Sunbury and Shepperton Arts association comprises the affiliated groups and individual members of the Riverside Arts Centre., The SSAA is run by unpaid volunteers and promotes the knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of the arts in the local area. Among its many activities, the SSAA promotes the annual Sunbury & Shepperton Arts Festival (in 2008, Friday 11 July — Sunday 20 July), which incorporates a series of events in the performing arts, visual arts, craft, literature, and children’s events. Other activities promoted by SSAA include Morning Coffee Concerts and the Sunbury & Shepperton Young Musician Competition. In past years, the SSAA has also promoted Burns’ Night, hosted slots in the Spelthorne Festival, and promoted Vic Kettle’s Millennium Photographic Exhibition at the RAG.

For more details of the SSAA’s activities, to join the free Mailing List, or to become a Volunteer, please write to the Hon. Secretary, SSAA, Riverside Arts Centre, 59 Thames Street, Sunbury-on-Thames, TW16 5QF.

The current chairman of the SSAA is Catherine Black