Dear valued members,
At the recent AGM of Goulburn and North East Arts Alliance (GANEAA) they confirmed their decision to amalgamate with North East Artisans (NEA) of which you are currently a member. NEA voted for this amalgamation at a recent Special General Meeting. What this currently means for you is that you are now a member of GANEAA. The membership fee ($25) has been waived until the 2022 AGM. In the short term you may receive correspondence from both organisations as we bring our operations together. If you do not wish to receive Arts information from either organisation, please let us know as soon as possible as our mailing lists will be merged. This merger will provide greater opportunities for artists and artisans of the North East through access to a wider range of services. Operations at the NEA premises will proceed with a wider range of artists exhibiting and more diverse activities. Don’t forget that the Christmas Party is on 18th December, the $50 exhibition is up and running and open to all members and our brilliant fund-raising exhibition raffle is open until the 17th December and is a lot of fun! Warm regards, Sally (on behalf of NEA) NE. Artisans Inc A0090960Y 28 B&C Carrier Street, Benalla, Victoria 3672 www.northeastartisans.org www.facebook.com/NE.Artisans A great opportunity for artists to clear some studio space for new work and for art lovers to buy presents for friends and family at Christmas time.
Artists keen to enter, call in to NEA for further information. Have you got a piece of art you can afford to mark at $50 to put in our annual $50 Christmas exhibition? All members welcome to join. Submit your work this week - the exhibition starts at the beginning of December.
The brainchild of NEA's Exhibitions Coordinator Simon Klose, the $50 Christmas Exhibition is now underway in the Exhibitions Gallery (Gallery 2). Featuring works by NEA members, early sales are promising - new works will be installed as works sell! If something takes your eye, our Gallery Shop volunteers will assist you. '$50 Christmas'
A special Christmas exhibition provided by members of North East Artisans Friday December 6 2019 to Thursday January 9 2020 '$50 Christmas' is an exhibition of affordable artwork by members of the North East Artisans made or selected to meet the Christmas Season’s tradition of giving gifts. Our '$50 Christmas' exhibition provides gift opportunities which will be thoughtful, individual and have high personal and human value. Although the price of the artworks is fixed at a ridiculously low $50 – this is meant as a humorous and ironic gesture – but really - it is NEA's gift to Benalla's Festive Season. We're not making any money here.... The idea of the exhibition is to bring NEA's exhibition space into the commercial domain with a $50 splash opportunity for the Festive Season commercial mayhem period. There is no entry fee (waived) but the 20% commission stands - so the "in hand" artist payment for sold works will be $40. We hope the exhibition will help the Gallery Shop as well....if there's nothing in the exhibition then try the shop.... The exhibition runs from Friday December 6 to Thursday January 9. Works are to be dropped off on Tuesday 3rd December from 10 am to 4 pm and collected on 10 January from 10 am to 4 pm. Further details are available on the attached Conditions and Application form. We don't expect members to give works away - but if there is oldish stock or an idea for a less labour intensive artwork than usual this is the time to bring it forward The EXHIBITION team - simon, bev, cathy, frank and grace (and sometimes Tim) The Exhibition team is sending out invitations today to NEA members to enter works in the '$50' Christmas exhibition. If you are thinking of entering, or find yourself talking to a member who may be interested, the work entered doesn't need to be new work, can be concepts you are currently developing.
Entries are due in next Tuesday 3rd December, although there will be some grace as the opening isn't until Friday 6 December. Please check out the web post below, the Conditions and Application form, and the poster developed by Tim Bowtell in response to an invitation by Simon Klose, Exhibitions team leader. It's already causing lots of discussion... which is what art's all about! (If you are aware of rapper 50 Cents...or Fiddycents you'll understand the connection!) $50 Christmas Exhibition From NEA Members ‘Affordable, creative and fantastic” An in-house Christmas exhibition provided by artists of the North East Artisans Friday December 6 2019 to Thursday January 9 2020 North East Artisans 122 Bridge Street Benalla $50 is an exhibition of artworks by members of the North East Artisans made or selected to meet the Christmas Season’s tradition of giving gifts and presents which are thoughtful, individual and have high personal and human value. Although the price of the artworks is fixed at a ridiculously low $50 – this is meant as a humorous and ironic gesture – it is the choice of the artists to determine their own contribution to the equation of principles and ideas.
Don’t expect works to be glazed and framed = although some may be – but expect a great gift opportunity provided by people who share the North East with us and want to provide a positive human contribution to the seasons character. Simon Klose |
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