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A&SC Newsletter Vol 2.1 December 2012/January 2013 1

Art & Soul Collective Incorporated Incorporated in 2012 under the Associations Incorporation Act 2009. Registration No: INC9897644

4 Sloane Crescent Allambie Heights NSW 2100

Email: [email protected]

Newsletter Volume 2, Number 1 December 2012, January 2013

Cherry with her work Woven Within

Cherry’s Chit Chat

Welcome and happy new year to all the Art

& Soul Collective Inc community. I initially

began this welcome with a rant against the

whole notion of a merry, happy festive

season, which you have all hopefully

survived and possibly enjoyed. Fortunately

the reality is never as bad as the thought of

it, especially a few days before Christmas. It

is at this point I panic because... I still

hadn’t finished shopping for gifts, decided

what to cook, shopped for the required

ingredients, put up and decorated a

Christmas tree and usually haven’t been

home long enough to wash clothes, which

makes finding clean underwear in my house

at this time of the year a real challenge!

Luckily my family is well used to this

scenario... and love me anyway – I assume.

So how is all the above, relevant to the Art

& Soul Collective Inc members? I know that

my Christmas stress was self inflicted

because I leave things to the last minute,

have huge expectations as to what I can

achieve in that last minute and like things to

be done to quite a high standard. This is a

dire scenario for creating and exhibiting art,

except for the high standard part. In fact

this is exactly what you shouldn’t do when

faced with a deadline, like an exhibition, or

an art competition. So... here is the

relevance..... when you are sending your

entries to 2013 art competitions, or

submitting works for an exhibition, try to be

calm and organised and don’t panic - it

doesn’t make anything happen faster or

produce a better outcome.

However, if being in a disorganised mess is

the only option for you (I can relate), don’t

be put off. Do enter art competitions at the

last minute and have all nighters trying to

finish your work. Our time to make art is

precious, so make the most of it.


I hope your 2013 is the antithesis of my

Christmas preparations. Wishing you all a

New Year that is calm, artistically

connected, creatively productive and full of

inspiration where ever you look.

I look forward to seeing you at an Art &

Soul Collective Inc event over the next few

months.

Cherry

President, Art & Soul Collective Inc.

From the Secretary

Wind Whipped by Maria Romeo

Haven’t we had a busy couple of months?

The fun is set to continue with plenty going

on over the festive season and beyond.

Manly Council Grant We were successful in our application for

funding from Manly Council, having

received a Community Seeding/

Establishment Grant of $1000. Thanks to

Cherry, the main driver in this initiative, and

to the Rotary Clubs of Dee Why Warringah

(Christine McCormack) and Manly (Stuart

Reeves) for their mentoring support.

Warringah Council Cultural Development Grant The final stage of the Convergence project is

collating some data for the evaluation

report due mid February. This is coming

together and will be finalised in January

with plenty of time to submit by the

deadline.

Warringah Council Community & Culture Strategic Reference Group Warringah Councillor Wayne Gobert,

together with fellow Councillors Pat Daley

and Vanessa Moskal, are putting together a

Community & Culture Strategic Reference

Group (SRG). They want to develop an arts

centre in heart of Dee Why. The SRG will

involve all community and cultural groups

within the area. I will be representing A&SC

Inc at SRG meetings and facilitate

information transfer in both directions.

Jacki Fewtrell Gobert I recently had the opportunity to meet local

artist and curator Jacki Fewtrell Gobert at a

friend’s show in her private gallery space in

Collaroy. It is a lovely intimate space, ideal

for solo shows or perhaps two-person

shows. Check out the website for more

information

http://www.gobertgallerystudio.com/

http://www.gobertgallerystudio.com/


Manly Selective Campus Art59 Another opportunity coming up, though I

don’t have much information yet, is a bi-

annual art-based fundraiser at Manly

Selective Campus in Curl Curl. In 2011 it was

called Art57. In 2013 it will be Art59. I am a

coordinator for Art59 and invite all A&SC

Inc members to participate. Artists create

and donate a small artwork (any medium

on a 25cm square canvas). All canvases are

sold or auctioned at a cocktail party in May.

