Gloucester Arts and Crafts Group Newsletter June 2014
Dear Members,
Here comes Summer.
Welcome to the online Newsletter. It doesn’t seem possible that we are now only a few weeks away from Summer School 2014 . Preparations are in full swing and numbers are going up daily as we speak. It has been interesting to note the courses that have filled up almost immediately the brochures were distributed. We will be discussing having more than one tutor for the more popular courses next year.
There have been some committee changes which I will outline later.
As usual I will be including places/events to visit in Gloucestershire in the forthcoming months. Thank you for the members who emailed me with events that they wanted publicising. If you have any more please email me.
Looking forward to seeing you at Summer School
Best wishes
Gill Webb Chairman
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The AGM that was held on Saturday, 15 March was well attended. Jackie Garner’s talk was very interesting and well received. Many thanks to Sharon Marshall for having the unenviable task of shopping for the lunch and her helpers Carol and Rita. The lunch was lovely and enjoyed by all. Also thanks to all who helped with the clearing away, especially one kind member, who I don’t the name of, who washed up for simply ages. Without this kind of help clearing away can be very time consuming. Thanks also to Denise and Phil Shipley for putting out and away the chairs and tables.
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Committee changes
Gill Webb- Chairman
Phil Shipley – Treasurer
One Day workshops- Anne Conoley
Co-opted members – Carol Blackburn
Kate Smith
Other members- Sharon Marshall, Don Merrylees, Marilyn Hughes, Vera Conoley, Rita Quick
Summer school co-ordinator – Anne Conoley
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Summer school 2014
Classes are filling up steadily, in fact some are already full.
Below are a reminder of some of the new classes available.
Contact Anne to book 01452 700635
We will be running the Marketplace and raffle as usual.
There will be more opportunities to purchase art materials on 4 days.
Artist in residence is local Quilter Nicola Gray who will be demonstrating her sewing techniques on Tuesday.
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Pointillism - 23/24 July
Georges Seurat (1859-1891) French post-Impressionist painter is noted for devising the technique known as Pointillism. He altered the direction of Modern Art by initiating Neo Impressionism. While Impressionists used small dabs of paint as part of their technique, Pointillism took this to the next level using only small distinct dots of pure colour applied in patterns to form an image and create an entire painting. This technique relies on the ability of the eye and mind to blend colour into fuller tones. Students will be instructed in how to complete a small picture using the pointillist technique. You will need to bring a 12” canvas, acrylic paints, brushes sizes 0, 2, 6 and 9, plus a picture of your favourite animal.
Tutor Dee Roberts
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Fashion Jewellery - 24/25 July
This two day course will provide you with the basic skills to make some beautiful glass bead fashion jewellery. During the course you will have the opportunity to design and create various items of jewellery, including necklaces, bracelets, ear-rings and other accessories. We will work with a large selection of glass beads, wire, leather, silver plated findings and some wonderful coloured aluminium wire and you will learn skills that include threading, cutting, crimping, twirling and finishing techniques. Gill will guide you through the processes, and provide the materials and the equipment you will need. Each student will take away at least 6 pieces of jewellery. Tutor Gill Downes
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Watercolour Painting
Paint along with Christine as we go step by step together into the wonderful exciting medium of watercolour using different techniques e.g. wet into wet and light & contrast. We will be painting;- trees, water, reflections and landscapes.
Beginners welcome.
Tutor Christine Hughes
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Figurative Sculpture master class in hands - 21/22 July
You will be working in clay over an armature using your own hand for reference to create a life-size sculpt. This course is suitable for complete beginners and those wishing to brush up on their figurative skills. We will be using self-hardening clay which allows the hand to dry without the need or expense of casting into another material. Once dry it can be given a bronze effect with paints or sealed with a varnish or lacquer. Tutor Val Adamson
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Oil Painting - a trouble free approach
Suitable for all, this course will take students through a step by step plan to building successful and accomplished oil paintings. Starting with, preparing the ‘ground’ and assessing the composition through to sketching and oil painting techniques.
Students will start the week working from an A4 landscape photograph (preferably an image that they have taken themselves) and move onto working from a still life set up in the studio.
Tutor
Holly Saunders
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One Day workshops
Anne Conoley is taking over the one day workshops over. She is currently planning 6-8 classes to run in October. Look out for more details at Summer school.
