Kaleidoscope 2011 at the mall
2011 is the twelfth year for Kaleidoscope,the Brighton Art Guild's annual all-member exhibition, entertainment, demonstrations, and gallery shop being held Fri., May 13th through Sun., May 22nd.
Timeline
Entry deadline (postmarked): Wed., April 20th
Take-in: Tues., May 10, 4-7pm
Open: May 13th - May 22nd
General Meeting/Juror Walk-through: Wed., May 18, 6:30pm
Aritst's Reception (public invited): Sat., May 14th, 6-8pm
Take-down: Sun., May 22nd, 4-5pm
Open Hours: Mon-Fri, Noon-8pm
Sat., 10am -8pm
Sun., Noon-4pm
Location
Kaleidoscope will be held at Green Oak Village Place, 9795 Village Place Blvd., Brighton, MI (near Buffalo Wild Wings). The mall is located by US 23 and Lee Road, by all the round-abouts.
Entry Procedure
- To see more information about the all members exhibit for this year view the information document.
- Click here for a Kaleidoscope Entry Form. Complete the entry form and mail with your entry fee check made payable to the Brighton Art Guild.
- Mail entries on/by Wednesday, April 20, 2011, to: Brighton Art Guild P.O. Box 65, Brighton, MI 48116.
- Entries must be postmarked no later than April 20, 2011.
- Also click here for a Kaleidoscope "The Gallery Store" form
Entry Fee
$25 payable by check only (non-refundable)
- Exhibiting members are asked to help with the show planning committee, publicity, set-up or staffing. To sign-up, please sign up on the entry form.
- All exhibiting members are required to help with take-down on Sunday, May 22nd at 4-5:00pm.
About the Juror
Trained in art education and art history at the Eastern Michigan University, Ms. Susan Froelich began jurying art shows around Michigan in the 1980s. These included the Flint Art Fair and the East Lansing Art Fair. She went on to jury the Tulsa International Mayfest and was in charge of jurying for the Ann Arbor Street Art Fair. In addition, Ms. Froelich has served such organizations as the Ann Arbor Art Association, University of Michigan Museum of Art and most recently she acts as interim president of the Arts Alliance.
KALEIDOSCOPE 2011 THANK YOUS
- THE MALL & MANAGEMENT - The first thank you goes to Green Oak Village Place mall and their management company Redico, mall manager Sean Valentini and assistant manager Tina-Marie Adle. Their generous support and help with the venue made this year's Kaleidoscope possible.
- BRENDA - My second thank you goes to Brenda Ochodnicky, my co-chair in marketing and my back-up and support for Kaleidoscope. Brenda is amazing to work with, I'd think of something and five second later it would appear in my email in box, already done. She's responsible for the posters, fliers, yards signs, print ads and advertising that you see. She handled all the budget and daily money, solicited donations for sponsors and for the Reception, plus so much more behind the scenes help with Kaleidoscope itself.
- BUILDING SET-UP - The next thanks goes to Jerry Hosier and Phil Gibbon and their crew for making our venue beautiful, hauling all the stuff from the basement of CoBACH, hauling it all back down the stairsand climbing up and down the ladders to hang and remove artwork. Thanks go to Phil for hanging the Guild banner outside( and to Jerry for taking it down, and only grumbling a little 'cause he had already put the tall ladder in his Jeep). And to Glenn Smith for getting and taking back the tall tables and chairs for the Opening Reception.
- ART INSTALLATION - A giant thanks goes to Gayle Sanchirico and her crew, who did an amazing job hanging the most amount of art ever at a Guild event.
- ART CHECK-IN/OUT - Barb & Henry Hess did their usual great job in setting up a system for a speedy and efficient check-in. And with the help of the check-in crew it went very smoothly. And a thanks, also, for those who are helped with check-out.
- MUSIC - Mike Ewing was in charge of procuring our musicians, Mike and Brenda Richardson, our harpist, are Guild members, Len Buckman is married to Guild artist Anne Marie Buckman and entertainment for the Opening Reception was Butch Runyon, who is donated his time and talents to entertain us.
- ARTIST DEMONSTRATIONS - Anne Marie Buckman was in charge of notifying our demonstrating artist. And a big thanks goes to her and the Guild members who shared their talents with the public.
- FLORAL ARRANGEMENTS - Many thanks go to Tracey Flanigan, owner of Art in Bloom for the beautiful arrangements that graced our venue.
- GALLERY SITTING COORDINATOR - One of our new members, Rosemarie Brennan, was the one who had the task of solving the human Sukodu puzzle, coordinating all the gallery sitters with available times. A huge thanks to her and all the people who greeted our guests and handled the sales.
- RECEPTION - Carole Ford was in charge of Opening Reception, with the help of Pam Day, Linda Dunn and Betty MacLeod. One of our new members, Barb Thayer, created all the beautiful veggie trays and dips. And Brenda O. did a great job in getting Sasalitas, Buffalo Wild Wings and BoomTown to donate food.
- MARKETING DISTRIBUTION - We've expanded our distribution system, and with Diana Beaudoin, as chair we were able to pass out over a hundred large poster, hundreds of fliers and five thousand postcards! Thanks to her and all that donated their time (and gas) to let the world (or at least Livingston Country and surrounds) know about Kaleidoscope!
- THE ARTWORK - And, of course there wouldn't be a Kaleidoscope without the artist who took the time and effort to create these beautiful works and enter them for our show. So a big thanks goes to them.
THANK YOU ONE AND ALL FOR BEING A PART OF THIS GREAT EVENT!
