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Craig has won the SAA Professional Artist of the year 2019 along with the professional portrait and figurative award. Craig's self portrait was on view along with the other prize winning paintings at the Birmingham NEC. The SAA 2019 open competition was free to enter this year making it the biggest one yet with around 3000 entries.

Craig has been selected for the Third year running to exhibit alongside the members of the Royal Institute of Oil Painter's, in the 2019 annual exhibition. One of Craig's paintings Little Red Dress is a familiar Cambridge street scene and has already won the ProArte award at the 2019 "The Artists" exhibition held at Patchings.

Congratulations to CDS member Kate Gravett who has had her work published in INKQ; A new art pubication from from Inky Leaves Publishing. For more information go to https://www.inkyleavespublishing.com/inkq/

I'm happy to share the news with you that I have had two paintings selected for the 2019 RSMA open exhibition at the prestigious Mall Galleries. The Exhibition runs from 10th October to the 19th. You can view all the selected works on the mall gallery's website and should you wish too, even purchase something before the exhibition opens. https://www.mallgalleries.org.uk/whats-on/exhibitons/royal-society-marine-artists-annual-exhibition-2019

To all garden lovers, artists and bookbinders,  Consider a visit this weekend July 6th and 7th, any time from 11am to 6pm, to John Tordoff and Maurice Reeve at 38 Norfolk Terrace, Cambridge CB12NG.

Opening under the National Gardens Scheme , with an entrance fee of £3 in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support.  In 2018 the garden won the third prize in the BBC Gardeners World competition for the best Small garden in Britain.  

As well as the garden there will be a show of John’s recent paintings and a display of Maurice’s bookbinding. Drop in for tea cakes and wine!  Hope to see you, John

CDS Member Craig Lee has his recent work 'The Bicycle, A Cambridge Street Scene' featured on the cover of the Venue magazine, and uses the opportunty to give a shout out the Society's Spring exhibition.

Many thanks Craig!

CDS member Katherine Gravett tells her story and motivation behind her artwork in online magazine Interalia. An online magazine dedicated to the interactions between the arts, sciences and consciousness.

https://www.interaliamag.org 

https://www.interaliamag.org/audiovisual/katherine-gravett/ 

On Sunday March 17th I am taking part in a special exhibtion to be held at the historic Cambridge Union Society debating chamber during the Cambridge Science Festival. The exhibition is free and open for one only day from 10am - 5 pm.

The What a Nerve exhibition involves 6 artists (CDS member Jo Tunmer, Charlotte Morrison, Elizabeth Fraser, Virginia Mayo, Liza Reid from Growing Art Partnerships and Kelly Briggs), who explore the disease Multiple Sclerosis, bringing together stem cell researchers and MS affected persons.

The result is a stimulating exhibition of art expressing disease, science and cells through acrylic, glass, paper, photography, paint and sound. I will be installing an art installation in response to my own personal experience of a close family relative living with Multiple Sclerosis.

If you would like to attend the talk where the 6 artists discuss the work they have produced for this colloboration please book for your free place here. We would all love to see you there.

For more information about the event please go to the Cambridge Science Festival website.

Congratulations to CDS member Janet Mayes who has her work Earth Mother Revealed selected for the ING Discerning Eye exhibition at the Mall Gallery in London. The exhibition runs from 15th - 25th November 2018. More information can be found; http://discerningeye.org/home/index.php

A researcher for Countryfile contacted Debbie after seeing her page on the Cambridge Drawing Society website. They liked Debbie's and her mother's  art and this has led to Debbie and her work being featured in the Countryfile programme to be aired on Sunday 18th November at 5.30pm. 

The Countryfile team were focusing on Cambridgeshire and Debbie's obsession with trees and how these are reflected in her artwork caught their attention.

Debbie has now completed two days of filming, Most of which was set in Wandlebury Woods on the top of the Gog Magog hills South East of Cambridge. After editing, Debbie's feature will be about four minutes long.

The image above captures Debbie filming with presenter Anita Rani.

A book about Ann MAssing's artwork has just come out as part of the Cambridge Xu Zhimo Poetry and Art Festival held at King's College:
Ann Massing, A Journey Eastwards: Reflections on Chinese Ink and Watercolour Paintings, Cam Rivers Publishing, 2018. It is available from Heffer’s Bookstore for £15; they also have some ofAnn's handmade cards in their window display. The book is a brief anthology with comments about each painting also an interview - all translated into Chinese as well as English.Ann mentions ink and watercolour techniques as well as why she has chosen to be influenced by the Oriental tradition. 

Iona's work November Fen has been selected for the National Original Print Exhibition in the Bankside Gallery in London. More details can be found at https://www.re-printmakers.com/exhibitions/12/overview/ 

National Original Print Exhibition is an international open competition established by the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers which celebrates the best in all types of contemporary printmaking.

November Fen by Iona Howard

Congratulations to CDS member John Glover for winning the SAA Artist of the Year award 2018,

Cambridge Drawing Society was proud to present the Society's awards for outstanding work by Cambridge sixth form artists showing at The Arts Society Cambridge 6th Form Art Exhibition for young artists, held at Michaelhouse Café from 4-15 July 2018.  The exhibition features young artists from schools in the Cambridge region, who are studying A Level Art.

 Eliza Orme (The Perse Upper School) -Triptych - Presidents Cup Winner 2018

Cambridge Drawing Society awarded two prizes, the silver President’s Cup and £50 for the artwork that the CDS judges, Lizanne van essen (CDS President), Godfrey Curtis and Colin Hayes, considered to be best in show and a £50 token for the most innovative work. The cup and £50, was presented to Elliza Orme from The Perse Upper School for a Triptych.

The £50 prize for most innovative work was awarded to Jo Swales from Long Road VI Form College, for a thought provoking ceramic work. 

 Jo Swales (Long Road VI Form College) -Ceramic Building - Most Innovative Work 2018

Eliza and Jo will be given the opportunity to exhibit these winning works at the CDS Spring 2019 exhibition to be held at the Pitt Building in Cambridge.