Newsletter
Volume 17 Issue 3
May 2007

Dear Members
What a wonderful demonstration by Larry Lau at our last meeting - photos are on our webpage and again we had a big turnout. We would like to organise a workshop with Larry. Please let me know who would be interested, date still to be confirmed.

We had a great workshop on how to paint carps with Stuart Leung on April 29th.

Please send any nominations for a new committee or suggestions for election procedures for our Annual General Meeting in August to our Secretary, Daisy Hsu.

Our next meeting will take place on:
Saturday, June 2nd 2007 at 2.15pm at Will's Quills

We will start with our Committee meeting - as usual, everybody is welcome - then follow on with the General meeting.

• Demonstration by Franz Cheung, President of the Oriental Calligraphy Society: painting on fans and the history of this art form

• And again our "Show and Tell" session - please bring your latest creations

Dates to put in your diaries:

• Yum Cha on Saturday, May 12th, 2007 please contact Maggie
  ( Tel: 9878 1530) regarding details and to reserve your seat

• Andrew Lo will talk at the next meeting of the Oriental Calligraphy Society about promoting the understanding and appreciation of the aesthetics of calligraphy as an art form and the close relationship between calligraphy and painting
  Saturday, May 12th at 2.00pm at Will's Quills
  

Items of Interest

www.australian-chinese-painting-society.com.au
Our webpage looks better every week - have another look, lots of photos and information for you to look at

• Chinese Brush Painting lessons with Larry Lau
  Mondays 10.00 am - 12.00 noon, landscape or flowers
  Fees: $22.00 per lesson, pay as you come
  Small class of not more than 5 students, Frenchs Forest
  Phone: 9452 5169

• The Glenrose Cafe is willing to take paintings on consignments - 15% commission - no other charges but help in hanging the artwork. The owner of the Cafe (Abraham) to decide which paintings are suitable for hanging.
  Contact details:
  The Glenrose Cafe (Abraham)
  Shop 36A Glenrose Shopping Centre,Glen Street
  Belrose 2085, Tel: 9451 9947
  If you would like to participate as a member of the Society, please contact Andrew or Daisy, paintings will then go in as a group.

• On April 11th, Mirra Hainsworth was invited to give a talk at the Luncheon meeting by the Australia-China Friendship Society.

Exhibition

• The Chatswood Cultural Centre will hold an exhibition of Chinese paintings by
  Ms Tsu-Sheng Lee & her student Ms Virginia Wong
  12th - 22nd May 2007, 10-4 ( 1- 1:30 lunch break), closed on Sunday
  Official opening: Saturday 12th of May, 11.00 am
  

• Contact details for Lilian Lai, if you want to borrow a book or CD:
  Tel: 9873 2683 or lilianlllai@yahoo.com

• And last but not least- please start thinking about and painting of course for the upcoming Ryde (September), Paramatta (October) and Liverpool exhibitions.
  
  

Hopefully, we'll see you all at the next meeting
Kind regards

Evelyne Zuercher Hadfield