Welcome to the Folkestone Art Society website

We celebrated our 80th anniversary in 2008. For eighty years members, past and present, have been pivotal in promoting the visual arts in Folkestone and the south east. In those eighty years we have grown both in number of members as well as in the number and quality of the works exhibited. Many eminent artists, from Gerald Norden to Sir Winston Churchill, have been past members.

The 2008 Spring Exhibition was the largest that we have presented with over 250 works of art on view. With social gatherings as well as a lecture on Turner and Constable in the series of lectures by Professor Anthony Slinn we had a full and eventful year.

Our Spring Exhibition will open on Thursday 14 May and continue through to Monday 25 May 2009 at The Grand on The Leas at Folkestone. See ‘Next exhibition’ for full details and opening times.

Pictured throughout this website is a small and random selection of art shown at our previous Spring Exhibition in May 2008.

Over 250 works of art were on display. Most were for sale at reasonable prices. Come to our Spring Exhibition 2009 for more great art. Click here.

President Ann Nevill

Patrons of the Folkestone Art Society:
Rt Hon. Michael Howard QC MP
Robert H. Benson KCSG
Graham Gordon
Michael Stainer

 

At the summer Leas Railings exhibition members of the society gather in front of the Flower Clock.

 

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The Floral Clock on The Leas at Folkestone.

The Floral Clock on The Leas at Folkestone contained more than 45,000 plants and represents a form of planting rarely used as the skills have almost been lost. It was designed and planted by the Grounds Maintenance team at Shepway. The clock celebrated the Folkestone Art Society’s 80th anniversary.

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