Winthrop Art Association, Inc., PO Box 520010, Winthrop, MA 02152

WAA February 2004 NEWSLETTER
ART FESTIVAL-ART FESTIVAL-ART FESTIVAL
WAA WEB SITE
Check out The WAA Web Site, http://www.winthropartassociation.org
Our Web Master, Debbie Martelli, asks if you have any information to go onto our web site pertaining to your art form contact her and she can put it on there. This is a special offer to all our membership. You must be a paid-up member of the WAA to be on the web site.

Debbie is now a member of the Board of Directors of the WAA and we wish to welcome her.

To contact Debbie about the web site call her at 617-846-8518.

All demonstrations are held at the Senior Center, 35 Harvard St., Winthrop.

Demonstrations:
March 2nd Susan Page-Thompson will do a demonstration of portrait profiles and family eye portraits done in pencil. She also does oil painting landscapes, still life demonstrations and is an art teacher. She also teaches part time at the South Shore Art Center in Cohasset, MA and teaches children’s classes and adult portrait courses. She is affiliated with the Plain St. Studios, in Rockland, MA.

April 6th To be announced

May 4th Matthew Martelli will be demonstrating yet again another on his many talented styles.

June 1st June Dinner Meeting and Elections is opened to all members and non-members too. This year our dinner will be at iL Pastaio, 115 Shore Dr., Winthrop. It will be a buffet from 7-9PM. If you are interested contact Dawn Mahoney. The cost is about $20 per person.

Spring Art Festival:
The festival will be held on Saturday April 25th and Sunday April 26th. All the information is included in this envelope. You will also find raffle tickets in this envelope. Please sell as many as you can to fund the scholarship program and the festival.

Classic Galleries will be holding their usual winner’s circle exhibition called the “WINNER’S CIRCLE”. This is when all the 2004 ribbon winners display their work for the month of May. Classic Gallery is located at 516 Shirley St., Winthrop and the phone number is 617-846-8469.

The Board of the WAA:
President: Eva Kearney 617846-1861
Vice President: Beverly Barisano 617-846-5305
Secretary: Michelle Fluet 617-846-4963
Treasurer: Renee Fluet 617-846-4963
Membership: Brenda Curry 617-846-5375
Program: Dawn Mahoney 617-846-2644 and Patricia Tacelli 617-846-3491
Publicity: Dawn Mahoney 617-846-2644
Historian: Terry O’Connor 617-846-1878
Correspondence: Dorothy Mahoney 617-846-2644
Hospitality: Carol Gambale 781-284-9318
Communications: Michelle Schreibman 617-846-9116
Members At Large: Carol Merola 617-846-6073, Kaari Sullivan 617-846-8469, Debbie Martelli 617-846-8518, and Jan Garver 617-846-8381

Web Site Emails for:
Eva Kearney: Eva@winthropartassociation.org
Dawn: Mahoney:Dawn@winthropartassociation.org
Brenda Curry: Brenda@winthropartassociation.org
Debra Martelli: Debra@winthropartassociation.org
Mailing@winthropartassocaition.org

If you need to contact anyone on the board use the numbers above.

Winthrop Federal Credit Union Shows:
If you are interested in doing a show at the FCU contact Eva Kearney. Jan Garver has a show up right now of her wonderful Calligraphy.

FYI
Dottie Doucette is doing a show from May 8th to June 8th. Reception will be on May 16th from 3-5PM. It is at The Gallery at Grosvenor Park at Vinnen Square, 7 Loring Hills Ave., Salem. For directions call 987-741-5700.

To put things in the newsletter, contact Dawn Mahoney at 617-846-2644 or email me at Dawn@winthropartassociation.org

If you have not paid your dues for the 2003 – 2004 season yet, please due so. If you are not a paid up member you will not be able to put three pieces of your art work in the festival, you will only be able to put 2 pieces. Funding has been cut to the bare bones and we need every member to do his or her part. Paying your dues will help us with programming and the festival.
Thank You

THE FESTIVAL RAFFLE TICKETS ARE $1 EA. AND 6 FOR $5. THE PRIZES ARE $100, $50, AND $25.
SELL! SELL! SELL!