Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Summer Exhibition - June 2015

Summer Exhibition 2015

Visitors to Cullercoats Harbour Day will be able to browse their very own local Summer Exhibition of works of art when the North Shields Art Society opens a special pop-up exhibition on Saturday 27th June.

Members of the North Shields Art Society will be holding an exhibition of paintings in the Cullercoats Crescent Club as part of this year's Harbour Day (Saturday 27th June).

It might not be as grand as The Royal Academy but there will still be a wide range of original paintings in watercolours, oils and acrylics by members of the Society on show in our Summer Exhibition!  Many of the works are of local scenes and most will be for sale, providing visitors with the perfect opportunity to pick up an original art work by a local artist.

Entry to the exhibition is free and the exhibition in the Crescent Club will be open to the public from 11am to 4pm. The Crescent Club is situated overlooking Cullercoats beach and harbour.

All the members of the Art Society are amateur artists who work, live or have a connection with North Tyneside. The Society holds weekly meetings at the Linskill Centre in North Shields.

The exhibition continues the long-standing historic connection between Cullercoats and art. The picturesque village is famous as the inspiration for many well-known artists including the American painter, Winslow Homer (1852-1910) who stayed in Cullercoats in the 1880s. Today, the area still inspires artists from near and far.

Saturday, May 16, 2015

BBC Little Painting Challenge

Well done to North Shields Art Society member, Sharon Douglas, whose entry for the BBC's Little Painting Challenge is now on display in the Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester.

To complement the recent Big Painting Challenge series, BBC Learning launched The Little Painting Challenge, a UK-wide competition to encourage anyone and everyone to have a go. Participants were invited to simply create an artwork on a postcard – and thousands of people took up the challenge. 

Sharon's postcard-sized artwork is now part of an exhibition showcasing the best entries ,including the winners, which has been installed in The Whitworth's newly refurbished Grand Hall. 



The Little Painting Challenge exhibition at The Whitworth runs until 22 May 2015.

If you'd like to see more of Sharon's work then she will be exhibiting alongside NSAS member Jean Coldwell at this year's Alnmouth Arts Festival on June 20th and 21st 2015.

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Pop-up Gallery.

In a change to previous years we are not holding our annual exhibition in St. John's church hall. Instead we are creating a "Pop Up Gallery. David Hirst's press release explains:

'Pop Up' gallery brings art to the heart of Whitley Bay.

Local painters are brushing up their art for colourful town centre exhibition Shoppers in Whitley Bay will be able to browse their very own local art show when members of a borough Art Group take over an empty shop in the town for a week-long exhibition. The exhibition in the Park View Shopping Centre will showcase the work of local artists who are all members of the North Shields Art Society. The pop-up art gallery will open its doors for the special Winter Exhibition on Monday 25th November and will be open daily until Saturday 30th November. Art Society member, David Hirst, said: "This is the first time that we have put on an exhibition in the Park View Shopping arcade and we’re very excited to have the opportunity to put the spotlight on the wide range of work by our members. We’re looking forward to bringing our paintings to the empty shop and helping to brighten up the town centre with some vibrant and colourful art in the run up to Christmas.” As well as showcasing the work of local amateur artists, the exhibition offers the chance to snap up original affordable art for that unique Christmas gift.

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Demonstration.

Our next demonstration will be on Tuesday 29th October at 7:00pm.
Mark Taylor will demonstrate using oils with a palette knife.

Sunday, October 13, 2013

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Saturday, October 23, 2010

Next demo

Our next demonstration is Joe Hush, landscape painter on 26th October.

NSAS Calendar 2011

Members submitted pictures on 19th October for consideration for our 2011 calendar

You can view the pictures in the slide show to the left,