Sat 15th
Arlington Goes Cajun lll
7.30pm Marquee next to Arlington Village Hall. £10 (£30 family ticket, 2+2)
Tickets from The Old Oak Inn, Arlington or online www.cajunrockers.com
Sun 16th
Wilmington Art Group
Family Zumba
3 - 4pm Marquee next to Arlington Village Hall. £4 adults, £2 children
on the door or reserve in advance: sussexzumba@me.com
Mon 17th
Art with Josie Tipler
Arlington Village hall, The Street, Arlington
Watercolour Workshop with Alison Cotton
7-9pm Arlington Village Hall. Bring your own materials and art equipment.
£5 on the door - please book 01323 485153 or email
Wed 19th
Bygone Village Life
7pm Arlington Village Hall
A talk by Phil Wooller about life growing up in the village of Arlington.
£5 on the door
Thur 20th
Handing in of 'Paint me a Bluebell' competition entries
7-9pm Arlington Village Hall. see HERE for competition details.
Fri 21st
Arts Workshops for Schools
10am - 12.30pm (bookings only through schools)
Arlington Art Show
10.30am - 3pm and 7pm-9pm (paying bar in evening)
Arlington Village Hall
Free entry
The Berwick Church Murals
11am - 12noon. Guided tour of the Bloomsbury murals by Linda hallums.
Donations at the door.
Guided tour and music in St Pancras Church 12.30pm Also flower display in the church
Sat 22nd
Arlington Art & Craft Show
10.30am - 5pm Arlington Village Hall and Marquee. Continues Sunday
FREE ENTRY. Refreshments, Craft Stalls,
Art Show, Authors’ Book Fair, Sideshows,
display of entries in the ‘Paint me a Bluebell’ Art Competition.
Featuring the work of Keith Pettit, Sarah Gauntlett, Michael Blaber, Josie Tipler, Alan Clark, Alan Chapman, Anne Howard, Violet Robinson, Leia Charleson, Mike Neale, Hazel Hooker, Brenda Carr,
R J Bell, Frances Stevens, Helen Gander, Sue Groom, Camilla Pennant and more...
Crafts include needlecraft, funkybeads and steampunk style earrings and necklaces, journals, peg-doll fairies and mermaids, artists’ books, knitted toys, button crafts, knitted clothes and scarves, nappy cakes and pamper cakes, bespoke silver keepsakes, floristry crafts, papercrafts, decorated boxes, rubber stamps, gemstone jewellery, silk bags and scarves, pottery, silver jewellery, photography, wood engraving, wool mix felt and recycled fabric products, pet portraits and more...
Stall holders include Nancy in the Tree, Liz Cottingham, Fripperies4u, Bentley Crafts, Whichcraft4u, Treasured Moments in Time, Purple Butterfly Crafts, Andrew Cottingham, The Button Lady, Ivy Dunk, Tania Long and more...
Wood Engraving Demonstration
by Keith Pettit 10.30am -1pm and 2-5pm Marquee by Arlington Village Hall. From sketch to press. Engravings inspired by the Sussex landscape.
Guided tour and music in St Pancras Church 12.30pm Also flower display in the church
Open Mic Stage 2-4pm Marquee by Arlington Village Hall
Musicians bring along your instruments, authors and poets bring your voices - put your name down on arrival to perform
Sun 23rd
Arlington Art & Craft Show
10.30am - 5pm Arlington Village Hall and Marquee
Guided tour and music in St Pancras Church 12.30pm Also flower display in the church
Judging of ‘Paint me a Bluebell’ Competition
4.30pm Arlington Village Hall
Wilmington Art Group
Art Exhibition and Sale of Paintings
10am - 5pm Wilmington Village Hall. Free entry
7.30pm Marquee next to Arlington Village Hall. £10 (£30 family ticket, 2+2)
Tickets from The Old Oak Inn, Arlington or online www.cajunrockers.com
Sun 16th
Wilmington Art Group
Art Exhibition and Sale of Paintings
10am - 4pm Wilmington Village Hall. Free entry
3 - 4pm Marquee next to Arlington Village Hall. £4 adults, £2 children
on the door or reserve in advance: sussexzumba@me.com
Mon 17th
Art with Josie Tipler
Arlington Village hall, The Street, Arlington
Painting a scene in the style of a ‘stained glass window’ using acrylic paint and mixed media on card.
