I hope you are enjoying the amazing weather we're having.
I've realised that I haven't sent out a newsletter since June, and so
much has happened since then. There's lots of amazing fundraising news,
but I'll talk about the other stuff first.
I'm holding an open etching workshop for I love Scolawi that anyone
can attend on Saturday 2nd
August at the Auchtermuchty Community Centre at 1pm. Please get in touch if
you'd like to come along to have a go at etching and create a picture
for the final exhibition in Fifespace Gallery, Glenrothes in
Ocotber. There will be a slight charge to cover the cost of hall
rental.
With only three months to go till the
Glenrothes exhibition I'm once more starting to panic about time, and
have started creating my own pictures for the show. I'd like to have at
least 12 pictures, so that's one a week, and I've got a 2 week trip to
Malawi during that time too (Yikes). I've just finished my second which
took me 4 1/2 days so I really need to get cracking, or make them
simpler.
Because of this workload, I'm struggling to find time for
other aspects of the project, especially marketing and promotion. It
was suggested to me this morning, that I need a volunteer helper who
would find the experience useful for adding to their CV. possibly a
student who's doing a marketing or business course. Do you know anyone
local who would find the experience useful and would like to help?
Please email me any details, or feel free to pass my details on to
someone you think might be interested.
Fundraising news
Our
total raised has now reached over £3,200! This is an incredible amount
that goes a massive way towards to £8,000 needed for the whole project
(£3,000 for the workshop trip to Malawi, £2,000 for the workshop and
exhibition costs, and £3,000 for the exhibition trip to Malawi).
I'd like to give a huge thank you to Violet for
organising the Muchty Hafla for I Love Scolawi. The evening raised £644,
and was a wonderful evening. A big thank you must also be given to all
the people who helped Violet run the show, and to everyone who came
along. As I've mentioned before, I had never been to a hafla before, and
I didn't know what to expect. I had a great time, and am looking
forward to going to my next one in September. It was amazing to see a
group of women being happy in their own bodies whatever their size and
shape, and being comfortable enough to show them off. I've attached some
photos of the evening.
I'd also like to give a huge thank you to Cafe Alfresco,
in Glenrothes who are generously giving I Love Scolawi their collection
tin takings over the summer. In three weeks they have already raised
over £100!
After my almost forgotten application in May, I have
received £720 from the Hope Scott Trust (who help artists exhibit
abroad) to go towards the exhibition trip out to Malawi. Upon hearing
this news a donor (who wishes to remain anonymous) offered to cover the
rest of the second trip out to Malawi, because they wanted to see the
project properly completed. A huge, MEGA thank you goes out to them, as I
was unable to justify going into lots of debt for the second trip, and
would have had to send the Hope Scott money back without their
incredible donation. Thank you, cos I still can't believe that I'm going
back to Malawi.
The art raffle winners have been drawn from a hat and they are ... drum roll please ....
Top prize (hand etched photograph): Jim Mailer
Other
winners: Sandra Williamson, Kate Balsillie, Liz Grubb, Alison Watson,
Carolyn Porter, Gill Musk, Ina Robertson, Bettie Suttie, Sarah Jones, A C
Nicol, Stewart Thompson, Janice McKay, Amanda Graham, Mike Middleton, A
Findlay, Susie Speller.
Congratulations to all the winners, and commiserations to
those who didn't - but thank you for buying tickets.
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