Season's greetings!

The Christmas season is upon us so we will be having an open evening on Thursday 17th Dec in the hall with drinks and nibbles. You can do some painting if you like or just have a nice sociable evening, members are welcome to bring along examples of their work to display (and sell if you like!). Open to all, free, please do invite friends, bring your own alcoholic drinks or we are providing soft drinks. If you would like to bring some food to share, please get in touch with Hazel to find out what is needed. 7 til 9pm.

There is a slight change to our dates for January: Jan 7, (not 14), 21, 28. William de Wilde will be returning on 28th Jan to do either a demonstration or a workshop, details to follow. 

It would be helpful to know if you prefer to have workshops or demonstrations with visiting artists - have there been any that you have particularly enjoyed? Do you have any suggestions? Please let Camilla know.

November & December Events - Dates for your diary

Arlington Art Group - Art Sessions

Arlington Village hall, Thursdays, 7-9pm, £5 (£2.50 AAG members). Bring your own materials and projects to work on.

Please note, there is NO SESSSION on 19th Nov but there is a Parish council meeting in the hall if anyone is interested in attending, where the local road issues and proposals for house building in the parish will be discussed.

Next art session will be on  26th Nov, Bob Sparkes will give a short Demo and a WORKSHOP - details not known yet, but I will put them on the website if/when I hear. Otherwise, I suggest bringing board or canvas and acrylics or whatever medium you wish to use. Bob does bright and bold abstracts with an architectural feel. £5 or £2.50 with active LOYALTY card

December art sessions on 3rd and 10th. Our Christmas social with nibbles, drinks and hopefully some music will take place on 17th, we then break until the new year.

Other Events Kate Osborne, who gave us a lovely demonstration of one of her watercolours, has sent us this invitation:  T N Lawrence Open Studio 15 Kingsthorpe Road Hove BN3 5HR November 21st/22nd 28th/29th December 6th 12th/13th 11am to 5pm Private View 20th November 7-9pm You are cordially invited to drinks and nibbles!  Heffle Cuckoo Fair - Christmas market. Some of the group took part in the Heffle cuckoo fair in the spring so may be interested in this new event on 21st November.  at Punnetts Town Village Hall, Nr Heathfield, TN21 9DS. All the stalls will be in the main hall and tables will be provided (size 1.7m x 0.6m). The event will be open to the public from 10am – 4pm. Setting up of stalls commences at 9.15am. The stalls will cost £15 each. There will be refreshments on the day including bacon rolls, tea, coffee, sausage rolls, mince pies, cakes etc. In aid of Demelza Children’s Hospice. Also on 21st November is a Life drawing workshop up at the Cartlodge at Horam Manor Farm in Horam which may interest some of you. Cajun dance in aid of Gallery North funds, Friday 27th Nov, 7pm, Herstmonceux Village Hall. Tickets £5 from the gallery or on the door. See website for details. The current gallery exhibition, Father and Daughter, continues until 19th Dec. Christmas in Arlington. There is a lot happening in the village this year including a  craft fair on 28th Nov (with cake stall!), screening of the historic village production, The Infant King, a Festival of Stars and more. See Website for full details. 28th/29th November and 4th/5th December is Eastbourne Artists Christmas Open Houses The Arlington Village library, which includes quite a few art books, is now housed at Bates Green Farm, home of the annual Bluebell Walk, in the book room. This is a temporary home and is open on Fridays and Saturdays when the farm shop is open. Please do visit. Classic Cabaret in Hailsham. The Dicker Players return with their annual cabaret but this time the venue is the delightful Hailsham Pavilion. Tickets £10 from the pavilion box office. Only 2 performances - 11th and 12th December, 7.45pm. Adults only, an evening of hilarity with comedy sketches and songs with live band.Website

Finally.... As some of you may know, I recently had the good fortune to be given a wonderful commission and the opportunity to travel to New York for 2 weeks. There are some photos on my blog page but I would like to give a short presentation about the project at one of the art sessions early in the new year, so keep an eye open for updates. Josie's blog.

