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<font style="font-size: 16pt" size="4">Back to the </font><font
style="font-size: 16pt" size="4">artist’s
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Re-opening of BAS Wednesday </font><font color="#000000"><font
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size="4"><span lang="en-GB">Studio
Sessions.</span></font></font></font></p>
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Our members that participate in our Wednesday drop-in have been
waiting patiently for the reopening of Ripley Arts Centre. So with
Covid 19 safety measures in place <font color="#000000"><font
face="Liberation Serif, serif"><font style="font-size: 12pt"
size="3"><span lang="en-GB">we
finally </span></font></font></font><font color="#000000"><font
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</span></font></font><font color="#000000"><font
style="font-size: 12pt" size="3"><span lang="en-GB">e-opened</span></font></font>
our drop-in as “Studio sessions” giving priority to existing
participants. <b>All of our places for our studio sessions in
Ripey
have now been taken and oversubscribed up but please read on..</b></p>
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Throughout the lock-down your committee have been searching for
alternative venues and developing our online events. If we have
enough interest we could take on an additional drop-in venue at
the
Assembly Halls at 18 Gates Green Road, Coney Hall, West Wickham,
BR4
9JW. <span style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#404040"><font
face="sans-serif, Arial"><font style="font-size: 12pt"
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style="font-style: normal"><span style="font-weight:
normal">18
</span></span></span></font></font></font></span>on
Mondays between
10am and 4pm. This is a larger airy and light small hall with
greater
capacity with parking, kitchen and garden located in a quiet spot
in
West Wickham that some of you may know already.<br>
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<b>We
already have a few interested in attending the Assembly Halls,
Coney
Hall but we want to open the opportunity to the wider BAS
membership</b>.
<b>If you are interested let us know by contacting your membership
secretary Paul Stringfellow at <a
href="mailto:membership@bromleyartsociety.org.uk">membership@bromleyartsociety.org.uk</a>
</b><b>or give me a call on 07732 408 554. </b><b>The Covid 19
measures below are those that we have already implemented in
Ripley
but are likely to be the same for the Assembly Halls Coney Hall.</b></p>
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With both locations we will need to introduce the following new
but
necessary Covid 19 measures to ensure the safety of our members
and
ensure we are in compliance with current regulations. We hope they
will only be temporary but at least they will enable us to meet up
safely again and continue the drop-in groups for the time being. </p>
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Our friendly <font color="#000000"><font face="Liberation Serif,
serif"><font style="font-size: 12pt" size="3"><span
lang="en-GB">studio</span></font></font></font>
sessions are a great way to connect and form friendships, meet
supportive like minded people and to find out how Bromley Art
Society
supports artists from all walks of life. </p>
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<b>Covid 19 measures </b><b>introduced at Ripley – Those
introduced
for the Assembly Hall will be similar.</b></p>
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align="left"> We need to balance the need to continue include
existing participants of the drop-in with limiting the number
of people meeting at any one time and cover increased costs to
BAS.<br>
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We are therefore offering 3 “Studio sessions” with a maximum
of 6 people throughout the day in the Studio at Ripley </p>
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10 am – 12 noon</p>
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12 noon – 2pm</p>
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2 pm – 4 pm<br>
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Ripley have increased their prices and so
offering three Studio sessions will help us cover the additional
cost’s but keep your £5 sub the same for now.<br>
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align="left"> To manage numbers we will need to introduce a
booking system. We don’t know what the demand will be yet for
each session so we may need to limit people block booking. We
will let you know the mechanism for booking in due course as
we consider a fair approach but it is likely initially be a
simple phone call <font color="#000000"><font
style="font-size: 12pt" size="3"><span lang="en-GB">or
email to</span></font></font> myself. We need to ensure
we have the maximum of six at each session to make it
financially viable to BAS, so if you have booked but unable to
attend please let us know immediately as we could offer the
slot to someone else waiting.<br>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%"
align="left"> We need to consider a cashless environment so we
have provided a card machine to collect the £5 sub.
Ultimately if neither of the two options are available to you
will need to bring the exact amount in cash as to protect
yourselves we will not be carrying a float to offer change. <br>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%"
align="left"> Please bring your own refreshments (no food
please), cups and mugs etc and take them home after each
session. We understand there will <font color="#000000"><font
style="font-size: 12pt" size="3"><span lang="en-GB">be no</span></font></font>
access to the kitchen for our group. Toilets will be
restricted (please see attachments from Ripley)<br>
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align="left"> We will need to sanitize the room between each
session so please arrive no earlier than your booked session.<br>
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align="left"> <font color="#000000"><font style="font-size:
12pt" size="3"><span lang="en-GB"><b>Ripley requires us
sign-in and leave contact details for each session.
They will also require to collect a declaration from
all participants that they have not had Covid symptoms
in the last 14 days.</b></span></font></font><font
color="#000000"><font style="font-size: 12pt" size="3"><span
lang="en-GB"> I have attached a copy of the declaration
that they are requesting. We would like to do this
electronically where we can to keep paperwork down. We
will maintain an updated copy electronically for each
person so a simple manual sign-in will be all that's
needed on the day. Obviously please let us know
immediately if you are unable to make the declaration.</span></font></font></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%"
align="left"> <font color="#000000"><font style="font-size:
12pt" size="3"><span lang="en-GB">Ripley require us to</span></font></font><font
color="#000000"><font style="font-size: 12pt" size="3"><span
lang="en-GB"> provide guidance to all participating
members of our group prior to our sessions about the
procedures they will be operating regarding social
distancing, use of wash rooms and the one- way system in
place for people moving around the building. Please
familiarise yourself with their attached suite of
documents.</span></font></font><font color="#000000"><font
style="font-size: 12pt" size="3"><span lang="en-GB"><br>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%"
align="left"> <font color="#000000"><font style="font-size:
12pt" size="3"><span lang="en-GB">Please bring a mask
currently you will need to wear one when moving around
the building. At Coney Hall they are now asking people
to wear masks at all times.<br>
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Get involved, let your friends know about BAS and see our growing
drop-in gallery at
<a href="https://www.bromlefrom/">https://www.bromle</a><a
href="https://www.bromleyartsociety.org.uk/weekly-art-classes/">yartsociety.org.uk/weekly-art-classes/</a></p>
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<font color="#000000"><font style="font-size: 12pt" size="3"><span
lang="en-GB">BAS
have a great growing offering for All Artists.</span></font></font></p>
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<font color="#000000"><font style="font-size: 12pt" size="3"><span
lang="en-GB">Keep
safe,</span></font></font></p>
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<font color="#000000"><font style="font-size: 12pt" size="3"><span
lang="en-GB">Paul
Stringfellow</span></font></font></p>
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