News and events
The History of the Beccles Society of Artists booklet
A copy of the above has recently been obtained and is available to view on the About the Society page of the website. Please do not attempt to reproduce this document. The Society would welcome contact from the relatives of Roy Jones and Joy Holloway to enable us to discuss using the booklet further - if you know who/where they are, please contact us.
Programme for 2012
June 6th - Summer social
July 4th - Sun, sea and sand (pastels) - Trevor Osborne
July 28th - August 4th - Annual Exhibition
(July 27th - Preview Evening)
September 5th - Painting wildlife in watercolour - Kate Batchelor
October 3rd - My way with acrylics - an Art teacher's nightmare - Reg Siger
November 7th - AGM
December 5th - Contemporary artists (lecture) - Miles Lamdin
Guests can attend monthly meetings at a charge of £3 per guest per meeting. All meetings take place on the first Wednesday of the month.
2011 Summer exhibition
Our summer exhibition can be considered a great success, based on the positive comments received by visitors and the number of paintings sold. Awards were won by the following:
Joy Holloway Award for oil - Keith Wragg
Frank Forward Award for watercolour - Colin Blake
Bertha Babbington Award for pastel - Shona Winter
Charles Jeffrey Award for acrylic - Angela Cookson
Gladys and Johnston Brown Memorial Award for other media - Gill Carter
Colin Blake also won the overall prize.
The favourite painting award (as voted for by visitors to the exhibition) was Abbie Dancing by Trevor Osborne - shown below.
The winners of the Frank Delf Memorial Competition were Caitlin Darby (1st prize) and Alex Parmenter (2nd prize), both of Sir John Leman High School. The Frank Delf Memorial Competition, which is funded by a bequest from the son of Frank Delf (a founding member of Beccles Society of Artists), aims to encourage young art in and around Beccles.
Further pictures of the exhibition can be viewed below.
