Dates for your diary…
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 23 Jan at 3 p.m. Gallery Talk. Rod Harman and Geoff Parham.
Sat 30 Jan at 3p.m. Poetry Reading in AF2 at 3 p.m.
Tue 2 Feb at 5.15 pm Committee meeting
Wed 3 Feb 0900 – 1400. Donations for the Forum Auction.
Fri 5 Feb 6.30 -8.30. Private View for Auction
Sat 6 Feb at 3 pm. Auction. (see below – 2010 Season)
Stop Press…
Haiti Appeal.
A suggestion has been made by a Forum member to the committee that we extend our auction for 6 Feb to a larger venue and share the proceeds with the emergency appeal for funds for Haiti. This proposal has been circulated to the committee but the general belief is that this is not a workable proposition. There are complications also in that the Forum is not, as yet, a registered charity, whereas the Haiti Appeal would be eligible for immediate charitable status.
It is thought that Haiti and the Forum are two separate issues. We recommend that members moved by the TV images respond to the appeals privately and, of course, also give support to Hastings –based fundraising. If a group of members wish to raise funds, the Forum will be happy to circulate details of their appeal to members.
Auction.
Remember our auction on Saturday, 6 February at 3p.m. Donations requested – please leave in by 2 p.m. Wednesday, 3 Feb.
Poetry Reading…
The Poetry Group will meet, regardless of the weather, at 3 pm Sat 30 Jan in AF2. Any questions / suggestions to Wendy Oxlade. info@hastingsartsforum.co.uk Marked “For Wendy”
Reading Group.
Rose Miller is organising a book reading of “Seven Gothic Tales”, Mon 18 Jan. Please contact Rose Miller for further details: rosemiller9@gmail.com. She hopes to make this a regular event.
Gaps in our Exhibition 2010 Calendar.
We have filled the gaps in AF1 for our 2010 calendar.
We have received a group bid for the cancelled exhibition, 3 – 17 March in AF2. We still have two gaps in AF2 we need to fill as follows.
23 – 29 Jun
Cost – £150 per week per gallery. £100, per booking, is payable immediately (this is a recent amendment applicable to all new applications – due to late cancellations ) and the balance is due three months before the exhibition date. We also expect you to host a private view on the first Friday of your show. Our guideline is that a simple “wine and nibbles” hospitality costs from £60 upwards (6 x bottles red wine, 5 x white in winter and 4x red and 7 x white / rosé in summer plus a selection of water / soft drinks/ juice).
We welcome group applications, where members may wish to share the cost, or where a member can not fill the space adequately. In this case, we like one member to take on the booking and be responsible for co-ordinating the group.
Members should apply to the Exhibitions committee, with examples of the work of each member exhibiting.
Showing Now….
AF3. (The Azur) . In the upstairs restaurant there are prints by George Mundell. On the stairway, there are pictures by Sid Beynon, Sue Christie, Harry Snook, Tricia Neve, Kim Thrower, Steve Stanton, George Kelvie, Jeremy Ebdon and John Lipsham,
AF4. ( ‘One’ sandwich bar, London Rd ). A personal selection of paintings by Russell Dorey, Brij Sharma and Jeremy Ebdon. Also one giclee print by Russell Dorey of Carla Bruni made in 2007, before she became Madame Sarkozi.
AF5. (Black Market, George St ). A selection of oils by Marcus Leafe. This is a comparatively new venue for larger images and has aroused much interest.
2010 Season opens with….
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 be posted on the website www.hastingsartsforum.co.uk .
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 decades 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 funny 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.
The students attended a day’s introduction to the Forum earlier this week and we can promise an uplifting and ‘happy’ show.
Print Makers, George Mundell and friends, 24 Feb – 2 Mar in AF1. Further detail to follow.
Chris Thomas, 17 Feb – 2 Mar in AF2. Photographs with a section featuring acrylics.
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