Since the start of 2024 Hepworth Art Club has been meeting every Monday and together shared our mutual joy of painting. It has been a year of variety with subject areas ranging from ‘AfternoonTea (as a painting though very tempting to have as reality!) to the other end of the scale – ‘Urban and Industrial Decay’. Guest artists who have provided extremely stimulating workshops have included Dominique Sutton who took us through seascapes and Hepworth’s local and extremely popular artist Jane Beaumont who provided a liberating session on collage.

In August, we are looking forward to another guest artist: Andrew Harrington who will be demonstrating the delights of soft pastels and how to create light. As always review sessions are included each quarter. During reviews, all members are involved in decisions covering the club’s finances and general running and programme content. The aim of a cooperative approach throughout helps ensure the club runs smoothly and enjoyably for all. The most recent of our reviews included planning for the Art Exhibition in September which takes place in The Pavilion (village hall) on the weekend of 21st and 22nd September. We are also extremely grateful to St Peter’s Church who give us permission to display further artistic work there.

We are looking forward to welcoming you to our Art Exhibition where there will be over one hundred original pieces of artwork. We get enormous pleasure sharing with you our artistic efforts. Artwork will be for sale at extremely reasonable prices though we are more than delighted for you to spend a pleasant hour or two just browsing. Scrumptious refreshments will be available, an opportunity to win original artwork and an observational ‘quiz’ which children especially love doing (sometimes with the help of others!) There is a small prize for all children taking part Looking forward to seeing you on 21st and 22nd September in The Pavilion, Church Lane and also in St Peter’s Church, Church Lane.

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