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Visit to the Lowry Centre Pick Up Times
Our visit to the Lowry Centre, Manchester takes place on Sunday November 20th. The coach pick up times and schedule are listed below. Please be at the pick up point 15 minutes before the alloted times.
Pick Up 1
Community House, Easemore Road
08.15hrs
Pick Up 2
St. Luke's Hall
08.30hrs
Estimated time of arrival in Manchester
11.30hrs
Depart Manchester
16.00hrs
Estimated time of arrival in Redditch
19.00hrs
Autumn Exhibition Winners
At our November meeting the winners from our Autumn Exhibition were presented with their trophies and certificates. In the adults section Cheryl Clayton was the winner with her painting 'What's for Lunch.' Stuart Wilson took both second and third place with his pictures of 'Broadway Tower' and 'Planets'. In the junior section Joanie Landreth was won the Under Eights category with her picture 'Sponge Bob Squarepants', Lauren Faulkner took first, second and third places in the nine to twelve age group with her paintings 'Spaniel', 'Lambourghini Car' and 'Owl' respectively, and Joe Geehan repeated the feat with his pictures 'Husky', 'Chapel in the Mountains' and 'Mr. Bean' in the thirteen to sixteen category. On the public vote the favourite picture in the junior section went to Lauren Faulkner's 'Spaniel'. Congratulations to all who took part!
Painting Day
Our September painting day event on Sunday 11th has now been moved from Alcester to The Stables Farm Shop in Astwood Bank, Redditch, meet up at 10.30am. Click here to see The Stables website.
Lowry Centre Visit
A visit is being planned for Redditch Art Club members to the Lowry Centre in Manchester. Set in a magnificent waterside location at the heart of the redeveloped Salford Quays in Greater Manchester, The Lowry is an artchitectural flagship with a unique and dynamic identity. Rising from the regenerated docklands, it is a welcoming building, designed to reflect the surrounding landscapes and flourishing waterways, in its glass and metallic surfaces.
The Lowry opened in 2000, bringing together a wide variety of performing and visual arts under one roof. Opening its door to the best entertainment and education in the arts, The Lowry aims to give everyone access to new areas of creativity and to embrace its broad community.
The Lowry houses two main theatres and studio space for performing arts presenting a full range of drama, opera, ballet, dance, musicals, children's shows, popular music, jazz, folk and comedy and gallery spaces showing the works of LS Lowry alongside contemporary exhibitions.
The trip is planed for Sunday November 20th (please note the change of date).
Lickey Hills Art Society Annual Exhibition
The Lickey Hills Society holds an exhibition in the autumn of each year. It gives the opportunity to show the talents of the members, most of the paintings displayed are for sale.
This year the exhibition will be held on 1st October 2011 at the Longbridge Methodist Church Hall, Bristol Road, Rednal, B45 9TY, between 10am and 4.30pm.
FLAIR Exhibition
We held our annual FLAIR Exhibition at the Kingfisher Centre on Saturday 4th June. As always the public were invited to vote for their favourite picture in the exhibition.Cheryl Clayton took first place with her pastel portrait 'Tiger In Water', second place was taken by Barbara Winfield and her painting 'Picking Blackberries', whilst Sandra Wadkin claimed third place with her Elizabeth Taylor portrait 'Materialism'.
In the junior section talented Joe Geehan took first, second and third place with his pictures 'Husky', 'Chapel in the Mountains' and 'Autumn Wilderness'. Congratulations to all winners and thank you to everybody to took part in the exhibition and helped with the organisation of the event.
Tiger In Water - Cheryl Clayton
Picking Blackberries - Barbara Winfield
Elizabeth Taylor Materialism - Sandra Wadkin
Joe Geehan's first, second and third placed pictures -
Husky
Chapel in the Mountains
Autumn Wilderness
Book & DVD Sale
Following a survey of our members and visitors it has been decided, based on the survey results, to sell our current collection of DVDs and books in order to make way for new stock. So come along to our next meeting and grab a bargain.
Frameworks
Members wishing to get their pictures framed (particularly for our upcoming FLAIR Exhibition) may want to use Frameworks based in Stoke Prior, Bromsgrove. The offer a complete framing service and hold an extensive range of mouldings, mounts and ready made frames, with over twenty years experience in the framing industry. Their website can be found at www.pictureframeservices.co.uk or call Neil on 07787 116 450 and be sure to mention the Redditch Art Circle.
Tate Britain Gallery Visit - A Huge Success
The visit to London and in particular the Tate Britain Gallery on May 8th was deemed a huge success by those who attended. Below are some photos of the trip provided by Chris Skirrow.
Change to our scheduled programme on Wednesday May 4th
Our planned demonstration by Ian King will no longer take place. Ian has injured his foot in a car accident and having just been released from hospital, he is unable to attend. We wish Ian a speedy recovery and look forward to watching Paul Arnott who some of you may remember demonstrating Computer Art to us four years ago, demonstrating in his place.
Visit to Tate Britain Gallery
We're organising a coach trip to the Tate Britain Gallery to see the Watercolour Exhibition. The trip will take place on Sunday May 8th, the coach will cost £11 and entrance to the exhibition costs £12 or £10 for concessions.The coach will leave Redditch at 8.30am and will arrive at the Tate Gallery in London at approximately 11.30am. The return coach will depart London at 4.30pm and arrive back at Redditch at approximately 7.30pm.
Should you not wish to see the Watercolour Exhibition, the entrance to the Tate Gallery is free. A boat to the Tate Modern runs frequently from near to the Tate Gallery.
Full payments must be made on or before the April meeting.
Painting Days
Chris Lattimer has organised a series of Painting Days for 2011. The first one is on Sunday March 6th at Arrow Valley to paint or draw water and trees. Meet up at 10.30am.April's painting day is at Avoncroft Museum, Bromsgrove on the 10th and will focus on drawing; on July 10th the meet up will be in Chris Lattimer's garden and will concentrate on tricks and techniques and the final painting day will be on September 11th in Alcester to draw buildings.
Lickey Hills Art Society
On Saturday March 5th David Moignard will be demonstrating Watercolour Landscapes at the Lickey Hills Art Society. They meet at the Longbridge Methodist Church Hall, Bristol Road, Rednal, B45 9TY (next to Kidderminster Carpets). The meeting starts at 7.30pm.
PSW Open Night
PSW in Studley are holding an Open Night on Wednesday February 16th, between 7pm and 9pm. There will be many special offers only available on the night and they will also be launching the PSW loyalty card.
PSW are at 16 Alcester Road, Studley, Warwickshire, B80 7NL.Our President Retires
At our A.G.M. on February 2nd our President Colin Hammond gave his final address before his retirement. He has been a member of the Redditch Art Circle for over twenty years, serving on the Committee for over fifteen years and Colin has been our President for eight years.
Gil Eastham was elected as the new President and he presented Colin with a rose bowl engraved with the words "Redditch Art Circle. Presented to Colin Hammond, President 2003-2011 and many years of dedicated service. With grateful thanks."
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