Tushar Sabale announced as guest main prize judge for the 2024 open art competition

2024-03-21T17:37:29+00:00March 21st, 2024|Art Competition, Art sale, Art Workshop/Demonstration, Exhibition, The festival|

We are delighted to announce that Tush Sabale has agreed be our guest main prize judge for our 2024 open art competition alongside Malcolm Rogers, former Director of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Tushar Sabale is an award winning Indian born, British artist based in London. He mainly paints from life and [...]

2 Day Watercolour Masterclass with Hazel Soan: Figures & Flowers

2024-01-15T12:29:37+00:00January 12th, 2024||

This 2 day masterclass explores watercolour’s wet into wet blending technique with renowned artist Hazel Soan. The workshop is geared to an intermediary level of skill but both an adventurous beginner and a seasoned professional would doubtless enjoy the experience as watercolour reveals its wonders! We will use two different subjects, figures and flowers, both [...]

Intro to Lino Block Printing – Linen Cushion Workshop with Albert Harvey

2024-02-28T13:56:55+00:00December 7th, 2023||

On this day course you will work with Albert Harvey, a print maker and textile designer from Oxfordshire, to firstly design your very own bespoke Lino print block, carve it and then use it to print your linen cushion fabric. Albert will then take away the resulting fabric to make it into an expertly finished [...]

Benefactor applications for 2024 are now open

2023-10-24T11:26:12+01:00October 24th, 2023|Bursary, Schools Outreach, The festival|

Applications to be a Benefactor of the festival are open! You can become a Bronze Benefactor for as little as £50 to qualify for priority booking for 2024 events. Benefactor donations are essential to secure the future success of the festival and fund our annual outreach programme with local primary and secondary schools and our [...]

Announcing the 2023 open art competition prize winners

2023-10-24T11:12:30+01:00October 24th, 2023|Art Competition, Art sale, Exhibition, Schools Outreach, The festival|

Introducing the Prize Winners and Highly Commended finalists for our 2023 open art competition! We had a fantastic response with 476 entries from across the UK and the standard was exceptionally high. Thank you to everyone who entered. We are so grateful to our 7 judges who did a brilliant job. A huge thank [...]

A Tour of 2 Private Broadway Gardens with Marion Mako

2024-03-20T16:34:45+00:00October 20th, 2023|, |

Broadway’s gardens have been the backdrop for artists, writers, actors and musicians for over a century. On this walking tour of two famous private gardens with Marion Mako, we shall hear about some of the stories behind those who created, inhabited and visited them, all looking their finest. Marion is a garden historian, planting designer, [...]

A Tour of 2 Private Broadway Gardens with Marion Mako

2024-03-20T16:34:11+00:00October 20th, 2023|, |

Broadway’s gardens have been the backdrop for artists, writers, actors and musicians for over a century. On this walking tour of two famous private gardens with Marion Mako, we shall hear about some of the stories behind those who created, inhabited and visited them, all looking their finest. Marion is a garden historian, planting designer, [...]

A Tour of 2 Private Broadway Gardens with Marion Mako

2024-05-15T10:45:47+01:00October 18th, 2023|, |

Broadway’s gardens have been the backdrop for artists, writers, actors and musicians for over a century. On this walking tour of two famous private gardens with Marion Mako, we shall hear about some of the stories behind those who created, inhabited and visited them, all looking their finest. Marion is a garden historian, planting designer, [...]

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