The Event Programme
The complete listing of the 2023-2024 Programme is listed below. The programme and fees are subject to review and change. Please check this page and the Bulletin regularly.
Details and who can attend?
STUDIO SESSIONS - Full members and student members only (aged 16 years and above). £8 per evening for full members and £5 for student members. The prices for all tutored sessions are £10 for full members and £5 for student members.
LECTURES & DEMONSTRATIONS - Members Free, members' guests welcome at £5 per evening.
ONE-DAY WORKSHOPS - Full members and student members only. Online booking is made available roughly six weeks before each workshop. Book below.
Contact the Programme Secretaries
Members wishing to contact the Programme Secretaries about the Workshops and Lectures should send an email to saas.workshops@outlook.com
Venues
See the venues page for details and maps for all meeting locations.
Autumn 2023
22 November 2023, 19:30-21:30
Studio Session: Life Drawing
Non-tutored. Full Members £8
At: Marshalswick Community Centre
6 December 2023, 19:30-21:30
DEMO - Painting in Oil with palette knife - Jim Morgan
Members Free (Visitors welcome £5). No booking required, just turn up.
At: Marshalswick Community Centre
7 December 2023, 13:30-15:30
Daytime Clothed Life Drawing -
Tutor: Bridget Tompkins
At: Charles Morris Hall
Tutored session (£10 members)
Spring 2024
17 January 2024, 19:30-21:30
DEMO - Drawing animals in a dry medium - Becky Gouverneur
Members Free (Visitors welcome £5)
At: Marshalswick Community Centre
20 January 2024, 10:00-16:00
WORKSHOP - Painting with oils using palette knife - Jim Morgan
At: Charles Morris Hall
Fee & booking required.
Members book here.
22 January 2024, 13:30-15:30
Daytime Clothed Life Drawing -
Tutor: Bridget Tompkins
At: Charles Morris Hall
Tutored session (£10 members)
24 January 2024, 19:30-21:30
Studio Session: Life Drawing
Non-tutored. Full Members £8
At: Marshalswick Community Centre
31 January 2024, 19:30-21:30
Studio Session: Life Drawing
Non-tutored. Full Members £8
At: Marshalswick Community Centre
7 February 2024, 19:30-21:30
DEMO/CRITIQUE - Gary Spencer (judge for Challenge Cup 2023)
Bring along a painting for critique
At: Marshalswick Community Centre
13 February 2024, 13:30-15:30
Daytime Clothed Life Drawing -
Tutor: Bridget Tompkins
At: Charles Morris Hall
Tutored session (£10 members)
21 February 2024, 19:30-21:30
Studio Session: Life Drawing
Non-tutored. Full Members £8
At: Marshalswick Community Centre
24 February 2024, 10:00-16:00)
WORKSHOP - Drawing Animals in dry medium - Becky Gouverneur
At: Charles Morris Hall
(Fee & booking required. Booking coming soon.)
28 February 2024, 19:30-21:30
Studio Session: Life Drawing
Non-tutored. Full Members £8
At: Marshalswick Community Centre
6 March 2024, 19:30-21:30
DEMO - How to frame your art work successfully - picture framer Stephen Harris looks at different options
Members Free (Visitors welcome £5)
At: Marshalswick Community Centre
20 March 2024, 19:30-21:30
Studio Session: Life Drawing
Non-tutored. Full Members £8
At: Marshalswick Community Centre
23 March 2024, 10:00-16:00)
WORKSHOP - Urban Sketching - Paul Alcock
At: Charles Morris Hall
(fee & booking required)
27 March 2024, 19:30-21:30
Studio Session: Life Drawing
Non-tutored. Full Members £8
At: Marshalswick Community Centre
3 April 2024, 19:30-21:30
DEMO - Painting figures in oils - Tony Hinchcliffe
Members Free (Visitors welcome £5)
At: Marshalswick Community Centre
6 April 2024, 10:00-16:00)
WORKSHOP - Watercolour workshop - Ian McManus
At: Charles Morris Hall
(fee & booking required)
17 April 2024, 19:30-21:30
Studio Session: Life Drawing
Non-tutored. Full Members £8
At: Marshalswick Community Centre
24 April 2024, 19:30-21:30
Studio Session: Life Drawing
Non-tutored. Full Members £8
At: Marshalswick Community Centre
1 May 2024, 19:30-21:30
AGM & SOCIAL
At: Marshalswick Community Centre
15 May 2024, 19:30-21:30
Studio Session: Life Drawing
Non-tutored. Full Members £8
At: Marshalswick Community Centre
22 May 2024, 19:30-21:30
Studio Session: Life Drawing
Non-tutored. Full Members £8
At: Marshalswick Community Centre
25 May 2024, 10:00-16:00
WORKSHOP - Textile Art Weaving - Lucy Sugden
At: Charles Morris Hall
(fee & booking required)
5 June 2024, 19:30-21:30
DEMO - Impressionist Landscape in oils - Peter Keegan
Members Free (Visitors welcome £5)
At: Marshalswick Community Centre
19 June 2024, 19:30-21:30
Studio Session: Life Drawing
Non-tutored. Full Members £8
At: Marshalswick Community Centre
26 June 2024, 19:30-21:30
Studio Session: Life Drawing
Non-tutored. Full Members £8
At: Marshalswick Community Centre
There will be a series of plein air sessions in the summer. Dates to be announced nearer the time.