The Annual General Meeting of the Bruton Art Society was held at Caryford Community Hall in Castle Cary on Thursday 22 January at 2.30 p.m. There were forty five members of the Society Present (including the ten committee members). Continue reading 2015 Annual General Meeting of the Bruton Art Society
North Dorset Sculpture Group Schedule 2015
Angela Scott has just sent in details of these classes and opportunities to work from a model. For details see under Services for Members.
Pricing Your Work. A Talk by Dr Sarah Sparke
In a fascinating and challenging talk at our AGM, 22-1-2015 on Pricing Your Work Sarah Sparke shared with us some of the insights she has developed while working on her Ph.D. and since then with her continuing research in Bristol.
Continue reading Pricing Your Work. A Talk by Dr Sarah Sparke
A Reception for the Retiring Members of the Committee
On Tuesday 13th January Bruton Art Society held a reception for three long-serving members who are retiring from the Committee. Continue reading A Reception for the Retiring Members of the Committee
22nd Jan. A.G.M. and talk by Dr Sarah Sparke. PRICING YOUR WORK
Our A.G.M. in Caryford Community Hall, Ansford Park Castle Cary BA7 7JJ will start at 2.30pm with reports, elections and announcements of our programmes for the future. Continue reading 22nd Jan. A.G.M. and talk by Dr Sarah Sparke. PRICING YOUR WORK
Newsletter January 2015
To open our newsletter which is in PDF format, click here Bruton News letter WS
Unforgettable. Unmissable. Pipilotti Rist at Hauser and Wirth.
If some of the work shown by Hauser and Wirth has not been to your taste, do not be put off, for the new exhibition, on until 22nd February, contains work by the video artist Pipilotti Rist which I personally found amazing, unforgettable, moving and beautiful. Continue reading Unforgettable. Unmissable. Pipilotti Rist at Hauser and Wirth.
BAS Christmas Lecture by Dr Alexander Sturgis
In a totally absorbing lecture entitled Time at the Museum Dr Alexander Sturgis Director of the Ashmolean in Oxford explored how the role of museums in making the past present works and in which he looked at the way the immediacy of museum objects can both help and hinder historical understanding. Continue reading BAS Christmas Lecture by Dr Alexander Sturgis
Not to be Missed. Director of the Ashmolean Coming
Dr Alexander Sturgis, who has recently taken up the position of Director of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford is coming to deliver a lecture to Bruton Art Society which he has entitled Time at the Museum. Continue reading Not to be Missed. Director of the Ashmolean Coming
Art in the Landscape at Hauser and Wirth
I attended an excellent and inspiring panel discussion: Art in the Landscape at Hauser & Wirth on Saturday 22 November. Alice Workman chaired a panel of leading artists, curators and commissioners including Clare Lilley, Director Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Robert and Nicky Wilson, co-founders of Jupiter Artland and artist Alec Finlay. Continue reading Art in the Landscape at Hauser and Wirth