Art Workshops & Illustrated Talks (with a discount for our members!)
Artist and lecturer Grace Adam is running a series of creative workshops and talks. Grace teaches at Chelsea College of Arts and the Royal Academy of Arts and has a lot of experience of leading friendly, informative creative workshops – working at The National Portrait Gallery, The Courtauld and Tate as well as with community groups, schools and colleges.
Grace’s workshops include friendly, tailored tuition, lots of tea and all materials are provided. You’ll be able to develop your work, with new ideas and practical guidance. All of the workshops start with a short informative PowerPoint; a bit of context, art history and inspiration. Whether you are experienced or just starting out, you’re welcome. Waveney and Blyth Arts members get a £10 discount on the workshops.
WORKSHOPS
Create a Portrait
Make a Modernist painting
Matisse, Cut-outs and Collage
2D into 3D
Into Abstraction…
Found Objects Sculpture
Create an Artist’s Book
Still Life
Drawing and Painting
Figure Drawing
Can’t get to London to see an exhibition? Or just want the lowdown before you go? Come along for a friendly evening and learn all about the shows. Enjoy a PowerPoint presentation and a glass of wine or a coffee. Learn about the artist and their work, their ideas and techniques, and the way the exhibition is curated. Plenty of time for questions and conversation. Waveney and Blyth Arts members get a £5 discount on the talks.
TALKS
Cezanne at Tate Modern
Making Modernism at the RA
Spain and the Hispanic world at the RA
All of the workshops and talks are based in a cosy studio in a Cherry Orchard in Raveningham, South Norfolk (12 miles from Norwich, 9 miles from Beccles).
https://www.graceadam.co.uk/workshops browse and book or email grace@graceadam.co
See what our creative members are up to…
MASTERPIECES – WHERE TO GO, WHAT TO SEE
On 16 December we held a successful little event at The Cut in Halesworth. Two distinguished art historians spoke about their latest books. They were wonderful speakers, and the audience joined in the subsequent discussion. The Halesworth bookshop (our collaborator in this event) had a stand.
Jean-Paul Stonard has written widely, including for the Guardian, and Times Literary Supplement; he curated the 2014 Tate exhibition, Kenneth Clark, Looking for Civilisation. His book, CREATION Art since the beginning (Bloomsbury) is a panoramic world history of art, from prehistory to the present day.
Christopher Lloyd has worked at the Villa I Tatti in Florence, the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford and the Art Institute of Chicago. From 1988 to 2005 he curated the paintings and miniatures in the Royal Collection. He has published on Degas and Cezanne. His book, MASTERPIECES An Art lover’s Guide to Great Britain and Ireland (Thames & Hudson) is a beautiful gazetteer.
Christoper Lloyd’s top 20 masterpieces.
A highlight of Christopher Lloyd’s presentation was his top twenty masterpieces that can be seen in public galleries and museums in the UK (outside London). Here they are, and it’s an invitation to head north, where half of them live.
London too!
The event was chaired by Grace Adam, Suffolk-based artist, Chelsea College of Arts lecturer and host of the Art Channel. She has since chipped in with her London top three.