Special Notices to Members

This page will serve to remind you of various instructions, events and otherwise.
Check back occasionally to keep yourself up-to-date. Newest items will always be at the top.
The Guild exists because of the enthusiasm of its founders and the continuing work and friendship of artists gathered together to network, to improve themselves and their work, to build opportunities to show and sell their works, and to present the public with opportunities to view fine art and to interact with working artists.
Basically, the Guild is YOU. Your success and interaction with the Guild makes the Guild successful.
This page is presented with that hope of continuing success for all.

                    Read your newsletter! Thoroughly! It contains a great deal of information. The items would not be printed if they were not relevant. This will save you confusion and looking for information you already have in hand.
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                    You cannot enter a show unless you are a paid-up member. No exceptions. This includes Painting-of-the-Month. Presenting a painting when your are not officially a member is unfair to the entire membership.
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                    Pay your dues immediately when the annual bill is presented and you will eliminate headaches for yourself and the Guild.
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                    If you find you are not receiving the Newsletter, then you can be sure you have not paid your dues before the cutoff date. Mail costs the Guild time and money. Contact your Treasurer,
Gail Leavitt 508-478-6512 or simply mail in a check.
Framingham Artists' Guild
Gail Leavitt, Treasurer
8 Grant St.
Milford, MA 01757
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                   Sizing of Paintings: This seems to be a continuing struggle. Paintings are defined as the actual artwork only. It never includes matting, framing or otherwise. The size of the painting is always listed-- Height first then Width. For example: A 24 x 18 painting is 24 inches high and 18 inches wide. The notation Overall means the total height and width of everything including painting, matting, framing and whatever. The entire item edge to edge.
        In other words, your painting could be 24 x 18 but, overall, depending on matting, framing or otherwise, or lack thereof, anywhere from 24 x 18 (this is unframed) to as much as 30 x 24 or more. We have seen paintings 3 x 4 but 11 x 12 overall!
        Simply, pay attention to what is being requested and list it - height by width.
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                    Reason for size restriction. 40 inches overall (see above note) is the maximum width allowed for any artwork submitted for a show. The height of the artwork, theoretically, is restricted only by the distance between the floor and the ceiling. However, only so many artworks can be hung side by side before space on the wall runs out. Therefore, to hang as many pieces as possible, this restriction has been made.
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                    Do not hesitate to present your thoughts about who you would like to see demonstrating and critiquing shows. This would be most helpful! It is a lot of work setting up an entire season and your input is much desired.
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                    Volunteers are constantly needed. Anyone can do any job available. Yes, all require some time and effort but, isn't that what belonging to an active organization is all about? Speak with your president or any of the officers today!
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CLEANING UP AOL
Edward R. Rogaishio

I just learned that AOL is both smart and stupid at the same time. As webmaster of the Guild's site www.framinghamartguild.com, I am always making changes; adding new information and new pages. Normally changes are seen instantly. I could not find my addition of the new link to the Award Winning Artworks page for a day and half and so I complained to our ISP (Internet Service Provider) AIT. I found that when you browse on the net, AOL automatically caches the pages so that the next time you access that page, AOL drags out the saved page quickly so you do not have to wait for the net page to come in slowly. Smart. However, if the page on the net has changed, you may not see the changes because AOL still wants to drag out the old unchanged page. Stupid. If you suspect you are missing new information do the following.

            I have AOL 9.0. I presume the following directions will still be viable for other versions. Open AOL. You do not have to go on line. Find "Settings" in the top bar. Click on it. Find "Web (internet) Options". Click on it. Find "Internet Explorer Settings". Click on it. This will bring up a window with a number of tabs. You want "General" and "AOL Browser".

            Click on "General". Click on "Delete cookies". Click OK. Click on "Delete files" Click OK. Click on "Settings". In this window I had "Automatically" checked which should have prevented the above problem but it apparently was not working (Tech said that an overload of all the items I am passing on to you to delete, may have been a factor) so I checked "Every visit to the page" instead. Further down this window, allocating 30MB to "Amount of disk space to use" should be sufficient unless you do a great deal of browsing. Click OK to return to "General" window. Under "History", "Days to keep pages in History", set at 0. Also, click on "Clear history". Click "Yes". This does not have to be done again if the setting remains at 0.

            Now click on "AOL Browser" tab. In "Web graphics" check "Always compress graphics". In the "Top speed" section check "Store web pages…etc.", set "Amount of storage space" to lowest number (probably 32MB- Again, set higher if you do a great deal of browsing). Click on "Clear storage". Click "yes". This last item will allow pages to come in at the slow net pace the first time accessed but when you go back again, the pages are supposed to come in faster. Clearing the storage and other items once in a while helps clean AOL of overburden problems. Also, it helps clear overburden from the computer. Those MB’s allocated to AOL storage, as they fill, those are less MB’s available to your computer.

I am working with Windows XP. Your titles could be different but similar.

                        Good luck!

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