Newsletter 83 - January 2012
Events
Jan 3rd - Free free painting night and prep for Next week's AGM.
Jan 10th – AGM and return of work following Littleborough Coach House Exhibition.
Jan17th – Come and use our lino printing equipment and make a masterpiece. Then bring a finished piece in to the appraisal on Mar 13th.
Jan 24th- Theme night start a piece of work on this quarters theme pop art and poster art style. There will be an appraisal on Feb 14th.
Jan 31st – Bring in an object with great texture and try to replicate its texture in any art medium.
Feb 7th – Shahida will give us a demo and inspire us to do a piece of work for the appraisal on Feb 28th.
Feb 21st – At the workshop there will be up to 4 tables set up at each table someone will be teaching a skill or technique.
Mar 6th - Will be a watercolour demo by local artist Jo Grady who will demo a watercolour with animals or birds in the scene.
We can participate on the night so bring in your own watercolour paper and paints.
Hopefully Jo will inspire us to do a piece and we will have an appraisal night on Mar 27th.
Founder's Plate
Congratulations to Lorraine Dewhirst, winner of the Founder's Plate 2011.
Her winning acrylic painting titled "This one's mine!" and was judged by Phyllis Hargreaves. And a big Thank You to Phyllis for her wonderful judging skills!
The Coach House, Littleborough Exhibition
3rd December 2011 to 7th January 2012
Preview Event - TBC
A winter exhibition of current work by members of Rochdale Artists.
Newsletter 82 - September 2011
Events
Sept 13th – John Edwards will be our life drawing model.
Sept 27th – John Shepherd will be talking about his recent commission and inspire us with an art task to do, with an appraisal on Oct 25th
Oct 4th – A night drawing caricatures, bring in a picture of a famous face to sketch or do someone in the class.
Oct 11th – Colin Gilbert will do a talk/demonstration on watercolour techniques and inspire us with an art task to do, with an appraisal on Nov 15th
Nov 1st - Colin Fielding will give a talk on the history of cubism and inspire us with an art task to do, with an appraisal on Nov 22nd
Nov 8th – We are hoping to hold a SILENT AUCTION please bring in any unwanted items so that we can share and bid!
Nov 29th – Selection night for Littleborough Coach House exhibition. Up to 3 pictures per member, don't forget to use D rings.
Dec 6th – An evening with the Rochdale Cine Club watching local archive film.
Dec 13th - FOUNDERS PLATE. Everyone to bring in one piece of art work to enter.
Other Events
PEOPLE'S ART at Touchstones Rochdale
Hand in dates 13th-17th Sept.
Exhibition runs from Oct 1st -26th Nov
Theme Nights
To give you a reason to try something new join in our theme nights and be inspired by an artist, a new medium or a new subject.
Littleborough Coach House Exhibition
Starting Saturday 3rd December
Hollingworth Lake Visitors Centre Exhibition
Thursday 14th July to Thursday 5th August 2011
Preview Event - Saturday 16th July 2.00 - 4.00pm
An exhibition of current work by members of Rochdale Artists.
Newsletter 81 - April 2011
Events
Please note that 26th April is not a holiday as previously stated.
On 3rd May we will be painting something with a seasonal theme - spring flowers perhaps? Bring your own props.
On 10th May we will have a watercolour demonstration and talk by Paul Talbot-Greaves
On 17th May we will get our exhibition paintings back and also the corridor pictures will be changed. Consult with Veronica on how many are required.
On June 21st Lynne will demonstrate how to do Lino Printing. Hopefully we will have enough materials for you all to have a go.
On 2nd August Jeremy Taylor will give a talk and demonstration on watercolour.
On 16th August Gillian Murphy, who, with her husband has been living in a rural area in Uganda for a year, will tell us their experiences and show us how to make the beautiful beads that the villagers make to try to earn a little money.
Painting Outside
We hope some time during June, July or August to do some painting outside, depending on weather.
Exhibitions
Our Hollingworth Lake Exhibition will run from Thursday 14th July to Thursday 5th August. The Preview will be on Saturday 16th July 2.00 - 4.00pm. Members can submit up to 3 paintings.
Don't forget also 'People's Art' and 'Littleborough Arts Week'. Info later.
Theme Nights
For these, which are optional, there will be a theme given out well in advance, and an informatl discussion on the paintings it inspires will take place on a designated Free Painting night.
Annual General Meeting
Well, it was a good turn out for our AGM this year and we managed to get through quite a lot of business around the running of the group. Thanks to all that came.
It was also the turn of voting in new officers for the committee. So, it has been an exciting time as we have some brand new committee members stepping up, kept some valued and hard working officers and sadly lost a few really valued committee members this time too. We also have Lorraine Dewhirst now as a newly formed role of Membership Secretary, who will be co-ordinating welcoming potential new members etc.
So the committe now stands for 2011 - 2013 as...
President - Colin Gilbert
Chairperson - Bill Fielden
Secretary - David Bebbington
Treasurer - Margaret Morton
Membership Secretary - Lorraine Dewhirst
Events Secretary - Jenny Davis
Exhibition Secretary - Veronica Swinden
Publicity Secretary/Website Secretary -Stacey Coughlin
Newsletter Secretary - Stephen Slater
Other Committee Members -
- Karen Glowa
- Gay Wilsher
- Lynne Thompson
Unfortunately Shahida has had to step down as Chairperson this time and we all want to thank her for all her hard work and dedication to the group over the years, as well as to Lynne who has resigned as Exhibition Secretary.
And so our new committee hope to keep up the good work for another two years! If you have any queries, thoughts or ideas for the group, please speak to any member of the committee. Thanks
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