The Guildford Art Society: About Us

Guildford Art Society holds two regular annual exhibitions.

The Spring Exhibition, which is open to all members is held in the Harvey Gallery, while the Autumn Exhibition, for full members only, is held at Guildford House.

An independant panel of judges selects the works to be included in the exhibition. Once it is ready to open, the awards, sponsored by several local companies are judged. The winners in 2008 are:

Chairman's Award

148 Maggie Butler Long-legged Lassie

AJS Award

186 Maggie Butler Meditation I

Aquarius Open Award

253 Jackie Walker South Downs - Winter

Euro Award

197 Alan Hunt Audierne

County Club Award

149 Christine Taherian, SWA Morocco

TWM Award for Sculpture

185 Peter Howitt Pensive

AWB Award for Marine Painting

206 Allison Graham Under the Bridge, Venice

Guildford Art Centre Mixed Media Award

251 Tony Hinwood Snowden From Llyn Padarn

John Brownrigg Award

106 Ron Buchanan Boats at Port Grimaud

Pauline Dean Award for Botanical Painting

215 Lesley Garbutt Adenophora stricta

Detica Award198 Liz Clinton Soper's Hole, British Virgin Islands

The Society wishes to thank the individuals and organisations who have donated these awards.

 

The Society has over 350 members, including professional artists and talented local amateur artists, some of whom exhibit regularly in the London galleries.

Programme of Events

We have a full programme of events, including demonstrations, workshops, lectures, appraisals, which are open to all members and their guests; see the Programme page for details

The Guildford Art Society, 2006-2007. An Oppo site.