Our 63rd Exhibition opens on Saturday 13rth of August and runs daily until Saturday 27th August .  There is no entry charge and it is open every day 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.  Our venue, again thanks to the generosity of the Head Mrs Nicola Botterill and the Governors, is Bruton School for Girls, Sunny Hill Bruton, BA10 ONT.

This year our members submitted a record number of works and over 270 have been hung and are on display together with mounted unframed paintings, drawings and prints and an excellent selection of artist made cards.

You can also see on this site a selection of 120 images of the works.  Go to 2016 Exhibition Images.

The RWA is now accepting artist’s submissions for the 164 Annual Open Exhibition. Continue reading RWA 2016 →

Blandford Art Society have kindly invited BAS members to submit work for their annual exhibition.  To see further details  see here 2016 Open Ex Submission details rev180516  and for an application form click here.2016 Open Ex Submission details rev180516

Gwen Yarker, Inquisitive Eyes: Slade Painters in Edwardian Wessex, Talk for the Bruton Art Society at the Shambles, Market House, Castle Cary, 19 April. Continue reading Gwen Yarker, Inquisitive Eyes: Slade Painters in Edwardian Wessex, →

The Easter school holidays offered an opportunity for Marie-Hélène and I to introduce Amelia, our 5 year old daughter and budding artist, to the Impressionists. Continue reading An Easter Break with the Impressionists. Fletcher Robinson →

Lecture Reminder; Tuesday 19^th April 2016, 2.00 for 2.30 p.m.
The Market House, Lower Woodcock Street, Castle Cary, BA7 7BH

‘Inquisitive Eyes: Slade Painters in Edwardian Wessex’ by Gwen Yarker

Continue reading Next Lecture. BAS ‘Inquisitive Eyes: Slade Painters in Edwardian Wessex’ by Gwen Yarker →

RICHARD CONSTABLE

Richard Constable, who died in September, was a great-great-grandson of John Constable. Continue reading Death of Richard Constable, Vice President of BAS →