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Minutes for Arts Collective Inaugural AGM

5/7/2016

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Arts Collective successful event

19/9/2015

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Arts Collective Event~ this is going out to all connected with Arts Collective ~ 
Hello Everybody,congratulations on making it happen! Pulling together to create a superb inaugural event.

The exhibition was humming with interested people all weekend, giving great exposure and raising the profile of the Arts in Whangamata.Having it alongside the market day by Enterprise Whangamata was a great move to ensure the town was buzzing with activity.The chalk bomb outside the Art Gallery was much enjoyed by children & adults alike, the chalk signs on the pavement working well to direct visitors to our Pop Up Exhibition venue at 715 Port Road.A cheap quick marketing tool, something that we can do again with the stock of handmade non toxic chalks produced for the chalk bomb.
Feedback Feedback was very positive. There a few things we can do better next time, such as space allocation, but hey, I think we did well for our inaugural event.Money raised from gold coins and donations has been used to give the building owners a handsome thank you gift and any leftover money will go towards a banner for our next event. 
Yarn Bomb Port Road Gallery has taken the lead on this one and already installed one mini Yarn Bomb, now to make it spread. Take a look next time your passing, can’t miss it . . .Please contact me if your interested in Ninja Knitting, subversive Guerrilla Crochet or plain old Knit & Natter.Lets brighten town up for summer.
Next Event Arts Collective is now planning to do it again on Labour Weekend October Set up Friday 23rd October Exhibition open for the weekend of 24th & 25th(so long as the building is still available, if not we are working on a plan B to find another empty shop)
Another market day is planned for Sunday 25th October by Enterprise Whangamata to encourage people to stay in town after the Lions Market on the Saturday.
Please spread the word, we would like to have more music, pottery, 3d arts, etc.Perhaps Ukulele Club & Theatre or Dance Groups, etc, would just like to have space to promote their activities show people whats available in town.

Date of next meeting Wednesday 14th at 1:30 pm, Whangamata Club upstairs room  (TBC)To talk about Labour weekend event and progress reports on our short term goals from the steering group.Also we are working on some loose guidelines for participation in the collective.
Cheers
C
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New Identity - ARTS COLLECTIVE

23/8/2015

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At our productive meeting yesterday, we collectively made some major decisions the first of which as you will have noticed is an identity.
  • Name: After some discussion about the short listed favourites and a last minute addition to the mix. A vote decided upon Arts Collective (South Eastern Coromandel)

  • Working Group: Arts Collective will utilise the umbrella of Enterprise Whangamata Inc/Info Plus in the short term, by the creation of a sub committee of EW. This is tasked with being a working group to steer the collective over the next 6 - 12 months comprising of:-
    • Christina Scurr
    • Bernie Ross
    • Greta Whyte
    • Karyn Hitchman
    • Kate Jones Madill
    • Lesley staniland.
  • Long Term: The longer term aim to create an Arts Collective Incorporated Society or perhaps a Trust with charitable status, this will be explored by the working group.
  • Web site: Set up as www.artscollectivenz.weebly.com with a Facebook group page to follow.
  • Event: First event will be Sunday 13th September, the G J Gardener Run Walk Festival weekend.

EW has organised a Market Day to encourage visitors to stay on over the weekend for a bit of breakfast, lunch and lots of shopping.
Retailers have responded positively to the call for bargain tables outside shops. Space will be available for Arts Collective and local buskers, face painting, chalk bombing, fund raisers and demonstrations.
Why not raise funds or the profile of your group by doing something?

The Chalk Bomb will be starting at the Gallery 10 am, one great idea was to mark the street with footsteps and arrows to lead people to our Arts Collective displays.
Just organise a table and let Christina know you need a place on Port Road by 27th August please.
No table? No problem! Tables are available for hire/loan from Hire Centre or The Lions and other sources.
Just hope for good weather.

Another brain wave was to ask the owners of the fence between Jennian & Sunnies to allow Art on the railings, more space to display wares - weather permitting.

