More information added to special show page for Porcelain Artists of California (PAC) January 2001 show (demonstration schedule, vendor list, etc.). See the January 2001 listing for the PAC show on the China Shows page for the link to their special show page.

June 2001 Schedule for the Cazenovia PPAA School is on the China Schools Page.

Added a link to Porcelain Unlimited, Doris Ackilli's web site in the Personal Web Sites and Studios section of the Our Favorite Links page.

Added links to the web sites of Stan Horton's The Kiln Elements Company and Janette Graham's The China Painting List on the "Our Favorite Links" page.

New Studio listing in the New Mexico section of the China Studios page for Marilyn Burcham's Studio. And another new studio lising in the Hong Kong section of the China Studios page for May Cheong.

Listing for the PPAA School in Kansas City, Missouri and listing of china painting courses at the Gladstone Pottery Museum (in England), added to the China Painting Schools page.

Added links to the web sites of the Cridge Porcelain Studio, Barbara Kay Vrana's "BK's Porcelain Perspective", Ursula Gilewski (Germany), Lavender Passion Gallery and ChiHu Minxing Color Porcelain Factory (China) on the "Our Favorite Links" page.

New Studio listing in the Pennsylvania section of the China Studios page for The Cridge Porcelain Studio. And another new studio lising in the China section of the China Studios page for ChiHu Minxing Color Porcelain Factory.

Special show pages for the the Porcelain Artists of California (PAC) convention (January), the California WOCP convention (February), the Arizona Porcelain Artists show (February) and the New York State WOCP convention (September).  The link to these special pages is available from the listing for each show on the China Shows page.

Listing for china painting courses at Pendrell Hall College (in England) (taught by highly qualified teacher and PPIO member, Gordon Henry), added to the China Painting Schools page.

Added links to the web sites of Gordon Henry and Celee Evans on the "Our Favorite Links" page.

New Web Page for Ruth Little Studio. Features Ruth Little's books and video. - You can click on the listing for the Ruth Little Studio page in the Drop-down list of Web Pages on the PPIO home page or go to the Gallery of Web Pages and click on the link to the Ruth Little Studio web page there.

Added a painting of roses on a tray by Charter Member, Linda Mekshes, on the Charter Members page. Click on the "Painting" link beside Linda's name on the Charter Members page to see her contribution to the Charter Members Gallery.

Betty has a new post office box for PPIO membership applications and other correspondence. The new post office box is P.O. Box 46, Captain Cook, HI 96704. All references, on this site, regarding membership applications and renewals by post office mail will soon contain this new post office box.

Betty's email address is now bettyg@hawaii.rr.com. As of October 18, 2000, the bettyg@worldshare.net email address will no longer be receiving email.

Betty will still be able to receive email at the Southland email address (bettyg@southland.net), but the bettyg@hawaii.rr.com address is preferred.

List of Demonstrators for the upstairs room and list of vendors added to the CCPAA 2000 Convention special show page. Go to the China Shows page and click on the link to the special show page for the CCPAA 2000 Convention (October 2000 section).

Added more links to "Our Favorite Links" page, including a link to the web sites of Phil Worsdale and Andrew Orr.

New Catalog Page for Handwerker Porcelain. Alicia Handwerker is the distributor for Helen Humes products. Also available are Willoughby's paints and Scharff brushes - You can click on the listing for the Handwerker Porcelain catalog page in the Drop-down list of Catalog Pages on the PPIO home page or go to the Catalogs page and click on the link to Handwerker Porcelain there.

New Web Page for Jo Linda Smith. Jo Linda specializes in roses, but she also offers seminars in many other subjects. - You can click on the listing for Jo Linda's page in the Drop-down list of Web Pages on the PPIO home page or go to the Gallery of Web Pages and click on the link to Jo Linda's web page there.

Several new links have been added to web sites related to painting on porcelain on the "Our Favorite Links" page.

New Catalog Page for Gloria McCarthy. - You can click on the listing for Gloria's page in the Drop-down list of Catalog Pages on the PPIO home page or go to the Catalogs page and click on the link to Gloria's catalog page there.

