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August 20th Meeting Presentation:
A Sugary Road to Art
Andreina Cova Wilson, Baker’s Oven Houston
Andreina Cova Wilson is a Venezuelan baker who lives in Houston. Her official journey into baking and pastry goes back 12 years, but her love for the arts goes back further. After completing graphic design studies at The Art Institute of Houston, she made a jump into culinary arts in Mexico City, followed by further studies in Colombia.
She comes from a traditional Venezuelan family and traveled around America during her college years, which enabled her to learn and experience different cultures. After many turns and changes in her life, Houston became her home and home to her baking business. She now combines her love of art with her culinary skills to create sugar confections that are guaranteed to satisfy your taste buds and impress your art cravings.
Be sure to check out her social media accounts to be a part of her sugary journey
Please join us at the monthly meeting on Tuesday, August 20th to learn about Andreina's sugary journey.
Tuesday, August 20, ARCHWAY GALLERY
2305 Dunlavy, Houston TX 77006
5:45 - 6:15: Mix/Mingle with light refreshments
6:15 - 6:30: Short business meeting
6:30 - 7:30: Program with Q & A
7:30 - Restore Archway Gallery’s chairs and food bar to their rightful order and then, optionally, meet for dinner at Paulie’s (dutch treat at 1834 Westheimer).
Please forward WiVLA Voices to all your friends who might be interested in WiVLA. BRING A FRIEND TO OUR NEXT MEETING!
August 2019 President's Message by Lee Steiner 
Just a quick President’s message this month since I plan to spend all August getting ready for fall.
A stroll through a store and a glance at the Sunday newspaper ads show I’m not the only one thinking ahead. After back-to-school ads all summer, I’m now seeing Halloween décor and hearing about rumored sightings of Christmas trees.
For my own book art business, September through the December holidays is my busy season, so I use summer to hunker down in the studio and make books for upcoming markets.
August will see some WiVLA hunkering down as well as we prep for the fall festivities where we'll celebrate WiVLA’s 25th anniversary. Much behind-the-scenes work goes into planning these events, and the WIVLA board could use your help!
If you’d like to volunteer to organize and promote, to donate goods or to collect donations for raffle prizes, or to set up, decorate, or hostess at an event, you can email me at Leesteinertw@yahoo.com, and I’ll gladly direct you to the right person. Here’s what’s happening:
- On Saturday, September 21 we have the WiVLA Retrospective, a celebration of our archives at the Rockwell Pavilion at the UH Library on the central campus. This includes a reception, exhibition, and archive tour.
- On Tuesday, October 15, instead of our monthly meeting at Archway, we’ll host our Members’ Market & Fundraiser at The Printing Museum. We need donated raffle prizes, and members can sign up to sell their own art or books as part of our fundraiser.
- To top off the year, we’re combining two annual events into one fun-filled evening. We’ll kick off the evening with our annual literary readings at Archway Gallery, followed by more food, festivities, fun, and friendship.
- Oh, did I mention? WiVLA will hold our biennial Collaboration Show in early summer 2020 at The Holocaust Museum! Speed dating for pairs will begin this August and only members can register for a spot in this high-profile, space-limited exhibition!
I believe the most rewarding aspect of WiVLA membership is the bonds we develop with other members. These opportunities are your chance to build more, for yourself and your sister WiVLA-ites, as we congratulate ourselves on reaching this 25th anniversary year!
Lee Steiner
President
Midsummer Light Exhibition Attracts Lunchtime Crowd
Everyone agreed that the Midsummer Light exhibition was a success. Our juror, Valentina Atkinson, selected some great pieces, and Susan Salter sold her encaustic piece. During the recent WiVLA exhibition at the Cloisters Gallery, several WiVLA members met for lunch at the Treebeard's Luncheon Buffet in the gallery and noticed that many of the patrons spent time walking around the perimeter of the room looking at the art. Several members said it was great to view the exhibit and to enjoy lunch together. Members who enjoyed lunch and our art included: Lee Steiner, Lillian Tharp, Pam Davis, Leigh Owen, Gretchen McDaniel, Maggie Baldwin, Sally Worthington, and Kay McStay.
