Dates for your Diary

Dear Ladies of the Society,
A very big, happy, warm welcome to 2020. Please make note of your MSWPS Calendar for February and March 2020. Visit our website   mswps.com.au   to be fully informed of 2020 Society activities. 

Are you exhibiting or planning an Open Studio this year? e-mail Denise Keele-bedford WEB ADMIN to promote your event.          [email protected]  Denise is arriving home from China sooner than planned. We wishing her a safe journey home. 

DIARY DATES FEB & MARCH 2020:-AGM (Annual General Meeting) 1PM Thursday 5 March all members are encouraged to attend.

LIFE DRAWING Commence Thursday 6 February 10.30AM 

 MSWPS  TIME  CAPSULE  2020 – 2040  MSWPS Full Members.

The MSWPS Time Capsule 2020-2040 is a way of saying ‘Hello’ to the future members.

QUESTION- What is a Time Capsule?

Answer – A Time Capsule is a keepsake, sealed and unopened until a designated date in the future. The MSWPS Time Capsule 2020-2040 sealed in March 2020 will be opened in twenty years time by future members of the Society in 2040.

All Full Members are invited to participate in this free group activity. 

The MSWPS TIME CAPSULE 2020-2040 consists of: 

1 x only A4 or smaller ‘Art Works on Paper’ eg., painting, drawing, photograph of sculpture or other flat work by Full Members only.

Please include your full name, DOB and 50 words about your art practice on the back of the paper.

GATHERING OF ‘Art Works on Paper’ by Carmel O’Connor for this MSWPS Project.

DELIVERY    – Final delivery date Thursday 26 March 2020 – No late entries.

(1) IN PERSON – Ola Cohn Centre, Life Drawing sessions of February and March 2020

– AGM 5 March 2020   

(2) BY MAIL   to    ‘TIME CAPSULE’ c/- Carmel O’Connor, 

MSWPS, Ola Cohn Centre, 41-43 Gipps Street, East Melbourne 3002 

‘Art Works on Paper’ Storage.

Each ‘art work on paper’ will be stored in a separate, archival, clear cellophane, sealed envelope. 

The ‘art works on paper’ will be packaged together and stored by the Society until 2040.

On behalf of the Committee,

Carmel O’Connor

GENERAL MEETING 6 February 1PM Stable Studio – free, untutored painting and sculpture workshop. 
Next BULLETIN emailed mid February. DEADLINE for notices 5PM, 10 February. 

Louise Foletta ( [email protected]    or  TEXT 0417 323 868 ) is wondering if anyone has a Spinning Wheel they no longer use and if they would like to give it to Louise’s friend who has lost hers in the recent Bushfires up near Eden. This lady is most upset with loosing her much loved spinning wheel among other possessions.

Happy painting and sculpting Carmel O’Connor on behalf of the Committee.