34th Annual Exhibition 2023
So it’s November. How did that happen? This year seems to have rushed by and now the darkdays and nights beckon. However one bright light on the horizon is our 34th ANNUAL EXHIBITION 2023
The second weekend in November usually Armistice weekend, November 10 – 12th at the Community Centre will see a large range of artworks , cards and. crafts to peruse (and buy! )not to mention tea and homemade cakes.
This year’s exhibition is tinged with sadness, however, as we mourn the passing of Graham Lockett, a very talented artist and member, who ironically won last year’s public vote with his beautiful painting “Boy on a Sunset Beach”
We’re fellow artists, we’ll honour his memory with our own exhibits and much fondness.
Remember new members are always welcomeContact us at hagleyartclub583@gmail.com or turn up at Hagley Community Centre 2nd Monday of every month 7.30 start. (£5 guest fee) If you love all things arty you won’t regret it
Why not join at £25 per year and a small entrance fee, we are incredible value without compromising on the calibre of visiting artists.
Sallie Gurney
Website Editor
September News Update (as appearing in Hagley Village News)
An exciting change of pace for members and non-members alike comes with our September offer, a demonstration from Chris Fothergill, architectural illustrator, and artist, showing us the skills of Pen and Wash with Urban Sketching, a challenge for us “can’t draw a straight line “ merchants.
It’s hard to be galloping into the Autumn, but nevertheless, this will be our last demonstration before appraisals, and would you believe it, the Annual Exhibition? So last chance at something new before you gather your thoughts, get your experimental stuff ready for the expert administrations of Keith Turley, our appraiser this year, and be ready for exhibition in November.
Before those winter offerings make you too depressed, weather permitting, there will be at least one more sketch out in September and don’t forget that the Churchill Painting Circle meets every Tuesday afternoon from 2 – 4 for more hands-on opportunities
All details on the website and Facebook page
NEW MEMBERS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME Contact us at hagleyartclub583@gmail.com or turn up at Hagley Community Centre 2nd Monday of every month at 7.30 pm start. (£5 guest fee) If you love all things arty you won’t regret it. Why not join at £25 per year and a small entrance fee, which includes a raffle ticket, we are incredible value without compromising on the calibre of visiting artists
Sallie Gurney – Website Editor
August 2023 News Update (as appearing in Hagley Village News)
August sees a new demonstrator for us, Leanne Ellis showing her work on a landscape in Oils, which will contrast directly with last month’s experience of urban landscape in watercolour with Ray Blundell.
The good weather has tempted members out on “en plein air” activities, which has taken us from Himley Hall’s waterfalls to a daisy-covered bank at Lakeside, Wythymoor and a lovely Kinver garden overlooked by St Peter’s Church. Who knows where we’ll be next? Look out for our“Sketch Out” with the date, venue and times to be posted on Facebook
NEW MEMBERS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME Contact us at hagleyartclub583@gmail.com or turn up at Hagley Community Centre 2nd Monday of every month at 7.30 pm start. (£5 guest fee) If you love all things arty you won’t regret it. Why not join at £25 per year and a small entrance fee, which includes a raffle ticket, we are incredible value without compromising on the calibre of visiting artists
Sallie Gurney – Website Editor
July News Update
(as appearing in Hagley Village News)
July 2023 demonstration is as far removed from June’s offering of Adrian Clamp’s Acrylics Landscapes as it can be, as we have Ray Blundell demonstrating his vibrant expressive urban scenes in watercolour. Ray ran an amazing workshop for us last year, but you need to put your skates on to keep up with him, it’s fast and furious.
Please note we have an exhibition at Bewdley, St Georges Hall DY12 2EQ 6th June to 3rd July
Next “Sketch Out” Saturday, July 29th venue and times to be posted on Facebook
NEW MEMBERS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME
Contact us at hagleyartclub583@gmail.com or turn up at Hagley Community Centre 2nd
Monday of every month 7.30 pm start. (£5 guest fee) If you love all things arty you won’t regret
it. Why not join at £25 per year and a small entrance fee, which includes a raffle ticket, we are incredible value without compromising on the calibre of visiting artists
Sallie Gurney – Website Editor
June News Update
(As appearing in Hagley Village News)
So we’re galloping apace towards the summer with our programme starting in June with An Introduction to Landscapes in Acrylics with Adrian Clamp. Adrian came to us last year showing us how to develop a portrait in charcoal, so this is bound to be as impressive.
