Dealing with COVID-19 March 2020
This month we have taken the unprecedented step of closing the gallery for an indefinite period of time.
The management group has done a fantastic job of working through the issues as they unfolded.
We acknowledge that some of our members will be dealing with increased pressures in the workforce or actually closing their small businesses and we would like to send our best wishes for the best possible outcome once this situation has passed.
Workshops have been cancelled for the foreseeable future and Tammy has reimbursed people for the mosaic workshop and the framing workshop. She will now reimburse the watercolour workshop as Jenny made contact with Mike and confirmed it will not go ahead.
He has suggested that he will be in the area at some point after things have settled down and will follow up, even providing an impromptu day of painting.
We will not be able to meet face to face but people can use our FaceBook group Curdnatta Artists' Chat to let others know what is happening and to support ourselves as we cope with uncertainty. It is a good way to share interesting ideas and information as well as your own endeavours. Let us know if you need help doing this.
Many of us are making use of online platforms such as Skype, Messenger video, Facetime and Zoom to stay in touch with friends and family.
If anyone would like to know more about how to use these apps I am sure Tammy or Georgie will advise. They are a great way to visually see how to perform a technique.
Following discussions with DPTI local manager Bruno Carcuro has suggested steps be taken to oil the gallery floor while we are not in the building.
Anne and Georgie removed the items off shelves in anticipation.
Bruno will organise someone to move the fixtures out of the gallery and store them in the music room or the back yard until they are moved back in again.
Helen, Ruth and Georgie have taken down the Fibrespace exhibition and Zena's exhibition.
Stay safe and remain creative!!!
The management group has done a fantastic job of working through the issues as they unfolded.
We acknowledge that some of our members will be dealing with increased pressures in the workforce or actually closing their small businesses and we would like to send our best wishes for the best possible outcome once this situation has passed.
Workshops have been cancelled for the foreseeable future and Tammy has reimbursed people for the mosaic workshop and the framing workshop. She will now reimburse the watercolour workshop as Jenny made contact with Mike and confirmed it will not go ahead.
He has suggested that he will be in the area at some point after things have settled down and will follow up, even providing an impromptu day of painting.
We will not be able to meet face to face but people can use our FaceBook group Curdnatta Artists' Chat to let others know what is happening and to support ourselves as we cope with uncertainty. It is a good way to share interesting ideas and information as well as your own endeavours. Let us know if you need help doing this.
Many of us are making use of online platforms such as Skype, Messenger video, Facetime and Zoom to stay in touch with friends and family.
If anyone would like to know more about how to use these apps I am sure Tammy or Georgie will advise. They are a great way to visually see how to perform a technique.
Following discussions with DPTI local manager Bruno Carcuro has suggested steps be taken to oil the gallery floor while we are not in the building.
Anne and Georgie removed the items off shelves in anticipation.
Bruno will organise someone to move the fixtures out of the gallery and store them in the music room or the back yard until they are moved back in again.
Helen, Ruth and Georgie have taken down the Fibrespace exhibition and Zena's exhibition.
Stay safe and remain creative!!!
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