EXHIBITIONS
We normally hold two exhibitions of members’ work each year, either at Amersham Common Village Hall or at the Chalfont St Peter Community Centre. There is no preselection of artwork for Beechwood exhibitions. The next exhibition will be held at the Chalfont St Peter Community Centre on a weekend in April 2025, the date cannot be confirmed yet. The autumn exhibition 2024 was held at the beginning of November at the Amersham Common Village Hall and a full report appears below.
Prizes are presented at our exhibitions for the best painting based on a public vote. The Visitors' Favourite Painting votes are collected during the exhibition and the prizes awarded at the closing event. We send invitations to exhibitions by email to everyone on our mailing list. If you would like to join the mailing list, please read our Privacy Policy then send us an email.
CHARITY
Beechwood donates 10% of all exhibition sales income to charity. The charity for 2023 was The Chilterns Dog Rescue Society, as agreed at the AGM that was held on the 1st March 2023. At the AGM held in February 2024 it was agreed that the charity nominated for 2024 is the Chiltern Food Bank for both spring and autumn exhibitions.
NOVEMBER 2024 EXHIBITION REPORT
We held our annual Autumn Exhibition on 2nd and 3rd November and were pleased to welcome 242 visitors to the event. We were repeatedly told by our visitors that this exhibition was the best yet!! Its always nice to hear our efforts are appreciated!! On that note I would like to thank all of you who entrusted us with showing and selling your beautiful works of art. Thanks must also go to the wonderful team who made this exhibition possible! In particular:-
Jenny Thompson for coordinating it all,
Cecile Gallina for editing and printing the publicity material,
Ian Davenport for transporting the screens and trekking around the area putting up and taking down advertising boards and banners,
Hilary Lewis, Jenny Thompson, Lindsey Gregory and Barbara Spruytenburg for hanging the artwork,
Wendy Nimmo for organising the refreshments,
All the volunteers who helped set up and dismantle the exhibition and all who offered help with manning welcome and sales tables as well as the refreshments counter.
If I have missed anyone out, I do apologise!! Thank you all!
During the weekend we sold 13 framed paintings and 2 unframed as well as a further unframed after the show had closed down. Not a bad result considering the news has been full of doom and gloom following political unrest both here and across the sea, not to mention the budget!!
Having now done the books, it looks like we have come out with a small profit as well as giving £275 to our chosen charity, Chiltern Foodbank.
As usual our visitors voted for their favourite painting. The results were as follows:-
1st place Jenny Thompson for SUMMER LOVE (11 votes)
2nd place Ian Davenport for SARDIS (9 votes)
3rd place Patrick Dolling for RORY (8 votes)
Well done!!