2025 meeting schedule
The CTAA meets on the second Thursday of each month, usually in the Chisholm Trail Room at Wellington State Bank in Bowie (1301 Hwy 59 N), Texas. Doors open at 5:30pm for "Meet and Greet", followed by a short meeting at 6:00pm. Our guest presentation begins promptly at 6:30pm and generally lasts an hour or two. The presentation or demonstration is followed by our "Artist of the Month" selection from artwork brought in by our members. On occasion, meetings and/or demonstrations are changed to a field trip to a gallery or art studio, the location of which will be indicated on this website page. To see some of our past presentations and demonstrators, click [here]. To see last year's meeting schedule, click {here}.
For suggestions and recommendations for an artist presentation, please contact Larry Lemons or Gale Cochran-Smith, our Program Co-Chairpersons: GaleCSmith@gmail.com or LGLemonsArtist@aol.com
Guests are welcome to attend up to two meetings in a calendar year without having to pay membership dues, but we strongly encourage people to join us if they like what they see!
For suggestions and recommendations for an artist presentation, please contact Larry Lemons or Gale Cochran-Smith, our Program Co-Chairpersons: GaleCSmith@gmail.com or LGLemonsArtist@aol.com
Guests are welcome to attend up to two meetings in a calendar year without having to pay membership dues, but we strongly encourage people to join us if they like what they see!
- January 9: "Show and Tell" - members bring something they've been working on to share with the group, or talk about some new tip they've discovered to create, present, and sell art! Learning from each other! Also voting for new officers for 2025!!
- February 13: Time to get your Mardi Gras groove on! Join others to share decoration ideas and props for your shoebox-sized Mardi Gras float to enter in Nocona's Mardi Gras Shoebox Float Competition at the end of the month! Fun! Prizes! Both an adult and a kid's division, so make it a family event! This meeting is your "head start" in getting that float built, so bring your float body and all the decorations you can grab and share!
- March 13: Gale Cochran-Smith demonstrates a few watercolor techniques
- April 10: TBA
- May 8: TBA
- June 12: TBA
- July 10: TBA
- August 14: TBA
- September 11: TBA
- October 11: NOTE DATE CHANGE! In lieu of our meeting on the 9th, we will host the opening reception for Nocona Nights' "Art of the Song" Art Show at the Justin Building in Nocona on Friday the 10th. The show will run all day Saturday the 11th. Cash prizes & ribbons! More information coming soon!
- November 13: TBA
- December 11: Christmas Party & White Elephant Gift Exchange (at the Bowie 7th Day Adventist Church). Doors open at 4pm. Potluck Dinner served starting at 4:30pm, followed by the gift exchange (max $25 for a wrapped gift to be exchanged). Coordinate food you're bringing by contacting either Jennifer of Gale (we don't want 15 versions of potato salad, for instance!)