Meeting of NSA held Fore St 6.30 p.m.10.6.10

Present: Kate Walters, Marilyn Middlemiss (chair), Rachael Reeves (minutes secretary), Marie-Claire, James Green (NAG).

Sandra Boreham, Belinda Whiting, Phil Booth (guests)

Start 6.40

Rupert White arrives (guest) 6.45

Agenda

· Minutes.

minutes from 18.5.10 signed off.

· Discuss Print Show budget

KW -Budget is 20K at mo. UCF on board £1500, 1500, Stoneman Gallery on board.

B.I. says can’t break it down. MM needs to have something written down. MM worried that the money was waved through .

KW - Print Show ticks all the boxes that the arts council gave money for.

Jess asked on speaker phone if he can provide budget after the 23^rd June meeting;

JLS- money will be spent on:production of prints, packaging and selling, cost of producing them. A portfolio case possibly being made, there is then an opportunity for more prints to be made.

PW - Can we have global budget for entire project, general breakdown of where the money is going to be spent?

JLS - good point. Each artist will pay £30 a day for workshop as no money in place at the moment.

SB - can you clarify target group? Do you want to ask artists that had done little or no printing, or asking only people in the NSA?

JLS yes NSA members

All voted to pass £3,000 onto the print show.

· Co-opt new members.

Allessandra Aussuenda and John Keays have resigned so need to co-opt new members. We have 2 places. MM suggests choosing members through short straws a good idea as this does not discriminate.

KW - wants it minuted that she does not believe that choosing the members through short straws is the correct way .

Sue Bleakley and Sandra Boreham co-opted on

· Discuss list of future exhibitions and allocate committee member roles.

A, Plymouth Lineage Show 2012

B, St. Ives NSA Landscape Painters 2011 Summer

Denny Long and one other has to organise this. Phil Booth offered to help with Denny Long.

C, Platform Newlyn Gallery

JG, idea is that gallery might do a series of shows (18 months to 2 years) focused on ind. Artists, opportunity for artists to show work, with critical writing, show their work plus document, a platform for artists to raise their profile beyond the county. 2 or 3 artists per show.

Rupert White to help with writing, KW and S Bleakley to work with gallery on platform show.

D, New Hall Cambridge

Feminist show about the third wave of feminism, this doesn’t need to be positive could be negative. MM would like to involve people from the new hall collection, (womens collection of art).

E, Tremenhere, RW, S Boreham interested in it. To liase with John Keays .RW to find more information about it.

Treirife – RRE interested in the idea of rolling show.

RW is interested in the idea of an exchange of shows as an idea. As a way of getting our work out of the county. Kestle Barton’ gallery Helford interested in putting on shows RW will approach the gallery.

f. Possible exchange show with Glasgow group.

g, Swansea Mission Gallery, Jane Phillips

Preparation of Images/Reality Check

Wouldn’t all go into Swansea Mission Gallery but part of it would. RW has taken photos of show and will pass these onto MM and she will send onto Mission Gallery.

· Can anyone work on the selection form?

PB and Sue Bleakley to work on some wording that could go on website for prospective members.

Will look at this at next meeting.

MC to work on text for what members can expect from NSA

· AOB

Dick Maule going to be our treasurer, used to be treasurer of newlyn gallery, and is an accountant, also has experience for fundraising.

Steven Paige hasn’t been paid for an invoice, Exchange café has to be paid, JG cheque is written from subs to be paid. KW going to get cheque books from Jess.

· Date of next meeting; 14th July at Exchange

Open Meeting on 23^rd June 6.30 at Newlyn.