Dates for your diary
Tue 5 Jan 10. Committee meeting at 5.15.
Wed 6 Jan10. Volunteers’ show comes down at 5 pm.
Sat 9 Jan 10. Poetry group at 2 pm.
7 – 20 Jan. Both galleries closed.
Fri 22 Jan at 6.30. Private view – John Fletcher in AF1 ; Rod Harman and Geoff Parham in AF2 (Rod’s farewell to Hastings)
Sat 6 Feb at 3 pm. Auction. (see below – 2010 Season)
Stop Press…
Exhibition Cancellation. We have had an unexpected cancellation for an exhibition space in AF1 between 3 – 17 March. Please contact us immediately if you wish to bid for this space. The cost for the two weeks is £300. Remember you can share this space with other members.
Down time. AF1 and AF2 will both be dark between 7 – 20 Jan to allow for administrative re-organisation and to re-furbish our two galleries.
Remember our auction on Saturday, 6 February at 3p.m.
Showing Now….
AF3. (The Azur) Closed for Christmas. Re-opens in the New Year.
AF4. ( ‘One’ sandwich bar, London Rd ). A personal selection of prints by Harry Snooks, suitable as Christmas presents. Exhibition will change in January.
AF5. (Black Market, George St ). A selection of oils by Marcus Leafe. This is a comparatively new venue and has aroused much interest.
Volunteers’ Show. AF1 and AF2, 28 Dec – 6 Jan 2010. This show closes our 2009 season. The Volunteers’ show is our way of thanking the volunteers who staff the Forum all the year round and to our committee members who also serve the Forum. Entries to be collected on Wed 6 Jan by 2 p.m.
Coming up…
Poetry Reading. AF2, Saturday, 9 Jan 10 at 2 p.m.
The poetry Group is diverse and seems to be going from strength to strength . The December meeting had some 18 persons in attendance, including a reading by a black African accompanied on the kora by a white African about the Kalahari – click on the link below to our video on the web site http://www.hastingsartsforum.co.uk/category/news/
Please note the 2 pm start to allow out-of-towners to travel home before dark. We will offer tea and biscuits. Donations to the Forum are welcome.
Any questions to Wendy Oxlade info@hastingsartsforum.co.uk and endorsed for the “attention of Wendy”
2010 Season
John Fletcher in AF1. 20 Jan – 2 Feb 2010. PV 22 Jan at 6.30
John will exhibit his photographs of the Hastings Fishing sheds. Emphasis on unusual angles and the wooden textures of the sheds. Artists statement to follow.
Rod Harman and Geoff Parham in AF 2. 20 Jan – 2 Feb. PV 22 Jan.
Rod and Geoff have a long friendship going back over the years at Hastings College. This is Rod’s farewell to Hastings. See the members’ gallery on the website www.hastingsartsforum.co.uk
Forum Auction 3 – 9 Feb 09. This is a fundraiser for the Forum, where the Forum begs / borrows/ steals contributions from members to auction in aid of Forum funds. Whereas the Forum manages to survive (just) on gallery hire, commission and membership dues, there is a need for extra funding to enable the Forum to invest in equipment and provide help for members who need it. This is the one occasion in the year, when the Forum gets to keep all the money from a sale. So, we hope you will think ahead and donate an item for the sale.
South Coast College Professional Practice, 10 – 17 Feb in AF1 and AF2. This exhibition is across St Valentine’s Day and has hitherto been subtitled “My Valentine, my bloody Valentine” Young students both in and out of love exhibit around the theme of happy and unhappy Valentine encounters. We don’t know how this will turn out until the day but Sid tells me that he is always lifted when working on this show and the feedback from the young students is rewarding.
Happy New Year. May 2010 bring you all you wish for.
