Artists and Professional Organizations

I joined The Chestnut Group (a mostly middle Tennessee Plein Air Group) a couple years ago.  It's a great group to join because there are so many wonderful artists in it.  I have grown as an artist enormously since I began signing up for their workshops and getting more involved.  The past few weeks I've started looking around at other art organizations that I could join.

There are some groups that are "invitation only," and so, of course, I can't join those. However, I looked for other art groups that allow artists to join who aren't professional and aren't represented by galleries. Thus I joined Outdoor Painters Society (associate member), and I applied to Oil Painters of America (associate member).  I had to submit two painting to OPA, and now I wait to see if they accept me or not.  (Later note) - I was accepted to OPA.  So now I'm a member of The Chestnut Group, and associate member of Outdoor Painters Society, an associate member of Oil Painters of America, and an associate member of the American Impressionistic Society.  I think that is more than enough!   I will look through member resources on each their respective webpages and see what help I can find.

It will be interesting and fun to see if those new relationships and memberships will help me improve my art as much as The Chestnut Group.

Update: 4/13/2019 - I also joined American Women Artists.