2025/2026 Programme

AGM

AGM & Enrolment Evening

5 October 2026

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.

doll figures, characters, wooden figures, fun, cute, snow, winter, cold, sleigh ride, nature, 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/

Tavistock Festival

Bedford Hotel Art Exhibition

28 April – 2 May 2026

You may have heard or seen that TGA has been invited by the Tavistock Festival committee to hold a three day exhibition at the Bedford Hotel during the Festival. The exhibition will be in the Conservatory and Portrait Room from Thurs 30 April to Sat 2 May.

We hope many of our members will want to join us for this special exhibition. .

Sarah Hygate

Talk

11 May 2026

Enjoy an evening with our very own member, Sarah Hygate. Sarah’s unique style usually includes wildlife, animals and plants. Her images covey a deeper meaning and form a journal of her thoughts, emotions and life.

Visit: Sarah Hygate Art
Or: Sarah Hygate | Facebook

Yana Trevail

Drawing Masterclass and Practical Session

8 June 2026

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

TGA Exhibition

Annual Art Exhibition

15 to 19 September 2026

The Tavistock Group of Artists annual exhibition will be held on the 15th to 19th September at the Butchers Hall, Tavistock.

Art exhibition in the Butcher's Hall, Tavistock

All meetings are held on the second Monday of the month at the Parish Centre, Plymouth Road, Tavistock, from 7.30pm to 9.30pm

Refreshments are available for a small donation during the evening

Additional information and speaker updates will come via email and our Facebook group: www.facebookk/groups/tgartists

Photographs may be taken during sessions for publicity purposes

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