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In the Office Coordination
Chris Marshall Joy Hunter
Volunteers Brigitta, Sue, Gemma,
Steph, Jennifer, Shirley,
Office Hours Mon-Fri 9am-4pm
Gallery Hours 10-4 Mon-Sat , 1-4 Sun
Committee
President:
Stephanie Carne
V/President:
Brigitta Nowland
Secretary:
Judy Waugh
Treasurer: Sue Brook
Colleen Rintoul (Curator)
Faye Moseley (Asst Cur)
Graham Longhurst
Stephani Zuvela
SORPC-Clive Eger
ACAS-Hilda Klap
Spinners-Ros Wreford
COM-Arts Officer
Lunch in Gallery Coord
Stephanie Carne
Librarian/Youth Awards
Ivana St John
Sunday Life Drawing
Shaun Brettig
Portraiture Coordinator
Greg Williams
Newsletter Collation
Atwell House Spinners
Little Gallery Shop Curator
Stephanie Zuvela
In the Gallery until 09 August—”COVID Capers” a showcase of creativity from our artists over the COVID period.
Saturday 25 July, 10am—3:30pm, Rescheduled 1-day Coloured Pencil workshop with Serena Cockerill
Monday 27 July, 9-11:30 am or 7-9:30pm—First sessions of our popular Art Starters 4-week course for absolute beginners or those who haven’t done art since school.
Thursday 6 Aug, 4pm—Entry forms due in for the MCAA Awards for both adults and juniors— Deliver work between 1:30 and 3pm on Monday 10 Aug. Help required to setup from 2pm
Sunday 9 Aug, 3-4pm Pickup work from COVID Capers exhibition
Friday 21 Aug—start of new 6-week class, Brush LESS Paintings with Debi Riley (see insert)
Sunday 30 Aug-Sat 05 Sept—Merredin Fine Arts Society are coming to Perth and are having an exhibition called “Brushstrokes from the Bush”. The opening is at 11am on Sunday 30 August—all welcome
Important Dates
Inserts in this newsletter **** Please check BOTH sides **** Corona Virus Information
Art Classes for Adults
• Term 3 Classes • Update on new art classes
Art Classes for Children
• Term 3 Classes//
Atwell Arts Centre, PO Box 27, Applecross WA 6953
Located at the corner of Northlake Road & Canning Highway, Alfred Cove Telephone: 9330 2800, Email [email protected]
Volume 21 Issue 07 https://www.atwellarts.com/ July 2020
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MCAA Awards Exhibition In the Gallery August 11-28
Don’t miss it!
With current social distancing requirements we are still using our Gallery for some classes for a while. We are now starting a more normal Term 3 but still under Phase
4 COVID restrictions—see our “Atwell Roadmap” insert.
What’s on in the Gallery • Atwell Road Map out of COVID/Gallery
Programme/COVID Capers • Entry Forms—MCAA Awards / Junior
MCAA Awards
Still an uncertain environment! Hopefully the WA Govt will move to Phase 5 of their roadmap in the next few weeks which will assist our forward planning!
Hi everyone, Well, everybody seemed to have a great time in our shortened Term 2 programme and the school holiday activities were absolutely amazing. We’re delighted that many of you have signed up for Term 3 starting this week. So welcome back all our participants and a special hello to our new students.
As you will realise, the unfortunate situation with the rise in coronavirus cases in Victoria has meant that the WA Govt has delayed the start of phase 5 of their roadmap to recovery. Under phase 5 the “allow 2 square metre per person rule” would have been eased (and we were expecting that to have happened before term 3 started). So Social Distancing is still in force, room arrangements can be a bit different and will still have to use the Gallery for some classes but we are trying to run all our normal activities.
The initial pop-up in the gallery has now been replaced by COVID Capers, a showcase of what people have been up to during the lockdown. There is some amazing work up around the walls, so please come and have a look; it is so good to see how everybody has responded to the challenge of working alone. In one or two cases the teachers have proved inspirational and the results of joint projects are on display. We expect this exhibition to evolve over the next week and to include some community activity.
