President's Letter for April 2013

Hi

Are you an introvert or an extrovert? It doesn’t matter really if you are an artist. I have had some very interesting experiences this month learning about communication through art. Art can be a communicator on two levels firstly through the art itself and secondly through the people we meet and converse with about our art or the art of others,

Dates for your Diary

ASV meetings are being held in the Ashburton Baptist Church Meeting Rooms - enter from the Marquis Street carpark Melway 60D9

Concetta's work at MIFGS 2013

 

8th May Concetta Pilati will talk about her work and we vote on elevating Valda Cuming to Honorary Life Membership:

 

Members are invited to vote on the motion to recognise Valda Cuming as an Honorary Life Member of the ASV. So please, please can people attend and vote at the meeting on 8th May 2013. Proxies and postal votes can be sent to the secretary:

John Bishop

secretary@sculptorsvictoria.asn.au

 

 

More on MIFGS 2013

Mark Cowie "Curatorial Planking"

Organizing the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show is a matter involving skill,  

planning, multi-tasking and diplomacy. Mark Cowie also displays a bit of artistic flair and a sense of humour - so here are some visual comments on the recent exhibition.

Kinross House Exhibition

The ASV has a fantastic opportunity for an indoor exhibition at Kinross House Gallery in September 2013.

Kinross House is an arts centre featuring a gallery, a fabulous café and lovely gardens located on Toorak Road at the rear of Toorak Uniting Church.

CAS Brooch Show

Don’t miss the CAS Brooch Show

 

FITZROY: 2 May - 29 June Fitzroy Library, 128 Moor Street, Fitzroy hours: Mon: 10am - 6pm. Tue & Wed: 1pm - 8pm Thur: 10am - 6pm. Fri: 1pm - 6pm. Sat: 10am - 4pm Sun: 2pm - 5pm.

 

SOUTH YARRA: 2 July - 30 August Toorak - South Yarra Library, 340 Toorak Road, South Yarra hours: Mon - Thur: 10am - 8pm. Fri: 10am - 6pm. Sat: 10am - 5pm. Sun: 2pm - 5pm.

2014 Palmer Sculpture Biennial

When considering this bear in mind that MIFGS 2014 will be 26 to 30 March.

Here are the dates

The 2014 Palmer Sculpture Biennial is under a year away now. Opening Day will be Saturday March 8th and the last day will be Sunday 23rd. Works will be installed on the 6th and 7th. Interest in the event is coming from sculptors in all of the Eastern states. As momentum begins for an event which has gained a reputation around the quality of sculpture exhibited we thought it was time for a Newsletter.

Opportunities and Notices

McClelland Gallery+Sculpture Park and Southern Way are offering a $250,000 commission and Yering Station Sculpture Exhibition 2013 is open for entries
There was a talk regarding Melbourne Monuments Thursday 2nd May and there will be a photography workshop next Saturday 11th May.

Member's News

In this story there is news from
Janice McCarthy and Anne Anderson
Paul Smits
Rudi Jass
Mary van den Broek
Damian Vick
Jenny Rickards
and Laurie Collins

Reports from the Recent Committee Meeting

Items approved at the recent committee meeting....

• Treasurer report - Healthy balance after MIFGS
• Annual-Move forward with proposals for City Venues for Annual 2014 
• Website Strategy worked out to recover Website to previous state, finalise work proposed to complete and make report and look into compensation from the provider
• Honorary member Proceed with nomination for Valda
• Exhibition Proceed with Exhibition at Kinross house to be coordinated by Monica

for more information contact the secretary John Bishop
secretary@sculptorsvictoria.asn.au

Another Copyright Issue

There’s an interesting article in the Art Newspaper concerning a copyright issue between an Italian sculptor and a Chinese sculpture construction company.

http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/China+gets+creative+with+copyright/29228

The article is worth the read - but it appears that the copy is a very good quality one - it’s just that the design would appear to have been stolen.

The Art Commission Launches International Awards Competition

This article is an International notice and less likely to be useful - but members have been taking up some serious challenges - so here is a big one for you: