Chelsea Art Show

gggraph · Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2010 9:38 am Post subject: Chelsea Art Show

Hi all - just a reminder that the Chelsea Art Show is on this weekend (12-14 june).

There are more entries than ever (875) with some exceptional work including:

Best in Show - Rosemary Toddman-Parrant
Best Oil/Acrylic - Craig Penny
Best Drawing - Geoff Sargeant

and to my mind, the stand-out exhibit of the whole show:

Best Junior Art (School Years 9-12) - Thomas Gittus.

Opening hours and further details are on the website: www.chelseaartshow.com.au

Cheers

Grant

heartco · Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2010 6:26 pm Post subject: Re - Chelsea Art Show

Hey Grant, do you have anything to do with the organizing of this show?

gggraph · Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2010 11:18 am Post subject: Re - Chelsea Art Show

I'm on the Committee* - my role is to do the advertising, posters, catalogue, website, photography or anything that needs graphics. I'm also there representing artists... which is a bit rich as I don't know the first thing about the art world. Luckily, Rosemary Toddman-Parrant is also on the committee and she, as well as being extremely talented, does know a bit about art in general.

If you have a comment/complaint, you can send it through me. Or, for that matter, just send it to info@chelseaartshow.com.au

They do take feedback seriously - there is very little of it and what there is tends to be trivial "I don't like where my painting was hung..." sort of stuff. After every show, we'll have a meeting to discuss what worked, what didn't, and what we'll try next time. For example, this year we're trialling staggered pick-up times. Personally, I think it will add to the confusion, but I'm happy to be proved wrong, again.

Cheers

Grant

* a few years ago I used to worry about a potential conflict of interest. I don't any more, because the judges don't know I have any involvement with the show until after they've decided. (If then...) And the standard has gone up so I'm not really in the running anyway.

gggraph · Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2010 5:48 pm Post subject: Re - Chelsea Art Show

And congratulations to Heidi (Heartco) for taking out the People's Choice Award, and selling the piece.

Grant

heartco · Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2010 1:55 pm Post subject: Re - Chelsea Art Show

Thanks Grant! Not to mention a Highly Commended as well, absolutely blown away I am :) No complaints as such, I got feedback commenting on the high standard of the show, but also how crowded it was, perhaps too many entries. I do take my hat off to all who organize and run these shows, it can not be an easy task. Was great to meet you too!