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Poetry Gathering 8
City Arts Poetry Gathering
Sunday 23rd April 2017
Time: 3pm – 4.30pm
Cost: Free
Age: Adults
This is a very informal and friendly gathering for people who enjoy poetry, in all its forms.
There isn’t a strict format to the event – participants may share their own poetry, the work of another poet, or simply listen to the readings.
**No need to book, however, please email us for location info: info@cityartsnewbury.co.uk
100 Canvases: a City Arts Fundraiser
Happy 2017!
Welcome to our very exciting fundraising year. We begin our fundraising with an exciting project: 100 Canvases… a community event for all ages.
We would like you to helps us paint, exhibit and sale 100 canvases
The 100 Canvases process is as follows:
Painting
- Come and purchase a 30 x 30cm (12 x 12″) canvas from us for £5, on either Sat 28th or Sun 29th January
- Create your design using any medium/technique on your own time (don’t sign them on the front!) and,
Donation
- Deliver and donate your finished artwork to us, on either the Sat 11th or Sun 12th February (or by appointment with Isabel Carmona).
Collection and delivery are both from City Arts Newbury from 10 am to 2pm
- Or you can come and do the above with us, in situ on the Tuesday 14th February, at our Canvas Painting Workshop day, for the cost of the canvas (£5).
- Workshop times are either 10am-12noon or 1pm-3pm
Exhibition
Following the collection of the canvases, we will hold a:
Fundraising Exhibition Weekend on Sat 18th and Sun 19th February from 10am to 3pm, when we will display for sale all the canvas you have donated and you can purchase any of the canvas you like.
The exhibition will be “blind” with no names of the artists displayed.
All proceeds of the exhibition will form part of City Arts Building Renovation Funds.
We hope you can join us!
Get in touch with us on info@cityartsnewbury.co.uk if you want to reserve a canvas or you have any queries.
Enjoy the painting…
October calendar
In October, our activities concentrate at weekends and during half term. See below for detail links to the specific workshop/activity
Sat 1st October – Funky Felt and Leaves with Wendy Lloyd
8th October – Art Shed with Rachel Cheer
9th October – Poetry Gathering with Donna Lewis
23rd October – Apple Pressing day with Claire Struthers-Semple
24th October – Decopatch with Helen Mortimer
25th October – Arty Science with Donna Lewis
27th and 28th October – Halloween special with Kayleigh Eve
29th October – Bookbinding with Donna Lewis
30th October – Silk painting with Sarah Moorcroft
Halloween activities
Two days of Horrifying Halloween Activities and Freaky Festive Fun on 27th and 28th October 2016 with Kayleigh Eve
Dust off your brooms, don’t wash your hair and grab your cat to join the spooky, ghastly and devilish volunteers running this event, this October half term!!
This event will take place over 2 days, with 2 sessions per day.
Activities include:
* Petrified Pebble Painting
* Scary Mask Making
* Putrid Pumpkin Carving
* Mummy Wrapping (make sure you bring your mum)
* Haunted Maze
* Spine-Chilling Stories
* Ooozing Donut Bobbing
~ Cost: £6 per child
~ Age: All ages (all children must be supervised)
~ Session Times: 10am – 12pm and 2pm – 4pm
~ Maximum 20 children per session
~ Halloween Treats will be on sale
~ Face Painting by Sunny Faces
For more information and to book your place (early to avoid disappointment), please email: info@cityartsnewbury.co.uk
Please let us know you are coming on our Facebook Event.
Apple Pressing Day – Fundraising Event
On 23rd October, from 10 am to 3pm everything is going to be very “appley”!
This is a Fundraising event for City Arts to help us raise funds for the renovation of the Wesleyan Methodist chapel that we have our base on.
Come and help us create some City Arts apple juice for a day and experience all thing appley!
Bring us your unwanted apples and get a discount token (dependent on weight of apples donated).
Chop and press some apples into juice on the day.
The bulk of the collected apples will be pressed and bottled locally and will be on sale at City Arts for £2.50.
On the day, tea, coffee and apple-based goodies will be on sale…
*Tell us you are coming: email: info@cityartsnewbury.co.uk
Venue: 10 Hampton Road, Newbury, RG14 6DB
August Events at City Arts
There are loads of workshops and events this summer at City Arts Newbury: a few details below:
1st August – Silk Painting workshop with Sarah Moorcroft
2nd August – Art Shed for all ages
3rd to 5th August – Collagraph workshop with Isabel Carmona
6th August – Japanese bookbinding with Donna Lewis
7th August – City Arts at the Farmers Market
9th August – Home Is – Draw and Build with Jennifer Forakis
10th August – Sewn Bookmaking with Isabel Carmona
12th August – Chalkfest 2016
13th August – Printfest
15th August – Manga Graffiti with Donna Lewis
17th August – Cartoon Graffiti with Donna Lewis
24th August – Foam Marbling with Rachel Cheer
27th to 28th August – Pinhole Photography with Donna Lewis
29th Aug – 2nd Sept – Summer Signing Course
Weekly Saturday Drawing Class with Sarah Martinez
Starting in September 2016!!
This is a new Saturday drawing class for budding young artists, 9-14yrs, will be run by art teacher Sarah Martinez. Come and experiment with charcoals, pastels and art pencils, and create large scale drawings and intricate details.
During the course, students will explore the formal elements of drawing – line, form, texture and tone.
Classes are 90 minutes and students should Dress for Mess!!
Coming in September!!
Ages:9 to 14 years old
Maximum 10 pupils
Cost: £84 for the 7 week course (all materials included)
For booking e-mail:info@cityartsnewbury.co.uk
