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217 Farnsworth, Detroit, MI 48202, (313)831-1250 Vo\, No. 24 April 1997

Spring is here! April Fool?EVENTS, EXHIBITS, SHOWS(Note: Scarab Club events in bold type)MARCH2-30 Detphine Iwankowski,' 'Impressions." cont.2-30 Annual Silver Medal Exhibition, Main Gallery26 Birthday Luncheon, 12pm, $8, RS^P please!

Get those birthday dates to me by the 15th please14 John Tabb

27 Nominations for the Board, letter to be posted.28 Friday Get Together, 8-l2pm,New/> Bring $5,

Munchies, Cash bar.APRIL1-30 George Booth & Dave Dezsi Show, "\Miat We

See." Photography Exhibition, Lounge Gallery6 Opening Reception, 2-6pm

4-5/4 Scarab Historical Exhibit, "First 50 Years"Main Gallery. Catalogs of the works are $2 each.

6 Opening Reception, 2-5pm6 Dedication Ceremony for the Scarab Club's

"HistoricDesignation" plaque. 3pm.Presentation by Jerald Mitchell, Chairman of theArchives Committee.

5 Silver Medal Show pick-up, 12-5pm8 Social Committee Meeting, 6:30pm. All welcome!

10 Arts Committee Meeting, 6:30pm. Members come11 Nominations for the Board closes.12 Operation Clean- Up * SOI15 Board Meeting, 6:30pm15 P-R Committee Meeting, 5pm21 Nominations Ballots close26 Fools Fling, 8-12pm Jokers & Jesters, practical

jokes, ect. a prize for best Fools Cap. Live band.Bring a dish, $ 10, cash bar. RSVP please!!!!

29 & 30 Ad Art Intake, 12-5pm29 Social Committee Meeting, 6:30pm Attention new

members!! This is your chance to help plan our socialevents. Please Join us.

30 Birthday Luncheon, 12pm, $8, RSVP is a must.6 George Bay, 8 Koch Tabb, 11 Roy Pauli,

APRIL continued30 Member Tour of the Manoogian Art Collection,

at the Masco Corporation, 21001 Van Born, Taylor.6:30-7;30pm--Viewing of Works, 7;30pm-Cateredfood & drinks, $30 per person. An announcementand a map will be sent. Arrival time at Masco is 6pm.Car-pool from Club at 5-5:30pm.(details to follow.)

MAY9-31 52nd Advertising Art Exhibition, Main & Lounge

Galleries9 Opening Reception, 5-9pm

10 Election Night Celebration—See Social C. report.*24 All Member Show Intake, 12-5pm.30-6/30 Annual All Member, All Media ShowJUNE5-7/31 AH Member, All Media Show, Both Galleries

6 Opening Reception, 5-9pm21 Annual Garden Party, "An Astronomical Event".

See the Social Committee report.*23-27 Girl Scouts eventEVENTS ETC. of interest to Scarab MembersMARCH14-4/13 Swann Gallery, "Second Time Around," Cont.APRIL1 Deadline for 11th Annual Art Exhibition "Our Visions:

Women in Art". Call Arlene Frank 810-471-7602,1-30 "Miniature Show"at Rivers Edge Gallery, 3063

Biddle, Wyandotte, 313-246-9880.5 Opening Reception, 6-9pm

4 "Exotics" featuring the glass collection of Patricia HillBurnett and botanicals by other Michigan artists will beshown at the Berkowitz Gallery Library at Uof M- Dear-born. Viewing: 5:30-6:30pm.Cocktails & dinner followat the Fairlane Club. Call Maggie Allesee at 810-540-8467. Tickets are $100

9 Macomb Arts Council Art Show XVI, slides deadline.Contact: Angela Butcher, 810-825-2510

11-6/1 Macomb Arts Council Exhibition11 Opening Reception, 2-4pm

27-5/1 Art Ambience Artists' Exhibition, Taylor, City H.27 Opening Reception, 7:30pm. Call 313-675-1947

