HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Winthrop Art Association, Inc., PO Box 520010, Winthrop, MA 02152

December 2004 Newsletter:

CONGRATULATIONS TO EVA KEARNY for receiving this years Chamber Of Commerce award for Excellence in the Arts. The kick off dinner Community Awards Dinner will be held on Friday, January 14, 2005. The dinner will be held in a new location, the elegant Hyatt Harborside Hotel at Logan Airport. The WAA would like to fill a table to celebrate. If you are interested contact the Chamber office for a ticket. The phone number is 617-846-9898.

WAA Holiday Bazaar, December 4th from 9AM to 1PM at the Winthrop Senior Center, 35 Harvard St. Winthrop. Original crafts, Antiques and collectibles, White Elephant Tables and all kinds of stuff. Refreshments, and Raffles too.

Come and support this wonderful fund-raiser.

The next demonstration will be Tuesday, December 7th.

Demonstrations are held at the Senior Center, 35 Harvard St., Winthrop. The first Tuesday, four times per year now. October, December, February and April, at 7:30 PM. Demonstrations are free and anyone can attend. Bring your friends.

December 7, 2004
Margaret Mekalian is going to demonstrate her art form. She graduated from UMass and attended Mass College of Art. She tries to extrapolate ideas from her childhood. She spent many hours making mudpies and putting rocks and twigs in them, so she tries to elaborate on that today with clay and paper mache.

February’s Demo will be on Tuesday, 2/1/05. Will be announced.

April’s Demo will be Tuesday, 4/5/05 with our own Beverly Brody Barisano. She will be demonstrating wood cuts. There will be more information in the next newsletter.

APRIL!!!!
The Spring Art Festival will be on the weekend of April 24th and 25th this year. Start getting your work done for this big weekend. We will need all kinds of help and Dawn is forming committees now. If you are at all interested, please contact her at 617-846-2644. We need all the help we can get.
Please make sure you pay your dues before the Festival this year because if you don’t you will not be able to put 3 pieces in, you will only be able to put in 2. You will not be able to pay at the door anymore to be able to put 3 pieces in.

The Winthrop Federal Credit Union Shows are chaired by Eva Kearney. In the bank now is a small group show for the Holidays. If you would like to do a one-person show for a month, contact Eva at 617-846-1861.

2004-2005 Board of Directors:
President Eva Kearney
Vice President Beverly Brody Barisano
Secretary Michelle Fluet
Assistant Secretary Jan Garver
Treasurer Renee Fluet
Membership Brenda Curry
Program Dawn Mahoney &Patricia Tacelli
Hospitality Carol Gambale
Historian Terry O’Connor
Correspondence Dorothy Mahoney
Communications Michelle Schreibman
Newsletter & Publicity Dawn Mahoney
Web Master Debra Martelli
Members at Large: Carol Merola, Kaari Sullivan, Jennifer McCarthy & Ellen Goldstick

We would like to take this opportunity to welcome
Ellen to the Board of Directors.

FYI
Martelli’s Studio & Fine Art Gallery, 414 Main Street, 2nd Fl., Melrose, MA 781-665-1606. This gallery is new opened by Matthew and Debra Martelli. Paula (acrylic paintings) and Glen Engman, (Potographs/Digital Prints) will be showing there on Saturday, December 4th, 3 to 8PM and Sunday, December 5th, from 11 to 5PM.
Try to take in this new Gallery and support our members and wish then luck.

Gallery Dupree:
Don’t forget to go to Gallery Dupree, at 516 Shirley St. in Winthrop, (formerly, Classic Galleries). The phone number is 617-846-8469 and ask for Dusty Farned. The gallery does framing and has a wide assortment of art.

Topsfield Fair:
Members of the WAA entered the Topsfield Fair and came home with prizes this year and they are: Paula Engman 3rd and special mention in Oil/Acrylic Painting, Dottie Doucette 1st in Watercolor Painting, Dawn Mahoney 3rd in Graphics, and Kaari Sullivan 3rd for her Holiday Stocking. Congratulations to all.

Nature on Parade:
From Africa to America
Photographs by Phil Ellin, November 21st through January 9, 2005. The show is at Joppa Flats Education Center, One Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport, MA. If you need any more information on the show go to joppaflats@massaudubor.org or call at 978-462-9998. For more information on Phil’s work you may go to his web site at NatureonParade.com.

Beverly Brody Barisano:
Beverly is involved in a three-artist show at Perkins Gallery, Stoughton, MA from December 30th to January 26, 2005. Opening Reception is on Sunday, January 2, 2005. For more information contact Beverly at 617-486-5305.

Winthrop Art Association Website: If you have anything to put into the website contact Debi Martelli at 617-846-8518. We would like to put more of our artist members on the site.
www.winthropartassociation.org
Spring Museum Trip
The WAA is planning a spring day trip to two museums in the western part of the state. First to the contemporary MassMoca Museum in North Adams then to lunch, (to be decided on) and then to the traditional Bennington Art Museum, in Bennington, VT then back through Shelburne Falls and then home. This trip will cost approximately $59 each. As the buses usually fill up fast, please contact Dawn at 617-846-2644 as soon as possible.

The WAA has for sale Memorial Cards that are used for all occasions for a minumum cost of $2 each. The cards read:
WINTHROP ART ASSOCIATION Inc.
Has been enriched by a
Contribution

Contact Brenda Curry if you wish to purchase any cards, you can reach her at 617-846-5375.

Regarding the WAA’s Chili and Chowder Fest, we are going to pass on itthis year due to many other commitments and will likely resume next year. If you have any other questions regarding this contact Dawn Mahoney at 617-846-2644 or Eva Kearney at 617-846-1861.