Hello everyone,

This is a quick update as we have a few dates added to the events calendar

You can find it here
https://www.lbas.org.uk/calendar/

This Calendar has all our booked in events for the next year or so. If you scroll to the bottom of the page you will see a button that says LOAD MORE, if you click on that, you will get the next months events.

Visit to Compton Verney (car Share) on Tues 10th May

Carnival Planning Day - Sun 15th May

LBAS has been invited to take part in Art on the High Street on Tues 31st May 

We have added a POP Up exhibition on Friday 3rd June as part of the Queens Jubilee Celebrations
 

We have booked to take part in the Leighton Linslade Carnival on Saturday July 9th - please keep the date free. The theme is 'The Musicals' , we plan to hold a creative day to get started on float planning and making on Sunday 15th May - we plan to paint Posters from the Musicals, all materials provided. This will be at Sallys House in Heath and Reach. Do get in touch if you would like to help / be involved. If you cannot join us on this day, no problem (or excuse!) - you can create at home in your own time. I think this will really be a kick off and planning session . We want your ideas / input.

We are also having a Pop Up Exhibition at The Linslade Canal Festival on Saturday 30th July. More details to follow, but again - please put in your diary

NEW - Art Appreciation Group
This is planned to start soon, this will be essentially an art history group although may look at contemporary artists too sometimes. This is being organised by Sarah Cripps and is planned as an evening meeting. If you are interested, please get in touch with Sarah. This will probably be run as a small group, meeting in someones house, probably once a month or once every 2 months. (it doesn't have to be your house!) If there is a high demand we may create a few groups, or change the format. Could you please contact Sarah to express your interest in this  sarahcrippslb@gmail.com 


The program of workshops and classes is on our website - there are a few more to be added towards the end of the year, but we are now taking bookings. If you are interested in attending please let us know,

We have several things coming up so check out the Events Calendar 

Gallery Trips
 

 May Compton Verney to see the Portrait Artist of the Year exhibition. 10th May. There is lots to see at Compton Verney alongside this exhibition

Our Next Meeting will be on
Thursday 19th  May
7.45 - 10.00pm  Art Demonstration - Jean Turton - Chinese Brush Painting 

 

Free to LBAS Members , non members welcome for the small fee of £6 on the door. This can be deducted from the membership fee if you join the society by the end of the month

Large Dining Hall, Gilbert Inglefield School, Leighton Buzzard

Please note, the school has a policy of keeping windows open for air flow in order to reduce Covid transmission, 
.The windows will be closed for us, but they will have been open during the day. Hopefully the hall will have warmed up by the time we get in there, but I suggest you wear layers!


You can read more about the event here

Jean is also running a workshop on Chinese Brush Painting, we still have spaces

LBAS Art Classes and Workshops Open to the Public
April - Intro to Acrylics (painting Daisies)with Gill Buckmaster ( Astral Park) £12  - 55 UP

May - Intro to Drawing ( Make your Mark) with Aly Kirby  - (St Leonards Church Hall) £12 - 55UP

May - Intro to Drawing (Revealing Animals) with Aly Kirby  - (St Leonards Church Hall) £12 - 55UP

June- Intro to Pastels (Poppies and Bees) with Gill Buckmaster  - (Astral Park) £12 - 55UP

June- Intro to Oil Painting Course  with Suzy Southerton (3 sessions) - (Linslade Memorial Hall) £36- 55UP

Note some of the prices have changed since originally published (if you are in credit this will be sorted out at the class)

55Up events are supported by a grant from Leighton Linslade Town Council to encourage those who live in the Leighton Linslade area to  take part in activities they may not have done before. Hence these courses are aimed at those to whom the media  or type of activitity is new or has not been tried for several years. Please encourage friends and family to to engage with these venets if possible, they are a low cost way to take part in some great art classes.
 

Discounted Workshops for Members of LBAS

May - Chinese Brush Painting with Jean Turton ( Heath Village Barn) £35  - 5 spaces left

September - Watercolour with Ian Mcmanus  - (St Leonards Church Hall) £35

October - Urban Scene in Pastels with Joel Waring ( Heath Village Barn) £35

November - Watercolour flowers with Nicky Hunter - (Westbury Arts Centre) £35

LBAS will be subsidising the prices of these workshops to members ( non members may attend but the fee is £60)  ,If you would like to attend any of these workshops please reply to this email. Apologies to those who have already responded. You are on my list I shall be confirming with you in the next few days

Please see the Calendar on our website for details
Here

 Zoom Art Together Day

Date -  Saturday 28th May 2022

Time - 10:00 - 16:00

Topic - 'Journeys'

 

Join us on Zoom, the invitation will be sent to members on the day before the event. All welcome, even if you don't want to join in with the art, come and join us for a coffee and chat. If you are new to our Art Together days, we meet 3 times 10am, 1pm amd 3,30. We also have a Whatsapp group where we share images of what we are working on. It is a fun day, suitable for all levelas and styles of work. If you don't wish to stick to this months theme, you don't have to. It is there as a bit of inspiration should you need it.
Tricia has put together some helpful ideas you can find them here
 

Sketchbook Pen Pal Group
We are ready to start the next round of sketchbooks. Many of you will have seen them at the exhibition. So now is the time! Message Tricia (email below) and join the next one. They are good fun, it is lovely having this little art gem drop through your door every 4 weeks or so. Be part of it!

This is well under way with several sketchbooks on their travels or completed. The completed sketchbooks are available to view on our website here. If you would like to join this project, or have already been involved and would like to be in another sketchbook, please let Tricia know, the next group can then be prepared (you may well be mixed with different artists). There are many new members who have not yet joined a sketchbook - do get in touch if you would like to have a go!

Contact Tricia at the email address below, if you would like to join the project.

Interested? - 
Email ‘I’m in’ to Tricia at magpie_wing@outlook.com

The Theme for the Competition in April is 'Harmony' 
The Logo Competition will be sorted out when we can meet again - announcement to follow

 Submissions to threadsandpatches@gmail.com by the 30th April

 WhatsApp Social Group -this is working well, and those involved are enjoying keeping in touch and sharing work, events and a few jokes. If you would like to join this group please reply to this email confirming your name and mobile phone number. You must have the WhatsApp App on your 'phone. Please note this is only suitable for those with Smartphones.

Art Competitions and Exhibitions
If you know of any competitions/exhibitions that our mambers may be interested in entering, please send details and I shall include them in future emails

Moma weblist of current exhibitions and competitions in UK

'Art is not a thing its a way.'

Elbert Hubbard