{"id":15,"date":"2023-07-14T15:47:10","date_gmt":"2023-07-14T15:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/runnymedeartsociety.com\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2025-09-24T07:57:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T07:57:08","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/runnymedeartsociety.com\/?page_id=15","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

We are a local Art Society based at Saint Paul’s Church Hall, Thorpe Rd,<\/span><\/font><\/p>

Staines-upon-Thames, TW18 3HJ, where we meet every Wednesday<\/span><\/font><\/p>

afternoon between 1.30pm – 4.30pm, for painting using any medium.<\/span><\/font><\/p>

Meetings include demonstrations and tutor groups, on an occasional<\/span><\/font><\/p>

basis, with a programme of outdoor painting during the summer months. We<\/span><\/font><\/p>

hold two major exhibitions a year usually held in the United Church of<\/span><\/font><\/p>

Egham, in Egham High Street.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n
\n

Some of our members will accept commissions.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n

Members are kept updated by regular emails and on our facebook page<\/a> <\/span>\"\"<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n
\n<\/a>

Membership: New members will be made very welcome and the first two weeks are free as a ‘taster’. If you are interested in the many forms of painting or sketching you will find us a very friendly and helpful society. <\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/a>

Come and say ‘Hi’ on Facebook<\/a>  <\/span>\"\"<\/a> <\/span> <\/span>Visitors and non-members are always welcome.<\/span> <\/span> <\/span><\/p>

<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

HIstory<\/h2>\n


<\/p>\n\n

The Runnymede Art Society (RAS) was founded in 1965 and currently has around 50 members.<\/span>
<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/runnymedeartsociety.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/runnymedeartsociety.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/runnymedeartsociety.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runnymedeartsociety.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/runnymedeartsociety.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":228,"href":"https:\/\/runnymedeartsociety.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions\/228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/runnymedeartsociety.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}