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East Gosford 2250 P o s t a g e

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P A I D A u s t r a l i a

Central Coast Art Society

The CCAS Newsletter September 2015

PRESIDENT

Margaret Hardy 4369 4534

VICE PRESIDENT

Judith Hoste 4341 7302

SECRETARY

PUBLICITY

Coleen Martin 4325 1420

MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY

Marlene Palagyi 4363 1156

MINUTES SECRETARY

Karen Williams tba

TREASURER

Caroline O’Dwyer 4368 3187

ASSISTANT TREASURER

Judith Hoste 4341 7302

LIBRARIAN

Sue Jokinen 4322 3112

COMMITTEE

Marilyn Collins

Fran Melrose 4368 6773

SOCIAL CATERING

Marlene Palagyi 4363 1156

Marion Semmens 4363 4266

PAINT-OUT CO-ORDINATOR

Rose Bickley 4369 5860

NEWSLETTER EDITOR

Fran Mackey 4369 2178

WEBMASTER

Belinda Lindhardt 4342 0626

EXHIBITION CO-ORDINATOR

Judith Hoste 4341 7302

ASSIST. EXHIB. CO-ORDINATOR

Fran Mackey 4369 2178

HON. AUDITOR Community Audit

HON LEGAL ADVISOR*

Representing exhibition subcommittee.

E m a i l L i n k s President@artcentralcoast.asn.au

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COMMITTEE MEETINGS: 1.30pm on the 3

rd Monday each

month, at Gosford Arts Centre.

GENERAL MEETINGS: 1.30pm on the 4th Wednesday of

each month in Studio 2, Gosford

Arts Centre. Visitors are welcome.

Please see page 2

for details of September

Workshops

Tuesday Paint Outs

General Meeting

MEMBERSHIP FEES:

To renew please send payment (no cash)

with current contact details to:

MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY, P O Box 4168, East Gosford, 2250

or pay

Online @ www.artcentralcoast.asn.au

Annual Membership applies from January to December. Fees are:

Exhibiting Members $20 per annum.

Social Members $10 per annum.

Please, let us know if you change your address

WORKSHOPS:

9.30am to 12.30pm

1st

& 3rd

Wednesday

each month at

Studio 2, Gosford

Arts Centre, Webb Street,

East Gosford.

Visitors are Welcome.

Cost is $15 includes morning tea.

.

Welcome New Members

A warm welcome is

extended to:

Margaret Cameron

Gerald Barnett

Ilonka Snell.

Current membership

240.

230

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September, 2015

Map references are from the Central Coast UBD & Yellow Pages Directory

September 1 The Skillion, Terrigal Map 2 E4

September 8 North Entrance foreshore Map 61 E11

September 15 Katandra Reserve, Katandra Road, Holgate Map 78 L15 September 22 The Waterfall Cafe, Mount Penang Gardens, Somersby Map 86 C6

September 29 The Waratahs along the road to Patonga Map 115 Q6

October 6 Veteran’s Hall Public Jetty, Henderson Road, Saratoga Map 97 G13

Popular with tourists, the public area at the Skillion very much improved through landscaping, is more accessible now for painting

The location at North Entrance is on the left, just over the bridge. There is a car park but toilet facilities are across the main road in

the park. You can look across the channel to the fishing Co-Op /boat hire jetty on the other side of the bridge.

Katandra Reserve is a lovely natural setting with beautiful gum trees. It is quite dense bush so there are not views out.

The Waterfall cafe is the entrance to the Mt Penang Gardens. For those who would like to go and paint inside the gardens there is a

small fee to pay. In the outside grounds there are numerous building and nice paperbark trees.

It is hard to say if there will be any waratahs, however it does make a nice morning out in the bush; a beautiful natural locations that

offers so much to paint even without waratahs. Hopefully someone will put a marker out to say where the spot is. It is past the Pearl

Beach turn, on the right at the top of the hill. There is a car parking area and a lock gate which is the entrance to the Brisbane Water

National Park and the start of the Van Dahls walking track. It is well marked in the street directory.

Veterans Hall Public Wharf has a public shelter, limited car but plenty of street/verge parking. The jetty which makes a good subject

Come along and enjoy our paintout mornings. There is no starting or finishing times. Come and go as you please. Morning tea is at

10am and lunch at 12Noon. Rose Bickley. Paintout Co-Ordinator: 0428439180

Kincumber Sketch Group Meet at Kincumber School of Arts, Friday 10am-12.30pm (under CCAS banner). Corner of Empire Bay Drive and Tora Street.

Entry and parking via Oberton & School Streets. Contact Ray Wright 4368 3778

General Meeting

September 23, 2015 – 1.30pm

Paul Lovegrove

Canson Company

Founded in 1557 Canson with its unique

expertise and know-how, continue to offer all

artists excellence high-quality products.

Talk to Paul and find out about the best

paper for your medium!

Workshops

September 2 & 16 - 9.15 am for 9.30 start

Christine Raj

Acrylic and Texture Workshop

Things to Bring: For our workshop, I’d like you to look around you and see what kind of “stuff” you’d like to include in some textured backgrounds. e.g. String, eggshells, thin wire, tissue paper, sand, coffee grounds, autumn leaves, old magazines to collage, corrugated cardboard…etc

1) At least a couple of canvasses (work on one while the other is drying)….or some pieces of gessoed matt board or wood.

2) Acrylic paints incl. white, brushes, water pot, water spray bottle 3) PVA and a couple of little bowls for mixing 4) Talcum powder 5) Gloss or matt mediums 6) Palette knife, piece of kitchen sponge, scissors 7) Heat gun or hair dryer if desired.

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If you want your exhibition listed here you must contact the editor before the third Monday of the month prior to the event.

