From the President

Gillian Govan President

It has been great to see so many of you at our zoom meetings. While we look forward to getting back together physically this way of meeting has had its advantages.  Country members and people who do not like driving at night have been able to join us, and I noticed a few wine glasses being raised …. Mine included…. No drink driving!

AGM Zoom Meeting

 AGM Zoom meeting

• Keep 7:30pm Wednesday 11th November clear

• See later in the newsletter for interesting presentations at the meeting

• BYO nibbles and drinks and some work to talk about

ASV Exhibitions 2021

Writing prior to achieving full Covid-normal is speculation - but the ASV intention is to run an exhibition program and adapt to the circumstances as creatively as we can. The first exhibition of the year will undoubtedly have Covid19 restrictions on visitor numbers, mask wearing and mixing of sculptors from different parts of the state. So for Herring Island at least we are unlikely to have our usual opening. We are looking at adapting by using our online exhibition capacity to present the work to a wider audience whilst still taking advantage of being in an exceptional space.

Here are the bones of our program - feel free to discuss with committee, each other and the coordinators.

Call for Entries MIFGS 2021

Dear Sculptors,

2020 has been challenging for all of us but we are starting to see some glimmer of normalcy. I hope that you and your loved ones are well and have found creative ways to cope with the restrictions.

The dates for MIFGS 2021 have been set and we are now in the planning stages. COVID precautions and safe guards will be installed by IMG, managers of the show, to provide as safe an environment as possible.

Herring Is. Summer Arts Festival

Herring Island Gallery is the smallest venue used for ASV exhibitions. There is also the excitement of getting the work across the Yarra and up the hill to the gallery... it’s always an adventure and always worth it. So why are we considering changing the format for exhibitions in 2021?

January 2021 will be the first physical exhibition since the same exhibition in 2020 - that’s a long time when usually we would have had MIFGS, the Annual and Awards Exhibition and Tesselaar in the interim.