Texas Wax Logo Competition

Texas Wax Logo Competition

RULES & ENTRY PROCEDURE
Texas Wax, a Texas non-profit arts organization, invites you to submit
an entry to its Logo Competition. We appreciate your participation and
wish you good luck!

CONCEPT OF COMPETITION
Artwork should embody the spirit and mission statement of Texas Wax
(please see below). It will become the visual identification for the
Texas Wax non-profit entity and will be the property of Texas Wax.
Selected artwork will be used as the primary logo for the organization
on its website and other marketing materials.

RULES OF COMPETITION
1. Submit original artwork or comprehensive layouts. The work must be
original. Design must incorporate original ideas of the artist.
Because the artwork will receive widespread exposure, the design may
not be a close derivative of an existing logo.

2. Entrants are encouraged to include with their entries a brief
explanation of how the design of the logo reflects Texas Wax. The logo
should be suitable for adaptation to a variety of formats, such as the
Texas Wax printed materials, website, etc. The logo should maintain
its appearance well in different sizes. The logo must work in black
and white, gray scale, and in color. The logo should incorporate the
name "Texas Wax” and may, but is not required, to include the words
“Encaustic Arts.”

3. Board members and officers of Texas Wax are NOT ELIGIBLE to
participate. All Associate Members of Texas Wax are eligible and
encouraged to participate. It is not necessary however to be an
Associate Member of Texas Wax to submit an entry.

4. The artist agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Texas Wax LLC from
and against any damages or losses sustained as a result of any design
that is not original. By submitting an entry the artist certifies that
he/she is the author of the material submitted to Texas Wax and that
if the entry is selected, Texas Wax and its licensees may reproduce,
distribute, publish, display, edit, modify, create derivative works
and otherwise use the material for any purpose in any form and on any
media. By submitting an entry the artist further agrees if his/her
entry is selected he/she will assign free of charge all exclusive and
transferable rights to use, publish, advertise, copy, modify, alter
and reproduce the logo in any possible manner (commercial and non-
commercial).

JUDGES
Texas Wax will select judges for the competition that may include
representatives from the Texas Wax board, professional graphic
designers and representatives from the arts community. Judges will not
know the identity of the entrants and will base their decision solely
on the artistic merit of the entry.

AWARDS
The winning artist will receive a $250 cash award and will be
identified on the Texas Wax website with a link to the artist’s
website, if requested.

ELIGIBILITY
1. To be eligible to win the $250 cash award, entrants must be 18
years of age or older and reside in the state of Texas at the time of
the competition.
2. Entries submitted must be the original artwork or design of the
entrant.
3. Each entry should contain the design of the logo, including any
associated lettering. Each entry must include the entry form (below)
with the following information: name, address, email, phone number,
and signature.
4. Entries should be submitted as jpeg, tiff or eps files and should
not exceed 3MB in size.
5. There are no fees to submit an entry. Limit one logo submission per
person.

CALENDAR
All entries must be emailed by March 1, 2010 to Sharon Kyle Kuhn of
Texas Wax at: bay6studio@gmail.com. In lieu of email submissions,
digital files may be sent on a CD to Sharon Kyle Kuhn at: 5305 Bolm
Rd, Unit6, Austin, TX 78721. Mailed entries must be postmarked by
March 1, 2010 to be considered.

April 2, 2010
Winning artwork and artist will be announced. All entrants will be
notified by email when judging is completed.

MORE INFORMATION
Contact Deanna Wood, Texas Wax Communications Committee Chair -
972.345.9968 or deanna.wood@verizon.net

TEXAS WAX MISSION STATEMENT
Texas Wax is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to support,
educate, and promote the efforts of its associate members in the
creation, exhibition and distribution of encaustic arts in Texas.
Texas Wax provides support and education for its associates through
workshops, seminars and group meetings regarding the use of the
medium, business advice and artistic review. Texas Wax promotes the
efforts of its associate members through group shows, digital media
and marketing materials. In addition to the services provided to its
associate members, Texas Wax promotes encaustic arts throughout the
state of Texas and beyond through programming, events and educational
materials that educate art collectors, art dealers, aspiring artists,
students and the general community.