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Keep reading to find out what’s going on in and around Gloucestershire!
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Exhibition of paintings by Marilyn Hughes
6 June 2014 to 04 July 2014
Marilyn Hughes SBA is a Contempary Botanical Artist working in oil based coloured pencil and graphite pencils; she is a member of the Cathedral Flower Guild and currently displaying her pictures in the Cathedral Coffee Shop.
Marilyn’s love of flowers and gardens together with her flower arranging and floristry skills made possible the natural progression to botanical art. Marilyn now teaches pencil and has done so for the past 15 years at such venues as Cirencester Collage, Bristol Botanical Gardens, Nature in Art, Summer School for Gloucester Arts and Crafts, various Art Clubs and runs her own Workshops
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Huntley Farmers Market held at Huntley Village hall 10-12 pm, Saturdays.
21st June
5th/19th July
2/16th August
6th/20th September
4th/18th October
1st/15th November
6th/20th December
On sale are a variety of goods- Fruit/ vegetables, locally produced meat, cheeses, cakes, quiches, preserves, gluten free bakes, olives, honey, eggs. Also handmade and handcrafted craft items- wooden, glass, decorated wooden boxes, jewellery, knitted goods, aromatherapy items, various textile goods, silk scarves. In fact for such a small area there is a plethora of unique items. Somewhere to do your Christmas shopping early. On sale are lovely cakes with a cup of coffee. This is run to make funds for local charities, helped by volunteers. Once a month there is a tombola. Well worth a visit.
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Tudor Faces, The Gloucester Portraits’
Exhibition, Gloucester City Museum
Saturday 5 April – Saturday 5 July 2014
Gloucester’s Tudor Civic Portraits provide a snapshot into the influential business men and women, local philanthropists and people of influence that not only shaped Tudor Gloucester but the great City that we live in today.
Come and admire these fantastic portraits and pieces of evidence for the Tudor era, before the long process of conservation work on them keeps them out of the public domain for a few years to come.
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Planets Listening Trail at The Holst Birthplace Museum
Friday 2 May – Sunday 12 October 2014
Part Of The Planets 2014: Celebrating 100 years of Gustav Holst’s Masterpiece
The Holst Birthplace Museum is celebrating the centenary of Gustav Holst’s most famous piece of music, The Planets by installing seven listening posts across Cheltenham.
The listening posts, funded by The National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund, include a solar powered ‘mythophone’, a 1930s vintage telephone and several 1930s inspired listening booths!
The Planets’ Listening Trail takes around two hours to complete on foot and is an excellent way of getting to know, not only The Planets, but also Cheltenham itself.
It is possible to begin the trail at any of the listening posts, which are all broadcasting Planets’ recordings performed by the Hallé Orchestra, conducted by Mark Elder.
Museum staff hope members of the public will post “selfies” on the museum’s Facebook page after they complete the listening trail.
They are also encouraging people to share their feedback on the trail on twitter @Holstmuseum.
Listening posts have been installed at:
• The Holst Birthplace Museum, Clarence Road (Mars)
• All Saints Church, All Saints’ Road (Venus)
• Lloyds Bank, High Street (Mercury)
• The Everyman Theatre, Regent Street (Jupiter)
• The Wilson, Clarence Street (Saturn)
• Cheltenham Town Hall, Imperial Square (Uranus)
• Lloyds Bank, Montpellier (Neptune)
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Extinct Boids at Nature in Art
Tuesday 10 June - Sunday 20 July 2014
A display of thirty of Ralph Steadman’s large illustrations for the highly acclaimed book ‘Extinct Boids’, written with Ceri Levy displayed at Wallsworth Hall.
An inspiring exhibition underpinned by a powerful message regarding extinction.
Where :Nature in Art, Wallsworth Hall, A38, Twigworth, Gloucester, GL2 9PA
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Art In Brownshill
Art, Architecture and Landscape
Exhibition at
St Mary of the Angels, St Mary's Way, Brownshill 19th - 27th July Open daily from 11am - 4.30pm
Exhibition by local artists which include an exciting mix of painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, embroidery and mosaic.
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Wye Valley Art Society.
We meet in the Shire Hall Monmouth on the second Tues of each month.7pm-9pm.
Each month we usually have a speaker with demonstrations on their chosen medium. We have two art shows a year in the Shire Hall, this is right in town so all visitors have easy access.
