MEMBERSHIPS
Kristy is a member of the following organizations:
The mission of OPA is to advance the cause of traditional, representational fine art by providing a forum in which artists can display their art in regional and national competitions. In addition, the organization is committed to providing educational opportunities to its members through its newsletter, critique program, scholarships, workshops, seminars, and demonstrations by today’s masters.
Serving artists since 1998, American Impressionist Society offers our members opportunities in exhibitions, workshops, panel discussions, painting demonstrations, critiques, paint outs, lectures and tours.
Associate Member
The Key West Art Center & Gallery provides a year round sales resource for local artists. It provides a community gathering place, learning environment and public exhibit space. We safeguard the heritage of Key West as a city of artists.
The mission of American Women Artists is to celebrate, unite, and promote women in the visual fine arts through our core values of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
The mission of Boerne Visual Artists is to contribute to the cultural enrichment of the greater Boerne area by empowering artists and promoting interest, education, and participation in the visual arts.
Cultivating community and providing resources and education to help cowgirl artists grow their business and improve their craft. Cowgirl artists come in many forms. Some cowgirl artists are born into the cowgirl lifestyle, riding horses and doctoring cattle from an early age, some come into the lifestyle later on, and still others are artists who represent the cowgirl lifestyle and the places and animals she knows and loves. Cowgirl Artists of America supports them all.
The American Plains Artists or APA was first organized in 1982 as a small group of artists who banded together to highlight through their art, the variety to be found in the vast region known as the American Plains.
From these humble beginnings, the APA today has expanded into a nonprofit organization with a growing membership of both signature and associate members.
Activities of the APA include organizing an annual juried show to encourage, inform and reward artists working in traditional media who maintain high standards of quality and integrity in their representational recordings and artistic expressions of the heritage and history of the Plains. Additional activities include scholarships, workshops, demonstrations and lectures, and an opportunity for members to network among other members.
What are the Great Plains?
It’s a broad expanse of prairie and steppe that lie east of the Rocky Mountains in the United States and Canada. The area covers parts of the U.S. states of Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana, and Wyoming, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba.