DATES FOR YOUR DIARY FOR 2008
Saturday 22 and Sunday 23
March
EASTER
HOLIDAY WEEKEND EVENT.
After the success of our first open air show last September at
the Cutty Sark Gardens, Greenwich, we have again been invited to
exhibit at this venue. As well as the work of our artists,
there will be a Portuguese Market, Jugglers, etc.
Weekends 19/20 and 26/27 April
OPEN
STUDIOS. 21 enthusiastic artists will be opening
their Studios in Blackheath and surrounding areas from 12 noon
to 6pm during these two weekends. Art and craft will be for
sale and some of our artists will demonstrate their working
practices. Please click on this link to see a
poster advertising the Open Studios and showing some of our
artists' work. For details of the 18 artists showing and venues
for the shows, please call 0208 853 2269 or email
info@blackheathartsociety.org.uk. Once you have
contacted us for the relevant venue you can use
Google Maps to see the exact locations.
We trialled this event for the first time
to invited viewers in 2007 and this year we welcome the general
public. For further details contact
info@blackheathartsociety.org.uk
The
following exhibitions are in the Gallery above
Blackheath Village Library, Blackheath Grove, London SE3
Exhibition opening hours:
Tuesdays and Thrusdays
10am-12.30pm, 1.30-6pm; Fridays 10am-1pm; Saturdays
10am-12.30pm, 1.30-5pm.
Tuesday 3 to Saturday 21 June
SUMMER EXHIBITION.
Our popular annual event showing a
wide variety of work by our members.
Tuesday 2 to Saturday 20
December
WINTER EXHIBITION
for
smaller work, reasonably priced. At this event, now a fixture
in the Society’s calendar, we take the opportunity of making the
private view our celebration of the year.
LOOKING BACK at 2007
The Society’s first
OPEN
STUDIOS in April and
OPEN AIR
SHOW at Cutty Sark Gardens introduced the work of our
members to a much wider audience. Both events provided valuable
experience and were appreciated by artists and visitors, gaining
us further members and widening our publicity.
Our
President, Jean Cooke RA,
celebrated her 80th
year, with a Retrospective of her work In North London in
December. It included delightful portraits of her family,
including husband John Bratby. A full colour catalogue can be
bought from Piano Nobile Fine Paintings Gallery, tel: 020 7229
1099, email:
art@piano-nobile.com
There was also a London retrospective of
the work of the late
Hugh
McKenzie in December. He is well remembered for his
vivid streetscapes populated with animated figures. Hugh
regularly showed with the Blackheath Art Society for very many
years.
