Art Doll Quarterly: ODACA:Behind the Scenes Part 2

The May June July 2015 issue of Art Doll Quarterly magazine is out 

and there is a wonderful article about ODACA (Original Doll Artists Council of America) by Lillian Alberti.  I was thrilled to be profiled and see two of my dolls "Sim Shalom" and "Once Upon a Starry Night" in this article!

Other artists profiled in this article are Sarah Maldanado and Barbara Schoenoff.  Lillian is writing a series of articles about ODACA artists for ADQ.  Thank you Lillian!

ODACA 2012

The Original Doll Artist Council of America (ODACA) Conference was set in New Orleans this year, so attending was a no-brainer! The theme and program given by Maryanne Oldenburg was Bal Masque.

 

We had three wonderful new artists inducted this year:

Lillian Alberti

Sarah Maldonado

Wendy Rinehart

Outgoing president Christine Shively was honored for her years of service to ODACA.

The sales room was lively….

The luncheon on Monday had table centerpieces made by

Angela Jarecki


Christine Shively


Marilynn Huston


Marsha Krohn



Gloria "Mimi" Winer

One lucky winner from each table got to take home a centerpiece doll.

And many dolls were donated by ODACA artists for raffle. Here are just a few…


Here's the little guy I donated:

 

Winner of my doll

The highlight of the luncheon of course is the souvenir doll, which each luncheon attendee receives. This year’s souvenir dolls were made by our incoming president, Adele Sciortino. Here they are waiting for the great unveiling. 

 The excitement builds as the boxes with the dolls are distributed.  Everyone waits for the signal to open the boxes all at once.

Happy luncheon patrons with their souvenir dolls.

 

Adele outdid herself with her creations – each one is individually made and unique!