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Ongar Art Society presents Leda (@ledigumi ) who will be hosting & demonstrating the arts of papier mache & paper weaving on Thursday 9 th October at our new time of 7 for 7.30pm at our new venue, Stondon Massey Village Hall.

She will be enlightening the audience of guests & members in respect to the art of upcycling using newspaper with artistic purpose. We will learn techniques in relation to papier mache sculpture & paper weaving.

This will be an exciting opportunity to view a unique concept which has an important underlying factor of environmental awareness.

Join us on Thursday 9 October. Guests are also very welcome plus prospective new members. Please car share where possible & remember to purchase your raffle tickets if you are a member. Refreshments will be available in the interval.

Looking forward to seeing you all!

Members - Meetings Update

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.