CASTLE HILL ART SOCIETY Inc.

PO Box 181, Castle Hill, NSW 1765, Australia

Phone: +61 2 9899 3179

Welcome

Our society was established in 1967, with the idea of promoting, encouraging and facilitating the practice of the visual arts in the Hills District of Sydney.

Classes and workshops in all media are held for adults, also after-school and Saturday morning classes for children. The children's classes finish each year with a Christmas party to which parents are also invited. Prizes and awards are given out and the children's artworks are put on display.

As we are soon to move to our new premises at CASTLE GLEN COMMUNITY CENTRE, Ridgecrop Drive, Castle Hill, this page will be further updated once we are settled in. We will continue with our weekly painting groups, and monthly portrait and life-drawing groups. Most activities will now take place at Castle Glen, but with some still at "The Cottage" in the Castle Hill Showground. Click here for a map of the Showground.

Meetings are held on the first Wednesday evening of each month (except January) at which visiting, well-known artists give demonstrations. Members and visitors are welcome to these meetings, with the entry fee being $3 for members and $5 for visitors. They are held in the George Bell Building, Doran Drive, Castle Hill Showground, Castle Hill. Click here for a map of the Showground.

Other society activities, to which members and their friends can attend, include en plein air painting days, bus trips, painting holidays, and social activities such as our luncheons.

Our two major exhibitions a year are the Art Award section in the Castle Hill Agricultural Show, usually held in or around March, and the Orange Blossom Festival Annual Art Awards, held in September. We also have Mother's Day and Christmas exhibitions of members' works.

Membership currently costs $36 a single for the first year (including a $6 name badge), then $30 for following years, with special rates for couples, students and pensioners.
New members are always welcome, so if you are interested in joining the society, please contact us, or phone the number at the top of the page. You can also download the application form by clicking here.

We have some very talented artists belonging to our society. Please take some time to browse their webpages, where just a small sample of their works are on display.

Our society is a member of The Combined Art Societies of Sydney Inc.(CASS). Details of their activities can be found on their website at www.combinedartsocieties.com