Monday 1 January 2024

September 2024 - September 2025 Syllabus

Last updated 14 March 2024 by Ian (ianhobsonuk@yahoo.com 01943 877555)

Menston Arts Club has vacancies for new members. We meet at Kirklands Community Centre in Menston on Monday evenings. The annual fee is £70, which is approx £2 per meeting. Contact Ian if you are interested in joining, or would like to attend one meeting as a visitor.

THIS IS NOT THE CURRENT SYLLABUS (Page down to see Sept 2023 to Sept 2024)

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September 2024
2 ACRYLIC DEMONSTRATION – Anita Daniel.
9 WORKSHOP – Bring reference material and your preferred medium.
16 2024 AGM - Please attend, as important decisions about the club will be made.
17 Fees for the year now due, Please pay by bank transfer, cash or cheque.
23 WATERCOLOUR DEMONSTRATION – Ian Hobson:
30 WORKSHOP – Bring reference material and your preferred medium.

October 2024
7 DEMONSTRATION - Ian & Steve: Framing & mounting, plus w/colour stretcher boards.
14 PICTURE (Critique) NIGHT – Jeremy Taylor.
21 LIFE CLASS – Andrew Moodie.
28 OIL PAINTING DEMONSTRATION – Jeremy Taylor.

November 2024
4 A NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: David Myers: Local film maker.
11 ACRYLIC DEMONSTRATION – Heather Burton.
16/17 MENSTON AUTUMN EXHIBITION
18 No meeting (have a well-earned rest)
25 OIL PAINTING DEMONSTRATION – Carl Longmate.

Decembe 2024
2 WORKSHOP and or SOCIAL EVENING

January 2025
6 WATERCOLOUR DEMONSTRATION – A R T I S T W A N T E D
13 WORKSHOP – Bring reference material and your preferred medium.
20 DEMONSTRATION – Stuart Brocklehurst: Mezzotint engraving.
27 ILLUSTRATED TALK – Alex Purves: 1950s & 1960s Painting School, Royal College of Art.

February 2025
3 ACRYLIC DEMONSTRATION – Julia Borodina.
10 WORKSHOP – Bring reference material and your preferred medium.
17 PASTEL DEMONSTRATION – A R T I S T W A N T ED
24 WORKSHOP – Cath Brooke: Drypoint print making (materials supplied).

March 2025
3 WATERCOLOUR DEMONSTRATION – Paul Talbot Greaves: Street scene.
10 WORKSHOP – Bring reference material and your preferred medium.
17 PICTURE (Critique) NIGHT – John Ridyard. Bring your problem pictures, unfinished or finished.
24 COLLAGE DEMONSTRATION & WORKSHOP – James Owen Thomas. Materials provided.
31 WORKSHOP – Bring reference material and your preferred medium.

April 2025
7  ILLUSTRATED TALK – Sandra Burnett: Chagall's life & times.
14 ACRYLIC DEMONSTRATION – Tracey Krupianka.
21 No meeting (Easter)
28 WORKSHOP – Tracey Krupianka. Bring reference material and your preferred medium.

May 2025
5 No meeting (May Day)
10 /11 MENSTON SPRING EXHIBITION
12 No meeting (have a well-earned rest)
19 WATERCOLOUR DEMONSTRATION – A R T I S T W A N T E D
26 No meeting (Spring Bank Holiday)

June 2025
2 WORKSHOP – Bring reference material and your preferred medium.
9 ILLUSTRATED TALK – S P E A K E R W A N T E D
16 WORKSHOP – Bring reference material and your preferred medium.
23 COSTUME LIFE CLASS – A R T I S T W A N T E D
30 ACRYLIC DEMONSTRATION – A R T I S T W A N T E D

July 2025
7 WORKSHOP – Bring reference material and your preferred medium.

September 2025
2 ARYLIC DEMONSTRATION: - A R T I S T W A N T E D
9 WORKSHOP – Bring reference material & your preferred medium.
16 2024 AGM
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