What we do
Tetbury Art Society - Roy Baker Memorial Lecture 2012
The Roy Baker Memorial Lecture for 2012 will be given on Wednesday 21st March 2012 at 2.15 pm again in The Orchard Room, Highgrove House, Tetbury, Gloucestershire by kind permission of Their Royal Highnesses The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall.
The talk is entitled 'From Prisoner of War to Art Collection Inspiration' and will be given by Lynne Henderson,Pembroke College, Oxford Art Fund Committee member, together with two undergraduates. In 1947, Anthony Emery started to buy paintings with donations from his fellow undergraduates. It is now considered one of the best post-World War II collections. With the aid of a powerpoint display we will hear how the collection was started, has grown and will soon have it's own gallery.
Tickets are £25 each, non-refundable, and include refreshments and cakes. Please contact Gill Ashley on 01666 840993 for tickets. Any profit will go to the Prince's Charities Foundation.
Tetbury Art Society - Roy Baker Memorial Lecture 2011
The
Roy Baker Memorial Lecture for 2011, ‘Portrait of an Artist’, was given
at the Orchard Room, Highgrove House by kind permission of TRH the
Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall.
Nicky
Philipps spoke of the artistic influences of her family and Graham
Sutherland. After demonstrating the initial stages of portraiture, using
traditional techniques learned in
Finally, there were tea and cakes after a most enjoyable occasion which benefited the Prince’s Charities Foundation.
Tetbury Art Society - Roy Baker Memorial Lecture 2010
On Monday 8 March 2010 at the Cirencester Royal Agricultural College, Director of the V&A Sir Mark Jones, gave the inaugural Tetbury Art Society Roy Baker Memorial Lecture entitled “This museum will be like a book with its pages always open” the V&A then & now.
Trip to RWA, Bristol
On Tuesday 17 November a joint party from Tetbury Art Society and Box Art Group travelled by coach to the Royal West of England Academy at Bristol.
The occasion was a visit to the RWA Annual Autumn Exhibition. This is a juried open exhibition which showcases the "best" of contemporary art in this area.
There was a wide variety of styles represented and an equally wide variety of views on these styles!
As an aid to thought and discussion members were asked to write down what they thought were the "best" and "worst" of what they saw.
It was interesting to see that at least one piece of work featured as both best and worst on different peoples choices. That's art! ! !
Some meetings include practical sessions
Eating, drinking and being merry at the AGM
Tackling one of Pauline’s fiendish quizzes at the AGM
Artist Rob Collins advises a member at a “criticism” evening
