GAP - The Werdenfelser Künstler eV are a committed association that "wants to make the works and creative range of the local artists recognizable and accessible to a broader public" - as can be read on the homepage. At the moment this is not possible, because one is looking for a hostel on this topic. The popular annual exhibitions in the 'Galerie des Marktes' in Garmischer Kurhaus were a good tradition in local cultural life until 2019. But these are history and, for once, are not due to Corona, but to a changed use of the building.
"Obviously, only part of the premises in the villa will be needed by the tourist information staff during the renovation work on Strauss-Platz," Bader found out. “Any other use will still be rebuffed”. Smaller presentations like the one possible in the Werdenfels Museum or currently in the Polznkasparhaus cannot replace the lack of the gallery. Although the active board of directors around Hubert Bader and Gerty Roscher is constantly looking for possible premises to be able to exhibit, "everything remains unsatisfactory," says Bader. At this year's general meeting, the topic was on the agenda again. But nothing should be left untried.A letter to the First Mayor of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Elisabeth Koch, will emphasize the displeasure of the Werdenfels artists about the closed gallery. Support from local politics would be appropriate, because the Werdenfels artists were and are always ready to creatively participate in cultural events in the market town and take their place in society.
The activities at the cultural summer with the theater group Creme Frech, at ZAMMA, the various painting activities in public places, most recently the participation in the creative bus of the Zugspitz Region GmbH, currently the advent calendar and many other occasions are fond memories.
“Nevertheless, we cannot present an annual exhibition to the public again,” says Roscher from the heart of the others.
At the meeting, in addition to the statement of accounts, cash audits and changed criteria for the admission of artists to the association, the deceased members Willy Mangold and Eva-Maria Pusch were also remembered.
Heidi Nennstiel was unanimously nominated for the office of secretary, which Pusch previously held.
New general board elections will then take place in 2022.
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