The Yahoo Group is a great way to get information out to our group and once you get the hang of it - it is easy.  That is what I learned from my recent attempt to tell everyone about the plan to meet to go to First Friday in Dupont Circle on May 2nd.  In the end the message went out too late to be effective but I am hooked on this Yahoo Group!  If you have not joined yet, be in touch with Sharon Burton and respond to her email invitation.  Sharon's email is sharon@geminivisionsart.com .
 
First Friday in Dupont Circle - May 2nd was a great evening.  A group of us did meet - Jennifer Judelsohn, Marilyn Hayes, and I along with the men's auxiliary.  Along the way we met Joan Tarbell too.  The weather was perfect and the art was varied and interesting.  We got a chance to meet and talk to a number of artists whose art was on display and others who are going to be having exhibitions soon.  One artist, Roberta Thole, a woman from Northern Virginia, had a series of paintings on copper - in the Studio Gallery upstairs.  You should see them if you get a chance.  The palette and texture are really different.  She does not have a website, so in person is really the answer.  It is worth the trip! 
 
I want to urge every member of WCA/DC to join the Yahoo Group and look at the postings.  Also, I want to urge us all to use the Yahoo Group to get the word out about the great things to do in our art community.  My new office is now in Dupont Circle and I will be planning to go to First Fridays as often as I can.  I will let everyone know by the Yahoo Group the next time.  On Sunday, May 18th we had "Breakfast with the elephants" - a sketch trip to the National Zoo. In June we are going to Art-o-Matic the same week as First Friday, please join us - mark your calendar for June 5th.  

 
See everyone soon.
Holly Dodge
Holly.arts.dc@verizon.net

    
 
On Friday April 25th, I had the honor of meeting with a group traveling to the US from South Korea as part of the State Department's International Visitor Leadership Program entitled "Building Bridges." The visitors are considered important contributors in their country and serve as activists promoting social welfare and education in diverse areas of Korean civil society. They included Ms. Kwang Kee Choi, who currently serves as a board member of the Feminist Cultural Events Organization in South Korea.
 
Current WCA National President Marilyn Hayes and National Advisor Holly Dodge joined me to share information about WCA's role in promoting and supporting women artists in the United States. With the assistance of simultaneous translators, we answered various questions about the structure and goals of our group, as well as the unique qualities that keep our organization strong. At the end of the meeting, Ms. Sang Won Cho presented us with a book of photography by her brother-in-law. We hope to have future conversations with participants of this program, as well as potential collaborations with the representatives from Korea. 

 

Photo: Katie Weaver, WCA/DC President and Sang Won Cho, Assistant City Desk Editor, Kangwon Ilbo Daily Newspaper

                             

 

 

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Jean Adamson 

Nana Bagdavadze

Kristen Bruner

Sherrill Anne Gross

Brandy Gruner

Cynthia Farrell Johnson
Jennifer Judelsohn

Sharon Keyser-Jackson
Menucha

Mara Odette

Jane Pettit
Marina Reiter
Carole Lyles Shaw

Luba Sterlikova

Robin Jane Walker
 
Girls Gotta Run Foundation (Pat Ortman)

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