RSW 143rd Open Exhibition – searching for innovation
The Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour embraces painters using all forms of water-based media, that includes gouache, ink, acrylic, and traditional watercolour. The Annual Open Exhibition in January 2024 will be the 143rd annual show, held in the magnificent Royal Scottish Academy Building…
Celebrating 100 years of Visual Arts Scotland
Name of organisation: Visual Arts Scotland Can you tell us a little bit about your organisation? Visual Arts Scotland (VAS) is a leading platform for national and international contemporary artists. The society was originally founded in 1924 as an organisation for women artists and since…
The Royal Ulster Academy of Arts – inside their open call
Name of organisation The Royal Ulster Academy of Arts Tell us about the history of the Academy The Academy is an artist-led organisation which aims to celebrate, enrich and expand contemporary approaches to the visual arts. It was originally founded in 1879 as the Belfast…
The Scottish Arts Trust – Redefining the boundaries of contemporary landscape art
The Scottish Arts Trust is holding it’s inaugural Landscape Awards in 2023. After nine years of promoting the arts in Scotland, this new venture provides an exciting challenge to artist in the region. Can you tell us about the history of your trust? The Scottish…
12 000 reasons to enter the Chelsea Art Society open call
As the deadline for entries to the 74th annual open summer exhibition of the Chelsea Art Society draws closer, we caught up with President, Alice Hall to give us a quick overview of the Open Call, the Society and her hope for the future. Name…
Four reasons the Aberdeen Artists Society uses OESS
Dr Donnie Ross FCRA, President of the Aberdeen Artists Society wrote to tell us what he likes about using OESS. During the last five years, along with my colleagues in Aberdeen Artists Society (AAS), I’ve used OESS to set up four or five exhibitions, some…