Artists are provided with the canvas by

mail, create their artwork and post it back

to the school (at the cost of the school) by a

deadline (April or May). More will come to

light in February. All paintings are displayed

without names of artists visible, and are

auctioned/sold on the basis of quality of

work not reputation of the artist. Here is a

small excerpt from Art57 taken from one of

the school’s newsletters:

Please email your expression of interest if

you want more information. Also, I would

love to hear from you if you have submitted

artworks in previous years. What was the

process from your point of view?

Cheers, Maria

[email protected]

Facebook

Hi to everyone, This is short review of our Facebook page. So far the A&SC Inc Facebook page has 83 fans. It's not much but still keeps growing. I took time and organised the photographs taken at the Convergence exhibition. A few sent me their photos and the others I took myself. I have made folders for 19 artists so far. Here are the names of the artists who have their photo album published on the Facebook page: Alenka-Alka Ognjenovic, Ann Twells, Cherry Corr, Cindy Goode Milman, Fiona Kemp, Helen Ingram, Jaqui Fitch, Josie Young, Karen Steele, Leonie Niven, Liz Pasqualini, Louise Gillespie-Hogg, Maria Romeo, Mary Ann Barnes-Armstrong, Michelle Wilkinson, Monica Clonda, Pam Henry May, Penny Polkinghorne and Sosi Stevenson.

mailto:[email protected]


If your name is on the list please keep me up to date by sending me new fresh images. If your name is not on the list please try to remember to send me photographs of your artwork which you want to be published. My email: [email protected] If anyone has trouble sending photos or even taking photos of their artwork please let me know. I'm willing to do that for you for free. Just let me know so I can organise myself and we can arrange a date and time. I think photos are really important to keep our page alive and interesting as well as to advertise us as a collective. Also please recommend us to all your friends. This is our page: http://www.facebook.com/ArtSoulCollective

Have a great holiday and Merry Christmas to all of you celebrating. Regards Alenka

Membership news

A warm welcome is extended to the following new Art & Soul Collective Inc members:

Ann Twells Helen Ingram Stephanie Champion Peta Minnici Etta Sperber Janice Webber Dean Rienecker

We now have 25 members.

We welcome new members so please recommend A&SC to friends and associates participating in the arts.

Email [email protected] for membership information and an application form.

Member’s news

Congratulations to Josie Young who

submitted paintings for the Fisher’s Ghost

Art Award and was chosen as a finalist in

both the Open & Contemporary sections.

The competition was held in November at

the Campbelltown Arts Centre. Josie

entered 4 panels from her Numbers Series

in the Open Section, and 4 panels from her

Square Numbers Series in the Contemporary

Art Section.

Josie at Fisher’s Ghost Art Award opening night.


http://www.facebook.com/ArtSoulCollective



Josie Young. Panels from Numbers Series

Panels from Square Numbers Series

Congratulations to Karen Steele who had

works selected for the annual Warringah

Printmakers Exhibition. It is held at Sydney

Antique Centre Gallery, Surry Hills. It runs

until mid-January.

Congratulations to Peta Minnici who has

been accepted to study at the National Art

School in 2013.

Convergence

Congratulations go to the 17 A&SC

members who participated in the exhibition

Convergence in November.

After months of careful planning, the week-

long exhibition at Artfocus Gallery and

Studio in Brookvale, ran like clockwork. A

total of 525 people viewed the exhibition,

with 300 of those attending Opening Night.

Opening Night was hailed a great success. A

selection of photos of the exhibition and

Opening Night can be viewed on our

website and Facebook page.

Thanks go to Sarah Mufford for curating

the exhibition and for her support and

guidance in the months leading up to it.

