RBSA Members & Associates Exhibition 

Tuesday 21 June - Saturday 23 July 
Ground Floor & Gallery 2

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This exhibition is the first Members and Associates exhibition in our newly refurbished Gallery. You can expect to see sculpture, painting, prints, ceramics and much more from our M&A's.

RBSA Friends Exhibition 

Tuesday 21 June - Saturday 23 July
Gallery 1 

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The annual RBSA Friends Exhibition provides a platform for Friends at different stages of their practice to display artwork at the RBSA Gallery. This year we have over 70 artists exhibiting.

Women Artists of the RBSA, 1884 – 2012

26 July - 27 August 
Gallery 2

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Private View - Tuesday 26th July 6-8pm

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This exhibition celebrates the 70th anniversary of the election of the first woman Member and Vice President of the RBSA, Teresa Clarke in 1952. For the 139 years between the foundation of the Birmingham Society of Artists in 1814 and the accession of Queen Elizabeth II in 1952, no women were elevated to the coveted status of full membership of the RBSA.  

Sourced from the RBSA Permanent Collection with important loans from other public and private collections, it includes paintings by Kate Fryer, Irene Welburn, Joan Woolard, and Florence Whittle alongside exquisite Arts and Crafts inspired works by Georgie Gaskin, Kate Eadie, Mary Gibson, and Margaret Gere. Currently in 2022, female artists represent over 51% of the membership at the RBSA.

Exhibition Talk & Tour 
Women Artists of the RBSA, 1884 – 2012

Saturday 20 August

11am 

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Curator & RBSA Professor of Art History, Brendan Flynn, will lead a the tour of the exhibition (30 mins) joined by Dr. Jefny Ashcroft, local dramatist, who will explore Irene Welburn's relationship with her sitter in the painting Nurse Brown From Jamaica. Her talk Woman to woman will last 20 mins after which there will be time for questions.Curator & RBSA Professor of Art History, Brendan Flynn, will lead a the tour of the exhibition (30 mins) joined by Dr. Jefny Ashcroft, local dramatist, who will explore Irene Welburn's relationship with her sitter in the painting Nurse Brown From Jamaica. Her talk Woman to woman will last 20 mins after which there will be time for questions.

MasterPeace Academy presents: WE ARE ONE!

Wednesday August 31st - Saturday September 10th

Gallery 1

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A selling exhibition showcasing debut collections by student and tutors at MasterPeace Academy, Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham, UK. Join us as we celebrate unity and diversity through unrivaled craftsmanship, art and design.