PLEASE COULD WE HAVE A VOLUNTEER TO BE KEYHOLDER FOR SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER....? Arlington Art Group - Art Sessions Arlington Village hall, Thursdays, 7-9pm, £5 (£2.50 AAG members). Bring your own materials and projects to work on. NO SESSION on Thurs 17th Sept - so you might like to attend one of the events for Hailsham Festival of Arts & Culture! www.hailshamartsfestival.co.uk Thurs 24th Sept - Regular art session. Oct - Sessions on: 1st (competition week) 8th, 15th, 22nd: Alison Cotton Demo and WORKSHOP £5 or £2.50 with active LOYALTY card); 29th Nov - Sessions on: 5th (competition week), 12th, NO SESSSION on 19th, 26th : Bob Sparkes Demo and WORKSHOP, £5 or £2.50 with active LOYALTY card If you have any suggestions for themes or subjects for inspiration, please let us know!

Other Events Hailsham Festival Art Trail - 10th to 20th September, 14 different venues in and around Hailsham including the Festival Exhibition at Gallery North, High St featuring the opulent floral and portrait works of Joseph Sevier; Art at the Blubell Barn (see above) on 18th & 19th Sept 10.30-4.30, free entry, and many more. See the website for all the details or pick up a programme from lots of places including Gallery North and Arlington Village Hall. There are lots more events for the festival plus you can tune in daily from 10th to 21st Sept to Hailsham Festival Radio on 87.7FM - there will be interviews with local artists as well as a huge variety of entertainment on the airwaves! www.hailshamartsfestival.co.uk

Back to school

The hall is available once again so we shall have our usual art sessions on Sep 3rd (competition week - bring along a completed piece, or finish one in the session, and we'll vote for our favourite), 10th and 24th.

7-9pm, Arlington Village Hall, £2.50 members / £5 visitors. Refreshments included. Untutored.

Outdoor painting session (weather permitting).
Thurs 27th Aug - 6.30pm. Star Inn, Normans Bay. We can have a drink and sit outside to draw the view or wander off to paint some of the scenes of the marshes. Although we hope we don't have rain, dark grey skies can make these views look highly dramatic. 
www.thestarinnnormansbay.co.uk

The outdoor painting on Thursday 13th Aug is cancelled due to the weather

We have a winner!!

Congratulations to Paul Vincent who won our 'Sussex in the Spring' art competition and walks away with £25 of art material vouchers kindly donated by the SAA
Thank you very much to EVERYONE who entered, there was a great response and some fabulous pieces of work. And many thanks to all of the visitors to our Art Show this year for voting for their favourite entries in the competition.

Outdoor painting sessions in August

First, a thank you..
... to everyone who took part in, helped with or attended our Art & Craft Show last weekend. It was a HUGE success and our income (before expenses) came to over £600. We'll let you know what the final profits amount to and how much we will be donating to the MS Society and the Village Hall funds. Plans are already afoot for a big Arlington Weekend next year over the weekend of 17th & 18th July and the group are invited to hold an Art show as part of this so please do put a note of the date in your diary.

Outdoor painting sessions in August

As the village hall is closed for refurbishment of the kitchen throughout August we have arranged the following outdoor painting sessions, all free to members apart from car parking where applicable. All are weather dependant. Car share if you can.

Thurs 6th Aug - 6.30/7pm onwards. Pickhams, Hayreed Lane, Wilmington, BN26 6RR. Free to members and regulars / £2.50 visitors. Donations for refreshments please.

Thurs 13th Aug - 6.30pm. View of Belle Tout. Meet in the layby on Beachy Head Road www.google.co.uk/maps location 50.736868, 0.242783). Free parking?

Thurs 20th Aug - 6.30pm. View of the Cuckmere meanders from High and Over. According to the National Trust Cuckmere valley website the High and Over Trail on the South Downs Way is easy access and suitable for people with impaired mobility, wheelchairs, mobility scooters or push chairs. High and Over, Seaford, East Sussex BN25 3AB. Free.

Thurs 27th Aug - 6.30pm. Star Inn, Normans Bay. We can have a drink and sit outside to draw the view or wander off to paint some of the scenes of the marshes. Although we hope we don't have rain, dark grey skies can make these views look highly dramatic.
www.thestarinnnormansbay.co.uk

Thurs 3rd Sept - 6.30pm if the hall is still not open or use we will meet at the car park next to the Royal Oak & Castle in Pevensey to paint a view of the castle. http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/pevensey-castle/directions. There is a £2 charge for the car park.

Thurs 10th Sept - 7pm at Arlington Village Hall. Usual charges.