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Geoffrey Dashwood at Nature in Art
Tuesday 22 July - Sunday 7 September 2014
An exhibition of Geoffrey Dashwood’s magnificent bronze bird sculptures at Wallsworth Hall.
Dashwood’s bird sculptures can be placed within the genre of wildlife art, yet have transcended the subject matter and his renowned bronzes are firmly established in the wider field of contemporary art. Come and see his impressive work which will feature both inside and outside of our Georgian mansion, with some colossal sized art pieces.
Where :Nature in Art, Wallsworth Hall, A38, Twigworth, Gloucester, GL2 9PA
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A Celebration of New Writing at the Everyman Theatre
Thursday 26 June – Saturday 5 July 2014
Thursday 26 – Saturday 28 June: Places I Remember
A Dreamshed Theatre Company and Eleven Places Collaboration of three short plays about a place.
Time: 7.45pm; Saturday Matinee: 2pm
Tuesday 1 July: His Letters
A new drama written by local writer John Martin Stevens
Time: 7.45pm
Thursday 3 – Saturday 5 July: Interviews With A Zombie
Presented by the Valley Clan Collective. A new satirical comedy about tolerance, bureaucracy and the ennui of zombiedom.
Everyman Studio Theatre, Regent Street, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL50 1HQ
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Events at Gloucester Cathedral
Throughout July 2014
ORGAN CONCERTS AND RECITALS
Admission to Organ Concerts/Recitals is free with a retiring collection in aid of Cathedral Music
Wednesday 2 July: ORGAN RECITAL
Time: 8.00pm
Stephen Power – Organ Scholar, Gloucester Cathedral
OTHER CONCERTS & EVENTS
CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL MUSIC CONCERTS
Tuesday 8 July: Merton College Choir, Oxford at 7.30pm
Friday 11 July: Jan Garbarek & The Hilliard Ensemble at 7.30pm; 9.00pm – Candlelit Tribute to John Tavener
More information at www.cheltenhamfestivals.com/music/
Sunday 13 July: INFORMAL LUNCHTIME CONCERT
Time: 1.00pm – 2.00pm
Thomas Adewumi International College Choir,
Nigerian Drummers &Dancers
Admission Free with a retiring collection
Thursday 17 July: INFORMAL LUNCHTIME CONCERT
Time: 1.00pm – 2.00pm
Amazing Grace – French Children’s Choir
Admission Free with a retiring collection
Saturday 19 July: CONCERT - REMEMBERING WW1
Time: 7.00pm
Compare – Sue Wilson
Churchdown Male Voice Choir
Military Wives Choir
Sue Black - Soprano
Tickets: £12 (unreserved) from 0845 652 1823, Cathedral Gift Shop, www.gloucestercathedral.org.uk or 01452 714360
All proceeds go to The Royal British Legion
Saturday 26 July: INFORMAL LUNCHTIME CONCERT
Time: 1.00pm – 2.00pm
Prof. Michael Grube - violinist
Admission Free with a retiring collection
COFFEE CONCERTS
Saturday 12 July: Abigail Sudbury - Soprano
Time: 11.00am – 12.00noon in the Chapter House
All proceeds support the Outreach work of the Cathedral Choir
Tickets: £6 available on the door (to include refreshments).
CHILDREN AND FAMILY EVENTS
Family Fun @ Gloucester Cathedral
Sat 19 July - Sun 31 August: SUMMER HOLIDAYS
Time: 10.30am - 4.30pm
HUMPH AND HARRY'S HOLIDAY HUNT
Free Summer Children’s Trail
Join our friendly grotesques and journey around your cathedral. Don’t forget to visit the Cathedral shop afterwards and collect your Humph/Harry Sticker. Collect your trail from a Welcomer.
Mon 28 July – Sun 10 August: THE WALK OF LIFE AT GLOUCESTER CATHEDRAL
The Cathedral Labyrinth is a canvas copy of the one in Chartres Cathedral in France. Visitors are invited to remove their shoes and walk the Labyrinth in a reflective way. All children who walk the Labyrinth can also collect a bookmark/sticker from the Cathedral shop.
STUDY DAYS/LECTURES/SPECIAL TOURS
CATHEDRAL LIBRARY AND TOWER TOURS
April to October
See www.gloucestercathedral.org.uk for dates and times
EXHIBITIONS
Sun 22 June - Sun 20 July:
EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS BY FRANCES MARSH
In the Cloisters
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Chocolate Making Class
Saturday 5 July 2014
Love chocolate?
