Bromley Art Society Bringing Artists Together since 1947

Sold: Twenty ceramics and five paintings (Yes, five!) Ceramics rule O.K.?

The exhibition was sparsely attended, in part due to a weekend retreat by over one
hundred parishioners. There is no disguising the fact that St. John’s is a splendid
arena for showing art but a very poor sales location.

In future where do we go for our annual open exhibition? The only proven local
sites are the Bromley Library (we get two weeks per year for club exhibitions) and
our traditional site at St. George’s, Beckenham (where they now ask for a rental
which would only mean a large financial loss for B.A.S,).

Exhibitions at Denbies Wine Estate at Dorking have good sales records. Archie
Niven of the Croydon Society has just booked a slot for 2013 (a seven year waiting
list!).

A plea for help: Does anyone know of a venue which would be available for a week
with good transport and parking access and, most importantly, well attended by Jo
Public (well-off art lovers)? The rent would have to be under £400 per week or we
lose money.

We could book venues outside Bromley but the logistics of moving and stewarding
such an exhibition are difficult. We have looked at many of the obvious halls,
churches and libraries, etc. in Bromley but nowhere looks very promising.

There are options as I see it. We can accept the fact that an open exhibition will lose
money or we could run a series of small-scale open exhibitions at lesser sites
(e.g. houses) or we could abandon open exhibitions, which would be unthinkable for
a proud, talented art society. We are too! However, I am rather pessimistic at the
time of writing. So ideas, help and suggestions A.S.A.P.

Peter Dinsmore (Exhibition Secretary)