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Poole & East Dorset Art Society November 2014 ~Newsletter~ Poole & East Dorset Art Society CELEBRATING 90 YEARS November 2014 ~Newsletter~ 1 THE COACH DRIVER ON THE AMSTERDAM HOLIDAY FOUND THE ONLY TOILET IN BELGIUM. 2 POOLE & EAST DORSET ART SOCIETY NEWSLETTER: NOVEMBER 2014 EDITOR’S NOTES Welcome, once again to your November Newsletter. And what a newsletter! It’s really great to read all the interesting and varied accounts from our new contributors: Maureen, Linda, Lupita, Carol. I would also like to slip in this latest snippet of news: PEDAS has booked a three week slot at the Lighthouse for June next year - this time using the top Floor Gallery and the Mezzanine area leading up to it. This is a great opportunity to exhibit particularly large and exciting work; so there’s no size restriction. Also, there’s a new member of staff at the Lighthouse - who is an exhibiting artist himself - he now organizes the art exhibition bookings for the Lighthouse and therefore understands our requirements. As ever, the Newsletter wants to hear from members – ideas, exhibitions you have seen, outings, etc – so make a note of them while they’re fresh in your mind and share them with us. Email me...Sally [email protected] Next deadline date: 28 December FRONT COVER by Dick Hewitson. This painting is from his ‘Ledges’ series concerning the Kimmeridge Ledges which are partly covered by the sea at high tide. Dick is exhibiting with ‘ADDELPHI’ at the Gallery Upstairs from 27th November to 8th December. NOTES FROM THE CHAIR I have a very exciting opportunity to tell you about this month. Only a couple of weeks ago we were approached by the Dorset Golf and Country Club with a proposal to display and sell our paintings at their resort near Bere Regis. Liz, Pam and I have now had two meetings with them and visited the Club to see just where they are proposing that our work would be displayed. When I say ‘resort’, this is not just a golf club. They also offer golfing, bowling and self-catering holidays in their 16-room hotel, 2 separate houses and 12 luxury log homes (each sleeping 8 people). So to add to their 550 golf club and 170 bowls club members, they annually accommodate some 8000 visiting golfers and 4500 holiday makers for periods ranging from weekends to a week and have 1600 bowlers already booked in for this coming winter season. A 3 huge number of people to see our work, live with it for a few days and hopefully buy it to take home as a memento of their holiday. The space we are being offered is the hotel/bowls club entrance hall plus all the houses. Each house has space for 6-8 paintings of all sizes though there is probably more scope for larger work. They are looking in the first instance for local views (Purbeck countryside and coast), primarily figurative though we think they may be open to more abstract interpretations. Framing would need to be appropriate to the spaces so should mainly be cream/neutral though light wood would be suitable for some of the walls (no gold, black, dark wood) and box canvases will also work well. We would suggest that you do not frame any new work until it has been accepted for display. We should stress that the Golf Club will have final say on selection of paintings but you can rest assured that we will liaise closely with them to present your work. Price range should be from £50 to £500 on which 10% commission would be payable. They would do the hanging, selling and administration and cover all work with their own insurance. Obviously, no stewarding would be required. We are still at the preliminary stage but we wanted you to hear about it quickly. The logistics have not yet been finalised but, if you are interested in taking part in this new venture, please talk to or phone Pam, Liz or myself. Val COMMITTEE NEWS September/October 2014 Welcome to new committee members: Joy Gow, the new GUS Treasurer has been joining us at committee. Obviously she does not become an official committee member until AGM agreement but we welcome her involvement. We still have two places to fill for next year so if you are interested, have a chat with a committee member and come along for a taster if you want to. How would you like to receive your Newsletter ? A few more members opted for an electronic copy of the Newsletter but a couple have reverted to paper. The choice is yours. Rest assured that the newsletter will still be available in print for those who want it. Email does save us some money. Exhibitions/Events: PEDAS Autumn Exhibition has just finished and was well received. Many felt it was one of our most varied and high quality exhibitions for a long time. One