First meeting in 2023 was a hybrid meeting - meaning we had members in person and others participating on zoom! The first ever for the Scribes. While quality of the zoom could be better, it was so Great to have a way for everyone to participate. Our members do not just live in the Vegas valley after all!!!
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Our first adventure online was with Mary Hill's "Book in a Box" program. She filmed this and it was then shared with our members via email, while the board was still figuring out Zoom. People seemed to enjoy this and showed off their work on Facebook! If you would like to do more projects like this check out The Art of the Fold by Hedi Kyle and Ulla Warchol. March 17, 2020 Governor Sisolak put the state into lock down, everything closed and we were told to stay home and self-isolate due to the global pandemic, coronavirus Covid-19.
Red Rock Harley Davidson also had to close so we had to re-imagine our guild, as everyone else was having to do, so we learned to Zoom. March and April were cancelled as the board was learning to Zoom, and figure out the logistics of our document camera. Steep learning curve for some of us, all in a day's work for others. We surveyed the members and told them we were moving to the Zoom format, Cathy Lauinger would give tutorials. If we wanted to meet and have programs for the foreseeable future we all needed to adapt, as we had no idea how long this pandemic was going to last. March 14, 2020 Mary Hill arranged a special, private tour of the Neon Museum and Tim Burton’s Lost Vegas. We had two docents, and a private tour of both the museum and the huge storage facility at the Review Journal, where they are warehousing all of the neon signs that will be restored and then moved to the new museum annex at the old Dula Center, across the street from the Neon Museum. Then we had lunch at Benny Binion’s Horseshoe Club. What a great day we had. And then life as we knew it changed. February 22 & 23 Garage/craft sale of Linda Goralski’s art supplies at Cindy Creighton’s home. A project that helped Ski recover his garage again and the funds raised were split with her family and the Scribes. The week-end had wonderful weather, members brought food, we sold all of Linda’s wonderful art supplies, books, holiday decorations and so much more. It was a great time for comradery and reminiscing of a dear member lost too soon.  Member Mary Stutz led the group in creating Little Book Pins. Mary is one of our regular contributors, last year she taught weathergrams. This year we book bound tiny books and turned them into pins to wear as jewelry. These small pieces can pack such detail and reflect the creativity of the creator and wearer.
Pat Evans, a member from Kingman, Arizona and very active in the Kingman Center for the Arts (https://kingmanarts.org). Pat covered the floor with large tarps and then long sheets of paper at the Red Rock Harley Davidson classroom. She brought huge brushes that had to be at least 3 feet long, dipped the brushes into ink, and then standing over the paper did vertical calligraphy to prepare large wall hangings. Some members brought their own paper to use the large brushes on. There was a lot of fun to be had between waiting for the paints and inks to dry. Many scribes enjoyed munching on the ever present snacks whiles we waited. Pat also brought supplies to make name buttons. She also brought samples of repurposing projects into small books. The 2019 Holiday Tea Gathering of the Fabulous Las Vegas Scribes was held at the home of Rita Clark. Rita was a most gracious host! The food was amazing! We enjoyed socializing, eating, exchanging cards (for those who had opted to participate), and just celebrating the great year together. This meeting of the Fabulous Las Vegas Scribes at the Red Rock Harley Davidson started with our annual business meeting. We voted on a few updates to our bylaws and voted on our slate of officers for the 2020 year. After we took care of business we moved on to the fun stuff: Scherenschnitte, which means "scissor cuts" in German, is the art of paper cutting design. The Fabulous Las Vegas Scribes were led by Patty Craddock in the making of our own Scherenschnitte tree. We all had our own spin on this and each was unique and beautiful. At the September 21st meeting of the Fabulous Las Vegas Scribes we crafted Weathergrams under the direction of Mary Stutz. We all worked together to write the names of the 58 victims of the 1 October shooting in 2017 in additional to writing more traditional pieces on them. The Weathergrams will be hung in lieu of a meeting on October 19. |
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