Frome SODA Group holds an annual 10 day exhibition as part of the Frome Festival every summer. During recent art meetings they have explored a wide variety of subjects including exotic birds, pigs and dogs and various types of landscapes, using materials such as oil pastels, watercolour and Quink ink, even using hedgerow sticks for a sepia effect! They are also currently planning for an upcoming exhibition, held as part of the Frome Art Festival, to celebrate SODA's 40th anniversary. To find out more about the occasion see our 40th Anniversary Celebrations section.
See below for reports and photos of Frome Group's recent activity. You can also visit their independent website at www.soda-frome.org.uk.
For further images of their work, visit the online gallery.
See below for reports and photos of Frome Group's recent activity. You can also visit their independent website at www.soda-frome.org.uk.
For further images of their work, visit the online gallery.
Our group meets at Christ Church Hall, Christchurch Street West, Frome, Somerset, BA11 1EH weekly on Fridays from 2.30–4.30pm.
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recent activity
"Following the news of her severe illness in the last edition of the SODA Magazine, we are delighted that Sara, one of our volunteers, has made a really good recovery. She is now home again, having been in no fewer than 3 hospitals. We hope to see her back to full strength in the not-too-distant future.
As usual at this time of year, we are busy preparing for our annual exhibition as part of the Frome Festival from 5–14 July. We have been working hard to get ready in time; indeed, in view of the late Easter and our advanced planning, we closed only for Good Friday and otherwise worked straight through instead of having an Easter break. To celebrate SODA’s 40th anniversary, visitors to our exhibition will be invited to vote for a People’s Choice Award, with the incentive of winning the chosen art work. We intend to back this up with some local press publicity.
In the course of the spring term, we have, as usual, tackled a wide variety of subjects in various mediums, gently encouraged by our tutors. To cheer up the January chill, members depicted snowdrops on dark green paper with white and green crayon. In February we used oil pastels to create pictures of the various white horses that abound on the hillsides of the South West, as well as a dog in a basket in watercolour and pencils to depict faces with different expressions. March found members tackling figures in landscapes, pictures of our beautiful town of Frome (these tend always to result in sales at our exhibition in July!) and using watercolour to show stones and rocks.
Before we broke for our short holiday, Caroline tutored a session inspired by the work of John Brockley, using pastels to create pictures of traditional cottages. The photos below show Caroline busy with the group and some of the resulting, unusual work."
As usual at this time of year, we are busy preparing for our annual exhibition as part of the Frome Festival from 5–14 July. We have been working hard to get ready in time; indeed, in view of the late Easter and our advanced planning, we closed only for Good Friday and otherwise worked straight through instead of having an Easter break. To celebrate SODA’s 40th anniversary, visitors to our exhibition will be invited to vote for a People’s Choice Award, with the incentive of winning the chosen art work. We intend to back this up with some local press publicity.
In the course of the spring term, we have, as usual, tackled a wide variety of subjects in various mediums, gently encouraged by our tutors. To cheer up the January chill, members depicted snowdrops on dark green paper with white and green crayon. In February we used oil pastels to create pictures of the various white horses that abound on the hillsides of the South West, as well as a dog in a basket in watercolour and pencils to depict faces with different expressions. March found members tackling figures in landscapes, pictures of our beautiful town of Frome (these tend always to result in sales at our exhibition in July!) and using watercolour to show stones and rocks.
Before we broke for our short holiday, Caroline tutored a session inspired by the work of John Brockley, using pastels to create pictures of traditional cottages. The photos below show Caroline busy with the group and some of the resulting, unusual work."
"Every year in July we hold a ten day local SODA exhibition as part of the Frome Festival, enjoying the welcoming hospitality of St John’s Parish Church. Despite the intense heat, which made toiling up the hill to St John’s a challenge for visitors, plus the inevitable distractions of the football, we sold a number of small canvases, some ceramics and a large number of cards."
"The Frome Council gave us a useful grant towards learning to paint ceramics, which is particularly expensive due to the cost of glazing and firing. We have enjoyed many sessions with tutor Steven Jenkins, a local potter, with encouraging results."
"We enjoyed a successful outing to the Somerset Earth Science Centre, situated in a local quarry. On a warm sunny day, members had the opportunity to examine and draw a variety of artefacts, including fossils and animal skulls, as well as walking in the extensive grounds, painting the delightful views of the lake and enjoying delicious tea and cakes."
