Trades in Kendal: past and present

Children's art and craft workshop for ages 8 - 12

Kendal Museum, 28th - 29th August 2008, 2 - 4pm

Come along and help to create a bustling Kendal street scene! Make shop fronts and figures using a variety of creative techniques.

Our street scene will then become part of the current History of Kendal exhibition at Kendal Museum.

Book at Kendal Museum: 01539 721374, Thurs, Fri, Sat 12 - 4 pm

Cost: £5 for both sessions

Green Door Mintfest Activities

Green Door artists are participating in the Kendal International Festival of Street Arts taking place 29th - 31st August. (www.mintfest.org)

Mintfest Meets Green Door - Art in Windows

Elephant Yard Kendal, 23rd August - 6th September

Work from Green Door artists on the theme of Pink and Green will be in windows along Elephant Yard for two weeks starting the week before Mintfest.

In a yurt with Green Door artists

Abbot Hall Park Kendal, Sunday 31st August, 1 - 5pm

Happy Times, Smiley faces!
Come along and express yourself with felt, paints, pens and pencils!
Get involved in the creation of a fun-packed park art installation as you create your very own felt smiley faces

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'Wish you were here'? - You can be and you can let everyone else know about it! Create your own personal postcard using words and pictures. Draw upon your most memorable experience of the whole Mintfest extravaganza............be a part of the bigger picture.........

Monoprinting with Barbra Cropper

Friday 12th September 2008, 10.30am to 3.00pm

Two direct monoprinting techniques will be explored before moving on to a two colour monoprint. Shaped plates and positive mark making using 2 colours will result in rich dynamic monoprints.

Cumbria Studio,
Hill Rising,
Bowness-on-Windermere,
Cumbria,
LA23 HR

01539 442067(studio)
01253 883817
mail@bcropper.co.uk

Cost: £30

Dry Point Etching with Barbra Cropper

Friday 19th September 2008, 10.30am to 3.00pm

Dry point etching is about texture. Experiment with black and one colour, using torn shapes, relief inking and dry point resulting in prints of sensitivity and depth.

Cumbria Studio,
Hill Rising,
Bowness-on-Windermere,
Cumbria,
LA23 HR

01539 442067(studio)
01253 883817
mail@bcropper.co.uk

Cost: £30

Green Door Annual Art Trail

26th - 28th September 2008

This is the fourth annual Art Trail organised by Green Door Studios. Artists living and working in the dramatic landscape of Cumbria will be welcoming visitors into their studios, homes, gardens and even converted barns.

Green Door Studios in Kendal will also be open to the public for these three days.

It is a fantastic opportunity to see art displayed in both professional and domestic settings and to buy affordable work directly from the artists and makers.

Entry is free and alongside paintings, prints and sculpture will be ceramics, jewellery, furniture, glass and textiles.

Brochures are available from Tourist Information offices and local shops or you can download one here.

Download Art Trail brochure (760k)