Exhibitions
Merit Exhibition
SASA presented its 2026 Merit Exhibition at the beautiful Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens from 13 to 22 January 2026. The exhibition was met with wonderful acclaim, with many visitors praising the exceptional standard of work on display. Heartfelt congratulations to all the talented artists who were invited to participate and make this exhibition such a memorable success!
Next Merit Exhibition
TBC for February 2027
Members Exhibitions
SASA holds two Members’ Exhibition every year, the first is usually held in the first quarter of the year, and the second in the third quarter of the year at the Richard Crowie Hall in Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens. These are self-selected exhibitions that celebrate our members’ unique styles and are particularly advantageous to new members within the Society. We typically have over 100 artists exhibiting. There is always something for everyone at these exhibitions, combining classic with modern. The exhibition is set up and manned by our members and it begins with an Opening night, with a guest speaker.
There is always something for everyone at this exhibition, combining classic with modern.
Selection weekend
Every year, usually the first weekend in August, SASA organises a weekend where members are invited to submit up to three artworks for judging by three independent art experts who assign points, out of 30, to each work.
These points are recorded and works that achieve or exceed a predetermined cut-off mark are then eligible to be exhibited at the ANNUAL Exhibition.
It is from these works that the judges decide on the winning entries and select the Best Of in each medium category. They also choose work they deem Highly Commended and Commended.
Points scored at Selection Weekend also contribute to the achieving of Fellowship, Senior Fellowship and Master Fellowship of the Society.
It is important to note here that we encourage members to submit a total of 3 artworks in order to attain an overall qualifying score that leads to being invited to exhibit new artwork at our MERIT exhibition the following year.
Annual Exhibition
The ANNUAL is our most prestigious exhibition. The artwork selected as ‘Best of’, ‘Highly Commended’ and ‘Commended’ along with artwork that attained the predetermined qualifying points at the Selection Weekend is exhibited at the ANNUAL Exhibition, which is usually held in the last quarter of the year, at the Richard Crowie Hall in Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens.
At our Opening event, we ask one of the Judges from Selection Weekend to be our speaker, and hand out the Trophies to our winning artists, together with certificates and other prizes, and most importantly, it is here where we announce any new Fellows, Senior Fellows or Master Fellows of the society.
Annual 2025 – 23 October 2025- 4 November 2025 at Kirstenbosch
Art in the Park
Art in the Park is sponsored by:
This is our only outdoor event of the year, where we invite other art societies to join us in a day of art, music and food. We hold it in November and we have over 100 talented artists under the trees in Rondebosch Park. There is also a lucky draw to win some beautiful artworks that have been kindly donated by several of the participating artists.
Art in the Park 2025 – 15 November 2025
