Inspiration from Jo Felstead-Hill

Jo Felstead-Hill "Botanicus"

First Prize Courtyard Sculpture

With the fantastic response to the Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show being reflected in numbers visiting and also sales it is a great time to reflect on what this means not only to the ASV but the general arts community.

Grame Wilkie’s comment of art as a Visual Language is critical to a view of ourselves as artists.

Diary Dates

Yvonne Monik "Radiance"

We mostly 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

16 May: Visit Yvonne Monik’s studio 1 Anita Court Doncaster East - starting at 7:30pm

In June part of the meeting will be a General Meeting of members so that we can vote on a proposal by Jenny Rickards that Gillian Govan be made an Honorary Life Member of the ASV. There’s an article in the body of this newsletter.

Sun14 July Blacksmithing at the smithy. Watch this space!

Annual and Awards Exhibition 2018

No sooner are we starting to breathe again after the excitement of one exhibition when we are into the preparations for the next.... The dates are set 6 to 24 August... the venue is known - Bourke Place, 600 Bourke Street Melbourne... entry forms and conditions of entry are in the final stages of preparation.

Proposed Honorary Life Member

Gillian Govan (https://sculptorsvictoria.asn.au/sculptors/profile/gillian-govan)  joined the ASV a while back... tempted in by Rod Sanders who saw her work either at Manyung Gallery or in a magazine. It was a while ago... we’ve seen her work in exhibitions since 2003.. hard working as well as inspired.

In 2014 her work "Grace" won the Margaret Gunnersen William Hoggan Thomas Award - this during the time she has served as ASV president.

Tribute to Matthew Harding

At 6:30am Saturday 17th March 2018 a small group of Lorne locals, artists, idolising sculptors, dog walkers and LSB organisers (such as founding member Graeme Wilkie and 2018 Curator Lara Nicholls), all gathered around Matthew Harding’s iconic work "Landbridge", to share thoughts and admirations of him in what was very apt weather for emotional farewells!