--include completed entry form with your entry-


ENTRY FORM

Name:

Address:

Phone:

email:

The artist agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Texas Wax LLC from
and against any damages or losses sustained as a result of any design
that is not original. By submitting an entry the artist certifies that
he/she is the author of the material submitted to Texas Wax and that
if the entry is selected, Texas Wax and its licensees may reproduce,
distribute, publish, display, edit, modify, create derivative works
and otherwise use the material for any purpose in any form and on any
media. By submitting an entry the artist further agrees if his/her
entry is selected he/she will assign free of charge all exclusive and
transferable rights to use, publish, advertise, copy, modify, alter
and reproduce the logo in any possible manner (commercial and non-
commercial).

Signature:

Date:

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Mail completed entry form to:
Texas Wax Logo Competition
5305 Bolm Rd, Unit6
Austin, TX 78721

TexasWAX/Houston January Meeting

Meeting Place: Steffani Frideres (thank you, Steffani)

Attendees: Steffani Frideres, Julia Koivumaa, Cynthia Robertson, Gwen Plunkett, Suzanne Shield-Polk, Linda Walker
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Gwen gave an overview of the executive committee meeting in Austin. Also, membership and memership dues were discussed. Everyone should email their information (name, email address, telephone #, etc.) to Roxy McCluskey. Gwen has Roxy's info.

-New logo designs for the Texas Wax website are being discussed and contest for new logo design will be announced soon.

-Gwen met with a TALA accountant Saturday to discuss artists responsibilities regarding collecting, reporting and paying sales tax. It depends on who actually makes the sales-the artist or artist's representative, ie, a gallery or designer. The party collecting the money is the responsible party.
When you make the sales yourself, you are the responsible party.

Anyone who buys to then resell is the responsible party for paying taxes. For instance, when an art consultant or designer buys directly from the artist, they are buying with the intent to resell. That cancels the artists responsibility for taxes. A contract stating such signed by both parties provides protection to the artist in case of audit.

Robert Schuller, CPA has a website that is devoted to the Business of Arts where you can find out more.
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The need for Texas Wax/Houston representatives on Texas Wax committees was stressed.
Gwen is the Program Chair for Texas Wax. She needs a Houston representative on her committee.

Suzanne Shield-Polk volunteered for Education (coordinate with Michelle Belton)
Julia Koivumaa volunteered for Communications (coordinate with Deanna Wood
Cynthia Robertson volunteered for Grants/Art Reviews (with Roxi McClosky)

Linda Walker volunteered to be secretary for the Houston group and is responsible for sending
out meeting information to members. Look for her e-mails in your mailbox.

Julia, Linda and Steffani have been invited to post information on the TexasWAX/Houston blog.
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Promotion of our HIVE project was discussed and put as a priority for this year for the Houston Wax group.

Exhibition Opportunities in the works sponsored by TW: Possible juried show in Amarillo, August 2010. Particulars TBA.

Still time to submit for for the Luminous Layers, Contemporary Encaustics in Oswego, OR
Click Luminous Layers for information.

Combining encaustic work with printmaking was discussed at length. Elise Wagner,
Portland, OR artist will be in Houston February meeting Gwen. We talked about offering an encaustic/printmaking workshop later in the year
with Elise.
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Things to think about if we have not done already:
-set up personal website and learn to blog!
-check out Joanne Matera's "Monday Morning Marketing"
-check out New England Wax website (for content)
-look for alternate meeting place for our monthly meetings that is more central

Next meeting will be February 21 at Julia Koivumaa's house (thank you Julia). Reminders will be emailed to you.

To be discussed:
- venues for monthly meetings (bring ideas and results of investigation)
- venues for Texas Wax/Houston shows (bring ideas and/or results of investigation)
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Encaustic Workshop at Lonestar College, CyFair starts Feb. 5.

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Member News:
Steffani Frederes has work in the up-coming exhibition
LoneStar College Kingwood and Tomball Faculty Art Exhibition
at University of Houston - Clear Lake (2700 Bay Area Blvd, Clear Lake, TX)
Exhibition runs: Feb 1-Mar 25 2010
Reception: Friday, February 5, 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Gwen Plunkett has an exhibition, Collections: Ink, Paper, Wax; Work by Gwendolyn Plunkett at San Jacinto College Central (8060 Spencer Hwy., Pasadena, TX )
Exhibition runs: Feb 1 - Feb 19, 2010
Reception: Thursday, Feb 4, 11:00 - 1:00
Artist talk at 11:30.

