Membership
We encourage you to become an active member in our organization - come to meetings, join a committee, meet your fellow artists and have fun!
* Monthly Email Newsletter (January - November) Members may list upcoming shows, awards you have received, classes you are teaching, items for sale or wanted to purchase, helpful tips, new products you have tried and general announcements.
Send an e-mail to GAF by the 15th of the month prior to the meeting for newsletter submissions.
* Membership Directory (will be distributed at meetings beginning in April).
* Reduced Entry Fees at the Echter's Holiday show and other GAF shows.
* Participation in the Members Gift Gallery (subject to Jurying) at Glass shows.
* Listing on our Web site: www.glassartistsofcolorado.com, where you can include photos of your work and a link to your web site.
* Include a page in our Member's Portfolio notebook. It can include photos of your work, your resumé and whatever can fit on one page (front & back). The portfolio is brought to all meetings and is on display at all shows.
A note of clarification: GAF's membership year runs from January through December. Dues payments, new and renewal, received January through November will be for that calendar year only. Payments received in the month of December will apply to the following calendar year. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
Membership Details and Application
2025 Membership
Annual Membership Rates are as follows:
Individual - $35.00
Senior (age 65 and over) - $20.00
Studio (allows 3 people) - $80.00
Family (2 family members) - $55.00
Student - $20.00
Make your checks payable to: Glass Artists of Colorado and send to:
Anita Rakestraw
16693 W. 73rd Avenue
Arvada, CO 80007
All meetings are held on the second Sunday of the month at 1:00 p.m., and are held at the Studio and Hot Shop of Mike and Sandy Penfound in Lakewood, unless previously announced in the newsletter and posted on the GAC Website: www.glassartistsofcolorado.com
Please feel free to call Anita Rakestraw if you have any questions, her phone number is (303) 431-0824 (landline, sorry no texts) or
send her an email at: anitar@usa.net.
Keep on being glassy in 2025!
Summer Picnic
Monthly Meeting: Learning to make glass beads
Lois won the Glass Cutting competition in Las Vegas!
Anita, Lois & Sue at Las Vegas Glass Show
Monthly Meeting: Learning to cut glass
Monthly Meeting: Playing with glass
Summer Picnic
Monthly Meeting: Having fun learning new techniques
Artma Participants
Monthly Meeting: Learning Glass Drip
Activities we have upcoming and are looking forward to expanding upon for 2025:
Cheyenne Botanical Gardens Glass Show
Artma
Lakewood Art Center
Echter’s Garden Center “Glass At The Gardens”
Coming up very quickly in January…Cheyenne Botanical Gardens Glass Show, which is in its 41st year and is a wonderful way to help Wyoming fill its gardens with incredible art. Contact Lois Rentz for more information.
Getting our drawings for ARTMA 2026! We start working on these 6 months before ARTMA. More information at our monthly meetings.
Summer Picnic, usually held in June
Holiday Party, usually held in December
Lakewood Art Center (LAC) - Glass Show We have been invited to do a show at the LAC in 40 West in August. We are still working on this one.
Echter’s Garden Center “Glass At The Gardens”. Our 21st year doing this show, held in November to kick off the holiday season.
💡 We do something fun every meeting. If you have an idea of something you would like to know more about (techniques, etc.) or questions about opportunities, or help with a current project, please let Deborah know so she can investigate and bring it to the attention of the group. We all like to learn new things and expand our knowledge of glass.