Shepard Garden & Art Center: 3330 Mc Kinley Blvd., Sacramento, CA 95818On site contact: Mabel Lotz 916.808.8800 Email: mlotz@cityofsacramento.org Website: www.sgaac.org Website Coordinator: Erica Foster ericafoster00@gmail.comCHAT Newsletter Editor: Laurie Lee 916.442.7137 Email: shepardcenter@gmail.com

Jan./Feb. 2015Volume #74 Issue 1

Happy New Year!The Ikebana International Club Chapter #26 is sponsoring a guided 45 minute tour of the:

Folsom Kikkoman Soy Sauce factoryMonday, January 19, 2015 10:30 AM

Kikkoman Soy Sauce factory1000 Glenn Drive, Folsom, CA All Guests and members welcome!Please call MJ Kelly to reserve a space and let her know whether you will meet the group at the factory or would like to carpool. Carpools will leave the Shepard Center at 9:30 am -please arrive at 9:15 am-If you wish to have lunch after the tour there are several tasty restaurants close by and we’ll have more information the day of the tour.

Contact MJ: mjkelly72@yahoo.com 916-929-3541

In 2014 some wonderful updates and new equipment were purchased and installed. The new sound system, the new Ken-o-Vision projection system, a new refrigerator and three stainless steel kitchen tables are a few of our new renovations and additions that have been made possible in part by donations from the Friends of the Shepard Garden and Arts Center. Thank you.

The Spring Sale is just around the corner!The application and information

for the Spring Sale 2015 is attached to your CHAT cover letter.

If you would like to volunteer on the organization committee or help out at the sale or have any other

questions please contact:

Kathy Norton at kathy.norton@mac.com or shepardcenter@gmail.com

What’s Inside:Letter from Kathy Norton............... Page 2

Letter from the Editor ............... Page 3Textile Arts Info ............... Page 4

List of Officers & Directors .......... Page 5

CHAT 2

Dear Friends--Welcome to 2015! As you are planning your busy schedules--please re-member to come by and see Capital City African Violet Society’s annual show and sale on April 4-5, 2015! We will have a fantastic display of African violets plus oth-er Gesneriads and over 1,000 plants for sale. Many of them hard to find varieties. We will also have fantastic ceramic self-watering flower pots created by our own artist! Buy a plant and a pot and we will pot it up for free--donations accepted for this service. Hope to see you there--come by and pick up one-of-a kind Easter gifts as well.

See you soon--All the Best--

Capital City African Violet Society

In this issue not only is there events that have already happened. (due to my delayed delivery of the newsletter - I do apologize-)

There are also articles that have been submitted two months in advance of their due date. I’m not sure if Kathy Norton doesn’t trust me, or if she just wants me to run it twice to make sure you come to the:

Capital City African Violet Society’s annual show and sale on April 4-5, 2015!

CHAT 3

Facelift & Improvements for the Center?In October of 2014, the board members of SGaAC began a discussion of what to do with the public garden spaces surrounding the building and some deferred maintenance issues including landscaping and the building itself that we feel needs to be addressed. Within that discussion, since this is an expensive proposition, was how we might pay for this much needed facelift of the grounds and building improvements.At that same meeting, Lisa Schmidt, one of the organizers of Friends of East Sacramento*, came to share with us a proposal she had made to the City of Sacramento, to raise $10,000 to plant a dozen trees in the dead lawn area between the Center and 34th street. Her organization would raise the money for the trees and the City would plant and irrigate them. She did ask us if we would like to participate (adopt a tree) in this project, but before we could come to an agreement on it, amazingly, she’d raised enough money for the City to move forward and plant two Oaks and nine lovely Chinese Pistashe. While grateful for these new trees, some of the ideas we had talked about concerning that area, IE a Gazebo, a sculpture garden or a demonstration garden, are still viable ideas and I would like to see them further explored. I would also like to ask Lisa to share her fundraising ideas and strate-gies in the hopes of applying them to the Center.

If you would like to have your voice heard on these topics, if you have fundraising or other ideas, you can par-ticipate by coming to the next board meeting, Monday February 2nd at 7:00 PM.

*“Friends of East Sacramento” is the organizing and fundraising arm of the McKinley Park (Clunie) Center.

