ARTSCO 2014-2015 - Goals

ARTSCO is my biggest challenge and undertaking this year. I have never taken on a role as president before and I am determined to do the best that I can do in this position. We have already had a signup day for the club, and a grand total of around 35 students joined ARTSCO. However, I acknowledged that a club this size would be extremely difficult to manage, and so all those who did not attend the first meeting were removed from the club. We now have about 25 members and I am hopeful that they will remain committed and passionate about our cause. I have created a Facebook page and hope to be able to effectively communicate logistics.

My main goals this year in ARTSCO as are follows:

1. Organise a talent show - this will hopefully occur in the first semester, and will be done in collaboration with Save the rhino (and perhaps GIN). We are still brainstorming themes and will start to plan this ASAP.

2. Go on a field trip to a clinic and do some painting - Hannah Duiker has told us about a clinic down near Kembu Farm that is in desperate need of painting. I thought it would be a good target to raise the funds to buy paints for this trip and then visit for a weekend. However, this still needs a bit of thinking over (in terms of logistics).

3. Carry out fundraisers - We will do bake sales and other fundraising events throughout the school year to buy new paints and supplies.

4. Manage the mural project with FOTA and usher for drama productions - This will be an ongoing task, ARTSCO distributing panels and arranging times for painting, etc. We will write small articles about each painting that is done (including the aim of the club, background on a local painter (if there is one involved), etc). This will promote awareness regarding ARTSCO and its goal within the ISK community.

However, our most recent undertaking is the PTO picnic. We have arranged some tables and will be doing a drawing game (called 'exquisite corpse'), jewellery making and a cupcake making stand. I will unfortunately not be here on this day, but Nidhi Ranjalkar is taking on a leadership role during this event.

Finally, ARTSCO is in need of a leadership board. We are holding elections next meeting for secretary, PR manager, vice president and treasurer. I hope that there will be a sufficient amount of applications and that ARTSCO will be able to thrive with their support.