News of the last meeting

Dear Artists,

HIAA's second meeting was smaller, but quite productive and we had some fun too. :-) Thanks for everybody who showed up!

First of all we decided on the next meeting, which will be on 14 June at 17.00 in Kirjasto 10. At this point it seems that 6 weeks' schedule is the most appropriate.

The next meeting is a "portfolio" meeting, which means that if you are interested in participating in smaller or larger group shows with HIAA members, please bring your portfolio or any pictures / whatever describes your works with you. The idea is to get to know what kind of styles we each have and what kind of common themes there could be found.

Sini suggested that we consider renting an empty shop or similar space for an exhibition space. This could be much more inexpensive than real gallery spaces, but it also means more work for participants and that the exhibition group should be ready to act when a suitable space is available.

Virpi proposed shows abroad in the future and I suggested Belgium, where I have some contacts. Anyone else with ideas on this subject is welcome to come forward! And if you have practical experience of taking your works abroad it would be very interesting to hear about it.

The registration process is still a bit hanging in the air. What needs to be done is basically to have a founding meeting with enough people to elect board members etc. and then send the papers to authorities. I'd like to see this happen before we do any shows together or anything else involving money, because I think having an official organisation to handle the responsibilities would be beneficial to all participants. Let's get back to this at the next meeting.

Feel free to comment and have a productive week!

Susan

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