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ARTSCAPE 2009 COMPETITION & SALE
Members paid £2 per painting to enter the Artscape Competition and chose to paint up to two local views.
Muriel & Sue
Visiting artist Sue Obagu chose Muriel Hiscott's painting of St Matthew's Church Netley Marsh as the winning entry in the TAS Artscape competition.
2009 November Sale with Mr Dougherty (BBC Children in Need Regional Producer) and sons
Helen Davies and Di Alexander sold 9 Totton paintings on Saturday at £7.50 each making a total of £67.50. People also donated £35.74 via the Children in Need bucket. Together with £74.00 entry fees and no expenses needing to be paid, the Children in Need final total was £240.24. Thanks to Mary Austin there were reports in several newspapers, including the Daily Echo.
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Photos: Di Alexander ©
Totton Art Society
The entries were displayed in cream mounts supplied by The Range (sponsor).
The Saturday event was filmed by Mr P. Dougherty regional producer for Children in Need, hindered and abetted by his two small sons!
We held the Children in Need appeal open for TAS members to have the opportunity to buy the remaining paintings at the demonstration meeting on 25th November. Muriel Hiscott also received her prize of 4 porcelain mugs featuring her winning painting that evening.
There was a Children in Need report on the South Today programme (BBC1 6-30 – 7-00 pm) on Wednesday 18th November when five of th thirty views were shown: Nursling Mill by Patricia Osborne, St Matthews Church by Muriel Hiscott, Salmon Leap Bridge by Anne Hamerton, Batts Corner by June Green and Goatee Beach by Ray Barnes