We had our second “ sketch out” at the end of April on a glorious sunny day at Lakeside, Withymoor, hosted by Hazel Gilliard, with beautiful views of the lake and glorious grassy mounds and daisies, accompanied by mallards and squawking Canadian Geese.
Next “Sketch Out” Saturday, June 24th venue and times to be posted on Facebook
And remember if for some reason you find yourself having to visit Russells Hall Hospital, be encouraged by the club’s exhibition in the main corridor from 14th May until 12th June
May 2023 (as seen in Hagley Village News)
It seems unbelievable that it could be May already but here it is!
April will have seen the second of our fabulous abstract workshops with Kinver based artist Marie Roberts and an Easter Monday watercolour demostration from John Maule Ffinch.
We also had several of our members exhibiting at Himley Hall’s recent Art and Artisan Food Festival.
May will see another oil artist Dianne Marshall with another favourite, animals
At our members’ request we are introducing more practical sessions as well as professional demostrators and kicked this off with our first en plein session at Trinity Farm. It was cold, but there were still some brave souls there. Hopefully more at the next one.
This is going to be a feature, the last Saturday of the month, and possibly specific sketching opportunities on demonstration evenings: times and venues will be advertised on our Facebook page
Remember new members are always welcome
Contact us at hagleyartclub583@gmail.com or turn up at Hagley Community Centre 2nd Monday of every month 7.30 start. (£5 guest fee) If you love all things arty you won’t regret it
Why not join at £25 per year and a small entrance fee, we are incredible value without compromising on the calibre of visiting artists.-
Sallie Gurney
Website Editor
April 2023 (as seen in Hagley Village News)
April always seems to bring joy and expectation, with the prospect of Spring, hopefully, the weather improving and days getting longer. For the artist, it is a great time of year, with natural colours changing, the light reappearing and inspiration around every corner. Time to get outside, fellow artists, there are exhibitions to prepare for!
April looked like slim pickings at first as I can’t tell you about the AGM as at the time of printing it hasn’t happened yet and we were unsure about having a meeting on Easter Monday. Then we had the opportunity to get John Maule Ffinch so couldn’t give up a chance of one of his glorious watercolour demonstrations.
So, we’ve had a wonderful year, with a very wide range of artists and more to look forward to with John on the 10th April, Dianne Marshall in May painting animals in oils, then on with acrylics and watercolours, you name it!
Remember new members are always welcome
Contact us at hagleyartclub583@gmail.com or turn up at Hagley Community Centre 2nd Monday of every month at 7.30 start. (£5 guest fee) If you love all things arty you won’t regret it
Why not join at £25 per year and a small entrance fee, we are incredible value without compromising on the calibre of visiting artists.-
Sallie Gurney
Website Editor
March 2023 (as appearing in Hagley Village News)
Hagley Art Club 31.01. 2023 Mar 2023
The New Year’s offerings so far have been a delicious range of actual and digital demonstrations and March brings us one more; a Zoom demo on the 30th, Watercolours with Tom Shepherd
But March also sees us get down to business with our Annual General Meeting,where we will elect our managing committee, hand out prizes, look back and generally evaluate our progress We do have to stop and take stock every now and again and make sure we are on the right track. The committee members are there to facilitate the members’ wishes, whatever they may be, so let us know what they are
This is the opportunity for anyone interested in art and wanting to enjoy the company of like-minded individuals to get involved. We want your opinions, we want you!
We don’t want to stand still. We want to continue to offer the best opportunities we can, whatever your ability and interest. So whether you are a long-standing member, a new member, or a potential member, please come to our AGM on March 13th 2023 and have your say
Remember new members are always welcome
Contact us at hagleyartclub583@gmail.com or turn up at Hagley Community Centre 2nd Monday of every month at 7.30 start. (£5 guest fee) If you love all things arty you won’t regret it
Why not join at £25 per year and a small entrance fee, we are incredible value without compromising on the calibre of visiting artists.-
Sallie Gurney
Website Editor
February 2023 (as seen in Hagley Village News)
Hagley Art Club 31.12. 2022 Feb 2023
Unlike many other clubs during the winter, while they may slow down, we speed up, in that we offer an extra demonstration in January, February and March.
