Our 2023 Members Online Exhibition is now open and will run until Saturday 27 May 2023.
Just click on the exhibition poster to the right (below for mobiles) and that will take you to the exhibition website where you can view and buy over 100 original artworks at very reasonable prices.
The next Friday evening demo will be held on 14th April 2023 in Market Hill Rooms from 8.00 to 10.00pm and will feature Naomi Tomkys OBE painting a “Portrait in Oils”. Naomi lives and works in Cambridgeshire. She attended Central St Martins School of Art. After devoting time creating the charity Sky Badger to help parents of disabled children she has reengaged her artistic talents and has been featured in a wide range of group and one-person shows both nationally and internationally. You can see some examples of her brilliant work HERE. Free admission for Royston Arts Society members; £3.00 fee for non-members on the door, no pre-booking required.
On the following day, Saturday 15 April, our RAS 2023 Members Online Exhibition will open and run until Saturday 27 May 2023.
The next Royston Library changeover will take place 3.15 to 4.00pm on MONDAY 3 April – click HERE for guidance on hanging requirements.
Our next Tuesday afternoon practical sessions will be on 21 March, then 4th and 18th April from 2.00pm to 4.00pm in Market Hill Rooms.
The next Friday evening demo will be held on 10th March 2023 in Market Hill Rooms from 8.00 to 10.00pm and will feature Sue Sanders showing us “An eclectic mix of painting styles”. Sue is a professional painter, printmaker and photographer as well as being a member of our Society. She is a very active artist within our local community running workshops for adults and also schools. You can see some examples of her excellent work HERE. Free admission for Royston Arts Society members; £3.00 fee for non-members on the door; no pre-booking required.
It doesn’t seem long since Christmas but here is some news about our events in February and our exhibitions in 2023.
RAS 2023 Members Exhibition: will run from Saturday 15 April to Saturday 27 May 2023 and will again be an online exhibition.
RAS 2023 Autumn Exhibition: will take place in Royston Town Hall from Friday evening on 29 September to Sunday 1 October 2023, as part of the Royston Arts Festival.
The next Friday evening demo will be held on 10th February 2023 in Market Hill Rooms from 8.00 to 10.00pm and will feature James Willis painting a “Architectural scene in watercolours”. James is a qualified fine artist who enjoys sharing his knowledge through lecturing in a range of art historical subjects, teaching painting and travelling with groups abroad. His paintings are in a number of galleries and private collections. You can see some examples of his excellent work HERE. Free admission for Royston Arts Society members; £3.00 fee for non-members on the door, no pre-booking required.
The next Royston Library changeover will take place 3.15 to 4.00pm on MONDAY 6 February – click HERE for guidance on hanging requirements.
Our next Tuesday afternoon practical sessions will be on 7 and 21 February from 2.00pm to 4.00pm in Market Hill Rooms.
We hope everyone had a good festive season and wish you all a very happy new year which starts with the following events.
The next Royston Library changeover will take place 3.15 to 4.15pm on TUESDAY 3 January (not the usual Monday because the Library is closed then for the Bank Holiday). This overlaps with our Tuesday painting session in Market Hill Rooms (see below), so the Library session is being extended to 4.15pm, allowing time for members to get there after the painting session finishes – please see Secretary Peter Morgan’s recent email for guidance on hanging requirements.
Our next Tuesday afternoon practical sessions will be on 3 and 17 January from 2.00pm to 4.00pm in Market Hill Rooms.
The next demo will be held on Friday 13 January 2023 in Market Hill Rooms from 8.00 to 10.00pm and will feature Hashim Akib painting a “Marine Landscape in Acrylics”. Hashim has a very interesting approach to the use of acrylics and his demos have been very popular in the past. You can see some examples of his lively and punchy work HERE. Free admission for Royston Arts Society members; £3.00 fee for non-members on the door, no pre-booking required.
The 2022 Online Autumn Exhibition has now ended and the online Members Exhibition is planned for Spring 2023.
The next Royston Library changeover will take place on Monday 5 December from 3.15 to 4.00pm – please see Secretary Peter Morgan’s recent email for guidance on hanging requirements.
The last Tuesday afternoon practical session of 2022 will take place on 6 December from 2.00 to 4.00pm in Market Hill Rooms, and, as usual in December, there is no second session this month.
The 2022 Annual General Meeting will take place on Friday 9 December as a Zoom meeting, starting at 7.30pm and aiming to finish by 8.30pm. Members will already have received the Agenda and other papers for the meeting, together with instructions on how to join via Zoom, which were circulated on 17 November. The Financial Report for the year ending 30 November 2022 will follow as soon as it is available early in December.