 Art courtesy of Rona Lesser, "Summer Sky Over the Marshes"
Sandy Lawrence, July presenter, Challenged Us to BE KNOWN!
Sandy shared with us her journey to being a public relations specialist and influencer. During her discussion, she described the 5 Essential Tips about How to Break Through, Get Noticed and Be Known.
Sandy's business, Perceptive Public Relations, provides PR and marketing services for small businesses and authors, and she stressed the importance of the power of a social media presence in the digital age. Many of the attendees signed up for inclusion on her mailing list, and some of us have already started attending her webinars. For more information about her services and her weekly webinars, see her website at http://PerceptivePublicRelations.com.
Interested in keeping an art journal?
Houston Visual Journalers is a group of journalers who try new techniques and ways of expressing themselves, both visually and with words. If you've ever been interested in trying art journaling, join them for a wonderful morning of personal expression. You’ll need paper or a journal, pens, paints, markers, collage materials if you like, and any other materials you want. For more information and to be added to the mailing list, contact Cori Austin at artjournal50@gmail.com.
Houston Visual Journalers meets on the 3rd Saturday of each month. They will meet again on August 17, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m at Mendenhall Community Center, 1414 Wirt Road in the Spring Branch area. Check the board in the lobby for the room number.
WiVLA NEWS
 If you shop at Randall's, tie your account to WiVLA (#5341). You can do this at the customer service counter once, and from then on, WiVLA will benefit every time you shop! items. Our historian, Regina Vitolo Mader, encourages members to share their WiVLA photos to a Google album. Click here to read her request and see more details. Use this link to access the album.
Special Request: A WiVLA member in the South Post Oak/Bellaire area needs transportation to our meetings. If you can help, please email info@wivla.org for details.
MEMBER NEWS
To ensure inclusion in the newsletter, send your news about art exhibits, literary works, news, etc. to newsletter@wivla.org by the 25th of each month. Ensure that you include all of the pertinent details. Announcements will appear in the newsletter as submitted.
- Becky Soria has an exhibit opening on Saturday, August 3 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the G Spot Gallery in the Heights at 310 E. 9th Street. The exhibition is open through August 30. See www.beckysoria.com for details.
- Janet Hull Ruffin has two painting accepted in the SLMM National Membership Exhibit, September 5 - October 27, 2019 at St. Peter's Cultural Art Center, St. Peters, MO. She also has art in the SYNERGY group show hanging in the lobby at Northwoods Church, 3320 Cypress Creek Pkwy, Houston, Texas 77068 from September 3 - October 21.
- Marie Casamayor-Harvey and Gretchen McDaniel will be hosting "Paella, Sangria and Art On Fire" on August 10, 6-10 p.m., in conjunction with Sawyer Yards' Monthly Open Studios. Their studio is at Winter Street, upstairs in #19B.
- Jane Chance: Nine of Jane's poems will be included in a second anthology of medievalist poems, Hail, Radiant Star: Nine Medievalist Poems, ed. Jane Beal, likely published in 2020. She will be a speaker at the Tolkien 2019 (Tolkien Society Conference) at Birmingham, UK, August 9, 2019, the title of which is “Grendel’s Mother and Tolkien’s Women.” Additionally, Jane is happy to announce that her second book of poems, "The Middle Ages," published by Finishing Line Press received a finalist award from the Eric Hoffer Award 2019.
- Melody Locke just opened her studio at the Silos at Sawyers Yards Studios at 1502 Sawyer Street. On your way to Marie and Gretchen's event on August 10 in the Winter Street building, stop by and say hello. Her studio is upstairs in #132 in the Silos.
- Check out the WiVLA Facebook page. Members are sharing photos, news, workshops, information regularly in Facebook posts.
