Malmesbury Art Society

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2011 Christmas Exhibition

Malmesbury Art Society's annual Christmas Exhibition was held in the spacious Malmesbury Town Hall Gallery. This exhibition is the high point of the Art Society's year where our best work, never before exhibited in Malmesbury is shown. Malmesbury Art Society is open to all levels of expertise. We actively encourage new and emerging artists. Therefore our membership consists of raw beginners all the way through to professional level artists. As has been the trend, the quality and workmanship of the art submitted to the Christmas Exhibition has been outstanding, ever surpassing previous years. The 2011 Christmas Exhibition saw 21 artists hand in 81 pictures, which were hung, and one wood sculpture displayed. The walls were full, reminiscent of the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition in London. How well the public responded to our efforts was reflected in the sale of 12 pieces, and the voting for the People's Choice Award.

The John Lobban Award, 2011

The John Lobban Award for Excellence was won this year by Malmesbury Art Society member John Clarke. The Lobban award is presented annually at our Christmas Exhibition for the best work of art in the show. Nicki Heenan graciously consented to judge the exhibtion, and found the task quite difficult as the quality of the artwork was of such a high standard. John's painting, titled 'Daybreak, Aldeborough Beach', was done in oils on board. It depicted the seafront of the town with fishing boats pulled up onto the shingle beach and the distinctive houses of Aldeborough providing a backdrop. Nicki based her decision on composition, value, line, originality, expertise and that indefinable 'wow' factor. John's painting had it all.

Peoples Choice, Christmas Exhibition, 2011

The People's Choice Award is voted for by the general public by ballot, selecting the painting that they believe is the Best of Show. The artist winning the award receives a gift from the Art Society. There were 289 votes cast at the exhibition and these were shared by 67 pictures.

1st place with 41 votes went to, "On The Beach." By Pam Hutchings.

2nd place with 20 votes went to, "Hydrangea." By Mary Ray Smith.

3rd place with 19 votes went to, "Get Ready." By Lynn Forman.

The Runners Up were,

John Clarke with 14 votes for his, "Storm Birds."

Rose Scanlon with 10 votes for her, "Shadows In The Snow"

Bob Quaile also with 10 votes for his, "Reflections."

'On The Beach', by Pam Hutchings - Winner People's Choice Award Christmas 2011

Upcoming Events

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January 4 Art Society Wednesday afternoon meetings resume. 2 -4 in the Maltings Room at the Malmesbury Town Hall.

January 21 DIY Workshop at St Mary's Hall, 10 - 4. This is an open workshop with no instructor. Bring your art or craft project along and enjoy the time and space to get it done. Cost £5. Tea and Coffee provided.

February 13 Malmesbury Art Society's Annual General Meeting - 7:30 pm at St Mary's Hall

February 18 Teaching Workshop "A workshop using acrylics on board using Malmesbury as the subject." Subtitle: "First impressions count" by Paul Deacon

"A workshop using acrylics on board using Malmesbury as the subject."

Paul will demonstrate the evolution of a painting by :

1) engaging with the subject (what are the qualities I want to capture)
2) making a "swatch" (a very small colour sketch(coloured shapes roughly the right size and in the right location) of the subject in order to fix the flavour and the composition).
3) making the painting step by step.

Paul says, "Participating artists will then follow the same procedure with my sensitive guidance. It is his hope that by the end of the day people will at least have gained more knowledge of the unique qualities of acrylic paint, and will have a successful painting."

Materials :
Paint. titanium white, cadmium red (medium) or cheaper equivalent, a (medium) cadmium yellow or cheaper equivalent, phalo blue, cobalt blue, deep purple.

Brushes. Manmade filbert and round brushes - between 2 and 4 each.

Support. Thinnest plywood once primed with DIY PVA diluted 5 water to 1 pva

Paul will supply some photos but he would encourage you to take your own and if possible do some quick sketches beforehand.

As they say on XFactor this is a good opportunity to do something out of your comfort zone. "After all it's only a painting".

