Our regular calendar kicks off with the Winter Symposium, held in late January at the Boettcher Mansion. This cozy Fireside Room gathering includes the Society's annual business meeting, followed by a catered dinner and keynote address (past guest lecturers have included David Rago, Suzanne Perrault, Dard Hunter III, Paul Duchscherer, Tommy and Beth Ann McPherson, Bruce Smith, Dianne Ayres, Bruce Bradbury, Robert Rust, Richard Guy Wilson, Ann Chaves, Lawrence Kreisman, Christian Gladu and Mary Walker (whose 2010 workshop and lecture focused on "The Art & Craft of Navajo Weaving".

The upcoming 2011 Symposium will feature artists Laura Wilder from Rochester, New York and Leon Loughridge from Colorado, who will lecture and demonstrate their respective linoleum and woodblock print techniques.  Both Laura and Leon will have samples of their work for sale throughout the evening (see www.laurawilder.com and www.dcartpress.com).