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What's On 2022
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Coffee and sketch at the Cosy Club - on the second and fourth Sunday of the month, from 10.00 till 12.30
2022 Monthly Meetings
Please check here for updates
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Wednesday January 5th, 7pm - ZOOM
Artist talk by Tina Mammoser "Tina Mammoser was born in 1970 in Chicago. She grew up equally fascinated by math, art, science, writing, and music. An endless academic, she moved to Scotland in 1993 to pursue a second degree. Later she moved to London, where she finally took up art and painting, and then to Yorkshire. She earned her British citizenship in 2012. Years living next to Lake Michigan, the River Tay, the Thames River, and the North Sea surfaces in her abstractions of water and the sea. In 2005 she began cycling and painting the English coastline, which prompted a return to university in 2010 for her sixth degree. She studied the coastal geology that is now a vital element of her artwork.For over 20 years, Mammoser has been combining elements of abstraction with the science of her materials and subject matter. Her drawings and paintings are collected internationally. She now works from her studio in Scarborough, North Yorkshire. In 2021 she began her eighth degree, looking to add elements of classical studies to her artistic knowledge." For more information about Tina visit her website: https://www.tina-m.com/ |
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Wednesday February 2nd, 7pm - ZOOM Robert Dutton - Mixed Media demonstration Zoom Demonstration with North Yorkshire professional artist, Robert Dutton. ‘Spring landscape hedgerows and fields' In this exciting zoom demonstration with Robert you will learn how mixed media can be combined in loose, energetic and exciting ways to create a colourful and atmospheric landscape view of fresh Spring greens. Watch Robert as he demonstrates and explains each and every important stage of the painting from initial inky washes to final energetic soft pastel strokes. You’ll be keen to book your place on Robert’s workshop on 21 May at Leicester High School after this exciting demonstration! For more information about Robert visit his website: https://rdcreative.co.uk/ |
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Wednesday March 2nd, 7pm - Leicester High School for Girls,
454 London Rd, Leicester LE2 2PP Loz Atkinson ‘Finding the Fallen’ In July 2019 Artist Loz Atkinson, accompanied by Italian Aeronautical Archeologist Francesco Sabini and Photographer Zoe Childerley climbed Monte Zatta in Northern Italy to explore the crash site of her Great Grandfather’s Halifax MkII JP237 Bomber, where he and the entire crew perished on 24th June 1944. For more details visit the LSA website: http://www.leicestersocietyofartists.co.uk/lsa-blog/2020-08/loz-atkinson-finding-the-fallen.php There is also an exhibition of more of Loz's work at the Attenborough centre, till March 27th: Loz Atkinson: The Edge of Forever https://attenborougharts.com/exhibitions/loz-atkinson/ |
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Wednesday March 30, 7pm - Leicester High School for Girls,
454 London Rd, Leicester LE2 2PP Diane Hall Critique Members only. Full members are invited to bring along a piece of recent work to be critiqued by Diane - this can be work in progress or a completed piece. Associate Members and Students are very welcome to attend but must contact the Committee first if interested in bringing work along. |
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Diane hall is a creative with g8 artists. Currently a Fine Art Tutor at the Attenborough Arts Centre, where she has worked for the past 20 years.
