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Further details about The Society can be obtained by downloading and saving Information Sheet and/or Application Form or from: Membership Secretary, John Stacey, 67 Woodlands Road, Camberley, GU15 3ND, Tel: 0127624627 or email him	Note to visitors from local or other art-related web sites SAVE YOURSELF TIME! MAKE www.fcsaonline.org.uk ONE OF YOUR FAVORITES. One of the best ways to bring your site to the attention of the search engines is to get other sites to mention it. E-mail the webmaster (see left), saying where you are putting a link to http://www.fcsaonline.org.uk/ and we will generally be happy to add a link to you. You can use our logo for the link button if you like - there are several dotted around the site
Secretary & Newsletter Editor, Brian Richardson 6 Spring Woods, Sandhurst, GU47 8PX, Tel: 01344 773603 or email him
Webmaster, Sam Dauncey, , Tel: 01344 773962 Other committee members include:- Tom Moss (Vice-chairman,vicechair@fcsaonline.org.uk, Tel: 01276 683530 Jenny Colquhoun (Treasurer, , Tel: 01252 724 151)

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Members' Messages Send to with "FCSA Message" in the subject line

Message from Tom Moss, 29 June 2010 For information. Sam could you put this on the website, in case any members wish to take advantage of it. Best regards Tom . Click here 21KB PDF file

Message from Sam Dauncey, 10 June 2010 If you enjoyed Mike Skidmore's excellent demo and workshop you will be interested in his 2010 Workshops (605 KB PDF).

Message from Ann Thalmessinger, 6 April 2010 I have booked Ann Wilkinson to do a pastel demo and then to tutor on Monday 10th May. Location: Frogmore and Darby Green Social Hall, Frogmore Road, Darby Green (opposite the Bell Inn). There is parking in front of the hall. Times: 10 AM through to 3.30 PM. Cost: My regular Monday class will be paying £10. Anyone else £12. Bring a packed lunch. Tea and coffee are available. Bring pastels and whatever support you like to work on. You can book by phoning Anne on Tel 01275 34412 or emailing incamax1@yahoo.co.uk.

Message from Sam Dauncey, 24 January 2010 Leslie Melia (nee Tooze) tells me that the former 1215 Art Gallery is now the Runnymede Gallery and the new Manager is Gary Rogers, who also has his studio in the building. See: http://www.runnymedegallery.com/. She attached an information leaflet (37kb pdf) and asks that if your organisation is interested, or would like more information such as the exhibiting rates, please contact Gary either through the gallery website or direct to garyrogers11@yahoo.com . Individual artists, or a group of artists, or an arts organisation may hire a room/s and there is still space for 2010.

Message from Webmaster, 21 Nov 2009 John Stacey asked me to let you see this letter (86 KB pdf download, inviting members to participate in the Surrey Heath Open Studio scheme.

Message from Fiona Channon, forwarded by Don Owen I have just found your website. I am an artist living in Camberley and I wondered if I could advertise the fact that I am running some small classes that may be of interest to some of your members? My website is www.inspiredart.info where you can see some of my work. I teach people how to open up through a meditative method so that they can release their creativity. It's a method I use to create all my work and it's great if you are "stuck" or lacking inspiration. It's also a very pleasant way to spend a couple of hours and the benefits are many. I don't know if I need to be a member to advertise, but I wondered if you could help me to let people know about it. Many thanks. Fiona Channon Webmaster's note: We do not take advertisements but I have copied this message here and will, instead, create a link to Fiona Channon's website in our "External contacts" area as soon as she agrees to creat a link to the FCSA in hers.

Message from Sam Dauncey, 29/9/08 Jonathan Bennett, our erstwhile membership secretary, whom I'm sure most of you remember very well, has published a book of his own poetry. Details and an order form can be downloaded here (24 kB pdf file).