September 26 – 29 November 2015, Gosford Art Prize. & Gosford Ceramic Prize. Prize money totalling $15,000 & $2,000 respectively. Entry Fee $30/artist Art Prize or $20/artist Ceramic Prize. Limit of 2 entries each section. Opening hours 10am-4.00pm across all Galleries. Entries close 14 September. Full details at www.gosford.nsw.gov.au/galleries

October 9 - 11, 2015. Birregurra Art Show 2015.. Categories: Drawing, pastel work, watercolour washwork, painting, photomedia, printmaking and other media. Opening: Friday 9 Oct. at 7.30pm. Prizes: 1

st $500, 2nd $250. Plus $1,000 to be

chosen from the category winners. Total prize money offered to artists is $6250. Entries close Fri Sept 4. Entry fee $10.00. Visit website for details & entry form or call Liz Bashford - 0475 265 249 November 6 - 28, 2015. ANL Maritime Art Awards and Exhibition 2015. Call for entries which reflect the theme ‘Explorations of the Relationship Between Humanity And The Sea’. Total prize money of $27,000.00 & four awards. Venue: the historic Seafarers’ Centre, 717 Flinders Street, Docklands, Melbourne. All works exhibited are for sale and 33% commission supports the work at the Mission. Entries close 2

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October 2015. Conditions and entry form, at www.missiontoseafarers.com.au/anl-art-prize Questions artprize@missiontoseafarers.com.au

November 7 – 5 December 2015 Grace Cossington Smith Art Award 2015. Entries now open to Australian residents, for this National Acquisitive Contemporary Art Prize. Venue: Grace Cossington Smith Gallery at Abbotsleigh, Wahroonga. Finalist will each be awarded $1,000. Entry Fee $50 for up to three artworks. Full details www.gcsgallery.com.au/gcs-art-award

Gosford Regional Gallery .

July 18 – 6 September 2015, Emerging. This is the 7

th exhibition whereby the Gallery provides an

opportunity for young artists, 18-30 years to submit entries. Eight finalists are selected, representing excellence in their chosen areas. 8 August – 13 September 2015, ‘A Brush with Japan’. Foyer Gallery 10 – 4pm. An exhibition by members of the Australian Society of Miniature Art NSW, inspired by Gosford Edogawa Commemorative Garden. September 26 – 29 November 2015. Gosford Art Prize. The premier Art Prize on the Central Coast with prize money totalling $15,000. Opening hours 10am-4.00pm across all Galleries.

The Community (Studio) Gallery

August 27 – 6 September 2015, VISIONS Art Exhibition. Lakes Grammar secondary students from years 7 to 11 present a collection of works that explore their view of the world. The exhibition also features drawings and paintings from the Bundanon Art Camp. Contact Co-ordinator Visual Arts on 4393 4111

Beyond Gosford Regional Gallery

September 15-18 Grandma Moses Exhibition 2015. Venue 50+ Leisure Learning Centre, Albany Street, North Gosford. Presentation of Awards Tuesday 15 Sept. 10.30am. October 23 – 31, 2015. The Overflow Exhibition. Venue: Imperial Centre, Gosford. Artist’s whose works were entered or not hung in the Gosford Art Prize, are offered the opportunity to display their works, and compete for the ‘Smithy Award’

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SNIPPETS: Blue Gum Art Show: “Deepest regret but the Blue Gum Art Show will not be running this year due to lack of volunteers at the school. I hope to source outside help next year to keep it going. Apologies”….Cat Soper

New Workshop tutor: Christine Raj a new tutor to CCAS will be taking our September workshops. With a passion for texture and colour, Christine paints in several mediums, including watercolour, acrylic and a new medium….alcohol inks, which are recent to Australia, imported from the U.S. Depending on the medium used, she paints on glass, metal, wood, plastic, ceramic tile, Perspex, foil, coated Masonite, gessoed MDF board, canvas, watercolour paper, Yupo paper and wax. New Exhibition Venue for November 2015, we have been able to secure the carpeted area outside Myers, in Erina Fair for members of the CCAS. Full details and entry form in the October newsletter.

Japanese Festival in Garden 5th

September. Are you available to help man our stall advertising CCAS. Yes! Then please contact Margaret. The 21

ST Anniversary of the opening of Gosford/Edogawa Commemorative Garden will be celebrated on the 4

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September 2015, at which time a video of the history of the Garden entitled ‘A Dream Comes True’ will be launched. Open Studio with CASS Art Direct – unfortunately the invitation to participate arrived between newsletters

however, it may be something to put in your diary to check next year Details at www.cassartdirect.com.au

Thanks you, Julie Duell for kindly donating Masonite boards for artists to use.

Plein Air Painting Trips – Norfolk Island – 2015

Louise Cork 5 – 12 September 2015 Belinda Biggs 9 – 16 October, 2015

Elena Parashko 13 – 20 November 2015 Rose Bickley 29 Feb – 7 March 2016

Details: https://www.norfolkislandtravelcentre.com 1800 1400 66 or maria@travelcentre.nlk.nf

WINTER EXHIBITION 2015 REPORT

The exhibition looked great. We fitted 115 paintings from 60 artists and sold 8 paintings, lots of cards but very low sales with jewellery and pottery. It was a big job hanging to fit them in, so thanks to members on duty and especially George Palagyi and Ken Hoste. We had good numbers through, even though some mornings were very quiet, the count was over 920. Thanks to Kathy Smith MP for Gosford, who opened the exhibition and was very impressed with the work. People's Choice vote was won by Dennis Whalen, with the Mandarins, and we had equal 2nd to Fran Mackey and Sue Jokinen. Thanks to everyone who did roster duty throughout.

Judith Hoste, Exhibition Co-Ordinator

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Sick List To all those on the sick list, we wish you a full and speedy recovery.