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ADFAS Gold Coast Inc.

NEWSLETTER Spring 2017 Member of the Association of Australian Decorative & Fine Arts Societies Group

Associate Member of NADFAS

Reading: by this edition’s Vignette Artist, Michael Leunig

From the Chair

Dear Fellow Members,

What better way to mark the end of another magical lecture series than by having a birthday party to

celebrate 15 years of ADFAS Gold Coast achievement! Founding members who were present at the October

Morning Tea must have felt very proud of what they inaugurated and what has become the vibrant, proactive

organisation for promoting and supporting cultural achievement in our local community that we know today.

Congratulations ADFAS Gold Coast! It was a fitting occasion to pay tribute to those who have made our

amazing growth possible and the many smiling faces reflected the pleasure of those present. The Anniversary

cake in specially decorated containers was enjoyed by all.

It’s hard to believe we’re at the end of another year with the AGM and

Christmas Cocktail Party fast approaching! How time has flown and how

much has transpired since our Winter Newsletter. I attended the usual

AADFAS Council Meeting in Sydney in September accompanied by

Committee Member Margaret Hamilton as our Archivist and official

observer (pictured left). It was a busy and productive two days and is

always a wonderful opportunity to

network and gain inspiration from

what our other groups are organising

for the enjoyment of their members. It

always brings home what a vast and all-encompassing organisation

AADFAS is and what an important role it is playing in promoting cultural

appreciation across Australia.

Closer to home, I’ve had the honour to represent ADFAS Gold Coast

on a number of sponsorship-related occasions. These included the

uplifting, polished Gold Coast Youth Orchestra Concert (pictured right)

last week and ‘meet and greet’ functions in September

with the James Morrison Academy team. They were here

to conduct workshops with selected young local musicians

culminating in a performance in the James Morrison in

Concert with his Academy Jazz Orchestra event (pictured

left) at The Gold Coast Arts Centre later in the month. In

the latest issue of our national magazine, ArtLife, you may

have noticed another of our talented sponsorship awardees,

Chris Miller, being showcased for attaining recent

international recognition. Only this week I was delighted

to present the Queensland College of Art ADFAS Honours Award for 2018 at Griffith University to another

worthy recipient, Christopher Bambury, who is pursuing ground-breaking research in typographic public

artworks. You can be proud that your financial support is making it

possible for us to assist such talented young people and that your donations

are being put to such good use!

One thing I mentioned at our 15th Anniversary Celebration was the

constancy of our membership numbers over the last few years. This is

largely the result of your efforts as members to introduce new members.

Recently, as well, Committee Members Carole Sulzer and Peggy McKeon

manned an ADFAS Gold Coast display in the foyer of the Broadbeach

Library (pictured right) which publicised our activities in general and

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programs planned for the coming year. Hopefully, this has fostered potential new

membership interest in that area.

Very shortly, you will receive Renewal and Application for Membership forms and

our Program for 2018. You will notice that membership dues have increased this year by

$5 per head and the subscription to the NADFAS Review by $1. These increases are

unavoidable and reflect increases in capitation fees and other expenses at national level

which we have been able to absorb in our local budget over the last three years but have

had to pass on to members in next year’s budget. We are offering the usual free Guest

Passes again in 2018 for prompt renewals and it should be noted that our dues continue to

be extremely competitive when compared with the other ADFAS Societies.

As well, you’ll be receiving quite a lot of information relating to our AGM and Christmas Cocktail Party

being held on 30th November, so please make sure you empty your email mailboxes regularly and check your

‘Junk Mail’ files so you don’t miss out on receiving these vital communications.

In conclusion, I’d like to pay tribute to the hardworking ADFAS Gold Coast Committee members who have

worked tirelessly during the year to make the aims and ideals of ADFAS attainable for the Gold Coast Branch.

Thank you, one and all.

Additionally, there are other volunteers to be recognised and thanked - Julie Romanin, Alan Midwood,

Lynda Dowse and Robert Dean, who are not on Committee but who help out on a regular basis to make sure our

Saturday lectures are even more enjoyable. As well, we’ve been assisted in Home Hosting 2017 lecturers by

Dianne and Mike Cecil and Sandi and Karl Fueloep. I thank them all on behalf of ADFAS for their generosity.

Finally, I look forward to seeing you at our AGM and Christmas Cocktail Party to celebrate another

successful ADFAS year with a festive toast. You’ll find the details of these functions on the last page of this

Newsletter.

