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2022 NEWS
Members of SSP will be taking part in the Brighton and Hove Arts Council exhibition at Friends Meeting House in the Kanes at Prince Albert Street Brighton from 27th to 30th April 2022. This is a group show where several local art groups combine to make lively mixed show for four days, right in the heart of Brighton.
This will be followed by a new venture for SSP, we will be holding our own exhibition at the Fishing Quarter Gallery , 101 Kings Road Arches on Brighton seafront. The dates are from Friday 27th May until Sunday 5th June 2022.
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As we move towards the ending of lockdown, SSP is happy to announce that we will be participating in two new exhibitions.
The first will be with the Brighton and Hove Arts Council exhibition in July 2021, along with members of other local art societies, and the second will be the exhibition postponed from last year at the Fishing Quarter Gallery on Brighton seafront.
The dates for the FQG are from 24th September to 3rd October 2021.
We are sad to announce the recent death of our SSP member, Zan Stevenson. Her colourful landscapes have been enjoyed and admired for many years, and she will be greatly missed by her friends and patrons.In the past year we have also lost Anthony Morgan Jones, watercolour painter and formerly our treasurer, also sadly missed
In June 2020 SSP was due to show an exhibition of new works, entitled 20/20, Perfect Vision, at the Fishing Quarter Gallery in Brighton.
However the Covid 19 virus put a stop to that, so we are showing an online exhibition of recent work on the page entitled Lockdown Paintings.
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The Spring exhibition of members' work at the Grange Gallery Rottingdean 2 - 29 April 2019. was a great success.
19 members of SSP were back at the Grange showing their latest work.
And the following week, some members of SSP also showed work at the Brighton and Hove Arts Council exhibition at the Friends Meeting House in the Brighton Lanes.
From 3rd to 9th May, several embers of SSP also showed work in an Anglo-French exhibition at the Crypt Seaford, as members of Changez d'Art brought a vibrant range of paintings and sculpture to Seaford.
ANOTHER BIG EXHIBITION was held AT SKYWAY GALLERY, SHOREHAM CENTRE, POND ROAD SHOREHAM, 3 - 22 SEPTEMBER 2018.
Open Monday to Friday 10am - 5pm, Saturday from 11am - 4pm
SSP members contributed to the Brighton and Hove Arts Council exhibition at Friends Meeting House, brighton in April 2018.
A BIG EXHIBITION was held AT SKYWAY GALLERY, SHOREHAM CENTRE, POND ROAD SHOREHAM, 4 - 23 SEPTEMBER 2017.
Open Monday to Friday 10am - 5pm, Saturday from 11am - 4pm
A beautiful exhibition was held at the Laughing Dog Café/ Grey Walls Gallery at Brighton Marina from 2 - 14 May 2017, with a Private View on Friday 3 May from 6.30 - 8pm.
SSP members showed their work in the Brighton and Hove Arts Council Spring Exhibition at Friends Meeting House in Brighton from 29-29 April 2017.
SSP's exhibition, entitled "Reflect" opened on 3rd November at the Grange Gallery Rottingdean Brighton.
The exhibition continued until Tuesday 15th November 2016, open daily, 10am - 4pm, Sunday 2 - 4pm.
SSP opened a new exhibition at the Studio Gallery in Worthing Museum and Art Gallery, Chapel Road Worthing, West Sussex, on Saturday 9th April 2016.
The exhibition was officially opened by the Mayor and Mayoress of Worthing, Councillor Michael Donin and Ms Linda Wiliams, at 12.30.
SSP showed an exhibition of recent works for sale at the Foyer Gallery of the Hawth Theatre in Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 6YZ.
The exhibition ran from Monday 14th December 2015 until Friday 8th January 2016, and was free, open daily except Sundays from 10am until 8.15pm
Another big exhibition was at the Grange Gallery Rottingdean from 10–22 September
2015, with the Private View from 12 noon onwards on Saturday 12th September.
SSP members are also showing their work in tri-monthly exhibitions at the Rendezvous art cafe in Duke Street Brighton. These exhibitions run for three months each time.
2014 was the 90th anniversary year of this Society and we celebrated it with a big exhibition at Worthing Museum and Art Gallery in July, followed by another exhibition at the Laughing Dog Gallery, The Octagon, Brighton Marina, from Friday 17th to Friday 31st October 2014.
The Society consists of mainly professionally trained artists who are selling their work. However selling their work is not the only criterion. We also wish to encourage relevant work, which reflects the world we live in, and is innovative and original. We use our exhibitions as a show case for the exchange of ideas and we aim to facilitate the development of new work which can be traditional or contemporary.
All work must be of a high professional standard and integrity. To that end, since the start of the Society in 1924, it has always believed that drawing with competence and understanding should be evident in at least two pieces of finished work out of the six pieces which are brought to the selection meeting by prospective members.
Former members of the Society have included such distinguished artists as Glynn Philpott, George Hooper, Charles Morris, Charles Knights, Dorothy Coke, Luther Roberts, Joseph di Guiseppe and Sam Fenton. Membership of the Society now stands at about thirty and we hold one or two exhibitions in different parts of Sussex each year. We welcome new members.
Our 90th anniversary exhibition at Worthing was a great success, appreciated by the many visitors, and especially by the Mayor of Worthing, Councillor Vic Walker, who welcomed us warmly.
Recent Exhibitions
This is where we list all our recent exhibitions, going back 10 years or so.
SSP members also take part in the annual Brighton and Hove Arts Council exhibition at Friends Meeting House, Brighton, together with artists from other local art societies.
2016 Studio Gallery, Worthing Museum and Art Gallery
2015-16 The Hawth Theatre, Crawley
2015 Grange Gallery Rottingdean Brighton
2014 Laughing Dog Gallery, Brighton Marina
2014 Studio Gallery, Worthing Museum
2013 Crypt Gallery, Seaford
2012 Crypt Gallery, Seaford and Grange Gallery Rottingdean
2011 Crypt Gallery, Seaford
2010 Crypt Gallery Seaford and Grange Gallery Rottingdean
2009 Littlehampton Museum and Art Gallery and Grange Gallery Rottingdean
2008 Grange Gallery, Rottingdean
2007 Thebes Gallery, Lewes
2006 Grange Gallery, Rottingdean
2005 Worthing Municipal Art Gallery
2004 Grange Gallery, Rottingdean
2003 Grange Gallery, Rottingdean