Editor’s Note: We know a lot of you are showing your work and getting published, so we ask you to send the information to newsletter@WiVLA.org by the 25th of each month. We want to support you. Thank you!
General Announcements
WOW! Lots of good information, call for submissions, and events are available.
- Check out Gulf Coast - A Journal of Literature and Fine Arts very excellent website at www.gulfcoastmag.org for news of current issue and events. Right now there is a SHORT PROSE submission request with an August 15th deadline. (There is a submission fee for this competition.) The link for Gulf Coast is here.
- ClayHouston: Check out their website for all of their events and activities: https://www.clayhouston.org/. Save the date for their "Clay Bodies Symposium." When: October 19, 2019 9:00 a.m. Where: Glassell Studio School, 5101 Montrose Street, Houston TX 77006, Auditorium and Ceramics Studio, room 106.
- The Visual Arts Alliance (VAA) website is a great resource for all news and events scheduled by the organization. Click http://visualartsalliance.org/ VAA's site contains great information with upcoming events along with their usual events such as 3rd Monday Critique Groups, etc. See the link.
- Literary readings are held on the third Thursday of the month at Archway Gallery. Gather from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. with light refreshments. An eclectic group of writers share 3-5 minutes of their most recent works. Come and hear or join the inspiring readings!
- PrintMatters, a local group that promotes traditional and non-traditional print-making and print collecting, is focused on PrintHouston 2019. Please check out the website at www.printmattershouston.org for full details and to meet Houston's print makers.
- Houston Metal Arts Guild has a great website at www.new.hmag.org that displays the group's activities, member info, upcoming events, and more. Of particular note is workshop and grant information. Please check out the guild at the link and learn more about the members and activities.
- The Glassell School of Art: For more information about the fall schedule, contact glassell@mfah.org or 713.639.7500.
- Houston Writers Guild (HWG). The Guild has a great website at www.houstonwritersguild.org. that gives the schedule of activities and classes.
- Public Poetry has a great deal of information on its website this month including Public Poetry monthly events and a call for submissions and contests. Click the link for PP's great colorful and informative web page. http://www.publicpoetry.net
- Have you heard that there is music at Archway Gallery too? The gallery has a great website: Click here to go to the website. Monthly exhibits and special events including the popular Figure Drawing Sessions, Latenight Pie, Wine and Art Dinners and great monthly exhibits.
- Texas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts (TALA) has a good website at www.talarts.org and it lists the events and workshops that they sponsor. Texas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts was formed in 1979 to meet the legal and accounting needs of artists and art nonprofit organizations across the State of Texas. TALA volunteers throughout Texas handle more than 250 matters per year. In 2016, TALA began serving inventors in the Patent Pro Bono Program. Click here for the website.
- Houston Art Alliance site http://houstonartsalliance.com/
- Wordsmyth Theater at www.wordsmyththeater.org is a "Houston-based playwright’s theater dedicated to the development of new theatrical works from formative stages through full production." Find them at the link above.
- Inprint opens its doors at 1520 West Main on the first Friday of every month from 9 am to 12 noon for a writing cafe. Any and all writers looking for a pleasant morning space in which to write are welcome. For information, click here.
Literary Events -- Call for Entries
Inclusion in this list does not indicate endorsement by WiVLA. We recommend you research each contest and opportunity and contact the sponsor(s).
Introducing, a new online literary magazine, is open to short fiction submissions from writers who have never been published or only self-published. http://www.introducingmag.com
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Visual Events -- Call for Entries
Inclusion in this list does not indicate endorsement by WiVLA. We recommend you research each contest and opportunity and contact the sponsor(s).
FreshArts, of which we are members, has many opportunities for artists listed on their website here. Their motto is "Where Art Meets Opportunity" -- a cousin or sibling of WiVLA's mission.
 place short acknowledgement here if you use any free images from online websites.
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