Last updated 30 September 2025 by Ian (ianhobsonuk@yahoo.com 01943 877555)
Interested in learning to draw or paint. Menston Arts Club can help with demonstrations and workshops, as we have room for more experienced, or INEXPERIENCED, members. We meet at Kirklands Community Centre in Menston on Monday evenings at 7.30pm. 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. For more info see below and also at www.menstonartsclub.co.uk
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September 2025
1 No meeting due to room refurbishment.
8 ACRYLIC DEMONSTRATION – Miriam Laville: Mixd media, mostly acrylic.
15 2025 AGM - Please attend, as important decisions about the club will be made.
15 Annual fees now due. Bank transfer, cash or cheque.
22 WATERCOLOUR DEMONSTRATION – Ian Hobson: Lakeland scene.
29 WATERCOLOUR WORKSHOP – Ian Hobson: W/col paper provided, plus paint if reqd. (or D.Y.O.T.)
October 2025
6 OIL PAINTING DEMONSTRATION - Chris Noble.
13 PICTURE (Critique) NIGHT – Jeremy Taylor. Bring your problem pictures.
20 LIFE CLASS – A R T I S T W A N T E D.
27 PASTEL DEMONSTRATION: Animal Portrait - Catherine Inglis.
November 2025
3 Last evening for exhibition entries.
3 ILLUSTRATED TALK: Peter Wood: An English Impressionist in France.
10 ACRYLIC DEMONSTRATION – Peter Wood: Street scene.
17 ACRYLIC WORKSHOP – Peter Wood: Bring heavy body acrylics, if you have them.
22/23 MENSTON AUTUMN EXHIBITION
24 No meeting (have a well-earned rest)
December 2025
1 QUIZ NIGHT/SOCIAL EVENING: B.Y.O.B.
January 2026
5 WATERCOLOUR DEMONSTRATION – Paul Talbot Greaves: Landscape.
12 WORKSHOP – Bring photos for other members to paint.
19 OIL PAINTING DEMONSTRATION - Jeremy Taylor.
26 ILLUSTRATED TALK – Lucia Smith's Yorkshire Dales Quest project.
February 2026
2 ACRYLIC DEMONSTRATION – Tracey Krupianka: Coastal Scene.
9 ACRYLIC WORKSHOP – Tracey Krupianka: Coastal scene (or D.Y.O.T.)
16 DEMONSTRATION – Five members to demonstrate in different mediums.
23 MYSTERY CRITIQUE NIGHT – Bring no paitings, just bring yourself.
March 2026
2 DEMONSTRATION – Hillary Thorpe: Pen and watercolour seside townscape.
9 WORKSHOP – Bring reference material and your preferred medium.
16 ACRYLIC PORTRAITS DEMONSTRATION – Paul Talbot Greaves.
23 COSTUME LIFE CLASS – Caroline Hardaker.
30 DEMO/WORKSHOP - Anne Allan: Chinese brush painting.
April 2026
6 No meeting (Easter)
13 TALK – My Life in Art: An Audience with... Introduced by Margaret Day.
20 FLORAL ART DEMONSTRATION – Judy Watkers. Includes three free raffle prizes.
27 Last evening for exhibition entries.
27 ZEN DOODLE WORKSHOP - Lisa Shackleton: If you have them, bring waterproof uni pin fine line pen, watercolours & smoothish paper.
May 2026
4 No meeting (May Day)
11 WATERCOLOUR DEMONSTRATION – Laura Dawes.
16/17 MENSTON SPRING EXHIBITION
18 No meeting (have a well-earned rest)
25 No meeting (Spring Bank Hol)
June 2026
1 DEMONSTRATION - Nel Whatmore: Pastel landscape with underpainting.
8 ILLUSTRATED TALK – Hilary Thorpe: Travelling with paints and teddy bears.
15 ACRYLIC DEMONSTRATION – Julia Borodina.
22 WORKSHOP – Bring reference material and any medium.
29 Line & Wash DEMONSTRATION – John Harrison.
July 2026
6 PYROGRAPHY WORKSHOP – Lisa Shackleton.
September 2026
7 ACRYLIC DEMONSTRATION – Nigel Overton.
14 2026 AGM - Please attend, as important decisions about the club will be made.
14 Annual fees now due. Bank transfer, cash or cheque.
21 WATERCOLOUR DEMONSTRATION - Ian Hobson.
28 WORKSHOP – Watercolour, or your choice.
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