RCG
Coordinators
Purpose of RCGs
Proposed Grouping and RCG
Map
Membership Distribution
Purpose of Regional Critique Groups
(RCGs)
The purpose of Regional Critique Groups is:
- To get more members active at the local
level at little expense while providing an educational activity
that benefits our members and WSO.
- To create autonomous groups who can set
up specific demonstrations and workshops appropriate in length
and subject matter to the specific requests of its members using
WSO instructors at reasonable rates.
- To form an identifiable group to exhibit
their work at the conventions and other WSO exhibitions
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The Board agreed to create Coordinator positions
to chair each RCG. Their duties could include:
- Be the primary contact for members needing
a critique group.
- Maintaining a list of local professionals-for-hire
at reasonable rates who are willing to attend a local critique
group meeting to give help or demonstrate specific techniques
- Coordinate educational requests for workshops
to the Education Council from the various critique groups within
their area, and
- Be responsible for creating committees
to juror any exhibitions/show entries if needed locally or for
WSO convention displays.
- Report to the Education Council Workshop
Chair, serving as a member of the Education Committee.
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The committee addressed the question, "Should
WSO offer different levels of education geared to the interests
and skill levels of its members? Three categories of artists were
identified:
- Recreational--Members who consider art
education a means to gaining new skills in a social setting
conducive to learning but have no goals to become serious artists;
- Semi-Professional--Members who want further
education as part of their goals to become serious artists,
and
- Professional--Members who are well on their
way to achieving their goals (winning awards and selling paintings)
but seek information and skill updating at a higher level than
beginning workshop subject matter.
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We need additional feedback from past and
future workshop participants to evaluate whether the subject matter
of these 5-day workshops has been directed more at the first group.
Are these workshops not filling because they don't appeal to members
from groups 2 and 3 above? The Board approved using the evaluation
forms presented for both participants and instructors. All WSO
educational activities will begin to use these evaluation forms.
Your cooperation and input is greatly appreciated.
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