Notable & Signature Members

Notable Members

Elected Life Members
Andrea Ausland
Nell Bartlett
Dorothy “Dot” Dodds *
Linda A. Doll
Jane Jenerette *
Alice Kayuha
Ralph Kingery
Dwight Little
Carolyn Rosado
Mike Shirk *
John Swink
Carol Thomason
Ed Thomason *
Gay Westin
Mary Wood
Susan Wormsley

* deceased

Charter Members
Louise Rae Cardoza
Betty June Cutler
Alice DeWeese
Marion Dickes
J. Milford Ellison
Juanita Frances
George Kehew
Robert Landry
Kibby Linaweaver
Georgeanna Lipe
Wendell Montague
Thomas Potts
Eleanor Prato
Evelyn G. Schultz
Bud Shackelford
Wilkins Simpson
Suzy Spafford
Genevieve Stepanek
Lela C. Warr
La Nie W. Weibel

Honorary Members
Gerald Brommer
Bob Burridge
Frank Francese
Katherine Chang Liu
Dean Mitchell
John Salminen

Past Presidents
1964-65     J. Milford Ellison
1965-66     Wilkins Simpson
1966-67     Lela C. Warr
1967-68     George Kehew
1968-69     Bud Shackelford
1969-70     Johannes Jacobsen
1970-71     Wendell Montague
1971-73     John D. Robuck
1973-74     Arthur Matula
1974-75     Henry A. Meier
1975-76     Edwin H. Wordell
1976-77     Pauline Eaton
1977-78     Marie C. Wordell
1978-79     Duane R. Light
1979-80     Linda A. Doll
1980-81     Nancy W. Livesay
1981-82     Elaine Harvey
1982-83     Joan McKasson
1983-84     Norma Soulé
1984-85     Hannah Creighton
1985-86     Charles G. Donovan
1986-87     Gene Black
1987-88     E. Mona Runkle
1988-89     Barbara Siegal
1989-90     Dorothy E. Cohen
1990-91     Jan Clifton
1991-92     George T. Kern
1992-93     Royce Riggan
1993-94     Mary Stewart
1994-96     Mary Scarborough
1996-98     Robbie Laird
1998-00     Mary Sievers
2000-02     Jane LaFazio
2002-04     Risë Parberry
2004-06     Valli McDougle
2006-07     Mike Shirk        
2007-08     Carol Thomason
2008-09     Julie Anderson
2009-10     Roberta Dyer
2010-11     Denise Tverdoch
2011-12     Ally Benbrook
2012-13     Alice Kayuha
2013-14     Mary Sue Compton
2014-15     Bev Berwick
2015-16     Linda Ivor
2016-17     Ralph Kingery
2017-19     Susan Hewitt
2019-20     Gay Weston
2020-21     Terri Nelson
2021-22     Nell Bartlett
2022-23     Scott Trimlett
2023-24     Drew Bandish
2024-25     Karen Weir
2025-26     Robyn Litt

Master Aritsts

Available to artists who have been accepted at least ten times in the annual SDWS International Exhibition and who consistently maintain their membership after acquiring Signature status.

Signature Members

Available to artists who have been accepted at least three times in the annual SDWS International Exhibition and who consistently maintain their membership after acquiring Signature status.