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Centre Talk
13 April 2025
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Friday 11 April - Last day of Term One
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Monday 28 April - First day of Term Two
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Friday 16 May - CLG Meeting 10.30am
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Friday 6 June - AGM 12noon
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Welcome...
This Centre Talk includes a report on the KCLC stand at the Kalamunda Show, an explanation of why fire drills are important, the Term 2 course discounts and information about Art Master Classes (oil & watercolour) to be held over the winter break. Bronwyn has a request, for all those members with a passion to share, to take the plunge and become a tutor. There is also news from two painting classes; Oil (what's new) and Watercolour (travel inspired). In addition, The British Empire Class celebrated Tom Austens' 20 years as their tutor with a birthday photograph.
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Hope you all have a lovely Easter, catch up with family and friends and try not to eat too much chocolate.
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Editorial musings
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Art is a theme that meanders through this edition of CT. I did my usual trip down the search engine rabbit hole to find out about the history of oil colours. Oil paintings first appeared in 7th century (AD/CE) Afghanistan, Buddhist artists. The use of various oils, as a medium for paintings, was adopted in Europe by 12th century (AD/CE). Pigments + oil create various colours used but also underpin the longevity of this medium. However, it was the pigments caught my interest for a couple of reasons.
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Firstly, it is the length of time (over 400,000 years) that humans have used pigments to decorate caves and their own bodies. This fundamental form of non-verbal human expression was used to communicate emotions, values, beliefs and history.
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Secondly, the chemical nature of the pigments. These were often metal-based; iron oxides-red/yellow, copper/cobalt-based blues, lead/titanium oxides-white, mercury-vermillion, and cadmium-red. These days the health and safety regulations would probably forbid their use in original forms. Think of historical record oil paintings have given us that we would have missed out on if the toxicity was known way back.
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From the Executive...
A copy of the minutes of the General Meeting held on Friday 28 March can now be found on the website. The minutes are held in draft form until passed at the next meeting.
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Wishing everyone a safe and enjoyable Easter.
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See you all in two weeks!
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Annie, Anne-Marie and Lindsay, KCLC Executive
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Kalamunda Show...
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Thank you to all the members who came and helped spread the word with us on Saturday at the KCLC stand at the Kalamunda Show. It was a fabulous day and it was great to see some members' names on winning exhibits in the Hall as well as members stopping by the stand to say hi.
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For any of you that had a go at guessing the number of eggs in the jar, the number was 95. No one had the correct guess but congratulations to Jessica who came closest with 94!
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We are looking forward to attending again next year and being better positioned to capture all the visitors to the Show who didn't quite make it down the gravel slope to see us!
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Anne-Marie, Coordinator, and Caroline, Website Editor
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Fire Drills...
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Fire drills are conducted each semester as part of our commitment to the health and safety of our members. These drills should be taken seriously as they will make a difference if there is ever a real emergency.
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Class secretaries need to be one of the first out, with the class roll, and lead the class to the nearest muster point. The Wardens on duty direct the class secretaries.
Tutors need to be sure ALL class members leave the room, there is a wheel chair at Reception for any members who would like the use of it. No one should be staying behind in a drill. No Exceptions.
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Every room is equipped with an Evacuation Diagram that shows our muster points. Please have a look at this when you are next in class.
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The internal doors to the large art room are Fire Doors. Moreover, they are not be propped open. They can stop the spread of a fire if they are used correctly. Moreover, are not an emergency exit. The exit is to the outer courtyard and then through the black metal gate.
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In the event of a fire, please do NOT go to your cars as this will cause confusion when calling rolls and the emergency vehicles will need the whole width of Central Road to come to our aid.
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Term Two Continuing Courses on Special!
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We have limited places available at a discounted fee for Term Two in many continuing courses that are not currently full. Please check out the updated flyer below or view the website to see which courses are available for a Term Two start. Due to the mid Semester break, enrolments for these courses will now be taken at Reception from Monday 28 April.
