Bath Society of Artists 2011
Artists Exhibition details announced
June 2011
The next Bath Society of Artists
106th Summer Exhibition will be hosted by Bath &
North East Somerset Council at the Victoria Art Gallery in Bath
from 11 June - 16 July 2011.
Our most popular fixture, this massive selling
exhibition assembles the cream of regional artistic talent. Any
artist aged 18 or over may submit work for possible selection and
winning of a prize. See their website for details at http://www.bsartists.co.uk/ or go
to http://www.victoriagal.org.uk/
The exhibition will be opening by the
President of the Society, contemporary artist, David Inshaw, in the
presence of The Mayor of Bath.
A number of prizes are up for grabs including
the new £2000 Victoria Prize, the Bristol Guild Prize of £200 for a
3-D work and the Harry Walker Young Artist Prize of £250, awarded
to artists aged 18-25. There are also smaller prizes for
graphics, watercolour and small paintings and a £100 framing prize
from the Meltone Gallery, Bath.
Bath & North East Somerset Council Gallery
Manager, Jon Benington, said “Visitors can prepare to be dazzled by
the talent and sheer diversity of the works that will be on
display, all of which are for sale.”
During the exhibition members of the public
will be invited to vote for their favourite piece of work, with the
winner of the People’s Choice Award receiving £500.`
To enter, entrants must be over 18, pay a
small entry fee and submit their work on Saturday 4 June. All
work must be the artists own original unaided work. They may be
paintings, sculpture, drawings, prints or mixed media, but not
photography or Giclee reproductions
There is also a programme of free talks on
Saturday afternoons from 2.30-3.15 by members of the society to
compliment the exhibition. The first talk will be held on 18 June
with A Sculptor’s Approach by Deborah van der Beek, on 25
June A Painter’s Approach with Neil Murison and on Saturday 9 July,
A Printmaker’s Approach with Peter Davies.
The Society was founded in October 1904 with
26 members. It has grown over the years to a membership of around
120 diverse, talented artists
The annual exhibition, which is open to
non-members, attracts about 1,000 entries and over 14,000 visitors,
with sales doubling in the last few years.
Many distinguished 20th-century painters have
exhibited with the Society including Walter Sickert, John Singer
Sargent, Philip Wilson Steer, Gilbert Spencer, Patrick Heron, Mary
Fedden, William Scott and Howard Hodgkin.
The Victoria Art Gallery, near Pulteney Bridge
in Bath, is open Tuesday to Saturday 10am to 5pm, Sunday 1.30pm to
5pm. The Gallery is closed on Monday. Admission is free.
For further information and images, please
contact Sue Lucy on 01225 477232 or Jon Benington on 01225
477772.