A 2 hour painting demonstration followed by an optional picnic lunch and a 2 hour workshop. Choose to attend either or both.
Demonstration , 10-12, £6
Lunch – bring your own picnic lunch. Tea and coffee available.
Workshop, 1-3, £6. Bring your own materials and art equipment.
Alternatively, book for the morning and afternoon session with all materials and equipment included for £35.
Book in advance for the workshop only. 01323 485153 or via www.artjosietipler.wordpress.com
Tue 18thA 2 hour painting demonstration followed by an optional picnic lunch and a 2 hour workshop. Choose to attend either or both.
Demonstration , 10-12, £6
Lunch – bring your own picnic lunch. Tea and coffee available.
Workshop, 1-3, £6. Bring your own materials and art equipment.
Alternatively, book for the morning and afternoon session with all materials and equipment included for £35.
Book in advance for the workshop only. 01323 485153 or via www.artjosietipler.wordpress.com
Watercolour Workshop with Alison Cotton
7-9pm Arlington Village Hall. Bring your own materials and art equipment.
£5 on the door - please book 01323 485153 or email
Wed 19th
Bygone Village Life
7pm Arlington Village Hall
A talk by Phil Wooller about life growing up in the village of Arlington.
£5 on the door
Thur 20th
Handing in of 'Paint me a Bluebell' competition entries
7-9pm Arlington Village Hall. see HERE for competition details.
Fri 21st
Arts Workshops for Schools
10am - 12.30pm (bookings only through schools)
Arlington Art Show
10.30am - 3pm and 7pm-9pm (paying bar in evening)
Arlington Village Hall
Free entry
The Berwick Church Murals
11am - 12noon. Guided tour of the Bloomsbury murals by Linda hallums.
Donations at the door.
Guided tour and music in St Pancras Church 12.30pm Also flower display in the church
Sat 22nd
Arlington Art & Craft Show
10.30am - 5pm Arlington Village Hall and Marquee. Continues Sunday
FREE ENTRY. Refreshments, Craft Stalls,
Art Show, Authors’ Book Fair, Sideshows,
display of entries in the ‘Paint me a Bluebell’ Art Competition.
Featuring the work of Keith Pettit, Sarah Gauntlett, Michael Blaber, Josie Tipler, Alan Clark, Alan Chapman, Anne Howard, Violet Robinson, Leia Charleson, Mike Neale, Hazel Hooker, Brenda Carr,
R J Bell, Frances Stevens, Helen Gander, Sue Groom, Camilla Pennant and more...
Crafts include needlecraft, funkybeads and steampunk style earrings and necklaces, journals, peg-doll fairies and mermaids, artists’ books, knitted toys, button crafts, knitted clothes and scarves, nappy cakes and pamper cakes, bespoke silver keepsakes, floristry crafts, papercrafts, decorated boxes, rubber stamps, gemstone jewellery, silk bags and scarves, pottery, silver jewellery, photography, wood engraving, wool mix felt and recycled fabric products, pet portraits and more...
Stall holders include Nancy in the Tree, Liz Cottingham, Fripperies4u, Bentley Crafts, Whichcraft4u, Treasured Moments in Time, Purple Butterfly Crafts, Andrew Cottingham, The Button Lady, Ivy Dunk, Tania Long and more...
Wood Engraving Demonstration
by Keith Pettit 10.30am -1pm and 2-5pm Marquee by Arlington Village Hall. From sketch to press. Engravings inspired by the Sussex landscape.
Guided tour and music in St Pancras Church 12.30pm Also flower display in the church
Open Mic Stage 2-4pm Marquee by Arlington Village Hall
Musicians bring along your instruments, authors and poets bring your voices - put your name down on arrival to perform
Sun 23rd
Arlington Art & Craft Show
10.30am - 5pm Arlington Village Hall and Marquee
Guided tour and music in St Pancras Church 12.30pm Also flower display in the church
Judging of ‘Paint me a Bluebell’ Competition
4.30pm Arlington Village Hall
2011
8th - 10th July 2011
Art @ The Wishing Well Tea Rooms
Wilmington. (A27 Wilmington opposite the Crossways Hotel)
Fri 8th to Sun 10th July
10.30am to 4 pm
Cafe opens Friday to Sunday from 10.30am to 5 pm.
Helen Lavinia Moore and Margaret Ann Worster have a variety of artwork including original paintings and prints,ceramics, recycled jewellery, sculptures and cards.
