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.

We are busy, right? With family, life, work. And as an artist. Take 2 minutes and read Alyson Stanfield's blog post on Committing to our Art Career Journey, and maybe you'll get a new outlook. Alyson says that, "Your career path is marked by exhilarating highs and devastating lows. I wish I had learned earlier the wisdom in riding the waves rather than fighting against them."

Sometimes someone writes an article that resonates. It makes good, common sense, almost a "why haven't I heard that before" reaction.
John P. Weiss recently wrote about Promises to Keep in the Artist's Life:

Maybe paint because you love it. You'll be ahead whether or not it turns out to be a masterpiece. Click the link above to read the complete article. 

Blog post by Carolyn Hancock