Venture Crew #161 co-ed division of

Boy Scouts of America

Venture Crew #161, a co-ed division of Boy Scouts of America, is available to assist groups and Clubs with event set-up, tear down, distributing flyers and other miscellaneous tasks. We volunteer our time but dona-tions to the Crew help with the cost of activities and are always appreciated. If you have a need and are interested in our help please contact our Advisor, Eric Wemmer, at # 916-612-7241, or Assistant Advisor, Sandi Wemmer, # 916-834-3985. Thank you.

For those of you who may not recognize Eric Wem-mer’s name, he is our “ever ready to help” assistant who handles many of the jobs for the spring & fall sales. I highly recommend him & his newly created “Venture Crew” for any help your club might need.

Don’t forget to book Eric & his Venture Crew early!

CHAT 4

Sacramento Center for the Textile ArtsShepard Garden and Art Center SCTA Room Schedule as of 12/9/2014

Main Room:

Board Meeting: First Wednesday, every other month in January, March, May, July, September & Novem-ber, 10:30 am to 1:00 pmExceptions: No board meetings for remainder of 2014.

Lecture: First Wednesday, following board meeting, every other month in January, March, May, July, September, 1:00 to 3:00 pm, & December, 3:00 to 7:00 pm Workshops: Occasional, as arranged

East Room:

Beading Study group: First Monday of every month, 10:00 am to 1:00 pm- Facilitators: Diana Bosley and Anne DeStefano

Knit and Crochet group: First Thursday of every month, 10:00 am to 1:00 pm- Facilitator: Frances Taylor

Surface Design group: Second Thursday of every month, 1:00 to 4:00 pm. Recessed January, November and December 2015- Facilitator: Yvonne Warren

Creative Clothing group: Third Thursday of each month, 10:00 am to 1:00 pm - Facilitators: Cheryl Stone, Dianne Slivka, Jacqueline Blondeau

Annual Show/Sales:

Art Elephant Sale, August 1, 2015, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm

Art to Wear & More, second weekend in November (November 14 & 15, 2015), 11:00 am to 4:00 pm. Saturday fashion show 10:00 to 11:00 am

Contacts:

Stephanie Jacobs, SCTA Board President, Art to Wear & More Chair731-4410

Yvonne Warren, SCTA Board Vice President, Surface Design group facilitator927-7367

Diana Bosley, SCTA Publicity Chair and Newsletter Editor736-2014

CHAT 5

CHAT 6

Stellar Studios5th Annual “Bowl Making Day” 1/31/15

Saturday January 31 at 12:30 – 2:00 – or 3:30

Whether you have glass making or breaking experience or not, this is a great way to “play” for a good cause. Don’t worry helpers will be on hand for those of you who have never played with glass before. The Cost is $25 ($48 if you choose to make a pair) All glass, materials, tools, and fun (as in Wine Reception & Preview) are included and Stellar Studios will be donating the kiln and studio time. You will have your choice of making square bowls, round bowls or one of each. Remember, one is a donation to River City Food Bank's “Empty Bowls” Event, but the second bowl you get to keep or you can donate it too. In February, (Friday the 27th, 6:00), we will all get together for a Wine Reception & Preview to see how beautiful everybody’s bowls turned out. Stellar Studios Please RSVP: Laurie Lee 202 23rd St (23rd & “C”) 916 396 2889 Sacramento CA 95816 or e-mail: lisme@sbcglobal.net Please let me know what session you would like to attend the: 12:30, 2:00, or the 3:30 when you RSVP. If you just can't make the 31st please call me, as there will be a small, single seating event on the following Thursday night February 5th, at 6:30 for about fifteen of the people that just can't make the main event. Please RSVP for this day early, as space is limited and it will fill up quickly.

The March 9th & 10th "Empty Bowls" event, is a major Fund Raiser for the River City Food Bank in which people attend either a dinner ($70) or luncheon ($30) and for the price of your ticket you get a meal (bowl of soup) and your choice of a hand made (empty) bowl that has been donated by a local artist. (That's us) For more info go to rivercityfoodbank.org I am inviting one and all to participate in making bowls to donate to this worthy cause. The goal is 100 bowls this year. Join Us! 01/31/2015

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