Other Stuff Of Interest To Members

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=168 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="040a11c3.gif"> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Vegas Artists Guild"><U><IMG SRC="07f8f5b0.jpg" border=0 width="143" height="91" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#99CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Vegas Artists' Guild</B></FONT>     <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#CCCC66" FACE="Arial" >|   <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Vegas Artists Guild"><U><B>home</B></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Vegas Artists Guild History"><U>Vegas Artists' Guild History</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Newsletter"><U>Newsletter</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Artist Of the Month"><U>Artist Of the Month</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Officers and Committees"><U>Officers and Committees</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Membership Info"><U>Membership Info</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Related Links"><U>Related Links</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id34.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Member Discounts"><U>Member Discounts</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id27.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Calendar"><U>Calendar</U></A>   |   <B>Other Stuff Of Interest To Members</B></div> <div> <IMG SRC="03ff4010.gif" border=0 width="500" height="1" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Other Stuff Of Interest To Members</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> -----------------------------------------------------------<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> Guild Member Dolores Nast One of Two Southern Nevada Artists invited to create Ornaments for the White House Christmas tree<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> ------------------------------------------------------------</div> <bR> <div>  Tuesday, December 25, 2001</div> <div> Copyright © Las Vegas Review-Journal </div> <bR> <div> Artists add Nevada sparkle to White House tree</div> <bR> <div> By JANE ANN MORRISON </div> <div> REVIEW-JOURNAL </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> For two Southern Nevada artists, it was an offer they couldn't refuse: Would they use their skills to each create a Christmas ornament for the White House? </div> <bR> <div> Of course, answered sculptor Steven Liguori and painter Dolores Nast. He took an evening to do the actual work. Her efforts took about six weeks, including planning. </div> <bR> <div> The two were among artists in 50 states invited by first lady Laura Bush to design ornaments for the White House tree. The pieces had to be no bigger than six inches by eight inches, no heavier than eight ounces, and reflect the theme "Home for the Holidays." </div> <bR> <div> A home or place of worship in each state was to be the subject. </div> <bR> <div> "It's my first and hopefully my only try at making something out of balsa," said Nast, 68, a painter who devotes herself to two subjects, fruits and vegetables. </div> <bR> <div> The Las Vegas retiree used her skills as a civil engineering draftsman for the Clark County Engineering Department to replicate the Giles-Barcus house. The house was built in 1905 in Goldfield and has been relocated to the Clark County Museum. </div> <bR> <div> "The first house I did turned out sad, and that's the best I can say about it," Nast said. She tried again, drawing plans, building a foundation and constructing it piece by piece. </div> <bR> <div> "It was very slow going. I've never worked that hard on anything before, and I wanted it to be perfect because of what it was being used for," she said Thursday. </div> <bR> <div> "This is something that's not too likely to happen again. It's significant considering what happened Sept. 11, and it shows we're all together." </div> <bR> <div> Liguori was equally delighted to be asked by the Nevada Arts Council to be one of four Nevadans to create ornaments for the tree, which now stands in the Blue Room at the White House. The ornaments will become part of the White House's permanent collection. </div> <bR> <div> "After the 11th this means even more," said the 39-year old Boulder City sculptor, who is known for his large sculptures at Hoover Dam and the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery. </div> <bR> <div> At his wife Stephanie's suggestion, he chose to feature the Little Church of the West for his ornament. </div> <bR> <div> He wanted to use only Nevada-mined silver, but the piece would have been too heavy. Instead, he used balsa wood and silver accents. </div> <bR> <div> Two Northern Nevada artists also were invited to participate. Jill Atkins of Reno used the Lake Mansion in Reno for her piece, and Carol Folvary-Anderson of Carson City designed a replica of the Governor's Mansion. </div> <bR> <div> Liguori was the only Nevada artist to accept the White House invitation to attend a Dec. 3 reception to see the tree fully decorated. </div> <bR> <div> As soon as he walked into the Blue Room, he saw Nast's ornament. It was facing the wrong way, however, so Liguori straightened it out, blew off some of the artificial snow hiding some of the features and took a photo to give to the painter, who couldn't afford to make the trip. Hanging a little higher, about 11 feet off the ground, was his own work, clearly visible and easy to see on the 18-foot tall tree. </div> <bR> <div> "There were people there who could not find their ornaments," he said. "One guy was ready to cry." </div> <bR> <div> Nevada first lady Dema Guinn saw the Nevada ornaments when she was invited to a Dec. 13 Christmas party at the White House. She said it sparked an idea for decorating the tree next Christmas at the Governor's Mansion. </div> <bR> <div> "It got me to thinking that next year, I could have ornaments made from each of Nevada's 17 counties."</div> <bR> <div>   </div> <div>  </div> <bR> <div> This story is located at:</div> <div> http://www.lvrj.com/lvrj_home/2001/Dec-25-Tue-2001/news/17718770.html</div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>  <div align="center"> <form action="http://pub11.bravenet.com/announce/send.php" method="post"> <input type="hidden" name="usernum" value="898039052" /> <input type="hidden" name="cpv" value="1" /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#999999"><tr><td> <table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1" border="0" bgcolor="#999999"> <tr><th bgcolor="black"> <font face="Verdana,Arial" size="1">Tell A Friend!</font> </th></tr><tr bgcolor="black"><td align="center"> <font face="Verdana,Arial" size="1"><b>Type In Your Name:</b><br /> <input type="text" name="name" size="15" maxlength="100"><br /> <b>Type In Your E-mail:</b><br /> <input type="text" name="youremail" size="15" maxlength="100" /><br /> <b>Your Friend's E-mail:</B><br /> <input type="text" name="emailaddress" size="15" maxlength="100" /><br /> <b>Your Comments:</B><br /> <textarea name="yourmessage" cols="14" rows="2" wrap="soft"></textarea><p> <b>Receive copy:<input type="checkbox" name="metoo" value="yes" /> </b><input type="submit" name="submit" value=" GO " /></font></td></tr></table> </td></tr></table><br /><a href="http://www.bravenet.com/"><img src="http://images.bravenet.com/pub/announbutt.gif" border="0" /></a> </form></div>  </div> <div>  </div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>