 Meet in the layby on Beachy Head Road a shown on the map here (click the - symbol to zoom out!)

ROTA

The stewarding rota for the Art & Craft show is now up HERE. As you can see there are still a few gaps that need filling - please help if you can.

30th July- 7pm. Planning session at Arlington Village Hall. Not an art session. Preparing art show catalogue details, screen and table layouts, finalising refreshments details etc. Also planning outdoor painting sessions for August. No charge.

Aug - 6th (NOT competition week as advertised).

The village Hall is not available in August so we shall paint outdoors.

7pm at Pickhams, Hayreed Lane, Wilmington, BN26 6RR. Painting in the gardens. Free for AAG members and regulars/ £2.50 visitors.  Donations for refreshments.

click to view a printable version

There are now some printed A5 leaflets at Gallery North in Hailsham if anyone would like to collect some. 70 High St,, Hailsham, open 10-4 Tues to Sat.
Please do print your own A4 poster to go in your car / house window / nearby shops etc.

Attention!

ATTENTION!! What's happening with the group this summer...

Dear Josie, Our final session for the summer at Arlington Village hall is Thursday 23rd July: Portrait workshop with Juliette Dodd. £5 (£2.50 AAG members with valid loyalty card)  www.juliettedodd.co.uk All welcome. Bring easel & board, large paper, drawing or painting medium (pastels recommended). In August we have our annual art show on 1st & 2nd as part of Arlington Day (see below) then the group will be meeting every Thursday in August at different outdoor locations or at Pickhams - please check the website - as the village hall is closed for refurbishment. The next session at the hall will be either 3rd or 10th September (TBC). Please see the plea for help below Submisions Still Invited - have you forgotten!? There are still spaces at our annual Arlington Art & Craft show, at Arlington Village hall on 1st August (as part of Arlington Day 2015) & 2nd August Submissions are invited from artists, photographers and craft makers to take part. On Saturday 1st August the Art & Craft show opens at 12 noon alongside the annual Arlington Day events. Events kick off with the opening of the art show, a picnic in the field and free live folk music in the marquee which will run throughout the afternoon until 5pm then at 7pm there will be a barbeque and a ticketed Cajun music and dancing event in the marquee. The Art Show will be open all afternoon and evening, free entry (refreshments and toilets in the hall), closing at 10.30pm! On Sunday the Art & Craft show will be open from 10.30am until 4.30pm. On Sunday we will announce the winner of the 'Sussex in the Spring' Art competition. Screens in the hall for displaying framed work are priced at £10 (£8 *AAG members) or £6 (£4 *AAG members) per side. You can also submit unframed work for browsers and artist's cards. 10% commission will be taken on sales. Craft pitches in the committee room are £5 (£3 *AAG members). Arlington Day events are supporting MS Society (Multiple Sclerosis Society) and Arlington Village Hall funds, plus Demelza (Hospice Care for Children) will be running the barbeque. Deadline for applications for the Art & Craft Show was 15th July but is extended.  (*AAG Membership is £10 annually) The Application form is available now  - you can send a SAE to the address below for a printed copy to be sent to you or view and print a version here: APPLICATION FORM Dear Josie, PLEASE CAN YOU HELP?? My requests for help with the group's Annual art Show have returned just one offer of assistance - I do hate to nag but this event can not possibly be a success without some hard work. It was a group decision to hold the event once again so, even if you do not wish (or are unable) to exhibit, please do spare an hour or so in advance to help with publicity and over the weekend to help with setting up, stewarding, selling tombola tickets, running refreshments or just welcoming visitors to the show. Help with setting up the marquee on Friday 24th July would also be greatly appreciated. In addition to being a good event for the group, this is a fund raiser for MS Society(Multiple Sclerosis research and support) TOMBOLA PRIZES ARE ALSO NEEDED to help the group cover costs. PLEASE do email or call me (01323 485153) URGENTLY to let me know what you can do to hep and when.  Thank YOU in advance for your help in making this a successful event:) And finally, as a member of the Arlington Arts group you would be very welcome to join us at a FREE fun event this coming Sunday, 26th July in the marquee next to Arlington Village Hall. There will be tractor rides, games, live music, a treasure hunt, storytelling, a have-a-go art table and more.  Songs of Praise at 11am, bring your own picnic from 12 noon and enjoy the free entertainment. Have a lovely summer, everyone. Josie