Thursday, 28 November 2013

Hello   its me julia
Do medieval times interest you?  would you want to do any of these
free workshops  being put on by friends of fairydell?
hedgelaying,        glasswork, 
blacksmithy,        medieaval clothing /talk,
spoon carving,     knitting,
feltmaking,          pole lathe turning
falconry,             talk on historic gardens,
armoury talk       medieval dance workshop,
beekeeping        herbal walk lotions and potions.
spinning and and  weaving,
willow weaving and basket making,
talk on  medieval food and manners,

just thought i'd ask- let me know if   youre interested.
will bring leaflets next week..............

Sunday, 24 November 2013

behind scenes at mima

Wow    an experience well worth while
I just wish i could get the photos off my phone on to this dam site !!!   julia

aim4art: The Balloon Goes Up

aim4art: The Balloon Goes Up: Eve Hudson seems able to keep producing new work through thick and thin. Here are some examples of her latest work, the first we've seen...
and she says she never does anything !    lovely images eve     julia

aim4art: What a bind!

aim4art: What a bind!: Thanks to Jen for Tuesday's interesting book making session. It will be interesting to see all the finished results. In the meantime, he...

jens a good teacher - think i could now do this on my own    loved it .   julia

Thursday, 21 November 2013

The Balloon Goes Up

Eve Hudson seems able to keep producing new work through thick and thin. Here are some examples of her latest work, the first we've seen on the subject of 'Flight' - the title of our next exhibition:








What a bind!

Thanks to Jen for Tuesday's interesting book making session. It will be interesting to see all the finished results. In the meantime, here are pictures of Jen's own lovely work and evidence of aim4art activity.





Wednesday, 20 November 2013

aim4art: Here the results from Tuesdays life model session....

aim4art: Here the results from Tuesdays life model session....: Here the results from Tuesdays life model session. I'm sorry for not making a note of whose picture is which. Now looking forward to the...




brilliant session and another one coming this week - that means i need to concentrate again!  

Thursday, 7 November 2013

AGM and forthcoming events

Our AGM was held this Tuesday (5th Nov) and resulted in the re-election of the current committee, albeit with slightly changed roles. Julia remains as chair, and Gill Place as Minutes Sec. Les will now be secretary for Membership as well as Funding, while Rob will be Treasurer as well as IT Manager. Eve will continue on the committee as Deputy treasurer, and many thanks once again to Eve for sticking to the job of Treasurer for so long.

As a group we continue to prosper and are in quite a healthy financial position, despite our last funding bid being turned down. It would be good to recruit some new members, however, and we now have some publicity postcards that we can distribute to people or place in strategic locations.

After a rather quiet period we now have quite a number of events on the horizon, starting with a tour round MIMA on November 21st. A visit to Newcastle Galleries, including the Laura Knight exhibition at the Laing,has been proposed for before Christmas with the possibility of a further visit to see the Lakeland Artists exhibition at the Rheged Centre, Penrith, in January or February. Geoff Hewitt will be doing us another workshop (on drawing and painting figures) in January, and there is a possibility of a workshop with Helen Gorrill  (visit www.helengorrill.com) in late February or March. looking further ahead we are planning an intensive painting week at The Barn in March and, as I understand it, Carol is booking us an exhibition slot at Stockton Library, wherewe can show our work on 'Flight'

Friday, 1 November 2013

Here the results from Tuesdays life model session. I'm sorry for not making a note of whose picture is which. Now looking forward to the next session with Caroline on November 12th.

I've also booked Geoff Hewitt for another workshop in January - he suggested drawing and painting  (clothed) figures. What do people think?