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Kendal Art Society meets on a weekly basis throughout the year, with several outdoor meetings during the summer

Members and non-member guests are all welcome. If it is your first time, please introduce yourself or feel free to get in touch online ahead of a meeting so that someone knows to look out for you.

Our regular base is the Abbot Hall Social Centre in Kendal on Thursday mornings but please check here for timings and venues for individual events and meetings.

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  • Abbbot Hall Social Centre

    Abbot Hall Social Centre Dowkers Lane, Kendal, United Kingdom

    We wil be at Abbot Hall Social Centre from 10.00 until 1.00pm, where you can do yor own thing or we could do short sketches of each other which is always fun. I look forward to seeing you there.

  • Capturing the past before it disappears: Vernacular buildings between the Lakes and the Dales – Caroline A Metcalfe-Gibson

    Ruskin Museum Coniston

    Ruskin Museum is on Yewdale Road, close to the centre of the village, behind the Coniston Institute. Free parking can be found at the side of the road beyond Herdwick's cafe on Yewdale Road and also on Coppermines Road behind the Museum. Free time-limited parking spaces can also be found in marked found on Yewdale Road.

  • 2022 Kendal Art Society Annual Exhibition

    Stricklandgate House Library Road, Kendal, Cumbria, United Kingdom

    Receiving day - July 8th 2.00om  -  4.00pm Private View - July 9th from 7.00pm - 9.00pm    

  • Trip to the Burrell Museum, Glasgow.

    County Hall Busher Walk, Kendal

    We will be Picked up from the County Hall by coach at 8.15am, and will leave Glasgow at 4.30pm The cost should be around £20 depending on numbers. Entrance is free.

  • Art at the Abbot Hall Social Centre

    Abbot Hall Social Cee Dowker Lane, Kendal, Cumbria

    There is no set theme for this morning, but I've recently been on a workshop with John Harrison and could give you some pointers on his techniques for pan and wash.  I also have some examples of his work and several I have tried since then. I do not pretend to be as good as…

  • Painting at the Castle Green Hotel

    Castle Green Hotel Castle Green Lane, Kendal, United Kingdom

    Paint or sketch in the gorgeous grounds of the Castle Green Hotel.  Meet between 10.00 and 10.30 am and I'm sure we could all have a coffee before we start in the hotel.

  • Sketch at Sprint Mill on the river Sprint

    Sprint Mill Kendal

    Sprint Mill is a great place for sketching and painting. Best to bring own drinks with you and tmeet between 10.00 and 10.30

  • Thursday Session at Abbot Hall Social Centre

    Abbot Hall Social Cee Dowker Lane, Kendal, Cumbria

    Open session at AHSC this week but I will bring some still life in for you to use if you have nothing else on the go at the moment.

  • Watersmeet, Kentrigg

    Sheila Ablitt's garden Watersmeet, Kentrigg, Kendal, Cumbria, United Kingdom

    This outdoor session will be around the area of Sheila Ablitt’s garden which is a really lovely part of Kendal. There are delightful views of the Kent and Sandy Bottoms, plus a colourful garden to paint or sketch. We have been here twice before, but unfortunately it will be the last time as Sheila and…

  • Holehird RHS Garden

    Holehird Garden Patterdale Road, Windermere, Cumbria, United Kingdom

    Yet another visit to the beautiful gardens of the Lakeland Horticultural Society at Holehird. The gardens are open to visitors every day and are manned by volunteres from 10am to 4pm.  There is no set charge, but visitors are asked to give a suggested donation of £5.00 per adult. There is no cafe although there…

  • Portrait session

    Abbot Hall Social Cee Dowker Lane, Kendal, Cumbria

    There is a male model for our portrait session this week. Just one pose and use any medium you prefer. It will be good to get back into the social centre again.

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