Spring Craft Fair and Spring/Summer programme

Message from Tereska Williams at the Willow Gallery.

New Spring/Summer Programme & Spring Craft Fair The Willow Gallery has launched its new Spring / Summer programme of events including an inspiring selection of workshops and courses for all ages and experiences. The programme also features live performances from celebrated musicians including The Remi Harris Trio, Simply Saxes and Dan Walsh – not to be missed! Full details are below or pop into the gallery to pick up our new What's On leaflet. All workshops, courses and event tickets can now be booked online at:www.willowgalleryoswestry.org Don't forget the Willow's Spring Craft Fair this Saturday the 4th April 10Aam to 5pm Upcoming Workshops and Events   Young Artists' Workshops Every Tuesday 6 Sessions: 10th March – 14th April, 4pm to 5.30pm With CRB checked tutors Cora Thust, David Bannister & Jenny O'Leary Each week will cover different techniques and materials to make a unique art piece to take away. Recommended Ages 7 – 13 £6 per session. Please book in advance Bethany Rivers - Beyond the image Creative Writing II Saturday 11th April, 11am - 2pm How can you make images be felt more deeply for the reader?  How do you take  your writing to a deeper level?  An inspiring workshop for those who want to improve their writing, using the stimulus of art and movement. £12 per person   Poems by Post with Emily Wilkinson Saturday 11th April, 2.30 - 5pm Get creative and poetic with your correspondence! In this drop-in workshop you can pen your own poem for someone special, or select one to send from Emily's poetry library. You can make your letters and postcards beautiful using art materials, collage and letter stamps. Bring addresses of friends, families and loved ones, plus postage stamps if you'd like to send your creations straight away. For all ages Drop in Session, donations welcome     Drawing the Figure the Italian Way with Max Baccanello Saturday 11th & Sunday 12th April, 10am to 5pm It will start with a series of short poses and then building up to much longer one. I will be doing demonstrations and showing people different techniques on how to draw quickly from life and then some slower and more detailed techniques. We shall start in pencil for the quick drawing and then go to italian charcoal for the longer poses. For the longer pose i shall be teaching the italian traditional life drawing techniques. £120 including materials.   Colour Exploration with Tereska Shepherd Aberystwyth University Life Long Learning Course Code: CF300 4 sessions: Mondays: 27/04/15; 11/05/15; 1/06/15; 22/06/15, 10am to 3.30pm Discover the exciting properties of colour and tone whilst exploring a diverse range of painting and drawing skills using colour. Learn about the different aspects and experimentations of colour mixing whilst exploring a variety of subject matter including landscape, still life, textured surfaces, portraiture and abstraction. Investigate the works of contemporary and historical artists who use colour in a lively way. £100 (£80 concessions)   En Guard! Fencing with Bridie Lloyd Wednesdays; 29th April, 6th May, 13th May, 20th May, 7pm to 8pm An Introduction to sword fencing, learn the basics of this ancient marshal art. Using plastic training swords you will develop new skills and techniques in the fundamentals of sword fencing, which can be described as a lightning game of chess. £35 for 4 sessions   Batik on tissue with Jenny O'Leary Saturday 2nd May, 10am to 4pm Batik is a traditional technique using hot wax as a resist, on this one day course you will experiment by using the technique on tissue paper, combining it with bleach and inks to create exciting and inspiring effects. No experience is necessary just come and have fun! £40 including all materials. Live Music: Strictly Saxes Saturday 9th May, 8pm A Saxophone Quartet plus Drums from North Wales and The Marches with a repertoire spanning jazz, light classical and well know tunes including Pennsylvania 6500, Take The 'A' Train, Midnight in Moscow, Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody, The Sheperd's Song from Songs of the Auvergne and Libertango. Band Line up Penny Price (Soprano/Alto Sax), Sarah Lewis (Alto Sax), Jonathan Wells (Alto/Tenor Sax), Roger Price (Baritone Sax), Allen Hughes (Drums). £7 per ticket. 50% to be donated to Macmillan Nurses.  