Clubhouse Calendar
Members Events for 2024-25
We have an ART-filled 2025 planned! Including Members on Tour to Barcelona, Artists Residencies, Art & Wellness Days, Workshops, Salons, Exhibitions, Members Days in London and Birmingham to name just a few! More events and happenings added regularly to the Pure Calendar…Join us!
Members Day: Tate Modern and Britain
Join us for a members day in London where we will visit Tate Modern and Tate Britain.
Itinerary
11.30am
MIKE KELLEY - GHOST AND SPIRIT at Tate Modern
Lunch
2.30pm
THE 80s: PHOTOGRAPHING BRITAIN
Both exhibitions are ticketed for non Tate members - advance booking recommended.
Members Online Q&A
Join this live Q&A and ask Pure Founder Lesley Samms anything art related.
The focus for this session will be on the Artist Odyssey
The session is open to Pure members and those taking a Pure course or programme
Workshop: Prepare for the Creative Year Ahead
Be prepared for a thoroughly creative year.
Based on the 12 Pure principles and Artist Odyssey for being a successful artist, this workshop will help you achieve clarity on how to move forward positively and be successful in 2025 and beyond.
Members Lunch
This now annual lunch is something we have all come to look forward to in the long winter months.
Lunch will include 3 courses plus a welcome drink, tea/coffee and petit fours.
Additional drinks can be purchased at the bar.
Members Day: Affordable Art Fair, London
Join us for this members day visit to the Affordable Art Fair in Battersea.
The very first edition of the Affordable Art Fair took place in London’s Battersea Park in October 1999 and today it is an established element of most aspiring artists art journey.
This is a ticketed event - register to receive notification when tickets go on sale.
Members Online Q&A
Join this live Q&A and ask Pure Founder Lesley Samms anything art related.
The focus for this session will be on the Artist Odyssey
The session is open to Pure members and those taking a Pure course or programme
Members Day: The Royal Academy, London
Join us for our annual Members Day visit to the Summer Exhibition at The Royal Academy, London
This is a ticketed exhibition for non members/friends. To book your ticket visit the RA website - advance booking required.
Online Workshop: Marketing for Artists
Are you an ambitious and motivated artist who wants to take charge of their own career and feel empowered to take focused action? If you are, you need to know some of the key marketing tricks and hacks that are working for artists right now.
This online workshop will guide you through some of these and how you could utilise and modify them to make them work for you too.
Free workshop for Members & Non-Members.
Artists on Tour: Barcelona
RSVP HERE for more information and to register your interest in this Pure Members trip.
Sound Bath with Sarah Stephenson
Come & experience the healing powers of sound with Sarah Stephenson - Seraphina Sound.
Workshop: Create Your Own Textile Angel
As part of the Pure Christmas Market event, join us for some lovely crafting activities.
Edith Pargh Barton will guide you through the creative experience of making your own angel - whether it be for a tree, door hanger or memory keep sake.
Art & Wellness Day
Spend the day with the Pure team and take part in some fun and creative art and well being activities.
Artists Jane Cordery and Carole Bury will be delivering workshops and the event will close with a Sound Bath with Sarah Stephenson
Members Day: Oxford
Join us for our Members Day in Oxford, where we will be visiting the Ashmolean Museum..
(*Please note amended date - different to main calendar)
Online Workshop: Marketing for Artists
Are you an ambitious and motivated artist who wants to take charge of their own career and feel empowered to take focused action? If you are, you need to know some of the key marketing tricks and hacks that are working for artists right now.
This online workshop will guide you through some of these and how you could utilise and modify them to make them work for you too.
Free workshop for Members & Non-Members.
Artists on Tour: New York City
We will be travelling to the Big Apple this year for our Pure on Tour trip. We will be staying on the Upper East Side, close by to all the galleries, and plan to visit AAF New York on 19 September before flying home on an evening flight from JFK airport.
Accommodation on the Upper East side is plentiful and there are a range of options, from apartments with kitchens sleeping up to 8 people, to conventional hotels. It is recommended you book early to get the best choice and deals.
Members: Live Q&A on Zoom
Join this live Q&A and ask Pure Founder Lesley Samms anything art related. The focus for this session will be on ‘Discipline’
The session is open to Pure members and those taking a Pure course or programme.
Members Day: Arundel
Join us for a visit to Arundel and the Gallery Trail 2024.
In August every year Arundel Gallery Trail offers the chance to explore this beautiful West Sussex town in a different way. Artists, makers, galleries, shops and homeowners throw open their doors and invite you into their studios, houses and their creative thought processes. The Trail is a largely walkable, open house art event featuring 100+ artists and makers and it’s free to all visitors.
