May 2008, Governor's Award

The Senior Artists Alliance received the First Annual Maryland Governor's Leadership in Aging visual arts group award. It was presented by Governor O'Malley at a reception at the Annapolis Senior Center on May 13. Maryland bought Renata Vaccari's pastel, shown below, to illustrate their poster.   Thank you, Governor O'Malley SAA attendees were Mary Ellen Gordon, Paul Pincus, Renata Vaccari, Marianne & Paul Giguere, Stuart Glickman Lt. Governor Brown, Governor O'Malley, and the legendary journalist, Helen Thomas presented our award. Ms. Thomas, the guest speaker, delivered a hard-hitting manifesto on the decline in the quality and ethics of political reportage and presented her view of the Bush administration's policies, morals and actions....