art-K, the leading provider of art classes for children in high street studios across the UK, has unveiled a mural in Horsham train station to commemorate the former Collyer’s headmaster and ‘local legend’ Mr (William) Pirie. The mural, featuring a donkey sporting the Horsham coat of arms, is the town’s latest ...
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The Arts Society Cranleigh is providing talks to members via zoom at 2.00 pm on the fourth Wednesday of the month, until July, as due to covid-19 these cannot take place in the Cranleigh Arts Centre as usual. Non-members can take part by contacting the Membership Secretary in advance at ...
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Winding back the clock to 2004, Watts Gallery was listed by English Heritage as ‘at risk’. We faced the mammoth task of raising over £10m to restore a crumbling gallery, to make it more accessible, to conserve and enhance the collection, to extend the education and outreach work, to establish a centre for exploring ...
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The past 10 years have seen over 115,372 participations in our Art for All programmes for schools, families, young people, adults and students. This wouldn’t have been possible without the support of talented artists, dedicated community partnerships, insightful funders and a creative and dedicated museum and gallery ...
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Myself checking the assembled ride vehicles near the final stages Prop making can cover all kinds of endless areas, from full size costume pieces such as one of Iron Man suits, to Harrods window displays of giant bubbles and the like, right the way to miniatures such as ships used for shots in the Pirates of the ...
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The Miracle (2020), Anita Klein Until the 4 July, Watts Contemporary Gallery hosts Anita Klein: Together, a new exhibition in collaboration with Eames Fine Art. Anita is a renowned British painter-printmaker, known for her confident use of line, dazzling colour palette and poignant subject matter, exploring the ...
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Artists open their doors over 16 days in June, explore, meet and enjoy! From 5-20 June Surrey artists will be welcoming the public into their studios for the annual Surrey Artists Open Studios (SAOS) event taking place in artist’s studios right across the county. This year there will be 286 artists taking part in ...
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When someone asks what exactly I do, and I respond with ‘Prop Maker’, more often than not I'm met with a slightly nonplussed semi absent minded kind of expression. One that if you were to see out of context could well be mistaken for that of bemusement or in extreme cases, the lack of all comprehensive brain function ...
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Artwork is often categorised by the media used to create it. You might read a book about the greatest painters of the 20th century in order to inspire your own painting. Similarly a genre of music may appeal whereas another you’ve just never gotten along with. So in a descriptive sense such categorisation can be ...
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Making a large scale Dinosaur Model Landscape As a full-time, self-employed prop maker I regularly have the opportunity to work on some truly exciting and varied projects. Prop making is a vast topic and can span any number of areas, from bespoke items for film and TV such as a ‘Proton Pack’ from ‘Ghostbusters’, ...
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