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Winter in the Centre: Master Classes
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We are excited to announce the introduction of Master Classes during our winter break as part of the KCLC Strategic Plan. This plan aims to reach into the wider community, with the Masterclass Project being one aspect of this.
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Through the Master Class Project, we hope to excite and inspire members, and prospective members, to try new skills or hone old ones under professional tuition. Attendees, once they gain skills, will be able to join the regular classes offered through the semesters.
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Our long-term vision is to provide local professional artists or craftspeople, including our own tutors, an opportunity to run master classes at the Centre during our break. They will be paid for the sessions and class members will be charged the appropriate fee to cover this cost in accordance with NAVA (National Association for the Visual Arts) guidelines.
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Our inaugural sessions, during the coming winter break, are a trial and we are very pleased to announce that two of our current tutors have accepted the offer to tutor Master Classes. Nisa Lourvanij is offering a full-day course in ‘Portrait Painting with Oils’ (Thursday 10th July) and David Thornton is offering a two-day course in ‘Watercolour for Beginners’ (Monday 7th and Thursday 10th July).
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Enrolments for these won’t open until Wednesday 28 May. However, we are inviting people to register an Expression of Interest before this date to assist us in ascertaining the number of people likely to enrol and thus the appropriate course fee to cover our costs.
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For more information on these masterclasses and to express your interest follow these links:
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Semester Two - New Courses...
We have some room capacity available for Semester Two, if anyone is considering offering a new course I would love to hear from you.
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We are always looking for new course opportunities but are reliant on prospective tutors contacting us. Maybe you know someone with special skills or knowledge who would like to join us as a tutor. Or maybe you might like to take on the task of proactively seeking new tutors as we currently don’t have anyone in this role.
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Note: We have several exciting new courses already slotted in so keep an eye out for these courses once they are published in June: Positive Parenting (Term 3), The Art of Classical Mosaics for Beginners (Term 3) and Exit Stage Left (Term 4).
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What about a class in dancing?
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What's New -Oil Painting
There is always a gentle and positive buzz in the Oil Painting class with valued tutor, Wendy Sattler. This term, new faces and new directions in art being explored.
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New Faces: Vanessa Tolomei is a graphic designer and during her career has undertaken interesting roles. Her dream job was working with the Australian Antarctic Division and its scientists: “I was able to work with the most inspiring and beautiful imagery a designer could dream of-the Antarctic itself!”
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The class enables Vanessa to focus on her own artwork, in a creative hub with others.
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A New Direction: It takes bravery and courage to step outside one’s comfort zone and try a new genre of artistic expression in an art class. That is exactly what Christopher du Boulay has done. He has stepped away from the predictability of landscape painting and launched into portrait painting, where he is excelling (see below).
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The class is enjoying these new developments.
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One thing our group has in common is that we love to travel. It provides us with a great deal of inspiration for our passion – watercolour painting.
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There are many lovely moments each time we meet. We can travel vicariously as we talk and swap stories about the stunning scenery being transferred to paper. Places as far away as Italy, Holland, New Zealand and Cornwall (UK) have us reminiscing as we watch them reappear in our artwork.
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The love of Australian landscapes, and favourite holiday places at home, also provide much inspiration. We are often kept up to date with our travelling artists by email so we can share in their experiences.
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Our two talented tutors, Averil and Beth, are always on hand to offer advice and to pass on their suggestions and knowledge.
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The British Empire Class
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Tom Austen (centre rear) has been a tutor for over 20 years at the KCLC. This class is full; of members, enthusiasm, interest and humour that reflects Toms knowledge and interest.
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This photo was taken to celebrate his birthday on St David's Day, March 1.
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Display Cabinet...
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Oil Painting: Beginners & Advanced
The cabinet is currently filled with oil paintings. Oil paints are a combination of pigments and oils that give the depth, texture and rich colours associated with oil paintings. Images do not quite reflect this aspect of oil painting so next time you are at the Centre take an up close look at the painting.
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