Exhibitions: We had an excellent response from members for our Spring exhibition
with sales holding their own. The preview for The Open at St. George’s Church was
poorly attended; sales were moderate and our conclusion was that it was too late in
the year for this venue so hopefully this year’s venue will be in September. Poor
weather hit all our open air exhibitions so they were really a wash out in 2007 - it is
something we just have to take a chance with. The Preview at Ripley Art Centre was
attended by mainly the artist themselves and continues to be a venue that just does
not attract enough of the public.
For 2008 we are looking at other venues some of which are more suitable for a
small number of members to show at rather than the whole of the society. Details
will be printed in the Easel, if you are interested but don’t know where to start,
please contact me.
The Easel continues to inform and delight us through the efforts of our editor Allan.
We lost Joseph to the sunny shores of Corsica earlier in the year and are about
to lose Malcolm Tait, our stalwart membership secretary, who also plans to be
travelling more in the future.
Christine has agreed to take on responsibility for Press and Publicity.
John Taphouse has been taking care of the exhibition finances.
Brenda Sayburn has been nominated as our next membership secretary.
Jill Reardon, although not a member of the actual committee, is now responsible
for monthly meeetings at Verrall Halls.
Derrick continues to design and produce our posters
Peter is still looking for an exhibition assistant and we have a vacancy for the Vice
Chair.
Don manages our finances and keeps us all in check. He managed to obtain a
small grant from the Bromley Arts Council which is earmarked for new velcro hooks.
We do owe Malcolm a great depth of gratitude not only for his work as membership
secretary but also for all the support and effort he puts in at exhibitions, not only
with installing the display boards, serving the wine, but also for covering unpopular
stewarding time plus extra slots when needed. Fortunately for us he is happy to
still, for now, help out with refreshments at the monthly meetings. His presence as
part of the committee will be greatly missed.
Ann Holdway