1. JURIED SHOW @ Taking Submissions for March 14th. Jurors are Lois and Doug who will jury the show early next week. The show will run from March 23rd-29th. What day would be good for the opening? Preferably earlier in the week. We now need a real poster to be made for the actually show, after we find out the opening date.

2. Kristina is organizing a model night for next week, March 18th. I believe she will be doing posters so look for that.
When? Tuesday March 18th, 2008. From 7 PM - 10 PM
Where? ECH, room 1205
Details? There is no cover charge, and there are 18 spots left so please talk to Kristina Foster, or email her ASAP (spunkyneko@gmail.com) you’re interested in signing up for the three hour session. Please only sign up if you are 100% sure you can make it, the spots will probably fill up pretty fast.

3. Someone got in contact with me regarding a dinner through Conestogo College, called Art of Food, and they are interested in using some work from students at UW to “set the mood” and that would be willing to sell. She is looking for 5-8 pieces. If anyone is interested, please email Lindsay at laharwood@gmail.com

4. ASU Meeting Tonight @ 530. Can anyone make it out for this? If not we just have to make sure to be at the 26th Meeting.

5. SOFA Elections will be held on our last meeting date, that being Wednesday April 2nd. If people are interested in being a greater part of SOFA by joining the executive it’s a good idea to get the wheels of thought in motion. POSTERS WILL BE UP SOON.

6. I met with someone who is interested in changing the murals that are in the Great Hall in the SLC (remember the pastel abstract people?). She is wondering if any Fine Art students would be interesting in volunteering for this monumental job. It would probably be a Summer/Fall project. If interested, contact me and I can get you in contact with the representative I talked to.

7. PROM #2. April 12th (Saturday). Similar to last year (one live bands, and djs). If anyone is interested in helping Andrew G, email him at dynamiteandrew@hotmail.com. Posters will be up soon.

8. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR FOOD PREPERATION for the 4th Year Grad Show on March 28th. Talk to Rebecca, or shoot an email here.

Thanks Team
AM

Greetings team,

Looks like Wednesdays are the day now, @ 12:30, but I’ll try it one more week with both times, just to really see. Here is the following:

a. We have wednesday, thursday covered for Artery, but need someone for Friday. If you haven’t seen the show, your missing out on something wicked.

b. Fourth Year show, 4XL, in Artery is going up early to mid next week. Rachel and Katie are onboard, but anyone willing to help out is welcome. It’s good simple experience. OPENING FRIDAY FEB 1ST, 5-8

c. MOVIE NIGHT - WEDNESDAY FEB 13TH. We were thinking have two movies, one at 7, one at 9. I’ll be dirt cheap for food (2 pence) and movie free. Molly’s break in between, haha. Here are some possible movies, if you got suggestions then send me an email:

-alien
-predator
-life aquatic
-art school confidential
-the godfather
-apocalypse now
-3:10 to Yuma
-Snatch
-Heroes (tv show)
-Sunshine

d. LOUNGE DETAILS. If you want to help make it snazzy, email me before reading week.

e. Making website more apparent is going to be more of a reality around the department starting how. Stay tuned.

Thanks people,
AM

Hey Team. I’ve got a somewhat mixed opinion on meetings between Tuesday and Wednesday. So what I’m going to propose is having two meetings this week. I’m not sure if this will work, but Tuesday info can simply be reiterated on Wednesday, or even progressed somewhat. This will also allow more people to come out to meetings to participate.
So this week, there will be a meeting on Tuesday @ 12:30 AS WELL as Wednesday @ 12:30.
-Adam

Hey Team. Here we go:

**What do people think about having the meetings on wednesdays around the lunch period (maybe 1230, 1) rather than on tuesdays? I’ve just has some people ask and was wondering what you all think. Let me know before next meeting.**

As for the meeting:

1. Volunteering. We still have one stop on thursday from 3-5 and then next week wed, thurs, fri 3-5. Hey peeps, lets spread the karma and give a little of our time early in the term. Remember it’s great for getting though homework, think about it art and homework, the perfect learning environment!

2. FIRST EVENT: We’re thinking about a movie night, probably the week of Feb 11-15 before reading week. That way we will have a month to get it going. Any suggestions on movie? We know what to do know with set up so lets have some fun. Any suggestions for movies? haha. We could also have night of merry making on campus at Grad House?

3. Pub Crawl End of Term, that’s all I have to say. KT Feel and Brettlin are thinking about organizing it. I love saying stay tuned.

4. We have an ASU meeting on Wednesday at 530, HH 280. If any execs are willing to come with me that would be great. Let me know if you can before the time tomorrow. I predict a riot.

5. Artery jobs. Regardless of its future, with the Artery expansion with Render there is greater opportunity for student help around the gallery. Promotional/communication work (contact with papers, tv stations) is open as well as other tasks in the gallery’s maintenance. Email Tarin or I if interested.

Thanks peeps
Adam

Welcome back everyone!
SoFA has already had their first meeting this term, a simple hello!

Meetings will still be held every Tuesday at 1230pm, although there are some debates whether it should be 1pm - if anyone has any strong desire to attend and 1pm works better for you, then email Adam!

So next week, January 15th we will meet again at the back SoFA lounge in ECH for ideas of events for the upcoming term! Bring anything you can come up with! The more the better!

See you next week!

Andrew Hunter and Tarin Hughes will be coming to this week’s meeting to talk about the Artery and possible collaborations between Artery and Render. It’s an awesome opportunity to continue on the quest of improving the Artery - anyone and everyone interested in discussing these things are more than welcome to come. Hope to see you all there!
~Adam

Have you been to the lounge recently?
If you haven’t, check it out. There’s new couches and the walls are painted!!

Still want to submit art to the mini show?
Read previous posts, because you still can!!
And go visit the show!! it’s up!!

Can anyone sit at the gallery this month?
We need sitters for the Artery.
Please check the schedule in the SoFA lounge to see if you can volunteer!

Any upcoming events?
There’s talk of a Christmas party in the first weekend of December at the Artery.

more SoFA news will be added at a later date… stay tuned!

SoFA has received a grant to renovate the lounge at the back of ECH. (Yay!)
We’re hoping to make it a much more comfortable eating/meeting area.

If you are interested in helping with purchasing furniture or helping with moving things/anything pertaining to making the lounge a better place, or even any suggestions and requests, contact Brett Brac.

The estimated renovation itself will take place late in the year, perhaps even during Winter Holidays. This gives us enough time to spend our money wisely, so shop around!!