With very best wishes,

Carole Crowther, Chairman

HAPPY 15th

ANNIVERSARY, ADFAS Gold Coast! The Lakeside Terrace was resplendent in ADFAS Gold Coast colours of yellow, blue, white and gold as

members arrived for Morning Tea in October. Clusters of balloons, banners, table napkins, special seating and

table arrangements set the

festive scene for our very

special celebration of the

completion of fifteen happy

and successful years of

quality lecture presentations

to our members.

Chairman Carole

Crowther began

proceedings by welcoming

members and visitors and

presented a little

background history for the occasion, observing that ADFAS Gold Coast

was inducted as a member society of the Association on the 22nd

March, 2002 and that by the beginning of

2003, membership was 147 and a strong relationship of mutual support with The Arts Centre Gold Coast was

well established. She then added that fifteen years on, membership is 267, and remains close to the highest

recorded number of 275 in 2011. ADFAS Gold Coast is a flourishing, pro-active society with a strong

committee, supported by many members outside the committee, and has bourgeoning Youth and Community

Programs made possible by member donations and astute financial management. It still maintains a very close

relationship with The Arts Centre Gold Coast. Carole

then went on to pay tribute to past committee members

and other helpers who are still members today and are

still assisting in many ways. Nearly thirty were

present, individually acknowledged and thanked for

their ongoing contribution to ADFAS over so many

years. 2017 Committee Members were also

acknowledged and thanked. Four of the seven past and

current Chairmen were present – Barbara Midwood,

Dianne Cecil, Ann Dean and Carole Crowther.

Inaugural Chairman Robin Rawson and past chairmen

Wilhelmina Walshaw and Sandi Fueloep were unfortunately unable to attend.

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Carole then handed over to Committee Member Judy

Gadaloff, Master of Ceremonies, to conduct the remainder of the

proceedings. Judy, with her usual flair and humour, and

accompanied by slides for each, introduced and commented on

highlights and achievements from each chairman’s

administration. We were pleased to hear that Robin Rawson was

at that moment holidaying in Tahiti and is planning a ‘catch up’

visit to the Gold Coast in 2018. Following this, a ceremonial

joint cutting of the cake took place by the four Chairmen in

attendance (Ann Dean, Dianne Cecil, Barbara Midwood and

Carol Crowther pictured left) who also managed to

successfully blow out the candles – all decorated in shades of

blue, of course!

While the cake was being cut, we were serenaded by

four immaculately attired and talented young men, Sam

Brisbane, Ryan Chislett, Sean Rowe and Alex Warr

(pictured right), also known as The PostBusters, a very

talented A Capella group who sang Happy Birthday [with

a twist] and other numbers, much to everyone’s delight.

Not only did they come to entertain us on this very special

occasion, but also to say ‘Thank You’ for the valued

sponsorship ADFAS Gold Coast gives to Voices in Paradise, organised by Jonathan Albertini. To conclude

proceedings, Committee Members

distributed pieces of birthday cake in

specially decorated containers for members

and guests to take home.

Special thanks are due to those who

made it such a happy occasion – Maree

Alexanderson, Robert Dean, Judy Gadaloff,

Margaret Hamilton and Naomi Wright [and

husband Gordon] in particular. All agreed

this was a fitting finale to our fifteenth

lecture year and summed up what ADFAS Gold Coast so successfully promotes – fun and fellowship!

Carole Crowther Photos by Robert Dean

ADFAS EXCURSION to HAZELHURST REGIONAL GALLERY

At our September 2017 ADFAS National Council Meeting, Chairman Carole Crowther and I joined sixty

other ADFAS representatives from around Australia at Hazelhurst Regional Gallery for a private guided

viewing of the European Old Masters 16th

to 19th

Century Exhibition on loan from the Art Gallery of New

South Wales. The exhibition includes works by British, Dutch, French and Italian artists including Canaletto,

Thomas Gainsborough, William Hogarth, Bernardo Strozzi and Matthias Stomer and will be on display until 3

December 2017. Left: Jacopo

Amigoni Bacchus and

Ariadne (detail)

c 1740-42.

Art Gallery of

NSW, gift of James

Fairfax, acquired

1993.

