Membership
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We encourage you to become an active member in our organization - come to meetings, join a committee, meet your fellow artists and have fun!
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* 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.
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
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Artma
Lakewood Art Center
Echter’s Garden Center “Glass At The Gardens”
Each January, we participate in the Cheyenne Botanical Gardens Glass Show. It's a wonderful way to help Wyoming fill its gardens with incredible art. 2025 marked the show's 41st year. Lois Rentz does a fantastic job of organizing this each year.
We are in the process of getting our drawings for ARTMA 2026! Every other year, local childhood cancer patients share their art with our group, and then we translate their art into glass pieces. We start working on these 6 months before ARTMA. This is a fantastic way to raise awareness and funds for research. More information is forthcoming in our monthly meetings.
Our Summer Picnic is a great way to meet other glass artists in the group, and of course, it is lots of fun. It's usually held in June.
Holiday Party -- Always a fun time filled with great food and a glassy gift swap. We typically hold this in December.
Lakewood Art Center (LAC) Glass Show - We have been invited to hold a show at the LAC in 40 West in August. Members are in the process of creating for this show. More information can be found in our newsletter and meetings.
Echter’s Garden Center “Glass At The Gardens”. This is an annual show and our 21st year doing it. It's 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.