TCA Tango Night, Coming Up....

The fourth "episode" of our free Tango Night at the studio is coming up next Friday (May 13th).  The last time we Tangoed, TCA was also having the opening reception for our Spring Group Show and it was a BLAST!  Here is a pic from our last installment, and the details on the next one:

What: TCA Tango Nights
When: Friday, May 13 from 7-9 pm
Who: ANYBODY, Any Ability
Where: Our Studio at 3109 Sutton Blvd
How Much: FREE FREE FREE
Why: Because you love moving your feet and socializing!

We're finally a Non-Profit Organization

Our articles of incorporation were sent to the Missouri Secretary of State office a couple weeks ago, and we have confirmation from our VLAA lawyer that the paperwork has been received!  We are expanding our Founding Board of Directors, and the current list looks something like this:

Barry Larson - President of Bridges Community Support Services, and CEO of Arthouse Coffees - www.bridgescss.com   www.arthousecoffees.com

Linda Wiggen Kraft - Local artist and Gardener for the Soul!  http://www.gardensforthesoul.com/about.htm

Tom Allen - TCA Artist Representative, and Local Artist

Brooke Foster - Public Relations Executive at Common Ground PR www.commongroundpr.com

Annie Smith-Piffel - Art Instructor and long time friend of TCA http://www.gatewaygalleryonline.com/piffelggo.html

To help us celebrate our new (still unofficial) status as a Non-Profit, we welcome a new volunteer into the fold:  Carolyn.  She is currently finishing her junior year at Cor Jesu High School, and approached us about a volunteer opportunity for the summer months.  After meeting her, it was clear how comfortable she is in the studio setting and she even came to our last TCA Tango Night to help and also to learn some moves for her own knowledge...she'll prob bust out those great moves once she gets to college, she'll impress everyone with the authenticity of her dance skills!  HAHA!  She'll be helping our artists with their work and other tasks around the studio during our "Open Studio" program this summer, and we can't wait to see what she can do!

In other news, TCA has a new brochure.  It is clean, simple, bright, and eye-catching (imo) and it looks more like the website than our last brochure--in the name of what they call "branding", so people will recognize our material more instantly in the future.  Pick up a copy at the studio, it's a square brochure...who ever heard of such a thing?  To end, here is a pic of a piece by Michael Weidle...a mixed media portrait of Spider Man that we titled, "Spidey Extremo".  Enjoy.

Thanks.

It's been a long time coming, but now we are in the blogosphere!

We are starting this blog so we can document awesome moments, experiences, songs, art pieces, ideas, movies, concepts, projects, events, happenings at TCA!  Using the combined experiences of staff, volunteers, artists and TCA enthusiasts, we'll keep our most dedicated fans updated with interesting tid-bits from the studio.  This blog will serve as a forum for all great things TCA, an extension of our website, an extension of our souls!  We will also use this blog for posterity, so we can go back and remember the good times of the past, even as we create more and more good times for the future!  Please read, comment, share, like us, do all that stuff!  Stay tuned for our first real entry...