Page 2SOMETHING OF INTERESTOperation Clean-up*

Our next big projects are the kitchen walls and cabinets.The walls need some effective commercial degreaser andsome strong arms & hands to do the scrubbing, or to hire apro crew. Then the painting. Fred Eberline, my son, anda floor decorator by trade, stated that we should rip up thetiles and have the hardwood flooring sanded and refin-ished as the best solution. Another area that should be apriority is the Ladies Powder Room, it needs painting,decorating, & tiling/carpeting.The Building FundWe are going great guns with this project. We have coll-ected over $3000 to date. But, we have only begun tomeet our goals. Keep up the good work. Greg Stephensis keeping a running printout of the donors names andcontributions which will be included in every BUZZ.Please notice who the donors are. Every member shouldget this money rolling in for our Historic Treasure!COMMITTEES:BUILDING

The Board approved an amount of up to $5,000 for therepair of our roof. Don Schneider and Greg Stephenswill make a decision on bids.GARDEN

The Garden Committee donated $ 100 towards the treeremovals from our garden. Both trees would have causedsevere structural damage to our building. Rosemary Bay,& Koch Tabb want to thank Michael Weiner for a jobwell done and at a good price as well, and also to hismother, Doris Hickman, for suggesting him. CallMichael at 810-540-4221 for your work.ARCHIVES

Jerald Mitchell is responsible for the purchasing of aplaque designating the Scarab Club building on the listfor The National Register of Historic Places. We qual-ified for the plaque since 1979. Jerald has underwrittenthe cost of $400 for the purchase of this plaque. We wishto thank him for this generous contribution. Jerald, aschairman of the Archives Committee, will present theplaque to the Club at the dedication ceremony on April6th at 3pm.

Jerald would like to prepare a poster on the history ofthe Scarab Club for the Local History Conference to beheld at WSU in April. The poster could be reusable.

Also, Jerald will author a history of the Club for submis-ion to "Michigan History. " The article can dovetail withthe unveiling of the State Historic Marker. Delivery ofthe marker should be 9-12 months upon approval.

Greg Stephens, Al Gutierrez, Floyd Binns,George Booth, and Rebekah Hoettel were able topick up a large flat file from the Hudson* store. Wewant to thank Al Provanzano for his efforts in thistask.ARTS & EXHIBITIONS

The 3D "Off the Wall" show will be discussed as apossible exhibit for the Fall calendar.

A City of Detroit Birthday Party will be held in theCultural Center on 7-26. The Club could include anactivity for children or a sketch class in the garden.PUBLIC RELATIONSGeorge Booth, and Jack Olds are busy with newsreleases to the media on the Silver Medal awardwinners, the members exhibitions, the Historical Showand our plaque dedication. Sherry Smith will submitdesigns for Scarab pins and earrings for future sales.George is proceeding on the postcards, and has beeninformed of the Cultural Center's inclusion of the Clubfor Festival of the Arts doings. Jeanne Poulet sugg-ested a Celebrity/Corporate charity event calendarSOCIAL

Were we wearin1 the green? Yes, by gorra we were.Tom Zaremba wore a pale green suit with a Kellygreen tie, Koch Tabb with an Original, green snakeson an orange banded straw chapeau, George Bay, &Jerry Iwankowski in their 'Scottish' tarns, RosemaryBay with her hand-crocheted shamrocks pin, andmany others wore their greens. I don't know aboutGreg Stephens, did I hear mention to some younglass that he had green shamrocks boxer shorts? Anddid she want to see??

We had food galore! From guacamole dip to severalvarieties of Corned beef and cabbage ( some Polish, &some Irish.) Right Johanna Bielecki, and Eva?

We had Polish jokes, just jokes, and a limerick or 2.George Booth sang Danny Boy, Dick Beeman, theoldest living Scarab member, played the liltingrefrains of My Wild Irish Rose, McNamaras Band, &a few oldies but goodies Lei Me Call You Sweetheartuntil his fingers went stiff. Great job Mr. B.Birthday Luncheons: Anyone who is interested inpresenting a short program after the luncheon (15/20minutes), please call the Club or Pat Eberline, 313-675-1947.May 10: Election Night Inaugural Party; Anotice will be sent to members to invite you to dinner,

and dancing following the announcement of the win-ning candidates. Dressy attire, $15 for the evening, or$10 after 9pm. Cash bar. RSVP

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June 21, Garden Party, An Astronomical Event. TheSocial Committe would like to involve the artists in thedecorations for the party. The Club will furnish panelsfor 12 paintings for each of the Zodiac signs. Wewould also like to put up miniature lights on the out-side of the building to represent the stars. We areworking on a cut crystal ball for the Main Gallery. Callthe Club, or Pat E. if you wish to paint a panel or helpwith the planning of the party.NOMINATINGSteve Veresh has agreed to become our new chair-

man for the Nomination Committee. Congratulations.

