2025 Annual General Meeting of the CSPWC

The iconic Great Hall of the Arts & Letters Club, in downtown Toronto, ON is booked for our meeting. We start the morning with a coffee service and a chance to chat. After greetings a short Business Meeting will commence. Followed by break in the lounge. Lunch will consist of a delightful hot lunch buffet from their on-site chef, so you can have a full day of connecting and socializing with familiar faces and meeting some new ones.

Let’s continue our 100^th Anniversary Celebrations! A rare opportunity to visit the very place where the Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour started. All 12 painters that attended that first meeting were members of the Arts & Letters Club. Just think of it… the CSPWC is still going strong at 100, when the other group that started there wrapped up just 11 years after it started – the famous Group of Seven.

Program of the Day:

9:15 Registration opens

10:00 Welcome Remarks

10:20 Call to order of Business Meeting (Break at 11:05)

12:00 Break and Mingle

12:30 Buffet Lunch

1:20 New Members Announced

1:55 Painting Exchange

2:10 Break 

2:15 Guest Speaker 

3:15 Questions for Speaker, Closing Remarks

Painting Exchange:

The Painting Exchange will be offered for the Elected Membership, with the added feature of participation from the membership attending virtually. All participating members are asked to submit one painting into the exchange, 9 x 12 inches up to and including a Quarter-Sheet, matted only. Once you have purchased your participation ticket please submit your digital photo to info@cspwc.ca, no later than April 25th. On the day of the AGM (schedule at 1:55). We will host a hybrid raffle of the artwork in the exchange. All participating members will receive an artwork by another elected member.

Brian Ateyo’s Sable Brush and Art Supplies Fundraising Sale

Do you want to know what it is like to use a brush owned by an early CSPWC Member? I have had that privilege… every time that you pick it up… you remember them. Share that experience… Brian Atyeo’s 17 brushes are all in excellent condition, all but one state “SABLE”:

Short Handle Sable Brushes:

There are 9 “Short Handle” “SABLE BRUSHES”. Made either by: “WINSOR & NEWTON – MADE IN ENGLAND” (3 are the famous Series 7!), Series 120 by “HARLEQUIN made in W. Germany”, Series 120 “HUGHES-OWENS made in W. Germany”.

Long Handle Sable Brushes:

8 “Long Handle” brushes the majority are: Series 51. by “WINSOR & NEWTON – MADE IN ENGLAND” or Series 85 B “HARLEQUIN made in W. Germany”. Many of these were intended to be used for oil painting, and are flat.

A few unique brushes, conte, pastel, will be only available in person at the AGM.

Each purchase of a ticket will be eligible for one brush, chosen at random. Limit to 3 brushes per person.

The brush(es) can be picked up on the day of the AGM or will be shipped to you after the AGM. The office will be in touch to confirm shipping details. Only open to Canadian addresses.

We are pleased to return to the Arts and Letters Club, the site where the CSPWC was founded in 1925. The CSPWC has held numerous events here over the years.