Between 1951

and 1976 the Art

Gallery of NSW

acquired an

outstanding group of

19th century English

portraits by Hogarth, Gainsborough and Joshua Reynolds, as well as landscapes and pictures representative of

British Neoclassicism and Romanticism by Richard Wilson, John Glover, Richard Westall, William Hamilton

and Francis Danby. Enriching the collection are acquisitions by Baroque painters Strozzi, Stomer and Jan van

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Bijiert, and a 1990s donation by James Fairfax of European Old Masters such as Nicholas de Largillierre and

Canaletto. Later purchases include Renaissance and Baroque works, and an altar piece by Guillo Cesare

Procaccini. The paintings were housed in one very large exhibition area painted an attractive dark red which

seemed to bring out the glorious colours.

After an introductory talk by Gallery Director, Bellina Hanrahan, we were asked, ‘Which painting would

you like to take home?’

High on my list was a beautiful watercolour by John Glover of

Ullswater in the Lake District. Glover migrated to Tasmania and many of

his later paintings were of his extensive property in northern Tasmania.

Carole preferred the Jean-Marc Nattier portrait of Madame de la Porte,

(pictured right) a young noblewoman with the most delicately radiant

complexion and wearing a blue-toned gown with sheer, intricate sleeves.

The Fairfax acquisition, Bacchus and Ariadne was another stand out

painting, as were Reynold’s portrait of a nobleman in military dress and a

Madonna and Child, lit by a single candle which threw soft light onto the

faces of the Virgin and the young Christ child. These paintings remind us

of what is constant in human experience and emotion while offering an

insight into cultures and times so different from our own.

After being plied with platters of cheese, sandwiches and savouries by

the Friends of Hazelhurst, we were shown through the 1950s caretaker’s

cottage with its extensive reference library featuring many of the artists

included in the exhibition.

It was a thoroughly enjoyable evening of artistic delights, warm welcomes and fellowship.

Margaret Hamilton

VIGNETTE: Michael Leunig

Michael Leunig (photo left,

May 2012): born 1945 in East

Melbourne, son of a slaughterman

and the second eldest of five

children; educated at Footscray

North Primary School and

Maribyrnong High School, as well

as at various factory gates, street

corners, kitchen tables, paddocks, rubbish tips, quarries, loopholes,

puddles and abattoirs in Melbourne’s industrial Western suburbs.

Enid Blyton, Arthur Mee, Phantom comics, The Book of Common

Prayer, J.D. Salinger, Spike Milligan, Bruce Petty, Martin Sharp, Private Eye magazine and The Beatles were

his early creative influences. He worked as a factory labourer and a meatworker before beginning work as a

political cartoonist for a daily newspaper in Melbourne in 1969. The Penguin Leunig, his first book of

collected cartoons, was published in 1974 and since then he has produced twenty-three more collections

including books of newspaper columns, poetry and prayer. His collaboration with indigenous painters from

remote communities in northern and central Australia has greatly influenced his art, humour and philosophy.

Leunig’s prints, paintings and drawings have been exhibited broadly and are held in

various public and private collections. His public appearances and on-stage conversations

have been wide ranging and varied both in Australia and overseas. London’s Trestle

Theatre Company created

an elaborate stage production,

State of Bewilderment, based

upon his work. It toured

England, Ireland, Europe and

Australia in the early 1990s.

In 1999, Leunig was declared a National

Living Treasure by the National Trust and

awarded honorary degrees from major

Australian universities for his unique

contribution to Australian culture.

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Some of his whimsical cartoon characters are Mr. Curly and Vasco Pyjama, and of course, ducks.

Following 9/11 his cartoon commentary bitterly opposed the war and the invasions of Afghanistan and

Iraq, a position that put him at odds with many people, but the occasional duck still appeared in his drawings as

did the moon faithfully hanging in the skies.

Leunig’s work still appears regularly in the

Melbourne Age and The Sydney Morning Herald. He is

a devout nature lover and spends his time between the

solitude of the bush in Northern Victoria and his home in

Melbourne. He is married and has four children. Melbourne cartoonist, Michael Leunig: Top R –

Apricot Harvest; Above L – Reading; Above R – Mr Curly’s

Annual Spring Concert for Ducks; Bottom L - the Miracle

of Spring: a man watches a football match on his device

shows Leunig’s off-beat irony and incisive social comment

Photo of Michael Leunig by Bahudhara - Own work Original file

name = DSC12222.JPG, CC BY-SA 3.0,

https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19914858

Val Shooter, Editor

THE FUTURE is HERE - KAECEE FITZGERALD and 3D PRINTING

Ever since 2013, when

Chris Miller won the inaugural

ADFAS Gold Coast/ QCA (Qld

College of Art) Honours

Award, we have been aware of

3D printing technology, but

after our September lecture we

were able to observe 3D

printing in action courtesy of

talented and highly qualified expert

Kaecee Fitzgerald (pictured L with

June Davies).