We are going ahead with the MCAA Awards in August however, because of continuing social distancing and the 2 square metre rule per person, we still don’t know if we will be able to have an awards night. (The Gallery is 76 sq m so the maximum number of people we can have at one time is still 38). If this eases at anytime during the exhibition, we will quickly arrange an awards presentation (even without a formal presentation, there will still be plenty of prizes). Until next time, stay well and
Enjoy your art … the Atwell Gnomes
MCAA AWARDS
We are really looking forward to an exciting exhibition
Adult Awards are open to financial members only Junior Awards are open to financial members or children
sponsored by financial members (eg grandchildren or other talented children you know)
Please check the conditions of entry carefully before signing your form
• Look out for size restrictions—please measure your work before bringing it in
• As there are prizes you can only enter you own original, unaided creative work, based on your own ideas and reference material.
• Work to be hung should have a secure cord (not bare wire). Photo frames are not suitable to display work on our hanging system and we don’t have a Velcro wall
It is frustrating and embarrassing for both you and out volunteers if we have to reject work when it doesn’t comply with the conditions that you have signed that you have read and understood. Also when we have to take work out of the gallery because someone points out that it was copied from a published source or created in a workshop/class situation.
JULY OFFERS AND SPECIALS 20% off Reeves Layflat visual journals
25% off Conte Sketching pencils 25% off a4 & a5 Strathmore watercolour journals Buy 3 Cotman w/c tubes 8ml & receive a FREE
pocket brush Strathmore Toned Blue Mixed Media pad
11x14" now only $33.95 See in-store for more details
Atwell Advocate
WITTERINGS FROM THE OFFICE …. & other jottings
Renew Your Jacksons Discount Card
Jacksons 15% Discount cards expire 31 January each year. You can renew your card at
Jacksons Alfred Cove store only. You will need to show your current MCAA card
as proof of membership
CALLIGRAPHY at Atwell on Thursday Afternoons
Join us on Thursday afternoons 12—2.00pm for a relaxing class, exploring hand-lettering.
For further details contact: Gaye Godfrey-Nicholls
9279 8089 http://www.inklings.com.au/
Gallery Shop
Atwell Advocate
It may seem that there has been very little activity at Atwell House during the recent lockdown months but behind the scenes the Potters have been campaigning relentlessly to bring to reality the dream of their new ceramics studio. There have been countless letters, emails, meetings with City of Melville councillors and even the Mayor has visited to see our plans and our current facilities. And at the beginning of July it all came together when the Council voted to fund the design and construction of the new studio to be built on the western end of the Atwell House site. This is the result of the hard work and determination of a dedicated sub-committee led by Barrie-Anne Morgan. We are most grateful the City of Melville and the MCAA for their support through the long process and to Federal, State and Local Government politicians who have listened patiently and supported us for several years as the project grew from a dream to a reality.
And to cap off a brilliant month, our new kiln has arrived and is already in action in the old kiln shed. It was purchased with the assistance of a grant from the Dept. of Industry, Innovations & Science through the office of local MP, Ben Morton. Thanks to all involved, especially Chris Rogers for dealing with all of the paperwork involved in the grant application.
Meanwhile the Potters are hard at work producing soup bowls to be donated to the 'Empty Bowls' project, a fundraising event in support of FoodBank. On Sunday August 30 at Christ Church Grammar School, visitors will purchase a bowl to keep and which will be filled with delicious soup and bread for a
warming lunch.
Anyone interested in joining the South of the River
Potters’ Club is welcome to drop in on a
Wednesday morning and chat to one of the
members. in Room 2/3 at Atwell House. You might
also find them hard at work in the ‘green shed’
behind the gallery. You can now find us at https://
www.facebook. southoftheriverpotters’club
instagram: #southoftheriverpottersclub
Email: [email protected]
Weekly groups
meeting at Atwell
Friday Open House (Painting, Drawing etc—no tuition) Fri
9:30am onwards inside or out! $5.50 per
session (inc bottomless cuppa)
Painting
Olive Grafham’s Painting Group
Tues 9.30am-12.30pm, Room 1
Moira Churack’s Painting Group
Tues 9.30am-12.30pm, Room 4
Life Drawing/Painting
Sessions Sun 9am-12noon
Portraiture Sessions Mon 3:30-6:30pm
South of the River Potters Club
Wed 10am-12noon,
Room 2/3
Atwell House Spinners
Tues 12:30-3:30pm
Food Addicts Recovery Group
Wed 6:30—8:30pm Room 4
Calligraphy Thurs 12 –2pm
Room 4
Monthly Groups meeting at Atwell
Alfred Cove Art Society
last Thurs evening of the month
This & That …. There are a variety of groups that meet at Atwell House. Some are clubs or organisations in their own right, others are run by MCAA and you can just turn up and pay on the day. Come along and meet others with similar interests in a supportive environment. If you can think up a new activity for Atwell see Chris or Joy.
