July, 2014

President’s Report:

Let’s say a word about fashion that so shapes our lives. Fashion is for groups, Art is for persons. Groups tend towards the anonymous not the personal. Groups can be very good if they are right, but if they are wrong they can be very dangerous. Fashion today is very strong but we are formed from persons not romantic myths of mobs, so I have to put my face against fashion and be for the good of each person I meet.
The Art Centre here exhibits personal objects that ring true to other person’s fashion is really for those who wish to make money from groups, and so have some illusory power.

Your President,
Richard Cutler.

Arts Trail News

BMCAC participated for the first time in the BMAN Arts Trail on June 28 & 29. Our Centre was well attended with 80 people visiting the Centre over the weekend.Among the good news coming from the exhibition were numerous sales, possible new members and interest in classesshown by visitors, as well as an incredible gift to the potters (see potters report) building on this success was discussed.
BMCAC can look forward to building on this success to attract even more visitors and increase our profile on the local arts scene.

Potter’s Report:
Blue Mountains Potters gained an unexpected bonus from the BMAN’S arts trail. A local
member of our community who is about to relocate to Canberra, an ex-potter, visited our Centre and subsequently gave us some glazes and a pottery wheel in almost brand new condition. We thank Les Martin for his very generous gift. The Monday night group is buzzing 10 regular members, plus Helen and Wendy who help where needed.

Wendy


Sausage Sizzle

On Saturday 12 July BMCAC held a Bunnings BBQ raising funds for our centre. The day went well with the weather playing its part and sales going very well which made the day very enjoyable for everyone involved. The pictures show BMCAC members hard at work combining efforts to make everything run smoothly. Many thanks go to all volunteers who showed up and gave their time.

Life Drawing and Painting Group

The Blue Mountains Creative Arts Centre, Life Drawing and Painting Group is inviting you to our annual Body and Soul Life Drawing and Painting Exhibition which will be held over the weekend of Friday 19th, 20th and 21st of September, 2014. Free admission.

The venue is Glenbrook Community Hall at the side of Glenbrook Theatre, Great Western Hwy.

This is an opportunity for you to view members' interpretations of the human figure in a variety of media from pencil, charcoal, ink, mixed media, acrylic and oils. We also display members' latest works in portfolio format. Many works are for sale.

OFFICIAL OPENING NIGHT - Friday 19th September - 7pm to 9pm

The official opening is a social occasion for everyone and an opportunity to see members' works early. A light supper is provided. Please bring family, friends and anyone who is interested. The more the merrier!  If you are interested in exhibiting yourself you must be a member of the BMCAC but you can join prior to the exhibition. If you have any questions please call our coordinator, Joy Myers Creed 4739 2413 or Richard Cutler 4739 1129 or come to our Life Drawing Group which is held weekly on
Fridays 10am to 12.30pm at our Centre, cnr of Hare and Moore Streets, Glenbrook, before the exhibition date.

May Newsletter

Editor’s Note:
In the last committee meeting there was a
discussion to modify the newsletter every
second month to a simpler format, while
retaining the usual format every other month.
This is due to the fact that a simpler format
reduces editing time considerably. I would
appreciate any feedback from members
regarding the new format. How can it be
improved? And, is this format acceptable to
the membership in general?
This newsletter is my first attempt at a new
format and I welcome any comments, good,
or indifferent to allow me to gage whether or
not I’m doing the right thing.
Regards,
Matthias

Members Exhibition:

The members exhibition was held last
weekend with the opening night kicking it off
at 7:00pm at the Glenbrook Community Hall.
Below are photos taken during the opening of
the exhibition.

The members exhibition was held last 

weekend with the opening night kicking it off 

at 7:00pm at the Glenbrook Community Hall. 

Below are photos taken during the opening of 

the exhibition. 

The Hall looked a treat and it was a great 

opportunity to mix and mingle with local 

artists and art lovers. 

In the next newsletter we will have some 

more photos of exhibits and exhibitors and 

will have information and a preview of the 

upcoming life-drawing exhibition. 

This will be another highlight on the BMCAC 

calendar for 2014. 

Other news is that we will be participating in 

the Blue Mountains Arts trail with more detail 

being provided in the next issue. 

If you are interested in participating in a group 

exhibition in a prime location please contact 

one of our committee members (See last page 

of newsletter for 

contact details). 

Presentation by Joy Myers 

Creed at Nepean Art Society 

In other news, one of our more established 

members gave a presentation on acrylics 

and collage art at the Nepean Art Society. 

Joy presented techniques on her acrylic and 

collage art. 

Her presentation was well received which 

for anyone familiar with her work is easy to 

understand. Joy also had several works at 

our members exhibition which were of 

exceptional quality and I for one would love 

to pick up some of her little tricks and 

techniques to improve my own work. 

Come to our next Committee 

Meeting 

 The next committee meeting will be on 

Thursday 1 May at 7:30 pm. All members are 

encouraged to attend with all contributions 

always being welcome.