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Posterboard
Posterboard
September 2016 – August 2017 Sep 2016 – Aug 2017
Sep
1
Thu
Sep 1 @ 10:30 am
10:30 am
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Dare to Dabble Choose from 2 sessions: 10.30am – 1.00pm or 2.00pm – 4.30pm This workshop is a great introduction to using air drying clay and clay tools. After learning the basics you will make ... Read more
Nature in Art
Sep
28
Wed
Sep 28 @ 7:00 pm – 9:15 pm
7:00 pm
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To complement our CROWD exhibition (opening October 4th), come and look afresh at some of the objects included in that exhibition and other favourities in the Nature in Art collection. Personal thoughts and stories behind ... Read more
Oct
4
Tue
Oct 4 @ 10:30 am
10:30 am
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Dare to Dabble Choose from 2 sessions: 10.30am – 1.00pm or 2.00pm – 4.30pm Learn how to make your very own scraperboard – a very effective material to draw on. Then using specialist tools you ... Read more
Nature in Art
Oct
25
Tue
Oct 25 @ 7:00 pm – 9:15 pm
7:00 pm
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Mike is a highly experienced photographer, picture editor, tutor and writer who also has worked in wildlife film-making, This talk will focus on recent photographic adventures in India where he saw spectacular wildlife and experienced ... Read more
Nov
9
Wed
Nov 9 @ 10:30 am
10:30 am
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Dare to Dabble Choose from 2 sessions: 10.30am – 1.00pm or 2.00pm – 4.30pm The printing method we will use today uses a pencil to make marks on the printing surface. It is a fantastic ... Read more
Nature in Art
Nov
25
Fri
Nov 25 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
7:00 pm
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Come and meet and hear from glass artist Amanda Lawrence who spent four years walking, looking and listening in the Slad Valley with camera, sketchbook and sound recorder to create our winter exhibition. Amanda’s striking ... Read more
Nov
26
Sat
Nov 26 @ 11:00 am
11:00 am
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When Gwen Fern walked home accross Slad Valley on a summer night in 1919 she found enough glow worms to decorate her hat with a ‘ribbon of lights’.   On Saturday 26th November at 11am ... Read more
Nature in Art
Dec
16
Fri
Dec 16 @ 10:30 am
10:30 am
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Dare to Dabble Choose from 2 sessions: 10.30am – 1.00pm or 2.00pm – 4.30pm Using festive nature from Nature in Art’s very own grounds, wire and a special type of resin to give that stained ... Read more
Nature in Art
Jan
12
Thu
Jan 12 @ 10:30 am – 1:00 pm
10:30 am
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There are some wonderful techniques and tricks which can be used to make very successful images. The leaf technique is particularly good giving a metallic antiques finish to your picture. PLACES MUST BE BOOKED IN ... Read more
Feb
22
Wed
Feb 22 @ 10:30 am – 1:00 pm
10:30 am
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Try out different techniques to create watercolour paintings with a nature theme. Experiments include dropping, spreading, rubbing adding salt, white spirit and resist methods. PLEASE BOOK YOUR PLACE IN ADVANCE!
Feb
22
Wed
Feb 22 @ 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm
2:00 pm
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Try out different techniques to create watercolour paintings with a nature theme. Experiments include dropping, spreading, rubbing adding salt, white spirit and resist methods. PLEASE BOOK YOUR PLACE IN ADVANCE!     Save
Nature in Art
Feb
22
Wed
Feb 22 @ 7:00 pm – 9:15 pm
7:00 pm
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Come on a journey with Dr John Sparks, former head of the BBC Natural History Unit, to discover some of the natural history of Ethiopia. Event includes finger buffet. PLEASE BOOK YOUR TICKET IN ADVANCE.
