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For more detail see -
Past Demonstrations - Newsletters - AGM Minutes - Stories
A "Wokingham and District Arts Group" was originally formed in 1956 when Mrs Jean Whitford and a group of local artists obtained permission to hold an open air exhibition in the forecourt of Montague House, Broad Street, Wokingham. This event was enthusiastically embraced by the public and was a tremendous success.

The group changed its name to the Wokingham Art Society at the end of 2008 and now boasts a membership of well over 200.		 pp0de3982c.jpg
Follow this link for an interesting article about our President, Paul Banning, written by his wife, Margaret.
and this one for an intriguing suggestion by Maddy Hawes and the first two stories.

Past Demonstrations
Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. Scott Adams

The monthly demonstrations are an invaluable aid to progressing your own work as there is always something new to learn. So, for those that couldn't make it to the demo, and as a refresher for those that did, we will be archiving them from this page (early ones are PDF files). Unless I happen to be there, however, this will only happen if someone sends them to me. How to submit photos
2010  
June Jake Winkle, Dinan, 15 June 2010
May Deborah Vallance, Paper Batik, 18 May 2010
April John Heywood, acrylic landscape, 20 April 2010
March Martin Smith, "Art of Oak", 16 March 2010
February Paul Banning - President's Evening, 16 February 2010
January 2010 Charles Evans, Watercolours, 19 January 2010
2009  
December Robin Mackervoy: Still Life in oils, 15 December 2009
November Paul Howard: Inktense pencils, 17 November 2009
October Freda Anderson Watercolour portrait, 20 October 2009
September Roger Dellar Gouache, 15 September 2009
August Dee Cowell: Pastel still life, 11 August 2009
June Heather Jolliffe: Watercolour and watercolour pencils, 16 June 2009
May Aurora Spain: Atelier Acrylics, 19 May 2009
April Jake Winkle - Watercolour horses, 21 April 2009
March Paul Arnott - Computer Art, 17 March 2009
February Paul Banning - Watercolour Landscape, 17 Feb 2009
January 2009 Stephen Foster - Knife/acrylic landscape
2008  
December Danny Byrne - Cartoons
November Jean Turton - Chinese Brush. See write-up of similar demo
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October (AGM) and M Smith - Art Appreciation
September R. Miller - Watercolour
August Wendy Jelbert: Mixed Media
June Russ Calver: Pastel Portrait
May Ron Ripley: Seascape in watercolour (PDF)
April John Davis: Landscape in Oils (PDF)
March Jonathan Newey (PDF)
February 2008 Presidents Evening Paul Banning (PDF)
2007  
December Sharon Hurst: Fantasy Watercolours (PDF)
November David Hyde - Acrylics & Landscape
January 2007 Charles Evans demo

The entrances to the loos at the Cesar Manrique Cactus Park in Lanzarote are nothing whatsoever to do with the WASoc - but they appealed to me (Webmaster).
The "Life Class" photo below appeared in the archives but I've found no record of any meeting at which it might have been taken. (Sam Dauncey)
Life Class

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This document is maintained by Sam Dauncey