The WNAA newsletter - Update

The monthly newsletter is one of the most important features of the Association, providing as it does the means for members to keep in touch, not only with events within the WNAA but also in the wider art world. To this end the newsletter has undergone a constant process of improvement and refinement over the years.

The original Association newsletter was called "The West Norfolk Artist" and was written and produced by the then WNAA Secretary Michael Bell. You can see some examples of this fine publication in the WNAA archive.

Update is born

After a number of issues Michael found the task of producing such a comprehensive publication too time consuming, so the production was handed over to others, notably Linda Roast and later Sally Hale. At this time, the newsletter was reduced to a more modest size and renamed "Update", a title still used today.

More recently, editorship of Update was taken over by Stephen Martyn, with the format continuing as before. In August 2010 WNAA member David Bryn offered to re-design the layout of Update into a modern three column publication in full colour with, for the first time, images accompanying the text. This represented a huge step forward, and no doubt the future will see even more developments of this important service to Association members.

Most WNAA members receive the newsletter electronically as a PDF which is emailed out each month. For those who do not use the internet, a printed version is mailed out by post. Currently this is printed in greyscale, but the intention is to upgrade to colour in due course.

Have a look at Update

To see what the newsletter is all about, you can download a sample edition of Update here (opens as a PDF).