MONTHLY MEETINGS
Are held at our regular meeting place – the Atwell Gallery, at 568 Canning Highway (near North Lake Road intersection and lights), Alfred Cove, on the last Thursday of the month at 6.45pm. There are no additional fees for members to attend these monthly meetings. For visitors the first meeting is free.
The society arranges room hire, tea & coffee and the demonstrator if applicable. Our meetings are always fun and informative and vary in content each month. Check out our events page to see what is on the agenda. We love catching up with other artists to talk art.
ANNUAL CALENDAR 2026
Updated Friday 19th June 2026, Some activities currently being arranged.
| Month | For 2026 Calendar Year |
| Jan | 29th – Opening picnic at Atwell House, for 5pm. Bring a plate to share and mingle. No demonstration in January. |
| Feb | 1st – Membership Fee Renewals due (year Feb to Jan) 11th – Portrait Group Room 1, 6:30-9pm 26th – Monthly Meeting 6:45pm at Atwell House (Lindsay Pow, Talk and Painting Demonstration). February Painting Challenge – Copy a painting in a different style |
| March | 8th – Open Painting session, Room1, 12:30 – 4:30pm 11th – Portrait Group Room 1, 6:30-9pm 26th – Monthly Meeting 6:45pm at Atwell House (Demonstration – tba). March Painting Challenge – tba. |
| April | 8th – Portrait Group Room 1, 6:30-9pm 12th – Open Painting Session, Room 1, 12.30 – 4.30 24th April, 2026, Opening of Annual Awards of Excellence, 6.30pm. Atwell Gallery, Exhibition continues until Sunday 3rd May, 2026, open daily from 10 – 4. 30th – Monthly Meeting (Demonstrator – Cass Gartner, Watercolour Portrait talk / demo) April Painting Challenge – tba. |
| May | Annual Exhibition – ACAS 26th Annual Awards of Excellence continues until 3rd May at 4.00pm. 10th – Open Painting Session, Room1, 12.30 – 4.30 (FINAL SESSION) 13th – Portrait Group Room 1, 6:30-9pm 28th – Monthly Meeting 6:45pm at Atwell House Talk by Exhibition prize winners. May Painting Challenge – tba. |
| June | 10th – Portrait Group, Room 1, 6:30-9pm 14th Open Painting Session, Room 1, 12.30 – 4.30 20th – ACAS Skill Share – Alan Pickering, Introduction to Digital Art (iPad) 1-4 pm FULL 25th – Monthly Meeting 6:45pm at Atwell House (Demonstration – Shirley Winstanley, Acrylic) June Painting Challenge – Painting with 3 primaries plus black and white. |
| July | 8th – Portrait Group Room 1, 6:30-9pm 30th – Monthly Meeting 6:45pm at Atwell House (Demonstration – Karen Frankel, Drawing) July Painting Challenge – Geometric Painting |
| Aug | 12th – Portrait Group Room 1, 6:30-9pm 27th – Monthly Meeting 6:45pm at Atwell House (Demonstration – Chris Martin, Pastels) August Painting Challenge – completed Plein Air works |
| Sept | 9th – Portrait Group Room 1, 6:30-9pm 24th – Monthly Meeting 6:45pm at Atwell House (Demonstration – Jill Ansell, Acrylic / Oil? tbc) 26th – 28th Plein Air Down Under festival PADU http://www.pleinairdownunder.com September Painting Challenge -Animals native to Australia |
| Oct | 14th – Portrait Group Room 1, 6:30-9pm 29th – AGM and Monthly Meeting 6:45pm at Atwell House. 29th – Wine and Cheese, with product update from Oxlades. tbc October Painting Challenge – Mono painting with only 5 tones. |
| Nov | 11th – Portrait Group Room 1, 6:30-9pm 26th – Monthly Meeting 6:45pm at Atwell House (Demonstration – Rob Forlani, Abstract in Acrylics) November Painting Challenge – Children. |
| Dec | 6th – Christmas Bazaar, Atwell House Precinct. tbc Portrait Group cancelled this month due to Christmas 18th – Annual Christmas Lunch, please register. Note – no monthly meeting will be held in December |
SOCIAL MEDIA
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