NEWS FLASH: Thanks to Lesley Staniland we have secured the use of the empty former 100% store on Port Road, with a Big thank you to Helen & Andre Hickson for supporting the Arts.
Next step is to get the key, take a look and organise the space (may need a clean?)
Working bee to be arranged.

Yarn Bombing?
An important point raised by Jo Le Noel was that yarn and wool that would be required for a yarn bomb is currently being taken up and made into Operation Cover up blankets & throws. So if this is to happen a source of cheap or better still free acrylic yarn or similar would have to be found. So that it does not compete with their worthy cause.
 
Next meeting:  Wednesday 16th September to go over the first event and plan the next.

Venue: Whangamata Club upstairs meeting room  - 1pm

Cheers
C
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Community Arts Project - Formalising the group

16/8/2015

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Next meeting:  Wednesday 19th August
Venue: Whangamata Club upstairs meeting room  - 1pm
Agenda
  • Formalise the group, Co Opting volunteers who will make things happen by utilising the umbrella of Enterprise Whangamata Inc, who are the business networking association and also run Info Plus visitor centre by creating an Arts+ sub committee as a short term umbrella organisation. It gives a support network, exposure through Info Plus and the legitimacy of an Inc Society meaning that as a group we have a voice and can start applying for funding sooner rather than later.  

  • Finalise an identity/brand for the collective Arts in Whangamata. These favourites came from the last workshop
    • Arts + (or Plus)
    • Arts Link (or Ink/inc)
    • Arts Hub (but there is a Youth Hub already)
  • Events for G J Gardener Run Walk weekend 12th - 13th September, only four weeks away. So far EW is organising a retail/community market for Sunday and local buskers. 
  • Events for Brits at the Beach week in early October.
  • Resources: equipment availability such as looms, printing presses etc, materials for recycling into projects such as spare paint, yarn, studio spaces to construct or make things, etc.

Keep tabs on this pinterest page - adding ideas all the time:-
https://www.pinterest.com/christinascurr/community-arts-project

For those not at other meetings  - here is a catch up list of ideas:

Long term goals
  • A Matariki Arts Festival in 2017
  • An Arts Centre
  • Art Competition - High profile, big prizes, sponsored.
  • Wearable Arts - masked parade, masked ball
  • Shoe box competition - sculpture any medium to fit inside a shoe box or indeed a painted show box itself.
  • Art Tours, Special Evenings - How to look at Art
  • Sculpture trail
Short/mid term goals, ideas, events, things that we could make happen
  • Sit & Knit - get people to stop, sit down and discuss the arts, get feed back from the community
  • Yarn Bombing - giving an ordinary thing a make over, perhaps street furniture such as power boxes.
  • Pianos - donated then decorated by artists, to be wheeled out in the street to be played
  • Shop Windows - pop up displays in high street shop windows “ An Artist in your window”
  • Beach Access Marker Poles or street furniture - create an arts trail. Imagine them painted, papered, wrapped, knitted, woven?
  • Flags on street lights along the High Street - each decorated by different artists, groups, school, in different mediums.
  • Art & Craft Exhibitions/Displays - Popup, shop window art installations
  • Performances - Street theatre, Thespian Flash mobs
  • Art Flash Mob - Art Attacks, mob turns up and decorates/changes something random.
  • Literature  - Writing & Poetry Workshops, readings.
  • Weaving, spinning - traditional crafts with a contemporary twist
  • Film - Cult Movie shown in local theatre - dress up for the event i.e. Rocky Horror show, Star Wars, etc.
  • Music - Buskers . . . . . list is endless . . . . .
See you Wednesday

Cheers
​C
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Community Arts Project

25/7/2015

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Progress report:
Wednesdays meeting saw 18 people from various creative disciplines - a great turn out, thank you everybody for taking time to be part of whats happening.
Lots of new faces too, for or those who had not been before we had a quick introduction session followed by a brief overview of our aims following this ground swell of support.