Guitar Courses with Chris Quinn Beginners Guitar 8 Sessions on Mondays –  4th May – 22nd June, 6pm – 6.45 Join Chris Quinn for an 8 week course in playing guitar. Here you will learn basic chord shapes and the strumming and picking techniques that will get you playing in no time. Learn the 3 chord trick which opens up the possibility of playing literally thousands of songs. Learn some classic songs by The Beatles, Bob Dylan and more contemporary artists. You'll also learn how to easily read guitar music to leave you ready to explore your own favourite songs and styles. Accompanying this course are worksheets and online video tutorials so you can recap what everything you have learnt in your own time at home. Suitable for beginners, you must bring your own acoustic guitar! Cost £80 for 8 sessions   Play Folk Guitar 8 Sessions on Mondays –  4th May – 22nd June,  7pm – 8pm  Join Chris Quinn for an in depth 8 week course in Folk Guitar. This course will give you some great tips and skills for playing folk guitar. Chris has played at many of the UK's major folk festivals including Cambridge, Shrewsbury and Ely, he's been performing on the acoustic scene across Europe and the USA for over a decade and has worked and recorded with some of folk's best known artists. Over the 8 weeks you'll look at traditionalfolk music from both the British Isles and The USA, covering some of the most important styles of folk guitar, looking at accompanying the voice or another instrument and also as a lead instrument. You'll also learn some classic arrangements of well loved folk songs. Over the weeks you'll get a more in depth knowledge of the following styles and techniques: • Bluegrass • Celtic guitar • Carter style • DADGAD tuning for British folk • Writing your own arrangements Each 1 hour weekly group lesson is accompanied by worksheets and a pass to view the online video tutorials. All you need is a basic knowledge of chords to enrol, the course is aimed at improvers and intermediate level musicians. Cost £95   The Art of Blues Guitar 8 Sessions on Mondays –  4th May – 22nd June,  8:15pm – 9:15pmAn 8 week course that opens the door to the art of playing acoustic blues. Learn the tricks to solo over the 12 bar blues progression in any key and how to lay down a solid blues rhythm to back up your voice or another musician. Study how blues guitar giants like Robert Johnson and Eric Clapton approached the blues and what gave them their authentic sound. This course is designed to give you a more in depth understanding of…. The art of improvisation The pentatonic and blues scales Understanding major, minor and 12 bar blues progressions Great "stock" blues turnarounds, licks and solos Learning to play by ear so you can easily fit into any jam session Study and learn some all time classic blues tracksEach 60 minute weekly session is accompanied by music sheet handouts and online video tutorials and jam tracks to recap the important stuff in your own time. Just a basic knowledge of guitar chords is needed for this course. Cost £95 Leo Donaghy - Painting Like the Old Masters This course is aimed at those with little experience in oil painting but it is not a necessity. Over the four sessions we will look at the processes employed by the old masters. Working from ground colour and initial sketches through to the finish paining, we will cover colour, palette choice, glazes, and the use of contemporary equipment to assist in the drying process. By the end of the course you should have completed two small paintings and be confident to work alone. A list of equipment will be sent to you two weeks prior to the course. Thursday; 7th May, 14th May. 21st May, 28th May 10am to 1pm £75 for 4 sessions   Enamelling with Pat Thatcher Saturday 9th May, 10am – 4pm The course is designed for all abilities especially people with little or no enamelling experience. You will be shown how to apply enamel powder and decorative media to copper and fuse it in a hot kiln. At the end of the workshop you will have created a piece of unique of art work in the form of either a small panel, pendant or earrings. The choice is yours. Price per Student: £4   Sculpture For Everyone: Wax, Wire And Paper Sculpture with Judy Macklin 4 Session: 11-05-2015 - 01-06-2015, 10am – 4pm This module is designed as an introduction to the practical elements of working in three dimensions; using wire, wax and paper mache. Ideas will be initiated by sutdies of observational drawings set by the tutor and developed in a visual diary. You will be encouraged to investigate historical and contemporary references and explore drawing with wire, using a variety of drawing medium. Tutor demonstratoins will give practical techniques needed to realise and develop ideas using the mediums of wire, paper and wax. £100.00 / Concessions: £80.00   Painting with Darren Fraser Saturday 16th May & Saturday 30th May 2015 This is an exciting introduction into the techniques and approach to painting the portrait in oils. The course is designed to demonstrate and support you in my own approach to painting. You will walk away with not just a finished painting but with a body of knowledge which will allow you to approach any drawing/ painting in the future. Materials needed: Self portrait image, Mirror, Pallette for mixing paints, Brushes Oils Paints – yellow ochre, raw amber, burnt sienna Canvas providedAll levels are welcome. £40   Sketch Crawl with David Bannister Saturday 23rd May, 10am to 4pm Join David Bannister sketching around Oswestry £15   Painting the Figure the Italian