Annual Exhibition 2024

2nd September - 14th September

in 2024 our exhibition took place in The Creative Wellness Centre on the Piazza in Huddersfield Town Centre. We had 46 artists exhibiting over 160 pieces of work including a large range of styles in genres of landscapes, seascapes, portrait and figurative work, abstracts, nature, urban, and still life.
 
The formal opening event took place on Sunday 1st September, when awards were presented (see below), and a number of artists talked about their journey as artists, and the inspiration behind the work they had on display in the exhibition.  On the 7th September there was 3 artists demonstrating painting the portrait of a live sitter in 3 different styles / media.

Each day we opened was managed by members of the society, with 3 acting as stewards, meeting and greeting visitors, and answering questions about the society. We are really proud, once again, to have organised and curated ourselves such a wonderful exhibition demonstrating the breadth and depth of skill and creativity across the whole society.

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Members Annabel Maamoun, Louise Heptonstall, Karen Whitwham, Gillian Freear and Ros Fraser-Johnson talked about the paintings they were exhibiting: what inspired them, their artist process in creating them and a little about their artistic journey to date. Their work covered still life, portraits, abstract and landscape.

This Year's Award Winners

Many thanks to Stuart Hoyle of Calder Graphics and Joanne Kitson, artist, for being our selectors this year.

​Selector's Award for Very Good Depiction of Light and / or Contrast.
'View Over Holme Valley'
by
​Ron Etherington

​Selector's Award for Very Good Depiction of Texture or Detail

'Plocton Wood'
by
Ros Fraser-Johnson

Selector's Award for Very Good Use of
Composition

'Lighthouse'
by 
Kathryn Atkinson

Selector's  Award for Innovative or Interesting Use of Colour, Mark Making, Materials or Technique

'Heading to Holme'
by
Jane Hayes

​Public Vote Award

'The Stillness'
by
Stephen Asquith