Straight out of high school,

Kaecee started a QUT University degree in Industrial Design in 2008, but

moved to Griffith University because the course there offered more creative

freedom. She then spent 4 years completing a double degree in Visual

Communication and Product Design, and followed that by completing a

Master of Arts in Visual Arts (MAVA). Her Masters was focused on 3D printing in medicine, where she

worked alongside cardiac

surgeons and specialists,

investigating what effect the

ability to print human

organs would have on

society.

She ended up re-

designing the human heart

and printing it in resin to

demonstrate how it would

work if it were organic.

This interest in 3D printing

led to an internship at the

Prince Charles Hospital, where she helped design a practice heart rig to stimulate

left ventricular biopsy procedures for medical students. The process she says was

gruelling but ultimately very rewarding.

Pictures top R courtesy of Kaecee Fitzgerald – Kaecee’s 3D heart in plastic and her heart redesign diagrams

Above –close up of the 3D printer and computer, and samples of 3D printed jewellery

Right – Kaecee with her 3D printing machine

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During this time, Kaecee was offered an internship with Materialise (one of the biggest 3D printing

companies in the world). Eventually she was given a job in their Malaysian office as a product specialist, and

started working on projects ranging from extendable femoral implants for children with

bone cancer, to augmented reality applications for art exhibitions,

and the opportunity to assist in the creation of a 3D Printed Gems

of the Ocean fashion project using coral as its inspiration.

Gems of the Ocean used an international team of designers:

scanning a model’s body in Italy; Samuel Canning’s designing

and digital fabrication of a full length dress on the computer in

Australia; collaborating with Malaysia’s award winning and

avant garde fashion designer Melinda Looi; and printing all the pieces at Materialise’s

HQ in Belgium.

Kaecee was in charge of modelling and designing the accessories to compliment

the dress, assisting in the process of preparing the dress for print and for coordination

of the collection to various exhibitions around the world.

The dress itself took over 24 hours to print and was encrusted with thousands of Swarovski crystals from

bodice to hem. The crystals were embedded by hand, and then

the fabric was subtly dyed to give it a hazy appearance. The

gown was very delicate and required a great deal of finesse when

handling it.

Kaecee ferried the whole collection to New York for the

2015 MADE exhibition, an exhibition which also showcased a

number of other 3D printed fashion pieces.

After living in Malaysia for two years, she eventually moved

back to Brisbane to further her research in Bioprinting.

Currently Kaecee is working as a freelance designer

and as a seasonal tutor at Griffith University. She is about

to undertake a PhD, and hopes that by focusing on the

medical 3D printing she undertook in her Masters, that she

can then move into 3D printing of human bone, and

investigate the future implications for humanity.

We would like to thank Kaecee for kindly bringing

her machine along to our morning tea and showing us how

it works and wish such a talented and creative young lady

the very best for her future. It’s a brave new world out

there and we have every confidence that the future of

medical science is in very capable hands.

Images courtesy of Kaecee Fitzgerald: Above L - the 3D gown and above R - Kaecee’s 3D accessories designed

to compliment the dress

Right: the 3D printer at work

Kaecee Fitzgerald and Val Shooter

ADFAS DISPLAY at BROADBEACH LIBRARY

Broadbeach Library Management recently offered ADFAS Gold

Coast the opportunity to showcase our organisation through a

promotional display in their foyer. On Tuesday 24th October, Peggy

McKeon, Carole Crowther and I manned the ADFAS table, speaking

to interested members of the public and distributing our material. A

particular item of interest for one international couple was the Church

Recording Book with which they were very impressed.

Carole Sulzer

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Barbara’s ARTi FACTS My trip to Israel had some amazing art surprises. The very large, modern Tel Aviv Art Gallery had a Yayoi

Kusama pumpkin sculpture (below left) and a huge Roy Lichtenstein in the foyer. Lots of fabulous new high

rise buildings contrasted strikingly with the 20s & 30s German Bauhaus architecture

of Rothschild Boulevard. In

Jerusalem, we spent a whole

day visiting the Israel Museum.

