Contributions
from
A.R.T.S.
Meetings
Gratefully
Accepted!
Thank you to
the
following
meetings for
honoring the
7th
Tradition to
keep
A.R.T.S.
self-supporting:
Surrender to
Creativity:
A
total of
$63.66 in
January -
June
Writer’s
Five-Alive
on Sundays:
$51.00 in
July
Dublin
A.R.T.S.
Monday:
$7.67 in
June
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Monthly
Treasurer’s
Reports:
The
monthly
Treasurer's
Reports
give a general
overview of
expenses and
income by month.
They are posted
on the website
here.
Financial
Management
Statements:
Quarterly
Financial
Management
Reports,
showing details
of A.R.T.S.
expenses and
income, are
posted on the
website. For
questions,
please email:
officemanager@artsanonymous.org
Your
Contributions to
A.R.T.S.
We don't charge
anyone for
participating in
meetings, but
there are
expenses for the
website, online
software, rent,
and staffing.
Links and
instructions for
making
contributions
are provided on
the
Donate page
of the
artsanonymous.org
website. Thank
you for your
help in support
of A.R.T.S.
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Calling all
ARTS members
worldwide,
As
we seek to
become visible
with the
divine creator's power,
we aim to
recover a day at
a time from our
artistic blocks
and are excited
to encourage you
to submit original
art in visual
format of
any non-Ai
generated art
work.
Please send
your art,
poetry,
photography,
illustration,
photographs of
3-Dimensional art, sculpture,
images of
lyrics, audio
and video
files, snippets
of stories or
any image you
want to include
in our monthly
newsletters. We
also invite
original artwork
that helps
spread the word
about A.R.T.S.
events and other
announcements.
Please send
to newsletter@artsanonymous.org,
and thank you!
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Art
work by
Kerimera
(c) 2026
Kerimera,
all rights
reserved
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Madame S.
A film by Daria
B., Russia
The film is
based on
VHS-archives
of one family.
The film
is named
“Madame S.”
after my aunt
with whom I get
a lot of
comparisons. She
is a former
addict, and also
a very bright
child, the
tallest girl out
of three
sisters. In her
20's she got a
degree in
philology
(as did I),
married a German
man (I am
already
divorced) and
moved to Paris
(I moved to
Saint-Petersburg, the cultural
capital of our
country, which
was very fancy
comparing to my
hometown).
Due to
codependency
to her mother (my
grandmother, who
I was also very
close with), Madame
S. moved back
from Paris
to a rural
area near a very
small and poor
town in Russia,
because her mother
wanted her to do
so. Her husband
soon left her,
and she
spent the rest
of her life
alone. She is
struggling with
cancer
now, and grandma has passed
away. I
have a really problematic relationship
with the whole
family, because
they refuse to
see me as an
artist and want
me to marry
someone again
and have kids
(Madame
S. also doesn't have
any). To me,
this film project
is the only way
to connect
family love to
myself and my
art and I want
to develop this
film to save the
feeling that I
get when I watch
the archives.
Link to view the
film: Madame
S.
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Outreach
Posters!
When we share
what A.R.T.S.
has done for us,
we give
struggling
artists the
opportunity to
identify with
someone. They
might even
experience the
power of hope.
If we show how
the A.R.T.S.
program works
for us, maybe
they’ll wonder
if A.R.T.S.
Anonymous can
work for them.
Some of us call
this
attraction.
What if we were
to
find inexpensive,
effective ways
to share our
stories with
people who have
never heard of
A.R.T.S.
Anonymous? One
step might be
to download
and/or print out
some A.R.T.S.
Meeting Posters. They
could be
sent around or
put up in
meeting places,
at art-related
institutions, or
public service
boards. A group
might feel
inspired to make
one of their own
and contribute
it to other
groups to use.
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A.R.T.S. World
Service
Conference
January 2027
The World
Service
Conference (“the
Conference”) is
where actions
and decisions
are made that
affect A.R.T.S.
Anonymous as a
whole. The
dates of the
next World
Service
Conference are
January 16, 17,
23 with a
possible fourth
day on January
24, 2027. The
Conference be
held on Zoom.
Does your group
have a Delegate
(or two)
to represent it
at the World
Service
Conference? Groups
choose the
members who will
speak for them.
The
guidelines for
serving this
important link
between the
meetings and the
whole
of A.R.T.S. can
be found here: Delegate
Information
Does
your group or
committee have a
motion or a
topic of
discussion they
would like to
have considered
at the
Conference? There
is a form
to submit that,
and it is here: Submission
Form for Motions
and Topics of
Discussion
The "Delegate
Packet", which
will contain what
is needed to be
an informed
participant, will
be posted on the
website and
emailed to the
Delegates on
November 9,
2026.
It's not too
early to
encourage each
other to make
contributions to
send Meeting Delegates
to the
Conference. We
suggest that a
group or meeting
can collect from
its
members less than
$2 a
week between now
and then to
cover the cost.
The
registration
fee is $50 for
each meeting or
group. One
registration fee
covers all the
Delegates and
Alternates
attending from
one meeting or
group.
Thank you for
your time, your
service, and for
what it takes to
keep A.R.T.S.
alive and
thriving!
