NEWS

JON BIRD MEMORIAL COMPETITION

11/03/2025

Jon Bird was a founder member of the Fishslab Gallery in Whitstable. The Fishslab are inviting local artists of any age to enter for this year's Memorial Competition.
For more details and an application form, please email jonbirdfishslabgallery@gmail.com
The closing date for entries is Monday 31 March.
Winning entries will be shown in the Gallery from 29 April to 5 May.

OPEN AIR EXHIBITIONS 2025

08/03/2025

Exhibitions on the Tankerton Slopes near Jojo's will start on Sunday 6th April 2025, weather permitting. The open air exhibitions are from 9am to 4pm every Sunday until 26th October. Please see the Exhibitions page of our website for all of the dates and times.
If you are interested in exhibiting, please phone Wendy on 07596 232079.
Please keep to the agreed times. Note that cars are not allowed onto the grass and all litter must be taken home with you.

HORSEBRIDGE EXHIBITION 2025

01/03/2025

Our 2025 exhibition at the Horsebridge Arts Centre will be from Wednesday 12 March to Monday 24 March 2025.
The theme chosen is This Creative Life.

We hope that members of the Society will be able to interpret this in a variety of ways. The theme should challenge you, but give you freedom to choose the medium and subject - aim for the best work that you can create.

The theme for A5 small canvases will be All Creatures Great and Small.

If you would like a copy of our poster for the exhibition, please email whitstableartsociety@gmail.com.

HORSEBRIDGE EXHIBITION

23/02/2025

At our meeting on Wednesday 5 February, members were given a small square of paper containing part of a famous painting. They had to copy this as faithfully as possible onto a larger square of card and these were transferred to a board to reveal the original.
Thirty squares were joined up to reveal Lady of Shalott painted by John William Waterhouse in 1888.

CHRISTMAS PARTY 2024

30/11/2024

Our Christmas social afternoon is on Wednesday 11th December

- Please bring some food to share (not too many sausage rolls or mince pies)
- Bring a Secret Santa – maximum spend £5
- There will be a quiz
- There will be a small prize for the best Christmas card design
- And some light entertainment

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - CHAIR'S REPORT

18/11/2024

Here are the main points from Barbara's report at our AGM on 30th October.

- Our membership continues to grow
- We have healthy finances
- Wednesday meetings are filled with energy and enthusiasm
- Our indoor and outdoor exhibitions in 2024 have been successful
- We plan to have more demonstrations next year

We have two vacancies for the committee: Minutes Secretary and Newsletter Writer.

Subs for 2024/25 are due now.

If you wish to receive Barbara's full report, please email whitstableartsociety@gmail.com
Full minutes of our 2024 AGM are also available on request

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2024

19/10/2024

The Annual General Meeting of the Whitstable Art Society will take place at 2pm on Wednesday 30th October at the Swalecliffe Community Centre. All members are encouraged to attend to decide the future direction of the society.

The agenda will be:

1. Apologies for absence
2. Minutes from the last AGM
3. Election of officers
4. Chair's report
5. Treasurer's report
6. Indoor exhibitions
7. Outdoor exhibitions
8. Website and Facebook
9. Wednesday meetings
10. Questions from members
11. Any other business

Minutes from the 2023 AGM are available to members on request from whitstableartsociety@gmail.com.

If any new members wish to be considered for election to the Committee, please contact the Chair before the AGM.

Please bring along some of the work you have enjoyed making at the Wednesday meetings during the past year.

FISHSLAB EXHIBITION 2024

15/09/2024

Our autumn exhibition at Whitstable's Fishslab Gallery will be from Wednesday 18 September to Tuesday 24 September, open from 10am to 5pm each day.

Whitstable Art Society members are invited to submit two paintings - any size and any subject. All members should have received an entry form by email.

Members who wish to exhibit can collect labels for their paintings from Yvonne at the next meeting on Wednesday 11th September.

www.fishslabgallery.co.uk

HORSEBRIDGE EXHIBITION 2024

01/01/2024

Our spring 2024 exhibition at the Horsebridge Arts Centre will run from Wednesday 13 March to Monday 25 March. Members are encouraged to exhibit their work, but all pictures should relate to the theme of On the Move.
This subject is open to wide-ranging interpretation; some suggestions could include

- the physical migration and movement of people, birds and animals
- movement in nature - wind, rain, tides, and storms
- dance, music, sport, walking the dog
- all forms of transport

We hope that as many of you as possible will take part. Your work can be in any medium - paint, collage or fabric. More information and the form to enter the exhibition will be available in the New Year.
If any members would like a copy of the poster to send to friends, please email whitstableartsociety@gmail.com.

SUBSCRIPTIONS

02/11/2023

Members subscriptions were held at £25 per annum at the AGM. Subscriptions for 2023/24 are now due.

Payment can be made by bank transfer to

Whitstable Art Society
Sort code 20-54-25
Account number 33446859

Please write Subscription in the reference

If any member wishes to see a copy of the minutes from the 2023 AGM, please send a request to whitstableartsociety@gmail.com