Welcome to Samford Artworks

Samford Artworks is a collective of local artists, hiring quality tutors to run workshops at a reasonable cost.

Wednesday Painting Group

Next painting group meet is Wednesday 14th February 2018.

Due to popular demand the Wednesday painting group will meet on the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month at the old Catholic Church, Samford from 9am to 12 noon.

There is a $5 charge for rent and morning tea.

Everyone is welcome.

Enquiries: Billeen Finch 07 3289 1863 or 0400 284 904
Margaret Turner 0418 671 511 email: mturner@webone.com.au

Take a look at our Photo Album: Pauline Adair Two Day Workshop

Thanks to the grant money from Samford Bendigo Bank, Samford Artworks was able to hold a very successful two day watercolour and life model painting workshop with well known tutor Pauline Adair.

These are some of the photos taken on the second day. Please click on Photo Album to see all of the photos.

We thank Samford Bendigo Bank Community Bank for their generous grant and support.

View the full Photo Album: Pauline Adair Two Day Workshop

Our thanks to the Samford Community Bendigo Bank

Samford Artworks is a collection of like-minded people who get together to paint in all mediums mentored by professional established tutors. This group started in 2007 due to the expense and distance for the local community to achieve a similar type of tuition outside of Samford.

Funding the workshops became a stumbling block and upon hearing about the support and help the Bendigo Bank gives to the community we applied for and were successful in receiving our first grant in 2012. This grant enabled us to set up a website and subsidise some of the more expensive workshops. This supported the development of our members’ skills and we held our first exhibition in 2013. This exhibition was a huge success and with the entrance fee of a gold coin donation we were able to make a considerable donation to the Samford First Responders. We were very proud to give back to the community and we could not have achieved this without the help of the Samford Community Bendigo Bank.

Having gained confidence from the first exhibition we held another successful exhibition in 2015 and again we were able to make a considerable donation to the Samford Lions Club Medical Research Fund.

This year we were successful in receiving our second grant from the Samford Community Bendigo Bank and this will enable us to progress to two-day workshops so that our members may receive more in-depth tuition. This may lead to another exhibition in 2016.

With the support of the Samford Community Bendigo Bank, Samford Artworks has been able to help local artists to achieve their goals and at the same time we have been able to give back to the Community.

Our sincere thanks to the Samford Community Bendigo Bank for the support they give to Samford Artworks and the local community.

Take a look at our Photo Album: Brookfield Show

Big Congratulations to Margaret Turner, First Prize in the Pastel Section and to Janna Quarantotto, Second Prize in the Oils Section. Well done ladies!