What's On 2025

Coffee and sketch at the Cosy Club - on the second and fourth Sunday of the month, from 10.00 till 12.30

2025 Monthly Meetings

Wednesday January 8th, 7pm - ZOOM

Members' talks:

Lis Stock:

Wednesday February 5th, 7pm - ZOOM

Fun evening - Sharing portraits of royalty

Before the meeting, select your member of the royal family - past or present - and create a portrait of them - any medium you like - paint, collage, sketch or caricature - however you choose to interpret this!

We will be sharing our work via zoom at the meeting.

Wednesday March 5th, 7pm - Leicester High School for Girls,
454 London Rd, Leicester LE2 2PP

Andrew Wynne
Artist talk

Wednesday April 2nd, 7pm - Leicester High School for Girls,
454 London Rd, Leicester LE2 2PP

Critique

Members only.

Full members are invited to bring along a piece of recent work to be critiqued - this can be work in progress or a completed piece.

Associate Members and Students are very welcome to attend - please contact the Committee first if interested in bringing work along.

Wednesday May 7th, 7pm - Leicester High School for Girls,
454 London Rd, Leicester LE2 2PP

Mike Skinner Artist ASGFA NBAC
Artist talk
“The rules in art are there are no rules”.
Mike is an artist working to commissions mainly for designers, architects and corporations. For the most part his work has been site specific. His artworks are driven by a client’s brief with his main interest being modern British landscapes/cityscapes. The work is abstract or figurative and he does not restrict his use of materials and methods in the image making process. His work seeks to convey the energy and power witnessed within an ever-changing environment.

Mike will talk about his working life as a commercial artist and designer and his experience of changing tracks and chucking away the rule book, focusing on what inspires - and. above all having fun. He will discuss open submissions and his role as a committee member of The Drawing Society aka The Society of Graphic Fine Art. This is an opportunity to talk with Mike about his work and he will bring examples along to discuss.

www.urbanwall.com
Mike Skinner (@art.urbanwall) • Instagram photos and videos

Wednesday June 4th, 7pm - Leicester High School for Girls,
454 London Rd, Leicester LE2 2PP

Laura Cramer
Artist talk
'Simplifying the Landscape'

www.cramerpaintings.com

Wednesday July 2nd, 7pm  - Wigston Academy

Summer social - dance and sketching evening - bring your sketchbooks!

Please note new venue for this meeting!
Site A hall, Wigston Academy, Station Road, Wigston LE18 2DT

Site map here

Please note: There are two entrances to the site and either can be used. The main car park is only about 50m from the hall entrance, and there is parking very close to the hall entrance for those who need easier access.

Access to the Site A Hall is not through the main entrance to the academy. There is a separate entrance to the building which is to the left as you are looking at the main building from the car park.

Summer social and sketching evening - bring your sketchbooks!

AUGUST
NO MEETING

Wednesday September 3rd, 7pm - Leicester High School for Girls, 454 London Rd, Leicester LE2 2PP

Critique

Members only.

Full members are invited to bring along a piece of recent work to be critiqued - this can be work in progress or a completed piece.

Associate Members and Students are very welcome to attend - please contact the Committee first if interested in bringing work along.

Wednesday October 1st, 7pm - Leicester High School for Girls, 454 London Rd, Leicester LE2 2PP

Debbie Miles - Artist talk

Wednesday November 5th, 7pm - Leicester High School for Girls, 454 London Rd, Leicester LE2 2PP

Wednesday December 4th, 7pm - Leicester High School for Girls, 454 London Rd, Leicester LE2 2PP

AGM and social evening