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East Gosford 2250 P o s t a g e
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P A I D A u s t r a l i a
Central Coast Art Society
The CCAS Newsletter September 2015
PRESIDENT
Margaret Hardy 4369 4534
VICE PRESIDENT
Judith Hoste 4341 7302
SECRETARY
PUBLICITY
Coleen Martin 4325 1420
MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY
Marlene Palagyi 4363 1156
MINUTES SECRETARY
Karen Williams tba
TREASURER
Caroline O’Dwyer 4368 3187
ASSISTANT TREASURER
Judith Hoste 4341 7302
LIBRARIAN
Sue Jokinen 4322 3112
COMMITTEE
Marilyn Collins
Fran Melrose 4368 6773
SOCIAL CATERING
Marlene Palagyi 4363 1156
Marion Semmens 4363 4266
PAINT-OUT CO-ORDINATOR
Rose Bickley 4369 5860
NEWSLETTER EDITOR
Fran Mackey 4369 2178
WEBMASTER
Belinda Lindhardt 4342 0626
EXHIBITION CO-ORDINATOR
Judith Hoste 4341 7302
ASSIST. EXHIB. CO-ORDINATOR
Fran Mackey 4369 2178
HON. AUDITOR Community Audit
HON LEGAL ADVISOR*
Representing exhibition subcommittee.
E m a i l L i n k s [email protected]
COMMITTEE MEETINGS: 1.30pm on the 3
rd Monday each
month, at Gosford Arts Centre.
GENERAL MEETINGS: 1.30pm on the 4th Wednesday of
each month in Studio 2, Gosford
Arts Centre. Visitors are welcome.
Please see page 2
for details of September
Workshops
Tuesday Paint Outs
General Meeting
MEMBERSHIP FEES:
To renew please send payment (no cash)
with current contact details to:
MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY, P O Box 4168, East Gosford, 2250
or pay
Online @ www.artcentralcoast.asn.au
Annual Membership applies from January to December. Fees are:
Exhibiting Members $20 per annum.
Social Members $10 per annum.
Please, let us know if you change your address
WORKSHOPS:
9.30am to 12.30pm
1st
& 3rd
Wednesday
each month at
Studio 2, Gosford
Arts Centre, Webb Street,
East Gosford.
Visitors are Welcome.
Cost is $15 includes morning tea.
.
Welcome New Members
A warm welcome is
extended to:
Margaret Cameron
Gerald Barnett
Ilonka Snell.
Current membership
240.
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September, 2015
Map references are from the Central Coast UBD & Yellow Pages Directory
September 1 The Skillion, Terrigal Map 2 E4
September 8 North Entrance foreshore Map 61 E11
September 15 Katandra Reserve, Katandra Road, Holgate Map 78 L15 September 22 The Waterfall Cafe, Mount Penang Gardens, Somersby Map 86 C6
September 29 The Waratahs along the road to Patonga Map 115 Q6
October 6 Veteran’s Hall Public Jetty, Henderson Road, Saratoga Map 97 G13
Popular with tourists, the public area at the Skillion very much improved through landscaping, is more accessible now for painting
The location at North Entrance is on the left, just over the bridge. There is a car park but toilet facilities are across the main road in
the park. You can look across the channel to the fishing Co-Op /boat hire jetty on the other side of the bridge.
Katandra Reserve is a lovely natural setting with beautiful gum trees. It is quite dense bush so there are not views out.
The Waterfall cafe is the entrance to the Mt Penang Gardens. For those who would like to go and paint inside the gardens there is a
small fee to pay. In the outside grounds there are numerous building and nice paperbark trees.
It is hard to say if there will be any waratahs, however it does make a nice morning out in the bush; a beautiful natural locations that
offers so much to paint even without waratahs. Hopefully someone will put a marker out to say where the spot is. It is past the Pearl
Beach turn, on the right at the top of the hill. There is a car parking area and a lock gate which is the entrance to the Brisbane Water
National Park and the start of the Van Dahls walking track. It is well marked in the street directory.
Veterans Hall Public Wharf has a public shelter, limited car but plenty of street/verge parking. The jetty which makes a good subject
Come along and enjoy our paintout mornings. There is no starting or finishing times. Come and go as you please. Morning tea is at
10am and lunch at 12Noon. Rose Bickley. Paintout Co-Ordinator: 0428439180
Kincumber Sketch Group Meet at Kincumber School of Arts, Friday 10am-12.30pm (under CCAS banner). Corner of Empire Bay Drive and Tora Street.
Entry and parking via Oberton & School Streets. Contact Ray Wright 4368 3778
General Meeting
September 23, 2015 – 1.30pm
Paul Lovegrove
Canson Company
Founded in 1557 Canson with its unique
expertise and know-how, continue to offer all
artists excellence high-quality products.
Talk to Paul and find out about the best
paper for your medium!
Workshops
September 2 & 16 - 9.15 am for 9.30 start
Christine Raj
Acrylic and Texture Workshop
Things to Bring: For our workshop, I’d like you to look around you and see what kind of “stuff” you’d like to include in some textured backgrounds. e.g. String, eggshells, thin wire, tissue paper, sand, coffee grounds, autumn leaves, old magazines to collage, corrugated cardboard…etc
1) At least a couple of canvasses (work on one while the other is drying)….or some pieces of gessoed matt board or wood.
2) Acrylic paints incl. white, brushes, water pot, water spray bottle 3) PVA and a couple of little bowls for mixing 4) Talcum powder 5) Gloss or matt mediums 6) Palette knife, piece of kitchen sponge, scissors 7) Heat gun or hair dryer if desired.
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If you want your exhibition listed here you must contact the editor before the third Monday of the month prior to the event.
