In 1960 a small group of students who had attended an Art Appreciation class at the old Girls’ Grammar School, were inspired to start painting, and so the CAS was begun, with the aim to: ‘promote and foster the appreciation of, and participation in the visual arts’. From the first exhibition held in 1961 the Society has continued to progress - with meetings, annual exhibitions and competitions in various categories .
Welcome to the Cowbridge Art Society
We are a thriving local society in the historic market town of Cowbridge in the Vale of Glamorgan, south Wales. In 2010 / 11 the society celebrated its Golden Jubllee.
The society has approximately 70 members of widely ranging ability, from beginners to some highly accomplished artists. Whatever our abilities or interests, we all share the desire to learn and to improve our painting. Members work in a range of media and styles from traditional painting in watercolour, oils, acrylics, pen and ink and pastels, to multi-media and digital computer based imagery.
Exhibitions of our work are staged usually twice each year in Cowbridge. They are open to the public, and many of the paintings are available for sale. Some members also exhibit their work in other local exhibitions, mainly in south Wales, and visits to other major exhibitions in the UK, are also sometimes arranged.
In 2011 one of our members Dr. John Phillips completed an illustrated commentary on the development of the Society in its first 50 years, which is now available for purchase.