Member Spotlight

Lisa Tetzlaff Capturing Gods Creations

Lisa Tetzlaff from Zimmerman, MN is an award winning Outdoor/Nature Photographer. For 8 years she has been capturing the beauty of Gods creatures and creations so that you to can enjoy the beauty as she sees it.

Lisa enjoys the adventure and challenges of traveling to record nature's moments in time. She says, "there is a feeling of accomplishment when I can capture a beautiful image that someone can enjoy for a lifetime".

Accomplishments:
2009 *Monticello Photo Show,
Montana Farm Sedan won first place in the open category.
New Ulm Barn won third place in the structural category.
Eagle won third place in the animal category.

Brainerd Central Lakes College Show
Lisa won 5 First Place ribbons, and 3 Second Place ribbons.

Natural Images by Lisa was born out of the creative passion to excel at her hobby and explore new ideas. She offers digital prints on her website at http://www.naturalimagesbylisa.com

She also offers her own creations of photo glass magnets and photo greeting cards for consignment or wholesale for flower shops, gift shops & Galleries. Contact Lisa for more information.

Lisa Tetzlaff Capturing Gods Creations

Something to Ponder

I am reading Think and Grow Rich by Napolean Hill. I fined the book interesting because it deals with issues that artists deal with on every painting. But Think and Grow Rich is a book about money, you say. Yes, but the process to make money is the same as making good art. Or at least art that pleases you.

Without doing a book review and discussing in detail, I will layout some of the steps.

1) You must have a plan. Every good work of art starts with a plan. Every successful businessperson has a plan for wealth and success. I guaranty you the Henry Ford always had a plan. I guaranty you Donald Trump has a plan. I guaranty you David Leffel has a plan, or “Concept” as he calls it. All great business people do, all great artists do.

2) You must have faith. You need faith in yourself and faith in God, or as the book puts it the Universal Intelligence. You do get what you think about and desire most. Good or Bad. If you think your art is poor it always will be. If your think your art is great it will get better. There is no end to the possibilities of art nor the possibilities of making money, but you have to work at it and have faith.

3) Use the principle of autosuggestion. In otherworld, tell yourself you can produce a great painting. Recently I have started every painting with this thought in mind, "I am going to paint a great painting". As always, at some point I lose my focus. My plan is falling apart. I simply say to myself ” I am going to paint a great painting” and I say that over and over until I get back on track. By doing this it allows my subconscious or creative side to regain control. Be aware there are some limitations to this. You are limited by your education or training, your desire, and your persistence. As in business, if you constantly think your business is failing, it will! If you say I'm going to succeed over and over, the opportunities for success will appear.

I am not going to layout all the steps, I suggest you buy the book and read it yourself. See if you can find the correlation between the art of making money and the art of make art. Maybe you will learn to make good art and good money along the way.

Something to ponder…!

Mark Haglund

Money Matters

Whoa be for us to tell you about money matters. However, we thought we would share with you a few items of good news and give thanks in a public forum.

In the last few days we have received news that:
1) the Arts Alliance has been granted money from the Sesquicentennial Committee to help support the visit of Warren Nelson and the Big Top Orchestra next May to put on the "Old Minnesota: Songs of the North Star" show for students shows during the day and a general admission show in the evening.
2) the Central Minnesota Arts Board has approved a grant to help put on the Arts In Harmony 08 national juried art exhibition that is up February 4- March 28 at the Sherburne County Government Center.
Both of these grants come from funding approved by the Minnesota Legislature.



3) a number of community partners have stepped forward to help fund the visit of the U.S. Army Field Band and Soldier's Chorus. They include: WalMart- Elk River, The Rotary of Elk River, Elk River Printing, major media sponsor the StarNews, Rogers Printing, I-94W Chamber of Commerce, the Friends of Rogers Library, and the Rogers Lions.
Though the visit is "free" there are costs associated with tickets, posters, programs, advertising, facilities use, and of course staff involvement.

The Arts Alliance could not provide arts events as varied as shown above without the strong community support we receive from all sectors of the community. We thank them and we thank you again and again for your continued involvement in making our communities stronger by making the arts an important part of of your life.