Hurricane Harvey
Damages. If you suffered damage to your home or studio from Harvey, please know let us know. PSST is receiving donations to assist you. Email me at carolyn@carolynhancock.com so that we can help.
Donate. If Harvey spared you and you wish to help PSST members who were affected, please use the PayPal Donate button on our Home page. Many members have clicked it, and all monies donated will be distributed directly to those PSST members affected by Harvey. Thank you to all who have contributed so far, and a special thank you to FASO for their generous donation.

October 7 Meeting and Workshop
Meeting. Because of highway and road flooding, the September 9 meeting was rescheduled to October 7. The meeting starts at 9:00, and President Anne Maree has lots of information for us to catch up on. Then I will be presenting a dynamic, fun talk about the world of websites. I guarantee I can cross off every objection you may have as a reason for not owning an artist website. Plan to join us at 9:00, October 7th, Trini Mendenhall Community Center, 1414 Wirt Road.
Workshop. I strongly believe that every artist should have a website. I've owned carolynhancock.com since the time when it took days and days to create a website. I've transitioned from Dreamweaver to Net Objects Fusion to drag and drop to "wow--I cannot believe it's that easy." And I've been proud of every new version, delighted to say "take a look at my gallery of work." Join my workshop and you can say the same after only 3 hours. We'll go step-by-step together as you learn to upload your art and bio, then bring it into a beautiful FASO designed template, in a 60-day free trial period. When you are ready for the next step of yourname.com, FASO has offered a very special one-year pricing only to PSST members. The workshop starts at 11:30. Registration and required materials here.

The editor decided to run it as a feature, but wanted to add more depth. As I read her questions, I realized how very difficult interview questions can be. She asked:

• What about pastel painting does it for you? Or in other words, why do you only paint pastel works?
• How do you get in the zone to paint?
• If a picture is worth 1,000 words, what's a painting worth?
• Why do you think arts, specifically paintings, are important to our society?
• Typically how long does it take to complete a piece of work.
  

No flip, off-the-shelf answers for these ... they required really thinking, digging in. Even the last question required something other than "a lifetime." I've written "Interview Yourself" as a spin-off in my art blog. While this PSST blog is not for individual promotion, being prepared to talk about your art is an important read. Click to read Interview Yourself.