About Create! Membership

CREATE! is dedicated to promoting art and culture.  It serves as a forum for members to advance art education, provide community service, and enhance individual creativity working with like-minded artists, artisans, and art patrons.

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CREATE! activities reflect the full breadth of members’ talents and interests including the fine arts, artisan crafts, photography, pottery, sculpture, architecture, historic preservation, landscape gardening, fiction, poetry, music, theater, dance, cinema, and gourmet dining. 

Ongoing and recent efforts to make the arts an essential part of the community include:

• Holding free watercolor painting classes  and multimedia workshops at the Edgar Johnson Senior Center on Tuesdays at 1:00 p.m.
• Displaying members’ works at local exhibits, juried art shows, festivals, and other special events
• Painting ceramic tiles for use in identifying various flora along the hiking trails in the Ravine Gardens
• Painting props for various childrens events
• Designing note cards and posters for fundraising purposes for non profit organizations
• Participating in the Enchanted Gardens children's event at the Ravine Gardens State Park
• Hosting an Afican American Poetry Event and art education events at the Larimer Arts Center
• Initiating an Art Show ,  Poetry event,  and Lectures for Florida Eco Art Expression
• Developing a working relationship with community organizations such as the Humane Society, The Putnam County Environmental Council, The Ravine Gardens State Park administration, The African American Art Association, Community in Schools, etc.

New projects on the drawing board include:

• Holding art classes for  children 
• Developing an annual plein air art, proples choice show with the Putnam County Environmental Council
• Developing an annual fine arts show for members with the  Arts Coucil of Greater Palatka
• Developing an annual fine arts show and art education event at the Ravine Gardens Sate Park  Azalea Days event.
• Developing a traveling fine art show to appear at various buildings and organizations during the year.
• New field trips that  meet our members interests

Our 2011 Executive Board  Officers include:

  President-  Charlotte Lord

  Vice President- Glenda Everett

  Corresponding Secretary- Noreen Slate

  Secretary Kay Deuben

 Treasurer- Betty Goodwin

Create!'s Board of Directors includes:

Terry Luke

Sherry Mehl

 Christy Sanford

Bob Currul

Linda Tucker

If you would like to work on any of the committees listed below contact creativeartists02@gmail.com 

Committe Coordinatiors include:

 Membership-Linda Tucker 

Projects and Shows Coodinator-Terry Luke 

Literary  and  Art Education Projects-Christy Sanford

Grants- Christy Sanford and Kay Deuben

Field Trips- Noreen Slate

PR-Noreen Slate, website and email -Terry Luke

Members meet to plan  projects, exchange ideas, and present their latest works of creativity.

CREATE! is a State not-for-profit organization as well as a Federally approved 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.  Any funds raised are used for the sole purpose of meeting its goals and objectives.

Learn more about CREATE!  New members are selected based on their desire to be active participants and willingness to promote the mission of the organization.   Members must donate at least 20 hours of community service a year.  The annual  membership donation  is a $25 donation.  For additional information, visit www.creativeartistsguild.org; e-mail creativeartists02@gmail.