Way with Max Baccanello Saturday 30th May & Sunday 31st May. 10am to 5pm It will start with a series of short poses and then building up to much longer one. I will be doing demonstrations and showing people different techniques on how to paint from life and then some slower and more detailed techniques. £120   Hands on Art Workshops as part of BVA Open Studios Get Plastered! Life Casting for Beginners with Jas Davidson and Tony Meadows Saturday 6th June, 10am to 4pm Make a cast of your hand, arm, foot etc All materials provided. Wear old clothes £45 Beginners Metalwork and Jewellery with Sara Piper Heap Saturday 6th June, 10am to 4pm Saturday 20th June, 10am to 4pm Sunday 21st June, 10am to 4pm Learn some new skills and leave with a small piece of jewellery that you have made yourself. £45 including all materials Please note this workshop takes place off site; Location: Cambrian Building, Coney Green. Contemporary Enamelling techniques with Sara Piper heap and Maggie Furmanek 7th June, 10am to 4pm Come and have a go at this fascinating fusion of glass with metal – absolute beginners and those with experience all welcome.  See if you like it - leave with An enamelled piece that you've made. £45 An Introduction to Mosaics with Jim Heath Saturday 13th June. 10am to 4pm Enjoying creating mosaics with Jim Heath. £45 The Art of Exploration with Steve Evison Sunday 14th June 10am - 4pm The session will be an interactive exploration of ways to understand how we affect the natural world and our relationship with it. You will be active and explore some of the ideas but do not expect to come for anything traditional.  Steve is known for his unusual approaches and for getting out there.  £45 Tapestry weaving: Windows on the natural world with Irene Evison Sunday 21st June, 10am - 4pm Learn how to use simple tapestry weaving techniques to weave your own glimpse of the natural world. We will start indoors with a short introduction to tapestry weaving and Irene's approach to weaving, and will then venture outdoors. We'll explore views of nature at small and larger scales, trying out designs that work well for the medium of tapestry weaving - think colours, think shapes. And then it'll be time to start translating your  chosen view of nature into a small woven piece that you'll be able to take home with you at the end of the day. £45 Please note this workshop takes place off site; Location: Underhill Farm, Underhill Lane, Pant, SY10 9RB Block Printing with Drusilla Cole Saturday 27th June, 10AM to 4.30pm This deceptively simple technique uses Scratch Foam to produce prints on paper or card to create a look similar to Linocuts, but without the effort. It is suitable for beginners and improvers and interesting results can be achieved very quickly without the use of a press. Colours may be layered one on top of another  and the medium also looks stunning used for strong black and white designs. £45 including all materials. Please bring an apron and ideas or photos to work from. Make a monolith: make a cast glass garden sculpture in one day! with Tony Roberts 10.30am to 4pm (approx), on Sundays 28th June, 19th July & 16th August. Collect your monolith any time after three days (to allow it time to cool from the kiln). Learn sand kiln casting by making your own three-foot high solid glass monolith sculpture for your garden. £75 Please note this workshop takes place off site; Location: Red House, Knockin Heath, Oswestry, SY108EA Live Music: Dan Walsh & Chris Quinn Saturday 11th July from 8pm Tickets £10   Photography with Rob Fris Two day workshop Saturday 25th July & Saturday 1st August 10am to 4pm each day A beginners' course on how to approach taking good photographs with a digital SLR camera. The course begins with an illustrated, fascinating explanation of how light and lenses work, showing how you can exploit them with your camera. With plenty of opportunity to practise with support and guidance, the course then covers: ~ Description of the digital SLR camera, its features, controls and terminology ~ General setting up of the camera ~ Concentrating on using the camera in manual mode: practising focusing, control of depth of field, adjusting ISO rating, using metering and setting exposure, with review of photographs taken ~ Useful tips including what lenses to use and how to use zoom ~ Composition of shots for still and moving subjects ~ Explanation of resolution, colour balance, colour saturation, gamut and (electronic) noise ~ Basic portrait photography using available light and flash ~ Assignments and peer reviews £55, students will need their own digital camera. Please book in advance for all workshops   The Willow Gallery is a community interest, not-for-profit gallery, therefore your support is much appreciated. Willow Gallery, 56 Willow Street, Oswestry, SY11 1AD Tel: 01691 657575 Website: www.willowgalleryoswestry.org Email: willowgalleryoswestry@gmail.com

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