Bucks Art Society autumn exhibition to be held in Buckingham on Sat 26th and Sun 27th Oct 2019

The Buckinghamshire Art Society will be holding its autumn exhibition in Buckingham on Sat 26th and Sun 27th Oct 2019.

The event will take place at the Buckingham Community Centre, Cornwalls Meadow, Buckingham MK18 1R and will be open to the public on :

• Saturday 26th October 2019 from 10.00am to 6.00pm.
• Sunday 27th October 2019 from 10.00am to 4.00pm.

The exhibition will feature work from BAS members as well as work from local schools as part of the Young Artists Award, a county wide initiative supported by the Society to promote art in schools.

This year the Young Artists Awards Reception will be held on Saturday 26th October between 1.00pm and 3.00pm with the presentations of the awards taking place by by Cav. Romeo di Girolamo at 1.30pm. Drinks and snacks will be available from 12.00pm to 2.00pm.

The featured artist will be Graham Lester who has worked with paper as a medium for many years and has been commissioned to produce paper sculptures for various promotions. Graham now focuses on using the medium to express his own creative ideas, and likes the clear crisp graphic effect that can be achieved with paper.

Graham also produces turned art using a variety of recycled materials including paper, acrylics and Corian bonded together and then turned on the lathe into decorative bowls and pots.

*Source of article : Press release from the Buckinghamshire Art Society.