December Notes

Work above by Cynthia Robertson.

If you missed our holiday party last Sunday at Cynthia Robertson's house, you missed a very yummy treat. She served us the best Gumbo I've eaten recently along with a large pot of greens (mustard, I think) and on the side, corn bread of course and a pot of pig tails and necks. Soul Food Yum!!!
Of course we all brought yummy appetizers and dessert but the Gumbo (chicken, sausage, shrimp, crab, maybe oysters too) deserved 5 stars. Cynthia sent a bowl of gumbo home with me and it was even better the next day. My mom, who made wonderful gumbo too, said hers always tasted better the next day. Both days were good for me. Well, I loved the greens too. Southern and Soul!

Thank you, Cynthia, for your wonderful hospitality and yummy food.

Members who attended brought a small encaustic painting to swap. That was fun too. I came home with one of Cynthia's paintings. See top of post.

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Work above: Julia Koivumaa, Atlantis; Encaustic Collage on panel

Scroll back to Thursday, Dec. 10 and the talk at MFAH, How Artists Think.
The talk was part of a summer education program at the museum for patrons wanting to learn more about how to look at and better understand contemporary art.
One of our own, Julia Koivumaa was one of the artists on the panel of four. Julia's presentation was precise and to the point, (she was third to speak and was encouraged to speed up the process because the previous two artists had taken a bit more than their allotted time.)
She works mostly with the medium of encaustics (beeswax and damar resin) and photography. The works she presented this night were mixed media encaustic paintings with collaged photos.
Ideas referenced in this series of new work are time, memory, changing attitudes.

It took the others a bit more time to get to their point but certainly they enlightened us about their thinking and creative processes as well.
Nerves get in the way sometimes and it is just plain hard to be literal about non-literal information. Perhaps that was a good thing for the audience to see....just how hard it is to speak about conceptual work and how difficult it is to speak directly about a process that is so non-linear.

Along with Julia on the panel were artists Jason Dibley, Armando Rodriguez and Nathanial Donnett.
Jason Dibley, artist/photographer is Program Coordinator at the Houston Center for Photography here in Houston. Jason stages his imagery with sometimes real objects and sometimes cut-outs that he has made himself. He directs light on the objects casting shadows on the wall. These cast images are what he shoots. The relationship of the particular objects (size and scale, etc)projected in shadow juxtaposed with a bit of drawn element plus the title, create a sort of visual pun. The photographs from the series he talked about, like the one below, are all quite small.

Image above: Jason Dibley, The Engineer, 2006.
Silver Gelatin Print. 5 x 4 1/2inches (Image from Artist profiles HCP page, click image to go there for more images)

Armando Rodriguez works in various media including photography, printmaking (etching, lithography, and monotype), graphic design and bookmaking. In addition to teaching at Art League Houston, he also works for the Houston Chronicle and in the education department of the Museum of Fine Arts Houston. Armando said he enjoys the mystery of working intuitively, not knowing just what the final outcome will be.

Work above by Armando Rodriguez (Image from Art League Intstructor page. Click image to go there.)

Nathaniel Donnett says his work has been influenced by the conceptual work of Joseph Kosuth. He pays homage to that artist making use of some of Kosuth's visual strategies but the shift in imagery and use of object Donnett utilizes directly references his own agenda. Clicking on Donnett's name will take you to a Youtube video of Nathaniel talking about his work.

The artist talking part was my favorite part of the presentation of the two hours but the slide comparisons that Chelsea Schlievert and Lauren Fretz, educators in the MFAH's Education Department presented was also very interesting and informative with audience participation encouraged. It was sort of a mini art appreciation course condensed in one evening. The works they compared were works from the MFAH collection and available for us to see in person. Comparisons paired two different artists use of color or line or compositional strategy, etc.
Amedeo Modigliani's portrait of Leopold Zborowski, c. 1916 and Cesar Augusto Martinez's Bato con Sunglasses provided one such comparison.

The third element of the two hours was at the end when the audience was broken into four smaller groups and sent out into the museum with one of the artists from the panel to discuss a couple of paintings (that artist's choice) in the collection.

Thanks to the MFAH's Education Department, Chelsea Schlievert and Lauren Fretz as well as to the four artists on the panel for this program.