President's Message

10 Oct

Posted at 07:15h in 2011, President's Message

Coming up soon - Reception for Randy Hill, Executive Director, RAA, scheduled for Sunday 23 from 2:00 to 4:00 pm. Jan Harvey, scheduled featured artist will also have her reception at the same time. Supervisor Neil Derry will stop in to see the...

08 Sep

Posted at 08:55h in 2011, President's Message

Good news!  We have recently been notified by County Supervisor Neil Derry's office that RAA will be receiving a grant in the amount of $10,000 to assist us in underwriting the salary of our new Executive Director, Randy Hill.  Our Chairman of the Board, Larry...

04 Aug

Posted at 06:57h in 2011, President's Message

Our new Executive Director, Randy Hill, will officially begin work on September 1st.  Randy is our first full-time paid employee and will be spending approximately 70% of his time coordinating our marketing and fund-raising efforts.  Much of the rest of his time will be spent...

06 Jun

Posted at 09:48h in President's Message

We had a fun Annual Banquet last Wednesday evening with over 60 folks present to hear about our plans for gallery expansion.   If you missed the presentation you will be able to see some of the ideas being considered by our remodeling committee.  The idea...

10 May

Posted at 17:25h in 2011, President's Message

Our annual meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, June 1, 2011.  All members are welcome, and in fact, encouraged to attend.  This pot-luck dinner will be followed by introduction of new officers and committees, introduction of our Board of Directors, a brief report from MCAEEF (our...

10 Apr

Posted at 13:42h in 2011, President's Message

Art is FORM and CONTENT!! Our teachers and mentors know this and have tried to explain this to us, but WHY do we even need to know?  I think I need to know all about both form and content so that as an artist I can...

07 Mar

Posted at 19:45h in 2011, President's Message

I met an impressive woman recently; Heidi Mayer is her name and she founded an organization called Youth Hope about 1 1/2 years ago.  Youth Hope provides services for Redlands' youth between the ages of 14-24 who are living on the streets of our fair...

06 Feb

Posted at 10:07h in President's Message

Wow! There are so many wonderful events coming up in the next several months that involve our organization. All of these special events are either coordinated by or assisted by RAA volunteers.  I am always impressed by the huge numbers of volunteers that work at...

11 Jan

Posted at 18:11h in 2011, President's Message

Change is Hard! And I have noticed that the older I get, the longer it takes to adapt to new technologies or to changes in policy or procedure. So I especially appreciate all of those members who so graciously agreed to the changes...

17 Dec

Posted at 12:12h in President's Message

The team of volunteers that we call our “hanging crew” works hard all year to display the hundreds of paintings, ceramics, glass and table top items after each “take-in”.  They work behind the scenes and few of us know who they are or how hard...