Added a picture of some limoges boxes by Charter Member, Kathy Cox, on the Charter Members page. Click on the "Painting" link beside Kathy's name on the Charter Members page to see her contribution to the Charter Members Gallery.

Special show page for the the CCPAA "A Rainbow of Beauty" Convention in October, 2000, in Riverside, California.  The link to this special page is available from the CCPAA 2000 Convention listing (October, 2000) on the China Shows page.

New Studio listing in the Nevada section of the China Studios page for Nina's Porcelain Studio.

And we've added MORE pictures to the new Picture Resource Library (in the Members Only section of this web site). Betty will have some Hawaii pictures ready for the library soon, so keep checking for announcement of that addition.

New painting by Charter Member, Joan Shaddy, on the Charter Members page. Click on the "Painting" link beside Joan's name on the Charter Members page to see her new contribution to the Charter Members Gallery.

Another New feature in the PPIO Members Only section. Find out how many PPIO members there are from your state or country. The list of state and country totals is presented, up-to-date as of the minute you click on the menu option (on the PPIO Members Only menu page) to see the state/country counts listing.
Note: These counts are for Paid members of the PPIO organization. This is not a count of the PPIO Free mailing list members.

Membership in PPIO is $32 per year and entitles you access to the Members Only section of the PPIO web site. Access to this section provides painting lessons, search of the FAQ (Mailing List questions in a searchable format) database, search of the Picture Resource Library, and more. For information on becoming a PPIO member, click the "Membership" link on the left side of the PPIO home page or click here to go directly to the Membership page.

The Porcelain Painters Picture Resource Library Searchable Database is now up, in the Members Only section of this site. The Picture Resource Library contains hundreds of photos of subjects to paint (flowers, animals, birds, etc.), which can be displayed in a format for printing. This feature is only available to paid members of PPIO, from the Member Logon menu. For information about joining the Porcelain Painters International Online (PPIO) organization, go to the Membership page.

Special show page for the the Minnesota WOCP "Tea for Two...Thousand" Convention in October, 2000, in Blue Earth, Minnesota.  The link to this special page is available from the Minnesota WOCP 2000 Convention listing (October, 2000) on the China Shows page.

Helen Hume's web page now has a listing (with some picture samples) of her many china painting study patterns for sale from her page.

Several new links have been added to PPIO's Our Favorite Links page:
Two new listings in the Publications section: Overglaze on Review and Porcelaine Porzellan Porcellana, the exclusive Swiss Magazine publication;
Two new listings in the China Supplies section: Cheryl's China (Studio 43) and K&E Crafts,
and several links are listed for pages on the Canadian Museums site in the Related Web Sites section. Check these new links out!

New School, Southwest Porcelain Artist Pow Wow, added to the Schools page.

Added new items (hand painted jewelry and patterns for bookmarks) on Helen Hume's web page.

Added link to Ann Cline Studios' new web site on the "Our Favorite Links" page, under the "China Supplies, Equipment, Books and Seminars" section. Ann's web site features all of her white china, supplies and equipment.

Betty is now living on the Big Island in Hawaii. All references to sending membership applications and renewals by post office mail now contain her new post office box in Keauhou, Hawaii.

Marci's email address has changed to rxguitar@home.com. All references to her old bellsouth.net email address on this site have been replaced with her new home.com email address.

Tom Albano's original painting has been replaced by an intricately painted Coffee Pot and beautiful painted tray. See the "Painting" link beside Tom's name on the Charter Members page.

Information for the CCPAA October show added to the China Shows page.

New Show information for Australian Porcelain Art Teachers Inc.(APAT) Show added to Shows page

A page for Arizona added to the Declarations of China Painting as a Fine Art section. See the table of contents on the Library page.

Special show page for the Virginia WOCP State Convention in March, 2000 in Mt. Vernon, Virginia.  The link to this special page is available from the Virginia WOCP State Convention listing (March, 2000) on the China Shows page.

New link added for Queensway China web site on the Our Favorite Links page.

New link added for Mr. and Mrs. of Dallas new web site on the Our Favorite Links page.

Also added some new show listings on the China Shows page.