As Lone Star Art Guild approaches the 50th anniversary as an art guild, April 7, 2011, there is a host of leaders to whom we dedicate this year.
Only five years after founding Brenham Fine Arts League, co-founders Jeanne H. Hawley. Madeleine Scwecke, and Golda Johnson, with several other BFAJL members worked to unite several art leagues in the 150-mile radius of Houston for an annual convention featuring only award-winning art, under a mixed-league board known as the LSAG.
Mrs. Dorothy Hargraves, the second LSAG President, is now remembered annually in the Dorothy Hargraves Best Floral Memorial Award given at each convention.
The basics of the convention were set in those early days, and since then we have grown to include leagues within a 200-mile radius of Houston, as well as now accepting not only traditional fine art but also modern art media and styles. We member leagues encourage artists of every level of ability, young students as well as more mature artists, leading towards a great convention experience to be enjoyed by hundreds of artists.
Mrs. Jeanne H. Hawley and Mrs. Dorothy Hargraves worked for the first few years of LSAG, seeking out leagues, locations, and people to carry on with the convention after her. Our 42 Past-Presidents are featured in these pages, but many leaders are less obvious. People that have worked hard in the trenches include, but are not limited to - Ralph Baker, Walter Spears, Michelle Evans, Russell Cushman. Ed Huey, Barbara Rushing, and Nancy Lee (LSAG President 2003).
We would like to honor Nancy Lee. Nancy D. Lee worked with the Lone Star Art Guild Board of Directors for the past decade, leading, helping, mentoring, and advising, as new board members stepped into their roles. She has served as a mentor for new member leagues, as those groups organized and joined the guild. She played a key role in the registration of convention-ready art, no small task, and her e-mails kept everyone connected.
"Nancy Lee put 300% in everything she did for LSAG," says Karen Rome, who is a friend.
Only five years after founding Brenham Fine Arts League, co-founders Jeanne H. Hawley. Madeleine Scwecke, and Golda Johnson, with several other BFAJL members worked to unite several art leagues in the 150-mile radius of Houston for an annual convention featuring only award-winning art, under a mixed-league board known as the LSAG.
Mrs. Dorothy Hargraves, the second LSAG President, is now remembered annually in the Dorothy Hargraves Best Floral Memorial Award given at each convention.
The basics of the convention were set in those early days, and since then we have grown to include leagues within a 200-mile radius of Houston, as well as now accepting not only traditional fine art but also modern art media and styles. We member leagues encourage artists of every level of ability, young students as well as more mature artists, leading towards a great convention experience to be enjoyed by hundreds of artists.
Mrs. Jeanne H. Hawley and Mrs. Dorothy Hargraves worked for the first few years of LSAG, seeking out leagues, locations, and people to carry on with the convention after her. Our 42 Past-Presidents are featured in these pages, but many leaders are less obvious. People that have worked hard in the trenches include, but are not limited to - Ralph Baker, Walter Spears, Michelle Evans, Russell Cushman. Ed Huey, Barbara Rushing, and Nancy Lee (LSAG President 2003).
We would like to honor Nancy Lee. Nancy D. Lee worked with the Lone Star Art Guild Board of Directors for the past decade, leading, helping, mentoring, and advising, as new board members stepped into their roles. She has served as a mentor for new member leagues, as those groups organized and joined the guild. She played a key role in the registration of convention-ready art, no small task, and her e-mails kept everyone connected.
"Nancy Lee put 300% in everything she did for LSAG," says Karen Rome, who is a friend.
LSAG Past Presidents
Mrs. J. H. Hawley, Brenham
Mrs. H. L. Hargraves, Houston
Mrs. J.M. Miller, Houston
Mrs. T. J, Durso, Port Arthur
Mrs. R. E. Hughes, Livingston
Mrs. R. Vial, Conroe
Mrs. J. Daniels, Brenham
Mrs. H. R. Born, Houston
Mrs. I. J. Boetcher, Weimer
Mrs. O. J. Smith, Houston
Mrs. O. A. Sitton, Liberty
Mrs. R. A. Green, Buna
Mrs. J. Rankin, Conroe
Mr. C. Caldwell, Nederland
Mrs. P. Mulholland, New Caney
Mrs. J. F. Barnette, Bellaire
Mrs. N. White, Port Neches
Mrs. C. Penn, Houston
Mr. R E. Medford, Lufkin
Mrs. B. Walters, Houston
Mrs. S. Walker, Conroe
Mrs. F. Stewart, Houston
Mrs. D. Kirtley, Humble
Mrs. C. Proske, Brenham
Mrs. J. Hoke, Conroe
Mrs. D. Lomax, Houston
Mrs. Sherry Ward, Center
Mr. J. A. Owens, Lufkin
Mrs. Mary Ann Lucas, Houston
Mr. Rob Clark, Beaumont
Ms. Candy Moore, Houston