17 artists who exhibited in Convergence

Artfocus has now closed for business. Anne

and Lynn are retiring from running the

business and will be pursuing their own

interests. We thank them for the support


they gave us before and during

Convergence and wish them both well.

Congratulations to Helen Ingram for being

invited to exhibit some paintings in

Roseberry Street Café and Coffee Roaster

during January. Thanks to Rowan Milla for

this opportunity.

Several A&SC members have been busy

pursuing professional development

opportunities. Monica Clonda has attended

2 painting workshops recently.

Cindy Goode-Milman has also been

involved in some interesting things as

follows:

Elisabeth Cummings

Cindy and Elizabeth Cummings

What an amazing 10 day retreat to

Tasmania spent with Elisabeth Cummings,

Australia’s preeminent abstract

expressionist artist. At 78 years, Elisabeth

definitely inspires one as an artist, her

gracious attitude, generous spirit,

commitment to a daily practice of sketching

(even on blowing a gale hills at 12oC…).

Some treasures she imparted were:

To forget the rules (there are no rules)

Limited palette, limited palette, limited

palette

Study other artists, even copy their

work (but do not sell) to understand

techniques and approach

Sketch your composition being mindful

of tonal values

We usually spent our days sketching then

into a studio to paint with some full day

studio practices and Elisabeth wandered

the room speaking to us individually whilst

bringing us together to go through her

favourite artists and other tips (above).

Splendid….

Cindy

Cindy’s work from Elizabeth Cummings workshop

(above and below)


Alenka Ognjenovic and Leonie Niven have

recently attended printmaking classes at

Warringah Printmakers Studio in Manly

Vale. Both were beginners and not sure

what to expect. In just a few weeks they

have learnt how to prepare drypoint and

etching plates, apply ink and take prints

from these.

Pig by Leonie, Drypoint

Bottle Tree 1 by Leonie, Etching

Stone milling machine

Some A&SC members, including Penny &

Cherry, enjoyed a fascinating tour of

Stone + in Brookvale, where they learned

about a stone milling robot which can

accurately reproduce intricate 3D stone

pieces in large or small format. It has

endless possibilities.

Office of Fair Trading seminar

Cherry & Leonie attended a seminar about

registered associations which was run by

Fair Trading NSW. The Office of Liquor,

Gaming & Racing (OLGR), which licenses

groups to fundraise, also gave a

presentation. The material presented

confirmed that A&SC has ticked all the

boxes which need to be ticked in terms of

our registration and operation.

We learnt from the OLGR presentation that

A&SC is permitted to raise money for the

purpose of its own operation, but does not

have a license to fundraise for any

charitable purpose. If we wish to raise funds

for a registered charity we can do so with

the charity’s blessing and under their

fundraising license.

A&SC en plein air art

A&SC’s regular en plein air art mornings are

really enjoyable and worthwhile. The

locations are fantastic and working outside

is both inspiring and challenging. Artists do

as they wish - draw, take photographs,

paint, observe, take rubbings…the company

is great and it’s free! Don’t be shy – come

and join us. See Events Calendar for details.


Plein air art at Manly Dam 1.11.2012

Some of the locals checking us out…

Leonie, Maria, Cherry

Alenka

Stony Range Botanic Garden 30.11.2012

One of Josie’s beautiful photographs

Leonie, Cherry, Peta, Penny

Berry Reserve Narrabeen Lakes 14.12.2012

Maria, Pam, Josie , Peta


Balmoral Beach 21.12.12

Peta, Liz

Christmas Celebration Dinner

A&SC Inc gathered at Dee Why RSL Bistro

on the evening of 3rd December.

Families and friends celebrate… the smiles

say it all!

Josie, Cherry, Penny, David, Maria, Mary-Anne, Fiona

Jeff , Sosi, Ray, Helen, Louise

Pam, Alenka, Leonie, Stephanie (just out of view)

A&SC news and info

TAFE

Funding for TAFE Art Courses has been

dramatically changed and will affect the

way courses are run and funded. Some feel

the future of art training in TAFE is under

serious threat. The sector has been actively


campaigning against funding cuts to TAFE

Arts. A&SC members have supported the

campaign by signing petitions, sending

emails, forwarding information and

participating in rallies.

