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Randwick Art Society Inc
Quarterly Newsletter # 41 Issue: June 2020
Photos Above from Left – ‘Sketch a Day - Assortments’ Artworks by H Egan, M Guest, H Hereth, P Service
PRESIDENT’S REPORT March 2020
These last few months have beenvery difficult for everyone. The Covid19 pandemic struck very quickly andaffected the world in ways not seenbefore. We are lucky here in Australiathat due to early and strictinterventions, we have not sufferedthe losses we see in many othercountries.
RAS had to adjust as well. Wesuspended most activities for 2020,including our Monday Art Studiomeetings, our planneddemonstrations and workshops, aswell as our May 2020 annualexhibition at Little Bay.
What we do and how we do it isdifferent, but we are still here. Yourcommittee has continued to work tokeep you connected by setting up the‘RAS Online Art Projects’ on ourwebsite.
The RAS website now offers two‘Sketch-A-Day’ galleries; one startedin April, “Assortments” and a secondbegan in May, “Out and About”.In June 2020, we set up an online
Craft Gallery for our members, andan online Portrait Gallery page forinterested members to submit theirportraits (paintings, mixed media,craft, sculpture, photographs, etc.),including self-portraits, portraits ofothers, and pet portraits.
RAS CalendarJune – September 2020
Every Monday: Due to Covid 19, theMonday Art Studio at the RLI has beenclosed temporarily.Demonstrations & Workshops: Allplanned demos and workshops havebeen suspended. Members will beadvised when the RLI reopens & ourgroup activities are permitted to startup again.RAS Website Online Activities: Anumber of ongoing art and craftactivities have been organized formembers via the RAS website. Detailsare outlined in ‘Activities’ section of theNewsletter.Monday 22nd June: The scheduled RASGeneral Meeting has been cancelleddue to the Covid 19 restrictions at theRLI. As a way for members toparticipate in RAS activities, in lieu ofattending the General Meeting,committee would like to invitemembers to send their comments viaemailto [email protected] 19th June 2020. Please include yourideas, questions, issues of concern, orother matters you would like to raise.The Committee will then attend tomember emails/feedback at theirJune monthly meeting. The minutes ofthe meeting will be made available toall members.
In May 2020 RAS also conducted aRAS Logo competition.Hopefully, things will continue toimprove so that we can catch upsoon in person at the RAS MondayArt Studio at the RLI. It is difficult,but we can do this.Take care of your family, friends
and keep safe.
Maria KapodistriasPresident
Randwick Art Society Inc. PO Box 1062, Randwick NSW [email protected] | www.randwickartsocietyinc.org.au
RAS has established an Instagramaccount specifically for use by theSociety.Follow us @randwickartsocietyinc
Most members will know thatInstagram is another social mediaplatform. It targets visual materialand imagery. Users can “tag” theirposted image using #hashtags toreference different topics plusaccounts using the @ symbol.Some of our members actively use
Instagram and it forms part of their‘promotion’ for their own artworksand exhibitions. Members have alsotagged RAS using the hashtag#randwickartsociety. This activity isencouraged by Committee, as itbrings our Society to the attentionof a wider audience.
Follow RAS on FACEBOOK & INSTAGRAM!
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Visit RAS Website!
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Members News
The impact of the Covid 19pandemic has meant that moreand more things have beenhappening online. Regardless, lifegoes on and we all have had todeal with a variety of changedcircumstances. Here’s what somemembers have been getting up to.
• Drummoyne Online Art Show:Entries closed on 22nd May. 30Finalists were selected and theirworks will be exhibited online bythe Drummoyne Art Society from1-30 June 2020. Several RASmembers submitted paintings.Congratulations to Heidi Herethand Julia Hasslemann, who wereselected as finalists.
• Gallery Lane Cove: had anExhibition titled, ‘Self Portraits inthe Age of Covid-19’, between 18May and 7 June. Congratulations toHeather Egan who had workselected and exhibited in thisinitiative.
• Tradition and Transformation II:Taiwan-Australia InternationalWatercolour Exhibition:Congratulations to Rick Bardsley-Smith, who as a member of theAustralian Watercolour Institute,has a work in this exhibition. Worksare exhibited at the Dadun CulturalCenter, Taichung City, Taiwan,from 30th May - 17 June 2020. Thesame works were then to beexhibited at Juniper Hall inPaddington during August, but thisAustralian leg of the exhibition hasbeen cancelled.
