Billericay art Club celebrates it's 50th Anniversary this year (2007). The club was formed when nine people got together at Hayes Barton, in Outwood Common Road, the home of Mrs E L Clarke on the 11th October 1956. The first formal meeting was held at the reading Rooms, Billericay High Street on the 24th January 1957.
Since then members have been painting together every week at various venues, including the studio ( over the Old Cottis Bakery in Chapel Street), the Women's Institute Hall St Ediths Lane and our current venue, the Church Hall at Great Bursted.
Annual exhibitions have been held at Burghstead Lodge, The Shambles, The Fold when it was in, what is now Waitrose car park, and the Reading Rooms.
This year the club's 50th exhibition will be held once more in The Reading Rooms, Billericay High Street on the 12th and 13th October 2007. Also another exhibition will be held at the newly converted Stables Tea Room at Hylands House, Chelmsford throughout the whole of August.