Reading Guild News Today

Tim Blyth of Keys Fine Art Auctioneers looks forward to a sale featuring an artist who spent more than 40 years working in north Norfolk.

RESIDENTS are invited to come and explore the work of some of Readings greatest artists at a free exhibition next month.

Reading Guild of Artists Small Works ’23 Exhibition opens at Riverside Museum on Friday.

Artists getting the band back together for trail );  ); THIS year’s Henley Arts Trail will be the biggest in the event’s 15-year history. The trail, which normally takes place over the May bank holiday weekend, had to be cancelled last year due to the coronavirus pandemic. In October, a scaled-down autumn show was held in Henley, Shiplake, Twyford and Hurst that featured four physical venues and five accompanying online exhibitions. The socially distanced event was a success, but the trail...

Web show worth the wait );  ); READING Guild of Artists has added a new online exhibition to its website while members await the chance to display their work in person. Titled “While we wait”, the show has been curated by Martina Hildebrandt and is available alongside the group’s previous exhibition, “Celebrating our town”. Included are pieces by artists who have joined the group over the past year and who haven’t yet had the opportunity to exhibit their work physically. Martina...

Reaching final of TV show has made me better artist );  ); A PAINTER from Wargrave says she will now take her hobby more seriously after reaching the final of TV’s Landscape Artist of the Year. Shelagh Casebourne was praised by the judges on the show but lost out to a professional in the competition to win a commission worth £10,000. Despite this, she said: “I think the experience has already changed me.” Mrs Casebourne, an amateur oil painter, was one of three competitors — all wome...