Art Club of the Year Competition 2016
The Leisure Painter & the artist magazine in association with Patchings Art Centre and Jackson’s Art Supplies is running an Art Club of the Year Competion 2016. Phil Hargreaves has sent in a written profile of the Hornsea Art Society together with 5 submissions (judged by non-participating members of the HAS Committee) which represent the work of the Society:
HORNSEA ART SOCIETY
The Hornsea Art Society was founded in 1969 by a small group of people sharing a common interest and enthusiasm for drawing and painting, meeting under the leadership of Harry Hudson Rodmell RSMA who became the first president of the society. This position was later taken up by Colin Verity, also a member of the Royal Society of Marine Artists, and the society has flourished over the years and membership now fluctuates just short of the 100 mark.
We are an active and vibrant society, our main showcase being the annual summer exhibition which attracts around a thousand visitors with trophies awarded in 13 categories. Some members also take part in an Open Studios event in and around Hornsea which is proving increasingly popular. Monthly meetings are held featuring demonstrations or illustrated talks by artists from the north of England and we have a comprehensive library of DVDs which are available to hire.
Members are also encouraged to take part in full-day workshops, held in spring and autumn and we organise plein air outings during the year which are well supported. In addition to the main exhibition, we now run a project during the year which culminates in a second exhibition of work. This has included ‘Tour and Detour’ which focussed on the Tour de France in Yorkshire; ‘Passe-partout’ which was based on the game of Chinese Whispers; and this year ‘Spotlight on Hornsea’ where participants draw a local map location out of the hat and have to produce a piece of artwork from that area.
Members are also eligible to join the ‘Monday morning group’, meeting weekly for hands-on practice and mutual support, and the Textile group which concentrates on that particular skill.
Hornsea Art Society sponsors and judges competitions in three local schools, offering prizes and a trophy to each, with winning entries being displayed at the summer exhibition.
The Society has members of all abilities, from beginners to professionals, working in a wide range of media including watercolour, acrylics, oils, pastel, textiles, sculpture, ceramics and jewellery. Members frequently exhibit their work outside the society and several have taken part in Hornsea’s Seawall Art Competition and their work is now permanently displayed on the south promenade.
Louie and Badger by Selina Fennell
Fossilised by Rosemarie Proctor
Slum child by Keith Robinson
Dot Perkins by Jane Topham
North cliff, Hornsea by Pam Williams
The top ten clubs will exhibit their 5 entries at the Patchings Festival, 9-12 June. All work entered will be featured online at www.painters-online.co.uk.
Passe-partout Exhibition
Some photos of pictures and sculptures in the exhibition by Deborah Crosby and Pam Williams
September demonstration
Mary Wells sent in her finished picture after her demonstration on 11 September:
Sea Wall Art Project
Phil Hargreaves sent in photos of the official launch of the Let’s Go Hornsea Sea Wall Art Project. Those present included local artists, the Vice Chair of East Riding Council John Dennis and his wife Jennifer, the Mayor of Hornsea Councillor John Whittle, and other members of the Let’s Go Hornsea Regeneration Group:
Hornsea Art Society members Phil Hargreaves and Gerry Leggett have had paintings accepted in the competition:
