This December will mark our 75th Anniversary, the Walsall Society of Artists was founded by a group of like minded artists to champion the arts in Walsall and its community. We are still an artist run organisation promoting the artists and makers from our local area and neighbouring communities. As it’s our 75th year we will be kick starting the celebrations with our Annual Exhibition with a diverse and contemporary exhibition at The New Art Gallery Walsall. Many Artworks are available to buy please ask the Gallery Staff on Reception to secure your artwork.
Big thank you to The New Art Gallery Walsall who host our Annual Exhibition, and to Deborah Robinson and her Team for the fantastic curation of the exhibition.
Big thank you to all of our prize sponsors without their generosity the Artists would not have their work recognised or celebrated at our 74th Annual Exhibition.
Walsall Society of Artists 74th Annual Exhibition there will be a varied program of events: Live Art Demonstrations, Community Workshops, Art Meets Poetry Live and Spoken Word Workshops.
Jean Walker – Landscapes in Oils Demonstration & Workshop
Pam Renhard – Contemporary Watercolours Demonstration
Bärbel Withers – Figurative Acrylic Painting Demonstration
Steve Woodhams – Cubism Fine Liners and Acrylics – Demonstration
Martin Carty – Classic Figures & Portraiture in Oils – Demonstration
Eteri Potapova – Texture Art – Demonstration
Elizabeth Whitehouse – Watercolours & Gouache – Demonstration
Hazel Lea – Paints the “Every Day” in Traditional Oils Demonstration
Buffy Karen Katsu KEI – Japanese Brushwork Sumi Ink – Demonstration
Simon Tew – Photo Realist Wildlife in Acrylics – Demonstration
Annie Jones – Mixed Media Landscapes – Demonstration
Delilah Lee – Figurative Painting in Oils – Demonstration
Denise Bowen – Fantastical Drawings on Metal – Demonstration
Pauline Astle – Contemporary Landscape in Oils – Demonstration
Geoff Stubbins – Painting the Everyday in Acrylics – Demonstration
Gwenda Jones – Clay Sculpture & Glazing – Drop in Workshop
David Mcguire – Abstract Acrylics – Demonstration
Nataliya Hodson – Contemporary Watercolours – Demonstration
12.15pm – 1.00pm
Mark Ingram & Russell Smith
An exploration of how sonic soundscapes and poetry inspire and interact with each other to produce performance art.
1.15pm – 2.00pm
Cath Edwards
Make a start with art, take a chance with dance, get acquainted with the painted, learn a lot from a pot…and I can’t think of a rhyme for theatre but you get the idea!
2.15pm – 3.45pm
Hosted by David McGuire
Listen to the poems in the gallery inspired by the artwork, and the inspiration the artists used to create their artworks.
During our 74th Annual Exhibition at The New Art Gallery Walsall, Poets will be running workshops for those of you who would love to write a poem, no experience needed. Later on they will present poems inspired by the artwork in the exhibition. Come along to the Community Gallery and listen to the poetry and view the artwork which inspired them.
