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It was great to welcome Wayne back to Bantock and we had a wide selection of work for Wayne to view and critique. Wayne’s knowledge and experience is clear to see as he navigates us through composition, light and dark, and how to balance colour temperature within a...

Guest Speaker night 18th January 2023 Harrison Davies – New Stourbridge Glass Museum From a personal perspective my only memory of Stourbridge and glass-making is one of a visit in the early 1980s from my home in Birmingham to buy Stuart Crystal from their factory...

Quiz Night at the Tractor Shed. It was lovely to meet everyone at Bantock for our December Social.  Ed Isaacs was our Quiz Master for the evening, testing our Art knowledge whilst we tucked into mince pies and a tipple or two. The room was made suitably festive by Sue...

The 103rd WSA Exhibition is now OPEN. We were delighted and honoured to welcome the Mayor of Wolverhampton, Sandra Samuels OBE, and her Consort Karl Samuels,  to the proceedings as our President Keith Oram officially opened the Exhibition within the Contemporary Space...

The University of Wolverhampton celebrated its Class of 2022 graduation recently in September. On behalf the Wolverhampton Society of Artists our President Keith Oram was delighted to present the Jarvis Awards to three graduates who have been recognised for their...

Hilary Boucher Presentation Laurence William Hodson of Compton Hall, Wolverhampton Hilary Boucher, Chair of the Arts Society Wolverhampton, has spent some considerable time researching the life of Laurence. Hilary introduced us to a man who loved and appreciated the...

On one of the hottest days recorded in the UK and in glorious sunshine, President Keith Oram presented a Class of 2021 Graduate from the University of Wolverhampton School of Art with both a book and cash prize donated by the Wolverhampton Society of Artists. The...

Our last evening of the 2021/2022 programme was held at The Tractor Shed, Bantock Park.  It was a good turnout for this popular event. Appraisal of members work is seen as an important aspect of Society activity and also provides an excellent opportunity to meet...

Once again the Society is holding an exhibition at Wolverhampton Art Gallery which will open on October 29th this year.  An exhibition celebrating one hundred and three years of art may seem a little odd but it is quite natural in the context of the years since our...

As we set off to see Portrait Artist of the Year: The Exhibition, the coach was buzzing. It was lovely to see members of the Society catching up after the missed months of Covid and it was great to talk with friendly faces we hadn’t seen in a while. The Exhibition did...