Programme of Events

The Event Programme

The complete listing of the 2024-2025 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?

LIFE DRAWINGS - Full members and student members only (aged 16 years and above). £10 per evening (untutored) for full members and £5 for student members. The prices for all tutored sessions are £12 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.

PLEIN AIRS - All welcome including members and the public. Plein Air sessions are free. Anyone interested can join a WhatsApp group to facilitate communications. 

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 2024

December 4 2024, 19:30 - 21:30
Demo and Practical Session: Digital Art - Drawing with your iPad / Tablet with Jim Morgan

Marshalswick Community Centre

Free for members. Non-members welcome £5. 

Please bring along your tablet/ipad (or iPhone) with the ArtRage app (£4.99) already loaded. Either bring an Apple Pencil, a suitable stylus paired to your device, or your finger. 

December 5 2024, 13:15 - 17:15
Workshop: Lino Printing with Ann Marie Whitton

Charles Morris Hall

Booked members only. NOW FULLY BOOKED More information

December 14 2024, 10:00 - 16:00
Workshop: Painting in Oil with Brushes with Jim Morgan

Charles Morris Hall

Booked members only. Booking and more information

December 18 2024, 19:30-21:30
Life Drawing

Marshalswick Community Centre

Spring 2025

January 14 2025, 13:30-15:30
Daytime Drawing

Charles Morris Hall

January 15 2025, 19:30 - 21:30
Demo:  Massai Warriers with Jake Winkle

Marshalswick Community Centre

Free for members. Non-members welcome £5. 

January 22 2025, 19:30-21:30
Life Drawing 

Marshalswick Community Centre

January 25 2025, 10:00 - 16:00
Workshop: Portraits in Acrylics or Oils with Gary Spencer

Charles Morris Hall

Booked members only. More information and booking

January 29 2025, 19:30-21:30
Life Drawing 

Marshalswick Community Centre

February 1 2025, 11:00
Plein Air (Indoor venue, tbc)
February 5 2025, 19:30 - 21:30
Demo: Landscape with Clive Patterson

Marshalswick Community Centre

Free for members. Non-members welcome £5. 

February 13 2025, 13:30-15:30
Daytime Drawing

Charles Morris Hall

February 19 2025, 19:30-21:30
Life Drawing 

Marshalswick Community Centre

February 22 2025, 10:00 - 16:00
Workshop: with Chris Forsey

Charles Morris Hall

Booked members only. Booking form coming soon. 

February 26 2025, 19:30-21:30
Life Drawing 

Marshalswick Community Centre

March 1 2025, 10:00 - 16:00
Workshop: Massai Warriors (Watercolour) with Jake Winkle

Charles Morris Hall

Booked members only. Booking form coming soon. 

March 3 2025, 11:00
Plein Air (Indoor venue, tbc)
March 5 2025, 19:30 - 21:30
Lecture: Jim Paterson (lecturer at Tate Britain, "Accident and Chance - 5 contemporary artists"

Marshalswick Community Centre

Free for members. Non-members welcome £5. 

March 19 2025, 19:30-21:30
Life Drawing 

Marshalswick Community Centre

March 26 2025, 19:30-21:30
Life Drawing 

Marshalswick Community Centre

April 2 2025, 19:30 - 21:30
Demo: Seascapes with Sue Gray

Marshalswick Community Centre

Free for members. Non-members welcome £5. 

April 12 2025, 11:00
Plein Air 

Verulamium Park

Parking: St Michaels Street car park AL3 4SW (contactless payment £2.70 for three hours. After 6pm £2)
Refreshment Availability: Inn on the park (Park Café) Six Bells pub (short walk out of park) opens 12noon – has own small car park Fighting Cocks Pub
Toilets: Public toilets in park next to Roman Museum and at Cathedral end of lake Six Bells + Fighting Cocks Pubs Inn on the Park Cafe

April 16 2025, 19:30-21:30
Life Drawing 

Marshalswick Community Centre

April 26 2025, 10:00 - 16:00
Workshop: Seascapes with Sue Gray

Charles Morris Hall

Booked members only. Booking form coming soon. 

April 28 2025, 11:00
Plein Air 

Lemsford - The Sun Inn

April 30 2025, 19:30-21:30
AGM

Marshalswick Community Centre

May 15 2025, 11:00
Plein Air 

Wheathampstead

May 21 2025, 19:30-21:30
Life Drawing 

Marshalswick Community Centre

May 27 2025, 11:00
Plein Air 

Digswell Viaduct, Digswell AL8 7LU

Parking: Digswell Park Road Car Park, Digswell Park Road AL6 0BB (Free for 2 hours between 9am -1pm but unrestricted use at other times)
Refreshments and Toilets: Nothing on site but pubs are short drive away. Cowper Arms AL6 0EA serves food 12- 3pm (Fri 12noon – 11pm) Red Lion AL6 9AJ Opens 11am;  The Hedgehog AL8 7RH Opens 12noon

May 28 2025, 19:30-21:30
Life Drawing 

Marshalswick Community Centre

May 31 2025, 10:00 - 16:00
Workshop: Jan Munro (theme tbc)

Charles Morris Hall

Booked members only. Booking form coming soon. 

June 4 2025, 19:30 - 21:30
Demo: Colour Mixing - Neutrals with Jan Munro

Marshalswick Community Centre

Free for members. Non-members welcome £5. 

June 14 2025, 14:00
Plein Air 

Panshanger Park - (on way to Hertford (riverside/lakeside views, ancient trees, ruined building)

Car parking £2.50
Refreshment availability & toilets: White Horse Pub – 5 min drive

June 18 2025, 19:30-21:30
Life Drawing 

Marshalswick Community Centre

June 25 2025, 19:30-21:30
Life Drawing 

Marshalswick Community Centre

July 5 2025, 11:00
Plein Air (tbc)
July 16 2025, 11:00
Plein Air

St Albans Town Centre: (St Peter’s Street on market day OR Clock Tower area)

Parking: Maltings 28 Victoria St AL1 3HL (£4 for 3- 4hrs/£6.60 for 3-6 hrs); Drovers Way Car Park, Drovers Way AL3 5EB (£4.50 for 3 hrs)
Refreshment Availability: Lots of choice! Town Hall Cafe The Boot (Nr Clock Tower) Cafe Roma (No 79a St Peters Street), etc
Toilets: Town Hall – public loos Town Hall Museum Toilets in various cafes/pubs etc in St Peter’s St Drovers Way Car Park Civic Centre Car Park

July 21-27 2025
Annual Exhibition 

(Entries due by 22 June)