Claire Henley announced as the new Festival Artist in Residence

2025-07-02T18:01:38+01:00July 2nd, 2025|Art Workshop/Demonstration, Talk, The festival|

We are delighted to announce that Claire Henley is our new Festival Artist in Residence for the next 2 years! Claire exhibited at artBEAT in the marquees over the first weekend of the festival, ran a very popular Coastal Flowers workshop for us and delivered a talk on 'How not to be a Starving Artist'! Claire [...]

How not to be a Starving Artist with Claire Henley

2025-05-14T14:33:35+01:00October 28th, 2024|, |

An informal talk about surviving as a professional artist. Freelance for 36 years, Claire Henley has illustrated such diverse things as margarine tubs and children’s books before becoming a fine artist 15 years ago.  Topics will include finding your tribe, being organised, showing and selling your work, galleries, social media, multiple income streams, licensing, talks [...]

Coastal Flowers Mixed Media Workshop with Claire Henley

2025-05-25T09:21:00+01:00October 28th, 2024||

Spend the day creating a floral painting using acrylics and self-painted collage. Claire will guide you through her process, providing collage materials, some photographic reference and any appropriate foraged flowers, or do bring your own.  A professional artist for forty years, Claire exhibits and licenses her work widely. This is an informal, fun workshop involving painting, gluing, [...]

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