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Each Autumn, the Reading Guild of Artists holds its exhibition and sale of ‘small
works’ and this year we are going to St Luke’s Church Hall on Erleigh Road in
Reading.

RGA artists have worked on a small scale to create intimate and varied artworks that
are engaging and affordable. This is a great opportunity for art lovers to browse the
artworks and maybe buy a unique gift for Christmas, or one for their own home
which will fit into that small empty gap.

The exhibition is open for three days, on Friday 1st November from 1-5 pm, Saturday
2nd November from 10 am-5 pm and Sunday 3rd November from 12 noon-4 pm.
We look forward to seeing you there!

This year the Reading Guild of Artists returns to the University of Reading for its Annual Exhibition “Collaboration”. The exhibition is in the Institute of Education (IoE) at the University’s beautiful cloistered London Road Campus. This affords a large airy space where we can showcase a large selection of members’ paintings, prints, sculptures and ceramics. 

Continuing RGA’s historic connections with the University, we are exhibiting members’ latest artworks alongside the work of a number of IoE staff, students, trainee teachers and their school mentors. This year, we are also offering a series of workshops, open to the public. Fiona Talkington, RGA’s President says “It’s exciting to welcome Reading Guild of Artists back to Reading University which has a flourishing relationship with the town and the community, and a growing engagement with the diverse arts scene in Reading. The creativity and vision in RGA exhibitions is always inspiring and I’m looking forward to seeing new work from some of our outstanding local artists.”

The exhibition is open every day (10 am to 4 pm) from Saturday 15^th June until Tuesday 25^th June. Visitors will be warmly welcomed by members of the RGA at LO4 Art Building in the Institute of Education at the London Road Campus, RG1 5AG (what3words: ///status.flames.marker). 

We look forward to seeing you there!

The Reading Guild of Artists is delighted to announce details for the 93^rd Annual Exhibition – Collaboration. For the first time in a number of years the RGA returns to the University of Reading for an exhibition, and this year it is all the more special as it will be the venue for the 93^rd Annual Exhibition. RGA members will have the opportunity to showcase their latest paintings, sculptures, and ceramics. RGA Chair, Linda Saul said of the Guild’s return to home territory “we are so pleased to be making this welcome return to the University of Reading. The exhibition space in the art building at the Institute of Education at the London Road Campus is large, airy, and ideal for staging our Annual Exhibition. In collaboration with UoR we hope that visitors and artists alike will enjoy our return to Reading”!

The exhibition is open every day 10 am – 4 pm from Saturday 15^th June until Tuesday 25^th June 2024.

The Reading Guild of Artists is pleased to have been invited once again to showcase members’ works of art at the Riverside Museum at Blake’s Lock in a new exhibition, entitled Small Works ’23. On a smaller scale than many artists are used to working, RGA members have made art to fit within the historic and unusual setting of the Turbine House where Reading’s rivers meet. This is a wonderful opportunity for art lovers to visit the museum, browse, and maybe buy some original art that would fit into their own spaces – something eye-catching, beautiful, bold, meaningful, and affordable, to ‘own art’!

The exhibition is open every day 10 am – 6 pm from Thursday 22 September until Sunday 1 October 2023, 10 am – 2 pm on the final day. Visitors to the Turbine House will be warmly received by members of the RGA to their exhibition of ‘Small Works 23’ down by the riverside.

At its 92nd Annual Exhibition, the Reading Guild of Artists (RGA) announced the winners of the Marie Dyson Award for a work in 2D and the Pauline Mercier Award for a 3D artwork. Dr. Hannah Lyons, Curator of Art Collections at the University of Reading, was ‘delighted to be the assessor at this year’s event’. The awards were presented during a packed preview party at the Old Fire Station Gallery in Henley-on-Thames. Dr. Lyons said the number of works on show and the variety and high standard of RGA members’ artistic output was quite extraordinary. She found it really hard to choose but was pleased to present Shirley Smith with the Pauline Mercier Award for her ceramics Skoria Oranje & Scoria Turkoois. Jenny Halstead won the Marie Dyson Award for her beautiful pastel painting Savaged Olive Grove: Sicily.

The Reading Guild of Artists (RGA) is delighted to present its 92nd Annual Exhibition. Another milestone for the RGA, and once again the Old Fire Station Gallery in Henley has been chosen as the venue. ‘Continuum’ is this year’s title and describes how people keep making art throughout history and throughout life regardless of what is going on in the world. Indeed, world events as well as personal circumstances can inspire artists to explore and develop their creativity, often resulting in beautiful and uplifting work. And for the RGA – after more than 90 years of annual exhibitions – continuum is something that ‘keeps on going, changing only slowly over time’. Art flows on, and in this annual showcase of RGA members’ work, the hope is that others will be encouraged to begin or continue their own artistic journeys.