List of WAA Conventions

Wyoming Artists' Association Previous Presidents and Conventions

Year            President                         Location              Theme

1955-56      Gertrude Olson               Worland

1956-57      Ethel Sommers               Sheridan

1957-58      Mable Underwood           Dubois

1958-59      Mable Underwood           Casper

1959-60      Letha Platt                      Casper

1960-61      Gretchen Harris              Casper

1961-62      Jeanette Dilts                   Douglas

1962-63      Mary Helen Hendry        Casper

1963-64      Bunny Connell                Sheridan

1064-65      Louise Hall                       Laramie

1965-66      Jean Goedicke                 Casper

1066-67      Joyce Collins                 Torrington

1967-68      Polly Frost                      Cody

1968-69      George Trimble              Casper

1969-70      Mary Burgess                 Sheridan

1970-71      Dean States                     Worland

1971-72      Dick Hutt                        Cheyenne

1972-73      James Boyle                     Laramie

1973-74      Shirley Brock                 Buffalo

1974-75      Jim Gaither                     Casper

1975-76      Jean Kinder                     Riverton

1976-77      Dorothy Keenan             Torrington

1977-78      Mary Paterson                Rock Springs

1978-79      E D (Jack) Brown           Casper

1979-80      Mel Josephson                Casper

1980-81      Vicki Legerski                Sheridan         “What You Always Wanted to be When You Grew Up”

1981-82      Vonnie Harden               Worland                “The Good Ol’ Days”

1982-83      Joan Zerga                      Lander                  “You Ought To Be In Pictures”

1983-84      Patsy Edwards                Pinedale                “Under The Big Top”

1984-85      Betty Lockhart                Casper                  “Ft. Casper Rendezvous”

1985-86      Jane Skaar                       Riverton               “Up, Up And Away”

1986-87      Jody Gilmore                  Evanston              “Out Of This World”

1987-88      Dick Scott                       Worland               “The Master’s Touch”

1988-89      Misty Plott                      Sheridan               “Once Upon A Time”

1989-90      Charlotte Long                Cheyenne              “On The Wild Side”

1990-91      Ann Anspach                  Pinedale                “To Top It Off”

1991-92      Joan Melius                     Casper                  “That Song In My Heart”

1992-93      B.J. Durr                         Wheatland            “Those Who Came Before”-WY

1993-94      Deon Quitberg                Rock Springs        “Children Throughout the Ages”

1994-95      Alice Marlatt                  Riverton                “A Night At The Casino”

1995-96      Irma Stolt                        Casper            “I’ll See You in The Funny Papers”

1996-97      Charmian McLellan        Pinedale                ‘Old Corrals & Sagebrush”

1997-98      Melody Newell               Douglas                “In The Mood”

1998-99      Eleanor Schwenk            Cheyenne              “Memories of the 20th Century”

1999-00      Lynn Thomas                 Dubois                  “Classic Movies”

2000-01      Frank Cordiner               Casper                  “A Space Odyssey”

2001-02      Joanne Shane                  Dubois                  “Around the World in 80 Days”

2002-03      Kay Abeyta                     Riverton               “Along the Wind Rendezvous”

2003-04      Beth Thurow                  Sheridan               “Cowboy Chi”

3004-05      Kay Meeks                      Pinedale                “A Diamond in the Rough”

2005-06      Cynthia Sorg-Wagner     Riverton              “The Cowboy-Myth and Reality”

2006-07      Ronald Gregory              Riverton

2007-08      Marie Bramson               Casper

2008-09      Jaime Penuel                   Cody           “A Picture Paints a Thousand Words”

2009-10      Barbara Oslie                  Cody                     “Old West Meets New West”

2010-11      Debbie Despain              Dubois                 “Wyoming, Why We Love It”

2011-12      Anita Laycock-Hunt       Cheyenne              “Let Legends Live”

2012-13      Steve Rodriguez              Cheyenne              “Back to the Country”

2013-14      Kay Meeks                      Dubois                 “Come Fly With Me”

2014-15      Mack Brislawn               Gillette                  “Green”

2015-16      Tom Lucas                      Dubois        Enhance your life“Paint a Still Life”

2016-17      Sharon Schell                  Dubois                  “Mardi Gras”

2017-18        Laurie LaMere                Jackson                 “Wyoming En Plein Air”

2018-19      Laurell Fogg                     Cheyenne                “Botanical”

2022-23      Past Presidents               Big Piney              “A Day in Paris”

2023-24      Susan N/Sharon S           Big Piney              “Cinco de Mayo”