Leeds Art Gallery, 21st February 2pm

I do apologies for not getting the notice of the next sketchers meet up sooner, I have been quite busy over the last week.

I also mentioned, last time, that I had some news about what is happening with the Leeds Sketchers Group, again I apologies for not posting it sooner.

Firstly, we will be meeting next, outside the Leeds City Art Gallery on the 21st of February at the usual time of 2pm. I will be outside with my sketchbook under the arm. Those of you, who who RSVP on facebook, if you are not coming, then please change your rsvp. I will only wait 5 minutes for late stragglers

Now onto the news. This will in fact be the last Leeds Sketchers meet I will be arranging. After this,  I will be arranging Leeds Savage Sketchers meets;

I've mentioned before, that I am involved in the running of the Leeds writers group. You can find some of my prose here:

www.theDeadAdventurersClub.com

It's a great group and, for sometime we have been looking to formalise the group into a society and expand out. Where Sarah, handed over the reigns of the sketching group, this was perfect timing.

There used to be in Leeds, a society called the Leeds Savage Club, which existed from 1898 - 1911. From their original constitution, which Leeds Museum have very kindly let me have a scan of, they were formed with the following objective.

The Object of the Club shall be to develop and foster the true spirit of Bohemisanism, social and congenial good - felllowship, and encourage good Music, Art , Literally and Kindred subjects.

On February 28th, Myself and others will be formalising the constitution to relaunch this society with a similar aim.  So what does that exactly mean ?

First off, there will be LeedsSavage.com. Which will be our website, and on there, amongst other things, will be a forum where you will be able to chat, exchange ideas, and show off your work. We will also be keeping an up to date calendar of events and opportunities in Leeds, which members can contribute to.

With the weight of being a constitutional society, I am hoping to push open some doors, to some places which are normally closed. I am also hoping to use this weight, to get  members discounts for things such as art materials.

Finally, as well as the sketching and writers meetings, there will be some social events also arranged., along side, other events of interest. 

As you can imagine, their is a fair amount of work going into the setting of this up, also to point out, there will be an annual membership fee of £20, or a pay £1 to attend an event. Which is nothing when you think about it  The money, will be used to keep the society running as a non-profit organisation (membership also gives you a vote into the running, I should also point) i I am extremely excited by it, and I hope it to be an opportunity to be apart of Leeds.

I've mentioned that we are signing the constitution on th 28th, and the date the website is going live, is the 3rd of March. The first Leeds Savages Sketch meetup will be on the 7th of March.

Watch this space for more information.

Rob