The 2024 programme is here!
The 2025 programme is here!
| HDSA PROGRAMME 2025 | ||||
| Date | Event | Artist/Attendees | Event Summary | Additional Information |
| 09-Jan-25 | Committee Meeting | Committee | Sara’s House – Prep for AGM | |
| 13-Jan-25 | Demonstration | Mikk Murray | Demonstration – Big Acrylics | Mikk’s work is about connectedness, the relationships within nature that surround him and his experience within the whole. He has a great interest in ancient woodland and the communities of fungi, insects, animals, birds and plants which live within them. www.mikkmurray.co.uk |
| 27-Jan-25 | DYOT | Members | Paint with other members/tea and biscuits | Relaxed painting and drawing with other members, occasional DYOT special night with members sharing skills and ideas – these will be advised nearer the time |
| 10-Feb-25 | AGM/Mini Auction |
Members | Formal AGM & Auction of Art Materials/HDSA Buffet | AGM Agenda will be issued in late Jan 24 If any members have any spare art materials which we can include in our auction please let Sara know and we will include them in the catalogue |
| 24-Feb-25 | DYOT | Members | Paint with other members/tea and biscuits | Relaxed painting and drawing with other members, occasional DYOT special night with members sharing skills and ideas – these will be advised nearer the time |
| 10-Mar-25 | Demonstration | Sarah Miles | Watercolour Sea Scapes using textures | Sarah is interested in texture within watercolours and brings to life her sea scape paintings with lots of texture from different sources. www.sarahmilesartstudio.com |
| 12-Mar-25 | Committee Meeting | Committee | Sara’s House – Prep for Art & Craft Fair | |
| 15-Mar-25 | Workshop | TBA | ||
| 24-Mar-25 | DYOT | Members | Relaxed painting and drawing with other members, occasional DYOT special night with members sharing skills and ideas – these will be advised nearer the time | |
| 14-Apr-25 | Demonstration | Jim Patterson | Two Rivers Paper Company | 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. www.tworiverspaper.com |
| 18-Apr-25 | Good Friday | |||
| 20-Apr-25 | Easter Sunday | |||
| 28-Apr-25 | DYOT | Members | Relaxed painting and drawing with other members, occasional DYOT special night with members sharing skills and ideas – these will be advised nearer the time | |
| 05-May-25 | May Day Bank Holiday | |||
| 10-May-25 | BCAF Art & Craft Event | 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 |
| 12-May-25 | Demonstration | Anne Guest | Cyanotype Technique Presentation | 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. www.anneguest.co.uk |
| 19-May-25 | DYOT | Members | Relaxed painting and drawing with other members, occasional DYOT special night with members sharing skills and ideas – these will be advised nearer the time | |
| 26-May-25 | Whitsun Bank Holiday | |||
| 09-Jun-25 | Demonstration | Cat Cromford | Foliage in Acrylics | Cat is a landscape artist who takes inspiration from woodlands across the UK, her woodland scenes are painted in distinctive broken brush marks to create the feeling that you can step straight into the woodlands depicted. www.catcroxford.com |
| 11-Jun-25 | Committee Meeting | Committee | Sara’s House – Prep for Exhibition | |
| 23-Jun-25 | DYOT | Members | Relaxed painting and drawing with other members, occasional DYOT special night with members sharing skills and ideas – these will be advised nearer the time | |
| 14-Jul-25 | Demonstration | David Wilcox | Watercolour Ballet Dancers | David uses many transparent washes to allow only the white of the paper to create highlights, he has interested in dance, landscape, equestrian and figure studies. He will be creating images of ballet dancers for us based on his work with the Birmingham Royal Ballet. www.davidwilcoxpaintings.co.uk |
| 04-Aug-25 | Workshop | TBA | ||
| 11-Aug-25 | Demonstration | Ian McManus | Watercolour Street Scene | Ian’s work is all about capturing a moment in time from everyday life, he strives to catch the energy and essence of a location through the lively application of paint using direct brush work. www.ianmichaelmcmanus.com |
| 22-Aug-25 | Exhibition Set Up & Cheese & Wine | Volunteers for Set Up
Members + 1 for Event |
Normal Exhibition Set Up in the Morning & Paintings Hung Afternoon
Evening will be a free event for Members + 1 to enjoy the Exhibition, ahead of the opening on 23 Aug |
HDSA Members Preview Night |
| 23-Aug-25 | Art Exhibition | Member Volunteers | Public Exhibition | Art Exhibition & HDSA Café Open to the Public |
| 24-Aug-25 | Art Exhibition | Member Volunteers | Public Exhibition | Art Exhibition & HDSA Café Open to the Public |
| 25-Aug-25 | August Bank Holiday | |||
| 08-Sep-25 | Demonstration | Sue Chatterton | Lions in Watercolour | Sue is addicted to watercolour and paints many genres but her favourite are animals and portraits. In her demonstration Sue is going to paint two lions for us. www.suechatterton.co.uk |
| 22-Sep-25 | DYOT | Members | Relaxed painting and drawing with other members, occasional DYOT special night with members sharing skills and ideas – these will be advised nearer the time | |
| 11-Oct-25 | Workshop | TBA | ||
| 13-Oct-25 | Demonstration | Darren Awang | Watercolour Illustrations & Life Stories | Darren works in occupational health and is interested in art for well-being. He creates stories of people’s lives using street scenes as well as providing illustrations for art work and books. Instagram Dazzler.18 |
| 22-Oct-25 | Committee Meeting | Committee | Sara’s House – Christmas Events, Fees for 2025 Programme | |
| 27-Oct-25 | DYOT | Relaxed painting and drawing with other members, occasional DYOT special night with members sharing skills and ideas – these will be advised nearer the time | ||
| 10-Nov-25 | Demonstration | Alix Almond | Linocut Printmaking Techniques | Former teacher Alix is now a full time linocut artist focussing on animals and birds and she will explain all about the different linocut print making techniques, materials and tools and show us how to print. www.alixalmond.com |
| 15-Nov-25 | Christmas Art & Craft Fair | 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 |
| 24-Nov-25 | DYOT | Relaxed painting and drawing with other members, occasional DYOT special night with members sharing skills and ideas – these will be advised nearer the time | ||
| 08-Dec-25 | Social Evening | Members | Christmas Quiz or other similar social event with the HDSA Buffet! | We are finalising the social event for this December and will give out more information in due course. |