The Nominations for Board of Directors thus far are:William A. Bostick, IncumbentPatricia Izzo-Kulczycki, IncumbentClara Dixon Norbert OstrowskiWilliam Murcko Thomas E. ZarembaRonald Hubbard

* * *ANNUAL SILVER MEDAL

EXHIBITIONBest of Show

Helen Cartmell, Sunshine Showers, Oil PastelFirst Place

Howard Do m brow ski. Up North, Oil Painting2nd Place

Joseph Maniscalco, Rancher, Oil Painting3rd Place

Karen Carter Van Camper, Golden Evening, OilHonorable Mentions:

Donna Cyrbok, Forever Yours, PhotographGloria Goeddeke, Dark Side Of The Mountain, OilElbert Weber, New Attitude, Mixed Media

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TACENT, SATISLAUDANT

They arc silent; that's praise enough.

Placing #/ gains high praise.For works that are not winners,many artists can take comfort

from this old Latin phrasewhen critics and friends

venture to say nothing at all.

By Lou Cantoni

NEW MEMBERSChristine Neal, (Charles)-737 Clinton, Wyandotte, MI

48192. 313-284-4171 Owner; B.C. Beans CoffeeHouse & Gallery, 313-284-4016. Acrylic painter

George J. Viscomi, (Elda)—11 Timberlane Ct, DearbornMI 48126. 313-941-9154. Painter, sculptor. Physician

Russell Sumner,—2793 Pine Ridge, West Bloomfield,MI 48324. 810-788-9802. Blue World Productions,Multi-media productions.

Julia Ja-Youn Fim,--1529 Broadway, #600, Detroit,MI 48226. 313-963-9016. Architect

TIDBITSElbert Weber has exhibited 8 watercolors, during

March, at the Unitarian-Universal Church of Farmington,Halstead Rd., Farmington Hills.

The 1997 exhibition of Michigan printmakers, ThePrint, includes work by Jack Olds, and Jeanne Poulet atthe Ann Arbor Art Center through April 12th. Olds exhib-ited 2 woodcuts; Grandmas Aide & George M. Olds andWife Contemplating Reunion. Poulet's etching/ink print istitled Jenrikal.

Steve Veresh recently completed a comissioned workof sculpture for the Wellness Insurance Group.

Hilmar Howard of Farmington Hills is offering hispicturesque homestead for painting sessions in thesummertime. He has 101/2 acres of natural beauty andwoods with an old barn, apple trees, a stream, wild trill-iums as well as woodland animals such as deer, fox, andground hogs. Call him at 810-474-3219.

Joe Maniscalco will give a program for the DACG onPortrait Painting on 4-1, Taylor. Call 313-675-1947.

Bill Bostick has been honored to be the Juror for theMacomb Arts Council Art Show XVI held 5/11-6/1.Al Gutierrez has been named the Chairman of the sameshow.

WANTEDState Historical Marker—Members need to solicit bus-inesses, corporations, philanthropists, for donations forthe marker. It's tax exempt!!!Filing Cabinets—Always needed. Used ones are fine.Bodies at the sketch classes. The model had to sit withthe Soc C. members this past week. Nobody came.Tues. &Thurs. 7-10pm; Wed. & Sat. lOam-lpm.Diners at Greg's Gourmet Cafe on Thurs. & Fri. 12-2pmWarmer weather should bring some diners in.Parking Lot—Oh what to do about non-Scarabs in the lot?Building Fund—Don't quit now. We need the bucks.New Members Input—Come on down! Mingle!

Page 4TRAVEL

How would you like to experience a unique trip toGiverny, France in 1998? Eat the finest food in theworld, reside in a lovely old French lodge in the littlevillage of Giverny, mingle with the local Frenchpeople at the outdoor market at Vernon, visit theruins of a castle built in 1203 by Richard -the-Lion-Heart, a stunning old mill on the Epte River, a quaintRenaissance chateau on the Seine River, and be ableto paint or experience Claude Monet's beautifulgardens and lily pond 7 days a week?

