Below: Exton Hall, Exton, Rutland. Watercolour by the late Trevor Brown. (Reproduced by permission of the Rt.Hon.the Viscount and Lady Campden).
Below: A Monday morning session in full swing.. Generally we get around a dozen attending each week.
Below: art group demonstration sessions, with top local artist Peter Barker (oils demonstration in 2018, and again with oils in 2024)
Below: A Monday morning session in full swing.. Generally we get around a dozen attending each week.
Below: art group demonstration sessions, with top local artist Peter Barker (oils demonstration in 2018, and again with oils in 2024)
Our Calendar & Other News
Over recent years we have produced Calendars of artworks which represent seasonal aspects of Rutland, submitted by our members and then selected in a Members’ poll. The 2026 calendar again comprises 13 artworks (chosen by members from within the Calendars Section), in a month order decided by a working group, the poll having been held in July. GP Print of Peterborough do an excellent job producing our calendars in hard copy. They go on sale from late summer at Walkers Bookshop, 27 High Street, Oakham, priced around £8 and a selection of our art greetings cards are also on sale there at about £1.50. (A photo of Walkers store in the High Street appears in the Cards section above).
The calendars section at the enormous Gates Garden Centre on the Cold Overton Road out of Oakham, with typically over 100 different calendars, also stock ours. The style of presentation in our Calendars includes on each month's sheet a small banner advert of a local enterprise in Rutland who sponsor a month.
Recent Exhibitions
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Our Spring Exhibition at Stamford Arts Centre featuring nearly 90 artworks by 12 of our members was from May 13th till the 24th, 2025, 09.00 till 17.00 Mon -Sat, where the foyer cafe opens around 9 and occasional evening events also have the gallery open. Over the nearly two weeks, 12 paintings found buyers which was the best result for some years, helped by fine weather and extended advertising around the villages.
On Monday 31st March 2025 we had local professional artist Andrew Naylor to run another of her Pastels Workshops (subsidised entry £5 to members or guests). In our two hours in the Bowling Club we worked on a head and shoulders of a Brown Hare, much enjoyed by our 12 participants.
Our Autumn Exhibition Sep 30th to Oct 5th 2024 was held in the Victoria Hall in Oakham High Street when three artworks were sold during a period of rather low footfall.
In the late summer of 2025 we plan to invite a local Watercolourist to provide another Workshop for one of our art sessions.
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Older items:-
Peter Barker RSMA gave another Demonstration at our art session on Monday 15th April 2024 and demonstrated in oils his incredible expertise, this time a sunny country lane summer scene in the Stamford area (photo below left). Guests were welcomed at £3 each.
Our 2023 exhibition in Stamford Arts Centre’s main gallery was held for two weeks in July when we displayed 109 artworks by 19 of our then 23 members. This is our premier venue for displaying our members’ works and usually attracts the largest footfall, however as the centre’s cafe was still closed at that time, footfall and therefore sales were well down on previous exhibitions there.
Over recent years we have produced Calendars of artworks which represent seasonal aspects of Rutland, submitted by our members and then selected in a Members’ poll. The 2026 calendar again comprises 13 artworks (chosen by members from within the Calendars Section), in a month order decided by a working group, the poll having been held in July. GP Print of Peterborough do an excellent job producing our calendars in hard copy. They go on sale from late summer at Walkers Bookshop, 27 High Street, Oakham, priced around £8 and a selection of our art greetings cards are also on sale there at about £1.50. (A photo of Walkers store in the High Street appears in the Cards section above).
The calendars section at the enormous Gates Garden Centre on the Cold Overton Road out of Oakham, with typically over 100 different calendars, also stock ours. The style of presentation in our Calendars includes on each month's sheet a small banner advert of a local enterprise in Rutland who sponsor a month.
Recent Exhibitions
-
Our Spring Exhibition at Stamford Arts Centre featuring nearly 90 artworks by 12 of our members was from May 13th till the 24th, 2025, 09.00 till 17.00 Mon -Sat, where the foyer cafe opens around 9 and occasional evening events also have the gallery open. Over the nearly two weeks, 12 paintings found buyers which was the best result for some years, helped by fine weather and extended advertising around the villages.
On Monday 31st March 2025 we had local professional artist Andrew Naylor to run another of her Pastels Workshops (subsidised entry £5 to members or guests). In our two hours in the Bowling Club we worked on a head and shoulders of a Brown Hare, much enjoyed by our 12 participants.
Our Autumn Exhibition Sep 30th to Oct 5th 2024 was held in the Victoria Hall in Oakham High Street when three artworks were sold during a period of rather low footfall.
In the late summer of 2025 we plan to invite a local Watercolourist to provide another Workshop for one of our art sessions.
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Older items:-
Peter Barker RSMA gave another Demonstration at our art session on Monday 15th April 2024 and demonstrated in oils his incredible expertise, this time a sunny country lane summer scene in the Stamford area (photo below left). Guests were welcomed at £3 each.
Our 2023 exhibition in Stamford Arts Centre’s main gallery was held for two weeks in July when we displayed 109 artworks by 19 of our then 23 members. This is our premier venue for displaying our members’ works and usually attracts the largest footfall, however as the centre’s cafe was still closed at that time, footfall and therefore sales were well down on previous exhibitions there.