Miniature Art Societies around the World

SOUTH AFRICA

MINIATURE ART SOCIETY OF SOUTH AFRICA

Administrator: Moira Silcock
The Art Place, 144 Milner Avenue, Roosevelt Park, Gauteng, South Africa
Vice Chairman: Charmian Kennealy
PO Box 130351, Bryanston, 2074 Sandton, South Africa
Tel: +27 11 888 9120; Fax +27 11 888 9121;

Exhibiting membership restricted to South African members only. Non-exhibiting members welcome. We welcome visits from any overseas painters and sculptors of Miniatures, and would be very pleased to meet visitors to our country, bearing in mind that although we are based in Johannesburg, but o have members in other parts of the country

WORLD FEDERATION OF MINIATURISTS

Contact: President, WFM Joan Kelly
PO Box 1027, Burnie, Tasmania 7320, Australia
E-mail: president@worldfm.org

The World Federation of Miniaturists bonds together all miniaturists worldwide through both individual membership and membership in miniature art organisations in many different countries. Our mission is to enhance global understanding and knowledge of fine art in small scale.

WFM brought dreams into reality in November 1995 when world miniaturists met in London and took the formal steps to fulfill long held hopes for an international organization. The late Jane Blake RMS, MAA, a key proponent of the idea prior to her death in 1993, sparked the establishment of an interim committee within miniature Artists of America to study the matter and develop an organizational plan. The London gathering, held in conjunction with the First World Exhibition of Miniature Art, sponsored by Suzanne Lucas and the Royal Miniature Society, provided the ideal forum for approving and unveiling the new organization on November 10, 1995.

Management of WFM affairs rotates among member societies. The Miniature Art Society of Florida, through its then President Denver Boyers, offered to assume the role of manager for the first rotation. The Hilliard Society, with Sue Burton as President took over management from 2000.

WFM assumed its first important role on the world stage by playing an active part in organizing support for "Small Pictures - Great Harmony", sponsored by Japanese officials in conjunction with the 1998 Winter Olympics. WFM alerted its membership immediately and, although faced with a looming deadline, the response was most gratifying. Japanese officials reported over 1800 works received including 271 overseas artists from 32 countries.

The Second World Exhibition of Miniature Art was held in September 2000, hosted by Bernadette Connor and the Australian Society of Miniature Art - Tasmania.

The Third World Exhibition was held at the Smithsonian in Washington from Sunday 20th June to Monday 12th July 2004.

The Fourth World Exhibition will be held in Burnie, Tasmania in 2008.

While all miniaturists are embraced into WFM through their individual society membership, all artists and friends are encouraged to also become individual Artist and Friend Members.

The Third World Exhibition will be held at the Smithsonian in Washington from Sunday 20th June to Monday 12th July 2004.

While all miniaturists are embraced into WFM through their individual society membership, all artists and friends are encouraged to also become individual Support Members.

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