Minutes from the 9/21/10 Meeting

First Order of Buisness: Change to the Club's Constitution

-We have eliminated the rule that only printmaking majors are allowed to join Bandolier Press.
-New members that are not majors will have a semester long prosper period to prove their commitment to the club.
-Money raised will go toward printmaking conferences only.


Second Order of Buisness: Club Portfolio

-Participants in the portfolio exchange have until Sunday September 26th to submit their prints, otherwise they will be eliminated from the exchange.


Third Order of Buisness: Club Dues

-It's that time again! Club dues are...well...due. You have a month to get them turned in. You may turn them in to Adrian, Kyle or Jessica.
-Reminder that it is $25. If paying with a check, please make it out to Adrian Chin. (don't worry, he's our treasurer)
-The following paid on 9/21: Bill, Tessa, Dan, Kari, Kyle and Barnes.


Fourth Order of Buisness: Print Sale

-With MAPC quickly approaching, we have set dates for a print sale! As of now, it will take place October 6-8th.
-For those new to the club, we set up a table on the second floor of the School of Art and sell cheap prints. So go through old prints you can part with and donate them to the sale. And it doesn't have to be just prints! T-shirts, stickers, etc.
-There will be a sign-up sheet on the grad office door in the print room (room 408) with shifts to sign up for. If possible, it's always great to sign up at least a couple different times.

- We are also planning on having an auction towards the end of the semester.


Fifth Order of Buisness: Meeting Times

-The majority of the club have agreed to meet at 5PM every other Friday at the Annex studios on the third floor east in the big crit area.
-If you are not able to make it to these meetings, please keep an eye on the blog for minutes from the meetings.


Sixth Order of Business: Fundraiser Ideas

-We need 'em!! Feel free to email me any suggestions or write them down and bring them to the next meeting.

- Suggested fundraisers so far:

T-shirt Printing at BadDog
T-shirt printing for fraturnities/sororities
Halloween masks
Day of the Dead masks
Used book/ rummage sale

Seventh Order of Business: MAPC Conference

-https://sites.google.com/a/umn.edu/mapc2010/
-"New World/Old World" in Minneapolis, MN!
-October 13-16th
- Total of six going as of now. Be sure and let Barnes know ASAP if you decide to go afterall because we are working on getting vans together.


**Next Meeting will be on Friday October 8th at 5pm at the Annex studios on the third floor east! **

Dumbo Press at Pepsi Refresh Project!

Eric's Grant to debut the Dumbo Press at public schools and public events is up on the Pepsi website!! You have until June 30th to vote, so get crackin'! Tell your friends, your friend's friends, post it on Facebook, what ever you can to help out!!

GO VOTE!!!

Minutes from the 4/29/10 Meeting

First order of Business: A big thank you!

Thanks to all members for helping out in this semester's events. Together we raised $4,000!!! Let's keep up the good work!

Second Order of Business: Theme for the Woodcut Collab.

-It was by majority that the theme of the Woodcut Collab with be....."Americana." Glory days, the last 50 years, whatever you can think of.

-The block will be 4ft x 6ft and we are shooting for a due of September 15th...but this date is tentative.

-List of teams are still on the grad office door in printmaking room 408.

-We are asking for an edition of 5 for these blocks on canvas and/or paper.

-Tom and Kyle will be writing up a proposal for MAPC to see if we can show these babies off there.

Third Order of Business: Printing Party!

We need to get those aprons and koozies printed, so we're going to meet Thursday May 6th at 7pm to get them done. We can bring food and make it a good ol' time.

Fourth Order of Business: Officers

We have decided to keep the same officers for the next year. If you weren't at the meeting and want to move up or step down, please let us know.

Fifth Order of Business: Pepsi Refresh Grant

Honorary club member, Eric Fuertes has written up a grant to take his two printing press that he has built around to innercity schools and make prints.

The grant is up on his website if you want to look it over.

Eric will be submitting his grant to the Pepsi Refresh Project to try to win $25,000!
In order for him to win, you need to vote!!!

Eric will be entering his submission at 12:00am on Friday May 1st, he will then post on Facebook if it goes through or not so we can start voting.
So please please please when you wake up Saturday morning, VOTE! and tell your friends, family, everyone to do the same! Please post on your Facebooks so we can spread the word.

Sixth Order of Business: Happy Dog Show

Remember there's a show with Drive by Press at Happy Dog Gallery in Chicago this Saturday May 1st at 8pm-?

Also the MFA group show will also be going on 5-8pm!
230 W. Superior St., Suite 200 (River North)



Everyone have a good finals week and an even better summer!!

Our Fearless Leader In Action

Via Printeresting, Michael Barnes rides again.

Minutes from the 4/15/10 Meeting

Here's the minutes from the last meeting.....

First order of business:  A New Honorary Club Member

The club came to a unanimous vote to grant Eric Fuertes as a honorary club member of Bandolier Press......we all know he wants to be a printmaker soooooo bad, constantly dreaming up presses like he does!

Second order of business: Large Woodcut Collab

The plan is still on for the large woodcut collab! As discussed before,  the scale of the blocks will be 6ft. x 4ft. and in groups of 2....... perhaps 3 if there is an odd number of members participating. This would take place this summer and then hopefully the works would be displayed in 214 Gallery in the Fall.

Thoughts were brought up about the possibility of a theme for this collab project. Two themes that were brought up were Haunted House and Home/ Where You Came From. If you have any other suggestions, bring them up at the next meeting or simply post them up on the blog in a comment or whathaveyou.

