HARTS - Howick Arts Society

HARTS - Howick Arts Society 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.

29/05/2026
ROWENA WILKINSON A self-taught watercolour artist and Associate member of the Watercolour Society of South Africa. She ...
26/05/2026

ROWENA WILKINSON
A self-taught watercolour artist and Associate member of the Watercolour Society of South Africa. She has learned her craft from other Associate members, all recognised artists. 072 148 8194 [email protected]

JULIET GREY Juliet has taught High School art. She prefers to work in acrylics and mixed media. View her work on southaf...
26/05/2026

JULIET GREY
Juliet has taught High School art. She prefers to work in acrylics and mixed media. View her work on southafricanartists.com 072 994 6968
[email protected]

RICHARD TUDOR-OWEN Richard is a self-taught artist using acrylics to paint wildlife and the bushveld. He uses coloured p...
26/05/2026

RICHARD TUDOR-OWEN
Richard is a self-taught artist using acrylics to paint wildlife and the bushveld. He uses coloured pencil on paper to depict birds or animals, and has recently experimented with pastel landscapes
[email protected] 081 743 4416

MARILYN WASONI have b een painting for 32 years and was a member of Artists Under the Sun in Johannesburg for 18 years. ...
26/05/2026

MARILYN WASON
I have b een painting for 32 years and was a member of Artists Under the Sun in Johannesburg for 18 years. My favourite medium is watercolour.
083 258 5231 [email protected]

HERMINE SPIES-COLEMANStudied at the University of Pretoria, Unisa and art academies in Ghent and Brussels.Art Critic at ...
26/05/2026

HERMINE SPIES-COLEMAN
Studied at the University of Pretoria, Unisa and art academies in Ghent and Brussels.
Art Critic at Beeld, and winner of UTA travelling scholarship for artists.
Twenty plus solo exhibitions (including Tatham Gallery)
082 652 5682

CHAR EASTMENTI have been painting for about 30 years. My medium is oils and acrylics and favourite subjects rural landsc...
26/05/2026

CHAR EASTMENT
I have been painting for about 30 years. My medium is oils and acrylics and favourite subjects rural landscapes and big African skies.
082 459 9575
char,[email protected]

ARTIST OF THE MONTH The multi-talented KATHY MENNELLKathy Mennell was born in Bulawayo Zimbabwe, and started sketching a...
22/05/2026

ARTIST OF THE MONTH
The multi-talented KATHY MENNELL
Kathy Mennell was born in Bulawayo Zimbabwe, and started sketching as soon as she was able, and loved to draw whilst on long car journeys, enjoying the effects that the motion of the car gave to her work.
“However, I was not serious about my art until I moved to the UK where I began to take classes – starting with Adult Education working mainly with pastels – then deciding to do GCSE A Level art. After succeeding with that I was lucky to be able to go to an art college in the Isle of Wight in my 40s and gain a B Tech Certification in Visual Art. This exposed me to many methods and media, and touched on some Art History which was thoroughly enjoyable! I dabbled in Ceramics for a while until life changed again and I returned to Africa.”
More recently Kathy decided to learn more about Watercolour and Mixed Media. Ahe thinks It seems that she may be a ‘life-long learner’ as she am currently taking part in a very interesting on-line 14 week program which mainly uses acrylics and delves into emotions while painting in abstract way, which is not something she is familiar with.
“I enjoy drawing/painting nature, animals, people, using patterns in design etc. Whilst I have not really exhibited my work as yet, I have sold several pieces and given others to family and friends. Art is very much a part of my life now that I have retired from my farm, to my smallholding, It is my therapy.”

ELLI HAMILTONElli majored in Fine Art and English at UKZN under Professor Heath and Jane Heath. I am retired and work ma...
19/05/2026

ELLI HAMILTON
Elli majored in Fine Art and English at UKZN under Professor Heath and Jane Heath. I am retired and work mainly on landscapes in black pen; watercolour; and watercolour pencil.
083 415 6156 [email protected]

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