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A Close up View from our Quarantine Art Clubbers...

12/6/2020

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Here's some more fantastic work from our People's Postcode Trust funded postal art club. These are responses to the theme 'A Close Up View'. Aren't they amazing!
Thanks to Alison, Jo and Chris, and also to Sally for the stunning photographic submissions!
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Quarantine Art Club - Keep 'em coming!

2/6/2020

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We're really enjoying seeing all of the Quarantine Art Club pieces arrive through the post - it's such a joy seeing the results of your creative endeavours... thanks to our artists Bethany, Ruth & Leah for these treasures. 
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More beautiful pieces from our Quarantine Art Club Artists...

22/5/2020

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Getting these fabulous little artworks back through the post is such a treat!
Huge thanks to our artists Joanne, Noelle, Cheryl, Chris, & Ruth for this selection of loveliness. 
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Quarantine Art Club Inspiration - Layer it!

2/5/2020

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Hello Quarantine Art Clubbers (QACCERS? quackers?!)
We've seen some lovely examples of artwork already, responding to the theme of 'Here Comes the Sun'. The second theme we have asked you to explore is 'Layer it' - so here are some more images and ideas to get you thinking... 
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Maud Vantour works with paper to create richly coloured graphical layered images that almost look like openings or deep holes.
This theme is a little bit more open ended than the first one - we are suggesting experiments with materials and techniques rather than a particular image - this may make it more of a challenge for you or it might make it more straight forward!
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Perhaps similar to Maud Vantour in lots of ways - this illustration by Eiko Ojala incorporates a repeated shape to create a sense of rhythm.
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This collage by Andy Jenkins may not be as colourful but the neutral tones draw attention to the geometric structure of the image.
Hopefully these images have given you more to think about. Do share any more images or ideas you have though social media and comments here - and we look forward to seeing the artwork you produce! 
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A beautiful and very delicate woven collage by Hollie Chastain.
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Tracey Algar is a landscape artist from South Africa who creates these gorgeous layered images with collage and paint. They look quite abstract but are actually organised and planned in quite a structured way...
In the pack you received you will have found all sorts of interesting materials of varying levels of translucence. You can of course combine these with ​anything else you have around the house - like clingfilm, baking paper, plastic envelope window inserts, found images and so on... 
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A really interesting layering of text from different sources by American artist Randel Plowman.
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How about creating a sense of layers by cutting holes through the materials you are using? This stitched and collaged surface is by Deidre Adams.
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Here are some more beautiful Quarantine Art Club sunbursts...

1/5/2020

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We've just received these beauties from members of our Quarantine Art Club - aren't they lovely!
Perfect for a grey day like today.  Many thanks to Chris, Jenni and Jo. 
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Quarantine Art Club is up and running...

28/4/2020

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...and below you can see some of the first artworks to come back to us! - thanks to Ruth and Alison for these. 
The first theme we have asked participants to think about is 'Here Comes the Sun', which up until today has been quite apt! The packages we sent out - full of interesting paper bits and other materials for collage - were a little delayed in the post but got there eventually (please do let us know if you haven't had yours ASAP). 
Don't forget postal people - we would like you to send 2 A5 artworks for each theme... they will all be hand bound into very special one-off zine / artists books for participants to keep. We are also scanning them so we have digital copies of everything produced.
We can't wait to see more!
​Thanks again to the wonderful Postocde Community Trust for allowing us to change the way we are using our funding in these unusual times. 
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Friday Art Club goes postal!

28/3/2020

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A lot of the organisations who fund our various initiatives have been working hard to support projects like ours at the moment, including the Postcode Lottery Trust, who have said that we can re-direct the funding we received for the Friday Art Club to something more 'deliverable' in these challenging times.
We are currently planning a postal art club that will take the place of the art club at the library. It will involve us sending out a monthly pack of materials and prompts to the people who sign up. Participants will produce a piece of artwork on a postcard sized piece of paper, and send those back to us every fortnight. At the end of the project, postcards from all participants will be bound into a set of very special limited edition zines, which will be given back to project participants!
​Interested? Please email us at stirchleyartroom@gmail.com ... and we'll keep you posted! ​
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Art in unusual times...

17/3/2020

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'Unusual times' - probably a bit of an understatement!
As you may have seen we have taken the decision to postpone all of Stirchley Art Room's various activities at the library for the time being, to protect the health of everyone we work with. When things have settled down we will publish new dates for both Change a Book and the Art Club, as well as other exciting future projects we are currently planning. 
In the meantime, we intend to continue offering art learning opportunities for the community, somehow, by offering project ideas, tutorials & links to artists and information online.
We would welcome your thoughts on how we might do this and what sorts of things you would like us to do! Please email us at stirchleyartroom@gmail.com or message us on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook (@ArtStirchley) if you have any suggestions. 
Take care folks! ...and watch this space. 

Nicki 
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Change a Book - new book art workshops at the library...

1/3/2020

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We can't quite believe this has come around so quickly, but it is nearly time for the third and final set of workshops in our Arts Council funded project. We hope to see both new and familiar faces at the 'Change a Book' workshops, where we will be exploring ways of re-binding, recycling and re-purposing existing books and texts. All workshops and events are now available for booking on Eventbrite.
See our Whats On pages for more info. 
In the meantime, we are also currently planning an exhibition that will follow the recent 'Fill a Book' workshops - we will be having an opening evening event at the library on Tuesday 17th March, and the exhibition will continue until March 28th. 
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Also in the meantime - Friday Art Club continues! This is our free drop in art club for adults, funded by players of the Postcode Lottery. See below for details!
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Although we're having a break from the book arts workshops, it's still going to be a busy month for Stirchley Art Room - we are very happy to be working with the Canal & River Trust again to deliver some workshops for Bournville Bookfest (in addition to our own book making workshops for the Bookfest in June). Exciting times!

Nicki 
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An exhibition of hand made books at Stirchley Library...

15/1/2020

 
These images really speak for themselves - so this will be quite a short post!  A huge well done to everyone who took part in our 'Make a Book' workshops and contributed books to our exhibition of hand made books currently on show at Stirchley Library - until this Saturday, January 18th.
The next part of the project, 'Fill a Book', starts this Monday - please go to our 'Whats On' page for info about this and our Sketchbook Circle. 
Thank you Phil Banting for letting us use some of your photos; thanks as ever to the wonderful library staff, Friends of Stirchley Library & Arts Council England for their support with our ongoing book arts project.

Nicki 
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