Meet Board Member - Jeanne Franke
Article by Pitter Scanlan
Jeanne Franke is our Clay Arts Guild's new publicity chair! Fourteen years ago she first became a member of CAG. She was on the board as Hospitality Chair, took classes for seven years, then took a seven-year break. She returned in January. Welcome back, Jeanne!
As she sees it, it her responsibility as Publicity Chairperson is to increase awareness of the Clay Arts Guild in the art world. Jeanne is the liaison between CAG and Sally Hogarty. Sally is the liaison between CAE and the newspapers.
Local papers are contacted before sales. Together, Jeanne and Sally will do follow-up calls, suggesting to the newspapers that their readers might be interested in knowing who their community artists are. She collects bios on different people in the studio. It's important for her to know who's doing what! Her advice to everyone is to get their best piece out and photograph it for future publicity opportunities! Take good pictures that local community newspapers would want to print!
Jeanne sends out public relations notices to many publications. Jeanne explained, "We've gotten pretty positive responses."
Last May Jeanne was the proud recipient of the Carol Levine Scholarship. She LOVES functional ware. Bowls are her specialty. Outside of class, she is the owner of Creative Listening Center, wife, and mother of two sons.