Who's going to PSOA 2005?
 

I think I probably will attend the PSOA event in D.C. in May (and I'm bummed I missed out on meeting all the SOG luminaries last spring!)

Who else is planning to attend?

I might be living off of long-neck and razor clam digs by then, or skiffing for crabs in the Chesapeake, from my hurricane-ravaged boathouse (not yet owned), so if I'm in the area, I might wander in, wearing a lobster bib. You'll be serving lobster, won't you, at the SOG name-brand dinner? If it's fishsticks again -- oh, what the heck, I might even come for fish sticks. If there's Tobasco sauce. Always a fan of spice in life.

Okay, that's two orders of lobster. Anyone for the filet? And how about champagne all around to celebrate the inevitable SOG finalists/winners in the competition.

I have never been to any of these portrait events, but I am going to this one I am almost completely positive. I always weigh the cost vs. how much of my work is portraiture, but I can forget about part of it anyway - my mother happens to live in Annapolis, MD - a 15 minute ride from DC and wants to buy me a ticket to visit her on my birthday - which happens to be May 15th - so I am IN.

Michelle & Steven I hope to meet you there!

I highly recommend attending at least one event of this type for any artist who wants to get serious about doing portrait commissions. Even for non-commissioned figurative artists there's a lot to be gained.

I went to one in New York two or three years ago and it was a real eye opener. If you want to know how the business works and get a sense of how things are in the upper echelons, go to one of these.

Here's the info on the PSOA:

http://www.portraitsociety.org/

I'm signed up and I'm really looking forward to it.

Every year since 1996....

Guess this means I need to have an SOG dinner? :)

While you're answering, you might as well give a yes or no on the dinner. It's usually around $50 since they serve a limited menu to a large group. That makes sense, right?

I already have my reservations. Haven't missed one yet and am looking forward to 2005. I look forward to hopefully meeting each of you there.

Yes, Cynthia, count me in on the dinner. I always enjoy those too.
:)
Mary

Yes, I will attend the PSOA Conference and look forward to the SOG Dinner as well.