We discussed
  • Buildings, spaces and places to form a creative arts centre.
  • Ideas for arts events for visitors and locals both young and old to bolt onto existing events in the short term, in the longer term building up to our own Arts festival.
  • Creating an identity/brand for the collective Arts in Whangamata. These favourites came from a brain storming workshop
    • Arts Link (or Ink/inc)
    • Arts Hub (there is a Youth Hub already)
    • Arts + (Plus)
  • Formalising a group structure, identifying the volunteers who will make things happen.
  • Enterprise Whangamata Inc who are the business networking society and run Info Plus visitor centre has offered support by way of creating an Arts+ sub Committee as a short term umbrella organisation.  Comprised of a team co opted on to the committee.  Which does solve a lot of the immediate problems, it gives a support network, exposure through Info Plus and the legitimacy of an Inc Society meaning we have a voice and can start applying for funding sooner rather than later.  
  • Support from Community board.
  • Chances of TCDC funding other sources such as Lotteries, Trust Waikato, Lion foundation, etc.
  • Wintec offer of support - for a Matariki Arts Festival, they could help with an internship later on.
  • Community Gardens - Kay Baker has offered support and a site where events can be held. Next big event is Scarecrows on Nov 7th
  • Events are planned to pad out the Run Walk Festival - Sunday 13th a street market, buskers and a Chalk Bomb at the gallery. 
  • Fund raising ideas - making DIY kits, chalk, slime and play dough for example to raise some funds. have a group workshop to make, pack & distribute.

No objection were raised to using EW as the umbrella organisation, so, I would like to invite anybody interested in being part of group structure to get in touch with me - Christina, with a view to being Co opted onto the Arts sub committee of Enterprise Whanagamata as the Arts Plus or + or Arts Link whatever we choose. Now we have almost have an identity I think we will now be ready to take things further.

Personally I like Arts+ or (plus)



Next meeting:  Wednesday 19th August
Venue: Whangamata Club upstairs meeting room  - 1pm

FORMAT:
  • Introductions (Do we need name badges?)
  • A review of short term structure and goals
  • Start planning the first of a series of events
  • Volunteers to help with these
  • Fund raising ideas to give us a working fund.

  • For those not at the first meetings  - here is a catch up list of ideas:
    Keep tabs on this pinterest page - adding ideas all the time:-
    https://www.pinterest.com/christinascurr/community-arts-project
    • Matariki Arts Festival in 2017
    • Arts Centre - perhaps persuade a landlord to allow use of an empty shop for use as a base for workshops/displays & studio space. Talk to Community board, find spaces & places.
    • Yarn Bombing - giving an ordinary thing a make over, perhaps street furniture such as power boxes.
    • Pianos - donated then decorated by artists to be wheeled out in the street to be played
    • Shop Windows - pop up displays in high street shop windows “ An Artist in your window”
    • Sit & Knit - get people to stop, sit down and discuss the arts, get feed back from the community
    • Beach Access Marker Poles or street furniture - create an arts trail. Imagine them painted, papered, wrapped, knitted, woven?
    • Flags on street lights along the High Street - each decorated by different artists, groups, school, in different mediums.
    • Art Competition - High profile, big prizes, sponsored.
    • Art & Craft Exhibitions/Displays - Popup, shop window art installations
    • Performances - Street theatre, Flash mobs
    • Flash Mob - Art Attack, mob turns up and decorates/changes something random.
    • Literature  - Writing & Poetry Workshops, readings.
    • Wearable Arts - perhaps masked parade, masked ball?
    • Shoe box competition - sculpture any medium to fit inside a shoe box or indeed a painted show box itself.
    • Art Tours, Special Evenings - How to look at Art
    • Weaving, spinning - traditional crafts with a contemporary twist
    • Film - Cult Movie shown in local theatre - dress up for the event i.e. Rocky Horror show, Star Wars, etc.
    • Music - Buskers . . . . . list is endless . . . . . 

