A Dartmoor Arts project 2-day weekend course: Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th May 2016. At Castle Drogo, Drewsteignton EX6 6PB. 10am - 5pm, £60/£50
This is a comprehensive introduction to the skills, techniques, tools and purposes of stonemasonry with 2 experienced tutors, Trevor Clarke and Ben Martin. You will learn how to use and maintain tools, practice masonry and letter carving techniques and can work on a project of your own, carve an inscription or a 3D piece, or both. All materials and tools are provided. The course will include a tour of Castle Drogo, currently undergoing...
Come and learn about felting techniques! Create your own piece of art to take home with you. Your finished product could be used as a wall hanging or cut and styled to create a brooch, finger puppet or maybe even a pencil case. Time to get inspired.
Suitable for ages 6-15. Please book online or call 01392 285983 http://www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/95250
Lots and lots of lovely arts and crafts by local makers. Fabulous venue on Exeter's Historic Quayside. Watch the boats and swans go drifting by, enjoy a drink or a meal at The Prospect Inn, Mango's, On The Waterfront or the new Samuel Jones. We have facepainting, live music, wood crafters, artists, jewellers, spinning and weaving, charity book sale, craft demos, and much more!
Create and write solidarity cards for people suffering human rights abuses.
Amnesty International’s Write for Rights campaign sees thousands of letters and cards posted to support families affected and calls for justice for prisoners of conscience.
On 10th December, International Human Rights Day, artist Catherine Cartwright is running two creative card-making and writing workshops. Drop in and make one or many cards, write your messages of support and leave your donation to cover postage and materials.
Suggested donation £2 per card. Any surplus donations will be...
We warmly invite you to the exhibition launch on Friday 5 Sept 6-7.30pm with an introductory talk by curator Elizabeth-Jane Burnett, 6.30pm, refreshments provided.
The Trembling Grass is a mixed-media exhibition that highlights conflicts between nature and humankind caused by climate change and the depletion of natural resources. Named after a line from a John Clare poem and displayed in the 150th anniversary year of this poet's death.
For a map to the venue please visit the CCANW website: http://www.ccanw.co.uk
18 October - 9 November Thurs - Sat 11am - 5pm, Sun 12 - 4pm (or by appointment) Uneven Territory is an exhibition of new and previously unseen paintings and drawings that, alongside key work made since 2006, forms an uncensored view of Michael Calver’s output. The work is at turns intimate, highly formal and sometimes unsettling. Best known for his exploration of colour and its aesthetics through ‘colour field’ painting, this exhibition delves beneath the surface, presenting a new vision of Calver’s varied but interconnected artistic production. Alongside his signature work there are...