Margaret Ann Worster on 01323 506 488 mworster88@btinternet.com, Helen Lavinia Moore on 01323 849 801
graham.moore@sky.com
Free entry. Refreshments in cafe.Toilet, parking, disabled access.
‘Seven-Up’
Contemporary art in St Mary & St Peter Church, Wilmington, BN26 5SL.
(Friday 6 - 8 Private View)
Sat 11am - 5pm
Sun 12 - 5pm
Seven painters: Julia Cox, Paul Cox, Steven Heffer, Julie Little, Andrew Whamond, Julia Wilson and Tony Wilson, and stonemason Geoffrey Aldred.
Julie Little 01323 871 557
Teas and Pimms will be served on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. Parking in the Long Man car park, a short walk from the church.
Wilmington Art Group
ART EXHIBITION &
SALE OF PAINTINGS
Wilmington Village Hall,
The Street
Fri 4pm-8pm
Sat 10.30am - 5pm
Sun 10.30am - 4pm
Entrance Free. Refreshments.
Raffle of prize painting
David Wilcox 01323 506 108
Berwick Court Farm Art Gallery
Berwick Court Farm, Alfriston Road, Berwick, Nr Polegate, East Sussex, BN26 5QS
Opening Hours: 10am to 6pm (or later if required)
Over 100 original signed paintings and photographic art on display in permanent exhibition. Superb gallery including high-end reproduction furniture and period style accessories.
Nicholas Berry 01323 871 386
Free entry.
Refreshments, toilets, ample free parking.
A Talk by Linda Hallums
THE 20TH CENTURY BLOOMSBURY MURALS at Berwick Church
St Michael & All Angels Church, Berwick Village.
The church is of national, and arguably international, artistic and cultural significance on account of these extensive murals which were commissioned by Bishop Bell of Chichester in 1941.
They were executed by the Bloomsbury artists Duncan Grant, Vanessa Bell and Quentin Bell who lived nearby at Charleston Farmhouse.
Fri 8th July, 11.00am to 11.45am
Payment by Donations on the door.
Country church in Summer
Alciston Parish Church, Alciston Village
10am to 6pm
Alciston Church, built on Saxon foundations lies beneath the South Downs. Filled with country flowers, come and enjoy afternoon tea in this peaceful place of worship
Michele Boys
www.berwickchurch.org.uk
Entrance: Donation in aid of Church fabric.
Afternoon tea, 2-5pm. Parking
Open Studio
SARAH WALTON
Keeper’s, Bo-Peep Lane, Alciston, BN26 6UH
Fri - Sun, 11am - 5pm
Sarah is a professional artist who has worked in ceramics for the last 35 years. Her work is represented in 13 museums in the UK.
Free entry. Toilets, parking, disabled access.
Selmeston Church
The village and church were mentioned in the Domesday Book, although most of what now remains of the delightful church dates from a Victorian restoration in 1867. See some unusual brasses and the circular churchyard has the grave of Stanley Mockford, the inventor of the ‘Mayday’ distress call.
Open during the day.
Hazel Barker Art
The Spinney, Station Road, Berwick, BN26 6TG
8-10th July
10.30 am to 7.30 pm
Stunning paintings by Hazel Barker at her house in
Berwick. A varied selection of paintings - large / small,
framed / unframed, surprisingly cheap and rather expensive!
01323 811 187
hazelbarkerart@aol.com
FREE entry
Refreshments / toilets/ parking/
limited disabled access (no steps)
Art at Potters Pantry
A22, Lower Dicker, BN27 4AT
(nr the Boship Hotel)
Weekdays 7am to 4.30pm
Weekends 9am to 3pm
Work by local artists including Dawn Monk and Pam Smith
Sally: 01323 844 223
Free entry
Refreshments, toilet, parking
Art at The
OLD OAK INN
Caneheath, Arlington, BN26 6SJ
Open 10.30am - 11pm every day
Pop in to view work by local artist, Brenda Carr on show in this picturesque rural inn which dates back to the 1700’s.
Lisa: 01323 482 072
Free entry
Refreshments, toilet, parking,
Art from France
and more in
ST PANCRAS CHURCH
In the centre of Arlington Village.
Guest artists from Ponches Estruval in France, ‘twinned’ with the parish of Arlington, will be showing their work all day on Saturday.
There will be a display of flowers, guided tours and incidental music at intervals throughout the weekend, and the chance to see the newly restored Lady Chapel bird tapestries.
