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Artists of Lake Chapala (ALC)
Monthly Members Meeting Agenda, September 1, 2025
Facilitator: Anne McFarland
Minutes by Vonn New
President: Anne McFarland ( a.m.studio0528@gmail.com)
Vice President: Vonn New (vonn.new@gmail.com)
Treasurer: Gretchen Johnston, (j.gretchen@gmail.com)
Membership Coordinator: Barbara Logan (barbara.logan6@gmail.com)
Website Manager: Vonn New (vonn.new@gmail.com),
Publicity: Claudia Essenburg (ce.tx898@gmail.com)
Art market: Elena Valdivia(helenvalpri@yahoo.com)
Bylaws: Anne McFarland (a.m.studio0528@gmail.com)
Social Media - Gail Early (frugfabbook@gmail.com)
Secretary - Position Vacant
Minutes of all membership meetings and board meetings are posted on our website: https://www.artistsoflakechapala.org/minutes
Greetings
Welcome new people
Jill Flyer - Photographer who also teaches classes. Long-time resident of lakeside.
Linda Gulko - quilling with resin
Presentation
Hosting opportunities for Feria de Maestros de Arte
Guests Amy Esperanza & Mary Anna Yram are organizers on the host committee for the Feria de Maestros de Arte. The Feria is an annual event that brings more than 80 traditional artists from all parts of Mexico to display and sell their work. This year will be the 25th anniversary.
Date of the Feria de Maestros: Nov 7 - 9
Location: Hotel Chapala Real, La Floresta, Ajijic
The host committee is seeking volunteers to provide home hospitality for artists who travel a great distance to be here. Hosting is an excellent opportunity to make friends with the artists, learn about their lives and art, build community, and get free admission into the Feria.
Host responsibilities include:
Providing a place to sleep. Does not have to be fancy.
Pick them up on 11/6
Provide dinner. 11/8 will be a potluck that hosts will collaborate to provide food.
Appreciated but optional: provide breakfast and lunch
If you don’t have a car, there will be a shuttle provided for the artists with stops along the carretera
To volunteer please visit https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfpzMkD0jd8wSVPT2iYKYRK6uBgrheRAj89l-GNFIKxmL9SCA/viewform or email feriahostinfo@gmail.com
Business
Open Board Position
The Secretary position is open. The duties are to take notes at Monthly meetings, BoD meetings, and post notes. The Secretary is also a voting member of the Board. Please consider volunteering to complete this term.
Website
Vonn New reports that the website https://artistsoflakechapala.org is continuously being updated. So far, 9 artists have their profile pages on the site. Any members who wish to have a profile page, please email artistsoflakechapala@gmail.com and Vonn with contact you with further instructions. This is a free perk of membership in ALC. You will get two URL’s one in English and one in Spanish that you can use to promote your art.
Migration Project
The Migration Project is an adhoc committee envisioning a multi-disciplinary art event around the theme of Migration. Our next meeting will be at Anne’s house at 4pm on Wed 9/3. Anyone interested in getting involved, please send an email to artistsoflakechapala@gmail.com.
Volunteering
ALC is a 100% volunteer-run organization. We welcome your help! Especially with the Art Market season starting, we need people to help direct load-in, translators, greeters, distribute flyers, and much more. Please email artistoflakechapala@gmail.com or check https://www.artistsoflakechapala.org/volunteering.
Art Market
Elena reports that our first Art Market of the new season will be Sept 20, 10 - 3 at el Centro para la Cultura y los Artes de la Ribera (CCAR). This is the large brick complex with the arched entryway on the carretera in La Floresta. All spaces have been sold and there is a waiting list. Participating artists will receive an email with all the information they need about arrival, setup, etc. We are looking forward to this new venue.
Membership
Barbara reports that as of September 1, 2025, ALC has 139 members
51 Renewal letters were sent out to those with August and September expiration dates.
Treasurer
Gretchen reported that the fiscal year is from July to June, which coincides with our largest income-producing project, the Art Market, which runs from September through April. We ended FY 2024-25 with a balance of $58,137MXN. Dues and AM fees are now coming in, and at the end of August, the balance is $64,037MXN.
Social Media
Gail reminds you to visit and follow our Facebook page for the latest info https://www.facebook.com/share/1XDfccFZZY/.

