Author: Lorri Lambert Art and Therapy

End of Month Cuppa

This is a great social get together for MASH members and friends. 10.30am, Last Friday of each Month.
February 23^rd at the Paragon Café (inside the Pioneer Settlement)
March 29^th at 128 Doors, Curlewis Street Swan Hill.

Weekly Art Group

Wednesdays 9.30 to 12.30 @ Woorinen South Community Hall.  $5 cover charge.  All welcome!

These weekly sessions are for members to bring along their current art project or to get some inspiration from our library of art books and others in the group.  Guests are welcome to come and try, we have plenty of supplies on hand.  Membership is payable now, $25 per annum. First Wednesday of the Month Workshops

7^th Feb:  Donna introduced the group to the relaxing neurographic art.  Everyone had an enjoyable and relaxing morning.  Thanks Donna for your time and enthusiasm.

6^th March: Making Covers for all your works on paper.

Lorri will show some techniques to create artist book covers to safely store all your loose works on paper, or to cover your sketchbooks that you have already filled up. Includes making Faux leather with cardboard, cloth & tissue paper.  Plus using fabric, paper and other scraps.

Please bring the following if you have them:

• old cereal boxes or pieces of cardboard  
• Cotton drill fabric or calico, or other scrap fabric with a bit of weight.
• Sketchbooks that you have filled or want to cover or a blank sketchbook.

3^rd & 10^th April: Paverpol

Paverpol is a sculptural art, using a liquid that dried like concrete so that your sculpture can be placed in your garden.  This will be a 2 week activity.  Week 1 at the hall creating our armature (structure to coat in paverpol) Week 2 will be at Sue’s house to coat our structures. (address to be supplied in week 1)

Materials list and cost will be supplied after we have conducted an inventory of the materials we have on hand.

Open Garden Day – Tyntynder Homestead Sunday 5^th May

We have been invited to participate in this event that will be a fundraiser for “Friends of Tyntynder Homestead”.  Renovations are currently underway at the homestead, so only the gardens are open.  We are welcome to come along and do some plein air painting/drawing on the day; to have an information stand, and Lorri had offered to have a table set up to “draw with us” for visitors.  We will not be charged, however other visitors will pay an entry fee.  Morning and afternoon tea and a BBQ lunch will be available for purchase.

Contact Lorri if your wish to participate.  # We can also promote our upcoming exhibition at this event.

Mothers Day Exhibition & Devonshire Tea to raise funds for Cancer Research 

This will be held over two days.  Friday 10th & Saturday 11th May, 10am – 4pm at The Grain Shed, 2 King Street Swan Hill.  MASH members are invited to have a table to showcase and sell their art.

Our display stands will be set up in the foyer to feature a variety of artworks by MASH. 

We also need helpers to work in the kitchen and help serve the Devonshire tea /coffee.  A roster will be set up for this.  Anyone who can lend a hand on one or both days will be appreciated!

The public will be charged $10 per person for Devonshire tea.  Lorri will handle sales and she has an EFT device for card sales.  All proceeds will be paid into MASH bank account and artists will be paid after sales have been reconciled.  Proceeds from the Devonshire teas plus 10% of art sales will be donated to raise funds for cancer research.

Donna will be collecting milk jugs and teapots next Wednesday for our Mothers Day Morning Tea in May. We would gladly accept any that you can spare. We will take good care of them, and a permanent marker will be available if you wish to write your initials on the bottom.

Volunteers will also be needed for a roster at Coles to sell raffle tickets and hand out flyers to promote our exhibition.  Please talk to the working group for further details.  Merrilyn, Gail, Donna and Norma.

Other Events planned for this year:

• Cohuna Art Exhibition in July/August
• Bus trip to Balranald.
• Pastels and watercolour workshops.
• Lake Boga morning tea and gallery visit.
• Possible Bus trip to the Spannerman

#All efforts have been made to ensure the information contained in this newsletter was accurate at the time of printing, some events and activities may be changed and notification and updates will be published on Facebook and our website.