RAS Logo Competition
RAS Logo Competition: The idea forthis competition was to design a newlogo for RAS. All members wereencouraged to submit 2 designs andessentially had a month to developtheir ideas. The closing date was 31May 2020. 18 Entries were received,thanks to the members who submittedan entry. As set out in the competitionguidelines, the RAS Committee haschosen a short list of 3 possibledesigns, see below. Based on memberfeedback, a preferred design will beselected. All members are encouragedto respond by 19th June 2020.
• Relocation: Shelley Jackson, aRAS member since 2011, hasmoved house and is now residingin Port Macquarie. Ironically, herinvolvement in RAS has notdiminished, but if anything hasincreased, as she is keen tocontinue as RAS websiteCoordinator. We wish her well asshe makes a home in Port.
• Members: Tell us what ishappening for you! With theimpact of Covid 19, we don’t get torub shoulders at the RLI at themoment, and so, don’t get to hearwhat’s happening for you. We misshearing from you! Please, drop usan email telling us what you are upto. Where appropriate, and if youwish, we can include yourinformation in our Newsletter, sothat all members can betterunderstand what’s happening inthe life of our Society.
• Welfare Officer: If anyone knowsof any Member who is sick,hospitalised, or is in need ofsupport; or if there has been adeath, please phone Patricia Reid,Ph. 9665 1831. Randwick ArtSociety is interested in ourmembers; both as a Society and asindividuals; and through theactivities of our Welfare Officerlikes to offer support andassistance where needed.
Please select your preferred design by Friday 19th June and send your
selection no. to:[email protected]
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Photo Above ‘Sketch a Day - Out and About’ Rosita Simmons - WeedsPhoto Left R Bardley-Smith Artwork
RAS Sponsors
ActivitiesRAS Online Art Projects: RAS hasset up a number of exciting andcreative initiatives on the websitedesigned to help and assistmembers to continue enjoying andexploring art and craft together,even though at the moment wecan’t formally gather together, dueto the current Covid 19 restrictions.To access the RAS Online Galleriesoutlined below, just click on thebutton/link on the RAS Homepage
• ‘Sketch-A-Day’ Online Galleries,“Assortments” and “Out & About” -Members can visit the ‘Sketch-A-Day’ Galleries on the RAS web siteto view the wonderful variety ofpaintings and sketches that havebeen submitted for display byparticipating members. Soundinteresting? Then join in, it’s easyand fun.
• Online ‘Craft Gallery’ - In June2020, we set up an online CraftGallery on the RAS website for ourmembers to display their craftactivities.
• Online ‘Portrait Gallery’ - In June2020, we set up an online PortraitGallery on the RAS website forinterested members to submit theirportraits (paintings, mixed media,craft, sculpture, photographs, etc.),including self-portraits, portraits ofothers, and pet portraits.
RAS Website Online GalleryOur last Newsletter explained that theRAS Online Gallery was launched inFebruary 2020.This is a way for members to present
and potentially sell their works usingthe internet. This initiative is managedby Shelley Jackson, RAS websiteCoordinator. Several members havealready started to explore this platformwith Shelley's assistance.
The progress of this project wastemporarily interrupted, as Shelley hasrecently moved to Port Macquarie (seeMember News). Regardless, Shelley iscontinuing in her role as RAS websiteCoordinator and manager of the RASwebsite Online Gallery; and she hopesto get the Online Gallery up andrunning very soon.
Shelley will be available to provideindividual assistance to members byemail, telephone, and face to facemeetings using Zoom videoconferencing, (a computer applicationthat enables video/audio link).Don’t be shy about contacting Shelley,
as she welcomes your interest inparticipating in the RAS website OnlineGallery. Initial contact with Shelley canbe made via the RAS [email protected]
Photo Above – ‘Sketch a Day - Out and About’Nivedita Sen – Garden Corner
Previous DemonstrationsThank you to our RASteacher/demonstrator Niki Koepplfor running her Illustrationdemo/workshop with Prismacolorpencils. This was right before Covid19 restrictions came into place,and therefore, the 4th Workshopon Drawing with Artgraf had to becancelled.
Photos Above: Prismacolor pencils workshop / artworks
Upcoming Members Exhibitions
RAS Member, Kurt Koeppl will behaving a solo art exhibition inBalgowlah for 3 weeks in July. Allwelcome to attend. “Hibernation”runs from Thursday 2nd – 18th July2020 at Pop Up Gallery 377 SydneyRoad Balgowlah 2093. Galleryhours Thurs-Sun 1pm – 8pm.Private viewing by appointment.Contact [email protected] distancing measures in place
Photo Above ‘Sketch a Day - Out and About’ Frances O’Rourke – Doorways
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