Shared Zoom demonstrations with another club were our solution during lockdown: but it seemed a wasted resource not to continue with and therefore, we decided to offer our members a chance of a demo even If the weather was bad, with an extra zoom demo in January, February and March. These were much appreciated last winter and very successful.
So February’s offers are, on Monday 13th February, Marie Roberts with a Mixed Media Collage Abstract and the Zoom (members only) demo on Monday 23rd Peter Keegan demonstrating a Harbour Scene in Oils, definitely something for everyone.
So see you all there!
Remember new members are always welcome
Contact us at hagleyartclub583@gmail.com or turn up at Hagley Community Centre 2nd Monday of every month at 7.30 start. (£5 guest fee) If you love all things arty you won’t regret it
Why not join at £25 per year and a small entrance fee, we are incredible value without compromising on the calibre of visiting artists.-
Sallie Gurney
Website Editor
33rd Annual Exhibition 2022 (appearing in Hagley Village News January 2023)
Apparently, November comes around at the same time every year. And yet our Annual Exhibition seems to come as a complete surprise when it appears on the horizon, seeing the sudden flurry of activity it inspires. And then after all the panicking, and haring around like mad things and artists turning up with fabulous paintings, saying, “Well, I’ve got this, don’t know if its any good;” suddenly its there; our lovely exhibition,
And it was a lovely exhibition. We had fewer paintings this year. I’m not sure why, but although there were fewer paintings, the quality was exceptional, and the variety of styles was remarkable. It was interesting to see a lot more experimental and abstract work, which contrasted well against the excellent traditional work we have come to expect from several of our members.
The room looked cosy and inviting, and was busy for large parts of the weekend, confirming the decision to move the cafe into the exhibition space itself was the right one. Someone commented that people might spend more time eating homemade cakes and drinking tea than looking at the paintings but in fact, we found people seemed to be more relaxed, often getting up to examine something they’ve seen from a distance and even going around for a second time. And of course, some people do come in just for a cup of tea and a piece of cake, but then end up looking at the exhibition. Several people did that, and chatting with our members remembered a long-forgotten interest in art and made a decision to come along to our demonstrations, on the second Monday of every month at the Community Centre itself.
Judging for the Highly Commended Certificates was well-known local artist David DJ Johnson who commented on the difficulty in choosing only six for the certificates, as the quality of submission was so high. Eventually, he chose Winter Sunshine on the Brecon Beacons by Graham Locket,( who also won the public vote with his Boy on the Sunset Beach) Evening Walk by Andy Tromans, Handsome by Hazel Gilliard, Valeria by Sheila Hill, Indian Street by Heather Taylor and Flamenco Dancer by Mel Adams.
The public vote clearly caused visitors as much difficulty, as votes were spread over a large number of paintings, so much so that although there was a clear winner in Graham Locket’s Boy on a Sunset Beach, the votes for second and third place were shared between six artists, all with the same number of votes! We know people like to see the winning paintings but clearly, there isn’t the space in the magazine for them all, so to be fair, we will feature those on the website www@hagleyartclub.co.uk in due course
People were surprised at the calibre of the professional artists that come to the club to deliver demonstrations and we are certainly hoping to see new faces in the months to come. Coming in January and February are our judge himself, ‘DJ’ with Acrylic Landscape in the style of Lawrence Harris and Marie Roberts with Abstract Collage in Mixed Media and a bonus Zoom Demo for members only, with Jim Power demonstrating a Harbour Scene in Oils
All in all, it was a very successful weekend, sales slightly down from last year; but there were less paintings and in the middle of a cost of living crisis it is uplifting to find that people still want to have creative images in their lives. Obviously artists do want their paintings to sell, but just having the opportunity to exhibit for people to view them is quite exciting and when someone writes the name of your painting on the best picture voting slip, well, the feeling is beyond words.
Hagley Art Club meets on the second Monday of the month at Hagley Community Centre at 7.30 for demonstrations and is open to members and non-members. For other activities please see our Facebook page and website www@hagleyartclub.co.uk email: hagleyartclub583@gmail.com
New members are always welcome.
Sallie Gurney Hagley Art Club Publicist December 2022