The Miniature Artists of America - The Membership


Officers & Volunteers:
President: Kay Petryszak, Clearwater, FL
Secretary: Susan G. Palmer, Belleair, FL
Treasurer: Janet Laird-Lagassee, Auburn, ME
Editor: Melissa Miller Nece, Palm Harbor, FL
Membership: Rachelle Siegrist, Townsend, TN
Historian/Archivist: Wes Siegrist, Townsend, TN
Traveling Exhibit Coordinator: Wes Siegrist, Townsend, TN
Webmaster: Wes Siegrist, Townsend, TN
MPSGS Liaison: Nar Steel, Adelphi, MD

Honorary Members (All in Memoriam)
Curtis, Charles W. - Clearwater, FL 1988 d. 1/3/2003
Humphries, Robert - Belleville, NJ 1986 d. 1986
Lucas, Suzanne, PRMS - England 1995 d. 12/21/2008
Rabbage, Lewis Hoyer - New York, NY 1995 d. 6/27/1995

Roster of Active Signature Members Elected
* denotes founding member in 1985
(Inactive Signature Members are not listed)

Abbott, Beverly - VA 2008
Angelini, John - FL 1986
Argyros, Chrysoula - South Africa 2007
Barnes, Kim - MD 1998
Boyers, Anita - MO 1996
Boyers, Camille - MO 1997
Boyers, Jean - MO 1993
Bridges, Pat - TN 1992
Chadwell, Mary - NV* (Lifetime Member)
Cochran, Margi - NJ 1989
Coe, Michael - England 2003
Cook, Ed - IL 1990
Downs, Douglas - CA 1996
Dunne, Jeanne - FL* (Lifetime Member)
Farrell, Alan - England 2005
Friday, Katherine - OR 1992
Ganz, Tykie - FL* (Lifetime Member)
Golbach, Elizabeth Dell - OK 1990
Gruizinga, Fred - Germany 1989
Hamilton, Merril - UT 1990
Hargraves, Charles - Canada 1998
Haynes, Richard - NJ 1987
Hegler, Mimi - MD 2003
Jansen, Kimberly - NM 2006
Kennealy, Charmian - So. Africa 1995
Koenig, Dave - MI 1992
Kouznetsova, Irina - Canada 2009
Laird-Lagassee, Janet - ME 1996
Liverman, Doris - FL 1990
Longley, Pat - NJ* (Lifetime Member)
Lubeck, Gerald - VT 1989
MacArgel, Gail - MO 2007
Marsh, Myra - NM 2003
Matteson, Deanna - WY 1989
Milhalik, Jane - MD* (Lifetime Member)
Mitchell, Dean - MO 1991
Mullane, Jeanette - OR 2001
Mundy, William P (Bill) - England 1992
Nece, Melissa Miller - FL 2008
Olson, Demaris - CO 1995
Parker, Colleen - UT 1992
Penn, Ruth - MD 2006
Petryszak, Kay - FL 1990
Pierson, Rosalind - England 2001
Plummer, Carlton - MA 1986
Puttergill, Pat - South Africa 2006
Rambo, Meredith - GA 1994
Rockwell, Carol - FL 1996
Rossin, Linda - NJ 2005
Rowsell, Joyce - England 2004
R., Chrys. - Belgium 2005
Sellers, H. Francis - UT 2001
Sharbaugh, Evelyn - PA 1998
Siegrist, Rachelle - TN 2004
Siegrist, Wes - TN 2004
Strubel, Klaus - FL 2009
Temple, Violet - Canada 1992
Toole, Lois Salmon - OH 1992
Touliatos, Markissia - FL 2002
Trundle, Sylvia - OH 1988 (Lifetime Member)
Turner, Cyril - England 1988
Tweed, Charlie - FL 2009
Von Stetina, Laura - FL 1997
Waldron, Wayne - IN 2007
Whitaker, Edmund - Germany 2009
Whitaker, Rita - England 2007

Signature Members in Memoriam
Blake, Jane - FL 1987 d. 8/7/1993
Brannigan, Patrick, NJ*
Duckwall, Helen B. - FL* d. 2/27/1988
Elley, Chuck - NE 1995 d. 1/27/2004
Fry, Mies - FL 2010 d. 5/16/2010
Gliessner, Skip - KY* d. 10/10/2007
Hunt, Geoffrey W.G. - England 2000 d.8/23/2008
Jackson, Barbara - GA 1990 d. 5/27/2009
Jaka, Agatha - MD 1989 d. 12/02/2002
Markut, Jan - FL 1989 d. 11/15/1993
Moore, Robert Eric - ME 1990 d. 2006
Pierson, Helen - FL 1992 d. 3/23/1998
Richards, Glenora - CT 1993 d. 10/21/2009 (Lifetime Member)
Sanford, Sheila - England 1995 d. 7/2/2009
Saxon, Henry - England 1993 d. 2006
Shorthouse, Sydney -England 1993 d. 3/11/2009
Whyte, Raymond - FL 1989 d. 4/9/2003
Woodhouse, Marjorie - FL 1987 d. 7/16/1994

MAA Presidents
Charles (Wally) Curtis 1985-1988 (acting President)
Laura Parker Schoefer 1988-1990
Barbara Jackson and Doris Liverman 1991
Kay Petryszak 1992-

Sam Wilson by Bill Mundy
"Sam Wilson" by Bill Mundy
Watercolor on Vellum

This One's Mine by Linda Rossin
"This One's Mine" by Linda Rossin
2¾ x 6 3/8 inches, Acrylic on board

Portrait of a Cowboy by Rachelle Siegrist
"Portrait of a Cowboy" by Rachelle Siegrist
2¾ x 2¾ inches, Watercolor on Ivorine

My Friend Forever by Dave Koenig
"My Friend Forever" by Dave Koenig
@4¼ x 3¼ inches, Graphite Pencil

Carr's Creek Calf by Wes Siegrist
"Carr's Creek Calf" by Wes Siegrist
3 x 3 inches, Watercolor on Rag Board

Oxford St., London in 1928 by Rita E. Whitaker
"Oxford St., London in 1928" by Rita E. Whitaker
Stoving Enamel

Angel's Trumpet by Kimberly Jansen
"Angel's Trumpet" by Kimberly Jansen
3 x 2 inches, Mixed Media

Altalis
"Altalis" 2¾x4 inches
by Chris. R.

Songbird's Nest
"Songbird's Nest" by Laura Von Stetina
2¾x4½ inches

Looking East
"Looking East" by Gail MacArgel
4 x 4 inches, Oil

Forest Icon
"Forest Icon" by Demaris Olson
@3½ x 3½ inches, Acrylic on Bristol Board

On the Edge-King Penguins
"On the Edge-King Penguins" by Beverly Abbott
2½ x 5¼ inches, Oil on Board

For information on becoming an MAA Signature Member please see our Candidates Circle page.

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