The Jess Burns Memorial Prize is awarded each year to the Dunfermline Art Club artist whose work had been voted favourite painting by the general public during the clubs Annual Exhibition. The award comes with a £50 voucher for art materials. We are pleased to announce that the winner for 2015 is Ken Young for… Continue reading Jess Burns Memorial Prize 2015
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BBC’s Big Painting Challenge Programme
The BBC Big Painting Challenge series currently on BBC One TV has generated a fair amount of debate in the club. If you haven’t done so already, you can find details of the programmes Little Painting Challenge on their website. Here is a link to the Little Painting Challenge page and if you want to… Continue reading BBC’s Big Painting Challenge Programme
Club Success at Shell Awards
The annual art extravaganza known as the Fife Shell Awards is now in its 31st year and is being staged this year at The Lochgelly Centre from 10th October until 26th November. The event showcases the work of Fife artists from all parts of the county and is promoted by Fife Council and Fife Cultural… Continue reading Club Success at Shell Awards
Remembrance – Painting Challenge
Club Members will recall the August issue of the Gallery newsletter, Complementary Colours, which offered us a painting challenge. The idea was that we should each produce a painting on the theme of remembrance, which would be displayed at our upcoming Winter Exhibition (10th-19th November). Since 2014 marks the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of… Continue reading Remembrance – Painting Challenge
Kingsgate Gallery – “Featured Artist” Area
As mentioned in the Complementary Colours Newsletter (Issue 2), the management team at the club Gallery are continuing with plans to develop an area within the Gallery for a “Featured Artist of the Month”. For a fixed fee of £20, the featured artist will have full use of the reserved area to display as many… Continue reading Kingsgate Gallery – “Featured Artist” Area
