Jo Brown wins the Favourite Painting Award

Royston Arts Society is celebrating another highly successful Autumn Exhibition.  The 2024 show, held in Royston Town Hall as part of the Royston Festival, was attended by the Town Mayor, Cllr John Rees, and attracted more than 800 art lovers.  Visitors were invited to vote for their favourite painting in the Exhibition and the clear winner was Jo Brown’s “Red Lanterns”.  Jo, an RAS member who lives in Bassingbourn, was presented with a cash prize and a certificate by RAS Chairman Richard Clayton in recognition of her achievement.

This year’s show featured 333 paintings from 62 local artists. The wide variety of styles and subjects ensured that there was plenty of choice for everyone to enjoy.  Sales were not far below the record levels set in 2023, with the price of the purchased paintings ranging from £14 up to £450, and 35 of the exhibiting artists sold something. Visitors were uniformly positive with their feedback, especially in their comments about the high quality and wide variety of the artwork on display. There was also praise from exhibitors for the efficient organisation of the event, which depends heavily on the efforts of a hard-working group of volunteers. 

Visitors also gave generously to a collection in aid of Home-Start Royston, Buntingford & South Cambridgeshire, which RAS has been pleased to support. The Exhibition was again sponsored by the Royston Town Mayor’s Community Trust Fund and by Johnson Matthey plc.