ArtExchange Meetings

The WNAA arranges regular meetings, known as ArtExchange, at which its members can get together to network, chat, and be informed and entertained. These usually take place on the third Tuesday or Thursday of each month (alternating between the two days of the week) at 7.30pm, although the date may sometimes change to accommodate special circumstances. All meetings are announced in the Update newsletter.

Meetings are often held in the Family Room at the Farmers Arms, Knights Hill Hotel, King’s Lynn. However, the Association also travels to other venues to visit exhibitions, artists’ studios, and various different events.

Below are a few examples of the variety of activities which have taken place in the past year or so.

  • Visit to a local picture framing workshop.
  • Talks by members about their work.
  • Talk by Jo Halpin Jones about successfully photographing paintings etc.
  • Visual arts quiz by John Hughes.
  • Exhibition visit to King’s Lynn Arts Centre with talks by exhibiting artists.
  • Coach outing to the Royal Academy.
  • Talk by Mark Back about the use of social networking websites to promote members’ work.
  • An evening sketching on King’s Lynn quayside.
  • A Plasticine sculpting workshop with Tom Sharp.
  • Visit to Joyce Davison’s pottery workshop at Castle Acre.
Shakespeare Barn visit

Members sometimes make a group visit to an exhibition, such as this one at the Shakespeare Barn, King's Lynn Arts Centre

A view of St Nicholas Chapel

St Nicholas Chapel, King's Lynn is the venue for the WNAA's major exhibitions

The Royal Academy Piccadilly

In 2009 the WNAA took a coach party to the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition

Joyce Davison's pottery

Some of Joyce Davison's pottery. Members made a fascinating visit to her Castle Acre studio in the summer of 2010