Hello! & Welcome to the 2025 Hinckley & District Society of Arts Web Pages. . .
The 2025 Calendar is in. . .
14th April 2025 – 7-9pm, Demonstration – Jim Patterson – Two Rivers Paper
This event is free to members but if you would like to come see the presentation and try us out, you can for just £5 entry fee on the night – so why not come and find out and get involved.
Jim is the owner operator of the Two Rivers Paper Company and an accomplished watercolourist and draughtsman. The Two Rivers Company is one of the few commercial hand-mills operating in Europe out of Watchet in Somerset. Jim will explain all about the different types of paper and demonstrate how it is made. Jim will be bringing boxed paper, sketchbooks and individual sheets if you would like to make any paper purchases on the night.
28th April 2025 – DYOT – Members only event
Paint with other members, tea and biscuits provided
10th May 2025 – BCAF Arts & Craft Event & VE Day 80th Anniversary Competition
Member Stallholders & Volunteers. Members can purchase a stall for £10 to sell their handmade art & craft items. Opportunity for members to sell their art and craft work to the public in a HDSA Art & Craft Fair with the HDSA Café. The ‘VE Day Competition’ will be judged at this event more on this in due course.
12th May 2025 – 7-9pm, Demonstration – Anne Guest / Cyanotype Technique Presentation
This event is free to members but if you would like to come see the presentation and try us out, you can for just £5 entry fee on the night – so why not come and find out and get involved.
Anne will be telling us all about the cyanotype process and her associated art. She is inspired by the beauty, fragility and vulnerability of the natural world.
