SASA NEWSLETTER November 2018
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SASA NEWSLETTER November 2018 Patrons: Sam Nhlengethwa, Conrad Theys, Hayden Proud www.sasa-artists.co.za President: Audrey Innes www.facebook.com/SASArtists http://sasartists.blogspot.com [email protected] Secretary: Liz Pearson – PO Box 2574, Clareinch, 7740. 021 671 8941 [email protected] Treasurer: Mike Forrester – PO Box 2574, Clareinch, 7740. Tel 021 761 6357 [email protected] Diary NOVEMBER Saturday 24 Art in the Park, Rondebosch Monthly Meeting: Eleanor Palmer competition and end of Thursday 29 year function Friday 30 Plein Air Outing: Chart Farm JANUARY Thursday 31 Monthly Meeting: Demo to be finalised FEBRUARY Thursday 28 AGM and Drawing Competition How lovely yellow is! It stands for the sun. Vincent van Gogh Letter from the President Dear Members, Only seven more Friday’s to Christmas!! appropriate plate of eats, such as finger-food or snacks. We will supply the wine, fruit juice, tea, coffee as usual. I so enjoyed Sonja’s ‘demo’ last Members Meeting. You can tell she really does love to impart all her There will also be lots of lovely prizes artistic knowledge. I could have kept her there up for grabs for the best artwork much longer, but we all had beds to go to. (voted by you, the members) so it’s grateful thanks to Skye Kennedy of the So, our next exciting, and final event for 2018, Italian Artshop for the gift vouchers Art in The Park II happens at the last weekend of and to Linda and Greg Austin of this month. Let’s hope the weather has settled Artland for the canvases and quiz down by then and we know if it’s going to be prizes. wet/cold/hot/windy and prepare accordingly. Or just bring everything; your sun hat and Oh yes, the quiz … we’ve added a sunscreen lotion, thermal underwear and scarf, special little ‘twist’ to this year’s raincoat and wellies. I look forward to seeing questions. Christine Cherry-Jones and everyone there and enjoying a great vibe and Libby Harrison have a few tricks up making fabulous sales. See more about it below Last year's winner - Grazyna Janik their sleeves! Sounds like great fun. in the newsletter. with the Trophy On a more serious note, we’d like to I am happy to announce that Emeline Salmon, who has reach out to members to come forward and/or been a member of SASA for many, many years, was nominate a member to volunteer their services on awarded the title “Honorary Member” at our recent Council. A new Council will be elected in February, so Council meeting. Thank you, Emeline, for your now is the time to start thinking about contributing to continued support of the Society and SASA looks the running of this very vibrant society. Contact me at forward to you being with us for many more years to [email protected] if you would like to put come. your name (or a fellow member) forward, or just to find out more about what joining the Council entails. I hope to see you at our final bash which promises to be a lot of fun, with ‘lashings of ginger beer’. As usual, Finally, ‘tis the season to be jolly and all that, so be jolly catering for this event is up to our Members (also Mary creative, jolly happy and keep jolly safe. Wishing you all is away this month!). Please everyone, do bring an a healthy, happy and creative Festive Season.. Audrey Innes . Page 1 of 9 Member News and Happenings The noticeboard is put up at every monthly meeting and the latest news from the art world posted for your information. You are invited to bring along your own bits of information to post on the board. Members are also welcome to put up notices advertising their art related products or classes. If you have any news you would like to share, email [email protected]. We have included a list of art teachers at the end of this newsletter, so if you would like your name added to the list, please email [email protected]. We are coming to the end of our financial year and only have one new member for 2018. It’s welcome back to Corena Haramis of Greenpoint. Our new membership for 2019 has started briskly, so we welcome Carmen Clews, Lizette van der Merwe and Marlene Kennedy-Smith to our SASA family. Also welcome back to Marie Huddlestone. We look forward to meeting you all at our monthly meetings and at our exhibitions. This will be the last newsletter for the year. This is your newsletter and if you have any information or news you think would be newsworthy and would like to share, please drop a line to [email protected] or telephone 021 671 8941. Drive safely over the coming festive season and enjoy a well earned break. 