Outdoor sculpture

surrounded the stunning Shrine

of the Book which houses the

Dead Sea Scrolls, the oldest

biblical manuscripts in the

world, as well as rare early medieval biblical

manuscripts. The building (pictured above

right) consists of a white dome over a

building located two-thirds below the ground.

The dome is reflected in a pool of water that surrounds it. Inside the

museum were many small, complete, old synagogues collected from

around the world, elaborate torah casements, ceremonial clothing and an

Art Gallery which happened to have a huge Ai Weiwei exhibition.

Pictured above: Barbara with Chinese star made of coat hangers; porcelain bicycle basket of flowers, both by

Ai Weiwei

We had to exchange our shoes for

booties as the floor, which looked like

large pavers, was in fact carpet squares

made by Ai. There was a great collection

of Impressionist paintings too. The 9/11

Memorial was made of iron from the

World Trade Centre and shaped into a

flame (pictured left).

The Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum was

most impressive. Particularly poignant was the

train carriage Memorial to the Deportees (above

right).

Naturally we saw all the religious

sites, including those in Bethlehem.

Barely five metres from the wall

separating the Palestinian territories from

Israel is the recently-opened British

Graffiti Artist, Banksy’s, Walled-off

Hotel. Don’t you love Banksy’s zany

sense of humour? Walled-off (Waldorf) Hotel? Photos: Bansky’s 10 roomed Walled-off Hotel;

opposite the hotel - Banksy graffiti on the barrier

wall (with its grey watch tower); the hotel is filled

with quirky art If anyone wants to see

more photos or hear about this

trip, feel free to contact me.

Photos by Barbara Corrigan

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Australian exhibitions: Too many to mention all, so here are my favourites

Gold Coast: Energies high school art – 12/11

Coming into Fashion – a Century of Photography at Condé Nast 24/11- 18/2

Check on website for events – ticketed exhibition

Tweed River Art Gallery: Joshua Yeldham – 19/11

Brett Whiteley (pictured right) 29/9 – 3/12 from his Studio in Sydney

Brisbane: GoMA German artist Gerhard Richter 14/10- 4/2 Japanese artist Yayoi

Kusama (pictured below right) 14/10- 4/2 both have lots of events pertaining to these

exhibitions.

Sydney: AGNSW Rembrandt & the Dutch Golden Age Masterpieces from the Rijksmuseum 11/11- 18/2

Robert Mapplethorpe renowned photographer.

Sydney: Bondi Sculpture by the Sea…..Walk the cliff walk for great sculptures - 5/11

Sydney: MCA Today Tomorrow Yesterday MCA Collection -31/12

Sydney: White Rabbit Gallery in Chippendale contemporary Chinese art and Tea

house until 28/1 when closed for change over.

Canberra: National Gallery Cartier exhibition opens 30/3/18

Portrait Gallery always interesting

Melbourne: NGV House of Dior 70 years of Haute Couture -7/11,

NGV Triennial 15/12-15/4, Masterworks from MOMA New York 9/6-7/10 ‘18

Adelaide: AGSA Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art 3/3- 3/6/18

Perth: WA Art Gallery Heath Ledger a life in pictures – 20/1/18. Bill Henson photographs 11/12/17

Barbara Corrigan

ARTS TABLE LENDING LIBRARY for 2018

ADFAS Gold Coast has received a wonderful donation of interesting coffee-

table-style art books. Every month, commencing the first lecture in 2018, a different

selection of them will be displayed on the Arts Table and made available to members

who wish to borrow. If you would like to take home any of these to read, and return

approximately one month later on the following lecture day, please speak to Alan

Midwood or myself.

Carole Sulzer

PHOTO GALLERY - July & August Lectures

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September & October Lectures

Photographer: Val Shooter

AUSTRALIAN DECORATIVE & FINE ARTS SOCIETY GOLD COAST INC

CHAIRMAN, Carole Crowther and COMMITTEE

Invite

Members & Friends

To

Christmas Cocktails THURSDAY, 30th NOVEMBER, 2017 at 6pm

(Preceded by the AGM at 5pm)

Panorama Suite, The Arts Centre Welcome Drink, Canapés, Cash Bar Tickets: $20

RSVP: Tuesday 21st November, 2017 Pre-payment only. Tickets held at Door

Enquiries: Maree Ph: 5526 7440 carolalittle@bigpond.com

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