Seasons Greetings from our new Vice President

As the new Vice President I will endeavour to do my best at assisting the ASV President and Committee in the smooth running and promotion of the ASV.

It was a sad moment seeing Gillian (leader of the pack) step down from being President. She still remains an integral part of our amazing committee and will continue giving us support.

Diary Dates

Remembering that our best resources are our own members you can look forward to the next few months. We’ll meet in the community meeting rooms of the Ashburton Baptist Church. Enter the building from the Marquis Street carpark. We’ll start at 7:30pm

13 to 28 January Herring Island Exhibition weekends only
9 February entries close MIFGS 2018

We look forward to some inspirational meetings in 2018 - plus a few outings. Watch for more information in the newsletter.

Herring Island Summer Arts Festival 2018

Printed invitations will be available
as soon as pick up can be arranged

The next time we see each other the Herring Island exhibition will be in full swing.

MIFGS Outdoor Sculpture Competition and Exhibition 2018

The 2018 MIFGS Sculpture Exhibition will run from Wednesday, 21st March to Sunday, 25th March.

ASV invites sculptors to submit work in any/all of three different prize categories of work:

Section 1: Courtyard (smaller than 1 metre in any direction)
Section 2: Garden (between 1 and 2 metres)
Section 3: Estate (larger than 2 metres)

Matt Hill's "Ellie and Billy"
won the 2017 Peoples Choice Award

 

Matthew 25

Many of you will have seen Tim Schmalz’s sculpture depicting Jesus as a homeless man wrapped in a blanket on park bench. Castings have been installed in cities including Glasgow but not London. Tim named the statue Matthew 25, in reference to a quote from that gospel -

"Truly I tell you,
whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine,
you did for me."

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-42256546 is one article on the work.