Mrs. Rosalie Woodworth, Houston
Mrs. Anne Vandagriff(2x), Kingwood
Mrs. Barbara Rushing(2x), Woodlands
Mr. Ralph Baker (2x), Houston
Ms. Nancy Lee, Sugar Land
Ms. Pat Davis (2x), Montgomery
Ms. Jeanne Price, College Station
Ms. Kathleen Rowland, Conroe
Ms. Joyce Kelm, Fulshear
Ms. Betty Pimm, Sugar Land
Ms. Mary Burkhalter, Hearne
Ms. Theresa G. Thornhill, Spring
Recent Past Convention Hosts
1984 Livingston Art League
1985 Houston Art Society
1986 Kingwood Art Society
1987 Brcnham Fine Arts league
1988 Conroe Art League
1989 Navasota Art league
1990 Nacogdoches Art League, Augustine Art League
1991 Live Oak Art Center
1992 Lufkin Art Guild
1993 Northwest Art League, Tomball Art League
1994 Gold Coast Fine Arts Assoc, Nederland Art Guild
1995 Kingwood Art Society, New Cancy Art League
1996 Houston Art Society
1997 Brenham Fine Arts League, Brazos Valley Art League
1998 Conroe Art League, Livingston Art League
1999 Northwest Art League, Tomball Art League, Woodlands Art League
2000 Conroe Art League, Livingston Art League, Lufkin Art Guild, Nacogdoches Art League
2001 Gold Coast Fine Arts Assoc., Nederland Art Guild
2002 Sugar Land Area Artists, Art League of Fort Bend, Southwest Artisan's Society
2003 Kingwood Art Society, Huntsville Cooperative of Working Artitsts
2004 Brenham Fine Arts League, Brazos Valley Art League, Houston Art Society
2005 Northwest Art League, Tombail Art League, Woodlands Art League
2006 Conroe Art League, Livingston Art League, Lufkin Art Guild
2007 Art League of Bay City, Ait League of Fort Bend, Artists at Work; Southwest Artisans Society, Sugar Land Area Artists
2008 Deer Park Art League, Kingwood Art Society, Nederland Art Guild, Pasadena Gulf Coast Art League, Port Arthur Art Association
2009 Brazos Valley Art League, Brenham Fine Art league,
2010 Houston Art Society, Northwest Art League, Tomball Art League, Woodlands Art League
2011 Conroe Art League, Livingston Art League, Lufkin Art Guild, Kingwood Art Society
Mrs. J. H. Hawley, Brenham
Mrs. H. L. Hargraves, Houston
Mrs. J.M. Miller, Houston
Mrs. T. J, Durso, Port Arthur
Mrs. R. E. Hughes, Livingston
Mrs. R. Vial, Conroe
Mrs. J. Daniels, Brenham
Mrs. H. R. Born, Houston
Mrs. I. J. Boetcher, Weimer
Mrs. O. J. Smith, Houston
Mrs. O. A. Sitton, Liberty
Mrs. R. A. Green, Buna
Mrs. J. Rankin, Conroe
Mr. C. Caldwell, Nederland
Mrs. P. Mulholland, New Caney
Mrs. J. F. Barnette, Bellaire
Mrs. N. White, Port Neches
Mrs. C. Penn, Houston
Mr. R E. Medford, Lufkin
Mrs. B. Walters, Houston
Mrs. S. Walker, Conroe
Mrs. F. Stewart, Houston
Mrs. D. Kirtley, Humble
Mrs. C. Proske, Brenham
Mrs. J. Hoke, Conroe
Mrs. D. Lomax, Houston
Mrs. Sherry Ward, Center
Mr. J. A. Owens, Lufkin
Mrs. Mary Ann Lucas, Houston
Mr. Rob Clark, Beaumont
Ms. Candy Moore, Houston
Mrs. Rosalie Woodworth, Houston
Mrs. Anne Vandagriff(2x), Kingwood
Mrs. Barbara Rushing(2x), Woodlands
Mr. Ralph Baker (2x), Houston
Ms. Nancy Lee, Sugar Land
Ms. Pat Davis (2x), Montgomery
Ms. Jeanne Price, College Station
Ms. Kathleen Rowland, Conroe
Ms. Joyce Kelm, Fulshear
Ms. Betty Pimm, Sugar Land
Ms. Mary Burkhalter, Hearne
Ms. Theresa G. Thornhill, Spring
Recent Past Convention Hosts
1984 Livingston Art League
1985 Houston Art Society
1986 Kingwood Art Society
1987 Brcnham Fine Arts league
1988 Conroe Art League
1989 Navasota Art league
1990 Nacogdoches Art League, Augustine Art League
1991 Live Oak Art Center
1992 Lufkin Art Guild
1993 Northwest Art League, Tomball Art League
1994 Gold Coast Fine Arts Assoc, Nederland Art Guild
1995 Kingwood Art Society, New Cancy Art League
1996 Houston Art Society
1997 Brenham Fine Arts League, Brazos Valley Art League
1998 Conroe Art League, Livingston Art League
1999 Northwest Art League, Tomball Art League, Woodlands Art League
2000 Conroe Art League, Livingston Art League, Lufkin Art Guild, Nacogdoches Art League
2001 Gold Coast Fine Arts Assoc., Nederland Art Guild
2002 Sugar Land Area Artists, Art League of Fort Bend, Southwest Artisan's Society
2003 Kingwood Art Society, Huntsville Cooperative of Working Artitsts
2004 Brenham Fine Arts League, Brazos Valley Art League, Houston Art Society
2005 Northwest Art League, Tombail Art League, Woodlands Art League
2006 Conroe Art League, Livingston Art League, Lufkin Art Guild
2007 Art League of Bay City, Ait League of Fort Bend, Artists at Work; Southwest Artisans Society, Sugar Land Area Artists
2008 Deer Park Art League, Kingwood Art Society, Nederland Art Guild, Pasadena Gulf Coast Art League, Port Arthur Art Association
2009 Brazos Valley Art League, Brenham Fine Art league,
2010 Houston Art Society, Northwest Art League, Tomball Art League, Woodlands Art League
2011 Conroe Art League, Livingston Art League, Lufkin Art Guild, Kingwood Art Society
