HAAA Highlights July 17, 2025

Summer’s flying by, but our volunteers are hard at work planning fall classes, shows, and events! Thank you all! Haven’t volunteered yet? Email me—lots of ways to help!   Mary

🗓 UPCOMING EVENTS

  • No August General Meeting
    ✅ Next: Sept 9 – Shawn Hockenbrocht: “Fun with Oil Pastels & Stippling vs. Pointillism”

  • Logo Contest – Submit by Sept 12!

🎨 Classes & Workshops (Sign up at hersheyart.org)

  • Paul Gallo Summer Series: July 28–Aug 25 (Mondays) will be posted by this weekend.

  • Clay Bowl Workshop: Aug 21 with MJ McFalls

  • Fall Line-Up Starts in Sept:
    • Sept 3: Plein Air with Jonathan Frazier
    • Sept 4: Water Media with Marie Gamon
    • Sept 15: Oil/Acrylic with Paul Gallo (soon to be posted)

🖼️ Art Shows (Sign up at hersheyart.org)

  • Aug 9 – New exhibit at HAAA's Hallway Gallery at Hershey Library, special area highlighting Marie Gamon's students' work.

  • Aug 29–31 – Art in the Gardens at Hershey Gardens (Deadline: Aug 15), Co-Chairs: Lee Sandel and Lynn Shirk

  • Sept 6 – Plein Air at Pronio’s Farm with Manada Conservancy

  • Oct 24–25 – Under the Colors at Hershey Library, Co-Chairs: John Barleyand Mary Lott

🌻 Friday Plein Air – July 18

📍 Royal Oak Flower Farm, 3615 West Oak St, Lebanon | 9 AM–Noon; Coordinator: Wendy Craig.

🚗 Art Tour – Aug 9

Barnyard Art Studio (Brickerville) | $10 | RSVP by Aug 3 to Mary Lott

📣 Member News

  • July 18 – Paul Gallo exhibiting at the main entrance at 3rd in the Burg, Millworks, 5 to 9 pm. https://millworksharrisburg.com/

  • July 20 – Emily Bidlingmeyer & Wendi Wright at Maker’s Market at Hershey History Center grounds.

  • Welcome to our new 2026 Scholarship Committee members (Ann Kern, Cindy Mindy, Laurie Rhoads, and Corinne Edris)!  Social media and website assistance (Lynn Shirk and Nick Elsener). Helping anywhere (Mary Lott)

  • Board Nominations Open – Treasurer + board positions available; Lee Sandel, Archana Seghal, & Kelly Cottingham may be talking to you in Aug/Sept 🙂.

  • Loretta Moore is currently the artist of the month at the Cornerstone Coffeehouse in Camp Hill.

  • Several HAAA members'  art studios (Sue Myers, Lynn Shirk, Joan Maguire, Luise Christensen- Howell, & Archana Sehgal) will be part of the 7th Annual Hershey Hummelstown Art Studio Tour on Sat., Oct. 4, 10 am- 5 pm and Sun. Oct.5, Noon-5 pm. For more infor: @ 2025ArtTour.

🎉 Huge thanks to everyone who helped at "Market on Chocolate" (Roger LaRocque, Wendy Craig, & Mary Lott), at our July meeting (Lynn Shirk, Jim Davis, Nick Elsener and Marie Gamon) & Ice Cream Social (Kurt Jarvis, Bob Douds, and John Barley) —and to our 2025 Scholarship Judges (Archana Seghal, Kathleen Grim, Lynn Shirk, Lee Sandel, Bob Douds, Karyn Hooper & Li Xufang)!

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