150th year of Local Government in Kiama

Your committee has taken up Council’s invitation to our Art Society to play its part in the 150th anniversary celebrations on Sunday 9th August. Four members will carry street-parade pennants depicting local scenes, and students from the Roo Guthrie’s children’s art classes will also participate, some carrying our colourful KAS name banner, and others displaying class artworks.
Art-in-the-Park will be in full swing in Hindmarsh Park that day, and all members who want to display their works for sale should contact convenor Phil Cooper on 4232 4628.
The council is providing a marquee for our talented Ruth Hind to organise a children’s “paint-in”. Ruth will draw the outline of a local scene for the older children to colour-in with paints provided, while younger kids will be given reams of heavy paper on which to paint.
Vice-President Judy White is organising a plein-air outing in Sebel Harbourside’s courtyard, and members with easels who want to join in the fun should ring Judy on 4237 7867.
The street parade takes off in the southern end of the Showground at 10.30 and travels along Terralong St to the war memorial, and then returns to the Showground. All-in-all this is a fun day for the Society and those brave enough to do so may consider dressing-up in 1850’s costume to suit the mood of the anniversary.

Annual General Meeting

Two days after the Street Parade we’ll be conducting our Annual General Meeting at the Coach House at 11.00am. Note the earlier-than-usual time, designed to allow the newly-elected committee to hold its inaugural meeting after a lunch, which the Society will provide.
This is an appropriate moment for me to say I’ve thoroughly enjoyed my two years representing your interests as President (and as one of the team which ran the Annual Exhibitions in 2007 and 2008), and I’m confident the newly elected committee will be working hard for the Society as a corporate entity, and for its membership, over the ensuing 12 months. I look forward to seeing a big roll-up at the AGM on Tuesday 11 August at 11.00, followed by lunch.

Demonstrator Reviews

You will have missed Neal Hicking’s monthly reviews in this newsletter, of late. Health matters in the Hicking household have not been the best in the last couple of months, with Neal pretty much confined to his own hearth.

While he has an expectation of getting back to his insightful and entertaining reviews, he is for the moment grounded, and I want to wish our old friends Neal and Lottie (I’ve known them for 43 years) a speedy return to good health. In the meantime Renée Lever’s review of Sue Smalkowski’s watercolour demonstration appears elsewhere in this newsletter.