CATHERINE DALEY

PRS Board Vice President, Exhibitions Committee Co-chair, Events Committee Co-chair

I volunteer to give back to the artistic community of sculptors who inspire me daily. Although this time was fraught with challenges, including civil unrest, fires, and pandemics, we still provided artists with exhibitions at venues such as the Commonwealth Club of San Francisco, Artworks Downtown, as well as the prestigious ISC virtual Chapter Exhibitions to showcase our members' artwork. During this time, I derived a deep sense of community and belonging by meeting quality artists, making new friends, and learning about resources and techniques. In closing, we as artists need to lead the way in supporting the arts. 

(Thank you to Catherine, who as co-chair of the Exhibitions Committee and co-chair of the Events Committee has helped to produce exciting and prestigious PRS exhibitions and also helped with the PRSl "Second Sunday Spotlight" event series. Life events now require Catherine to step down from the PRS Board, but she continues to be engaged in PRS activities.)

Catherine Daley, "Aurora Triad"

Catherine Daley, "Quercus Illuminosa"

JEFF KEY

PRS Board Secretary, Development Committee, Communications Committee

I volunteer because I want my ideas, energy, and commitment to help make sculpture a powerful force in our community.

Being a PRS Board member enables me to learn new organizational skills and polish my prior skills; it also lets me make new connections and increase my visibility with colleagues on the local, regional, and national level. 

It helps me to create more opportunities to get my work out into the world at the same time that I help sculpture become recognized as an essential element our culture.

Even though I am busy these days, being an active participant of the PRS Board helps me to reach these goals for PRS and for myself.

Jeff Key, "Vessel #86 — Détente, Wood, 30" x 12" x 16", 2019

Jeff Key, "Vessel #91 — Scherzo, Wood & Flax, 42" x 33" x 27", 2020

OLEG LOBYKIN

PRS Board, Exhibitions Committee

I volunteer for PRS because it provides opportunities to meet other sculptors and promote sculpture together for a common good, and I enjoy contributing my diverse experience and energy to the organization. I like teamwork and the good spirit of this group that believes art is essential in our life.

Oleg Lobykin, "Sea Foam"

Oleg Lobykin, "Talking Heads", at Burning Man

ELEAS KOSTIS

PRS Board

I volunteer because the PRS Board is a wonderful way to engage and contribute to the art form and to the greater community. It has provided me a connective role to broaden my interests and extend my abilities. The exposure to a rich diversity of experiences is both humbling and deeply gratifying. 

Eleas Kostis, “Rock Hopper”, steel and flame, 11' x 6', 2007

Eleas Kostis, “Habitable Zone Reveal”, willow wood and carbonized pigment, 39”x 17”r, 1997 

CHARLES STINSON

PRS Board, Exhibitions Committee, Communications Committee, Development Committee

I deeply appreciate the exhibition opportunities and connections I have early in my PRS membership, so in 2012 when my life circumstances allowed it, I chose to volunteer.

The timing was opportune:  PRS membership and activities had dropped sharply following the recession of 2007-2009, and had not yet recovered. And the internet was beginning to transform the world.

My prior career had given me technology and writing skills, and I was experienced in helping groups identify goals, challenges, and sustainable solutions. After surveying PRS members, a small group of us migrated communications from cumbersome and costly postal mail to email, set up a website, and restarted planning exhibitions with respected curators. In 2016 PRS gained tax-exempt non-profit status and became a Chapter of the International Sculpture Center (ISC), further expanding PRS benefits.

Over the years I have served as a PRS Board member, Board President, and as member or Chair of various Committees, including Communications (website, newsletter & other publications), and Development. 

I have met great colleagues, learned about their works, and observed how they make creative magic happen in their studios. And they have encouraged me to try things I had not considered.  

Volunteering helped me to gain or to improve skills for my art career in a rapidly changing world. 

• managing mailing lists, promotion, social media
• editing photos, designing graphics,
• writing about art, 
• designing page layouts for newsletters, brochures, & books
• planning exhibitions (including virtual ones).
• designing useful, resource-rich websites.

PRS has benefited, and so have I. So what do you want to contribute or learn?

Come volunteer with us — we all benefit!