Past events
The group began after Christopher Marriott asked if anyone might like an art group in Ruddington. The first meeting to set up the society was in The Framebreakers pub on 7th November 2019.
1. 27thNovember 2019, art displayed at The Black Cat café in Ruddington.
2. 10thDecember, 2019 members social at St Peter’s Rooms in Ruddington.
3. 14thJanuary 2020, Watercolours, Peter Johnson-Marshall,St Peter’s rooms.
4. 12thFebruary 2020, acrylic painting “Into the Woods” by Debra Webster
5. 11thMarch 2020, “Unlocking Creativity” Ken Marsden at The Next Episode.
6. Thursday 19thMarch, Meetings cancelled due to COVID Lockdown
7. Lockdown art competition during summer 2020
8. Sunday 9thAugust 2020, plein air painting in Rushcliffe Country Park
9. Tuesday 6thOctober 2020, 2021 calendars delivered
10. Wednesday 7thOctober 2020, Watercolour session at The Next Episode
11. Wednesday 9thJune 2021 Committee Meeting
12. Thursday 1stJuly 2021 'Perspective' at The Next Episode
13. Thursday 15thJuly 2021, Nottingham Castle visit
14. 2ndSeptember 2021, Perspective (2) Chris Marriott, at Mascari Kitchens
15. Friday 10thSeptember 2021, Ruddington Makers Night , St Peter’s church
16. 7thOctober 2021, Martin Basson, Wildlife photographer, Mascari Kitchens
17. 4thNovember 2021,“Interior Design and Art” by Ren Mascari
18. 2nd December 2021 Christmas social at the Next Episode
19. 3rd February 2022 Portraits with Paul Lillie, Framework Knitters museum
20. Thursday 3rd March 2022 Art in Prehistory talk by David Osborne
21. Thursday 7th April, Pastels with David Green
22. World Art Day 15th April. Framework Knitters Museum
23. Thursday 5th May, Hare Sculpture
24. Saturday 7th May, art exhibition in the Framework Knitters Museum
25. Thursday 9th June 2022 Fox clay sculpture
26. Thursday 7th July 2022 Still Life/Negative Space with Helena Tyce
27. Thursday 4th August, colour theory and techniques
28. Landscape painting with Paul Lillie
29. RACS exhibition opening night drinks on 3rd September
30. Thursday 6th October 2022, Abstarct painting with Phil Hall
31. Thursday 3rd Nov 2022 - Buildings a guide to perspective drawing.
32. 5th November White Horse craft market
33. January 11th to February 8th 2023 QMC Exhibition, gallery on D floor
34. February 2nd. Landscape painting with Shelley Munn
35. March 2nd Squirrel sculpting in air dried clay with Christopher M.
36. April 6th Puffin in watercolour with Lynda Mayfield
37. 4th May Watercolour buidlings in pen and ink withHelen Woodford
38. 1st June Geli plate printing with Faye
39. 6th July Life Drawing with Helena Tyce
40. August session with Chris Marriott, colour theory on buildings
41. September Screen printing with Claire Goldthorpe
42. October 2023 watercolour flowers with Lynda Mayfield
43. Wire fish sculpture with Christopher M. November 2023
44. Christmas gnomes with Chris 7/12/23
45. January 2024 AGM St Peters rooms
46. 1st Feb 2024 Gelli plate printing
47. Tissage with Sally Ann Bracket
48. April 2024 Drawing animals with Helen Nowell
49. May 2024 Clay cow sculpture with Chris
50. 6th June Portraits with Paul Lillie
51. July 4th painting boats with Peter JM
52. August wax resist turtle with Janet
53. Septemer - abstract art with Ren
54. October - sea colour mixing with Debsta
November exhibition at the Esther Ashkenazi gallery at the QMC
55. Xmas cards, screen printing with Claire
56. Using oil paints with Tim O'Brien
2025