We were pleased to welcome Peter Reynolds to our meeting on Monday 18th
March. He came to see what we are doing as well as to check out our equipment
with a view to hiring it for their exhibition in May at The Palms, Subiaco.

He said he’d let us know but it seems his committee would not be keen to do the
physical work involved and may be willing to pay others to set up their exhibition
for them. If this is so we are disappointed as we believed we could help fill the
coffers of our society with our contract.

We hope that others may be interested and thank the secretary very warmly for
all his time and effort constructing our contract and checking its legality with a
visit to town to see a pro-bono lawyer.

Carine Sale

This seems to be a successful and worthwhile exercise. Some suggestions were
made for more sales – perhaps at different venues.

Would interested members please do some research in their own localities and email the results to me as soon as possible.

Late News

A new sale has been organized for the 28th April at the Stirling Farmers Market,
7.30-11.30. The stall is free and eleven members have expressed interest. This
sale will include some small framed paintings as well as unframed ones.

Anne Rice

Pastel Society of Western Australia Newsletter April 2013

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I am delighted to invite you to submit an expression of interest form to participate in the upcoming 2013 City of Joondalup Community Art Exhibition.

The 2013 Community Art Exhibition is open to residents of the City of Joondalup or a current member of an incorporated non-profit visual arts association within the City of Joondalup. Expressions of interest close on Saturday 13th April 2013 and it is highly recommended that you familiarise yourself with the new Terms & Conditions this year as they contain important information on size and price restrictions being introduced this year.

The 2013 Community Art Exhibition is a $1,500 non-acquisitive award with additional awards on offer. It is a condition of entry of the 2013 Community Art Exhibition that the artworks have not been shown prior to this event.

This award is open to residents of the City of Joondalup or a current member of an incorporated non-profit visual arts association within the City of Joondalup.

Please find the enclosed Terms and Conditions and Expression of Interest form due by 5 pm Saturday 13th April 2013. If you have any queries please contact the Administration Officer on 9400 4912.

I look forward to receiving your submission.

Yours sincerely
Lisa Candriella
Administration Officer

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The food was varied and delicious as always, beautifully presented and with a minimum of fuss as we had disposable plates and our own cutlery. Rayma had prepared three raffle prizes gorgeously decorated in baskets. The goodies had been donated over the last few weeks by members. Mike drew the winning tickets and Rayma presented the prizes. Then Celestine became Santa for the handing out of the Kris Kringle presents. Finally we had the judging of all the members’ pictures according to the three categories that Yvonne had prepared.

It was a wonderful wind-up to a fairly difficult year. I know I felt glad to belong to such a happy, friendly and creative bunch of people.

I was told that the gavel I need to bang every so often was turned by Max and is therefore especially valuable to us. We toasted him with much love and happy memories. Thank you cards were given to Karyn, for her work on the newsletters, and to Mike as secretary.

However, there are many members who haven’t been mentioned individually who have generously given time, effort, ideas and quiet service to us all in the society and to whom we all owe a debt of gratitude. The Pastel Society provides much in the way of artistic and social richness and makes an important contribution to the cultural life of our community. I particularly wish to thank the committee members for their contributions.

I look forward to next year. In responding to the survey, we all chose some activities which will enliven our meetings and, I hope, motivate us to paint more and better. We’ll be looking for lots of members to volunteer to run one or two of these events. The committee will be meeting in January to outline our calendar of events and plan the year ahead. I have the feeling that it’s going to be a good one. We’ll meet again on 4 th February 2013.Till then, have a good holiday. Happy painting, Anne Rice, President.

Pastel Society of Western Australia Newsletter January 2013

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We aim to produce a newsletter four times a year so we need to encourage everyone to contribute from time to time. Can you please help us?

To assist the committee with future planning we would love your feed-back to enable us to programme future activities. Please take the time to complete the survey in this month’s Newsletter and add add any other ideas you may have.

Pastel Society of Western Australia Newsletter September 2012

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The opening night on Friday 6th July was very successful. The wine, soft drinks and canapés were very good and the kitchen and servery worked very smoothly. Liz Caiacob officially opened the exhibition with a delightful speech. She is the founder of the Effie Crump Theatre and is also director of the Northern Districts Save the Children Foundation. She and her husband were off to Europe a few days later so we are grateful that she spared the time to come.

Our pictures were very well displayed and well lit with our new lights although during part of next two days there was a slight problem with the light coming in from the windows.

The People’s Choice was popular with 245 people voting for 61 paintings which showed a wide spread of preferences. However, the outstanding winner was Rayma Reany’s ‘Memorable Margaret’.

The discussion at the next meeting was very productive. We all liked the venue but hoped that if we can get it next year, we would prefer to have it much later on October or November. However, we have to wait until the manager has organised all the school events for the year first.

Meanwhile we all want the rest of the year to be interesting and worthwhile so we’re hoping the new programme will have something for everyone.

Happy painting to all members.
Anne Rice
President.

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Pastel Society of Western Australia Newsletter August 2012

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Opening night is the 6th July at 7pm – 9pm
Exhibition also open 7th and 8th July from 9am – 5pm.

This year we are holding it at the Sacred Heart College Hocking Parade Sorrento

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We have started the year well with a lot of members turning up on Monday nights eager to get their masterpieces going again. We have also had a committee meeting whereupon we have begun preparation for the upcoming exhibition and seeking guest demonstrators. With so much talent within our ranks we should have some very good demonstrations this year. Also I would like all members to check out our new website as it looks really fantastic and the showcase of artwork is a credit to the west.

This year we are planning to get more low voltage lights to add to our cache which will enhance our exhibition. If anyone has any other suggestions they would always be welcome. Daniel Gregory will be at Pastels prior to the A.G.M. from 7.30pm. A member of our club has been ill lately and we all wish Doreen a speedy recovery and our thoughts go with her.

We I hope you all enjoy this newsletter and look forward to catching up on a Monday soon.

Cheers
Celestine Dyson
President

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Pastel Society of Western Australia Newsletter March 2012

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We are coming to the end of another busy year and a very successful one at that. We have had a change of venue for our exhibition and the societies first year at Scarborough proved a financial success. The committee took a vote and decided that we will have that venue again for next year’s exhibition. The exhibition stands have also had a facelift with new black covers and thanks to Julie Silvester’s kind donation of the proceeds from the silent auction at our exhibition we will be able to spend the money shortly on some very much needed lights.

This year many of our members have also had solo or joint exhibitions and it was a pleasure to go along and to see such talent. Some of our members are running painting classes in pastels and other mediums and are listed in this newsletter for those that would like to participate. It’s a great way to meet other members and to go over the basics.

One of our members suggested I go onto the Pastel Journal and I have found a wealth of information. If anyone has any websites that they can recommend please let Karyn know so we can place it in the newsletter.

Caroline will be streamlining some changes with making payments so see the Treasurer’s report.

As this is a newsletter for all members, if you have anything to say please let Karyn know so that it can be included in future issues.

I look forward to seeing you all at the Christmas function and to those that can’t make it best wishes for the festive season and see you all on the first Monday in February

Celestine Dyso

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Pastel Society of Western Australia Newsletter November 2011

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