Bruton Art Society

Painting Day at Parsonage Farm
2025-07-02 10:00 - 15:30 (Europe/London) | Parsonage Farm, Swallowcliffe, Wiltshire, SP3 5NU

Painting Day at Sturminster Mill
2025-07-17 10:00 - 15:30 | Sturminster Mill, Newton Hill, Sturminster Newton, DT10 2DQ
(Image: Marilyn Peddle/Sturminster Mill)

Handing in day for Annual Exhibition
2025-08-09 10:00 - 13:00 | Memorial Hall, Kings Bruton, Plox, Bruton, BA10 0ED
Handing in times are between 10am – 1pm
Successful entrants will be sent more specific details beforehand. Please keep to your time slot if you are given one.

72nd Annual Exhibition
2025-08-16 - 2025-08-23 | Memorial Hall, Kings Bruton, Plox, Bruton, BA10 0ED
Open daily from 10am – 4pm including Saturday and Sunday
Showcasing the work of many of the members of Bruton Art Society, this is one of the best regional exhibitions that you will find. Over 300 pieces of art for sale, paintings, sculptures, prints and drawings set in the historic Memorial Hall at Kings School.
Exhibition closes at 4pm on Saturday 23rd August.

Life painting - the clothed Figure
2025-09-18 10:00 - 2025-09-19 16:00 | Hadspen Village Hall, Lime Kiln Lane, Hadspen, Castle Cary, BA7 7LW
Tutor : James Budden
Thursday 18th & Friday 19th September, Hadspen Village Hall BA7 7LW
10am – 4pm
Book £75 online by 11th September.
James is a well known local artist and teacher and has become one of our most regular and popular Bruton Art Society Tutors. Under his guidance, we will be painting a clothed figure directly from ‘Life’.
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Botanical Illustration in watercolour - Autumn
2025-09-25 10:00 - 2025-09-26 16:00 | Hadspen Village Hall, Lime Kiln Lane, Hadspen, Castle Cary, BA7 7LW
Tutor : Sarah Sherrington
Thursday 25th & Friday 26th September, Hadspen Village Hall BA7 7LW
10am – 4pm
Book £75 online by the 18th September.
Sarah creates beautifully detailed botanical illustrations that inspire and connect with nature. She has chosen ‘Autumn’ to work with us, so we will be concentrating on Berries, Conkers and Autumn leaves.
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Adventure, travel and sculpting with Mark Coreth
2025-10-17 14:30 - 16:30 | Caryford Community Hall, Ansford Park, Castle Cary, BA7 7JJ
Friday 17th October, Caryford Community Hall, Ansford Park, Castle Cary, BA7 7JJ
2.30pm – 4.30pm
Members free, guests £5.00.
Mark is internationally recognised as a master sculptor of animals in motion. As a child he grew up on a farm in Kenya which is where his love of animals was awakened. He works in clay directly from his subjects, which he says captures the spirit of the animal as well as that of their environment and energy.
Mark will be giving us a 1/2 hour talk and movie based on one of his many projects and or commissions and will also be sculpting an animal for us during the afternoon.
Note: This lecture was originally scheduled as a workshop at Hadspen Village Hall but has now been relocated to make it available to all members. Attendance is free for members who are also welcome to bring guests for a small charge of £5 payable at the door.

Gelli Printing
2025-10-18 10:00 - 16:00
Tutor : Jenni Richards
Saturday 18th October, Hadspen Village Hall BA7 7LW 10am – 4pm
Book £40 online
Jenni is a Founder member and Tutor of the South West Art Courses Centre at Compton Studios in Sherborne. She is an experienced printer and textile artist, who will delight us with a day of ‘ Gelli printing’ ; a relatively new( to some ), quick and easy form of printing which people are talking about and want to try.
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Coach trip to the 172nd RWA Annual Exhibition
2025-11-08 | Royal West of England Academy
Annual Bruton Art Society Coach Trip to the Royal West of England Academy
Queen’s Road, Bristol BS8 1PX. Saturday 8th November
It is a regular feature of our calendar that every year a coach trip is organised to allow Bruton Art society members and guests to spend a day together perusing the galleries at the RWA annual open exhibition.
This year a 36 seater coach has been booked and members are invited to book their seats if they would like to participate in what promises to be a very enjoyable day out.
The coach will leave Wincanton Memorial Hall Car Park at 9am promptly. Parking there for the day is free.
A second pick up point will be in Castle Cary Millbrook Gardens Car Park in the centre of town (opposite the Fire Station), leaving at 9.15am. There is long period free car parking there too.
The Coach cost per person is £20 for BAS members and £25 for guests.
The entrance fee at the gallery is £9.90 and is not included. Members should pay this individually at the desk on arrival.
If you would like to book seats for this trip please complete the form below which will allow you to book and pay for up to 4 seats.
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Autumn - Printmaking, using a variety of techniques including monoprinting and foil collagraphs
2025-11-13 10:00 - 2025-11-14 16:00 | Hadspen Village Hall, Lime Kiln Lane, Hadspen, Castle Cary, BA7 7LW
Tutor : Jackie Curtis
Thursday 13th and Friday 14th November, Hadspen Village Hall BA7 7LW
10am – 4pm
Book £75 online
Jackie is a regular and well liked Tutor of the Society. She is an innovative artist /printmaker based in Somerset, inspired by the natural world.
We will be shown and experiment a variety of printing techniques including monoprinting and foil collagraphs, around the theme of ‘Autumn’.
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Christmas Lecture by David Chandler
2025-12-03 14:30 - 16:30 | Caryford Community Hall, Ansford Park, Castle Cary, BA7 7JJ
Lecturer : David Chandler
Wednesday 3rd December, Caryford Community Hall, Castle Cary BA7 7JJ
2.30 – 4.30pm
Members are free and guests are welcome for a small fee of £5 on the door, no need to book.
David is a well known artist/teacher and lecturer based in Frome. He will give us a talk about the book he wrote in collaboration with the Tate gallery in 2023, on Masters of watercolour based on his research at the Tate.
This will be followed by our Annual Christmas party.

Annual General Meeting followed by a talk from Anthony Connolly RP
2026-01-14 14:30 - 16:30 | Caryford Community Hall, Ansford Park, Castle Cary, BA7 7JJ
Annual General Meeting of Bruton Art Society; Reports, Elections, Future Planning etc.
Followed by a talk from our patron Anthony Connolly RP:
Why drawing matters and when it doesn’t.
‘I can truly say that a single drawing changed my life.’
Anthony will explain why that drawing was so seminal. He will illustrate his thoughts as to why a drawing might have such a profound effect on anybody and how the encounter continues to inform the way he looks at the world.
Members free, guests £5 to be paid at the door.