Pat Eberline will be arranging the tour, and book-ing the air transportation. Call 313-675-1947. I havecolored brochures, price list, inclusions, itinerary etc.The trip is limited to 10 people.Dates of travel are from April thru October.Prices (1997) are: 1 week; $1250 per person

2 weeks/more; $1150Includes: All meals (B.L.D)-7 days a week

Complete LodgingArt instruction-all levels (easels included)Access to Monets garden-7 days/weekPainting/sightseeing trips~S. NormandyTransportation to & from airport

Does not include air fare. I hope to get group rates.(Art instruction is optional—take as many lessons asyou want or none, if youchoose).You must have a passport./ can't \vait to book this fornext year'

PARTING SHOTS:

A work of art is a unique result of a uniquetemperament.

It,s beauty comes from the fact that theauthor is what he is.

— Oscar Wilde

Submitted by Roy Pauli

From Hilmar Howard:

Voltaire definesMadness is erroneous perception correctly acted upon.

"Imagination is more important than knowledge. "By Albert Einstein

The MAY deadline isJUNE 15TH

PAT EBERLINE3853 S. LongmeadowTrenton, MI 48183

313-675-1947FAX 313-676-6591

History in the MakingOn Sunday, April 6th, the Club willunveil its National Registry of HistoricPlaces plaque during the openingreception for the April exhibit "FiftyYears of Scarab Club Artists." Theshow, featuring artwork from 1907 -1957, will commemorate the ninetiethanniversary of the Club, originallynamed the Hopkin Club.The exhibition, curated by Randelland Patricia Reed along with GregStephens, will feature such artists asJohn Carroll, Charles Culver, RobertHopkin, Paul Honore'. and many,many more. Come one, come all forthis exciting moment in Scarab ClubHistory.

THE SCARAB CLUB217 FARNSWORTH - DETROIT - Ml 48202PH: (313) 831-1250 FAX: (313) 831-6815

THE SCARAB CLUB BUILDING FUNDBuilt in 1928, the clubhouse of the Scarab Club of Detroit is listed in the National

Register of Historic Places. It is considered the best existing example of the Arts andCrafts style of architecture.

Time has taken its toll on our majestic building, particularly the roof. There are tilesmissing on both the east and west sections of the mansard portion of the roof and theflat section needs to be replaced. The building committee has received estimates for

these repairs. The cost to replace the mansard portion is estimated at $13,000.00,which would include patching of the flat portion, the cost to tear off and replace theflat roof is estimated to be $15,000.00, for a total of $29,000.00. A temporary patching

job needs to be done until the entire roof can be replaced. We have received anestimate of $4,200.00 for these repairs.

The persons and organizations listed below have contributed generously to thisproject. To these culturally minded citizens and representatives of these civic mindedcorporations, we owe a debt of gratitude. A golden lapel pin will be presented for all

donations of $100.00 or more.

The list will be updated and published in "The Buzz," until we reach our goal, when acertificate will be presented to the board. May we add your name?

Participating Citizens and InstitutionsCharles F. Barker ($100.)Rosemary & George Bay ($100.)Richard O. and Eva M. BeemanIn Memory of Ira Latimer ($1,000.)Johanna Bielecki ($100.)Floyd Binns ($100.)George Booth, Jr. ($100.)Dr. Louis J. Cantoni ($50.)Bernice & Curtis Carmichael ($500.)Donna Cyrbok ($25.)J. Denise Dinan ($100.)Frank H.Dulin ($100.)PatEberline($10.)Neil J. Farkas ($50.)Marshall M. Fredericks ($100.)Richard & Virginia Garrett ($100.)Ralph & Shuk Hartshorn ($100.)Doris Hickman ($100.)

Eugene & Dorothy Ignasiak ($100.)Patricia Izzo ($50.)Christine Mikesell ($50.)William Murcko ($100.)Charlotte Nelson ($100.)Jack & Joan Olds ($50.)Norbert Ostrowski ($100.)Palette & Brush Club ($200.)Frances L. Plagens ($100.)Don Schneider ($100.)Sharon Sims ($50.)The Sketch Class ($500.)Greg Stephens ($100.)John B. & Koch Tabb ($500.)John V.Wickey ($100.)Irene Z.Will ($100.)Mary Ruth Wotherspoon ($100.)

What We See!GEORGE BOOTH

&DAVE DEZSI

An exhibit of their Photographsat the Scarab Club

217 Farnsworth, Detroit, MlApril 1 thru April 30

Opening Reception Sunday, April 6,2-6 P.M.