State Ambassador Outreach Program
In 2003, the State Ambassador Outreach Program was created as an effort to increase the personal contact between the Portrait Society of America's growing membership and the organization. Each State Ambassador serves as a resource for members and interested artists, providing information about the Portrait Society, educational workshops and classes, mentors, museum exhibitions and all things related to the discipline of portraiture within their state.
Currently, we have State Ambassadors in 40 states and 4 continents.
States currently seeking ambassadors are: Arkansas, California, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Montana, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia, and International regions of Canada, South America, and Asia.
To become a State Ambassador, please click "Apply Now" to fill out the application online.
To get in touch with your State Ambassador, please email allison@portraitsociety.org.
State Ambassador Mission Statement:
Through the development of the State Ambassador position, it is the goal of the Portrait Society of America to create a greater awareness of portrait and/or figurative art, and to inspire interested artists toward consistent improvements in methods and techniques. It is the hope of the Portrait Society of America that through this type of effort, portrait and/or figurative art can achieve a greater level of appreciation and understanding among all.
KERRY
VOSLER
National Coordinator
Valrico, FL
ALLISON
GILLIARD
Staff Liaison
Special Programs and Outreach
Ambassadors By State
LYNITA
MOTES
Alabama
Montevallo, AL
DONNA
CATOTTI
Alaska
Haines, AK
JEAN TURNER SMITH
Arizona
Gilbert, AZ
CRYSTAL
DESPAIN
Colorado
Windsor, CO
LISA
MANZO
Colorado
Denver, CO
JEANINE
JACKSON
Connecticut
Old Greenwich, CT
LINDA HARRIS REYNOLDS
Delaware
Wilmington, DE
DEBORAH
BROACH
North Florida
Orange Park, FL
LI
VOLK
Southwest Florida
Sarasota, FL
THERESA
HARRIS
Georgia
Canton, GA
WENDY
ROBERTS
Hawaii
Kailua, HI
DEBORAH
GILL
Idaho
Meridian, ID
CALI
WARD
Idaho & Wyoming
Pocatello, ID
KIM
ABBATI
Illinois
Willowbrook, IL
SIMONA
BUNA
Indiana
Noblesville, IN
MELANIE HARDING BATES
Kentucky
Louisville, KY
ERIC
CRENSHAW
Maryland
Odenton, MD
MARY
LAZAR
Massachusetts & New Hampshire
Elkins, NH
ANNE MAREE
HEALY
Massachusetts & New Hampshire
Plymouth, MA
KATHLEEN ERICSON
Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
ROBERT
SCUDDER
Michigan
Petoskey, MI
ARMANDO
GUTIERREZ G
Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
LIBBIE
PATTERSON
Mississippi
Oxford, MS
TERRY
WHITEHURST
Mississippi
Iuka, MS
KATHY
CLINE
Missouri & Kansas
Riverside, MO
LITTLETON
ALSTON
Nebraska
Omaha, NE
RACHEL
MINDRUP
Nebraska
Omaha, NE
RAY
FREEMAN
Nevada
Carson City, NV
BILLY
SECCOMBE
New Jersey
Metuchen, NJ
PATRICIA
BOES
New York
Long Island City, NY
LUANA LUCONI WINNER
North Carolina
Raleigh, NC
MARLENE
STEELE
Ohio
Cincinnati, OH
KATHRYN WALKER RICHARDSON
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City, OK
NICOLE
TROUP
Pennsylvania
Greencastle, PA
LEN
DEANGELIS
Rhode Island
Newport, RI
JENNIFER HEYD WHARTON
South Carolina
Beaufort, SC
SUZANNE VIECHNICKI
South Carolina
Bluffton, SC
BETTY
BULLEN
Tennessee
Luttrell, TN
CAROL
FAIRLIE
Texas & New Mexico
Alpine, TX
ROBIN WILLIAMSON
Texas
Sugar Land, TX
STACY
MINCH
Utah
Vineyard, UT
ALISON
LANDRY
Virginia/Washington, DC
Arlington, VA
SCOTT
JONES
Washington
Stanwood, WA
FIO
LOMBARDI
Washington
Tacoma, WA
KATHIE
WHEELER
Wisconsin
Viroqua, WI
JANELLE
HATHERLY
Australia & New Zealand
Sydney, New South Wales
HONGBIN
ZHANG
China
Qingdoa, Shandong, China
ANDREA
STEINBAUER
Europe & United Kingdom
Munich, Germany
TALETA
WILLER
South Africa and The Netherlands
Western Cape, South Africa
NATTAWUT "KIM"
KREANGKRAILEARD
Thailand
Bangkok, Thailand