Framlinghamian 2023 - Flipbook - Page 339
SOF | SOCIETY OF THE ARTS
The origins of this, the Society’s third
were involved in the 2015 exhibition
specialist group, lies some way in our
that took place in the brand-new 6th
past – the 2013 SOF/College agreement
Form Centre as part of the College’s
anticipated that a focus on the arts
150th anniversary celebrations. If you
would be of great bene昀椀t and within that
were involved, and haven’t yet heard
agreement, worthy of 昀椀nancial support
from Caroline, please drop a line to
from the College. It wasn’t until 2021 that
Peter Howard-Dobson at this address:
a small team of OFs with an amazing
SecretaryOFSTA@oldframlinghamian.
breadth of skills met under Jack Bullen’s
com. Even if you weren’t a contributor
(G03-08) leadership, to put together
to that exhibition, all new members are
a proposal for Council. This received
assured of a warm welcome. You don’t
Council’s strong support and designs for
need to be a practitioner or performer
the group’s presence were incorporated
– an interest in any aspect of the arts is
into the new OF Website.
reason enough to join us.
It was enormously frustrating to then
Our medium-term ambition, and perhaps
have to wait two years for the website to
as soon as next year, will be to organise
become a reality, but now it’s 昀椀nally here
one or more events, virtual and physical,
and we’re keen to recruit members. As
in which we can all share, be this in the
you’ll see from the graphic below, OFSTA
form of works of art, craft and design, or
membership is free to OFs under 25,
performances in any of a wide range of
and only costs £10 a year for over 25’s.
昀椀elds. And wouldn’t it be great if we could
Once a member, you have the facility to
somehow involve College pupils in one
upload images to OFSTA’s own gallery,
or more events... All this can only be a
submit news about your own or others’
realistic ambition if there’s a rapid growth
arts activities, and publicise arts events.
of OFSTA membership, so please don’t
As you scroll down the OFSTA page, you’ll
hesitate to visit our page on the website
see the latest in the gallery, the latest arts
(which you’ll 昀椀nd under Specialist Groups,
news and upcoming arts events. Scroll
along with golf and shooting), download
down a little further and, if you’re logged
a membership form and return this to the
in, you’ll be able to see the list of all
Secretary – if you’re under 25, of course,
OFSTA members, making it just that little
you won’t even have to set up a standing
bit easier to get in touch.
order 昀椀rst!
Caroline Mallett, Honorary OF and former
Come on – Jump in and let’s show those
Head of Art at the College, is keen to
golfers and shooters there’s a new kid on
establish contact with all those OFs who
the block.
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