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Introducing new member Jayne Phidd
Jayne’s artwork blends the tactile charm of traditional mediums like pencil and watercolour with the versatility of digital tools and various other materials. Each art piece is a harmonious fusion of handcrafted details and digital enhancements, creating a unique...
Selection for Spring Show at Rose Paterson Gallery
A belated thanks to our selection panel - Keith Oram, President and Champion of the Society, Emma Bowater, Print Artist / Art Teacher and Keith Turley RBSA. They generously give their time and expertise to select works for our Spring Show at Weston Park. Selection is...
Guest Speaker Meeting. Wednesday 21st February 2024
Laser Scans, Offshoots and Druids By accident a work tool became a method of image making which began to change the way Graham Everitt looked and thought about things. At his talk at Bantock Tractor Sheds, he will be doing a digital projection and presentation of a...
Spring Show, Rose Paterson Gallery, Weston Park
New work for a new season Rose Paterson Gallery 26th April – 29th May 2024 Springtime is a time of new growth and life; the same is true for Wolverhampton Society of Artists. The creativity that lit up the studios and workrooms of Society members now comes out into...
Society News from President Keith Oram
The Society presents three prizes to art students studying at Wolverhampton University. The 2019 graduation awards included Edward Kemshell, a fine art painter. Ed describes his practice as, Exploring the language of painting and the act of painting with the intention...
June Critique Night 21st June 2023 – led by WSA President Keith Oram
On the longest day of the year, what else can you do as an Artist but meet up with other like-minded folk and share thoughts on our favourite thing to do - making art. It was a successful evening; both interesting and informative. We are a diverse bunch of artists...
Guest Speaker Night – 15th March 2023 – David McGuire – A Journey of Art Appreciation and Practice
‘What?’ 2021 Acrylic on compressed board 52.5 x 70 cm This month we welcomed our member David McGuire to talk about his experiences in taking on an Art Degree in his more mature years, having started his BA (Hons) Degree with the Open College of Arts in 2017 and...
Guest Speaker Night – 15th February 2023 Critique Night with Wayne Attwood PRBSA
It was great to welcome Wayne back to Bantock and we had a wide selection of work for Wayne to view and critique. Wayne’s knowledge and experience is clear to see as he navigates us through composition, light and dark, and how to balance colour temperature within a...
Guest Speaker Night – 18th January 2023
Guest Speaker night 18th January 2023 Harrison Davies – New Stourbridge Glass Museum From a personal perspective my only memory of Stourbridge and glass-making is one of a visit in the early 1980s from my home in Birmingham to buy Stuart Crystal from their factory...
Guest Speaker Night – 14th December 2022
Quiz Night at the Tractor Shed. It was lovely to meet everyone at Bantock for our December Social. Ed Isaacs was our Quiz Master for the evening, testing our Art knowledge whilst we tucked into mince pies and a tipple or two. The room was made suitably festive by Sue...
Wolverhampton Society of Artists Exhibition 2022
The 103rd WSA Exhibition is now OPEN. We were delighted and honoured to welcome the Mayor of Wolverhampton, Sandra Samuels OBE, and her Consort Karl Samuels, to the proceedings as our President Keith Oram officially opened the Exhibition within the Contemporary Space...
University of Wolverhampton – Class of 2022 Celebrations
The University of Wolverhampton celebrated its Class of 2022 graduation recently in September. On behalf the Wolverhampton Society of Artists our President Keith Oram was delighted to present the Jarvis Awards to three graduates who have been recognised for their...