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I hope you had an enjoyable Christmas and in November managed to visit the Autumn Exhibition at the Town Hall. At each successive exhibition the standard of the art work submitted seems to improve and this time was no exception. We had over 200 entries of which 179 were selected for display by the external selection panel. If you were unfortunate not to have your work selected this time, don‘t be too disappointed as the standard was so high. The judgement of the selectors is of course subjective but if you feel you would like some feedback as to why your picture was not chosen then why not bring it along to our appraisal meeting. I hope you purchased at least one Society Calendar for 2012, which went on sale at the exhibition. This year the calendar featured some of the award winning pictures from previous exhibitions along with other suitable pictures to provide a wide range from which the public chose the final 12. The money raised from calendar sales obviously helps the Society funds, so if you did not buy one at the exhibition it is not too late, I have a small number still available. Thanks to Eve Quinn for picking up the reigns from Tink and organising an excellent Society Christmas lunch at The Old School House, Weeford. It proved to be an ideal venue to enjoy a relaxing festive lunch with fellow artists and friends. Wishing you and your family a very happy and creative New Year for 2012. Geoff Stubbins
AUTUMN EXHIBITION 2011 AWARDS
The awards for this exhibition were :
The selection panel for the exhibition comprised of awards judge Mary Griffin, a professional artist from Lichfield, supported by professional artists Peter Valentine RBSA and Sylvia Taylor RBSA. REMEMBER - These award winning pictures can be seen on the exhibitions page of our Society Website.
PUBLIC VOTE At the Autumn Exhibition the most public votes went to Pat Ryan‘s mixed medium portrait entitled 'Joab' shown below:
Close behind in the public voting was John Dann's oil painting entitled 'Pink Lady' and Brian Garbett's watercolour entitled 'At Rest - Brancaster Norfolk'.
Many Hands Make Light Work at the Town Hall Exhibition Thanks to the exhibition organisers and everyone who helped set up the exhibition at the Town Hall on Submission Day. The exhibition came together in record time thanks to Phil Ordidge's pre-planning and layout drawings. It was a busy time for the receiving desk with 169 framed pictures, 30 un-framed pictures and 19 items of 3D work submitted to the exhibition.
The external selectors this time were Peter Valentine and Mary Griffin, supported by our member Sylvia Taylor.
Caption Competition Thanks to all those who sent in captions for Deborah's photo.
The chosen caption was sent in by member Chris Kettle...well done Chris!
SUBSCRIPTIONS DUE If you have not already sent in you annual subscription to the SCSA please do so otherwise you will be removed from the mailing list and miss out on our programme for 2012. Please send your cheque for £20 payable to the SCSA to our membership Secretary Betty Sutton and please advise of any change to your address details.
Autumn Exhibition Awards This time the exhibition was opened by Rosemary Walton a Director from the Town Hall Users Co Ltd She complemented the Society on the high standard of work on display and presented the awards. The Ada Wilkinson Award for best painting in any medium went to Hugh Heaven for his oil painting entitled 'Venice Backwater'. The highly commended in this category went to Keith Wilkins for 'Summer Reflections'.
'No Parking' by Colin Harris receives the Doris Jackson Best Watercolour award and Deborah Hodgson the Best Pastel Award for 'Winters Day'. The Best Portrait award went to Keith Ripley for 'Man with the Blue Hat'.
Prize Art Quiz (Compiled by Fred Lee) A £10 art materials voucher is offered to the first fully correct entry drawn out of the hat. The winner's name will be published in the next Newsletter. Please send all entries to the editor. SCSA Art Quiz - Winter 2012 A £10 art materials voucher is offered to the first fully correct entry drawn out of the hat. The winner‘s name will be published in the next Newsletter. Please send all entries to the editor .
All the answers can be found in any good art reference book or by Internet search. The £10 voucher will be awarded to the entrant with the most correct answers. The answers to the Autumn 2011 quiz are:
There was no winner of the £10 gift voucher from Vesey Arts & Crafts. Remember to have a go at the quiz and send your answers to: Editor : Sam Revill, 32 Patterton Drive, Walmley, Sutton Coldfield B76 1GQ or email your answers to jessar@blueyonder.co.uk. Closing date for input is 20th March 2012.
INVITATION TO SUTTON ARTISTS Sutton Coldfield Decorative and Fine Arts Society is dedicated to the promotion of the arts with lectures by expert speakers from Tate Modern, the V&A and other celebrated institutions. It meets monthly on Wednesday afternoons at All Saints Centre, Four Oaks. Want to know more? Ring 0121 353 3254 to speak to Zena Troman. (www.suttoncoldfielddfas.org.uk)
ART GROUP Are you interested in joining a small group of artists that meet together on a Wednesday night at The Streetly School to paint and give each other help and encouragement with their painting? If so give Geoff Stubbins a ring on 0121 323 2694 for more details.
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