About Us....
Programs and Services
PSAA fosters art instruction, appreciation, and inspiration to its members and the public. It engages regionally and nationally recognized artists to conduct classes, workshops and demonstrations in watercolor, oil, pastel, and other media. The schdule for these events appears on this website, in the monthly newsletter, and in local newspapers and seasonal brochures.
Monthly Meetings, normally held the first Monday of the month, include art demonstrations by recognized artists, followed by refreshments and an opportunity to meet fellow artists. Also provided are Art History Lectures held in conjunction with the Stafford Library and Museum Trips to shows with with special artistic interest. See Events for additional information.
These programs, and the Special Sessions described below, are open to the public. See Forms for additional membership, registration, and gallary information.
Special Sessions
Portrait Session - Sundays 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm except holiday weekends. A model is provided for members to draw or paint in any medium they choose. Assistance is available. There is a $2.00 fee for the model.
Portrait Session - Mondays 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm except meeting nights and holidays. Assistance is available. There is a $2.00 fee for the model
Life Drawing Session - Thursdays 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm except holidays. An undraped model is provided for members to draw or paint using the media of their choice. Advice and assistance is avalable if needed. There is a $5.00 fee for models.
For additional information on the life drawing and portrait sessions,
contact Alex 609-492-8870 or Terry 609-698-4482
Artists Helping Artists - Tuesdays 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm except holidays. Advice and assistance is available if needed. There is no fee.
Do Your Own Thing - Wednesdays 10:00 am to 2:30 pm except holidays or when classes, workshops, or museum trips are scheduled. Members are invited to draw or paint whatever they choose in any medium. This activity provides and opportunity to meet with you associates, get a critique of your work or receive assistance from members if requested. There is no fee.
Executive Board Meetings - First Wednesday of the Month 9:45 am except holidays or when classes, workshops or other events are planned. PSAA members are invited to observe (though not participate in) these sessions, during which the Executive Board (President, Vice-President, Treasurer and Secretary) and Trustees (including past Presidents) meet with committee chairpersons to plan and discuss upcoming exhibitions, classes, lectures, bus trips, publicity and other matters pertaining to the administration of Pine Shores. Below, scenes from a recent meeting.
The high point of any monthly
meeting? Why, the refreshments
waiting to be eaten at the back of
the room! Hospitality chairperson
Marilyn Flagler ladles it out for
Irene Bausmith, Paul Daukas and
Donna Wightman.
Drawing A Crowd: A Fond Look Back at Pine Shores' Three Decades
On Feb. 9, 1981, eleven artists met in the Stafford Library, then located at 94 Stafford Ave., Manahawkin, to discuss formation of an art association. Notices were published in five newspapers, and a committee was selected tp draft bylaws and name the organization. In July 33 artists signed on as charter members and installation of officers followed. Three original charter members, Pat Shepherd, Cathy Engelsen and Barbara Martini, remain active. Our first outdoor exhibit was held on the Stafford Township Town Hall grounds in August of the same year.
During that first year PSAA sponsored six art shows and membership soared to 57. Shows were also held at Burlington County Hospital, Mount Holly and Ocean County Malls, and exhibits at local banks were initiated. In February 1883 the first children's drawing class was conducted, the first art trip organized (to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC), the first Ocean County Cultural and Heritage Commission (OCCHC) grant was received (for $225), and the first scholarship (of $200) was awarded to a Soutrn Regional High School student.
In October 1984 the first adult classes were held, and by 1987 membership had reached 92. In 1990, the orgnization, sponsored and supported by Stafford Tiwnship, formally moved to the second floor of 94 Stafford Avenue, where we remain today.
In 1991 art history lectures began at the Stafford Branch of the Ocean County Library, the OCCHC grant reached $763, out scholarship was upped to $500, and we began judging posters for the Stafford Fire Company. By 2000 our facility bcame handicapped-accesible and membership reached 320.
Today our membership is approaching 350. We sponsor four children's classes a year, 12 gallery shows, two judged art shows, four art history lectures, two museu, trips, 11 free demonstrations by renowned local and regional artists, and over 40 adult art classes in all mediums. Life drawing sessions with live models are also offered on Monday and Thursdayevenings and on Sunday afternoons. The gallery is also open every Wednesday from 10a to 2:30 pm and on Tuesday evenings from 7 to 9pm for artists to gather, and every Saturday afternoon instructor-guided pastel sessions are held. Since 1983 PSAA has a warded a scholarship to a Southern Reional High School art student. For the past six years that amount has been $750.
We have partnered with the Beach Haven Community Arts Program, Ocean County Library, the Ocean Cultural abd Heritage Foundation, Bass River State Park, Friends of Barnegat Lighthouse State Park, the Stafford Fire Department and oher local and regional organizations to sponsor art and culturally related programs.
The PSAA gallery is used every day for open sessions, workshops, meetings and demonstrations. We thank Stafford Township for use the facility and for their ongoing support of our organization.
--Irene Bausmith
Below: Scenes from a PSAA Board Meeting. Meetings are held the first Wednesday of every month unless other wise designated. Members are invited to observe; only board members may participate.
What Pine Shores Does
