Return to Exhibitions
2017 Annual Exhibition
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Wokingham Art Society Return to Exhibitions 2017 Annual Exhibition |
62nd Annual Summer
Exhibition and Sale
Paintings,
ceramics, glass and jewellery by about 100 local artists.
Click or scroll for Prizes and Awards
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2017 Exhibition was open to the public from Saturday 22nd July to Saturday 5th August 2017 10:00 to 17:30 (20:00 Thursdays) St Paul's Parish Rooms, Reading Road, Wokingham, Berkshire, UK, RG41 1EH Admission free. Free car parking. Disabled access. Refreshments available. |
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Exhibiting (full) members
returned entry paperwork by 13th June 2017 and handed their work in between 13:30 - 16:00, Friday 21 July 2017. After a Members Only Preview, (open only to Members of the Society and their partners) there was an invitation-only Preview Evening on Friday, 21 July 2017 during which the Exhibition was formally opened by Dominique Paradis, CEO of Daler Rowney We also welcomed Our President, Paul Banning, RI RSMA Peter Fagan, with Patrick and Elizabeth Bjorn Schalberg, Mkting Mgr, Daler Rowney Peter Lucey, Wokingham Town Mayor, The Rev. Richard Lamey, St. Paul's Church Françoise Walravens (a well known art critic in Belgium and France) Caroline Skeates (Head of Art at The Holt School, Wokingham) Mrs Sue Nike |
| Collection of unsold work: Saturday 5 August, 5:30 to 6pm | |
There is always demand for the "Kiddies
Corner" |
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| Prizes and Awards (click
winners for bigger pictures) More pix below |
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| Best in Show Award Hilary Dancer "Love London"  |
Sandra Fagan Award for Best
Watercolour Nanda Ganesh "Tales & Storeys"  . |
The Paul Banning Award for Drawing Nikki Carr "Listening"  |
Ray Mills Award for Best in Other
Media Kai Choi "Sea Breeze"  |
Ceramics Shield(Best 3-Dimensional
work) Sarah Abell "Crackle-Glazed Pot"  |
| President's Cup for
Services to the Society: Rebecca Johnson & Brian Mann |
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| In addition Daler Rowney
CEO, M.Dominique Paradis presented 4 Daler Rowney Award Certificates to the 4 Painting Winners, Hilary, Nanda, Nikki & Kai, allowing each of them to be resident at the Daler Rowney Factory for a week, watch the factory processes, have access to all materials, and experiment, learn and use any equipment or materials they want. What a wonderful opportunity! |
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Rebecca Johnson
accepting President's cup from the Mayor |
Dominique Paradis opening the
Exhibition |
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Hilary Dancer accepting
Best in Show award from Bjorn Schalberg |
Our Judges, Francoise Walravens
(left) and Caroline Skeates |
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Nikki Carr accepting the
Drawing Award from Paul Banning |
Sarah Abell accepting the Ceramics
(3D) shield from Sue Nike |
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The Society's
Awards |
Paul and Glynis relaxing before the
"off" |
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artists. The site is maintained by Sam Dauncey |