[BAS Newsletter] Eventful times - A special 1st Friday demonstration this Friday 7pm, Malcolm Tait's' retrospective exhibition this Saturday 10:30am and news of changes on the committee.

[Paul Stringfellow]

Dear Members and colleagues,

It has been quite an eventful few weeks organising the events for the 
last quarter of this year despite a few changes but I am pleased to say 
we have a busy programme for you.

*Ist Friday Event this Friday 7th October 7pm. A watercolour 
demonstration by our very own Nishad Karim.*

Many of you will have met Nishad displaying his work at our exhibitions, 
at our online Art Matters and the occasional 1st Friday events. Nishad 
is a very talented artist and a busy full time primary school teacher. 
He is a keen supporter of Bromley Art Society so I am particularly 
exited that he will be providing a Watercolour demonstration this coming 
Friday with the emphasis on the art of composition in his work. I urge 
you to visit his website and see some of the fantastic work he does. 
https://www.nishadkarim.co.uk/nishadkarimart

Please join us on Friday 7th October at 7pm in the function room at our 
Daylight Inn venue, Station Square, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1LZ.  The 
demonstration will not commence at 7:30pm so we will have the 
opportunity to meet other members, obtain refreshments and settle before 
it starts. We will again have a half time break and then finish between 
9:30pm and 10pm.

*Retrospective Exhibition of a selection of Malcolm Tait's Artwork. - 
This Saturday 8th October, Old Church School, Hayes, BR2 7BA, 10:30am - 
4.30pm.
*

A reminder that we have an exhibition and sale of Malcolm's artwork the 
day after.  The Old Church School is part of his local church St Mary 
the Virgin - Hayes, Kent which Malcolm regularly attended and gave his 
strong support to.

Malcolm , as well as being a stalwart member of our society, was a 
merchant seaman so ships and nautical themes was the inspiration of 
much, but not all, of his artwork. All of the artwork will be sold at 
greatly reduced prices but will go to a good cause. He keenly supported 
the RLNI and it is for this reason that his family have requested that 
all sale proceeds are donated equally to the RLNI and Bromley Art Society.

Thank you to all who have offered help in setting up, stewarding and 
taking down the exhibition so far. I will be there throughout the day 
with refreshments.  However I will still need a couple of sturdy hands 
to set up the screens and artwork around 9am and then taking them back 
down again at 4:30pm. We would also need a couple more kind volunteers 
to steward and for a few hours during the day. If you are able please 
contact me at Paul Stringfellow <membership at bromleyartsociety.org.uk>

Please come along and support the RLNI, Bromley Art Society and your 
fellow members.

*Changes to the committee*

Thank you to all who responded to the appeal to join our committee. I am 
over the moon to be able to say we have two new volunteers, Julia 
Hughes, and Elizabeth Davis who will be helping us on the committee. I 
am particular grateful to Julia who has offered to take over the role as 
secretary as Jan Wilson retires from that role but continues to be 
active on the committee.

However Jules Pew has recently resigned from the committee and the role 
of treasurer. Jules had given her experience to the committee and 
members of Bromley Art Society in so many ways over many years. Jules 
role as treasurer has been particularly valuable to the society in 
helping it to keep financially viable. Myself and all the committee 
sincerely thank Jules for all her hard work and excellent contributions 
over many years.

This again creates a shortfall on the committee. We have yet to fully 
discuss and finalise some exciting changes next year but we plan to 
review the current roles within the committee to bring it in line with 
today's needs. We will of course need a treasurer, which Deborah has 
kindly offered to oversee temporarily for which I am extremely grateful, 
thank you Deborah. I also feel strongly that we need to strengthen our 
ability to organise events throughout the year to engage members and 
work with other groups. Deborah is currently run ragged organising 
events for us and we are of course limited to what time and energy we 
have on the committee.

If you can give a little of you time please consider joining the 
committee.  It would be a great way to use your talents, meet and help 
bring local artists together.  We meet approximately 10 times a year 
either on Zoom or at a live venue.  If you can help please contact me or 
speak to one of the committee. We will be there on Friday at the 
Daylight Inn.

Kind Regards,

Paul


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