Open during the day (Church service Sunday am)
Arlington ART & CRAFT SHOW
Arlington Village Hall, The Street, Arlington, BN26 6RX
9th & 10th July, 10.30 - 5pm
Evening viewing Sat, 6-8pm
Local art and crafts from over 50 local exhibitors including:
Sonya Tatham, Josephine Hudson, Michael Gower, Colin Harwood, Ron Hunt, Anne Howard, Josie Tipler, Margaret Turton, Jenny Johnstone, Jackie Hurwood and many more.
Craft stalls include pottery, photography, knitwear, card crafts, jewellery and more. Demonstrations at intervals of buttoncraft by The Button Lady, knitting and Make a Bracelet with Sharon Dinnie.
The winners of this year’s Paint me a Spring Woodland Competition will be on show.
‘Have a Go” painting table in the Marquee.
Refreshments & light lunches, parking, disabled access & toilets.
£1 entry (under 16s free) 07505 007 049
www.arlingtonartandcraftshow.blogspot.com
Children’s Art Show
in the Marquee
9th & 10th July, 10.30 - 5pm
A display of art by younger artists. Collection in aid of Chestnut Tree House, the only children’s hospice in Sussex which provides care for life-limited children aged 0-19 and their families from all over Sussex
www.chestnut-tree-house.org.uk
BOOK SIGNINGS in the Marquee
Sun 10th July, 2 - 4pm
Three local authors will be on site to sign copies of their books.
Sue Edwards MEMOIRS OF A WAAF
Life of an 18 year-old in the WAAF in the 1940s, based on original diaries, notes and photos.
www. waafmemoirs.co.uk
You can make a donation to the Royal British Legion via this site
Jill Rutherford CHERRY BLOSSOMS, SUSHI and TAKARAZUKA, SEVEN YEARS IN JAPAN
www.jillrutherford.wordpress.com
£1 of every book sold through this website will be donated to the earthquake appeal in Japan.
The first 30 pages of Jill’s book can be read via www.freado/com/book/9653/cherry-blossoms-sushi-and-takarazuka
Robin Burnett WATER UNDER THE KEEL: Memories of the sea.
In this engaging memoir, Burnett evokes both the drama and drudgery of life at sea - the exotic ports and the terrifying storms, but also the long wakeful hours at the wheel. What shines out above all, though, is his passion for the sea .
http://www.bookguild.co.uk/water-under-the-keel-c-1-p-6-pr-1109.html
AFTERNOON CLASSICAL CONCERT St Pancras Church Arlington
Sat 9th July 3pm - 4pm
Franco - English Afternoon Concert in delightful St Pancras Church featuring Chrisopale, a String Quartet from Boulogne, Revd. Peter Blee on flute, Michael Bloom on lute and Lawrie Skinner on accordion & organ
£4 on the door towards Church repair fund
01323 485 153
FLUTE RECITAL
St Mary & St Peter Church Wilmington
Sun 10th July, 5pm
Short flute recital by Revd. Peter Blee at the close of the Wilmington Church Art Show.
MUSIC FOR A SUMMER EVENING St Michael & All Angels Church Berwick Village
Sun 10th July, 6pm
Concert by The Renaissance Singers with refreshments in the Interval. Donations.
Tickets: All information and reservations via Linda Hallums 01323 896008.
Cajun Festival Night
THE CAJUN DAWGS & friends, in the Marquee
Sat 9th July, 8pm - 11pm
doors open at 7pm for dance tuition, 7.30pm for food*
Louisiana Cajun & Zydeco, Rockin’ Swamp Blues, Country and early Rock and Roll music. A sound track for dancing, loving and crying. Tuition on hand from local expert Cajun dancers, Cajun style food* available, bar.
Tickets £6 (£1 under 16s) Book Online www.cajunrockers.com
01323 840 048/ 07980 892 072
info@cajunrockers.com
*Food £4 (£2 under 12s) - 7.30 to 8.30pm, subject to availability
Festival co-ordinated by Arlington ARTS Group, a not-for-profit group with the aim of promoting and organising arts events in the local rural area. Events have different organisers - please see details in listings. Details correct at time of going to press but all events and details may be subject to change without notice.
01323 485153 e: info@arlingtonartsgroup.co.uk
www.arlingtonartsgroup.co.uk
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Please note that all details are correct at time of going to print but all events and details may be subject to change without notice