wELCOME!Welcome to the Harpenden Arts Club! The Harpenden Arts Club aims to provide a wide range of creative workshops, demonstrations, life drawing and studio practice evenings, as well as a sociable meeting point for artists of all abilities. We meet most Thursday evenings at 7.30 - 9.30 pm in the small public hall, Southdown Road, Harpenden, AL5 1PD (September to May). Have a look at this coming season's programme for details of all the exciting new workshops and demonstrations: NEXT MEETING:
Workshop: Botanical Art
Led by Roger Reynolds Thursday 17th October 2019, 7.30pm 
After last week's demonstration, Roger Reynolds is returning to lead a workshop on botanical art. Please bring:
ANNUAL ART EXHIBITION - 7TH - 10TH NOVEMBER 2019Artists, time to think about your entries for the Harpenden Arts Club Annual Exhibition 2019! Here are various documents you can download by clicking the buttons below which provide all the information you will need. Deadline for submission of entry forms: Saturday 19th October. Handing in day: Wednesday 6th November 6.30 - 8.30pm. Private View Party: Thursday 7th November 7 - 9pm. Exhibition open to the public: 8th - 10th November. |
HARPENDEN ARTS CLUB ANNUAL EXHIBITION!
Our exhibition promises to be an excellent opportunity to see more than 250 original artworks on display, carefully created by talented artists from Harpenden and the surrounding area. There will be an exciting variety of media, styles and subjects, ranging from richly coloured oil paintings and serene watercolours, to contemporary abstract mixed media paintings, and skilful pencil and pastel paintings, in a showcase of art that will surely engage and inspire all viewers.
The venue for the annual art exhibition is the smaller hall in the Harpenden Public Halls, Southdown Road, Harpenden AL5 1TE. Exhibition open to the public 10am - 5pm on 8th and 9th November, and 10am - 4pm on Sunday 10th November. Almost all artwork is for sale.
Some comments from visitors last year: "A wonderful range of excellent pictures" - M. Cartwell "Amazing! Fantastic variety of beautiful work. Congratulations!" - G. Willmer "Lovely exhibition; a great standard of work." - L. Sergeant "Inspirational" - I. Green "Very impressive!" - M. Francis We hope you can visit the exhibition too this year and find the art that inspires you! aBOUT uSWe are a sociable and creative group of people who enjoy learning new art techniques and sharing ideas. We have over 130 members and a strong committee of nine enthusiastic individuals who, along with many willing helpers, organise and run the activities. 
SOME MEMBERS CELEBRATING THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY
If you would like to join:
MEMBERS' GALLERIES
Don't forget that there are pages here on the HAC website that can display your work. If you would like your own section or would like to update the current pictures you have on display, please do email Sarah Poppleton on poppleton94@yahoo.co.uk with jpegs of your paintings (up to 6 images, under 1MB file size each please) and a paragraph about you and your work. Have you seen our Facebook page yet? We post regular photos from the weekly sessions there and more day-to-day information. If you use Facebook, do "like" our page to hear from us!
gdpr iNFORMATIONHarpenden Arts Club has now published a data protection policy in line with the new General Data Protection Regulations.
Are you getting our emails?We have changed our email system over the summer. Emails to members now come from info.hac2018@gmail.com . Please make sure your email system accepts this new address and doesn't put our emails into your Junk folder! Also, please make sure we have your current email address. If in doubt, contact Membership Secretary Peter Brown on 01582 793174 or pjbrown4242@gmail.com .
If you have any comments or suggestions for this website or would like to contact the webmaster, please email Sarah Poppleton on info.hac2018@gmail.com .
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