2019 Membership Fees Membership fees are due in January, and you can make You can email proof of payment to secretary@sasa- payment via the internet to SASA artists.co.za but please use your name as the Nedbank Constantia, branch code beneficiary reference. 198765, account number Ordinary members : R300 1088006981. Please, please, please Country members : R200 use your name as the beneficiary Students (full time under 25) : R200 reference as we still get payments from sources unknown. The joining fee will remain at R100 and this will be As mentioned last month, the subs applicable to those members whose memberships will be R300 for Cape Town members and R200 for lapse during the year. country members. If you pay by cheque, please make Please remember that you can only take advantage of your payment out to the South African Society of Artists the discounts offered by the art shops if your (in full) and post to The Treasurer, PO Box 2574, membership is up-to-date. It is also important to renew Clareinch, 7740. We would also ask you, if possible, to your membership timeously, especially if you are taking pay either by cheque or eft as paying cash results in part in our exhibitions. exorbitant bank charges. It is extremely important that you use your name as the beneficiary reference when paying. Every year we receive payments with no reference and we cannot trace these through the banking system. If this happens you will not be registered as having paid and will not receive any information from your society. SASA Programme - What’s on Monthly Meetings SASA Monthly Meetings are held at the Athenaeum, Boundary Terraces, off Campground Road, Newlands, on the last Thursday of every month at 19h00. Entry is R10 for members and R20 for guests, including refreshments. We encourage you to attend these meetings, find out what’s going on in your society and connect with your fellow artists. Thursday 25 October: Drawing Demo by Sonja Frenz: Report Back True to all expectations, Sonja entertained, demonstrated and informed all those who attended her demonstration in October. She introduced us to a “new” medium and members had a great time afterwards trying out the PanPastels. Thank you, Sonja, we really appreciated your input. Page 2 of 9 Thursday 29 November: Eleanor Palmer Competition and End of Year Function: We end our year off with a bang! Firstly, there is our competition which has traditionally been sponsored by the late Eleanor Palmer, who was a long-standing member of the society. Eleanor was president of SASA in 1988/1989 and presented this trophy to be awarded at an annual event. This year celebrates 30 years of the Eleanor Palmer Competition! This is an open subject competition in any medium and will follow the same procedures as our other in-house competitions. Remember, you must be there to enter. Combined with our social evening, we mark the end of the SASA calendar for the year. Each member is invited to submit one artwork of their choice. We have a few rules for the Eleanor Palmer Competition: (Please read carefully, to avoid disappointment.) These are in place so everyone has a fair chance at grabbing the trophy. • Only paid-up members and honorary members may participate. • Entrants must be present on the evening. • One entry per member. • Work may be in any medium and do not have to be framed. • Our standard copyright rules apply, and if in doubt, please contact [email protected] for clarity. Work may not be copied from any source material (eg, the internet or publications such as magazines) except for where the artist is the author/owns the copyright to the image or has been given permission in writing by the author. • Work submitted must be the original hand-made work and cannot be a photographic or electronic reproduction. • Work entered may be submitted for selection to a future SASA exhibition. Each work will be allocated a number, and voting will be by those members who are present. The Italian Artshop have donated gift vouchers for the evening and the winning paintings have the opportunity of having their work displayed in the window of the Italian Artshop for one month over December. Thank you, Skye. As promised, Christine Cherry-Jones and Libby Harrison have put together a quiz with a twist. You need to be there to find out what the “twist” is! Join a group, have a glass of something and test your art knowledge. Wonderful prizes have been donated by Artland for the winners of both the best partners, friends and family are very welcome to come artwork on the evening, as well as prizes for the quiz along as guests, but please note that only members winners – thank you Linda and Greg.