Birstall and District Art Society
Meeting Notices
Wednesday Evening,
Informal, Art Sessions
6:30pm to 8:30pm
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Friday Morning
Informal, Art Sessions
9:30am to 12:00pm
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and other details
Live Art Demonstration
Our next live art demonstration
Tuesday 10th June
Demonstrator: Tas Severis
Subject: Norfolk scene
Medium: Pastel
Birstall And District Art Society
Welcome to our web site
We hope that you will enjoy your visit
For more information please click on the index above or on the Click Here links
Latest Update:
11:55am Saturday 17th May 2025
New to our website?
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on what we do
and what is available.
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What's on this week
Wednesday evening, informal art session
Friday: Morning, informal art session
Click Here to see links to
Past Demo' Reviews
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Silk Painting Workshop
With Clive Garner
Monday 30th June at Wanlip Village Hall
10:00am to 3:30pm
The workshop is aimed at people who are new to silk painting or who have limited experience, but it does assume that participants have knowledge of, and experience in, painting in other mediums.
Cost: £38 per person: to include all materials plus tea, coffee and biscuits throughout the day. You will need to bring a packed lunch.
Numbers are strictly limited to a maximum of 14 participants.
Click here for more details
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Birstall and District Art Society
New membership year starts on 1st May
Click here for membership application details and Membership application forms
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Dates to put in your diary
Art House Leicester is back again this year:
Fri. 6th June, Sat. 7th June & Sun. 8th June
Click here for details
Silk Painting Workshop with Clive Garner
30th June - Click here for details
Our 30th anniversary celebration
Sunday 20th July at Syston Rugby Club
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Do you have any pictures for the Gallery?
(Thanks to the artists for the two recent additions)
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Exhibitions
If you know of any Art Societies / Groups that are
having an Exhibition,please let us have the details
at: web-site@badas.uk
we can then add it to our notice board
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Click here to view our Gallery page where members can display, up to, six items of their work at any one time.
These items can be for sale
Please keep us supplied with new material. email them to: web-site@badas.uk
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Members, Art Appraisal Evening - 2025
by Amanda Jackson
Click Here to read a review of the evening
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It is the 30th anniversary of the society this year.
The committee are making arrangements to hold a celebration
It will be held on Sunday 20th July at Syston Rugby Club
Full details to follow (but please put it in your diary now)
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Advance Notice
Starting at the Demonstration on June 10th the charge for non-members to the live Art Demonstrations will be £5.00
The price for Members remains at £3.00
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The Second Set of Spring Art Classes have finished.
Maxine Dodd took the class.
The subject was, Exploring Ink and Wash
Here is some of the excellent work produced
To see an enlarged version of a picture just click on it
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Notice from Patchings
There will not be a Patchings Art fest this year
We look forward to welcoming you next year for our 32nd Patchings Art fest.
Click Here to see links
to "Art" articles & Info.
Bromleys Art Supplies have some good Acrylic Painting Ideas on their website
[28 Curated Video Demonstrations & Tutorials] Click here to view
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If there are any difficult weather conditions, or situations, that could cause problems with accessing any of the Classes, Art Sessions, Demonstrations etc. then a message will be posted here on your website as soon as we are aware of it.
We will also do our best to send an email out to all members, advising them of what is happening.
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Birstall & District Art Society
29th Annual Art Exhibition
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Display of all the wonderful entries
to this years exhibition.
Click Here to view.
Details of the awards at the exhibition
Click here to see the results
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Mary Hirst Memorial Prize
for the painting voted the
public's favourite in the exhibition
presented to
Charlotte Stephenson
for: Red Boats - Evening
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Sue Phipps is a volunteer at
The Wigston Framework Knitters Museum.
She has produced some pictures for their,
"Secret Garden" Booklet and Cards,
some of which she has kindly shared with us.
Click Here to view them
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If you are wondering:
1. How you would like to develop your art, or
2. Where to get inspiration for your next project, or
3. Where you can just look at work that has been produced by well-known artists.
Then, as well as the Classes, Demonstrations and the Informal art sessions that we run, there are a great number of websites to get help from. Here are just a few that I hope you will find of interest:
Raphael's Rooms, Sistine Chapel and many others in the Vatican: Click Here
The Met - New York - So much to look at if you have the time: Click Here
The National Gallery - Virtual Tours: Click Here
The Louvre - So many fabulous Paintings & Drawings: Click Here
Have a look at our "Art Articles and Information page" - Click Here
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Artvee.com. has a variety of art works that are in the public domain, which you can browse, and download high-resolution copies of any that you particularly like. Click Here to visit the site.
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If you know of any sites that would be of interest to members
please let me know at : web-site@badas.uk
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