ASV News, Forthcoming Exhibitions and Awards

As you are aware Geoff Williams has resigned as President of the ASV and Gillian Govan will take over as President in 2012. Michael Meszaros has written some words about Geoff’s dedication and hard work over his past three year term as President.

Geoff Williams has tendered his resignation from the President’s position after 3 years of distinguished service. He took over at a time when the Association was needing some direction and he has helped steer it through some interesting developments. The biggest project has been the new website, which is now almost ready to go online, and which has been a slow and tortuous process. The result will be a testament to Geoff’s determination to see it through. We also negotiated a new constitution and initiated new exhibitions during his term. We have a strong and efficient executive, another result of his positive leadership. He also edited the newsletter and then the bimonthly news sheet during the last two years or more, taking his workload well beyond the call of duty.

We thank him for his great efforts and his continuing good humour and we hope that he can now get back to making sculpture.

Michael Meszaros

Herring Island Summer Arts Festival - January 14 to 29, 2012.

The Herring Island Summer Arts Festival will be launched on 14th January – by the Association of Sculptors of Victoria. Councillor John Chandler, Mayor of Stonnington will open the ASV Herring Island exhibition and launch the 2012 Herring Island Summer Arts
Festival. At last count we had 40 works contributed by 24 sculptors. It is hard getting an entry into this show – the silly season is upon us and our creative spirit is probably hiding in the back shed. But you’ve done it – well done! I hope everyone will visit the island during the festival – even those who are not exhibiting can enjoy the location; check it out for next year and even join in the demonstration events. Or you could keep a sitter company for a session. There are always interesting people to talk to and the art will be great.
Jenny Rickards
ASV Herring Island Coordinator
asv_hisaf@sculptorsvictoria.asn.au

Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show 2012 - 

Outdoor Sculpture Competition and Exhibition

Applications Close: Friday, 24 February 2012

‘Whale of a time’ by Terry Barclay (painted wood, carved)
50 x 50 x 50 cm

ASV Annual Exhibition - Continued from our last issue of Sculpere

Something brilliant happened in Eltham during September this year - the ASV held its Annual exhibition. The works were of a high standard and The Light Factory Gallery in Eltham was a perfect setting to showcase them, considering the works were very different in style and medium. A total of 75 sculptures from 44 participating artists were on display both inside the gallery and in the garden area. The 10 winners were all well deserving and ranged from, Damien Vick’s piece ‘Crash’ to Jenny Whiteside’s very tactile work, ‘Shake That’. Don’t worry if you missed the show you can still view images of the works on the ASV website:
www.sculptorsvictoria.asn.au

Beatrice Magalotti