Resources
						Local Arts Organizations: ALOG -- The Arts League of Germantown has meetings at 7:15 pm the first Wednesday of the month in the gallery of the Black Rock Center for the Arts in Germantown at 7:15 pm. Visitors are welcome. Go to www.alog.org or www.blackrockcenter.org Maryland Pastel Society -- www.marylandpastelsociety.com MAPAPA -- Maryland Plein Air Painters Association -- For plein air painters, or those who would like to try it. This group has scheduled "paint-outs" and �teach-outs� at diverse locations in this area as well as several presentations each year, a bargain for $35. See their site at www.mapapa.org . Montgomery Art Association -- MCAA has monthly meetings on the 2nd Wednesday of the month at Plaza Arts in Rockville starting at 7 pm. Meetings are free to members and $5 for non-members. Members may bring one guest for free! Check our newsletter or web notice at: www.montgomeryart.org for details on exact location and meeting agenda. Washington Society of Landscape Painters -- www.wslp.org
	Art Supplies -- PLAZA ARTS, 1594-B Rockville Pike in Rockville. Call (301) 770-0500 or go to www.plazaart.com. Plaza has a huge variety of high quality art supplies and artist/manager Ed Moore can answer most questions about them. Workshops and classes in art techniques and marketing as well as a monthly open studio with model are held at the Rockville location. Award-winning artist SUSAN AVIS MURPHY offers matting and framing, photography and giclee print services at her studio in Sandy Spring. For additional information email susan@susanavismurphy.com or go to www.susanavismurphy.com . Her son Ben can help you create a web site for your art work. You can contact him at ben@blackcatwebsites.com. JACKIE HOYSTED, Gaithersburg artist, runs a low cost fine art digital pigment print service. Contact her at jackiehoysted@aol.com or call her at 240-506-6910. Debra Halprin does giclee printing from her home, and can do full sheet prints that are lightfast and waterproof (the inks, anyway!) For answers to your questions about giclee� printing, or if you would like to have giclee� prints made from your original artwork, contact Debra Halprin at halprinart@aol.com or call her at 301-260-9701. Prices are 9 cents per square inch with a $25 set up fee if photography is required. That would be $28.80 for a 16x20" print, plus photo fee if necessary. Scanning and Giclees: Vista Art, Boyds, MD 20841. Iris and Yong Luo brought samples of their very fine quality giclees to our February meeting. For information, go to www.vistaartonline.com
					Yellow Barn at Glen Echo Park -- Painter Walt Bartman's painting residency, the Yellow Barn Studio offers classes and display opportunities to their members. Classes and workshops include landscape and studio painting, and sketching and drawing. Call 301-371-5593 or go to www.yellowbarnstudio.com.