For all artists and art lovers

Monthly Programme 2025/26

Dunchurch Village Hall: 7.30pm – 9.30pm on the first Wednesday of each month. Guests welcome.

January 5th 2022

Geoff Tristram

A lifetime watching paint dry

A man of many talents, including serious painting, illustration, cartoons & comic writing, Geoff is just the person to start our New Year off with an artistic smile.

February 2nd 2022

Members’ advice evening

Bring in your problem artworks for appraisal and comment from our helpful panel.

March 2nd 2022

Penny German ARBSA

Still-life and more

A Northamptonshire painter specialising in working from life and the effects o flight. Her work is often seen in ‘The Artist’ magazine and various London galleries.

April 6th 2022

Rob Braybrooks

Birchwood monochromes

Delicate hand-cut birch reliefs inspired by flora and fauna found in natural and urban Cornish landscapes. Silhouette sophistication from a West Country master craftsman.

May 4th 2022

Gemma Whitford

Natural lines

Returning to art after many years, local girl Gemma, (1st class Honours Fine Art), produces incredibly delicately drawn and gently coloured images of plants, small animals and insects.

June 1st 2022

Adam Ogelsby

Something out of the ordinary

Precise and intricate fantasy architectural models in card, finely detailed imaginary peopled scenes, complex continuous line drawings directly from life - and more.

July 6th 2022

John Watson

Frogmore paper mill

Did you know that the world’s oldest mechanical paper mill is still working near Hemel Hempstead? Former manager John will take us on an illustrated tour and enthuse over its products.

August 3rd 2022

Communal Art

Members’ fun evening. Details later.

September 7th 2022

Annual General Meeting

Review of another year plus Marion Richards: Art Detective – tracing lost works of art.

October 5th 2022

Sara Penrose

Artist & Engineer

An interactive evening in which noted local painter Sara describes and illustrates the links and influences between these two apparently different disciplines.

November 2nd 2022

Jody O’Reilly

All sorts of Printmaking

Jody doesn’t need a studio for hand-printing – she often works on her kitchen table. Inspired by what she sees around her, the results are stunning.

December 7th 2022

Annual Awards Presentations

by an invited notable, followed by our Mystery Guest Speaker on an unusual topic, plus a festive feast.

3rd September 2025

AGM - Jamie Gray Photographer

1st October 2025

Mark Curtis Hughes

Paper cut Artist, draws with a scalpel.

5th November 2025

Jennie Fletcher

Oil Painter - Contemporary paintings in oil and wax medium.

3rd December 2025

Surprise Guest

7th January 2026

Belinda Edwards Ceramics

Slab built ceramics inspired by patterns in nature

4th Febraury 2026

Crit Evening

4th March 2026

Matt Waruszynski

Portrait Artist

1st April 2026

Michala Gyetvai

Artist, Poet and thread lover from Warwickshire

6th May 2026

Sarah Miles

Wildlife Artist

10th June 2026

Darren Awang

Illustrative Watercolours picking up where he left it in June 2025.

1st July 2026

TBA

5th August 2026

Activity Evening