Hornsea Art Society Quarterly Newsletter – May 2026

Dear Member

As I write this the garden is bathed in dappled sunlight, the small birds are flitting about foraging for bugs, a roe deer with no sense of urgency as it wanders along the edge of the lawn looking for that one stem of grass that meets her exacting standards and I am sat here thinking the bl…y grass will want cutting before the weekend is out. In this heat??? The weather forecast suggests we are heading for a good weekend which is unusual for a bank holiday, something definitely out of sync there, so the chances are that as you read this you are reclining on your sun lounger with a quart of Pimms in one hand (one must keep hydrated in hot weather) and the complete works of Jilly Cooper in the other (so many wonderful tips on country affairs). Anyway my apologies for disturbing your equilibrium or any other pets you may have but needs must. It is only a matter of a few weeks and the much vaunted but rarely undersold Annual Exhibition will be upon us.

A lot of work and planning goes into the Exhibition for the benefit of the members. All we ask is that you do your bit to help by first and foremost exhibiting some of your work, by offering your services if you can with the setting up and taking down and by doing your stint as a steward. We don’t mind if you volunteer to do more than one stewarding slot, and even if you are not exhibiting you can still volunteer. We appreciate the help.

If you are an old hand or new to the exhibition please read all the accompanying documents that Lesley (Secretary) will be sending out. PLEASE READ THEM CAREFULLY. The setting up and hanging committee have a tight deadline to meet, they are very slick having had much practise but much depends on you having filled in the forms correctly, complied with the hanging requirements (D-rings), the correct category and the correct fee – achieve all these and you may well get a smile, but no promises. This will be Jane’s (Chairman) first exhibition at the helm, so please do your best to make it memorable for her for all the right reasons.

Things on the boil at the moment are the ongoing Art Festival which you will have had emails regarding available spaces on some of the workshops – check your emails – and coming up in August is the Art Fair at the Town Hall, again all relevant details are in previous emails from Hon Sec Lesley (I read your emails, Lesley, if nobody else does).

Right! There is a lot of paperwork for you to digest, so I’m not going to strain your eyes any longer. There is still time to get those entries ready. You are pushing it a bit if you haven’t made a start yet – what are you doing reading this – get on with it NOW…  YOUR EXHIBITION NEEDS YOU.

Looking forward to a really good Exhibition, Keep making art, and above all, enjoy it.

Chris Caley

President

P.S. Trophies back asap please – they can be left at the next Friday night demo.