NAWA NOW is your magazine.

We are open to your submissions. We want to hear from you and to publish your stories about your work, your mentors, your community activities, and especially your art practice.

We are a diverse, talented and large group.

Shout Outs are open to all members. If you want to write one, send me a note and we’ll send you the guidelines. We will format and lightly edit and give you advice if you want it.

If you have a longer article you want to write about your art practice, or community activity, or someone you admire, send us a proposal. We will guide you through it. If you’ve seen an inspiring show, we may fit it into the News section.

We are glad to hear from you and about you. Our membership creates our content.

We hope you enjoy this issue.

Best Wishes,

Sarah Katz

Editing each new issue of the NAWA Magazine, NOW, brings me closer to knowing the breadth and depth of talented artists in this venerable, 135-year-old organization. The Winter 2024 issue will take you from an expert overview of Carolyn Rogers’ process for printing platinum/palladium images in her kitchen (!) to Jen Haefeli’s moving tribute to a nation of immigrants in her new illustrated book and Jen Haefeli’s written portrait of muralist “Lady Pink.”

No issue would be complete without a piece from the NAWA historical research committee, and the profile of former NAWA President (1961-65), portrait artist and activist Greta Matson did not disappoint. President Matson understood the value of her social involvement through art when she volunteered to sketch soldiers during World War II. That spirit is alive and well in many NAWA members.

We also offer you a glimpse into the world of digital art through four NAWA members who have braved that frontier and NOW looks forward to more discussion about digital art in these columns. As I was writing this message, I started to call digital art an emerging media, but one of the interviewees made it clear she has been on the vanguard of digital art for more than 25 years. If you have thoughts or questions about digital art, send us an email. We’d love to hear from our readers.

Enjoy the issue.