Art Society of Tasmania

26/05/2026

24/05/2026

An opportunity not to be missed – Sunday 31st May 2.30-3.45pm LFG

A talk entitled: A Life’s Journey with Art by author Sue Abdullah who will provide a brief overview of Eileen Brooker’s life and teaching legacy, illustrated with slides of her diverse range of artworks, sketches, paintings and ceramic pieces, some of which are not shown in her recent biography. Sue will cover her favourite themes as outlined and explored in the book, People, Pottery & Painting: Life Stories of Eileen Brooker Come along to discover and celebrate her life’s journey with art.

The book of this well-known Tasmanian artist and art educator will be available for purchasing at the gallery on the day.

Now 103 years old, Eileen influenced many Southern Tasmanian artists who have memories of her generosity and teaching over many years. Society members tell your friends who may not be members and remind them of the date and time for this rare opportunity to be held at The Lady Franklin Gallery Sunday 31st May at 2.30 - 3.45pm - just before members pick up time of their work from our current exhibition.
Susie Meech
Art Society Librarian

23/05/2026

Pattern and Repetition exhibition is on at Lady Franklin Gallery this weekend and next, 11am - 4pm. Here are a few more photos of the entries. Pop in and vote for your favourite and support local artists.

21/05/2026

We have a fabulous workshop coming up at Lady Franklin Gallery on Thursday 18th June with Leanne Halls.
Have you ever wanted to paint your beloved pet but find that you are not happy with the results because it feels too tight? Have you wanted to loosen up and paint your pet portrait with interesting colours, utilizing the white space of your paper as a design element? Leanne will show you how she paints her gorgeous atmospheric dog and cat portraits using a loose direct manner. Registration is only $60 members and $65 non members. Go to https://artstas.com.au/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=167994&module_id=785859

15/05/2026

‘Pattern and Repetition’ is an Art Society of Tasmania members exhibition currently on at Lady Franklin Gallery. The exhibition includes over 50 art works responding to this theme in a variety of colourful ways. You can visit this exhibition every weekend in May, 11am - 4pm. Come and support local artists.

15/05/2026

Here are a few images from yesterday’s art workshop run by Robyn Malcolm at Lady Franklin Gallery. The subject matter was ‘Colourful, Intuitive, Imperfect Trees’ and each participant let loose with beautiful, colourful pastel creativity. Thanks Robyn for leading a fabulous workshop. 🖼️

09/05/2026

‘Patterns and Repetition’ is an Arts Society of Tasmania members exhibition that opened last night. It is on every weekend in May at Lady Franklin Gallery at 11am - 4pm. The art work response to this theme are varied and definitely worth viewing in person. Bring your friends and family along and support local art. 🖼️

05/05/2026

New art exhibition ‘Pattern and Repetition’ opens this Friday 8th May at 6 pm. The opening guest speaker will be Ros Badcock. Ros is a certified Zentangle teacher who also teaches sacred geometry. Sacred geometry is an ancient belief system and science that assigns spiritual and symbolic meanings to geometric shapes. It connects maths with nature. To find out more, come along to the opening. Free refreshments.

The exhibition is extremely colourful and full of intricate and detailed patterns. Don’t miss it! The exhibition will continue every weekend 11am - 4 pm at Lady Franklin Gallery.

02/05/2026

This is the last weekend to see Joan Humble’s stunning exhibition at Lady Franklin Gallery. There are only 4 painting left unsold (last time I looked).
The exhibition will be taken down tomorrow 3.45pm.
AST members can then drop off work for the next exhibition ’Pattern and Repetition’. The opening will be held on Friday 8th May, 6pm.