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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.
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
TBC May/June
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.
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 2 June from 10am – 11am
Collect unsold works 23 June from 10am – 11am
Stewards required.
Tuesday 3 June 6 – 8pm
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.
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 4 Nov – Mon 5 Jan 2026
EN PLEIN AIR EXHIBITION *
Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre, Monkton Heathfield
An exhibition of work from our
painting day venues in Somerset,
and other locations which inspired you to paint or sketch outdoors in the past year.
Deliver art and hanging: TBC. Collect unsold work: 5 Jan, time TBC.
TBC Nov
MEET THE ARTISTS
Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre
A popular event to meet members
and view their new works.
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
*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 also allow you to paint outdoors
in a place(s) 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.