Annual Exhibition
The Aberdeen Artists Society Annual Exhibition is currently on at Aberdeen Art Gallery. The exhibition will continue until the 9th of June
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Notification letters went out in the post yesterday afternoon, so they should arrive on your doormats very soon!
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You will be notified by post with regards to selection / rejection for the Annual Exhibition. It will be posted on this News Feed as soon as the letters have been posted. All the relevant information will be detailed in the letters.
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Over 670 works have been handed in and the society are very busy selecting and hanging the successful pieces to create the 2012 Annual Exhibition. Good luck to everyone who submitted work!
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2012 Annual Exhibition Hand In: Aberdeen Art Gallery, Schoolhill, Aberdeen Wednesday 18th April 10.30am-4pm Thursday 19th April 10.30am-7.30pm
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You can pick up an entry pack for the Annual Exhibition at the following venues: AAS Justice Street Gallery, Aberdeen Aberdeen Art Gallery Shop Claremont Gallery, Aberdeen Junction Art, Aberdeen Peacocks Visual Arts, Aberdeen Castlegate Framer, Aberdeen Inchmore Gallery, Inverness All WASPs studios: Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen You can also download them from the homepage of this website
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Mark McCracken Thursday 22 March 7pm AAS Gallery, 39 Justice Street, Aberdeen Tickets cost £5 Mark is an artist working at Peacocks Visual Arts as their chief framer. He will lead a discussion on types of framing and how to select the best solution for completing an art work. We hope that this discussion, prior to our major annual exhibition in May, will make us all consider the crucial part a frame plays in complementing an art piece. Feel free to bring along a piece you wish to to discuss, or a framed image that you feel works well for us all to consider. Tickets cost £5 and are available by emailing info@aberdeenartistssociety.co.uk or by visiting the gallery on Saturday or Wednesday at 39 Justice Street... but you better be quick as tickets are limited and are going fast!
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"Dr John Berry on Constable and Scotland" talk on Thursday 23 February at the AAS Gallery at 39 Justice Street. Tickets cost £5. Email info@aberdeenartistssociety.co.uk to book your space.
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"Watch This Space" exhibition at the AAS Gallery at 39 Justice Street. - Open to all members - Hand in on Wed 8 Feb 12-4pm - Exhibition opens on Sat 11 Feb 12-4 - Exhibition closes on Sat 31 March For more info, please email info@aberdeenartistssociety.co.uk
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Drop in day today at the AAS Gallery on Justice Street... find out more about the society, membership or just pop in for a chat over a warm cuppa!
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About Aberdeen Artists' Society
While the founding of the Aberdeen Artists’ Society goes back as far as 1827, celebrities such as artist James Giles and architect Archibald Simpson were involved., The AAS as we know it now, dates from 1958 when the late Ian Fleming was Head of Gray’s School of Art.
The Society is now transformed with the reinvention of its' identity and aims, as well as major changes in its financial status and is currently enjoying a healthy period with sponsorship from Shell UK. In its current form, as an exhibiting society for the range of modern arts, it is run by an elected council and has around 250 active members.
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President - Lyndsey Gibb Secretary - Gwen Black Exhibtions Officer - Ian Smart |
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Professional Members:- Positions Still To Be Appointed: |
Ordinary Members:- Co-opted, For 1 Year: |
The Society’s annual exhibition has helped create Aberdeen’s reputation as a cultural centre. Artists from all over the country submit around 900 works in 2 and 3 dimensions, but only about one third are selected. One of the main attractions of the exhibition is the Awards scheme offered by Shell, our main sponsors for more than 20 years. Currently the fund stands at £7000 with £5000 for the Premier Award. Shell also invites judges of international reputation to select the winners, and funds the production of a colour catalogue with the proceeds from the sale of these going towards buying works for display in Aberdeen and Grampian hospitals.
The exhibition is held generally in April/May at the Aberdeen Art Gallery and is one of the highlights of visual arts calendar, attracting large numbers of local people as well as visitors.
The Society has around 250 professional, ordinary and honorary members. It has a constitution and is run by an elected Council. The selection and hanging committees for the exhibition are also elected at the Annual General Meeting along with the office bearers.
A fully illustrated account of the history of the Aberdeen Artists Society can be found in the book "Particles of Light" by John Morrison, published in 2000 by the Society.
This book is available from the Society. Please contact the secretary for details.