A talk entitled Art in Elizabethan Devon to be given by Honorary Professor Sam Smiles, University of Exeter. Professor Smiles will be talking about Exeter’s most famous artist, Nicholas Hilliard (c. 1547 – 1619),...
A visit to the Art Barn, the new prize-winning gallery of the sculptor Peter Randall-Page RA near Crockernwell, EX6 6NL. We hope Peter will be available to show us round. Numbers may be limited,...
An afternoon dedicated to miniature painting, with talks by Roger Phillips and Carmela Arturi on Hilliard and other miniaturists, and by Roz Pierson on contemporary miniature techniques. Examples of modern and antique miniatures will...
Professor Ian Barclay will give a talk entitled “The History of Cartoons, the social impact on society from ancient cave art to modern media”. Please note that whilst it is hoped that the Branch...
At our Branch Annual General Meeting in February, our indefatigable chairman Hazel Harland and all the other officers and members of the committee were unanimously re-elected to serve for a further period of twelve...
In early September an intrepid group of members took part in the last of our summer walks from Fernworthy Reservoir to Sittaford Circle led by Alan Endacott, who has the unusual distinction of being...
“A WILD AND WONDROUS PLACE”: Dartmoor in art from the 18th to 21st Century. An illustrated talk by Peter F. Mason. Dartmoor has inspired generations of artists. This talk will explore the way Dartmoor has been portrayed from the time when it was described as a ‘dreary mountainous tract’…
An illustrated talk by Jenny Pery SWAC: “The influence of the West Country on Six West Country Painters”. Jenny is a painter, a printmaker and a distinguished art historian, who has written many books...
The DA held its first ever art exhibition entitled ‘Artists of the Devonshire Association’ in October 2014. This beautifully presented and phenomenally successful three-week event was staged at the elegant gloss-Art Exeter gallery and...
The Inspiration of Devon. The outstandingly successful 2013 presidential symposium was conceived by The Reverend Peter Beacham OBE. Over 150 delegates attended the event at the Mint Methodist Church Centre in Exeter on Saturday...