Dear Members,

I have been ever so slowly getting up to par with the responsibilities as the Maryland Printmakers President. I must say a big thanks goes to all of the board members for helping me and making it as smooth as possible.

I want to thank Quentin Moseley for offering the facilities at the MICA print studio for our fall semi-annual meeting. It was great to have a meeting back in Baltimore and especially at MICA. It seems rather appropriate to start off our new decade almost where we began 11 years ago. I also hope that the meeting in Baltimore served to rally a few of our members in the Baltimore area to assist in our April show in Carroll County.

One of the mandates I placed on myself when I was nominated President was to increase education to the public by use of workshops and demos around the state. At our Anne Arundel show in September, the Maryland Printmakers were well represented by the works and by Bridget Sue Lambert's artist’s talk. In October, Maryland Printmakers gave a demo and workshop at Frostburg State University. My hope is that our workshops, demos and artist talks will continue to be part of our shows and continue to play a part of our public education.

Thank You,

Calvin Custen