ATWELL HOUSE SPINNERS spinning/knitting/chatting
Well we still cannot use the kitchen but thank goodness the boiling water tank is operating in the old kitchen. We could not manage without our "cuppa"!
We were able to meet in Room 4 last week because our numbers were down and the weather was not right for the verandah. Keep coming. We all need the companionship.
Gail C. brought in a loom woven bed spread which is a work of art. Well done, Gail. Plenty of socks are still being knitted. Not many spinning wheels are brought along this weather.
We would like to hear from Heather. We cannot contact her by phone so Heather, if you get this message please ring one of us. We hope all is righting itself for you.
Get well wishes still go to Leonie and Dot's daughter, Alison and anyone else who is not feeling the best. Everybody keep warm and still watch where you put your feet!
Members are always welcome to join our friendly self-help spinning & knitting group. Every Tues from 12.30 to
3.30pm in Room 4, on the verandah or in the Gallery.
Alfred Cove Art Society have not been meeting for a few months but hope to restart in July.
See you all soon!
Enquiries - Phone 9364 3508 or email [email protected]
SOUTH OF THE RIVER POTTERS
Enquiries: Jenny 0451 119 242
Stop press The Newsletter is
distributed monthly
– all
contributions
welcome – please
leave copy at Office
for Chris or Joy
or send by email to
by 12 noon,
Friday
Aug 14 (collation Aug 18)
We really appreciate it if you can get your news in well before
the deadline.
Sue Farrington advises that she will
not be able to get here from the UK for
her visiting artist spot in Ocober but would like to defer until January so we will invite her to our Summer School in
2021
Please make use of the MCAA section of the website—it now contains the latest
newsletter and gallery programme.
Do you have a
website for your art? Let us know ...
If you are a MCAA member and would
like to exchange links with us, please email
your link to us and mention Atwell
Stay up-to-date check out our website at
https://www.atwellarts.com/ Get news as it happens.
& why don’t you
DROP INTO ATWELL when you’re passing & see
what’s going on at YOUR ART CENTRE.
Remember over 600 people use our facility each week. So please
help us to
LOOK AFTER ATWELL. Treat it like home,
enjoy yourselves then clean up including wiping table tops & returning
easels to the hallway & will the last person out please turn off the lights, fans, AIRCON etc...
SUNDAY Life Drawing & Painting
every Sunday 9am—12noon
No tuition but we arrange the models.
$21 per session (discounted to $16 for MCAA members)
We’ve had good numbers of artists each Sunday for the past month with short poses becoming very popular. Two models each Sunday morning as usual for the coming weeks, with some new people wanting to model for us too. Hope you watched some of the life drawing programs on SBS. There’s also an opportunity to show some of your works completed during the lockdown, in the Gallery over the coming weeks. The kitchen remains closed but coffee and hot chocolate from the machine is available. See you at 9 am Sunday - Graham
Please arrive before 9am to allow time for setting up— bring own materials etc.
For more information about Sundays, Contact Shaun,
Put your work onto our Facebook page:
facebook.com/sundaylifedrawing
WANTED Our Arts Centre & Gallery is mainly run by
volunteers. THANKS EVERYONE. We LOVE having volunteers & as you all know, many hands make light work so….
if YOU would like to be part of our friendly team, please ring Chris or Joy on 9330 2800
NB no computer skills necessary!
GalleryShop
Have you checked out the shop next to the Office recently?
Quite often we hear people say that they didn’t even realise we had a
shop at Atwell! However, since it has been to entrance to
the Office during COVID more people have seen it!
Stephanie Zuvela is currently restocking
the shop so please take a look soon. If you think you would like to be a new supplier contact the Office and we will
arrange for Stephanie to contact you.
ATWELL HOUSE HALLWAY GALLERY
We like to make the front hall of the house look inviting and arty so are once again calling for interested painters/drawers/printmakers etc to put their names on a new list in the Office.
No hanging fee, 25% Commission on sales.
Please be aware that this area is not under constant supervision and it does get pretty windy through there so works are placed there at your own risk. But many people do pass through this area and will see your work! New and experienced artists are welcome. This can be a good way to start exhibiting if you have not
done so before.
Works need to be small to medium in size, preferably on canvas with a secure hanging cord. Label back and front stating artist, title, medium and price. And provide a list for the Office.
