19.7.20

RBSA Friends Online Exhibition 2020

The Royal Birmingham Society of Artists (RBSA) is an artist-led charity which supports artists and promotes engagement with the visual arts through a range of exhibitions, events and workshops. 

The RBSA runs an exhibition venue – the RBSA Gallery – in Birmingham’s historic Jewellery Quarter, a short walk from the city centre.

Each year they hold an RBSA Friends Exhibition which provides a platform for Friends to display their work. This this year the exhibition has moved online, it features 140 artworks from 70 Friends of the RBSA, some taking inspiration from the artist’s experience during lockdown. You can visit it here: RBSA Gallery



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