The Little Xmas Art Competition 2009

Thanks to Sue Templeman who forwarded us the following details of a competition being organized by Steve Taylor…

Dear Artist,
FREE COMPETITION
THE LITTLE XMAS ART COMPETITION 2009
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS - DEADLINE Tuesday 20 October 2009.

ARTS INC gallery are pleased to host and co-sponsor this seasonal competition which we believe goes a little way to supporting and maintaining the profile of Oxfordshire's vibrant artist community.
We are looking for representational or non-representational work including painting, drawing or print making, in any medium (no photographs, video or exclusively computer generated imagery will be accepted). The submission process comprises of 2 stages.
For stage 1 you are required to submit - (maximum of 1 piece of work per person) a digital image of your work which will be judged by the jury.
The Judging panel is chaired by Alyson Hunter, artist and master printmaker. Her work is in many public collections including the British Council, Victoria and Albert Museum, Museum of London and the National Portrait Gallery. The panel will select a shortlist of just 30 works from these submissions, which will then be called in for stage 2 selection process which takes place in Witney. Here they will be viewed and just 3 winners selected.
All shortlisted entries will be exhibited on the Little Xmas Art Competition website until the 31 December 2009.

PRIZE GIVING
Prizes will be officially given to the 3 winners at a special reception. The 3 winning entries will also be exhibited for 6 weeks in the Art Inc Gallery, North Leigh, Witney, Oxfordshire.
For full details including conditions of entry please visit the website www.oxart.co.uk
We look forward to receiving your submission and good luck.

Easels Wanted

Alice is looking for some extra easels for her life drawing workshop this Saturday, if you have a spare one she might be able to borrow please email her at simonalice@tiscali.co.uk

Many thanks

Wanted: Drawing of Swinford Lock

The Art Group has been asked if we’d like to supply a drawing of the Swinford Lock to be printed on an Apron which will then be sold to raise money for the church hall. The apron will have several images on it, the toll bridge image shown here is one of the other ones, so the style of the artwork needs to be similar to this.

The image should be black and white only (ink), A4 in size/proportions and landscape/horizontal.

Images need to be ready by the end of July and delivered to Doreen Hockedy 22 Clover Place, Eynsham (01865 880919) A ‘winning’ design will then be selected.

If several Group members want to drive down to the lock to do some drawing on site you’ll need to call Nick the lockkeeper (01865 881324) and Mr & Mrs Sayle (01865 882949) who own the house at the top of the driveway that leads down to the lock…they’ll unlock the gates for you to get in.

If you require any further information please contact Doreen.

Poster for Summer Exhibition 2009

Somewhat cheekily I’ve used one of my own paintings for the poster this time around. Click on the image to get a larger version and feel free to printout a copy to post up somewhere :)

June Meeting - Soraya French

This months meeting will be a demonstration by Soraya French. Make sure you get there early to claim your seat :)

RWS/Sunday Times Watercolour Competition

The RWS/Sunday Times watercolour competition is coming up again, anyone interested in entering can find all the details and entry forms at www.parkerharris.co.uk

Or you can send an SAE to:

RWS/Sunday Times Watercolour Competition
PO Box 279
Esher
Surrey
KT10 8YZ

If you do enter, Good Luck :)

Banbury Graduation Show

Joan Golby is part of the Graduation show at Banbury. Open from 17th to 20th June, 11-7 Wed/Thurs and 11-2 Fri/Sat. There’s a private view on the 16th 6-9 which all members of the Art Group are invited to. Click the poster for a larger version and further details