WAA News & Coming Events 2018

Demonstration & Monthly Club Meeting

Once each month except January and December we hold a monthly meeting for all to meet with their fellow artists, enjoy guest speakers and demonstrations, and show and critique our work, etc.

Don't forget to support the "Trading Table" where donated items will be available at bargain prices. Each month we hope to have donated art materials and books, frames, household items, home made jams, in fact anything saleable that folk would like to donate to help raise money to go toward the cost of holding our popular demonstrations.

The venue is our clubrooms in the Nunawading Community Centre, Silver Grove, Nunawading, Victoria, Australia.

WAA Heritage

The WAA Newsletter for October 2016 includes a history of our association since its beginnings in 1963. There will also be a permanent link to this document from the About Us page. But from here you can click on the thumbnail image to find out more about us in words and pictures.

Coming in 2018

We will continue to offer a comprehensive program of exhibitions, demonstrations and special fun weekend workshops for you to try your hand at new and exciting art styles. And there will also be classes and workshops to help and inspire you with your artwork.

Susan Gustafson currently runs a Monday afternoon painting class for children. In 2018 Susan will be adding extra painting classes to our WAA timetable - an additional children's class plus two adult beginner acrylic painting classes. Details are on our classes page - just click on the Classes link at the top of this page.

2018 Demonstrations

An exciting program of demonstrations by award winning artists will continue this year, usually held on the 3rd Saturday of each month, February to November. Watch this space for details, and be sure to check out the Recent Events Page for examples of what to expect!

Saturday 14th April, 2pm to 4pm
WAA Annual General Meeting

Our AGM is on Saturday April 14th at 2pm at our Silver Grove Rooms. Please come along and support WAA. This is the time to ask questions about WAA’s future at the new Community Hub, receive the yearly reports on finances and for you to vote on accepting the new fees to be charged to members and changes to the membership structure for 2019.

Good News. I believe most of the current committee are renominating. However we still need people to nominate as general committee members. If you have enjoyed membership for some time and would like to help WAA - have ideas to improve our services to members, our workshops, art shows or demos or have ideas for something new for WAA we would love you to join our management team.

This involves coming along one Tuesday night per month to the committee meeting which lasts for 2 hours. Your nomination can be made at the AGM.

We do need your ideas, input and help to keep WAA vibrant, flourishing, up to date and relevant. Please consider this and come along to the AGM.

Saturday 21st April, 2pm to 4pm Antoinette Blyth
Magnificent Vibrant Flowers in Watercolour Demonstration

Antoinette is outstanding in her mastery of painting flowers so come along and see how she does it and get some valuable tips and advice on painting beautiful colourful fresh flowers.

The venue is the WAA clubrooms in Silver Grove, Nunawading - the modest entry fee includes a delicious afternoon tea.

Deakin Community Awards for 2017

Presented by Michael Sukkar MP, Federal Member for Deakin to Rosemary Price of Whitehorse Arts Association Inc.
Explanation: Rosemary has been a leader within the Whitehorse Arts Association for at least 20 years, as Vice President, Committee member and Workshop Leader. Her background as an artist and teacher has led her to focus on accurate and expressive drawing, which she has shared with many members. Her positivity and encouragement have influenced both artists and models to participate in this creative pursuit. The community is privileged to have benefitted from her volunteerism.
 

WAA Public Art

WAA ceramics and mosaics tutor, Deborah Amon-Cotter is also a painter with a vibrant style full of colour, joy and whimsy.

She was commissioned to help brighten up the City of Whitehorse, using this traffic light control box as her canvas - part of a public art project in our locality. This work is in Mitcham, on the corner of Whitehorse Road and Station Street, opposite the Post Office.

Here are some more images and close-up views of this work (all photos by WAA's Rosemary Price)