146th annual open exhibition 2025
Piano Man by Taylor Beckett
Winner of the Mayor's Choice Award 2025
The Ipswich Art Society Annual Open Exhibition 2025 was opened by the Deputy Mayor, Councillor Pat Bruce-Browne, at St Clement's Arts Centre on Saturday 17th May. This popular exhibition is open to anyone to exhibit alongside the Society artists. 186 works were shown, with about 20% of these submitted by members of the public. They included paintings in all media, drawings, prints and sculptures - in every style. The comments left in the visitors book reflected the variety and quality of work in the exhibition. The prestigious Mayor's Award was given to Taylor Becket for her striking chalk-on-black drawing, Piano Man.
See below a gallery of photographs from the show.
145th annual open exhibition 2024
Charles by Antonina Kulmasova
Winner of the Mayor's Choice Award 2024
St Clement's Arts Centre
Star Lane, Ipswich
IP4 1JN
Saturday 4 May- Saturday 15 June 2024
Open Daily 10am - 4.30pm
Admission free
See below for a list of the exhibitors and selected works.
144th annual open exhibition 2023
St Clement's Arts Centre
Fore Street, Ipswich
IP4 1JZ
Saturday 19 August - Sunday 3 September
Open Daily 10am - 4.30pm
Admission free
See download below for a full list of Exhibitors
143rd annual open exhibition 2022
9 April - 5 May 2022
Ipswich Art Gallery, 1 Upper High Street, Ipswich IP1 3NE
01473 433681
Open Tuesday to Saturday 10.00 - 4.30pm
Sunday 11.00am - 4.30pm.
Closed on Mondays
After a two year wait, there was a welcome return to the Ipswich Art Gallery in High Street for the 143rd Annual Open Exhibition of the Ipswich Art Society. There is work by Members, Friends and the general public and a retrospective of work by Judith Foster and Claire Lambert, two of of our longest-standing and most respected Members. It was a pleasure to see many familiar faces at the Private View, and meet some new ones, in this well-loved venue which has played such an important role in the visual arts in the town.
Collection of unsold and purchased work: Saturday 7 May 10.00am - 4.00pm.
(Please arrange for someone to collect your work if you are unable to do so.)
See Download below for list of exhibitors.
142nd Annual open exhibition 2019
Winner of the Mayor's Award 2019
Felixstowe Cranes by David King
Ipswich Art Gallery, 1 Upper High Street, Ipswich
An Open Exhibition of 275 paintings, prints, drawings and sculptures by Members, Friends and the general public was held from 25 May to 30 June. Download the catalogue pages below for a list of the works on show.
The special feature this year was a retrospective of the work of Ken Cuthbert who is well known as a past President of the Society, pupil of Cor Visser and teacher to many of the Art Society members.
David King receiving the Mayor’s Award from Jan Parry, Mayor of Ipswich
141ST ANNUAL OPEN EXHIBITION 2018
Estuary 1 by Colin Slee was the winner the 141st Annual Open Exhibition 2018
An exhibition of over 150 paintings, prints, drawings and sculptures by Members, Friends and the general public was held at the Ipswich Art Gallery, 1 Upper High Street, Ipswich, from Saturday 23 June - Sunday 23 September 2018.
Organised by the Ipswich Art Society
Members - If you would like your work to feature on our Artists pages please contact ipswich.art.society.publicity@gmail.com