The only thing you must have to become a member of the Seaton & District Art Society is enthusiasm for art. Open to anyone in and around East Devon interested in art, the Society encourages practical involvement at all levels. Members include professional and amateur artists alongside absolute beginners and those who simply enjoy the visual arts and would like to broaden their understanding. Professional artists show members how they do it at the monthly demonstrations, some members meet every week to paint together and share expertise, some attend the courses, day workshops and outings run by the Society. Everyone is encouraged to exhibit and sell work at our annual Exhibition in Seaton

The annual Exhibition is held in Seaton Town Hall in August, a prestigious venue in the centre of the town, at the height of the holiday season All members are encouraged to show their work - it is heartening to see one's efforts framed and even more cheering to sell a piece of work. It is not always the work of the most experienced which sells. The society takes a commission of just 15%, which helps us afford excellent demonstrators throughout the year. Five trophies are awarded at the Exhibition - the President's Cup, usually chosen by Allan Cotton D.Lit,FRSA,SWAc, the Maggie Lodge Rose Bowl awarded to a watercolour flower painting, the Devon Framer's Cup for a landscape, the Barbara Hollingsworth Award for portraiture and the Mitre Box Cup - which goes to the work voted by the public. We rely on members to do a couple of two and a half hour sessions of stewarding and confident members somtimes allow visitors to the Exhibition to watch them at work in their particular medium.

Peggy Jarvis U.A. with the Presidents Cup

Eliana Stenning with the Mitre Box Cup