A message from the president
If you enjoy membership in ASMA, and especially if you benefit professionally from it, I’d like to ask you to consider contributing something back. It’s easy to become more active, from helping organize our regional activities to sitting on one of our Committees, and your efforts could make a big difference in how we benefit others in the Society now and in the future. Contact your Area Representative and find out how you can contribute.

As we approach the upcoming National, with a full-color catalog needing to be designed and produced, along with executing an extensive advertising and public relations effort, I’d especially like you to consider volunteering if you have expertise in these disciplines. Please contact me directly at russ@russkramer.com if you’re interested in helping out. Thanks!

Russ Kramer
Mystic, CT

15th National Exhibition
Thanks to all our ASMA members who submitted works for this exhibition. View the exhibition online. It is our most ambitious show ever and a striking tribute to the best of marine art. The show will be at the:

Cornell Museum of Art and American Culture, Delray Beach, FL
Oct 27, 2011 through Jan 9 2012
Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL,
Jan 19, 2012 through Apr 8, 2012
Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, TX
Apr 21, 2012 through June 17, 2012
Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX
June 30, 2012 through Aug 25, 2012
Museum of the Southwest, Midland, TX
Sept 4, 2012 through Dec 7, 2012
The Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA
Dec 20, 2012 through Mar, 2013
Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR
Mar 22, 2013 through June 17, 2013
Minnesota Museum of Marine Art,  Winona, MN
June 4, 2013 through July 28, 2013

Special ASMA website: www.warof1812illustrated.org
With the 200 year anniversary of the War of 1812 fast approaching, the ASMA Exhibition Committee is creating a website that will combine artwork on the war contributed by ASMA members, as well as from specific US museums, the British National Maritime Museum and selected Canadian museums. Click here for the most recent updates on the 1812 exhibition.

Our 2011 Annual Meeting was held in Savannah, GA
It was a great success in a wonderful city. Members got to see old friends, meet new ones and enjoy some of the colorful and hospitable atmosphere the city is famous for. The food and the scenery were awesome. We look forward to meeting next year in Mystic, CT.

Signature Members web gallery
Signature Members are invited to submit images of their work for posting in a personal web gallery, and may elect to include a link to their own website. Signature Members can submit up to six images by e-mail or on a CD, from which no more than three images will be selected by the Fellow’s Website Selection Committee.

There is an initial $40 fee to set up the web gallery and additional $20 if you wish to include a link. Galleries can be maintained for a $20 annual maintenance fee thereafter unless the artist wishes to substitute images, where a $40 review fee will apply. The member must pay fees to ASMA by check. Submissions will be accepted between June 1 and June 30. Images should be approximately 5" x 7” at 150 dpi in a .jpeg format, with the name, title, medium and size included. Please send no more than 2 images via e-mail at one time to kim@kimshaklee.com. Images may also be sent on CD to: Kim Shaklee, 14599 Picadilly Road, Brighton, CO  80603.

Annual spring portfolio review
Each year between March and April, members are invited to submit their work to be considered for the Signature or Fellow level of membership. Click here for complete instructions.

Making your work look better for ASMA jurors
ASMA periodically offers information about what makes artwork in general, and marine art in particular, more acceptable to ASMA jurors. It's not a list of rules, but rather a collection of suggestions on what to avoid and what to strive for when submitting your work to an ASMA jury. Click here to read a copy of that article.