Hi Everyone, Hope you all have had a happy and enjoyable Christmas, and Santa brought you lots of presents. By way of a reminder TPG resumes on Thursday 8th January 2026. I have just received an email from Catherine Cook, Freedom Through Expression Gallery, confirming the dates for TPG's forthcoming Exhibition which is being held in Tom Yendell's Gallery in 2026. The Exhibition will run for the whole of April as previously advised by Catherine. The Gallery's staff will be in

Hello fellow Artists, You know that feeling – desperate to paint/draw something, brush/pencil/pastel in hand, paper/canvas at the ready, and you think, what the heck do I want to depict? Where can I find a decent reference? I can’t just use any old photo from a book/magazine or the Internet. I am not sure I fully understand copyright laws, which seem to be a minefield. Neither would I want to use someone else’s creation of their photographic art without permission. It is a

Cerys Jones, a society member, is running a collage workshop at Chawton House next month. https://chawtonhouse.org/whats-on/collage-workshop  for more details and booking information. If you have any questions please contact Chawton House

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All workshops are held in Four Marks Village Hall, Lymington Bottom Road from 10am - 4pm Saturday 18th April 2026 Kim Page Watercolour Dry Brush Techniques Saturday 12th September 2026 Jean Turton Chinese Brush

First Jenny Kennish 'My Mum's Kitchen' Second Ellen Ging 'The Fury' Third John Holden 'Meerkat' The public voted enthusiastically for their favourite painting at the AAS October 2025 Exhibition. A wide range of pictures and artists were voted for but the winners were Jenny Kennish, Ellen Ging and John Holden who received their awards at the November demonstration in the Alton Assembly Rooms.

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The last session will be 11th December and restarting on 8th January

Firstly, I wanted to introduce myself to you as the new Chair of the Alton Art Society. My name is Kate Davis, and I have been a member...

The TPG are back at the Allen Gallery with an exhibition which runs from Saturday 8th February to Sunday 23rd February, called "Inspired...

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Hi Everybody, Haven’t sent out an update for a couple of months and haven’t seen some of you for a while so thought it time to do one. ...

Hi All, Where does the time go, it’s May already. Our Inspired on Thursdays Exhibition seems ages ago now. I was talking to Nancy at...

Alton Art Society were involved in 3 activities during the first Arts Festival to be held in Alton.

The AGM this year is to be held in the evening at Goldfinch Books on Thursday 23rd May from 7pm – 9pm. It will still be light when the...

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The TPG are back at the Allen Gallery with an exhibition which runs from Saturday 13th to Sunday 28th January, called "Inspired on...

Hi All, Only seven weeks until Christmas – where has the year gone! Still we have five TPG sessions left before we break for Christmas...

The Alton Art Society had a very successful opening of their Annual Exhibition on Friday 6th October by The Mayor of Alton, Cllr. Ben...

Hi all, Can’t believe we are into October already. Summer seems to have gone already, well it never really arrived this year actually....