Encouraging creativity

WADAC is a friendly club promoting community art in and around Wallingford since 1979

Autumn Avenue, David Booth
Encouraging creativity

Different subjects & media

Our members enjoy drawing, painting and crafting using different media

Boat on the river, Rita Gamble
Different subjects & media

Tutored classes

Need structured help? We have tutored art classes on Tuesday mornings and afternoons

Snow Mountains 2, Anna Allen
Tutored classes

Social painting sessions

Relaxed, self-guided group sessions on Tuesday evenings

Wittenham Clumps, Mark Wood
Social painting sessions

Monthly live demos

Run by a professional artist, either by Zoom or in person

A Sunset Skyscape, Les Darlow
Monthly live demos

Full activity programme

Workshops, club exhibitions and days out held throughout the year

Summer exhibition
Full activity programme

New members welcome

“I love being a member. I get to learn and improve in a very friendly, supportive community.”

Wheatfields, Nicola Webb
New members welcome

Welcome to Wallingford & District Art Club (WADAC)

 

WADAC is a friendly club promoting community art in and around Wallingford since 1979

Our members enjoy drawing and painting in different media

We hold tutored art classes on Tuesday mornings and afternoons and relaxed, self-guided group painting sessions on Tuesday evenings

We run monthly live demos by a professional artist, either by Zoom or in person

Enjoy regular workshops, club exhibitions and days out throughout the year

Classes, group sessions and demos are held at Centre 70, Kinecroft, Wallingford

New members are always welcome


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APRIL 2025 DEMO – Still Life in Oils

Tuesday 15 April, live demo by Rodney Kingston, 7.30pm Centre 70 Artist Rodney Kingston will give a live demo of painting a still life in oils. He paints the vast majority of his work with the subject in front of him. Inspiration comes from everyday life – people, places, still life objects – and the […]

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The Impressionists on screen

On Wednesday 9 April, the Corn Exchange Wallingford is showing an ‘exhibition on screen’ performance of The Dawn of Impressionism: Paris 1874. This is a wonderful exhibition from Musee d’Orsay, which highlights how in 1874, the first impressionist painters broke the mould by holding their own exhibition outside the official Salon. Impressionism was born and […]

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Summer Exhibition 2025 Announced

Wallingford & District Art Club is holding its annual Summer Exhibition on Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th May, from 10.00am to 4.00pm each day, at Centre 70 (just off the Kinecroft on Goldsmith’s Lane). View over 60 works using all painting media, plus limited edition prints and cards, created by over 25 WADAC club members […]

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