ADFAS Brisbane Inc: Newsletter November 2017 Chairman: Keith Hawken Vice Chair: Fran Maitland Treasurer: Vicki Williams Hon Secretary: Ann Graham Membership Sec: Margaret Brannock Thursday Co-ordinator: Meg White Wednesday Co-ordinator: Annie Hall Minutes Sec & Young Arts: Susie Craig Member: Suzy Baines Newsletter: Fran Maitland & Ann Graham Welcome to our final Newsletter for 2017 This newsletter will be a reminder of all the changes happening in our Society. Chairman s Message Please see the Chairman s message in the papers emailed or posted to you in preparation for the AGM Keith Hawken Chairman, ADFAS Brisbane Fees for 2018: Due to increased costs at the State Library we are having to increase our Membership fee to $195. This is in line with Brisbane River Society. We apologise for this increase. It works out at $24 per lecture. Still great value. Interest Day & guest charges remain the same. Please help us increase numbers by inviting friends to attend. EVENING MEMBERS Have you attended a lecture at our new venue? The United Service Club is proving to be a great place to attend a lecture. THURSDAYS 7pm The USC is air-conditioned and comfortable There is free parking at the rear of the club We are starting the lectures at the more convenient time of 7PM If you are wanting a further chat after the lecture you are welcome to go to the downstairs cash bar area. To keep this lecture going we need more evening members. Please ask your friends to consider joining this great society. We don t want you to change from the morning to the evening. We need new members. Our lovely new Evening Venue Keep reading So much news
How do we choose the Lecturers? I asked Sue Drummond to explain how the lecturers are selected. Sue has been the Chair of the Lecturers Committee for several years and has a great knowledge of the way it s done: Overseas lecturers are selected and invited to tour two years in advance. The Lecturers Committee meets each February to decide on possible lecturers for two years hence. These are chosen from Arts Society Lecturers and from our own list of independent lecturers. The Lecturers Committee is assisted by our Overseas Area Representative in the Arts Society who listens to and chats to lecturers at the annual Arts Society Directory Day where all the Arts Society lecturers come to sell themselves to the UK societies. She sends a list of recommended lecturers to help with the decision-making process. The committee also have access to the Arts Society database of over 350 lecturers they use this to look at 2minute videos by lecturers and choose lecturers by topic etc. They also keep records on all past lecturers and these people are considered for further tours. The lecturers committee each select 30+ lecturers and then the final choice of 30+ possibles is made after much discussion. The lecturers must cover a broad spectrum of art, decorative art and other topics and the Lecturers Committee tries hard to get a good mix of different topics. The chairman then has to work out who will fit in each circuit, contact the Arts Society for latest information on performance and then contact lecturers to ascertain their availability and interest until all 18 places on the three circuits are full, all the while making sure that the mix of topics is to the right formula. (2 art, 2 decorative art, 2 other). Once this is done the tours are confirmed and contracts go out to lecturers one year in advance of their tour. The Lecturers Committee chairman has to also find replacement lecturers in the event of cancellations. Thank You Sue. You and the Lecturers Committee do a great job. DAY time Lectures Now Thursday 10.30 The time of the lectures in 2018 has changed. We are now having a day lecture at the more convenient time of 10.30 am. This will allow you to: Travel in after peak hour Have a better chance of a parking spot Meet friends for a coffee before Go out for lunch after the lecture Avoid the afternoon peak hour Visit the Art Gallery after the lecture Introduce a friend to the joys of ADFAS Give a gift voucher to a friend to attend with you Have you booked for our Paul Atterbury Desert Island Treasures 1 hr Lecture FRIDAY 16 th Feb. 10.30am. Bookings open $30. Email for information. INTERTEST DAYS: We will continue to have our Interest Days at The State Library. THEY WILL START AT 10.15AM. Now on WEDNESDAYS These days are great value. If you book and pay for all four Interest Days on your Membership form you pay $270. This works out at $67.50 for 3 one hour lectures, morning tea and lunch. What great value. If you pay individually it is still good value at $75. NOTE: The Interest Day is Wednesday.
