April 2023

President: Anne Maw
3rd April 2023

Please find below details of forthcoming SAGT events:

AGM followed by Bring & Share Lunch
Saturday 22nd April
11.30 – 13.30 please confirm
Staplegrove Village Hall
The committee hope members will bring a plate of food enough for them and one other. There will be a raffle. Please bring an artwork you wish to speak about for 5 minutes.

Summer Lecture, given by Jeremy Harvey – Talk on Anne Redpath
Saturday 17th June
10.30 -12.00
Staplegrove Village Hall

Summer Exhibition “A Shared Vision”
Monday 17th July – Monday 31st August 2023
Private View Wednesday 19th July 18.30 – 20.00
Brewhouse Theatre, Taunton

Art Quiz
Saturday 23rd September
10.30 – 12.30
Staplegrove Village Hall

Ken Grieb Lecture – speaker to be confirmed
Saturday 28th October
10.30 – 12.30
Staplegrove Village Hall

Christmas Bring & Share
Saturday 25th November
12.00 – 14.00
Staplegrove Village Hall

Summer Exhibition “A Shared Vision”

Key dates:

• Exhibition Opens Monday 17th July 2023
• Private View Wednesday 19th 6.30 pm to 8pm
• Exhibition closes Thursday 31st August 2023

Members intending to exhibit will need to send in their entries forms before the 30th June. You will be able to exhibit up to four works of art.

Full detail will follow in due course, but the main purpose of this notification, is to allow you plenty of time to contribute something to the exhibition -something that we hope will truly be A SHARED VIEW.

This year our exhibition will also be showing works from the SAGT collection, including a Jack Coulthard painting, ‘Ezra Pound and the Geisha Girl’.

An exhibition to look forward to.

Kind thoughts,
Kevin Saunders

President: Anne Maw
1st March 2023

Dear Members,

Belated Happy New Year and good Painting/sculpting etc. I apologise if this newsletter seems to be a bit delayed.

The committee have been busy and have arranged a number of meetings. we hope that by holding the meetings on a Saturday morning at Staplegrove Village Hall at 10.30am to 12.00, more members will be able to attend and attract guests (whose fee will be £5.00.) There is good parking at Staplegrove Village Hall so we hope members will be able to support and be interested to attend and hopefully bring a guest.

Musical Instruments in Art, Talk by Mrs Jane Dickson
Saturday 18th March
10.30 – 12.00
Staplegrove Village Hall

AGM followed by Bring & Share Lunch
Saturday 22nd April
12.30 – 4pm
Staplegrove Village Hall

The committee hope members will bring a plate of food enough for them and one other. There will be a raffle. Please bring an artwork you wish to speak about for 5 minutes

Bi-Annual Summer Exhibition “A Shared Vision”
19th July – 31st August 2023
Brewhouse Theatre, Taunton
Kevin will give an update at the AGM in April

This will be the first newsletter sent out by our new membership Secretary Ruth Preater-Gillard who was appointed by the committee on 26th January, and I am sure she will be welcomed by all. Anna has been a tireless membership secretary for over 18 years. She truly deserves a rest and the grateful thanks of all the members past and present for her devoted work for the trust. We all hope she will enjoy her new freedom.

Some members may not know that a new gallery has ‘popped up’ in Coal Orchard – The Titan Arcadia Gallery – it is on the opposite side of the car park from the Brewhouse, it is showing some lovely and interesting paintings and sculptures. Like all new ventures – it needs support so do visit it, please.

With best wishes to you all,
Christine Marsh
SAGT Committee Chair