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Events

Upcoming classes & exhibitions

2024

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Christmas Fair at City Arts

I will have lots of affordable gifts at City Arts, from hand dyed scarves, T-shirts and bags to sketchbooks with hand made covers and small prints and stitched pictures.

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There will be lots of other local makers and delicious home baked cakes, teas and barista coffees.

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Friday 22 November

Saturday 23 November

Sunday 24 November

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City Arts

10 Hampton Road

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Rhythm Exhibition

5 printmakers, 3 inks, 2 formats, 1 prompt and many techniques and interpretations

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I will be exhibiting with Isabel Carmona, Pam Hardman, Kate Steele and Sally Haynes.

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10am - 4pm

Thursday 24 October

Friday 25 October

Saturday 26 October

Sunday 27 October

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Thursday 31 October

Friday 1 November

Saturday 2 Novemer

Sunday 3 November

 

​City Arts

10 Hampton Road

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Open Studios

I will be opening my Home Studio on two weekends in May to show my prints and textiles.

 

The marvelous ceramicists Ursula Waechter and Diana Barraclough will be with me.

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Come and join us for tea/coffee, cake and chat about art, craft and garden things too!

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Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th May

Bank Holiday 25th, 26th & 27th May

11am - 5pm

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Craven Road Studio

102 Craven Road

Newbury

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Some work will also be exhibited at INSIGHT at The Base, Greenham

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Sewing Workshop: Creative Patches

Jazz up your wardrobe or save your favourite jeans with patches and simple stitches. You can make a denim sampler or bring some jeans.

 

You will learn some easy and effective techniques and benefit from the joy of meditative stitch and the satisfaction of upcycling.

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Saturday 27 January 2024

10am to 2pm

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City Arts

10 Hampton Road, Newbury RG14 6DB

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Click here to buy tickets on the City Arts Website

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Sewing Workshop: Free Form Patching and Darning

Take mending and upcycling to the next level. Bring jeans or a jumper or work on a sampler.

 

Let your imagination run free and create dynamic mends and decorations using techniques inspired by Boro, Sashiko, Kantha and traditional embroidery and darning.

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Saturday 3 February 2024

10am to 3pm

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City Arts

10 Hampton Road, Newbury RG14 6DB

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Click here to buy tickets on the City Arts Website

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Event Archive

Previous classes & exhibitions

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Artisan Fair at City Arts

I will be at City Arts Newbury Friday, Saturday and Sunday along with lots of other local makers hoping to help you solve your gift conundrums.

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I have hand dyed scarves, t-shirts, bags, sketchbooks with unique printed and stitched covers, hand made cards and pictures.

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Other makers have their ceramics, prints, paintings, quilts, children's clothes, decorations and much more.

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Friday 24th 10am-8pm 

Saturday 25th 10am-4pm

Sunday 26th 10am-4pm

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City Arts

10 Hampton Road, Newbury RG14 6DB

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Open Studios

I will be opening my home studio along with the ceramicist Ursula Waechter for 2 weekends and the final Bank Holiday in May as part of Open Studios West Berkshire and North Hampshire:

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11am - 5pm on 20, 21, 27, 28 & 29 May

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We will be showing prints, ceramics, textiles and a variety of cards and gifts. 

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Enter by the white side gate:

Craven Road Studio, 

102 Craven Road

Newbury

RG14 5NP

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Insight Exhibition

I have two pieces in this flagship Open Studios exhibition which runs from 6-29 May, open 10am-5pm daily.

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It is a great place to start and plan your Open Studios visits, it includes paintings, prints, textiles, ceramics, jewellery and much more.

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'The Base'

Communications Road

Greenham Business Park

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The Base is off the A339 just south of Newbury

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The Space Between

This is another exciting exhibition of 2D & 3D work created by Open Studios artists.

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It runs from 9 May to 9 June and is open Monday - Friday 10am - 4.30pm

Closed Saturday and Sunday

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Arlington Arts Centre

Mary Hare School

Snelsmore Common

Newbury

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Open Studios
 

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With Passion

This is an eight-artist print collaboration which is open 6 - 28 May in St John's Church (the big brick one):

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Tuesdays 12 - 4pm,

Wednesdays - Sundays 11 - 4pm

Closed Mondays

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There will be printmaking demonstrations on Tuesday 9,16 & 23 and Thursday 11, 18 & 25 May at 3.30 - 5pm in the adjoining parish room.

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I will be demonstrating chine collé on Tuesday 23 May between 3.30 & 5pm

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St John's Church

St John's Road

Newbury

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Free Art Class at City Arts

Friday Art@ the Art Hub Cafe are free adult drop-in sessions for wellbeing. 11am-12.30 on Fridays. Please book with City Arts - a full list of sessions is on their website

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On Friday 26 May I will be teaching this lovely English paper piecing technique which is a traditional way of making patchwork from fabric scraps...warning, it can be addictive!

 

Make a flower motif which could become a patch or the start of a bigger quilt if you get hooked.

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City Arts

10 Hampton Road

Newbury

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Open Studios
 

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The Longest Day

An exhibition celebrating summer and the summer solstice

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21 June - 2 July 2023

Friday - Sunday 10.30am - 4pm 

(other weekdays by appointment)

Free to visit

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City Arts

10 Hampton Road

Newbury

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Beyond 4 Walls

Inspired by the freedom felt after the lockdowns, this exhibition by TextileArt07 showcases a wide range of work using a multitude of techniques. It is aptly sited in the Control Tower on Greenham Common, a location that became synonymous with freedom for so many local people during Covid.

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5 - 23 July

Saturdays and Sundays 10am - 4pm 

Wednesday - Friday 10.30 - 3pm

Closed Monday and Tuesday

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The Control Tower

Greenham Common

Burys Bank Road

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Sea and Sky

Sea & Sky

A group exhibition inspired by the coast along with Isabel Carmona, Emma Green, Sarah Jane Gordon, Helen Long and Petra Geide Barnes: Prints, paintings, sculpture and ceramics.

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Private view:

6pm-8pm Friday 29 September

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Four long weekends:

Friday - Sunday 10am - 4pm

29 - 30 September & 1 October

6, 7 & 8 October

13, 14 & 15 October

20, 21 & 22 October

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City Arts

10 Hampton Road

Newbury

RG14 6DB

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Collagraph Printed Pebbles

In this class you will learn how to create multiple pebble-shaped collagraph plates using a wide variety of techniques and then ink, wipe and print your plates to create several charming composite prints similar to this.

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Saturday 7 October 10am - 2pm

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City Arts

10 Hampton Road

Newbury

RG14 6DB

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