Berwick Artists Society
Monthly Demonstrations
Introduction
Demonstrations take place on the fourth Wednesday of the month. You must be seated by the commencement time with your entry into the Members’ Competition in place and registered. In February we’ll have Cathy Van Ee and she’ll be showing us a landscape in pastels. Our March demonstrator is Yesim Gozukara; she’ll be doing a landscape in watercolours. Both these demonstrations are night ones, so you need to be seated at 6.30pm in the Springfield Room at the Old Cheese Factory. April sees Emily Lowe with us, a vibrant painter in acrylics of flora and fauna – a daytime demonstration. Visitors are always welcome, see below for details. At the end of the Demonstration, the winners of the Members’ Monthly Art Competition are announced.
We have some truly incredible demonstrators, and everyone can learn something new each time, so come along, bring a friend, enjoy an event with a difference and it just might make all the difference to your own way of looking at your art. Members $12.00 per person, visitors $15.00 per person, students under 18 $10.00 per person.
Ben Winspear was our November demonstrator: a lively and entertaining experience.
Monthly Competition
Members are invited to bring along one painting per appropriate category (must be your own work), to the Demonstration to be judged by the visiting artist.
There are four categories in which to enter your work: Realist Art, (sections for both Accomplished and Emerging artists), Other Than Realist Art and Digital Art. Each category will have a winner and runner-up. Subject matter and medium, except for Digital Art, is up to the entrant. Your own photographs will be accepted into the Digital Art category.
Certificates will be awarded each month for the winner and runner-up in each category and there are points merely for entering. The points are accumulated during the year with results tallied and presentations made at our Christmas function. Art work can only be entered once. The artist’s name and title of picture must be clearly labelled on the back of the work, and the artist’s name must be on the front.
You are also welcome to bring along any of your work to have on show. It will not be judged or form part of the monthly competition, but it’s always interesting to see what our artists are capable of. It may not be a painting – sculpture, embroidery, whatever you like to bring, we’d like to see what you do.
NOVEMBER COMPETITION WINNERS ARE PICTURED BELOW
November Accomplished Realist Artists Winner: Judy Hillman for “Life Drawing”.
November Accomplished Realist Artists Runner-up: Iain Johnson for “The Desert”
November Emerging Realist Artists Winner: Wing Chi Tsang for “Little Boat”
November Emerging Realist Artists Runner-up: Caryl Rowan for “Stalker Castle”.
November Other Than Realist Artists Winner: Barry Collins for “Empathy”
November Other Than Realist Artists Runner-up: Kevin Weeks for “MTR-ISM Mark 2 No 8
November Digital Artists Winner: Matthew Dunstan for “Midday’s Transparent Light”
november Digital Artists Runner-up: Rose Duncan for “Soft Storm”
Thursday Painting Group
We meet every Thursday between 10.00am and 2.00pm in the Function Room at the Old Cheese Factory. It’s a fun gathering where we all chat, have a lot of laughs and discuss each other’s work. There’s no formal instruction, but plenty of advice from some of our more experienced painters.
Everyone has different styles and paints at different levels: at some point, each of us has joined the group wondering how our own level of expertise will be accepted. But everyone who comes along works in his or her own style, and it’s wonderful to greet a new member who has just taken up or just returned to painting. There is no requirement for anyone to have had previous painting experience.
Please contact a committee member for more details, or simply turn up and have a look. Then, if you would like to join the Society, please see our Membership Page. Alternatively, you come along as a visitor.
Bring your lunch, enjoy a coffee. If you’re an oil or acrylic painter, please bring a drop sheet, as the Function Room is carpeted. Freestanding or table easels are available.
Fees
Members …………………. $6.00
Visitors ……………………. $10.00
Monthly Portrait Group
Introduction
Each month the Berwick Artists Society conducts a two hour portrait group where you can participate in painting or drawing models.
This is a non-tutored class but other members’ help is available.
Models are volunteers so new models are always welcome to sit for the group. Please contact us if you would like to model for us.
Details
Venue:
Function Room, The Old Cheese Factory, 34 Homestead Road, Berwick, Victoria Melways 131 A2
When:
On the third Thursday of the month, 11am – 2.00pm with lunch break.
Please be aware of entry requirements and read them in “News” on this website.
Members: $6
Visitors: $10
For details contact: Zdenka Better 0409 218265
Paint-outs
Paint-outs are a great opportunity to paint outside with like-minded people. Members are asked to find their own way to the painting site, with their own equipment and seats. BYO lunch, hat, easel and painting gear. We meet there at 10am promptly.
This activity is free of charge to members and is of course subject to good weather. Sometimes it has to be cancelled – if in doubt, ring the Paint-out organiser (details below).
We have decided to pause the Paint-outs for the moment – but if you’re really keen to join one soon, please contact us.
Contact:
Rod Arthur 9769 5951 or 0402 741 338
Special Events
The 2025 Berwick Artists Society’s Annual Exhibition will be on at Cranbourne Library until October 11th. It’s a great display. Most works are for sale. There’s also be a very special display of framed postcard sized works, all for the same price of $25.00 per picture. An excellent opportunity to pick up a Christmas gift for that special person!
The Art Wall postcard display
Our Work on Display
Members of the Society exhibit their work for sale in the Berwick Chemist Cafe. If you’re interested, please contact the person in charge – see below – to make sure there is space for your work. the display changes monthly.
It’s a great opportunity to have your artistry on display.
Exhibition Details
Dates
Ongoing
Venue
Berwick Chemist Café, 51 – 53 High Street, Berwick
Enquiries
Zdenka Better 0409 218265
