WELCOME
WELCOME
CLIFTON ARTS
THE ART CLUB FOR ASPIRING ARTISTS EVERYWHERE
Founded in 1906 by four artists, all from the RWA, our first President, Jacques Emile Blanche, had been a pupil of Manet. From the beginning, we've had a very “modern” outlook – more modern than other art institutions in Bristol at the time. We've also been involved from time to time with other arts such as music, poetry, drama and crafts.
We have a lot of ambitious and exciting events lined up for the year. There are at least two events a week. The weekly challenge continues, as does the life drawing sessions, demonstrations and talks. As a member you can join us as we continue to champion the promotion of art and well being through our events and increased engagement with our members. At present our events are virtual but these will return to in person events as soon as possible.
Our showcase event is the Annual Open Exhibition, of painting and sculpture. This has been held every year from 1906 to the present day (except 1912-13, 1961, 2017 and 2020), at first in the RWA until 1922, then in Charlotte Street until 1960, and in the RWA again until 1986, moving more recently to the Undercroft of the Victoria Methodist Church in Whiteladies Road. In addition we promote the work of members through regular Members exhibitions and on our website.
We are always happy to welcome new members - please see membership application details on the MEMBERSHIP tab above.
NEW MEMBERS AREA
We now have a Members' Area on this website. Members are urged and encouraged to register/login in order to access the programme of events and recordings of demonstrations and much more. In addition members will also soon be able to renew or update membership details, make payments and bookings for events. Members must please use the same email address as recorded on our database in order to register successfully. If you are experiencing any issues with your Members' Area account please let us know by emailing membership@cliftonarts.co.uk.
MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL
Members are reminded that their subscription is due for renewal on the 1 January 2021. Membership fee's for 2021 have remained as follows:
Full membership - £30.00 / year
Student membership - £15.00 / year
THE ART CLUB FOR ASPIRING ARTISTS EVERYWHERE
Founded in 1906 by four artists, all from the RWA, our first President, Jacques Emile Blanche, had been a pupil of Manet. From the beginning, we've had a very “modern” outlook – more modern than other art institutions in Bristol at the time. We've also been involved from time to time with other arts such as music, poetry, drama and crafts.
We have a lot of ambitious and exciting events lined up for the year. There are at least two events a week. The weekly challenge continues, as does the life drawing sessions, demonstrations and talks. As a member you can join us as we continue to champion the promotion of art and well being through our events and increased engagement with our members. At present our events are virtual but these will return to in person events as soon as possible.
Our showcase event is the Annual Open Exhibition, of painting and sculpture. This has been held every year from 1906 to the present day (except 1912-13, 1961, 2017 and 2020), at first in the RWA until 1922, then in Charlotte Street until 1960, and in the RWA again until 1986, moving more recently to the Undercroft of the Victoria Methodist Church in Whiteladies Road. In addition we promote the work of members through regular Members exhibitions and on our website.
We are always happy to welcome new members - please see membership application details on the MEMBERSHIP tab above.
NEW MEMBERS AREA
We now have a Members' Area on this website. Members are urged and encouraged to register/login in order to access the programme of events and recordings of demonstrations and much more. In addition members will also soon be able to renew or update membership details, make payments and bookings for events. Members must please use the same email address as recorded on our database in order to register successfully. If you are experiencing any issues with your Members' Area account please let us know by emailing membership@cliftonarts.co.uk.
MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL
Members are reminded that their subscription is due for renewal on the 1 January 2021. Membership fee's for 2021 have remained as follows:
Full membership - £30.00 / year
Student membership - £15.00 / year
Keep safe, keep in touch and keep creative
CLIFTON ARTS IS HERE FOR YOU
CLIFTON ARTS IS HERE FOR YOU
WEEKLY CHALLENGE
During the pandemic we have been trying to find new ways of carrying on with creative activities as a club, keeping our members in touch with each other and reaching out to our community. We're posting weekly challenges to inspire all to create work on a particular subject. All works are displayed in our Weekly Challenge gallery.
There have been well over 30 weekly challenges so far. Please take time to look at all the submissions in the Weekly Challenge button below There is a lot of fantastic work which is both inspiring and uplifting. The quality of the submissions is very high and everyone can feel very proud of their achievements.
This weeks challenge, to be submitted by 12h00:
Wednesday 3 March 2021
HISTORY IN THE MAKING
Depicting an important moment in history
Inspired by my homework on David Rowlands, the military artist who I will be interviewing on Saturday, I thought it would be interesting to set the challenge of choosing an event in history and creating a drawing or picture.
This gives you an enormous range of possibilities. The event you choose can be cultural, political, military, sporting, scientific or quite a few other categories. All I ask is that the event be important for the society in which it happened. I am not thinking of wonderful family events here.
I am not necessarily expecting a battle scene, though if that pleases you then tackle it, but from the extinction of the dinosaurs to the creation of the Covid-19 vaccine there are so many significant events. There's Joan of Arc's death at the stake, the first man on the moon, Super Saturday at the 2012 Olympics, the falling of the Berlin Wall, the Coronation ... so much.
All and any suggestions for topics for these challenges are welcome.
Send suggestions and challenge entries to: weeklychallenge@cliftonartsclub.co.uk
All work can also be seen on:
FaceBook - CliftonArtsClub
Instagram - cliftonartsclub
Keep on painting and keep in touch
Zoe Perry
There have been well over 30 weekly challenges so far. Please take time to look at all the submissions in the Weekly Challenge button below There is a lot of fantastic work which is both inspiring and uplifting. The quality of the submissions is very high and everyone can feel very proud of their achievements.
This weeks challenge, to be submitted by 12h00:
Wednesday 3 March 2021
HISTORY IN THE MAKING
Depicting an important moment in history
Inspired by my homework on David Rowlands, the military artist who I will be interviewing on Saturday, I thought it would be interesting to set the challenge of choosing an event in history and creating a drawing or picture.
This gives you an enormous range of possibilities. The event you choose can be cultural, political, military, sporting, scientific or quite a few other categories. All I ask is that the event be important for the society in which it happened. I am not thinking of wonderful family events here.
I am not necessarily expecting a battle scene, though if that pleases you then tackle it, but from the extinction of the dinosaurs to the creation of the Covid-19 vaccine there are so many significant events. There's Joan of Arc's death at the stake, the first man on the moon, Super Saturday at the 2012 Olympics, the falling of the Berlin Wall, the Coronation ... so much.
All and any suggestions for topics for these challenges are welcome.
Send suggestions and challenge entries to: weeklychallenge@cliftonartsclub.co.uk
All work can also be seen on:
FaceBook - CliftonArtsClub
Instagram - cliftonartsclub
Keep on painting and keep in touch
Zoe Perry
