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WELCOME
Another month has flown by and lots of new creative works have been realised.
This newsletter is a bit shorter than the previous one as everyone is preparing for Open Doors and Arts Festivals and live has become a little more hectic.
Due to some gremlin in our computer we lost our fact sheets so we apologise for not having one for you this time around. We will make up for that next month !
NEW ARTISTS
Stephen Richard : Fantastic versatile glass art artists in Glasgow.Stephen runs various courses in a variety of glass techniques. Click here to visit his page.
Geoff Forrest : Creates structures with willow and makes nomadic furniture. Geoff offers various inspiring workshops. Click here to visit his page.
Jane E. Porter : Oil paintings and Mixed Media - Commissions
Richard Harrison : Wood working - Workshops and Commissions
ARTISTS NEWS
From Resipole studios 
SPRING EXHIBITION
From Rock to Linen
April 8th till the end of May
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From Exemplar Glass
Emma Varga Masterclass 3-7 July 2007
Her work is captivating, mysterious and technically brilliant. International glass artist, Emma Varga, will be teaching a Masterclass in her unique “Aquarelle” method of kiln casting at the Exemplar Glass studio in Leominster from 3-7 July 2007. There will be places for 6 students to participate in this workshop – a rare opportunity to work with Ms Varga whose inspiration comes from the landscapes and oceans of her adopted country, Australia.
After graduating from the University of Applied Arts in Belgrade (Yugoslavia), she developed her skills during 15 years work in a glass factory, enabling her to design and make her own glass works in addition to the production lines needed for the factory. In the early 1990s during the first years of the war in Yugoslavia the colour red began to feature in her work as a symbol of all that was dangerous and threatening in the world. Varga decided to use her art as a force for positive growth, changing the red of fire, destruction and blood to a red of richness and creativity, recalling her memories of the medieval towers of Dubrovnik, a golden noble red, and later, in Australia to the collection of “red sunsets” and eventually as a representation of bush fires, an ever present danger in her new environment.
In 2004, some years after her emigration to Australia, a new project emerged, the “Something Different Creative Laboratory”, a series of workshops and exhibitions bringing together glass artists in different parts of the world. After its start in Budapest, within a few months the project was spread over three continents, forging closer contacts between glass artists in Australia and Eastern Europe.
Varga works with sheet glass, as many as 100 to 200 hundred layers, with glass mosaic elements and coloured frits precisely arranged on the sheets. The whole assemblage is fused and cast through various stages, then ground and polished to reveal clarity of colour in the patterning of the three-dimensional, wave-like forms.
Details of her work can be seen at
http://www.emmavarga.com.
Details of the Masterclass will be available soon on the Exemplar Glass website. Please register interest by contacting Jane Ballard:
mail@exemplar-glass.co.ukhttp://www.exemplar-glass.co.uk
01568 620098 - 07968 225205
From Anne Dye
BATIK EXHIBITION
April 28th till the 10th of May
Open daily 11am - 4pm
From Jane Porter
Summer Art Week at Lunga House, Ardfern, ScotlandInspiring Art Tuition by Guyan Porter and Jane Porter
11-16th June 2007
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NEW MEDIA
The following media have been added to our list:
Silk paper: A luxurious looking and feeling "paper" which can be used as a basis for embroidery and other textile techniques or which simply makes an eye-catching book cover or unusual object.
Making willow structures : From structures with willow rods to living growing garden features. Check out the workshops !
Should you know of artists doing any of the above, please let us know. We always prefer worth of mouth to get experienced artists on our site.
OPEN DOORS AND FESTIVALS
OPEN DOORS - STUDIO ART TRAIL
5-6th & 12-13th May 2007
http://www.opendoorsarttrail.com/
Several open doors events in the Bristol area
http://visitbristol.co.uk/festivals/arts-trails-and-open-studios
A one-day festival of arts based in and around the
scenic Port of Fowey on the south coast of Cornwall.
http://www.dumaurierfestival.co.uk/event.php?eID=504
Various art events in Perth
check out the Art Trail on 26th - 27th of May
http://www.perthfestival.co.uk/
Welcome to the 25th Oxfordshire Visual Arts Festival
("Artweeks") 2007
City 12 May - 20 May
South 19 May - 27 May
North 26 May - 3 June
http://www.artweeks.org/
The 2007 - Appledore Visual Arts Festival
http://www.appledorearts.org/festival2007.htm
Welcome to Spring Fling : 26 - 28 May 2007
South West Scotland's art and craft open studio event
http://artandcraftsouthwestscotland.com/springfling/
YOUR COMMENTS - SUGGESTIONS REQUIRED
Have you always wanted to paint with your favourite artists but do not have the time or possibility to enroll on a course with him/her ?
Would you like to go on a course but do not like working when someone is looking over your shoulder ?
Would you like to pick up a new hobby but find the courses too expensive just to try out if this is what you would like ?
We have a solution ! Various of our artists are preparing packages and project kits which will allow you to learn new skills, improve old ones or just have a go at something you always wanted to try. The packages will be available
for different levels of ability (beginners - advanced) and you will be able to get feedback from your tutor directly or through our online forum.
Let us know what you think !! Let us know which type of package you would like to see on here. All suggestions are welcome.
Till next time,
The ART GALORE team
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