The structure of Diploma courses is

proposed to change and the fees increased

to $7,700 with VET help available. For those

of you interested in Open Studio the annual

fee will be $1870 and course codes are:

Open Studio Practice (Sculpture) 28877 Open Studio Practice (Painting) 28874 Open Studio Practice (Drawing) 28873 Open Studio Practice (Photography) 28875

Course information can be found at:

https://www.tafensw.edu.au

TAFE Ceramics Dept Blog

TAFE NSW, Northern Sydney Institute Northern

Beaches College Ceramics Department has a

blog written by teacher, Chris James. This blog

has information on their newly structured

ceramics courses for 2013. They are also

running a summer school in January. The link is:

http://www.northernbeachesceramics.wor

dpress.com/

NAVA

A&SC has joined NAVA, the National

Association of the Visual Arts. We will have

access to useful information which we will

be able to pass on to members.

ABN

For A&SC members intending to develop a

professional practice as an artist, an ABN is

advisable. The ATO has an ABN entitlement

tool to help you determine whether you are

eligible at:

http://calculators.ato.gov.au/scripts/axos/a

xos.asp?CONTEXT=&KBS=ABN_Entitlement.

xr4&go=ok

A&SC members whose art is their hobby

need to provide buyers with a Statement by

a Supplier form which explains why you

don’t have an ABN. This form is available

from:

www.ato.gov.au/content/downloads/nat3346.

pdf

A&SC phone

A&SC will soon have a dedicated phone

number. The phone will be answered by a

committee member.

Glen Street

A&SC has negotiated an exciting

opportunity to exhibit members’ art in the

foyer of Glen Street Theatre. Details to follow.

Glen Street Theatre foyer

A&SC Logo

A&SC needs a logo. An expression of

interest for this project was emailed to all

https://www.tafensw.edu.au/

http://www.northernbeachesceramics.wordpress.com/

http://www.northernbeachesceramics.wordpress.com/

http://calculators.ato.gov.au/scripts/axos/axos.asp?CONTEXT=&KBS=ABN_Entitlement.xr4&go=ok



http://www.ato.gov.au/content/downloads/nat3346.pdf

http://www.ato.gov.au/content/downloads/nat3346.pdf


members in the first instance. Email

[email protected] to

request a copy of this job sheet.

Artist’s book award

Manly Library is calling for entries for their 2013

Artist’s Book Award. Entries close 1st February

2013. For information go to:

http://www.manly.nsw.gov.au/library/artist

s-books-page/

Artspot Exhibition

Cindy has been busy organizing a wonderful

‘summer art exhibition’ at Avalon

Recreation Centre featuring 17 artists

ranging from emerging and established to

two international guests from South Africa.

An array of artworks will be on show

including paintings, print works, ceramics,

photography and sculpture. Other activities

include a silent auction and the launch of

portrait artist Stephanie Brown’s book Face

of Extraordinary: Volunteers alongside the

full exhibition of the portraits featured in

the book.

The exhibition opens on Friday 4th January,

6 – 9 pm and runs from 5th to 15th January.

Website: www.artspotexhibitions.com

A&SC members’ planning

meeting

All members are encouraged to attend a

group planning meeting. Help shape what

happens with A&SC. Bring your ideas for

activities/events and any constructive

suggestions. If you are unable to attend,

email your ideas prior to the meeting so

they can be presented to the group. All

ideas are welcome!

Date: Wednesday 16th January 2013

Time: 10.00 – 12.00

Place: Cherry’s home. Text or phone Cherry

for address and parking details.

