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OPEN: Norfolk & Norwich Open Studios 2018

Norfolk & Norwich Open Studios 2018 will take place from Saturday 26 May – Sunday 10 June.
For 16 days each year, Norfolk & Norwich Open Studios celebrates the county’s artists and their achievements by offering them the opportunity to open their doors to the public to exhibit, sell and talk about their work. In 2018 over 450 artists will take part from over 250 studios and venues.

Art Trails
Now an integral part of Norfolk & Norwich Open Studios, Art Trails allow visitors to make a memorable day out of their Open Studios visit. Visit some WNAA members on their Art Trails.

Castle Acre Art Trail

Dates 26, 27, 28 May, 2, 3, 9 and 10 June

Helen Breach
Passionate paintings, pastel people, poignant prints and peculiar pots.
Peter Lawton
Impressionistic scenes, often figurative, in oil or acrylic paint. Some portraits.
Karen Wadham
Watercolours, acrylics, mixed media and textiles inspired by my surroundings and diverse subject matter
Les Williams
One of the leading pen and wash valium online exponents, working on landscapes in Norfolk and London. Les is Vice President of SGFA.
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Two Rivers Art Trail

Dates 26, 27, 28 May, 1, 2, 3, 9, 10 June

Patrick Hillard
Mixed media abstracts, free form style/technique concerned with time and human mortality.
Louise Stebbing
A wide variety of printmaking. Mostly linocuts and etchings, local landscapes, flowers. French landscapes/cityscapes.
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Visit These Members in Their Studios

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Yvonne Autie
‘Textile Jewels’ – bags, cards, cushions rag rugs + textile & precious jewellery.
Helen Du Feu
Impressionist landscapes in acrylilc. Also colourful abstracts based on natural forms.
Ringstead Artists
Six independent Ringstead based artists. Three, Barbara King, David Lendrum, Helga Joergens, are WNAA members. Stylistically ranging from realism to abstraction, embracing photography, oil acrylic, watercolours pastel and graphics.Their unique voices will ensure a varied and interesting exhibition.
Pauline Wrighton
Textile, stitch and mixed media. Framed panels, hangings and accessories.

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Cut, Stick And Stitch

Appliqué Workshop with Pauline Wrighton

SATURDAY 14TH APRIL 2018
HINDOLVESTON VILLAGE HALL NR20 5DD
10 am to 4 pm

Learn how to create a simple fabric appliqué with hand stitch. Based on traditional Broderie Perse this workshop uses commercially printed fabrics to create a small floral panel. It is suitable for beginners or experienced stitchers, using simple methods of cutting, bonding and hand stitching.

This is the second in a series of craft workshops arranged and subsidised by Hindolveston Crafts in Action.

This course is £15 per person. This includes all materials plus tea, coffee and cake.

You will need to bring your own lunch and a simple basic sewing kit (needles, small sharp scissors, stranded cotton/embroidery silk)

Please contact Julie Lovett to book: tel: 01263 861789 or email julielovettcrafts@gmail.com

Art Exchange at Soul Café

The Sould Café in King’s Lynn was our chosen venue for the first Art Exchange of the year. On a chilly February morning, we had an informal gathering in the gallery section of the Café. Pat Hillard was showing his work so it seemed only natural to ask him to say a few words.

The works on show at the Soul Café were all mixed media or oil, mostly abstract but with a couple of more traditional pieces. Most of his highly experimental work was inspired by either music or poetry. Either a song title or maybe a line from a poem or book provided the inspiration for the predominantly bright and colourful paintings.

The title of paintings Martyred Slaves of Time, Blue and The Martyred Slaves of Time, Yellow  was picked out of a poem by Baudelaire called Be Drunk. This one line was Pat’s impetus.

Flavour Bud Living by the late Don Van Vliet, AKA ‘Captain Beefheart’ is music Pat has been listening to since the late sixties. In the painting of the same title, he decided to try and interpret some of this music on canvas. The challenge of interpreting this unconventional ‘music’ may lead to a small series of paintings. Pat already has several titles in mind.

We also heard from David Cook about Chromacolour a paint used for animation cell painting. David showed us a very intricate painting of a Mallard done in Chromacolour. We can look forward to a future Art Exchange where David will give us more insight into this amazing material.

Ann Froshaug told us about the moving ‘War to End all Wars’ exhibition at Ely Cathedral in which she was one of 17 artists involved in the installation.

News From One of Our Aviation Artists

NAAFI Wagon, Detail of Mural

Colin Mason aviation artist was commissioned earlier this year to paint on an outside wall that is 60ft long, by 8ft and 12ft high at The Wellington Pub in Feltwell. Since June, he has managed to spend on average three days a week painting the mural in-between giving art lessons in the studio above the Arts Lounge Gallery in Swaffham. Until recently, Colin has been very lucky with the weather – so long as it is dry that’s the main thing.

The mural is dedicated to The Wellington Bomber aircraft, the crews, a mission, Sgt Ward, 75 NZ Squadron Air Force, and RAF Feltwell. The pub itself has memorabilia inside from a propeller, a compass and various other items from a Wellington Bomber and is well worth a visit. The restaurant overlooks the mural and certainly creates a subject for conversation.

Close up of the crew and Briefing Room taking shape

The mural is still in progress and members of the public can visit the pub and see Colin at work whilst enjoying lunch and a pint.

Art Workshops at St. Nicholas Chapel

West Norfolk Artists Ass. Summer Exhibition
Free art workshops open to the members and public.

Experimental Watercolour
Ann Froshaug
Saturday morning 29th July 10.30 am to 12.30pm

Experimenting and trying new approaches in using watercolour is an exciting way of discovering the huge potential of painting with watercolour. In this workshop we will take old and new techniques and build and explore these using different papers, varied sized brushes and paint applications.Through experiment and understanding you will find out more about your style and be able to ‘read’ other watercolourists better. All materials provided but do bring your own too.

Create Your Own Art Rubbings
Esther Boehm
Sunday morning 30th July 10.30am to 12.30pm

Every stone, every crack and crevice is alive with the story of St. Nicholas Chapel in King’s Lynn. With rubbings we will transfer these surfaces onto paper. When we have gathered samples using various drawing materials, we will set about to create our own collage to express what we have discovered. There are also some real hidden treasures in St. Nicholas Chapel in King’s Lynn and I’ll give you some clues to find them. Final works will be exhibited in the church.  All materials provided.

St. Nicholas Chapel
St. Ann’s Street
King’s Lynn
PE30 1NH