Next Meeting - Tuesday 25th February
Great Turnout for 1st Crit Night 2025
Artitst Hayley Whittingham hosted our first Crit Night on Tues 28th Jan.
The evening was a big success with a large number of members bringing along one or two pieces of art for criticism in a variety of subject matter.
A huge thanks goes out to Hayley for her insightful comments delivered in a professional manner which were enlightening for everyone.
The winner of the Annual Exhibition Poster picture was also chosen on the night
from 6 pieces selected by Hayley Whittingham. The final winning choice
was voted for by all members attending the meeting.
The winning artist was Carol Carden (pictured below left) with her painting of Poppies.
Images below: Ieft: Carol and Husna with the winning painting, right: Hayley Whittingham begins the crit night,
bottom right: great turn out of members for first meeting 2025.
Exhibition Change at
Dower House
Corstorphine
You can now visit the Dower House and view the clubs new exhibition over a lovely cup of coffee, a sandwich or a cake, in the comfort of the cafe (which are all for sale). Our exhibition is in the Davis Room upstairs in the Dower House. This exhibition was refreshed with new paintings in November, so please go along and take a look.
Something Different to End CAG's 2024 Meetings
Our guest artist was Janet McCrorie who rather than give a talk about her art, she had the audience trying different techniques to introduce movement into their own work.
The evening was a huge success with a large turnout of members who seemed to enjoy the exercises and seeing the very different results that we all came up with.
A huge thanks goes out to Janet for a great fun, relaxing and insightful night.
We may have to try something similar again!
Images below: Janet and her artwork, the meeting in action and some of the quick action sketches.
New members welcome
(see below for further information about the group, and past meetings)
Annual General Meeting 29th October
Another successful AGM was held on 29th October which many members attended. Husna Hussain (Chair) gave a summary of the club's year, followed by reports from the Treasurer and Membership Secretary (Anne Henderson), Exhibition Organiser (Soraya Young) and Syllabus Organiser (Katherine Awramenko).
Douglas Ramsay (ex Chair of the Corstorphine Trust) presented the winners of the club trophies as voted by visitors at the Exhibition, followed by tea, cake and chat.
Belle Kilgour Memorial Trophy
for Best in Show
'North Sea Storm' by Anne Henderson
Earle Douglas Award
for Outstanding Merit
'Crail Boats' by Carol Carden
Exhibition 2024
We held a successful exhibition at the end of July where we sold 55 paintings, along with over 80 original greeting cards. Visitor numbers were also up on last year so thanks to everyone who helped organise the exhibition, all the members who submitted paintings and all our visitors many of whom purchased original works of art.
Below are some photos from the Exhibition:
'Medusa'
by Joanna Westwater
Corstorphine Dower House Exhibition
Another exhibition we have running at the moment is in the Corstorphine Dower House cafe where you can also get a lovely cup of coffee in comfort while you check out our paintings (which are all for sale). Our exhibition is in the Davis Room upstairs in the Dower House.
This exhibition was refreshed with new paintings in Novemver, so please make sure to visit it again.
We meet in St Ninian's Church Hall, entry from the car park at the rear of the church, off St Ninian's Road, EH12 8AP on the last Tuesday of the month. Our meetings start at 7pm with a practical demonstration, each topic planned to show the use of a variety of techniques and using different media by an accomplished artist. On two meetings per syllabus, members can bring one or two paintings, either part or fully completed, for a critical assessment by a professional artist. Advice will be given on mounting, framing and overall presentation. These evenings are very popular and are very informative for all present. Also, on one of these evenings, our members choose the Poster painting for the Annual Exhibition. Visitors are welcome for a fee of £5.
Corstorphine Art Club Meetings
contact Club Secretary, Paul Clews corstorphineartgroup@gmail.com
or Club Treasurer, Anne Henderson thehendersons@gmail.com