Come and indulge in a 2hr workshop making delicious Belgian truffles, and get real hands on experience.
No experience necessary as you develop your new chocolate skills. Learn what the basic techniques for working with chocolate are complimented with tastings.
Finally, complete the session gift wrapping your creations and adding that professional touch which will surely impress your friends.
Where :Sherdons Golf Centre, Tredington, Nr Tewkesbury, Glos. GL20 7BP
Tickets/Admission :£42 Places to be booked on-line
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Food Festival at Sudeley Castle
Friday 11- Sunday 13 July 2014
Sudeley Castle & Gardens is hosting its first ever food festival, which will showcase around 70 producers including artisan bakers, local micro-breweries and pulled pork barbecues.
A food & drink theatre will also feature where a range of cookery demonstrations, children’s cookery workshops and talks from food and drink experts will be on offer.
Where :Sudeley Castle & Gardens, Winchcombe, Glos. GL54 5JD
Tickets/Admission : Tickets for adults, available online and at the door will be: Friday £5, Saturday £10, Sunday £10. A three-day adult ticket - only available online - will cost £12.50 and includes priority parking and seating in Food & Drink theatre
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'Cotswold Connections' - Phoenix Recorder Orchestra
Friday 11 July 2014
Phoenix Birthday Concert and also part of the Cheltenham Music Festival.
Music by composers with a connection to the Cotswolds.
The programme includes music by:
Vaughan Williams
Gustav Holst
Thomas Tomkins
Poems by Edward Thomas, set to music by Gloucestershire composer, Steve Marshall
The first Concerto composed especially for electric recorder (The Elody)
Solos by virtuoso recorderplayer Helen Hooker
FoWhere :All Saint's Church, All Saints Road, Cheltenham. GL52 2HG
Date : Friday 11 July 2014
Time : 8pm
Tickets/Admission :£8 available from Jay Mathews 01367 860869 jaymathews124@mac.com
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Introductory Days at Cotswold Falconry Centre
Saturday 12 July 2014
The Introductory Day is designed to provide you with a greater understanding of the basics of falconry.
Finding out about different birds used, methods of training, equipment, history and husbandry. You will have the opportunity to handle and walk with a variety of birds of prey, before experiencing the bird returning to the glove. The day is very much an interactive one.
Numbers on each course are limited to a small group. This is the longest running experience at Cotswold Falconry Centre (over 20 years) and remains ever popular.
Where :Cotswold Falconry Centre, Batsford Park, Moreton-in-Marsh, Glos. GL56 9AB
Tickets/Admission : Tickets must be pre booked as spaces are limited. Either book via the website or phone 01386 701043
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School Holiday activities at Nature in Art - July
Wednesday 23 - Thursday 31 July 2014
Fun packed activities to make the holidays extra special at Wallsworth Hall the home of Nature in Art.
Wednesday 23 July
10.30-12pm Decorate a secret keepsake book (3-7yrs)
1.00-2.30pm Make a miniature scrapbook (3+)
3.00-4.30pm Make a concertina scrapbook (8-18yrs)
Thursday 24 July
10.30-12pm Decorate a fabric pencil case (3-7yrs)
1-2.30pm Design your own apron (3+)
3-4.30pm Design a fabric shoulder purse (8-18yrs)
Friday 25 July
10.30-12pm Butterfly Mask (3-7yrs)
1-2.30pm Inspired by Jill Confavreux (3+)
3-4.30pm Acrylics, What’s it All About? (8-18yrs)
Tuesday 29 July
10.30-12pm Make an animal mask (3-7yrs)
1-2.30pm Lion Helmet Mask (3+)
3-4.30pm Mask Your Own Face (8-18yrs)
Wednesday 30 July
10.30-12pm Pond Dipping & Bubble Pictures (3-7yrs)
1-2.30pm Pond Dipping & Pen and Ink Alfresco (3+)
3-4.30pm Pond Dipping & Tin Can Insects (8-18yrs)
Thursday 31 July
10.30-12pm Decorate your Own Clock (3-7yrs)
1-2.30pm CD Clock (5+)
3-4.30pm Design Your Own Clock (8-18yrs)
All activities require booking, please visit discoveryzone.org.uk and click on the Activity Days link on the home page to find out more and to book