We will meet at the BrewHouse project, Lyminster Road on the outskirts of Arundel at 12.30pm
Members Day: Kettles Yard, Cambridge
Megan Rooney: Echoes and Hours
22 June – 6 October 2024, 12noon – 4pm
This is the first major solo exhibition in the UK of work by Megan Rooney (b. 1985, South Africa). Her paintings have an irresistible life and energy, renewing the potential of abstraction to embody the richness of the visual world.
In June 2024, Rooney will spend three weeks making a new ‘mural’, painting directly on the walls of one of Kettle’s Yard’s two galleries. In the other gallery a group of new paintings will be exhibited for the first time.
FREE to visit
Member Day: Mall Galleries London
Join us in London for lunch and a visit to the Mall Galleries for the SWA annual exhibition.
Members: Live Q&A on Zoom
Join this live Q&A and ask Pure Founder Lesley Samms anything art related. The focus for this session will be on ‘Clarity’
The session is open to Pure members and those taking a Pure course or programme.
Artist Salon
Join us at the new Pure venue, Arrow Mill for an informal gathering of like minded creatives. An artist (tbc) will introduce her artwork and discuss their making methods. This will be followed by a Q&A. The last 30 minutes will be an opportunity for artists to network, ask questions and seek support in relation to their own practice…
Spring Art & Well-Being Day
Bannatyne Hotel is the home of the Pure Art Gallery and the venue for lots of our in real life workshops and activities. Spend the day with the Pure team and take part in some fun and creative art and well being activities. A full day of activities will be delivered by the Forecast exhibition curation team responding to the elements of light, water and wind…
Workshop: Demo and Critique with Deborah Last
Artist and Art Tutor Deborah Last will be joining us remotely from her studio in the Cotswolds to deliver a demonstration and critique for Pure Members only…
Members: Live Q&A on Zoom
Join this live Q&A and ask Pure Founder Lesley Samms anything art related. The focus for this session will be on ‘Confidence’
The session is open to Pure members and those taking a Pure course or programme.
Artist Salon
Join us at the new Pure venue, Arrow Mill for an informal gathering of like minded creatives. An artist (tbc) will introduce her artwork and discuss their making methods. This will be followed by a Q&A. The last 30 minutes will be an opportunity for artists to network, ask questions and seek support in relation to their own practice…
Members Lunch
This now annual lunch is something we have all come to look forward to in the long winter months.
Lunch will include 3 courses plus a welcome drink, tea/coffee and petit fours.
Additional drinks can be purchased at the bar.
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Workshop: Prepare for the Creative Year Ahead
Be prepared for a thoroughly creative year.
Based on the 12 Pure principles for being a successful artist, this workshop will help you achieve clarity on how to move forward positively and be successful.
Members: Live Q&A on Zoom
Join this live Q&A and ask Pure Founder Lesley Samms anything art related. The focus for this session will be on ‘Integrity’
The session is open to Pure members and those taking a Pure course or programme.
Member Day: Courtauld Gallery, London
Join us in London for lunch and a visit to the Courtauld Gallery.
Artist Salon: Carole Bury Talk + Q&A
Join us at the new Pure venue, Arrow Mill for an informal gathering of like minded creatives. Carole Bury will introduce her artwork and discuss her making methods. This will be followed by a Q&A. The last 30 minutes will be an opportunity for artists to network, ask questions and seek support in relation to their own practice…
SKETCH & MORE: Life Drawing in the Countryside
Join us for an exciting evening of Life Drawing at the beautiful Woodland Retreat in Sedlescombe. Immerse yourself in the world of art and creativity as you sketch and capture the human form in a relaxed and friendly environment…
Members Day: Pallant House Gallery, Chichester
Join the Pure team for a members visit to Pallant House Gallery and lunch in Chichester.
More details will be announced closer to the day.
SKETCH & MORE: Life Drawing in the Countryside
Join us for an exciting evening of Life Drawing at the beautiful Woodland Retreat in Sedlescombe. Immerse yourself in the world of art and creativity as you sketch and capture the human form in a relaxed and friendly environment…
SKETCH & MORE: Life Drawing in the Countryside
Join us for an exciting evening of Life Drawing at the beautiful Woodland Retreat in Sedlescombe. Immerse yourself in the world of art and creativity as you sketch and capture the human form in a relaxed and friendly environment…
Members: Live Q&A on Zoom
Join this live Q&A and ask Pure Founder Lesley Samms anything art related. The focus for this session will be on Marketing.
The session is open to Pure members and those taking a Pure course or programme.
Members Day: London
Join the Pure team for a members visit to Hauser & Wirth Gallery, London.
More details will be announced closer to the day.