by Kathleen Church, President WAS-H

Dear Friends,

Happy New Year 2020! I hope the year is off to a great start for all of you! WAS-H is celebrating the New Year with our Signature/Signature Elite show which has been a great success. You can read more about it in the following pages. Behind the scenes we are finishing up our technology upgrade project which was begun last year. Many thanks to Karen Stopnicki and Laura McMahon for all the time and effort put into seeing this project through,

Vice President Sarah Lee has been hard at work assembling her Board for next year. As you know WAS-H cannot operate without the generous support of volunteers. If you have been enjoying all WAS-H has to offer and are ready to give back please let us know. We are in search of someone with basic technology skills who is PC savvy; if you have experience in finance, or are great at organizing events we have room for you to serve!

For the past two years we have been working hard to streamline our newsletter format and make it more user friendly. This edition is being launched as a BLOG and easily accessed with a click on our website. Thank you to Ksenia Annis and Patty Armstrong for the MANY hours dedicated to the Washrag each month. It takes a lot more than a CLICK to produce this document!

Finally, Tom Kraycirik and Haley Bowen are putting the final touches on IWE 2020. It is going to be a spectacular week with Erik Wiegardt judging the show and teaching the workshop.

Gratefully,

Kathleen Church
President: Watercolor Art Society Houston