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Ongar Art Society hosted an Extraordinary General Meeting & welcomed an audience of members, Chair person, new & past, plus the committee.

A new Chair, was proposed, along with a secretary, treasurer, publicity officers & committee members. Workshop & demonstrations organisers will remain the same volunteers plus the website & social media manager.

Loueen Morrison, the prior Chair, was duly thanked for her commitment & dedication to Ongar Art Society over the past 4 years and presented with a gift.

Important changes were also agreed upon including:

New venue for monthly meetings will be now held at Stondon Massey Village Hall, Stondon, CM15 OLE.

New meeting start time - 7 for 7.30pm 2nd Thursday of the month.

No meetings in January or August.

There will be no winter sale this November

New venue for table top sale & Summer Exhibition next year will be:

Room in the Rodings, Beauchamp Roding, CM5 OPF

Table top sale is scheduled for 14 March 2026

Summer Exhibition is scheduled for 4/5th July 3026 10-4pm (3rd July Friday - set up)

There will be no charge for tea & coffee during the refreshments interval but please buy a raffle ticket instead

Raffle will now be one prize, generally alcohol…to help with the cost of the hall.

Our next meeting will be at Stondon Massey Village Hall, 7 for 7.30pm, Thursday 9th October, whereby we will be observing a demonstration by Leda in papier-mâché & weaving.

Looking forward to seeing you all

*Members* - If you wish your artwork to be featured upon our Instagram, Facebook and/or website home page, please email Lynne Matthews on s.matthews358@btinternet.com and attach a high resolution photograph of your painting, saved as JPEG image, with a short brief including title, size, medium and any relevant inspiration details.

A ceremony was held at Ongar Academy on 18th April attended by representatives of the Twinning Organisations of Cerizay, France and Ongar, Great Britain, and invited guests. The Chair of Ongar Art Society, Loueen Morrison and Publicity Officer, Susan Keeble were among those with a special invitation.

There was a lovely Afternoon Tea, a concert by the primary schools and a wonderful medley of songs from Chicago, the Musical by Ongar Singers.

The main event followed - the unveiling of a painting, created by Joe Charman, instigated by Loueen Morrison and Hugh Rayner of Ongar Art Society. The representatives from Cerizay were delighted with the presentation of the beautiful work of art.

The painting will be now in residence in Cerizay in France. Ongar Art Society has now attained International connections and we were very proud to have been part of this important ceremony.