Here is a sneak preview of our brochure Who Introducing our new colour brochure for 2018 Our ADFAS(Brisbane) Brochure Inc. is one of thirty seven sub (37) Decorative Committee, and Fine Arts Ann Graham, Societies throughout Australia, whose aims are: Margaret 9 The promotion and advancement Brannock of aesthetic education and myself have been 9 The cultivation and study of decorative and fine arts and working on a new look brochure, gift card 9 The preservation of our cultural heritage and ADFASis linked wallet to the UKorganization size known as program the National Association to be launched at of Decorative and Fine Arts Societies (NADFAS), with many of the our Lecturers coming AGM. from this organization. e to nal For more information about ADFASBrisbane, please email brisbane@adfas.org.au www.adfas.org.au Australian Decorative & Fin e Arts Soci ety ADFAS Brisban e Lecture Pr ogram 2018 Aseries of monthly lectures on social history, design, travel and the arts Why These ADFASenables members promotional to explore the arts, receive information materials on a will make it variety of topics including art, architecture, gardens, music, sculpture, easier pottery, glassware, to jewellery, let literature, new history, heraldry, people and to meet know about ADFAS. others with similar interests. Who we are, what we do and how to join. What The ADFASBrisbane brochure offers a series of has 8 lectures lots and of information and 4 Interest Days as well as several excursions to places contains and events of artistic the interest. program for 2018. If you would like The Lectures to cover take a wide range of some topics, are accompanied along by visual to your book club, presentations, are of approximately one hour s duration and are followed your by morning tea local or supper. The library, Lecturers are thoroughly bookshop, versed in their your specialist areas and are experts in their field; they usually include two neighbours Australians as well as six from the and UK. Members encourage pay an annual fee of them to join, $185 to cover the cost of Lectures and running the Society please just request a bundle of brochures Special Interest Days comprise, a series of three one-hour lectures, in which particular topics are covered in greater depth, with morning tea from us. and a light lunch provided. These days, run from 10.15am until 3.00pm, Thank attract additional you cost and need Ann to be booked and separately. Margaret and my friend ADFASTravel offers cultural tours led by specialist guides, often the Alison Baillie a great graphic designer. lecturers themselves Contact Fran Maitland 0418715345 Brisbane ADFAS has a new Gift Card Buy one soon.. GIFT IDEAS Our new Gift Card It s Christmas soon. A sister or friend s birthday or a Thank You to a friend. Who will you buy a gift card for? You can buy a membership $195, a lecture$30, an Interest Day $80. Contact us at adfasbrisbane@yahoo.com.au
Time to Farewell: Being a part of the ADFAS Committee is a big, but a very special commitment. This year we farewell three very familiar faces Chairman: Keith Hawken Lecturer & Raffle Co-ordinator : Noela Rogers Afternoon Co-ordinator: Meg White All three have been members of ADFAS and members of the Committee for many years. They have worked tirelessly but always with good humour. Keith has been a calm, hardworking Chairman. He has had a particularly hard year but continued in his role with energy, humour and commitment and now deserves to step down and enjoy the next stage of retirement. He has signalled his willingness to help me as incoming Chair and I appreciate this offer so much. Thank you Keith. Noela has also had a challenging year and hasn t been able to get to lectures. Noela we ve missed you. Noela has been the face of ADFAS the first person the Lecturers see when they arrive in Brisbane off the bus from Byron. She has always been calm and friendly as she helped the lecturers settle into their accommodation. She also took on the Young Arts Raffle and encouraged you to buy tickets each week at the afternoon lecture. Thank You Noela. Meg has been our afternoon lecture co-ordinator. In recent years Meg worked through illness - always with a smile and with an energy to be admired.. She knows your name, has greeted your guests and arranged your afternoon tea with our caterers. Meg you are always welcome back to the front desk. Thank you Meg. We are losing these great committee members. BUT Do you want to get to know how ADFAS really works? Do you like the idea of helping out? Have you got great ideas? We need a some new Committee members. I have spoken to a few people who have shown interest in joining our committee. If you want to have a chat about joining please phone me. Fran Maitland 0418715345
What a great idea! No more Buff card.no more forgotten dates Our new wallet sized card is ideal for you to carry with you. It has all our lecture dates to make it easy for you to refer to. SPECIAL EVENT Have you attended a concert by the Queensland Symphony? They are wonderful concerts and the new Musical director Alondra de la Parra is amazing to watch. Next year I will be organising attendance at one of rehearsals followed by lunch. Keep an eye out for this Special event in 2018. Sponsorship: As a Committee we have been exploring ways to off set increasing costs. Sponsorship of lectures, morning teas, gallery visits or our new Art Competition could help us - and help our sponsors. We will be looking for sponsors to contribute towards costs on a one off basis or over a series of lectures. What can we offer a sponsor? 1. Logo placement 4. Complimentary passes 2. On stage announcements 5. Newsletter exposure 3. Speaking opportunities 6. Mentions in emails. If you can help in this search for sponsors, or would like to offer sponsorship to promote your business please email us: adfasbrisbane@yahoo.com.au SO MANY NEW IDEAS FOR 2018 New lecture times. Thursday 10.30am and Thursday 7pm Interest Day is Wednesday 10.15am One new venue. United Service Club for evening lectures New colour brochure and wallet sized program card. A colourful gift card for you to buy and present to friends and relatives Special Gallery visits New members welcome events Day tours to other Galleries The new Young Arts, Art Competition Join up before Christmas and get your free Guest Pass Join us at our AGM on Tuesday 5 th Dec at the Queensland Club BOOK now for Paul Atterbury Friday 16 th Feb 2018. Your invitations have been sent. For further information email us adfasbrisbane@y7ahoo.com.au