What lovely weather we are having, I can just picture all of you sitting painting…..
Our evening meal on the 19th May was as usual a very pleasant evening. Sixteen of us enjoyed a nice meal [apart from the vegetable bake] and lots of chat. Most club nights we don’t always get a chance to talk and it was nice to catch up on your news.
The Kindrogan weekend was really good. We had fantastic weather, it was nice to see it in the sun after the rain and mist of last year. For a change we are thinking we might go in the autumn next year. We will start booking at the beginning of 2011. Anyone interested to know more about it please contact me.
The Programme for 2010 – 20-11 is now completed with a variety which I hope will suit as many of you as possible.
The Exhibition Committee have met again and you should soon be getting your entry and explanation forms. You will see that we have increased the number of craft/photograph entries to six and unframed entries to eight. The framed section remains at eight.
Last year we tried a different method of labelling exhibits to replace the title strips but it didn’t work out. This year we are trying again. With your entry forms you will also receive cards to write details of your exhibit and this should be attached to your picture with a piece of string long enough to hang over the front of your picture for matching when they are being catalogued. We will do the rest.
It is important that the information on your entry form should be the same as on the label you attach to your entry
Items for the Raffle will be very welcome and this year we thought the proceeds of the raffle should go to the Tsunami appeal for Juan Fernandez. You will remember that last year Juan Fernandez featured in our exhibition and was devastated by the tsunami following the earthquake in Chile.
This year we are featuring a section of our exhibition on Fife artists past and present and have a grant to cover costs. We are in the process of gathering as much information as we can about Fife born artists so if you have any information to add to the list we are compiling, please let me know. Fife has not been boastful about it’s talented artists over the centuries, it would be very interesting to see some recognition for them even in our own small way. Already we are finding some very interesting talents.
Posters for the exhibition are almost ready and you will receive a small one in the next Newsletter to put in the back shelf of your car. If you can distribute posters in your area please contact me and I will get them to you. Our exhibition only occurs once a year and is an excellent way to promote our club. Your help will be much appreciated
Members who have work in the Lundin Links Hotel and want it back for the exhibition, please let me know. The Hotel is expecting to be very busy during the Open and sales are expected so this year we have delayed the submission of your entry forms for the exhibition to Tuesday 20th July to allow for any sales at the Hotel.
Hotel competition The handing in day for the competition is Tuesday 8th June between 2pm and 3pm. It is a very difficult building to draw and proving quite a challenge. Looking forward to seeing the entries.
The winner will be chosen on the evening of Sunday 13th. Good Luck
For your interest…. Dunfermline Art club are holding their annual exhibition in the Kingsgate Shopping Centre [just outside Debenhams] from 26th June – 4th July.
There was a very good programme on this week about the Glasgow Boys on BBC2 presented by Muriel Gray. If you missed it I can let you see a copy[I taped it]
Jane is making great progress with her training for her run on Sunday 13th. She is looking great… How I wish I had her energy. She has worked really hard for this and we all wish her well
The Easel There was a good response for the easel last month and I wondered if members would like to use the Newsletter to sell unwanted or unused art related items….books, paints, easels …….what do you think??
Quotes From Don…….” I cannot help it that my paintings do not sell. The time will come when people will see that they are worth more than the price of paint"” Vincent Van Goch
‘Art does not reproduce the visible, rather, it makes it visible’ Paul Klee