Pamela Scherf – Finalist – Moreton Bay Regional Art Awards. – figurative work titled “Campfire” – in the open 2D section. Winners are announced on the 22nd May. ALSO – Group Exhibition: Figuratively Speaking. Opening: 5.30pm on Friday 5th June. When: June 5th -7th - long weekend. Where: The Art Factory, 84 Merivale St. South Brisbane Avril Thomas: has a busy schedule the next 3 months, participating in The South Australian Living Artists Festival EVENTS as well as: SOLO exhibition: the 3 Divas in Caffrey St, McLarenvale, through April. GROUP exhibition: at Scotch College, Curreth Rd. Torrens Park. 22 -24 May. ALSO – 3 SALA Events: SOLO Exhibition: Avril is holding in culmination of an artist’s residency, paintings and drawings of the staff working in theatre at Flinders Medical Centre The Promenade, Bedford Park during the South Australian Living Artists Festival. 11th Aug – 16th Sept OPEN STUDIO: 26 Willunga St, Eden Hills - her portraits and landscapes will be on view and for sale. 13th – 17th August GROUP Portrait Exhibition: Ayres House/National Trust Museum, North Terrrace, Adelaide, is holding a group Portrait exhibition with leading S.A portrait artists during the SALA Festival. Avril’s portrait of Vice Chancellor Prof. Anne Edwards of Flinders University will be featured. 7th – 23rd August David K Rees: has relocated to QLD and is having a busy time settling in and introducing himself to the locals. A Private Exhibition at his studio – ‘On Reflection’ – including a collection of marine works and portraits for sale. [AFTER which he shall be judging the Cooktown Art Prize.] Where: Cominos House, Greenslopes Road, Edge Hill Cairns, QLD. When: 24 April. ALSO Solo Exhibition: David has recently exhibited in Zhengzhou, Henan, China: ‘Reflections of Australia’ – which opened in early April. David writes: “I made the Invitation and Catalogue cover with Ken Done. Over 300 Government dignitaries attended the Opening.” Dr Alex Sandor Kolozsy: recently gave two sculpture demonstrations - for the Windsor Art Society and the Macquarie Towns Arts Society. Following his usual method, a wooden base with a metal support was covered with a clay/wax mixture to build the correct skull shape, and then the head was worked from life. Janis Lander: is taking a 2-week artists’ residency in the remote outback artist’s studio at Fowlers Gap, UNSW Research Station, during May. WELCOME TO NEW EXHIBITING MEMBER Susie Devenport. Thank you to all the artists who answered the Expressions of Interest in the last newsletter. Your comments and feedback were discussed at the committee meeting. Owing to short numbers, the October Exhibition at the Arthouse Hotel in Sydney has been cancelled. We need 50-60 works to fill the Arthouse as it is a large exhibition space. We have booked the Arthouse venue for 2010. In future the PAA Committee will concentrate one or two strong exhibitions per year with media attention etc. Additional events/exhibitions will be treated as Special Events and organized separately by a sub committee. Therefore we will focus our energies and resources for the remainder of 2009 on the September Exhibition at Parliament House Canberra: (A person whose professional profile you consider admirable, but one not reported in the media or in the public eye. This is a very large number of people.) Regarding Freight queries, at this time we will probably organize a depot for artists to deliver their works to in each capital City. PAA will underwrite the cost of this and the entry fee will be higher than usual to help with these costs. Information sheets and entry forms will be sent to members in June. Hanging Day will be Tuesday 1st of September and Opening Night on Wednesday 2nd September 6-8pm. (Speaker to be announced.) Take-down on the Wednesday 30th September. Pick up by artists will be at their depots in each capital city. The AGM will be held in July this year. The venue will be announced next newsletter. Wednesday 29th July 7-9pm. Refreshments will be offered. The Books will be open for inspection. The committee invites all PAA members to attend and vote for the new committee members. All positions are up for grabs. Please consider putting yourself forward for the committee. We meet once a month (except around Christmas) and organize all the events and business of this interesting and dynamic group of professional artists. If you are interested, please contact a committee member and have a chat about the way it works. Contact numbers are on the website.ARTISTS‘ NEWS
Annual General Meeting – July 2009
COMMITTEE REPORT:
UNSUNG HEROES
THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING