[ART FAIRS]
[MEMBERSHIP]
[ARTBEAT]
[OFFICERS]
[PHOTOS]
[PROGRAMS]
[TUESDAY PAINTERS]
[SCHOLARSHIPS]
[CALENDARS]
[HISTORY]
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After the Home Town Art Exhibit's successful run upstairs at the Saugatuck Village Hall, local artist Nat Steinberg proposes in a letter to the Commercial Record that local artists continue to work together. An organizing meeting, briefly interrupted by a raccoon on the stairs, is held September 4, 1953 upstairs at the Village Hall and Jean Goldsmith, local potter, painter, and former school art teacher, is elected the first president. |
| 1954 |
Winter of 1953-1954. Jean Goldsmith teaches painting and ceramics to several ladies in her home.
December 16, 1954 - The first regular monthly business meeting of the Saugatuck Douglas Art Club was held. |
| 1955 |
June 15, 1955 - A 10' x 40' canvas panorama, showing the Saugatuck area as it was in the 1830s, was painted by members of the Saugatuck Douglas Art Club as their contribution to the Village's 125th anniversary.
October 11, 1955 - Club is addressed by Helen Corlett, who spoke about how to paint. May Heath, taking minutes, wrote "Surely our Art Club is something to enjoy and of which to be proud and we see for it a future growth." |
| 1956 |
Sept. 11, 1956 - Winnie Brady elected president. |
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| 1958 |
Sept. 9, 1958 - Ruth Turner elected president. |
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| 1961 |
January 10, 1961 - Jean Goldsmith again president. |
| 1962 |
Sept. 11, 1962 - Dorothy Helmuth elected president. |
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| 1964 |
Sept. 14, 1964 - Jean Goldsmith and Pansy Emmert elected joint presidents. |
| 1965 |
The annual calendar (for 1966) is first published as a fundraiser. The effort is led by a committee consisting of Claire Allen, Janet Van Oss, Peggy Boyce. Over the next forty-seven years over seven hundred unique drawings of local scenes by local artists will be published. |
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The work of the Saugatuck Douglas Art Club is commemorated in an exhibit at the Saugatuck Center for the Arts from June to August, 2011. Called "In Perspective: The Legacy of the Saugatuck Douglas Art Club" it shows artwork by founders and important members, the careers and contributions of scholarship students, and a glimpse of work by current members. Two gallery talks accompany the exhibit -- by Jane Van Dis on the early history of the Club and by Peggy Boyce on the history of the calendars. |
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