About Us
CENTRAL COAST ARTISTS COLLECTIVE
Artist volunteers formed CCAC in 2019 as an umbrella organization to provide services and assistance to groups formerly associated with SLOMA. Four different artists groups are currently part of the Collective, to participate in and share resources. Artists keep in contact with one another, and the groups produce and offer workshops, competitions, and exhibition opportunities. All administrative and support roles are staffed by volunteers.
BOARD MEMBERS
Ralph George - President
Beryl Reichenberg - Secretary
Carl Berney - Treasurer
Bill Rumbler - Exhibit Venues
Keasha Ann Willingham - Membership/YouTube
Joan Brown - Community Relations
Dianne Ravin - The Painters Group
ADJUNCT POSITIONS
Charlotte Daigle - Newsletter
Jeanie Smith - Webmaster/Social Media
Mitchell Schoenbrun - Website Javascript Programmer
Lisa Stromsoe - Central Coast Craft Coalition Director
Brenda Harker - CCPS Membership
Get Involved
CCAC members are welcome to attend board meetings,
held the last Tuesday of the month on Zoom. If interested
in attending, please contact us at:
info@centralcoastartistscollective.org
The Collective needs members’ help with the following: recruiting new artists for each group. Please let us know if you can recommend someone for membership, or if you'd like to get more involved!
MEMBERSHIP
Membership Services provides an email database for each Artist Group. The database for each group’s members contains all of their contact information, current status, and a record of their response to emails sent from the group. Emails can be sent via Wix to all active group members or specific members on topics relevant to the group, such as events, status updates, information requests, and other notices.
WEBSITE
A page on the Artists Collective website is available for each group, designed by the CCAC webmaster. The group is responsible for supplying content and for keeping information current; they can also provide html or a page URL to be incorporated into the CCAC site, which may be edited to be consistent in design with the overall site.
BANKING SUPPORT
-- Banking services for the Artists Collective comprise multiple Business Checking accounts - one for the Collective, and one for each member artist group. These accounts are held at the Mechanics Bank at 2276 Broad Street, SLO. All accounts are registered under the same FEIN ID for tax purposes.
-- Each account is managed by the Treasurer of the respective member artist group. The Treasurer of the Artists Collective has access to the member artist group accounts for tax and accounting issues, but the individual artist groups determine how and when any of their funds are spent independent of Collective authorization.
-- Each Treasurer is responsible for balancing their account, and reporting monthly income and expenses to the Collective Treasurer for tax purposes. The Collective Treasurer is responsible for non-profit tax filing for all Collective related groups.
-- PayPal or WIX or another payment option is recommended but not required for each artist group. These are useful for receiving exhibition entry fees, donations, or paying for items and services. The Collective uses a WIX store for receiving Participation dues.