Programme of talks and workshops for Spring 2008 - updated 4th April

Untutored Life Drawing Group

Spring - Summer 4.30 - 6.30pm at Reydon Village Hall - 5 sessions: April 3, 10, 17, 24 and May 1.

Cost is £17.50 for 10 seesions or £7.50 (payable in advance to Mrs Lesley Fisher, 6 Lupin Close, Reydon IP18 6NW - cheques to Southwold Art Circle. Please include contact details if you are a newcomer. Individual sessions are £7.50 payable in advance or on the day.

Contact Lesley Fisher, 6 Lupin Close, Reydon IP18 6NW 01502 724638 for enquiries or to book.

Tutored Life Drawing

A single session by Jack Stephenson on May 8. Time and place as above. Fee £10

Spring Workshop

(At Reydon Village hall. Members should have received their application forms.)

Saturday 10 May - 10am - 4pm - The topic is 'Texture in Landscape using mixed media of water-based paint'. The well known local artist, Mary Spicer will be taking the workshop and will show us how to use acrylic paint, acrylic ink and watercolour together to achieve texture. Members taking part should bring sketches or photos of lanscape to try out Mary's methods. A detailed list of what you need to bring will be sent after you sign up. Cost is £20 for the day. Please send a cheque for this amount made out to Southwold Art Circle, to Jane Pollock, Almond Tree Cottage, The Street, Easton, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP13 0ED and include a SAE.

Weekly untutored still-life group

Mondays from 10 am at Reydon Village hall. A different still-life every week. Members may just turn up! Outdoor painting to be arranged, weather permitting, during May and through the summer.

Talks

Please contact Maryrose Rintoul with queries 01502 578507

Friday 25 April
Learning to Draw - a lecture by Ian Simpson in which he examines drawing as a response to the visual world. Following the changeover to BST, please note that this talk will be at 7.30pm in the Methodist Hall, East Green. Members free, non-members £2 at the door.

Friday 30 May
President's Evening at 7.30pm. Methodist Church Hall.
Jack Stephenson will introduce us to the little known "petit maitre" Antonio Mancini - Italian Impressionist - 1852-1930. Jack describes him as "an amazing and quite unique artist; well worth a viewing". He will talk about the artist's life and work and explain how he discovered him.

Annual General Meeting

Friday 11 April at 7.30 in the Methodist Church Hall, East Green

Spring Open Exhibition

Return of entry form by 30 April

Sending in day 19 May 9.30 - 10.30

Opens Tuesday 20 May Closes Tuesday 3 June

Summer Selected Exhibition

Opens 12 August (Details to come later)