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”
2024-25 Susan Nessan Big Piney “The Great Gatsby”