EAC celebrates 90 years

The Enfield Art Circle celebrated its 90th year in style with a party at the Enfield Golf Club. Pictured above with the Mayor of Enfield, Doris Jiagge, are two long-standing members of the Circle, EAC president Peter Brown (left) and EAC member Laurence Warbey.

Formed in 1932, EAC is a non-profit association devoted to the visual arts, running a monthly programme of lectures, demonstrations and practical sessions, as well as an annual exhibition of members’ work.

Commission for new Enfield artworks

Commission for new Enfield artworks

Enfield Council is commissioning two new artworks for an arts trail inspired by the town centre's literary and industrial heritage, and reflecting its connection to water and nature. Proposals are invited for two interpretative art and design works that will...

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Artist residency in Palmers Green

Artist residency in Palmers Green

Arbeit Studios are launching a new artist residency programme, High Street Happenings Residency 23-25 in Palmers Green. This will be a three-month rolling programme of free studio space from this October through to July 2025 for an artist or collective to work on...

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Exhibition visitors pick their top three

Exhibition visitors pick their top three

Camargue Horses by Pam Riley was the runaway winner of the visitors' choice vote in this year's annual exhibition, with 34 votes. This was followed by Pymmes Park: Bench by Mona Ascott, which netted 20 votes and Lockdown 2021 by Val Gudge, with 16 votes. Almost 450...

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EAC member exhibits at Mall Galleries

EAC member exhibits at Mall Galleries

Congratulations to EAC member Mary Horsfield, who has had her work accepted for exhibition at London's prestigious Mall Galleries later in the summer. 'Mismatched', in acrylic on stretched canvas, will be shown as part of the show, Through the Looking Glass, curated...

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Sketching with Chesterfield Primary School

Sketching with Chesterfield Primary School

Enfield Art Circle members spent a fun afternoon at Chesterfield Primary School at the end of June, working with children in Years 5 and 6 to explore the ways that sketchbooks can be used by artists. Each artist spoke to a different class about the variety of ways...

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Landscape painting with pastels

Landscape painting with pastels

Thanks to artist Dawn Limbert for an entertaining and instructive demo on painting a landscape scene with soft pastels for our June meeting. Dawn works mainly on Pastelmat paper, building up thin layers of colour using multiple short strokes, adding tones from light...

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Painting a seascape in acrylics

Painting a seascape in acrylics

We enjoyed an excellent demonstration from Sue Gray at our May meeting on painting a seascape in acrylic. Sue works mainly from small sketches which she does in situ, then works up the finished painting in the studio. She uses Daler Rowney System 3 acrylics, working...

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EAC member exhibits with Society of Graphic Fine Arts

EAC member exhibits with Society of Graphic Fine Arts

EAC member Elizabeth McCrimmon is showing three ink drawings at the prestigious Society of Graphic Fine Art’s 102nd annual exhibition in central London. The exhibition runs from Monday 13 to Saturday 18 March at the Mall Galleries, The Mall, London SW1. The Society of...

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Painting a portrait in acrylics

Painting a portrait in acrylics

We enjoyed a great demo at our February meeting from artist Keith Morton of painting a portrait in acrylics. Volunteer model Christine sat very patiently as Keith spent a lot of time measuring dimensions by eye and ensuring the foundations of the portrait were sound...

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