Message from Rick Beament, 7/7/08 Hi there It's amazing what happens when you're surfing for something completely different, but I came across your website today and it brought back floods of memories of my childhood and I just wanted to drop you a quick line to say how glad I am that the FCSA is still thriving. My mum, Kay, was the Hon. Sec. of FCSA for many years in the earlier years of the society and I have fond memories of many of the earlier members and even doing a couple of stints as a life model when it was in its original locations, first at Hillside, behind the police station, then later above the museum on the site of the Borough Council offices. The scanned copy of the first exhibition programme has a number of names that I remember well, simply because the art society was such a big family back then and we all seemed to visit each others homes as a result of art ! I particularly remember dear Henry Biggs, who was, at least partly responsible for the fact that I now live in Devon - he had a holiday home not far from where I live now - but, more than that, he was such a kind and warm man with great knowledge and a willingness to share it. I remember Jenny Cracknell, Roy Galley, Leo Robinson, and especially Graham Scandrett who struggled as my art teacher at France Hill School for a term. Mostly, I must say I remember Wint with great fondness - Mum and I often visited him at his house in Bagshot, and, again, I remember what a kindly man he was, and such an inspiration to my mum's own art, so would like to add my thoughts now that he has, regrettably passed-away. Although I was only a child at the time, it was my mum's interest in art and the FCSA that has, to a degree, enabled me to have an appreciation of art in its broadest sense, although I am no proponent of the skill, so I would like to take this opportunity of wishing FCSA and all its members good luck for the future and long may the society prosper. Kind Regards Rick Beament.

Webmaster's summary of message from Alan Brain Alan forwarded an e-mail message to me about someone apparently wanting to buy some pictures. I did careful virus checking before opening it and found nothing threatening. The mail his friend had received was suspicious for reasons listed below and the recipient went on to say: "Fortunately, I had read about this and was concerned. Obviously, if this were real I would be interested. In my positive response to her I included the fact that I do not release any paintings until the check has cleared my bank. I have not had any response back. The clues that were in the article that pointed to a possible scam were: 1. Poor grammar and spelling 2. Control over the pick up and delivery 3. A sense of urgency, having to move quickly 4. A foreign country somehow involved 5. A common email address (yahoo, aol, etc.) Am I positive that this was a scam? No, but we all have to be very careful. If you think that this would be helpful to other artists, pass it on.

Message from Webmaster Please send more pictures:- your work, snaps from workshops, FCSA activities etc. (go to Submitting Pictures for the Gallery etc.). Also reports and news of interesting exhibitions, fairs, artists and other web sites.

STUCK FOR SOURCE MATERIAL? WANT TO SWAP? Have you taken some interesting, unusual or inspiring digital photos on your travels? Are you ever going to get around to painting them all? Would you like to see how other artists might treat the subject matter? Are you feeling generous enough to waive copyright? If you can answer yes to these questions, why not let the Society librarian have a CD burned with some of these images? These can then be borrowed by members who didn't quite manage to record that fascinating little tableau as the coach whizzed past, missed the moment because the local wildlife became unco-operative, haven't made it to that particular corner of the globe or are simply stuck for inspiration. If you can give us any images, that would be great. It is essential that you are able to supply them copyright-free, i.e., they are your own photos and you are prepared to waive copyright on them. It would be helpful to have some idea of what the images are so that we can come up with a way of cataloguing them. This is a new venture for us, so please let us know what you think. Sue Thomson

MESSAGE FROM THE WEBMASTER Please make use of your web site, http://www.fcsaonline.org.uk. (a) It often contains information that appears too late for the newsletter and so which would be missed by anyone who did not look regularly at the notice board. (b) The records of past meetings offer fascinating reading, tips etc. If you have written notes on a meeting or demo please let me,, have a copy a.s.a.p. The same applies if you did one in the past that I've not got. (c) It gives links to galleries, artistic events, artists, demonstrators etc. TELL ME IF YOU KNOW OF ANYTHING I SHOULD ADD. (d) It offers a free opportunity for members to publicise their work. MORE PAINTINGS AND SCULPTURES ARE URGENTLY REQUIRED - the site tells you how easy it is to submit work. Why have I no photo's of sculptures yet? (e) The Contacts page ("Members' Messages") offers an easy way to let the Society know if you can think of ways its services may be improved. For example, should we have nude models (?) encourage more unusual media (?) have more (or less) demos (?) external visits (?) meetings in different locations (?) meetings with other clubs (?) etc. etc. YOUR INVOLVEMENT IS VITAL IF THE SITE IS TO ATTAIN ITS FULL POTENTIAL. Thanks, Sam Dauncey

Any FCSA member wanting a message here should e-mail it to with "FCSA Message" as the Subject. I shall censor each submission (possibly consulting the committee) - so there may be delay. I may choose to incorporate suggestions directly. I intend to forward constructive messages (see FCSA Contacts), but I may not reply to them.

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