Hello PSNH colleagues,

I hope your summer is sweet and wonderful, and you are relaxing with family, and maybe getting a little painting in too....
 

Fall will be here before you know it. Time to get ready for the national show and watch for the call announcement on the website and on Showsubmit.

We have secured that elegant space on the second floor of the Portsmouth Historical Society again, ab eautiful setting for the quality of art we have been privileged to show. Terri Ford will be the juror of selection and Karen Israel is our juror of awards. Karen will be teaching our flagship three-day workshop in nearby Kittery, around the festivities of the show. All the details of the workshop are up on the website, and you can sign up there. I will send out another promotional email towards the end of summer. We are keeping the class small so there is plenty of opportunity for individual guidance and feedback. Workshops can often be the breakthrough that an artist may need to jump to the next level. I have taken a workshop with Karen, and she is fantastic. https://www.artbykarenisrael.com. And.... it’s not too soon to consider
what you want to submit for the show!

It is with some concern that I repeat my request for each of you to consider taking a term on the board. As of now, the Member Activities chair, the Member Show chair, the Workshop chair are all vacant. In addition to my responsibilities as president, I have been negotiating the workshops for the past almost two years, and that will not continue. There are very attractive benefits to the workshop position. The Member Activities position is a relatively light position, but we are interested on your ideas about how to make the organizational connections even better through get togethers, paint-outs, online demos and artist talks. This is a position that would allow for your enthusiasm. We have a very supportive responsive board and it is a joy to work with them. Board meetings are always open. If you are interested in sitting in on our Zoom, I would love to send you an invitation to our next meeting. We would welcome your interest.

I could never adequately express my gratitude to Paula and Art Fraser for the thorough and professional way they have brought the Member Show to reality year after year. They have done a fantastic job but are stepping down. This is a mature fully fleshed out position that is not difficult, but it is date dependent and briefly intensive around show time.

If you would consider any of these positions, please send me or Maryann Mullett an email, no obligation, and we can tell you more about the position. Maryann’s email is maryann.mullett97@gmail.com and mine is anniehalvorsen@gmail.com.

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Annie