[BAS Newsletter] "Emil and the portrait sitters" and some public service broadcasting

[Adrian Fowle]

I am going to send several emails in the near future, just because it is 
easier for me to send them as I complete each topic. I hope that won't 
disturb your inboxes too much

Our First Friday event for October is a Portrait in Oils by Emil Nikolla 
– whom we are fortunate to have as one of our members.

Emil was born in Berat, Albania in 1971. He joined a local Art School at 
the age of 10, finishing his art studies at Athens Fine Arts University 
in Greece. Since 2003 he has been living and working in London, UK. He 
likes to capture the essence of the subject's nature, which he does by 
chatting to the sitter. His demonstrations were popular with our members 
and the general public at our exhibition in The Glades. His other claim 
to fame is as a semi-finalist on Sky Portrait Artist of the Year 2019. 
You can see examples of his work at https://www.emilnikollaartist.com/ - 
but don't just look at his portraits. I like the abstracts in particular.

Friday 4th October 2019, 7.30 pm for 8 pm at Ripley Art Centre

YOUR HELP PLEASE

We shall need some help in the kitchen this Friday as one of our "Tea 
ladies" will be away. They are of course not "Tea ladies" really but 
ordinary members of BAS and I have been worried for some time that the 
work falls unevenly on a few people. As well as helping this week, it 
would be great if more people volunteered regularly so that we can 
rotate a bit. There is no need to restrict this to the ladies either. I 
am trying not to ask the committee members who already do so much. We 
shall have an organiser on hand to - well, organise!

NEW BAS RULE - NO GRUMBLING

Whilst we talk of the committee - I know that some members are unhappy 
that some of the committee do not attend the demonstrations. Our 
ordinary members are not all expected to attend every one of our 
functions so it would be a bit harsh to expect it of the committee. I am 
just pleased that we manage to fill the posts with people who have the 
competence and enthusiasm to do the job. Until you have tried it, you 
don't realise how hard it is to run an art society or something similar. 
All of them have other things in life to get on with too. There is no 
reward for serving on the committee and I think members get a lot for 
their membership fee. It's quite clear that we muddle some things up - 
often your chairman's fault - but we do our best. We can always do with 
more help, so if something is not right for you, please offer to pitch in!

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Adrian Fowle
Chairman, Bromley Art Society