HIAA news

Dear Artists

HIAA is starting the new year with big plans. We're soon to be an official association and thus we're going to go ahead and have our own logo, web site, membership card and of course, group exhibition.

The web site will include, among other features, members' gallery where all the members will have own "exhibition space". We will work on deals with art supply stores in order to get our members discounts by showing their membership card. And all the members are entitled to participate in our group exhibitions, by sharing the possible extra costs. HIAA is working to bring together international artists in Finland, but also to bring forward international artists in the Finnish art scene.

All this is yours by returning the membership registration form and paying the memberhsip fee of 25 euros to HIAA bank account (you'll find the number in the registration form) or at the March 18 meeting. When you have paid the fee, you will receive your membership card and be a fully fledged member of the association.

We have also elected a logo for the association. Hong Liu graciously agreed to do the design and the board elected one of the many options at its first meeting of this year. The logo will feature on our website, membership cards and any printed materials the association will give out.

At the moment we are selecting a web site service provider in order to create a site for us. The web site should be our common space in the internet, so don't hesitate to tell your ideas of what it should include and, indeed, participate in the design, planning and realisation of the site!

The group exhibition has as a theme "HOME", which is a working title. There are several ideas of what the exhibition place should/could be. All this should come together in the near future as the exhibition is planned for the autumn.

Let's talk more of these things at the HIAA meeting on Monday 4th February in Café Strindberg at 18.30, where everybody is most welcome to come!

Best regards,

Susan