Art Exhibition at the Library
Our exhibition at Hailsham Library
starts on Tuesday 4th
September for a month and is part of the Hailsham Arts Festival Art Trail.
The winning entries in the ‘paint me a bluebell’ competition will be on show plus
work from most of the regulars at the Thursday Arts Sessions.
If
you wish to show work, please arrive at the Library at 8.30am to hang it. The screen are Velcro so the pictures either
need to be light enough to hang with a self adhesive Velcro patch or have a
long enough cord to hang from an ‘s’ hook. Provide a label to go beside your
work and put contact details on the back – the library will give your details
to anyone interested in buying your work so they can contact you directly.
Free Session Our
Thursday evening art sessions at Arlington Village hall are gradually becoming busier
and have a lovely atmosphere, with several children attending with their
parents. Over the winter months we do tend to be a bit quieter so to attract
more regular members we are having a Free Session on Thursday 13th September. Please tell all of your friends
and get them to come along and join in for the evening with no commitment. We even
have some materials that they could use if they don’t have any and plenty of art
magazines and reference books for inspiration.
The suggested theme for the evening is ‘All that
Jazz’ but, as usual, everyone is welcome to work on their own project.
Competition In August the
competition subject was "Superhero" and we the winning picture was an
excellent portrayal of batman painted by Helen Gander who won a £20 voucher for
Jacksons Art Supplies.
Teresa Currie On
5th July we had a very enjoyable demonstration and workshop with Teresa Currie
who used chalk pastels to create an atmospheric scene of a lighthouse in
beautiful shades or purples and pinks. You can see the picture in one of the windows
in Hailsham high Street until 19th September and Teresa will be running a
workshop on this subject on Wednesday 12th Sept at Gallery North – tickets are
£15 and are available from the gallery.
Christmas Open Evening Thursday
13th December – all welcome. We will have a display of work by
regulars and some small items for sale so you may pick up a last minute
present. Drinks and nibbles.
Arlington Arts Festival 2013 We
will be planning the dates (probably June) and details for this soon – please let
us know if you would like to be involved in any way. If you remember, in 2011
we had live music events, local art trail venues and the annual Arlington Art
& Craft Show.
We
really do need more committee members to make this event possible – if you could
take on a role, anything from steward to publicity manager, please do let us
know.
Artist of the Month
Each month we invite one of our
members to bring a selection of their work along to one of the Art Sessions to
show us. Some will give a short talk, some will just leave the work to be
browsed through - it's informal but a great way to see some of the work that we
don't usually get to see and, often, to find out a bit more about how the
artist began their artistic 'journey'.
Sue Groom was our artist of the month for July. Sue’s best subject at school
was art, she worked in Liberty’s in Regent Street then had the chance to use
her artists skills as a window dresser for Straickers. Once her children had
grown up, Sue then started attending art courses and holidays and has a wide
selection of floral and landscape watercolours and drawings.
Hailsham Art Group The inaugural meeting of this new group will be on
Monday 17th September 2-4pm at Gallery North, with the second
session being on Tuesday 18th Sept 6.30-8.30pm. Josie Tipler will start each session with a
half hour demonstration then members can either work on their own project or
the subject of the demonstration. We will cover a wide variety of subjects and
mediums, with the first week covering Animal portraits in Pastels.
Sessions
will be £6, and will run every Monday and Tuesday - the Tuesday evening demonstration
will be a repeat of the Monday afternoon so members can attend either or both.
There will initially be no membership fee.
Space
at Gallery North is limited so please book your place in advance. 01323 485153 hailshamartgroup@gmail.com.
www.hailshamartgroup.blogspot.com
Hailsham Arts Festival This takes place from 8th - 16th September and there are many local Art Trail venues. Local
to Arlington we have the Wilmington Art Group exhibiting at the Wishing well
Tea Rooms on the A27, Wilmington; Anne Howard and Josie Tipler will have a show
of work at Pickhams in Hayreed lane, Wilmington, and Josie will be giving brief
free painting demonstrations every day at 2pm; Michael Gower will have a selection of his
work on show in the Village Shop in Upper Dicker as well as in Callenders in
Hailsham High Street.
For
full details of all 46 art Trail venues, pick up the 2 trail maps from Gallery
North or look on the website www.hailshamartsfestival.co.uk.
Programmes of all of the festival events are also
available at the gallery and many other local venues including the library and
on the website.
Hailsham Art in Empty Shops Many of our members have work on show as part of
the art in Empty shops project in Hailsham high Street. Do pop along and have a
look. These windows are part of the
Hailsham arts Festival Art Trail and are attracting a lot of interest.
There will be a change around of art on show on 19th
September. if you are interested in showing work, please get in touch. It has
been a great success all round with not only good exposure for the artists but
several subsequent sales and commissions and the letting of a couple of the
shops.
Art
and Craft Sale -
Polegate Community Centre,Winsdor Way, Polegate, Sunday 25th November, 11am to
4pm. Sale of surplus / secondhand materials and equipment. 01323 740043 / polegateartandcraftsale@hotmail.co.uk
to book a pitch. No trade stalls.
Studio 11 is part of The Old Printworks building near The
Enterprise Centre in Eastbourne which offers quality teaching in a
purpose-built new studio with great lighting. We offer weekly drawing and
painting classes and monthly specialist textile classes. Please visit the
website and contact Roz Nathan or Christine Chester for any further details. www.studio11eb.co.uk
AAG Membership AAG Membership is due on 1st February each year –
fees to be reviewed. Membership entitles you to discounted rates at AAG events
and exhibitions, cover under the group's SAA Insurance at all SAA art events,
discount of 10% at Pictures and Frames of Horam, members prices on products
from the SAA shop when ordered through the group.
Arlington Art Evenings
Thursdays, 7 - 9pm in Arlington Village Hall
£2.50 adults, £1 accompanied under 16’s (for fees
for demonstrations, workshops and other events, please check.)
All welcome - no need to come every week. Bring
your own materials / equipment. You can carry on with your own projects or work
on the 'suggested theme' each week as you wish!
Dates and suggested themes:
6th Sept - Spain
13th Sept – Free
session - no fees, all welcome. Suggested theme “All that Jazz”
20th Sept NO SESSION
27th Sept - "Reflections"
4th Oct - "Floral"
11th Oct - "Autumn"
18th Oct - "Yellow”
25th Oct - "Pumpkin"
1st Nov-"Crystal"
15th Nov - NO SESSION
22th Nov- "Rusty" [Change - This is now a watercolour workshop session, see post above]
29th Nov - "Moonlight"
6th Dec - "Get knotted"
13th Dec – XMAS open evening
These details are subject to change if, for instance, we book a demonstrator or
tutor. Please check the website or village hall noticeboard for
updates.
Please note that there will not be any more regular
Newsletters posted or emailed. Updates will be posted on the Village Hall
noticeboard and on the website.
An annual report will be prepared close to the AGM
– you will be able to order a printed copy.
The date of the AGM in February 2013 will be
published on the website and posted on the Village Hall noticeboard.
Remember to keep checking the
Village hall noticeboard and the website for updates and news. www.arlingtonartsgroup.co.uk
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