Because of the AGM there is no Friday evening demo in December, so the next demo will be held on Friday 13 January 2023 in Market Hill Rooms from 8.00 to 10.00pm and will feature Hashim Akib painting a “Marine Landscape in Acrylics”. Hashim has a very interesting approach to the use of acrylics and his demos have been very popular in the past. You can see some examples of his lively and punchy work HERE. Free admission for Royston Arts Society members; £3.00 fee for non-members on the door, no pre-booking required.
Our Online Autumn Exhibition continues until Thursday 1st December 2022 and contains many of the pictures that were on display at the exhibition in Royston Town Hall plus some new pictures to replace those that have already sold.
Click HERE or on the poster at the right (below for mobiles) to view the online exhibition.
The next demonstration will be on Friday 11 November from 8.00pm to 10.00pm in Market Hill Rooms. This month’s demonstrator is John Wiltshire, and his subject will be “Fallen Trees in Watercolour”. John, who has close links with the region, devotes much of his work to portraying the natural world, which he paints in a variety of media. You can see examples on his website.
The next Royston Library changeover will take place on Monday 7 November from 3.15 to 4.00pm and our Tuesday afternoon practical sessions in the coming month will be on 1 and 15 November from 2.00 to 4.00pm in the Market Hill Rooms.
Following our successful Autumn Exhibition in Royston Town Hall, we are pleased to announce that our Online Autumn Exhibition will be opening on Saturday 1st October 2022. It will close on Thursday 1st December 2022.
It contains many of the pictures that were on display at the exhibition in Royston Town Hall plus some new pictures to replace those that have already sold.
Click HERE or on the poster at the right (below for mobiles) to view the online exhibition.
The RAS Library Exhibition of members’ paintings will resume on Monday 3 October As we shall be starting again from scratch, so please make an extra effort to bring along some paintings and help to ensure a good display. The handing-in session will be 3.15 to 4.00pm. See Peter Morgan’s email of 28 September for more information.
Our Tuesday afternoon practical sessions in the coming month will be on 4 October and 18 October from 2.00 to 4.00pm in the Market Hill Rooms.
The next Demonstration evening, following our summer break, will be on Friday 14 October in the Market Hill Rooms, starting at 8.00pm. This time the artist will be Ophelia Redpath, whose subject will be “Surreal Painting in Oils”. Ophelia, who lives near Cambridge, was Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year 2021 and has won international acclaim for her work, which attracts descriptions such as “magic realism” and “enchantment”. There’s much more information about Ophelia on her website.
The Royston Arts Society Autumn Exhibition will take place in Royston Town Hall on the weekend of 23rd to 25th September 2022 and will form a major part of Royston Arts Festival. Entry is FREE and there will be over 300 paintings on display from 60 local artists.
More information about the exhibition can be found on the poster to the right (or below for mobiles in portrait mode). You can also see a Preview of some of the paintings that will be on display by clicking on the poster. If you like what you see please come along to see the paintings for real.
We hope to see you there!
The Royston Arts Society Autumn Exhibition will take place in Royston Town Hall on the weekend of 23rd to 25th September 2022 and will form a major part of Royston Arts Festival. This will be a streamlined exhibition that will concentrate on the display and sale of paintings and cards without refreshments, catalogues or raffle tickets. You can preview some of the paintings that will be on display by clicking on the poster to the right (or below for mobiles). If you like what you see please come along to see the paintings for real.
We will also be running an optional online exhibition, starting on 1st October and running through to 1st December 2022. Artists can enter some or all of their paintings (but not cards) into this online exhibition but we will not accept entries solely for the online exhibition.
Helpers
These new arrangements will reduce the number of people we will need to staff the exhibition when it is open to the public. We will however need the same number of volunteers to set up the exhibition and take it down again at the end. If you can spare some time to help out at the exhibition then please click on the link below and fill in the online helper’s form. Link to Online Helper’s Form
Members of Royston Arts Society
RAS members can enter up to four framed and four unframed paintings plus a set of up to 25 greetings cards with no hanging fee and a commission of 15% on all sold work for both the Town Hall and online exhibition. If you sell a painting, you will be able to submit a replacement for the online exhibition. Entry form for RAS Members
Non-members
Non-member artists can enter up to three framed and three unframed paintings plus a set of up to 25 greetings cards. A hanging fee will be charged plus a commission of 20% on all sold work. If you sell a painting, you will be able to submit a replacement for the online exhibition. Entry form for Non-Members
The deadline for entry is 31st August 2022
The entry forms give more details of the entry criteria and the terms and conditions some of which have changed from previous years. You will need to:
If you return your form before 23rd July and enter at least some of your pictures into the online exhibition then these paintings will be considered for inclusion on the exhibition poster.