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WILD at Nature in Art
Wednesday 23 - Thursday 31 July t 2014
Wednesday 23 July
10.30-12pm Decorate a secret keepsake book (3-7yrs)
1.00-2.30pm Make a miniature scrapbook (3+)
3.00-4.30pm Make a concertina scrapbook (8-18yrs)
Thursday 24 July
10.30-12pm Decorate a fabric pencil case (3-7yrs)
1-2.30pm Design your own apron (3+)
3-4.30pm Design a fabric shoulder purse (8-18yrs)
Friday 25 July
10.30-12pm Butterfly Mask (3-7yrs)
1-2.30pm Inspired by Jill Confavreux (3+)
3-4.30pm Acrylics, What’s it All About? (8-18yrs)
Tuesday 29 July
10.30-12pm Make an animal mask (3-7yrs)
1-2.30pm Lion Helmet Mask (3+)
3-4.30pm Mask Your Own Face (8-18yrs)
Wednesday 30 July
10.30-12pm Pond Dipping & Bubble Pictures (3-7yrs)
1-2.30pm Pond Dipping & Pen and Ink Alfresco (3+)
3-4.30pm Pond Dipping & Tin Can Insects (8-18yrs)
Thursday 31 July
10.30-12pm Decorate your Own Clock (3-7yrs)
1-2.30pm CD Clock (5+)
3-4.30pm Design Your Own Clock (8-18yrs)
Where :Nature in Art, Wallsworth Hall, A38, Twigworth, Gloucester, GL2 9PA
For Tickets/Admission : adults £5.25, concessions (over 60s, under 16s) £4.75, under 8s free
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Cirencester Children’s Literary Festival
Monday 28 July – Saturday 2 August 2014
Six days of interactive events for children and teens with award winning authors and illustrators including Liz Pichon, SF Said, Tracey Corderoy and Joe Craig.
Two evening events for adults including a curry and cider matching evening with the Urban Rajah and Cotswold Cider Co.
Where :Cirencester Library and Octavia’s Bookshop, 24 Blackjack Street, Cirencester, GL7 2AA
Tickets/Admission :£2 for children’s events and £5 for adults events
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Lakefest 2014
8 - 10 August
'Lakefest' - an amazing music festival at one of Gloucestershire's top holiday destinations!
Back for a 4th year with a great line up to be announced but it will equal previous years and some!
There will be arts and crafts workshops and shows, street entertainers, an amazing children’s area, watersports, 3 covered stages, a fun fair, real ales and traditional ciders, Sangers World famous Outside Stage and a market area with all sorts of weird and wonderful offerings
. Croft Farm Waterpark, Bredons Hardwick, Tewkesbury, Glos. GL20 7EE
Lakefest - Full Line-up 2014 - coming soon!
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Traditional crafts weekend at Chedworth Roman Villa
Saturday 23 – BHol Monday 25 August 2014
Come along for a visit and an opportunity to watch traditional craftsmen displaying their skills.
Where :Chedworth Roman Villa, Yanworth, Nr. Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL54 3LJ
Tickets/Admission : National Trust members free Gift Aid Admission (Standard Admission prices in brackets): £9.90 (£9), child £4.95 (£4.50), family £24.75 (£22.50). Groups (15+) £8,
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Raw Instinct by RONNIE WOOD
Cheltenham
The exhibition will run until end of 2014.
The collection on show compromises of original works of art, hand-written song lyrics and hand-painted guitars used by Wood. ‘Raw Instinct’ provides a unique insight into the world of Ronnie Wood and The Rolling Stones themselves.
We are inviting people to join us in this pictorial biography which guides the viewer through half a century’s worth of life and music from the perspective of one of the world’s foremost rock & roll legends.
Here is a link to some of his work for your perusal: http://www.castlegalleries.com/artists/special-artist/ronnie-woodCastle Fine Art Cheltenham 82a PromenadeCheltenhamGL50 1NB@castlegalleries Tel: 01242 806807 -
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The return of Rodin's Kiss
Cheltenham
14 February – 10 August 2014
To celebrate the 100 year centenary of Rodin’s residence in Cheltenham, Rodin’s internationally renowned sculpture The Kiss makes its return to Cheltenham’s Art Gallery and Museum.
