The Society of Women Artists
155th Annual Exhibition at Mall Galleries, London SW1
I am delighted to have two paintings hanging and for sale in this wonderful Exhibition, Please come along and visit the exhibition at the Mall Galleries, London, SW1.
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EXHIBITION DATES
Private
View 10 am – 8 pm Wednesday 27 July
HRH
Princess Michael of Kent SWA Patron will present the Awards.
Daphne
Todd OBE PPRP HSWA opens Exhibition at 11.30am
Open
to the Public Thursday 28 July – Sunday 7 August 10am – 5pm daily (closing 3pm final day)
Special
Charity Evening Tuesday 26 July 6.30 – 8.30pm
Guest
of Honour Dame Zandra Rhodes
Invitations
for Breast Cancer Now Champagne Reception are available from sue@jelleys.co.uk for free admission.
Sue
Jelley, President SWA
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The SWA will
be staging their Annual Open Exhibition commencing with a Private View on
Wednesday 27 July when HRH Princess Michael of Kent will be presenting the
Awards. Daphne Todd OBE PPRP and an Honorary SWA , the
renowned Portraitist who won the first BP Portrait Award at the National
Portrait Gallery, will be opening the
show. We have 140 members most of
whom are professional artists who will be showcasing their work together with
that of our new Young Artists. Our
Summer Show is an Open Exhibition and we are thrilled that each year we are
able to feature talented non-member artists who, hopefully, will in time,
become Members of the SWA and therefore secure the future of the Society’s
importance in the art world.
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"GRAFFITI GIRL"
special thanks to Gunnar Salvarsson for the use of his photo |
Diversity is
our strength and in 2016 our exhibitors have provided an eclectic range of
works that will not only entertain but provide debate. Joanne Powell’s Landscape quietly and simply
reminds us of how beautiful the world can be whilst Christine Southworth’s
‘Dangerous Games’ reminds us of the horrors of war. Rebecca Fontaine Wolf’s ‘Eternal Occurrence’
is a powerful portrayal of a mother’s love for her child but with the emphasis
on the mother’s unfulfilled desires passed on to her child who then becomes
part of the cycle.
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SPECIAL PRIVATE
VIEW IN COLLABORATION WITH
‘BREAST CANCER NOW’ CHARITY.
Ten members have very kindly donated a piece of
work to be auctioned at the Champagne Reception on Tuesday 26 July
6.30 – 8.30 when Dame Zandra Rhodes will be our Guest of Honour. The proceeds of the auction will go to this
worthwhile charity. Re-named BREAST CANCER NOW their aim is to wipe out
this disease by 2050 and with recent good news they will now fulfil their
promise. The Special Invite for 2016 is available from President Sue Jelley on
sue@jelleys.co.uk
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THE FEDERATION OF
BRITISH ARTISTS DEBATEHOSTED BY MALL GALLERIES SW1
Mall Galleries are hosting a talk/discussion Wednesday 3rd
August at 2.30 and President of the SWA Sue Jelley will
be part of a panel who will debate ‘Women Only – is there now a growing trend
for more Women’s Exhibitions and Awards’ ?
We have all been asked about ‘The relevance of a Women’s Society today.’
Well, as far as we are concerned we are
a modern tradition and are proud to celebrate the work of female artists past
and present. Our aims to encourage and
nurture tomorrow’s artists is of paramount importance to us and since we are
now probably more popular as a society than we have ever been why not carry on
with our plans for the future?.
On the Panel with Sue
will be Eliza Gluckman MA (RCA) Curator, New Hall Art Collection, Murray
Edwards College, Cambridge University and Melissa Cassoff of Freelands
Foundation. Media Executive,
philanthropist and Tate trustee Elisabeth Murdoch has launched a £100,000
annual prize to give female artists a mid-career boost. This initiative embraces artists that other
awards overlook. Called the Freelands
Artist Award after Murdoch’s London-based arts education foundation.
GETTING THERE Tube Gants Hill Underground Station (Central Line). 5 minutes walk. Rail Ilford National Rail, direct line from Liverpool Street Station. Bus Take bus routes 396, 128, 179, 123, 296, 167 from Gants Hill Underground Station and 128, 296, 150, 396, 167 from Ilford National Rail to stop ‘Valentines Mansion and Park’. Cycle Cycle to the mansion through Valentines Park. Cycle racks are provided at the mansion. Road Easily accessible from the A406 (junction for A12) and the M25 (junction 27 for M11, and follow on to the A406 East). Car parking is available at the mansion. Car parking charges (With effect from 1st October 2011)