Mar
14
Tue
Mar 14 @ 10:30 am – 1:00 pm
10:30 am
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Using all kinds of different materials and techniques you will create a work of art to be proud of. This sessions could include anything from using fabric, different types of paper, glue, textiles, paint, inks ... Read more
Nature in Art
Mar
14
Tue
Mar 14 @ 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm
2:00 pm
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Using all kinds of different materials and techniques you will create a work of art to be proud of. This sessions could include anything from using fabric, different types of paper, glue, textiles, paint, inks ... Read more
Nature in Art
Mar
29
Wed
Mar 29 @ 7:00 pm – 9:15 pm
7:00 pm
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Come and hear Ian Loe MBE talk about a lifetime looking for and then painting and drawing butterflies. This event coincides with an exhibition of his work. Event includes a finger buffet. PLEASE BOOK TICKETS ... Read more
Apr
11
Tue
Apr 11 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
7:00 pm
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A short evening with film highlighting the work of Shamidaethiopia. com Click here for details
Apr
27
Thu
Apr 27 @ 10:30 am – 1:00 pm
10:30 am
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Weaving paper is a traditional craft and a nice way to recycle old newspaper and magazines and turn them into some useful household items. With this project we will weave an object out of newspaper ... Read more
Apr
27
Thu
Apr 27 @ 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm
2:00 pm
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Weaving paper is a traditional craft and a nice way to recycle old newspaper and magazines and turn them into some useful household items. With this project we will weave an object out of newspaper ... Read more
Apr
27
Thu
Apr 27 @ 7:00 pm – 9:15 pm
7:00 pm
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Come and hear Julian Hight talk about his five year photographic odyssey to capture 100 ancient historic trees across 39 countries. This event coincides with our a special exhibition of paintings, drawings and prints of ... Read more
May
23
Tue
May 23 @ 10:30 am – 1:00 pm
10:30 am
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Using a view finder out in the garden(weather permitting) or by looking at our handling collection will make quick sketches and preliminary drawings to create a designs, drawings or pattern which you can go onto ... Read more
May
23
Tue
May 23 @ 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm
2:00 pm
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Using a view finder out in the garden(weather permitting) or by looking at our handling collection will make quick sketches and preliminary drawings to create a designs, drawings or pattern which you can go onto ... Read more
Jun
3
Sat
Jun 3 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm
8:00 pm
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Songs from Gloucestershire and Beyond with the renowned Johnny Coppin and Paul Burgess. TICKETS MUST BE BOOKED IN ADVANCE FROM NATURE IN ART ONLY. Tickets now available. www.johnnycoppin.co.uk
Jun
14
Wed
Jun 14 @ 10:30 am – 1:00 pm
10:30 am
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Temari Japanese textile balls are breath taking in their intricate design, detail and time spent creating them. However we have quick cheat method to make these decorative balls. It great way to find out more ... Read more
Jun
14
Wed
Jun 14 @ 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm
2:00 pm
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Temari Japanese textile balls are breath taking in their intricate design, detail and time spent creating them. However we have quick cheat method to make these decorative balls. It great way to find out more ... Read more
Jun
28
Wed
Jun 28 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
7:00 pm
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The romances of Robin Hood give us one version of the Forest, but the reality is even more intriguing. This talk is a tour through medieval greenwood, with its laws, landscapes, buildings, people and works ... Read more
Nature in Art
Jul
19
Wed
Jul 19 @ 10:30 am – 1:00 pm
10:30 am
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Découpage involves cutting out pictures, gluing them to an object and then coating the pictures and the object with layers of varnish. Learn this lovely technique and transform dreary objects into something beautiful. PLEASE BOOK ... Read more
Jul
19
Wed
Jul 19 @ 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm
2:00 pm
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Découpage involves cutting out pictures, gluing them to an object and then coating the pictures and the object with layers of varnish. Learn this lovely technique and transform dreary objects into something beautiful. PLEASE BOOK ... Read more
Jul
28
Fri
Jul 28 @ 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
6:30 pm
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(Image by Andrew Denman) Come and join us to celebrate this exhibition in the company of some of the artists. Open from 6.30 – 9.30pm with short special talks taking place throughout the evening. A ... Read more
Nature in Art
Jul
30
Sun
Jul 30 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
11:00 am
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Come and meet some wonderful birds of prey in the grounds of Nature in Art. Find out about their amazing lives, watch artists draw and paint them and have a go yourself A great opportunity for the ... Read more
Aug
23
Wed
Aug 23 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
6:30 pm
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Hear from Ben, an Independence Trust client, who has recently returned from volunteering in the Mapesu wildlife reserve in South Africa. Ben had never been to Africa and was very anxius about it all but ... Read more
Nature in Art
September 2016 – August 2017 Sep 2016 – Aug 2017