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Exhibition Screens for Hire
Are you interested in hiring display screens for an exhibition? CDS has 50 exhibition screens available for hire throughout the year. The fabric covered screens measure 6 feet x 4 feet (180cm x 120cm) and are provided with hanging strings and hooks. They can be…
Royal Institute of Oil Painters Annual Exhibition
CDS member Craig Allan Lee ARSMA has been selected to take part in the Royal Institute of Oil Painters’ Annual Exhibition at the Mall Galleries. The exhibition runs from 28 November – 14 December 2024 at the Mall Galleries, London SW1Y 5AS. The works in…
SketchTogether – Museum of Classical Archeology
Nine CDS members or friends sketched at the Museum of Classical Archaeology on Saturday 16 November. The museum is full of Greek and Roman plaster casts from 1700 BCE to 400 CE. It was such a lovely place to draw most of the group wanted…
British Art Prize 2024
CDS member Shirley Spottiswoode has had her work selected to be exhibited as part of the British Art Prize 2024, run in association with Artists & Illustrators magazine. Her reduction linocut Geese Flying over Dungeness is one of 50 works selected from the thousands which…
Exhibitions Featuring CDS Members in Ely
There are currently two exhibitions in Ely featuring CDS members. The Isle of Ely Art Society are exhibiting at the Babylon Gallery, Waterside, Ely from 6 November to 1 December. The artists exhibiting include Barbara Harlow, Barbara Hope, Rosemary Scott, Angela Cookney, Penny Newman and…
CDS Autumn Exhibition – Public Vote Winners
The results are now in for the public vote for most popular painting in the CDS Autumn Exhibition. In first place is John Glover’s painting ‘Colin’s Shed’ (pictured above). Second place goes to Rob Ellis with ‘Man in a Jumper’ and in third place Ann…
Mixed Media Landscape Workshop with Alice Thomson
Only One Space Left A CDS workshop led by Alice Thomson on Saturday 30th November at Grantchester Village Hall, from 9:30am-4:30pm. In this workshop you’ll be working from photos of a range of landscape images, experiment with a range of media including collage, ink, pastel paints and…
International Original Print Exhibition
CDS member Iona Howard’s print Harvest, Fen Edge has been selected to be part of this year’s International Original Print Exhibition, run by the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers. The Exhibition will run from 7-17 November 2024 at Bankside Gallery, 48 Hopton St, London, SE1 9JB….
American Society of Marine Artists Online Exhibition
CDS member Paul Rodhouse is among the artists who have been selected to take part in the American Society of Marine Artists’ Annual Awards Online Exhibition. The exhibition, including Paul’s painting – Drygalski Fjord, sub-Antarctic Island South Georgia, is available to view online at: www.americansocietyofmarineartists.com/asma-awards-show…