2025/2026 Programme
AGM
AGM & Enrolment Evening
6 October 2025
This first session is to meet, greet and reacquaint with your artistic and creative friends alongside the TGA annual general meeting.
Membership cards will be issued & £40 annual membership payments can be made on the evening – cash, cheque or card accepted.
Mike Moss
Talk & Watercolour Demonstration
13 October 2025
Mike has lived in Australia & New Zealand, where he held his first exhibition, before returning to attend art colleges in Preston and Plymouth. Now settled in Cornwall, he’s a member of the Cornish Watercolour Society and Gwynngala, winning awards including the Western Morning News Open Art Competition. The sensitivity of colour in his watercolours reflect his deep understanding of the subtleties of the natural world.
Visit: www.mikemossopenstudio.co.uk
James Tatum
Talk & Demonstration
10 November 2025
In this session James will be discussing some of his methods and techniques, which he has learned over 50 years of painting. This will include working from sketchbook drawings done on the spot, to deciding what is your real subject, and finally some stages in the development of a finished painting.
‘My approach is to translate the space, tone and energy of the landscape and the natural world into a powerful image with emotional content.’
Visit: jamestatumartist.com
Christmas Social
Show and Tell
8 December 2025
Share our artwork session, please bring along two items. An opportunity to discuss our artwork whilst enjoying seasonal mulled wine and nibbles!
Also an opportunity for last minute small item sales for Christmas.
Yana Trevail
Talk
12 January 2026
Yana is a contemporary painter and printmaker, exploring the theme of interconnection in her work producing paintings, aquatints and monotypes. Yana will talk about her artistic practice and tonal approach to painting from life.
Visit: yanatrevail.co.uk
Maggi Squire
Talk on Puppets
9 February 2026
The art of puppetry is intriguing as it encompasses many art forms and is an
ancient part of our human story.
‘I live in Tavistock, an artist, maker, performer. Over the years I’ve been involved in many different projects, local, national and a few international.’
Visit: instagram.com/thelittlepuppetcarriage
David Young
Anthropocene – an Unveiling
9 March 2026
This evening plans to be a bit different. What make a successful artist whose paintings and prints had given pleasure to thousands of people over his career give it all up? To create works of art that are both thought provoking and unlike anything you will have ever seen?
So if you want to spend an evening that will be a little different please come with an open mind to see, learn and discuss this first unveiling of David Young’s major and visually unique works of art.
Visit: Dartmoor Paintings of David Young
Lin Deacon
Workshop
13 April 2026
During this workshop Lin will look at the various pathways we take in terms of developing our art work. We will be looking at places and landscapes in a literal way before finding a route towards summarising those places in terms of abstraction.
The image included here is of a landscape hiding a history of mining, very much the past of Gunnislake.
Visit: drawntothevalley.com/artists/lin-deacon/
Chris Harvey
Talk
11 May 2026
Member Chris is an experimental image maker and photo-artist, dedicated to creating emotionally meaningful work that reflects his character. He utilises a wet cyanotype process to create unique, original artwork.
‘With a background as a qualified biomedical scientist and a lifelong passion for photography, I have refined this technique—combining scientific expertise with artistic vision—to produce striking works of art.’
Visit: Inspired-Images
Or: Chris Harvey | Facebook
Yana Trevail
Drawing Masterclass and Practical Session
8 June 2025
Having given a talk on her artistic practice in January, Yana is returning to lead our expert tutor practical session. For this session Yana will be encouraging the use of methods and materials that challenge ways of thinking in order to develop a progressive approach to fine art practice. She will be demonstrating and providing tuition in this practical session.
Bring along your favourite drawing materials.
Visit: yanatrevail.co.uk
