Download a copy of the 2025 programme HERE
When further information is available the event headings below are coloured red. Click on the heading for the latest information.
Saturday 5 April 12 noon
AGM
Please come along to Elect
your Committee, examine the
accounts and have your say on
the direction and future of the
Society
Monday 14 –
Saturday 19 April
SPRING EXHIBITION
Taunton Library
Time to show your new works.
Deliver art and hanging 14
April, 8.30am. Collect unsold
work: Saturday 19 April
between 3 – 4pm.
Stewards required.
Monday 2 – 23 June
SUMMER EXHIBITION AT THE BREWHOUSE THEATRE, TAUNTON
Our 3rd year of exhibiting at this popular gallery.
An ideal opportunity to promote both yourself and the
Chandos Society of Artists.
Deliver art for hanging on the 9 June from 10am – 11am
Collect unsold works 30 June from 10am – 11am
Stewards required.
TBC May
EN PLEIN AIR – BURNHAM ON SEA
Visit to Burnham on Sea and
it’s interesting coastal area. An
opportunity to capture an image for
the on-line challenge (May June)
and/or produce an item for the En
Plein Air exhibition later in the year.
Car sharing available.
Wednesday 14 May
COFFEE AND CLAY MORNING AT
THE BRICK AND TILE MUSEUM,
BRIDGWATER
A fun day with fellow artists. Tour of
the Museum, time for drawing and
painting, Refreshments included.
11am – 2pm Members £10
Sunday 3 August
EN PLEIN AIR – MONTACUTE
Montacute House is a masterpiece
of Elizabethan Renaissance
architecture with it’s surrounding
gardens as well as Montacute Village
which offers fine opportunities for
the artist. Why not capture an image
for the on-line challenge (May June)
and produce an item for the En Plein
Air exhibition later in the year.
Car sharing available.
National Trust charges may apply if
visiting Montacute House.
Tuesday 3 June 7 – 9pm
MEET THE ARTISTS
Brewhouse Theatre and Art Gallery
A popular event to meet members
and view their new works You
are welcome to bring guests.
Refreshments will be available.
Monday 3 – 29 Nov
EN PLEIN AIR EXHIBITION *
Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre
An exhibition of work from our
painting day venues in Somerset,
and other locations which inspired
outdoor painting in the past year.
Deliver art and hanging 3 Nov
8.30am. Collect unsold work:
Saturday 29 Nov between 3 – 4pm.
Stewards required.
Tuesday 4 Nov 7 – 9pm
MEET THE ARTISTS
Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre
A popular event to meet members
and view their new works.
*En Plein Air
The Society is keen to encourage
members to paint outdoors. We have
organised painting days which you
are welcome to join, or choose to go
when it’s more convenient to you.
This year we are broadening the
scope to allow you to paint outdoors
in a place of your choice.
We are also hoping to organise a
Demonstration / Workshop in the
Spring to help the inexperienced
(details to follow).
Work submitted for the exhibition
should be:
completed on site or derived from
preliminary work done outdoors,
during 2025.
2025 ON-LINE CHALLENGES
Every two months there is a
Membership On-line Challenge
with an opportunity to win a
cash prize. To enter and vote
for your favourite entry log on
to chandosartistssociety.uk/
onlinechallenge
Jan/Feb
REFLECTION(S)
Light thrown back by an object
or surface, mirror, water, glass,
metal etc …. or deep thought.
Mar/Apr
SOMETHING WILD
Your choice, wild animals, wild
flowers, vegetation, foraging,
stormy weather, untamed
landscape etc.
May/Jun
COASTAL/MARINE
Coastal landscapes, seascapes,
harbours, beaches, boats, sea
life.
Jul/Aug
HERITAGE/NOTHING LASTS
FOREVER
Things with history – in whatever
state of preservation you
choose. historic buildings, ruins,
broken objects, worn-out stuff,
momento mori.
Sep/Oct
SKY
Use the sky as your main subject,
clouds, atmosphere, weather,
sunrise, sunset, nocturne.
Nov/Dec
INTERIOR SCENE, STILL LIFE or
LIFE DRAWING
Work from direct observation
All Somerset Artists are invited to join society members during the summer to capture the beauty and colour of Somerset. Three beautiful and challenging locations have been selected: Historic Town of Axbridge, National Trust’s Tyntesfield and Somerset’s county town Taunton.
Registration fee is only £5 and this includes hanging fees for two pictures in the November En Plein Air Exhibition at Bridgwater Arts Centre.
All Somerset artists in all mediums, from amatuers to professionals are invited.
You can join fellow members on the days above or choose when it is more convenient for you to visit the locations and complete your artwork.
The exhibition will be widely publicised both via the press and online giving your art maximum local exposure.