September 26 – 29 November 2015, Gosford Art Prize. & Gosford Ceramic Prize. Prize money totalling $15,000 & $2,000 respectively. Entry Fee $30/artist Art Prize or $20/artist Ceramic Prize. Limit of 2 entries each section. Opening hours 10am-4.00pm across all Galleries. Entries close 14 September. Full details at www.gosford.nsw.gov.au/galleries
October 9 - 11, 2015. Birregurra Art Show 2015.. Categories: Drawing, pastel work, watercolour washwork, painting, photomedia, printmaking and other media. Opening: Friday 9 Oct. at 7.30pm. Prizes: 1
st $500, 2nd $250. Plus $1,000 to be
chosen from the category winners. Total prize money offered to artists is $6250. Entries close Fri Sept 4. Entry fee $10.00. Visit website for details & entry form or call Liz Bashford - 0475 265 249 November 6 - 28, 2015. ANL Maritime Art Awards and Exhibition 2015. Call for entries which reflect the theme ‘Explorations of the Relationship Between Humanity And The Sea’. Total prize money of $27,000.00 & four awards. Venue: the historic Seafarers’ Centre, 717 Flinders Street, Docklands, Melbourne. All works exhibited are for sale and 33% commission supports the work at the Mission. Entries close 2
nd
October 2015. Conditions and entry form, at www.missiontoseafarers.com.au/anl-art-prize Questions [email protected]
November 7 – 5 December 2015 Grace Cossington Smith Art Award 2015. Entries now open to Australian residents, for this National Acquisitive Contemporary Art Prize. Venue: Grace Cossington Smith Gallery at Abbotsleigh, Wahroonga. Finalist will each be awarded $1,000. Entry Fee $50 for up to three artworks. Full details www.gcsgallery.com.au/gcs-art-award
Gosford Regional Gallery .
July 18 – 6 September 2015, Emerging. This is the 7
th exhibition whereby the Gallery provides an
opportunity for young artists, 18-30 years to submit entries. Eight finalists are selected, representing excellence in their chosen areas. 8 August – 13 September 2015, ‘A Brush with Japan’. Foyer Gallery 10 – 4pm. An exhibition by members of the Australian Society of Miniature Art NSW, inspired by Gosford Edogawa Commemorative Garden. September 26 – 29 November 2015. Gosford Art Prize. The premier Art Prize on the Central Coast with prize money totalling $15,000. Opening hours 10am-4.00pm across all Galleries.
The Community (Studio) Gallery
August 27 – 6 September 2015, VISIONS Art Exhibition. Lakes Grammar secondary students from years 7 to 11 present a collection of works that explore their view of the world. The exhibition also features drawings and paintings from the Bundanon Art Camp. Contact Co-ordinator Visual Arts on 4393 4111
Beyond Gosford Regional Gallery
September 15-18 Grandma Moses Exhibition 2015. Venue 50+ Leisure Learning Centre, Albany Street, North Gosford. Presentation of Awards Tuesday 15 Sept. 10.30am. October 23 – 31, 2015. The Overflow Exhibition. Venue: Imperial Centre, Gosford. Artist’s whose works were entered or not hung in the Gosford Art Prize, are offered the opportunity to display their works, and compete for the ‘Smithy Award’
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SNIPPETS: Blue Gum Art Show: “Deepest regret but the Blue Gum Art Show will not be running this year due to lack of volunteers at the school. I hope to source outside help next year to keep it going. Apologies”….Cat Soper
New Workshop tutor: Christine Raj a new tutor to CCAS will be taking our September workshops. With a passion for texture and colour, Christine paints in several mediums, including watercolour, acrylic and a new medium….alcohol inks, which are recent to Australia, imported from the U.S. Depending on the medium used, she paints on glass, metal, wood, plastic, ceramic tile, Perspex, foil, coated Masonite, gessoed MDF board, canvas, watercolour paper, Yupo paper and wax. New Exhibition Venue for November 2015, we have been able to secure the carpeted area outside Myers, in Erina Fair for members of the CCAS. Full details and entry form in the October newsletter.
Japanese Festival in Garden 5th
September. Are you available to help man our stall advertising CCAS. Yes! Then please contact Margaret. The 21
ST Anniversary of the opening of Gosford/Edogawa Commemorative Garden will be celebrated on the 4
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September 2015, at which time a video of the history of the Garden entitled ‘A Dream Comes True’ will be launched. Open Studio with CASS Art Direct – unfortunately the invitation to participate arrived between newsletters
however, it may be something to put in your diary to check next year Details at www.cassartdirect.com.au
Thanks you, Julie Duell for kindly donating Masonite boards for artists to use.
Plein Air Painting Trips – Norfolk Island – 2015
Louise Cork 5 – 12 September 2015 Belinda Biggs 9 – 16 October, 2015
Elena Parashko 13 – 20 November 2015 Rose Bickley 29 Feb – 7 March 2016
Details: https://www.norfolkislandtravelcentre.com 1800 1400 66 or [email protected]
WINTER EXHIBITION 2015 REPORT
The exhibition looked great. We fitted 115 paintings from 60 artists and sold 8 paintings, lots of cards but very low sales with jewellery and pottery. It was a big job hanging to fit them in, so thanks to members on duty and especially George Palagyi and Ken Hoste. We had good numbers through, even though some mornings were very quiet, the count was over 920. Thanks to Kathy Smith MP for Gosford, who opened the exhibition and was very impressed with the work. People's Choice vote was won by Dennis Whalen, with the Mandarins, and we had equal 2nd to Fran Mackey and Sue Jokinen. Thanks to everyone who did roster duty throughout.
Judith Hoste, Exhibition Co-Ordinator
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Sick List To all those on the sick list, we wish you a full and speedy recovery.