St Ives Show

The St Ives Show is on Saturday 18th &

Sunday 19th May 2013. Many of us

exhibited in the art show in 2012. In 2013

there will be 9 art categories with many

sub-categories to choose from. Cost is $11

per entry and closing date for entries is

Thursday 2nd May. For more information:

http://www.agshowsnsw.org.au/index.cfm?sho

w_id=1369

A&SC things to look forward to

Newsletters If you wish to organise an event, contribute information or anything of interest to members via the newsletter please email it to [email protected] by the end of week 3 each month. En-Plein Air Art Join us for en-plein air art mornings. Bring whatever art materials you prefer. Be prepared to work outside. We will go to a different location each month. Location suggestions are welcome. Note: Cancelled if wet weather.


http://www.manly.nsw.gov.au/library/artists-books-page/

http://www.manly.nsw.gov.au/library/artists-books-page/

http://www.artspotexhibitions.com/

http://www.agshowsnsw.org.au/index.cfm?show_id=1369

http://www.agshowsnsw.org.au/index.cfm?show_id=1369



Liz at Balmoral Beach

Check the Events Calendar (p 12) for specifics and mark the dates in your diary.

Other things of interest

Manly Art Gallery & Museum runs regular life drawing sessions. Time: 7.15 – 9.15 (doors open at 6.45 for start at 7.15 sharp). Cost: $10 members; $15 non-members. BYO materials. Details: http://www.manly.nsw.gov.au/attractions/art-gallery-museum Lizottes at Dee Why (02) 9984 9933 Pure Bohemia - GYPSY JAZZ and LIFE DRAWING

Life drawing with music, food and drink. $25 – different tickets available. Check with Lizottes for dates. Next one scheduled for Week 1, February 2013. http://www.lizottes.com.au

Useful links

A&SC Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/ArtSoulCollective

A&SC email address: [email protected] A&SC Website (under construction): http://artsoulcollectiveinc.weebly.com

Events Calendar

Event queries phone Cherry: 0416 083 471

Friday

4.1.13

10.00-1.00

En-plein air art.

Little Manly Beach, Stuart St Manly. Meet in car park off Stuart St, opposite Carey St. Bring art materials to work outside. Bring coins in case metered parking.

Friday

11.1.13

10.00-1.00

En-plein air art.

Clontarf Reserve, Sandy Bay Rd, Clontarf. Meet near Clonnies Restaurant/shop. Bring art materials to work outside. Bring coins in case metered parking.

Wednesday

16.1.13

10.00-12.00

A&SC members planning meeting. What do you want for A&SC in 2013? All members encouraged to come. Bring your ideas and suggestions. If you can’t attend, email ideas prior to meeting. Meet at Cherry’s home. Text or Phone Cherry on 0416 083 471 for address & parking details.

Saturday

19.1.13

Deadline for newsletter items. Email to: [email protected]

Wednesday 23.1.13

Glen Street Theatre set up.

Details to follow

Friday 25.1.13

10.00-1.00

En-plein air art.

North Narrabeen, Ocean St, Narrabeen. Meet in car park on north side of bridge over lagoon, near Ocean Bay Café. Free parking on Ocean St or metered in car park. Bring art materials to work outside. Bring coins for metered parking.

http://www.manly.nsw.gov.au/attractions/art-gallery-museum

http://www.manly.nsw.gov.au/attractions/art-gallery-museum

http://www.lizottes.com.au/

http://www.facebook.com/ArtSoulCollective


http://artsoulcollectiveinc.weebly.com/



For more information contact

any of the following committee members:

Cherry Corr President

0416 083 471 [email protected]

Maria Romeo Secretary


Leonie Niven Treasurer


Alenka Ognjenovic


Karen Steele 0407 214 843 [email protected]

Cherry and Rachel at Glen Street Theatre

after finalising the Agreement

Thank you to our sponsors

Thank you to our sponsors and supporters,

Warringah Council and the Rotary Clubs of

Dee Why Warringah and Manly, Manly

Council and Glen Street Theatre for their

generous support.

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