring your own easels/stands to display your work. This is recommended as it will allow for a faster setup. Everyone is responsible for setting up their own work...you might want to bring a friend or spouse to help with setup/tear down, assisting throughout the day, lunch, etc.

-Again, please let me know if you will be working live and in what medium. If you are working live, you will need to bring whatever easels, supplies, dropclothes, etc you may need. We need to make sure that the art center is kept clean.

-Don't forget to bring business cards, flyers, email signup, title cards, or whatever you may need to be successful. I always say to bring as much work as you want (at least 4-6 depending on size) in case we have extra room.

See you Saturday!

Kathryn Petroff

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL INDIVIDUALS WILLING TO SERVE AS BOARD MEMBERS OF THE GUILD IN 2009.
NOMINATIONS WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR CONSIDERATION AND VOTE.

THE RESULTS WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2008 AT 6:30PM AT THE FRISCO ARTS CENTER 6827 MAIN ST. FRISCO TX 75034.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
VISUAL ARTS GUILD OF FRISCO

THE ARTIST IN YOUR FAMILY EXHIBIT
Join us Saturday, December 6th from 4-6pm. Artists of all ages and volunteers with their families are invited to attend.
VAGF will have an Open Gallery sponsored by the Frisco Association for the Arts during the Merry Main Holiday celebration at the Frisco Arts Center 6827 Main St. Frisco TX 75034.

HOLIDAYS IN OLD TOWN
Saturday, December 13th Open Gallery sponsored by the Frisco Association for the Arts during the first Holidays in Old Town. Feel free to dress up for the occasion.

10am-4pm - Open Gallery and face painting, visual artists working on site.

11:00am - Demonstration: Majestic Victorian wreath

12-2:00pm- Black Prairie Band

2:00 pm- Workshop: Tree decorations

3:00 pm- 'Rising Stars' Award Ceremony


VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED. If you want to hang your work and/or volunteer, please contact President@VAGF.org