Now part of the collections at Tate, London; the iconic symbol of youthful love will be on loan and displayed at The Wilson between 14 February and 10 August 2014. The sculpture shows the adulterous lovers Paolo Malatesta and Francesca da Rimini, who were slain by Francesca’s outraged husband.
Jane Lillystone, museum, arts and tourism manager, says: “We are so excited to see The Kiss returning to Cheltenham. It is particularly apt that the now internationally acclaimed sculpture will be back on display at the Gallery in 2014, as 2014 will mark the passing of 100 years since Auguste Rodin himself was in Cheltenham.
“In 1914, Rodin accompanied his friend and biographer, Judith Cladel on a visit to her sister; his signature in the visitor book marks his visit to the Gallery.
The Kiss will be on display at The Wilson from 14 February until 10 August 2014. Alongside the display will be an exhibition exploring the embrace by a variety of well know artists and an exciting programme of events for adults and families as well as Rodin inspired menus in The Wilson café. Entry to The Wilson is free. For more information visit www.thewilson.org.uk
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Courses in Green Woodworking
Stroud
All courses start with a cup of tea, introductions and a chat about health & safety in the workshop. A fire is burning most of the time to ensure a steady supply of tea, heat for drying timber and steam for bending. All the tools and equipment required during the courses will be provided but please feel free to bring along your own tools if you wish. Advice on tools and sharpening is given along with a list of suppliers of tools and a reading list for those students who want to progress with their new interest.
The Green Woodwork and Chair Making courses start with a freshly cut log and will teach students how to use the froe, axe, drawknife, shave horse and pole-lathe.
Course Programme
Cotswold Woodland Crafts are running the following courses this year. These courses are appropriate for adult participants of any skill level, novice to expert. Under 16s must be accompanied by a participating adult.
12th Jul 2014 2 Green Woodwork - Introduction Graham Saunders £145
19th Jul 2014 1 Green Woodwork - Taster Paul Hodgson £75
26th Jul 2014 1 Spoon Carving David Knight £75
20th Sep 2014 2 Green Woodwork - Introduction Graham Saunders £145
4th Oct 2014 2 Trug Making Bill Sanders £160
10th Oct 2014 3 Green Woodwork - Intermediate Paul Hodgson £215
18th Oct 2014 2 Green Woodwork - Introduction Graham Saunders £145
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Newent Onion Fayre 2014
Saturday 13 September 2014
Newent Onion Fayre 2014 events and things to do and see...
Onion growing competition
Onion eating contest
Food Festival
Dog Show
Live music
Street fayre and entertainment
Demonstrations and displays
Craft stalls
Food and drink stalls
Fun fair including Helter-skelter and Big Wheel
Circus skills
Morris dancers
So many varieties of refreshments including super onion soup served up by the Over Farm Market stall - simply delicious!!!
The 2014 Newent Onion Fayre is an all day event which brings Newent town centre to a complete stand-still with all traffic not allowed in. There is a huge car park/field on the fringes of Newent and it's less than a five minute walk to the fun and festivities that the Newent Onion Fayre holds for 2014.
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Reptile to Reef at Nature in Art
Tuesday 16 September - Sunday 12 October 2014
A retrospective show of ceramic sculptures by Jill Moger at Wallsworth Hall, including new works to coincide with the launch of a new book about her work.
A unique display by a multi-award winning maker and artist.
Where :Nature in Art, Wallsworth Hall, A38, Twigworth, Gloucester, GL2 9PA
Tickets/Admission : adults £5.25, concessions (over 60s, under 16s) £4.75, under 8s free
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Autumn Murder Mystery fish & chip evening on the GWR
Saturday 27 September 2014
A great way to head into the autumn!
A murder mystery which will be played out before your very eyes as you travel with us from Toddington station. This is another opportunity to test your wits as murder and mayhem takes place around you. Again, fish and chips will be served to your reserved table and the steam train will depart Toddington at 19:00.
Please note that there are no children's prices for this event and the railway do not recommend that young children are invited.
Where :Gloucester Warwickshire Railway,The Railway, Toddington, Glos. GL54 5DT
Tickets/Admission : The price for this evening entertainment is £27.50. Booking required. at the Quays
Time : The steam train will depart Toddington Station at 19:00 Toddington Station
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BiG Bang Fireworks Festival
For a colourful family night out at the historic Gloucester Docks, set sail for Gloucester Quays and see the sky light up this Fireworks night. For the whole weekend enjoy our food market stalls full of bonfire night treats, plus outlet shopping with up to 70% off the RRP of some great brands.
