Touchpoint

Touchpoint brings together work by the Artists’ General Benevolent Institution’s community of Stewards. This display celebrates their dual role as both creators and custodians. Acting as vital links between artists and the AGBI, Stewards help connect those unable to work through illness or injury with the grants that sustain them.

Touchpoint exhibition also reflects on the broader meaning of a touchpoint in the creative process itself - where a brush meets canvas, a hand shapes material, or an idea takes form through contact. Each work shown becomes a testament to the moments of exchange and connection that sustain artistic practice, whether through material, community, or compassion.

By foregrounding the Stewards’ own artistic contributions, Touchpoint highlights not only the generosity and resilience at the heart of the AGBI’s mission, but also the enduring creativity that thrives when artists support artists.  

We’re grateful to our very own, Melissa Newbery Welcome, for their significant contributions to the AGBI Stewards Programme and all their hard work in bringing this community together.

We’re also grateful to the following Stewards for their participation in this exhibition:

Barry Lowenhoff - The Pastel Society

Caroline Cornelius - Royal Watercolour Society

Debbie Lee - Royal West of England Academy

Jane Campbell FMGP - The British Society of Master Glass Painters

Karen Tompkins - Independent Steward representing the Pimlico Community

Marianne Ferm - Royal Society of Painter Printmakers

Maz Jackson - Society of Graphic Fine Art

Oona Grimes - Royal Academy

Prasad Beaven - Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours

Rebecca Moss Guyver - The Royal Society of British Artists

Sam Mckechnie - Chelsea Arts Club

Simon McWilliams RUA - Royal Ulster Academy

Steven P Smith AROI, MAFA - Manchester Academy of Fine Arts