The Arts
DKGNJ State Committee for the Arts Chairperson, Patty Curtis, Epsilon Chapter
DKGNJ Music and State Pianist, Laura Perrius, Alpha Chapter
DKGNJ State Committee for the Arts Chairperson, Patty Curtis, Epsilon Chapter
DKGNJ Music and State Pianist, Laura Perrius, Alpha Chapter
Hear Ye, Hear Ye!
Our new DKGNJ Arts Committee would like to provide our members a two-part forum for our sisters to share their special talents and interests.
This forum will include a bi-monthly zoom and the creation of the State Convention Arts Festival. Showcasing for either event may include performance (ie. music, comedy, drama), art work (ie. pottery, painting, textiles, photography, crafts), and literature (ie. poetry, essays, historical explorations).
DKGNJ bi-monthly zooms will provide a means to connect members throughout the state through the Arts. The sessions will run 30-40 minutes, not to exceed 1 hour. Sessions can be simply a sharing of information or can include group participation. President Irene Maskaly has kindly offered to lead a session, “Introduction to Watercolor Painting”!
Sisters interested in presenting a zoom session, please complete this Google Form, and we will be in touch shortly! Please contact us with any questions.
Registration for the State Convention Arts Festival will take place after the holidays.
Patty Curtis, Epsilon patty.curtis33@gmail.com
Laura Perrius, Alpha laurathebetter@yahoo.com
Our new DKGNJ Arts Committee would like to provide our members a two-part forum for our sisters to share their special talents and interests.
This forum will include a bi-monthly zoom and the creation of the State Convention Arts Festival. Showcasing for either event may include performance (ie. music, comedy, drama), art work (ie. pottery, painting, textiles, photography, crafts), and literature (ie. poetry, essays, historical explorations).
DKGNJ bi-monthly zooms will provide a means to connect members throughout the state through the Arts. The sessions will run 30-40 minutes, not to exceed 1 hour. Sessions can be simply a sharing of information or can include group participation. President Irene Maskaly has kindly offered to lead a session, “Introduction to Watercolor Painting”!
Sisters interested in presenting a zoom session, please complete this Google Form, and we will be in touch shortly! Please contact us with any questions.
Registration for the State Convention Arts Festival will take place after the holidays.
Patty Curtis, Epsilon patty.curtis33@gmail.com
Laura Perrius, Alpha laurathebetter@yahoo.com
Ideas Shared in 2023 State Organization EEC Chairs Training
- At a chapter meeting, explore the DKG Art Gallery on the website - Check out the submission process, Categories – photography, painting, drawing, crafts, mixed media, sculpture, writing (poems, essay, short stories)
- Encourage members to submit art for the DKG Art Gallery
- Many states hold Creative Arts Retreats where members spend time engaged in various projects related to a variety of art forms
- Have an arts display at state conventions - Raffle or have silent auction of items artists want to donate, Note – Please check the laws of your state, province and/or country as they relate to raffles based on tax laws
- Include music at all meetings
- Invite artists to speak at chapter and state events
- Ask chapters to provide centerpieces at state organization conferences/conventions
- Encourage members to take classes to learn new crafts/arts and then showcase their items at the end of the class
- Highlight talents at conferences/conventions
- Invite performance groups to chapter and state meetings/conventions
- Sponsor essay contest for middle/high school students; invite top winners to a meeting to read their essays
- Fashion show
- Field trips - museums, galleries, theaters
- Create a craft at chapter and state meetings