    FYI:
    These two documents were compiled after our very own local Arts Strategy meeting in July.
     
    Cheers
    Christina
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Fabulous brain storming meeting

10/7/2015

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Community Arts Project - an update

What a brilliant meeting we had, with the help of Paul Bradley of Creative Waikato we have made huge strides towards identifying and actually realising some of our goals. 

All those who attended will be pleased to know that they have contributed to the TCDC regional arts strategy compiled by Hilary Falconer.

Next meeting:  Wednesday 22nd July
Venue: Whangamata Club upstairs meeting room

All welcome, please spread the word the more creatives involved the better.
Format:
  • Introductions
  • A review of short term goals. How can we make these happen - planning and next steps.
  • Brain storm a name / identity for the working group, discuss structure.
  • Start planning the first of a series of Art Attacks, yarn bombs, whatever, etc, see below for inspiration

Ideas so far:
Some pictures here:-
https://www.pinterest.com/christinascurr/community-arts-project

  • Matariki Arts Festival 
  • Arts Hub - persuade a landlord to allow use of an empty shop for use as a base for workshops/displays & studio space. Talk to Community board, find spaces & places.
  • Yarn Bombing - giving an ordinary thing a make over, perhaps street furniture such as power boxes.
  • Pianos - donated then decorated by artists to be wheeled out in the street to be played
  • Shop Windows - pop up displays in high street shop windows “ An Artist in your window”
  • Sit & Knit - get people to stop, sit down and discuss the arts, get feed back from the community
  • Beach Access Marker Poles or street furniture - create an arts trail. Imagine them painted, papered, wrapped, knitted, woven?
  • Flags on street lights along the High Street - each decorated by different artists, groups, school, in different mediums.
  • Art Competition - High profile, big prizes, sponsored.
  • Art & Craft Exhibitions/Displays - Popup, shop window art installations
  • Performances - Street theatre, Flash mobs
  • Flash Mob - Art Attack, mob turns up and decorates/changes something random.
  • Literature  - Writing & Poetry Workshops, readings.
  • Wearable Arts - perhaps masked parade, masked ball?
  • Shoe box competition - sculpture any medium to fit inside a shoe box or indeed a painted show box itself.
  • Art Tours, Special Evenings - How to look at Art
  • Weaving, spinning - traditional crafts with a contemporary twist
  • Film - Cult Movie shown in local theatre - dress up for the event i.e. Rocky Horror show, Star Wars, etc.
  • Music - Buskers . . . . . list is endless . . . . . 

See you on the 22nd
Cheers

Christina
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Event: LocalĀ Arts Strategy Workshop

30/6/2015

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Hi Folks,
Date of next event: Local Arts Strategy Workshop

1pm Wednesday July 1st 2015 ~ Whangamata Club in the newly refurbished upstairs room
  • A workshop led by Paul Bradley of Creative Waikato to help identify assets we have in our community, the people and the spaces/places.
  • Identify short term goals
  • Identify longterm goals
  • Brain storm an identity - name/title/brand for the collective of local arts groups to form the basis of a Whangamata Arts Festival. Initially aiming to contribute to the Run Walk Festival Weekend 11th/12th/13th Sept 2015:

I’m hoping the Info Plus and Coastal News will be able to help us with publicising the workshop event.
Give me a day or two and we will have some flyers to hand out & display, pop into the gallery to get yours.

Please do spread the word, invite and encourage other interested parties to come and give us some input.
Especially Theatre group, musicians, writers and anybody else you can think of . . ..


Lets see if we can make Arts Festivals happen here and grow the arts scene in our neighbourhood.

Cheers

C

followup:
Community Arts project - ideas

Trawling around on Pinterest I have found and put together a pile of ideas we could try:-

https://www.pinterest.com/christinascurr/community-arts-project

Take a look at these . . . inspirational and so easy.

See you all on the 1st I hope !


Cheers
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