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A Community based Art Society Artists range from beginners to seasoned professionals who are more than willing to share their techniques and knowledge.

The Howick Arts Society or HARTS held its first meeting on 21 August 1991 and has grown into a vibrant collection of artists from all walks of life who meet to inspire and encourage one another and have a lot of fun in the process. To this end workshops (for a very nominal fee) are held on a monthly basis on different aspects of visual arts. Meetings are held on the first Monday of every month, un

less it falls on a public holiday. Then the meeting is held on the following Monday. The meetings currently take place from 2.00pm - 4pm at St Luke’s Church Hall in Howick. Guest speakers are invited to do a presentation at the meeting on topics of interest to artists and a workshop on the topic the following Monday. At the monthly meetings members may bring along and exhibit their latest works and receive a critique. Members in attendance then vote for their favourite works. Points are accumulated over the year and at the end of the year the artist with the most points wins the prestigious Asselberg Cup and a year’s free subscription to HARTS. Over the years, H A R T S has built up a comprehensive library of books and magazines on art. Many past members have donated books, but HARTS also subscribes to a number of local and overseas magazines, keeping up to date with the latest art news. Members may take these out on a monthly basis. A newsletter is sent to members every month, keeping members up to date on past and forthcoming HARTS events, as well an active page facebook.com/HowickArtsSociety and Webpage http://howickartssociety.org/

Art exhibitions are held at suitable venues during the year. Artists have plenty of opportunities to market and sell their work. Publicity is arranged in the local media and each month an artist from HARTS is featured in the local press as “Artist of the Month”. A Year End Luncheon is held in November, the Asselberg Cup winner is announced, as well as The Lorna Pierson Trophy presented to the most improved artist of the year. The members choose a theme each year and enter a painting anonymously, which is judged by an art expert and the winner is also announced at the Year End Luncheon. Subscription fee for the year is R150.00 payable at the Annual General Meeting in September, at which the new Committee for the year is elected. There are lots of good reasons why people in the area with an artistic bent should become HARTS members and make the most of all the activities and excitement to be had at the Howick Arts Society.

27/08/2026

7 SEPTEMBER 2026
Speaker LOUISE RASH

23/08/2026

AUGUST ARTIST OF THE MONTH
JUDITH SIMPSON

Judith says that she grew up believing that her prize-winning sister was the artist in her family so she stuck to knitting. When her daughters were in high school she started painting and was inspired by Ina Millman in Johannesburg. She has been trying to juxtapose light against dark ever since.
She sees the magic part of watercolour as the paint that is added to the water on the paper and says that the “challenge of appying jewel colours onto wet paper is overwhelming”. She tips her paper and uses gravity to create images. “I often feel like a conductor urging all the instruments of the orchestra into a crescendo of movement and brilliant exclamation marks”. Judith’s style is fast and loose and she paints from the heart.

17/08/2026

The Asselbergs theme for August was 'Any South African Bridge"
The members supplied a wonderful variety of images.

05/08/2026

The Asselbergs cup theme for August was "Any South African Bridge".
The paintings with the most votes were:
1st SHIRLEY MacKellar 2nd Avril Invernizzi 3rd Liesbeth Groenewald

29/07/2026

28/07/2026

HARTS Artist of the Month for July is a new member RIKA CRONJE

Rika Cronje recently moved to Merrivale Heights.
In Johannesburg she was a music teacher.
In 2017 she started using her hands in the visual arts too and Rika enjoys working in charcoal and oil.
“I love people and drawing and painting their faces brings me great joy. Every human face is beautiful and a magnificent work of art”.
Through her experience Rika knows that every picture tells a story and that the same picture tells different stories to different people.
Currently she is also working on flowers as objects for paintings.
Rika values visual art and the way colours sing, either in a charcoal piece or a rich oil painting. She believes that art, whether it is music or visual, is a powerful atmosphere changer. Art brings beauty and healing, to those who create it as well as those who look at it.

23/07/2026

The HARTS WINTER EXHIBITION held at The Old Mushroom Farm was most successful, with 77 paintings sold.
HARTS would like to express our heartful thanks to Justin Penington of The Office, Whitehouse Centre, Howick, for sponsoring the artists brochure for the exhibition which closed on the 7th July. Thank you for your generosity, Justin.

At each exhibition we raffle a painting, this one donated by Char Eastment, we raised R1540, with all funds going to Umgeni SPCA.
The Lucky winner was ticket no 33, Valerie Jackson.
We take this opportunity to thank the Midlands community for their continued support.

19/07/2026

All July Asselberg entries for the theme Illuminated

Address

Howick

Telephone

+27769817458

Website

http://www.howickartssociety.org/

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