Newsletter
Volume 17 Issue
November 2007
www.australian-chinese-painting-society.com.au

Dear Members

Our next meeting will take place on:
Saturday 1st December 2007 at 2.30pm at Will's Quills

Committee meeting at 2:15pm all members are invited

A "working party" will be on site from about 1.00pm to put together the mini exhibition - we would like everybody, yes we do mean EVERYBODY to take part. Please bring a couple or more paintings in either a CD or a DVD case (or just the art work and we'll put it together for you!!!)

Update for those who did not attend our last meeting- our long serving Honorary Treasurer, Maggie DeCourcy has resigned due to ill health and Carole Burns has kindly agreed to step into Maggie's shoes (but not on the gold paper!!!).

As this is our last meeting this year and it's our Xmas Party, so everybody needs to bring a small plate - this is a chance to catch up with everybody.

Items of Interest

• Congratulations to Maggie DeCourcy who has been awarded a "Commended" at the Parramatta exhibition and a "Highly Commended" at the Blackheath exhibition.

• A warm welcome to our new member, Diana Brookes

• A last reminder to all those who have not yet paid the annual membership fees ($40.00) please send your cheque to the Secretary ACPS, 5 Mulley Place, Belrose NSW 2085
  The final deadline for payment will be our December 1st meeting.

• Bring paintings for our "Show and Tell"
  

• Any ideas/suggestions on topics for demonstrations for next year?

Easter Show entries:
Information and application form may be downloaded from the web site www.sydneyroyalshows.com.au -click on the link of Easter show competitions, then Arts.
There is no category on Chinese painting, but if you want to you may enter your paintings into other classes such as water colours or printmaking etc. The cost is approx $30 - $35 per entry depending on the class.
Application closes on the 18th of Dec 2007 by mail, 11th of January 2008 if done on line.

Art Gallery NSW
"Mountains and Streams"
Chinese Landscape Paintings from the National Gallery of Victoria Collection
29/11/2007 - 10/2/2008
Free admission

Chinese Cultural Centre
Citadel Tower, Chatswood

Di Wu & his children's books
Exhibition of original Illustrations
Opening: Saturday 24th Nov 2007, 11.00am
Duration: 24/11/2007 - 4/12/2007

Hopefully, we'll see you all at the next meeting
Wishing you all a

VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS & A HAPPY NEW YEAR.

Kind regards
Evelyne Zuercher Hadfield

 

Tribute to Maggie

Over the years, members of our Society have long admired and greatly appreciated the growth and development of Maggie's beautiful, unique and award winning flower and bird paintings on gold paper, an art form that demands great precision of brush work and imaginative use of colour pigments. Maggie has most generously shared her knowledge of this "going for gold" art form with fellow members and we have all learnt a great deal from her.

As the retiring and longest serving treasurer of our society, Maggie has applied untiringly her professional skills as an accountant to the sound and unerring financial house keeping of our society, to which we all owe her a great debt. So, we would all like to say a big and heart felt thank you to Maggie for her great and continuing contributions to our society, while we still enjoy with her the conviviality of her wonderful Yum Cha sessions.

 

Andrew Lo