Welcome New Signature Artists

Additional new signature artist members will be announced next month. These announcements are made only after payment is received and the member is considered in good standing.

Noreen Brunini of Centreville, VA

Cecilia Capestany of Alexandria, VA

Marshall Carolus of Alexandria, VA

David Hoque of Prince George, VA

Tim Swartz of Spring City, PA

Welcome New Associates

None this month

Membership Dues and Opportunity to Update Your Interests

If you had not already paid your 2021 dues, you should have received an email with the dues Invoice for either $35 for Signature Artist members or $25 for Associate members. Signature Artists who have achieved the status of Life members also do not receive a dues invoice. 

Life members should have received an email from BWS regarding how to provide a donation, if you should wish to do so.

If we do not have a functioning email for you, then a letter with the dues notice or donation letter were mailed to you via USPS in late November or early December.

BWS runs on a calendar year with membership dues due in January. Anyone who joins BWS in October through December is considered paid in full for 2021, so you will not receive a dues notice this year.

If you plan to pay by check, please follow the link in the email to our Membership Management service so you can update your personal contact information and your interests. After logging in, click on the “view profile” link under your name. Click on the Edit Profile button right under the heading My Profile. Make changes, as needed, and click the Save button at the bottom of the page. You can then logout of the site. It should take only a couple minutes and we very much appreciate your input on programs, workshops, and your volunteer interests.

Forming a Zoom Management Team

BWS is working on plans for some online programs. These programs could include a variety of guest speakers, demonstrations, critique sessions, and more. The BWS Board believes we will need a small set of volunteers who would help us run these events as technical support. The Zoom Management Team will be a volunteer committee under the oversight of a current Board Member, not new positions on the Board.

The Team will determine a Zoom Manager for a particular event. That Zoom Manager may have to create the Zoom event for the meeting. BWS does have a template we have created that may be the best place to start for creating an event. At the time of an event:

• Log in as a co-Host before the meeting and Launch the Meeting to greet and allow people to enter if they are on the sign up list.

• Turn on a Recording when the event officially starts,

• Run any polls that may be needed,

• Monitor the chat and raise questions when appropriate,

• Provide Answers to Audience Zoom problems using a Direct Message Chat.

• End the Recording and store the video in a Private Folder in the BWS Zoom YouTube Account.

Often there will also be an Event Manager who is coordinating the event, providing rules of engagement, answering event related questions, introducing speakers, sharing material with the audience.

If you have experience using Zoom and would like to be on this Team or ask questions about the Team, please email us at BWSZoom@gmail.com.

Member News

BWS members may submit a 60-word announcement gratis to be listed under the heading “Member News.” Images will be included as space allows. Submissions are due by the 15th of the month preceding publication date, and may be edited for length or clarity. Please e-mail your submissions to the Editor at joanna@joannabarnum.com.

Boxed off featured ads are available for $25 and may include up to 100 words and one image. Contact the Newsletter Editor at joanna@joannabarnum.com for details.

Noreen Brunini received an Award of Excellence in the Virginia Watercolor Society's 41st Annual Exhibition for her painting “Shadow Play 2” (below). The Exhibition is at the Virginia Museum of History & Culture in Richmond, VA and will run through Dec 31, 2020.

April Rimpo’s watercolor "In Her Own World" was selected by juror Ada Koch for the Prairie Village Arts Council’s State of the Arts 2020, which begins on November 13th online at www.artspv.org.

Elizabeth Burin's painting "Copper Kettles" is currently on view in the Philadelphia Water Color Society's 120th Anniversary International Exhibition of Works on Paper. She has exhibited in many other online shows this year, winning First Place in HelvetArt's “Natural World” online juried exhibition in August.

J. M. Littleton has been awarded the designation "Best Painting & Drawing Teachers in Baltimore 2020" from Expertise.com. Littleton School of Art has received this honor for the third year in a row, in the top 16 out of 149. J. M. has a new website (still under construction) at jmlittletonart.com. Classes in-person & Zoom offered. Welles21@verizon.net.

Lois Ward Wolford received the Frank Nofer Memorial Award in the 120th Philadelphia Works on Paper Exhibition for her painting “Honey Do List." Her painting "Duty Calls" was selected into the Pennsylvania Watercolor Exhibit and her painting "Morning Routine" was accepted into the Pittsburgh Watercolor Exhibit.

Annie Strack received the First Place Award in the Southern Colorado Watercolor Society Members Exhibit for her painting “Destiny Awaits."

Catherine Hillis was awarded The Ron Schloyer Outstanding Watercolor Award for her painting "Bottoms Up" in the Pennsylvania Watercolor Society's 2020 International Juried Exhibition.