Annual art exhibition and sale
in aid of five Kent charities:
Sevenoaks Mencap   Rethink   MacIntyre
The FIFTH Trust   CARE Edenbridge

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The Kent Painters' Group:

Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture - 2008
Sevenoaks School, Sevenoaks, Kent

The Kent Painters' Group (KPG) holds an annual autumn art exhibition in aid of 5 local Kent charities.

The art exhibition and art sale is a chance to buy quality works from acclaimed artists and sculptors at realistic prices as the overheads are low. As a result of this, you, the charities and the artists all benefit.

The Kent charities supported are:
 

Sevenoaks Mencap

Rethink

MacIntyre

The FIFTH Trust

CARE Edenbridge

Samples of our artists work - click to enlarge...

The Kent Painters’ Group show (now widely known by just its initials of ‘KPG’) was the creation of three good friends who decided to hold a show of pictures to aid mental health.

Quickly realising that the proposed ‘old garage’ would be too small; the artists asked a local school to help, which they kindly did. Over the years, more and more artists have accepted invitations to show and the event quickly moved to Combe Bank School where it remained until 2006.

Prices are kept as low as possible – the charities should benefit as much as they can – and the commission which is passed on to the charities after the minimal expenses of holding the show remains at twenty-five per cent; a further incentive for artists to show as they are more used to a gallery’s forty per cent.

Currently, over £175,000 has been raised for local mental health and disabilities charities, and the move to Sevenoaks School means that the show and its popularity continues apace. The Saturday invitation only ‘Private Viewing’ is an established social event whilst the popular Sunday ‘Family Occasion’ attracts more and more visitors each year.

A hallmark of the success of KPG and the relaxed format of the annual art show is fittingly illustrated by the fact that the Committee still includes Maxine Magan, Jean Christopherson and Jane Mackay – those three friends and the founder members.

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