President's Letter & Editor's Comment for May

“Where the spirit does not work with the heart, there is no art.” Da Vinci

As I write, the business of presenting the Annual & Awards exhibition is in the intense phase… acceptance documents, invitations, timelines, catalogues… all the myriad of things that enable us to show our work. I’m looking forward to seeing your work come in - an exciting time of year! The ASV is not the only organisation that runs exhibitions for sculpture. You can show work in the Eltham Rotary, the Toorak Village Sculpture Exhibition and more. In fact it’s mind boggling to follow some of you as you move from exhibition to exhibition to get the widest possible profile for your work. Would some of you report to the newsletter so that we can see what is going on and how sculpture is shown and seen elsewhere in Australia?

There is an interesting line-up of exhibition offerings outside the ASV in the second half of the year - Eltham Rotary Art Show featuring 3D work, Trio Art Studio in Kyneton, Mont Delancey Spring Festival, Toorak Village Sculpture Exhibition, and the Inner West Art Fair. Most of these are short duration exhibitions aiming at fast sales
The ASV has been invited to exhibit at Montsalvat in November - December. Members are exploring this opportunity for the second half of 2024.

 

Longer term, it would be good to have a regional exhibition in the second half of each year… but this will take some organising - and fundraising. Volunteers are welcome!

I was impressed, at the members’ meeting on 8th May, by how much I enjoyed seeing Darren Gilbert talk about his work in person. And I got to hold Michael Meszaros’s award winning medallion - that is joyous real life!

There will be an online meeting on 30 May to discuss our exhibition options.

All the best and happy sculpting,



Jenny Rickards