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A Suggested
Group
Inventory
Posted and
in PDF
format on
the website
The 5th
tradition
says
that “Each
group has
but one
primary
purpose – to
carry its
message to
the artist
who still
suffers.” Sharing
our
Experience,
Strength,
and Hope is
the message
of recovery,
as is
sharing what
our life was
like before
A.R.T.S.,
and what it
is like now.
The message
can be
attractive
to newcomers
and
welcoming
them renews the
purpose of
the
meeting.
Almost
every group
problem has
a
resolution,
which
usually can
be reached
through an
informed
group
conscience.
Practicing
trust,
patience, courtesy and
a
willingness
to listen
and wait
have been
found to be
far more
effective
than
argument or
accusation.
A sense of
humor and
fairness can
also be
encouraged.
Above all "a
loving God
as He may
express
himself" is
"the
ultimate
authority"
(Tradition
2) for the
group
conscience.
Many groups
periodically
hold a
“group
inventory
meeting” to
evaluate how
well they
are
fulfilling
the primary
purpose of
carrying the
message to
the artist
who still
suffers. Some
groups take
inventory to
assess how
the group
adheres to
the
principles
of each
Tradition. Groups
interested
in taking
regular
inventory often find
the words of
Step Ten
helpful: Continued
to take
personal
inventory
and when we
were wrong
promptly
admitted
it. Alcoholics
Anonymous created
the “Group
Inventory.” The
following
text is
adapted from
A.A.’s Group
Inventory,
and may be
useful in
arriving at
an informed
group
conscience.
Groups might want to
add
questions of
their own.
-
The
primary
purpose
is to is
to
“reach
the
artist
who
still
suffers.”
This
includes
artists
who haven’t heard
of
A.R.T.S.
Anonymous,
newcomers,
and
members.
How does
the
group
“carry
the
message” to
serve the
“primary
purpose”?
-
How can
group
members utilize service
opportunities
within
A.R.T.S.
Anonymous
to help
“carry
the
message?”
-
Tradition
3
reminds
us “the
only
requirement
for
membership
is a
desire
to
identify
and
express
our
creativity.”
How does
the
group
share
this
message
to
include
all
members,
including
newcomers?
-
Tradition
1 and
personal
recovery comes from working the
A.R.T.S.
program.
One
meaningful
way
to work the
A.R.T.S.
program
is
through
Sponsorship.
How does
your
group
communicate
availability
for
sponsors
and sponsees to
make
contact?
-
Tradition
12
reminds
us that
anonymity
is our
spiritual
foundation.
As “our
common
welfare
should
come
first,”
how does
anonymity
support
and
protect
the member,
and
A.R.T.S.
as a
whole?
What
steps
does the
group
take to
safeguard
what is
shared
at
meetings
and
between
members?
-
How are
members
invited
to participate in
the
meeting
and
other
group
activities
in a way
that
safeguards
unity,
recovery, safety and
respect? Does
the
group
provide
guidelines
for
sharing
in the
meeting?
-
A.R.T.S.
could
not
exist
without
the
service
of its
members.
How does
the
group
meet the
needs of
the
meeting
through
service
opportunities
such as
collecting
money,
keeping
records,
making
announcements,
leading
the
meeting,
electing officers and
selecting
Meeting
Delegates
(GSR’s)?
-
Service
positions
in
meetings
are not
only
a responsibility,
but can
also
inspire
further
recovery.
Does the
group
hold
regular
business
meetings
where
members
can be
elected
to
serve? Does
the
group
practice
service
rotation
so that
all
members
may grow
in their
recovery?
-
How does
the
group regularly
apply the
Twelve
Traditions
to take
care of
the
health
and
well-being
of the
meeting?
-
How does
the
group
support
and
respect
the
three
pillars
of our
fellowship:
Recovery
with the
Steps,
Unity
with the
Traditions,
and
Service
with the
guidance
of the
Concepts
of
Service?
-
How
does the group attract the
interest of
professionals, such
as therapists,
educators,
physicians,
clergy
and
others,
who are
often
the
first to
see
blocked
artists
in need
of help?
-
Is the
group self-supporting in
accordance
with the
7th Tradition?
Does the
group
make
regular
financial
contributions
to the
meeting?
Is the
meeting
able to
donate a
regular
amount
to
A.R.T.S.
World
Services
in
support
of
A.R.T.S.
as
a whole.
-
Engaging
in
romantic
or
commercial
relationships
can
cause
disunity,
diversions
from the
primary
purpose
and
risks
putting
personalities
before
principles.
Does the
meeting
take
care to
protect
the
newcomer
from
inappropriate
relationships
with
other
members?
-
Some
members,
particularly
those
who have
been a
part of
A.R.T.S.
for a
long
time,
may
believe
that
their
experience
and
decisions
are the
only
right
ones for
the
group.
Remembering
that the
ultimate
authority
is a
loving God,
how
might
"Oldtimers"
contribute
as
trusted
servants
in
resolving
group
dilemmas?
What
does the
group do
to
ensure
that it
remains
open to
all
voices
and recovering by principles, not
personalities?
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