Twelve Artists for Twelve Months
Southwell Artists would like to announce the opening of our new online gallery which will feature new work by one of our artists every month throughout the year.
Our Open Studios Event has been held biennially since 2004 and the online gallery will give the public a chance to keep up to date with new work by individual artists throughout the year.
This Month, July, we are featuring new work by Maggy Milner.
The future programme includes, Jackie Berridge in August and Norma Blamey in September.
The Southwell Open Studios held in November 2010 were once again a great success. Having this happen so late in the year we were very lucky to have had two glorious days of sunshine, which made the walk around the studios so much more pleasant and relaxing. We had many visitors coming from Southwell, the local villages, the surrounding counties and even London. From reports, visitors enjoyed the hospitality, access and talking to the artists very much. The additional ‘Plus’ of younger artists provided a distinct variety to the work on show and added a vitality and change to the group as a whole. The Southwell Care Project provided theie usual high standard of excellent teas and cakes and their hard work raised £1,000 for their funds. The introduction of the free minibus seems to have been a welcome addition for those not wishing to walk such distances. We will therefore retain this valuable initiative. The Southwell Artists also raised £1,000 through entrance fees and this will be given to the charity Sightsavers International. Thank you therefore everyone who came to the event and made this donation possible and the weekend so successful. Thank you also to those who helped in some of the venues where it was difficult to provide the necessary cover for some of the artists. We would also like to thank the Town Council for their support, and the Joyce family for the use of their house as an essential venue and The Bramley newspaper for such excellent coverage.
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