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

January 2005 Newsletter:

APRIL!!!!
The Spring Art Festival will be on the weekend of April 30th and May 1st this year. The date was changed because of Passover. Start getting your work done for this big weekend. We will need all kinds of help and Dawn is forming committees now. We especially need help with transporting the easels and setting them up. 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 dues at the door this year to be able to put in 3 pieces.

Holiday Bazaar Wrap-Up
WAA Holiday Bazaar, December 4th. All went well and we would like to thank Woodside Hardware for use of their sign.

DEMONSTRATIONS
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.

February’s Demo on Tuesday; 2/1/05 was canceled this year due to illness and weather.

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.

The Winthrop Federal Credit Union Shows are chaired by Dawn Mahoney. In the bank now is a small group show. If you would like to do a one-person show for a month, contact Eva at 617-846-2644

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

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. Martelli Gallery will be putting in a new award at Festival for Excellence in Oil Painting and also adding a scholarship award for a graduating Winthrop High School Senior, $50 each.

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. Gallery Dupree will have an award for Excellence in Any Medium for $100.

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

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.

NEW SPACE TO DISPLAY
Great Opportunity for new place to display our work. Massport has offered the Winthrop Art Association space to display our work at one of their terminals, either Terminal E or the new Terminal A is where Delta is located. They are looking primarily large pieces for the walls because the space is quite large. This would happen for the month of April and would be up for a month. Please fill out the application enclosed. If you are interested, please contact Beverly Barisano at 617-846-5305 and Dawn Mahoney at 617-846-2644, as soon as possible.

June Dinner and Election Meeting
This year we are doing something a little different. We are planning a POT LUCK dinner to be held at the Senior Center. We are looking for your best culinary creations. Everyone on the mailing is invited. If you are bringing something, contact Terry O’Connor at 617-946-1878. She will be coordinating the dinner.

MEMORIAL CARDS

The WAA has for sale Memorial Cards that are used for all occasions for a minimum 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.