Saturday 1st November,
Ticket details to be confirmed
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Autumn colour spectacular at Batsford Arboretum
Saturday 4 October - Wednesday 19 November 2014
Our beautiful arboretum is ablaze with autumn colour.
Centre stage are the maples and cherries in every hue from flame reds to salmon pinks and sunshine yellows and the liquidamber tree – with it’s multi-coloured leaves from deep purple to pale gold.
Where :Batsford Arboretum and Garden Centre, Batsford, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, GL56 9AB
Tickets/Admission : Arboretum entrance fee applies
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The Big Draw at Dean Heritage Centre
Monday 27 October - Friday 2 November 2014
Take part in the world’s biggest celebration of drawing including artist run workshops and free craft activities.
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The ‘Big Draw’ campaign is celebrated in fifteen countries every October and over 200,000 people take part every year. The purpose of the campaign is to highlight the importance of drawing by encouraging people to see, think, invent and take action.
Where :Dean Heritage Centre, Camp Mill, Soudley, Glos. GL14 2UB
Date : Monday 27 October - Friday 2 November 2014
Tickets/Admission : Gift aid admission adults £8, concessions £7, children £6 (5-16 years), family (2+2) £25, (2+ 3) £30
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Victorian Christmas Market 2014
Gloucester Quays Victorian Christmas Market returns after a record-breaking event in 2013, which saw over 150,000 people turn out to shop, eat, drink, be entertained and soak up the traditional festive atmosphere at what has rapidly become one of the biggest seasonal market events in the country.
Visitors will be able to browse around 150 stalls selling artisan crafts, fine food and drink and unique Christmas gifts, while a huge cast of larger than life Victorian characters enthrall, entertain and amuse with their riotous antics.
Soak up the atmosphere of the Quays and historic Victorian Docks while being entertained by brass bands, choirs, street performers, steam, engines, a beautiful traditional carousel and lots more.
Quite simply the best Christmas market that the region has to offer. Glad tidings of great joy we bring!
Thursday 20, Friday 21 and Saturday 22 November from 10am - 7pm, Sunday 23 November from 10am - 5pm
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Festive Fayre 2014
Wrap up warm and get ready to feel all Christmassy at this wonderful festive market event at Gloucester Quays! With just ten days to go until the big day, browse around 80 stalls selling distinctive, high quality yuletide gifts and award-winning food and drink, plus delicious hot food-to-go and warming mulled wine and cider.
Wander beneath twinkling lights and enjoy seasonal live music, including brass bands and choirs, plus fun and festive street entertainment , taking a break before helping Santa on his big night. Lots of fun for all the family!
Market Opening Times:
Friday 12th December 10am - 8pm, Saturday 13th December from 10am - 7pm and Sunday 14th December from 10am - 5pm
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Christmas at Puzzlewood in the Forest of Dean
Weekends of 6, 7, 13, 14 & Saturday 20 - Wednesday 24 December
Explore the magical, ancient woodlands of Puzzlewood this Christmas.
Santa has arrived at Puzzlewood and hidden himself inside this magical, ancient woodland. His naughty reindeer have scattered all over the woods and he needs your help to find them. Come along and give him a hand and of course let him know what you want for Christmas!
Where :Puzzlewood. Nr. Coleford, Royal Forest of Dean, Glos. GL16 8QB
Tickets/Admission : Adults & Children (age 3 upwards) £6.50 - no need to book in advance
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Mince Pie Specials at Dean Forest Railway
Sunday 28 & Wednesday 31 December 2014
Christmas Day is over and its time to get out for some fresh air and perhaps a short walk! Time for a trip on a Mince Pie Special!
These are an ideal opportunity to get out of the house and travel through the magical forest (keeping a look out for some deer or even a wild boar!) and perhaps a short walk at Parkend and a visit to the pubs for a bite and some real ale!
All dates are on steam hauled trains.
There's no need to book in advance - just come along and enjoy the day!
Where :Dean Forest Railway, Norchard, Forest Road, Lydney Glos. GL15 4ET
Tickets/Admission : Day Rover unlimited travel tickets, including a complimentary mince pie, are: Adult £11, Seniors £10, Child (5-16) £5,Family (2A + 2C) £30