At The University of Lincoln, in 2013 she completed her MA in Fine Art, with distinction and has since in 2014-15 had a Residency at the University and at the University of Loughborough in 2018 -19. Diane is a Trustee in City of Leicester Museum Trust, which uses public donations to buy works of art and artefacts for the City Museums. She co-wrote and implemented a Residency, for contemporary artists at New Walk Museum Leicester. Hall’s work is concerned with the imperatives of conservation, global ecological issues and the associated political debate concerning our planet. For 10 years she worked with the National Forest including working on an old open-cast mining site. There it became apparent to her that the wealth and employment that industry had brought to Leicestershire came at a price. It is the enigmatic qualities of the equilibrium, between the industrial and natural landscape, that is a source of fascination for her. At this decisive time, she continues to be inspired by environmental issues and the political implications involved. Often working in series, with different media including charcoal, collage, print, paints and textile, where upcycled fabrics are used. Thus, the themes of waste in society punctuates Hall’s work. |
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Wednesday May 4th, 7pm - Leicester High School for Girls, 454 London Rd, Leicester LE2 2PP Sue Baker Kenton ‘Portraiture, Process and the Construction of Identity’ Sue Baker Kenton is a visual artist for whom drawing is pivotal. Her work repeatedly circles two themes; the passage of time and the exploration of corporeal permeability. Her images, which often reference classical portraiture, are vehicles that raise questions about our contemporary life. Her practise engages with the analogue nature and material resistance of traditional print processes, etching being a medium she has worked with for some 30 years. Alongside her ongoing studio practice Sue works on collaborative projects, commissions, undertakes residencies and continues to teach in FE; she was appointed etching fellow at RA Schools, Royal Academy of Arts, (2016 - 2019), and has been a specialist tutor UAL Foundation in Art & Design at City Lit since 2014. Her recent Forward Broadcast exhibition at Leicester Print Workshop marked the beginning of a year-long research project funded by Arts Council England. She exhibits nationally and internationally and her work is held in public and private collections including the Victoria & Albert Museum, London. For more information about her work please visit www.suebakerkenton.com or follow her on Instagram @sue_bkstudio |
Image: Sue Baker Kenton at Forward Broadcast exhibition. Photo credit: Keith Allott
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Wednesday June 8, 7pm - Leicester High School for Girls,
454 London Rd, Leicester LE2 2PP Alex Cooper Recent practice and PAOTY Local artist and LSC member Alex Cooper is going to talk to us about her portrait practice and her experience on Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year in November 2021. http://www.leicestersocietyofartists.co.uk/lsa-artists/Alex-Cooper.php |
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Wednesday July 6th, 7pm - Leicester High School for Girls, 454 London Rd, Leicester LE2 2PP Summer social and sketching evening - bring your sketchbooks! |
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AUGUST
NO MEETING
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Wednesday 7th September, 7pm - Leicester High School for Girls, 454 London Rd, Leicester LE2 2PP
Scott Bridgwood Critique Members only. Full members are invited to bring along a piece of recent work to be critiqued by Scott - this can be work in progress or a completed piece. Perhaps something you would like feedback on for the exhibition! Associate Members and Students are very welcome to attend but must contact the Committee first if interested in bringing work along. |
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Scott Bridgwood is a figurative painter, based in Leicester. He graduated from Chelsea Art College in Fine Art Painting in 1991.
After exhibiting around London, at a range of venues including The ICA and Westminster Gallery, he moved to Rome, where he learnt to cook spaghetti carbonara and drive on the wrong side of the road. He painted and taught at the BCI (British Cultural Institute) for 8 years and is responsible for many of the murals and signs around the Italian capital. Over the last 3 years, he has exhibited and sold widely across the Midlands and won various prizes, including the prestigious Windsor and Newton, Patchings and Windows On, amongst others. He was recently featured in a national magazine, ‘The Artist’. He currently teaches life drawing at Leicester University and The Ten2 Gallery, Hinckley.He is also soon to be the Artist in Residence at UHL (University Hospitals Leicester-the first since 1946) For more information see @bridgwoodscott on Instagram |
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Wednesday October 5th, 7pm - Leicester High School for Girls, 454 London Rd, Leicester LE2 2PP
Jemisha Maadhavji Portraits Jemisha Maadhavji is a figurative painter based in Leicester. She graduated with a 1st class degree in Fine Art from De Montfort University in 2018. She is not interested in painting people that everybody knows, or people who are already famous. Instead, her work explores individuals from different cultural backgrounds, personalities and genders through symbolism and narrative, following a poetic journey in which she searches for beauty. Her work is typified by bold bright colours and patterned fabric. Her paintings demonstrate a contrast between realism and expressionism, from thick textured paint to smooth delicate painting, allowing the viewer to feel the presence of the sitter. For more details, visit Jemisha's website https://jemishamaadhavji.wixsite.com/painting/introduction |
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Wednesday November 2nd, 7pm - Leicester High School for Girls, 454 London Rd, Leicester LE2 2PP
Please note this will now NOT be on ZOOM Emma Fitzpatrick Art Retreats and Outdoor Sketching "Art Retreats and Outdoor Sketching – why both are crucial to my work." Emma Fitzpatrick will talk about her experiences and value gained from her art retreat in Brisons Veor in Cape Cornwall in 2021 and why sketching outdoors has been an essential element in her artistic development over the years. |
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Wednesday December 7th, 7pm - Leicester High School for Girls, 454 London Rd, Leicester LE2 2PP
AGM and social evening
AGM and social evening
Monthly meetings
Except where stated, these are now in person at Leicester High School for Girls, 454 London Rd, Leicester LE2 2PP.
- If possible we will keep the doors open to ensure ventilation in the room.
- Please wear a mask if you prefer, but it’s not obligatory.
- We are not having a raffle.