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19/7/10 Paintings by Rebecca Johnson 8/7/10 Wokingham MoreArt website 5/7/10 June 2010 newsletter 16/6/10 Jake Winkle demo write-up 10/6/10 Message from Sam Dauncey about Mike Skidmore and new logo 4/6/10 Deborah Vallance demo write-up 15/5/10 Art in Action - a good day out in July 29/4/10 April Newsletter (in Archive) 21/4/10 John Heywood demo write-up 15/4/10 Message from Maddy Hawes about local events 6/4/10 Paul Banning - President's Evening write-up 23/3/10 See Sam Dauncey and Sheila Bonner messages (incl. FREE course)

Messages Members of the society with messages that they think would interest their fellows are invited to e-mail them here.

Message from Sam Dauncey, 10 June 2010 I've just started to put the new logo in - not trivial because it's a different shape. Let me know if it looks wrong anywhere. The old logo is still there on many pages. If you've ever enjoyed one of Mike Skidmore's excellent demos you will be interested in his 2010 Workshops (605 KB PDF).

Message from Maddy Hawes, 15/4/10, about local events: Members can arrange exhibitions in the Artsbar. Artsbar Exhibition Contact : Jane Bonney, Exhibition Coordinator, Artsbar, Wellington Road, Wokingham, RG40 2AN. Tel. 0118 977 5886 email : artsbar.cantley@gmail.com website : www.artsbar.net The Artsbar is open daily from 0800 till 2300.

Message from Sam Dauncey, 2/4/10 Although the online version of the February 2010 Newsletter is now here you may like to be reminded: Exhibition Poster competition, May, £25 prize Alan Brain course, 5 - 9 July, £250, www.alanbrain.com There is now normally a waiting list for new members There is now an embryo section of Stories, started by Maddy Hawes for the Newsletter

Message from Sheila Bonner, one of our members, via Sue Smith, 23/3/10 Subject: FREE stained glass course run by Reading Adult Ed. Dear Sue Could you please help in broadcasting the news of this course - wish I had known about it yesterday. My friend Lynne Bush is in charge of getting out the R A Ed brochure and setting up courses. Under a gov scheme she has to set up a course with under 25s and over 50s working together. The course will run for 10 weeks I think it is 1.30 to 3.30 and it is on Wed afternoons. Everything will be provided and during the course a panel will be made for Hamilton Centre where the course will be held. The students will finish with the stained glass making skills and the chance to join future classes but not free ones!! Lynne's work phone number is 07885814226. Any under 25 or over 50 welcome

Message from Dee Cowell, 12/1/10 See my 2010 holiday/workshop flier. Look at additional contact details on my WASoc demonstration page in the archives

Message from Madeline Hawes, 22/10/09 Dear Chris & Sam, Here's a prospective article for the Newsletter and the Website. There may not be room in the Newsletter, but I know that you are expecting a story from me, Sam. I have asked permission of the parents to do this, so everything's above board. I hope you enjoy it (download 24KB pdf, Chocs.pdf). More to come! Madeline

Message via Chris Parry, 27/4/09 I would like you to advertise this initiative from the Volunteer Service Wokingham. It is hoping to find volunteers from the society to co- ordinate and help run a creative art workshops each week , at the Cornerstone for people suffering mild to moderate depression. Wokingham Volunteer Centre has been awarded a Big Lottery grant to run Creative Art Workshops for local people with mild-moderate depression. Art has been shown to be tremendously therapeutic for sufferers of depression and combining the activity with the process of regular meetings with friendly, like-minded individuals can give people a completely new purpose in life. There is no pressure to produce masterpieces but we hope, given sufficient willing contributors, to mount an exhibition of work, perhaps at the Council Offices in Shute End, towards the end of the year. Experience of local artists involved in similar projects has shown that some amazing results – both artistically and emotionally - are possible. The workshops will run at the Cornerstone, Norreys Avenue in Wokingham from 10-12 on Thursday mornings, starting on June 11th and running weekly thereafter. Groups will comprise up to 15 attendees max, with 3 -4 volunteers per session. The building is modern, with lots of light and a free car park almost opposite! The hall is booked from 9.30 – 12.30 to allow plenty of time for setting up and clearing up. The grant is sufficient to cover for one year the hire of the venue, arts materials, refreshments and, last but not least, volunteer travelling and parking expenses (in case the free car park is full). We hope that the workshops will be successful and ultimately self-financing as we propose to charge £1 per attendee per session – we will of course be sensitive in cases of financial hardship – and will actively fund raise from other sources. We hope to organise a meeting in the next few weeks as we obviously have to move quite quickly to plan the first few sessions’ activities and stock up with materials. Please contact me on 0118 977 0749 or email at wok-vol@btconnect.com if you can help in any way. All you need is an interest in art, an understanding attitude to mental health issues and to be available once or twice a month (more if you like!). Also needed is a volunteer to make coffee mid morning.

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