Exhibitions 2012

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Malmesbury Art Society will be exhibiting its members' work at the following venues in 2012:

February 28 through March 30 in the offices of RWE nPower in Swindon. Turn in date is February 27, 7:30 pm at St Mary's Hall. Collection of unsold work to be announced.
October 2 through October 26 in the offices of RWE nPower in Swindon. Turn in date is October 1, 7:30 pm at St Mary's Hall. Collection of unsold work to be announced.
October 28 - November 24 in the offices of Intel in Swindon.

We are working on scheduling more exhibtions for 2012. Please check back for updates.

HOW TO PREPARE FOR AN EXHIBITION:

Framing for a Malmesbury Art Society Exhibition

All pictures must be properly framed i.e. Frameless “clip and glass” frames are not acceptable. Paintings in unsuitable/ unsafe frames will not be hung.

All work must be labelled on the back by the artist showing:

Title, name of artist, Medium i.e. watercolour, and price

· Plastic frames are not a good idea – they tend to have poor hanging facilities, which often won’t match to our hanging system, and are almost impossible to fit with screw eyes and cord.

· Wherever possible the frame should be fitted with screw eyes and nylon cord or brass picture wire.

The cord should be taught and fitted around a third of the way down the frame such that the cord is not visible above the top of the frame when hung.

· Watercolour paintings should be protected by a glass and card mount in the frame and be fitted with a back board held in place with push in pins or clips – Tape alone will not suffice.

· The gap between the back board and frame should be sealed with permanent masking tape. This is nut brown in colour - Do not use the shiny brown parcel tape, which over time, inevitably dries out, crinkles and falls off!

· Acrylic paintings can be either mounted behind glass, as with watercolour, or without glass as in oils. Purely a matter of choice, both are acceptable

· Finally the painting should be well wrapped (ideally in bubble wrap) - as often the paintings have to be transported by car to the venue and are easily damaged – if you want the wrapping returned please label it with your name on a sticky label.

Workshops 2012

2010-03-08T02:00:00.000-08:00

Workshops are held at St Mary's Hall, Malmesbury SN16 0DS and run from 10 - 4 on a Saturday
Cost is £17/non-members and £15/members unless otherwise stated

Bookings must be made in advance as workshops will be cancelled a week ahead if low attendance warrant. Phone Jill Stephens 01666 825244 to book your place for a workshop.

January 21 - DIY Workshop. This workshop has no instruction. Bring along your own art or crafting project and enjoy the time and space to get it done. St Mary's Hall, 10 - 4. Tea and Coffee provided. Cost £5.

February 18 - Teaching Workshop - Paul Deacon, "A workshop using acrylics on board using Malmesbury as the subject." Subtitle: "First impressions count"

Paul will demonstrate the evolution of a painting by :
1) engaging with the subject (what are the qualities I want to capture)
2) making a "swatch" (a very small colour sketch(coloured shapes roughly the right size and in the right location)  of the subject in order to fix the flavour and the composition).
3) making the painting step by step.

Paul says, "Participating artists will then follow the same procedure with my sensitive guidance. I hope that by the end of the day people will at least have gained more knowledge of the unique qualities of acrylic paint, and will hopefully have a successful painting."

Materials :
Paint. titanium white, cadmium red (medium) or cheaper equivalent, a (medium) cadmium yellow or cheaper equivalent, phalo blue, cobalt blue, deep purple.

Brushes. Manmade filbert and round brushes - between 2 and 4 each.

Support. Thinnest plywood once primed with DIY PVA diluted 5 water to 1 pva

Paul will email attach some photos, but would encourage you to take your own and if possible do some quick sketches beforehand.
As they say on XFactor this is a good opportunity to do something out of your comfort zone. "After all it's only a painting".

March 17 - TBA
April 21 - TBA
May 19 - TBA
June 16 - TBA
July 21 - TBA
no meetings or workshops in August
September 15 - TBA
October 20 - TBA
November 17 - TBA
no workshops in December