****  CFDA meeting  MAY 10        - Topic - Sustainablity show***

Sustainable Furniture Show Information and Tasks May 7, 2005

Here's the plan for the installation of the show as of this date. As it changes I will e-mail revisions and updates.

Sustainability Statements
Those who have not sent me their statements, please do so by Wednesday, May 11. Please proof read your work and hold yourselves to the 200 word limit. Unless you specifically ask for assistance, your statement will be published as you submit it. David Orth and I are both willing to edit your statements on request. Would anyone else volunteer to offer editing services?

These statements will then be forwarded to SamataMason, the graphic design firm, to be converted into signage for the show. The statements will also be used as the text in a narrated slide show to be run continuously in the gallery.

Video Slide Show
Bill First will photograph the pieces in the gallery on Tuesday, May 24. They will then be converted into a narrated slide show. Keep this in mind when you write your statements, and if you have additional images that you want to include, be sure to submit them to me by that date.

Tentatively Helen-Maria Nugent has agreed to narrate the slide show, but we are considering alternating her voice with a male voice. Pradeep has already declined this role. Do we have any nominations or volunteers for people with clear diction and good projection? Narrators would have to spend a few hours at IIT with Rich Harkin, who has agreed to record the voices and assemble the video.

Gallery Deliveries
The Cultural Center Dock is congested, so they want us to consolidate our work and bring it in a truck. I have arranged two shipping dates in the hope that some people will find one more convenient than the other. Please e-mail me as to which date you plan to deliver your work to insure there is cargo space for your piece. If you plan to hand carry your work, please inform me of that as well, so I know that everyone is accounted for.

On Friday the 20th we will have a truck at the parking lot of the Workhouse, which is the Southeast corner of Halsted and Division. The truck will be there at 10:00 and depart for the Cultural Center at about 11:00. Once there we will unload and deliver the work to the gallery, which is the Chicago Room on the second floor Northeast corner of the building. If you can help with this unloading, your help will be welcome.

A second delivery will be made on Sunday afternoon, May 22. This time the truck will be at Lloyd Natof's shop, 1217 W. Monroe at noon. We will leave for the Cultural Center at 1:00 and unload. Once again extra hands will be useful.

Lloyd has made storage space available in his shop, so people who cannot make either delivery date can drop off their pieces. His shop is a second floor walk up, and you will need to your own manpower for schlepping. Also you will store entirely at your own risk. If you want to use this option call Lloyd to make arrangements, 312-733-4205.

People with pieces small enough that they can be carried several blocks by hand, are welcome to park on the street or in the Grant Park North Garage and carry their pieces into the gallery via the Cultural Center's loading dock.

The Cultural Center requires that everyone fill out a form for all entering material, which documents the arrival of each piece and defines the responsibilities of both parties. I will e-mail a copy of this form to everyone in a few days. This form must be turned in at the loading dock when pieces are delivered.

Volunteers Needed At This Time
(Please contact John Kriegshauser about when you will be available to help, so we can successfully cover all of these tasks.)

Pedestal Makers--We need three people on Monday, May 16 to pick up and deliver the pedestal parts from Bretford, Inc, which has consented to cut out the pedestal parts for us from donated Wheatstalk panels. These volunteers would unload the parts at the Cultural Center, and screw the pedestals together in the gallery. This will be an all day task.

Wood Workers-we need a couple of people to make the connecting brackets that will hold the pedestals together. What we need is about 300 2x2x8" blocks of wood each drilled with four holes. Without these blocks we are flat on the floor.

Furniture Movers-we need someone to secure the trucks for one or both delivery dates, and some helpers to assist in the moving of furniture on the 20th and 22nd.

Sign Makers-- we need a couple of people to put together the 45 sign mounts that will display the information on each pedestal.

Display Setter Uppers-On Monday, May 23 we need people to arrange the pieces and signage. Again, this may require most of the day.

Attendees:

Chris Brandel
Michael Obrecht
Pete Radecki
Lloyd Natof
John Krieghauser
Dan Kowalik
John Sirovatka
Bill First
Tor Faegre
Matthew P. Speer

Announcements:

The group discussed the upcoming sustainability show. The most current status can be found in the "Announcements" of this newsletter.

A message for all participating members - please update your bio information and the CFDA portfolio.

Guest speaker:

Bill First:

Bill talked about photography, the role of digital pictures and software. Bill had several slides in which he showed us the usefulness of a software program called "Photoshop". Photoshop is software that can manipulate photo images. These images are not only from digital cameras but they can also be non-digital photos that were scanned to a digital format. Some examples, Bill showed us how he copied towels from one side of a cabinet to the other side to make the cabinet more balanced, white to a blue back ground wall, white towels to yellow towels, and changing the perspective of a piece. From one of his examples he showed how he took a digital picture of a clients space and created his piece in Photoshop, merged both images in software and allowed the customer to see the piece within the space. Bill stated that this technique has been a great way to really impress his customers. Bill did a wonderful job presenting all of his information to the group.

Thanks Bill.