**There is a sign up sheet on the grad office door for the collab. PLEASE SIGN UP IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN BEING A PART OF THIS!!

Third order of business: Club Print Exchange

Yes, it is still on and the prints are due at the end of the semester! Just to refresh your memory, the title of the portfolio is "No Name, No Slogan," paper size is 15"x20", edition size is still set at 25, at least 3 runs, and please include sheets of newsprint or glassine between each print. Let's make this a nice portfolio, so please please put some effort into it!

Minutes from the 3/4/10 Meeting

Hey all! Here are the minutes for the meeting held on Thursday March 4th.....sorry it took me a few days to get this up. I also apologize if some of the information is incorrect or confusing....I was at the end of the table and couldn't hear a thing. Motion to have the secretary sit next to the President at the meetings???



First order of business: Honorary Club Member

The club came to a unanimous vote to grant John Medina as a honorary club member of Bandolier Press....we'll turn him into a printmaker sooner or later!

Second order of business: Bandolier Press Portfolio

The portfolio is now due March 22nd. The Edition size is now 25 with John's participation. All other information remains the same.... 15"x20", minimum of 3 runs.

Third order of business: Club Money Distribution

The question of how money raised from fundraisers will be distributed to those not attending SGC as well as those who will be graduating this semester.
The club came to the conclusion that
those who are not attending SGC, the money will go to the next conference. (MAPC, Frogmans Workshop, etc.) If the club member chooses not to attend, the money will get filtered back into the club money.
For those graduating this semester, the club will only distribute money for conferences for one semester only following graduation.

Fourth order of business: T-shirt/Poster/Logo Designs

The club voted on everyone's designs and the following member's designs will be printed:
-Kim
-Jessica (2)
-Darren
-Kyle
-Dan
-Tessa

Also, the club voted on colors for t-shirts and the following colors were the winners:
-Red
- Charcoal
-Sky Blue

Fifth order of business: Printing schedule

Here is the schedule for printing t-shirts/posters on March 13 & 14:

-Saturday:

12-4PM: Adrian, Tessa, Tom, Kari, Jessica
4-8PM: Kyle, Adrian, Tessa, Tom, Dan

-Sunday:

12-4PM: Tessa, Tom, Lauren, Adrian, Jessica, Kyle
4-8PM: Kyle, Tom, Tessa, Dan

Sixth order of business: Print Sale Schedule

Here is the schedule for the print sale that will be held on March 16-18:

-Tuesday March 16th:
10-12PM: Ann & Kim
12-2PM: Kari & Tessa
2-4PM: Dan & Kyle

-Wednesday March 17th:
10-12PM: Tom & Kyle
12-2PM: Lauren & Adrian
2-4PM: Lauren & Kim

-Thursday March 18th:
10-12PM: Tom & Dan
12-2PM: John & Kyle
2-4PM: Adrian & Jessica

Other orders of Business:
- Large Collaboration Woodcuts this summer is on!! We'll be splitting up into groups of 2 at the next meeting.

-We will possibly be holding a raffle of the Jay Ryan print during the print sale.

-Sargent of Arms Position given to Tessa. Dan will now be the Enforcer.

Minutes from the 1/28/10 Meeting

Hey all, Jessica here (AKA secretary). I will now be posting the minutes of each meeting here on the blog so those who were unable to make it can catch up on what went down.....minus the jokes and silly stuff, for those you had to be there sorry.

I digress......

Here's what we covered at the meeting:

(NEXT MEETING: Thursday Feb. 11th @ 8PM @ Twin Tavern!!!)

-First order of business: The Portfolio Exchange (Due March 15th!)

The title was voted upon, finally, with the winner going to "No Name, No Slogan."

Close runner ups were "Filthy Few" (or "Flithy Flew"?), Kish Incident, and sadly coming in dead last "J.D. Salinger is Dead"....sorry, Ann.

-Second order of business: Silent Auction 

We need one print/piece of art from every club member for the auction by Monday Feb. 1st. Please drop these off in Kyle's flat file or in the Grad Office.

Kyle will be hanging the work up for the auction on the 2nd floor of the SOA on Monday Feb. 1st and will be up through Valentines Day.

-Third order of business: Club Dues $$

PAY THEM! We will be using this money to order t-shirts to print on and take with us to SGC in March as well as club aprons.

As far as the t-shirts go, we encourage everyone to submit designs to the club and we will vote on the top 5 to print and take with us. Can be screen printed or relief blocks.

As far as aprons go, we are still looking for some good deals on some Takach-like ones (cross-back style).

-Fourth order of business: Print Sale

Originally we had talked about holding the sale 2 weeks after SGC, but it was brought up that doing it before would be beneficial to all money-wise.

It will be changed to run 3 days long,  Tuesday March 16th-Thursday March 18th with the added bonus of giving people the option to stop by the shop on Friday to continue purchasing. I will be working Fridays in the shop and would be happy to take on this responsibility.

- Fifth order of business: Change in Bandolier Press' Constitution

The position of Student President was voted in as an additional officer. Kyle was officially voted in as Student President.

The position of Sargent of Arms is now open and the position will be filled next meeting by the vote of the club.

-Additional orders of business:

We need a club logo! So we encourage everyone to submit a design that is high contrast, in black and white and that is resizable for use on t-shirts and/or patches.

The idea for a U-Haul Show outside of The House (just a suggestion) was brought up. Bringing cheap prints to the streets for all to buy or at least see! This would most likely take place next semester.

Possibility of a club show of large scale (6ft. x 4ft.) collaborative works was brought up. This would take place this summer and then hopefully the works would be displayed in 214 Gallery in the Fall.