issue, however, was that of the lack of sculpture, making the room appear a little open. Did anyone else feel that was a particular 4 problem? Sculptors find the Gallery not conducive to selling sculpture at a suitable price. It was agreed we need to find a way to encourage more sculpture. Ideas gratefully considered. PEDAS Spring Exhibition 18/3 – 7/4/15: A vote in committee determined to alternate between a theme and no theme for PEDAS exhibitions. Whilst everyone liked to “do what I like to do”, most also welcomed the challenge, discipline and learning that resulted from a theme. After a long debate, the theme for Spring 2015 was agreed to be: “Chiaroscuro” (very arty, look it up). John Bowen has agreed to talk to us about the subject on a Thursday in the New Year. We are contacting Lighthouse about future exhibitions there. Publicity: The cost/effectiveness of so many flyers and posters was questioned, though no conclusion was arrived at this time. Need to monitor; (currently we distribute to libraries, hotels, bus stations, tourist information offices, Lighthouse, etc). We have decided to abandon the practice of inviting former buyers to exhibition PVs by letter. Postage is getting too expensive and the response is patchy. We will try from now on to collect emails. Outings: The next coach trip is to be February 18, 2015, going to Bath for the Jeremy Gardiner exhibition. See details elsewhere in this Newsletter. Treasurer’s report: Following our 90th Birthday events and “the summer of spend”, our finances are starting to recover. Our overall balance is down to just over £3K today and it has been noted that expenses are rising; postage, cost of speakers, hire etc. Our Treasurer feels there is no need to panic but we instigated a review of our expenses and outgoings asking, “are we able to live within our current budget without more income and without compromising quality of club activity” ? We’ll keep you posted. The Gallery Upstairs News: Roger Brewer, the manager of Upton Country Park has invited members of PEDAS to a “workshop” afternoon on 5th November to talk about how the Park is progressing and what ideas might make it even better. There are 4 of us going so far. In the Walled Garden, a new sign board, including clip frame for display of the gallery exhibition should have been put up by the end of October. Underfloor heating work is still aiming for Dec2014/Jan 2015 for work on site at gallery. Are we moving in the right direction? From time to time we contemplate such esoteric questions as “Are we getting it right? Should we be more ambitious? Is everyone happy with the how the club is developing? Should we look for more members?” John Bowen, our President, has previously run a brainstorming session with the Committee and it was agreed we might benefit from another, possibly in the New Year to welcome new committee members. In the meantime, if you have any thoughts about the future of the club, let us know. Send us an email or speak to one of us on the committee. 5 Committee Member contacts: Val Taylor (Chair) Liz Magee [email protected] [email protected] 623529 721423 Mary Smolaga (Treasurer) Caroline Robertson [email protected] [email protected] 761936 881179 Sally Holland Dorothy Fox sallyportraits @hotmail.com [email protected] 775304 731839 Pam Philip John Biggs [email protected] [email protected] 887826 770338 Plus Gallery Upstairs Management team: Barry Kavanagh 678676 THURSDAY EVENING PROGRAMME FOR THE NEW YEAR AT ST ALDHEMS ACADEMY Pat has organized two very interesting sessions to begin our programme for the New Year. The first two sessions on 8th and 15th January will be PORTRAITS. We will be drawing and/or painting from various portrait models : ‘FACES FROM AROUND THE WORLD’. Bring materials of your choice. The full programme for the new term will be in January’s newsletter. COACH TRIP TO BATH IN FEBRUARY As we all enjoyed Jeremy Gardiner’s talk at our 90th Anniversary Dinner, the next coach trip will be on Wednesday, February 18, 2015, to see Jeremy’s exhibition: Jurassic Coast - at Victoria Art Gallery, Bath. The form will be in January’s issue. This exhibition features the famous Jurassic Coast seen through the eyes of landscape artist Jeremy Gardiner, who lives in Bath and is well known for his unique portrayal of the British coastline. He has borrowed real specimens of fossils from the area - ammonites, plesiosaurs, brittle stars and plant-like forms called crinoids – all of which occur in the artwork. PEDAS Spring Exhibition, 18 March – 7 April 2015, Theme – CHIAROSCURO We’ll be turning our minds to the idea of ‘CHIAROSCURO’ which is Italian for light-dark.
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