MEETING INFORMATION
Meetings are held the first Thursday of the months of February through May and September through December at 7:15 p.m., City Hall, 245 West Fourth Street (2nd floor Community Room), Williamsport, PA 17701.
Enter through the Police Department at the rear of the building and proceed to the steps or elevator to the second floor.
FEBRUARY 2008
Roger Shipley—Printing Techniques.This program will be held at Professor Shipley’s classroom in the Fine Arts Building at Lycoming College. He will discuss and demonstrate etching, lithography, monoprinting, and other printing techniques.
MARCH 2008
Jason Godeke—Discussing his artwork and technique. Mr. Godeke is a professor of art at Bloomsburg University.
APRIL 2008
Maile Marshall—Sumi-e
MAY 2008
Panel discussion on marketing and promoting your art. The meeting will be held at the Artisans Guild in the Raytowne building on Rose Street.
SEPTEMBER 2008
Craig Kaufman—program to be determined.
OCTOBER 2008
Carol Wagner—program to be determined.
NOVEMBER 2008T
o be determined.
DECEMBER 2008
Best of Bald Eagle—exhibit, award ceremony, and reception.
TBA
Chad Andrews—Keeping a Sketchbook.
BEAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS
- Lynne Maietta, President, Acting Treasurer, 570-435-0264
- Lisa Furlough, Vice President, 570-435-5806
- Lynette Barton, Secretary
- Janet Kipps, Membership Secretary
- Janet Fellon Santini, Newsletter Editor
- Chad Andrews, Director at Large
- Charlie Paris, Director at Large
- Marica Strickland, Director at Large
- Rebecca West, Director at Large
Member's Portfolios
Artists' Porfolios are a service to Members provided free of charge. More information is available by contacting the artist.
Chad Andrews
Presently a volunteer at the Public Art Academy, Williamsport, Pa; his aim is to develop an educational program to promote the teaching of community art practices and ideology.
Lynne Maietta
The country's renewed interest in nature printing, the process of recreating images from the natural world, has captured the fascination of Lynne Maietta, a nature-print artist from Montoursville, Pennsylvania. Nature printing not only includes foliage, but animals such as spiders and fish. After reading an article on Gyotaku, Japanese fish printing, Maietta bought a fish, stuffed the cavities, glued the gill openings shut, and then thoroughly dried the fish. She applied block printing ink and rubbed a special kind of soft Japanese paper on the fish. When the paper was lifted off the fish, a print was left. Maietta has printed a variety of fish including bass and trout.
Maile Marshall
Maile has spent much of her life attempting to become a good painter. "I began by studying sumi-e, then watercolor, acrylics, pastels, and finally oils. The teachers I have had are too numerous to mention, but my sincere thanks to each one. I also have masters degrees in education and painting," she said. "I hope I can pass on some of what I have learned to those of you who come to listen."
Judith Rice
Judith is a commission artist who uses pastel, watercolor, pencil, ink and charcoal. She specializes wildlife and landscapes, as well as portraits of horses, dogs and ohter animals.
Dixie Wurster
Dixie is a wheat weaver from Montoursville.Wheat weaving or straw work is a traditional farm folk art practiced around the world. Weavings are created as symbols of love, blessing, faith, thanksgiving for the harvest, and hope for a plentiful crop the coming year. She grows small plots of wheat, rye, oats, barley, sorghum, ornamental grasses, and flowers on her farm. Harvesting begins in June. Straw for weaving is cut, dried, bleached, cleaned, sorted for size, and stored. A 20-minute warm water soaking of the straw is necessary before weaving can begin. Her favorite designs are woven of 18th and 19th century hat plaits with names such as Diamonds, Snails Track, and Batwing. She also weaves English “Corn Dollies.” The word “corn” is a term used in Europe referring to all types of grain. A “dolly” refers to any item made of straw. New designs are often blended with the old traditional patterns.
Chad Andrews
Presently a volunteer at the Public Art Academy, Williamsport, Pa; his aim is to develop an educational program to promote the teaching of community art practices and ideology.
Lynne Maietta
The country's renewed interest in nature printing, the process of recreating images from the natural world, has captured the fascination of Lynne Maietta, a nature-print artist from Montoursville, Pennsylvania. Nature printing not only includes foliage, but animals such as spiders and fish. After reading an article on Gyotaku, Japanese fish printing, Maietta bought a fish, stuffed the cavities, glued the gill openings shut, and then thoroughly dried the fish. She applied block printing ink and rubbed a special kind of soft Japanese paper on the fish. When the paper was lifted off the fish, a print was left. Maietta has printed a variety of fish including bass and trout.
Maile Marshall
Maile has spent much of her life attempting to become a good painter. "I began by studying sumi-e, then watercolor, acrylics, pastels, and finally oils. The teachers I have had are too numerous to mention, but my sincere thanks to each one. I also have masters degrees in education and painting," she said. "I hope I can pass on some of what I have learned to those of you who come to listen."
Judith Rice
Judith is a commission artist who uses pastel, watercolor, pencil, ink and charcoal. She specializes wildlife and landscapes, as well as portraits of horses, dogs and ohter animals.
Dixie Wurster
Dixie is a wheat weaver from Montoursville.Wheat weaving or straw work is a traditional farm folk art practiced around the world. Weavings are created as symbols of love, blessing, faith, thanksgiving for the harvest, and hope for a plentiful crop the coming year. She grows small plots of wheat, rye, oats, barley, sorghum, ornamental grasses, and flowers on her farm. Harvesting begins in June. Straw for weaving is cut, dried, bleached, cleaned, sorted for size, and stored. A 20-minute warm water soaking of the straw is necessary before weaving can begin. Her favorite designs are woven of 18th and 19th century hat plaits with names such as Diamonds, Snails Track, and Batwing. She also weaves English “Corn Dollies.” The word “corn” is a term used in Europe referring to all types of grain. A “dolly” refers to any item made of straw. New designs are often blended with the old traditional patterns.