A Picture of the Cambridge Drawing Society - 1969

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The Autumn Exhibition will again take place in the Old Gym at the Leys School, Cambridge, from October 25th - November 1st 2008. The Private View is on Saturday 25th October, from 12 noon to 6.00 pm, and Members and Friends of the Society are invited to attend and may bring guests.

The following items are available in PDF format:

Submission form for members
Further Information
Parking

Carter Jonas Prize for the Young Artist 2008 The Society is pleased to be hosting the Young Artist prize again this October, and further information may be obtained from the following links:
Prize Details
Rules of Entry
The Society gratefully acknowledges sponsorship by Carter Jonas, Property Consultants, Daler-Rowney, and Artists & Illustrators Magazine

Annual Exhibition at the Cambridge Guildhall
Saturday 5th April - Saturday 12th April 2008
The exhibition opened with a very well-attended Private View on the evening of 4th April. The Society is pleased to welcome the following new members: Jim Butler, Gavin Clark, Natalia Davey, Paul Edwards, Eithne Fisher, Christopher Fleming Jones, David Fletcher, Gillian Marklew, Lydia Minahan, Carol Mountford, Jean Noble and Jill Ogilvy.

We have now started to put photographs on Flickr, and there are sets that include pictures of Society members, members' work, and Society events. We welcome more contributions, and if you join up for a free Flickr account you can add comments.

	Sam Motherwell has been creating more prints in his series depicting the Mill Road area. The image below shows musicians at the weekly Irish session on Mondays at the White Swan, including Richard Baker in the fancy shirt on the right playing the fiddle.


	Sam, with other artists including former President of the Society Rosemary Myers, is showing prints at Williams Art and Antiques, Dale's Brewery, 6 September to 4 October 2008 (see this link for details).

About the the Cambridge Drawing Society
Please note that the Copyright of all images displayed on these pages is the property of the artist concerned.

The society must be one of the oldest in the UK, having been founded in 1882. Despite its name, it does not just show drawings, but a wide range of paintings, mixed media items, batik, sculpture and limited edition prints (not photographs or digital prints). Membership is limited to artists living within a thirty mile radius of Great St Mary's, Cambridge.

Each April/May the main selected art exhibition takes place at the Cambridge Guildhall. This is the opportunity for candidates to apply to become members, by submitting four recent works for consideration by the selection committee. This committee includes the President and up to six current members of the Society, and in addition there are normally two guest selectors. In 2006 the guest selectors were Jane Bednarczyk and Anne Jarman, and 264 works were shown in the exhibition.

During its long history, the society has had many distinguished names on its membership list – Gwen Raverat, Cecil Beaton and Ronald Searle to name but three of them. Madame Raverat was a member for 56 years, and President for 16 years. The Society continues to provide a showcase in Cambridge for the visual arts, where amateur and professional artists can show their work together. New candidates for membership are required to submit four works to the annual exhibition selection committee.

Click here for a brief history of the Society

You can also view details of members who have so far asked for information to be included - click here

This web site has been initiated by Richard Baker on behalf of the Committee. I'd welcome any comments, reminiscences of the Drawing Society, historical information or references to include on the page. E-mail r.e.baker@yahoo.com