So Much News - Harbour Fest Market 19/20 July and more

Where to begin!!! Sorry it's been a while, but it's been super busy. . .

Harbourfest

Here we go - first up there is the Underfall Yard Market allllllll next weekend. That's Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th July. You will find me dancing around near the slip way for the weekend of Harbour Festival. please come and dance with me, around my print browser, tables and stock! This weekend is one to definitely catch - there will be something for everyone, as we celebrate the maritime heritage of place - i'll be pulling out all of my boat prints and Bristol-theme work to share with you.

Ko-Fi

I have started a webpage with Kofi, to raise funds for an expousre unit. Last year, I was thrilled to receive a grant towards equipment. UNfortunately, when I went to purchase the exposure unit, the supplier told me that they have discontinued the stock. Having searched around, I have found a significantly better tabletop unit, which unfortunately is more than the grant I received. This Kofi page is my way to make up the shortfall, so that I can hiopefully purchase the exposure unit and support community groups - please check out my Kofi page here to read the story and see how we are doing so far! Any help is incredibly appreciated to reaching my goal. You can give as little as £5, or do share with your networks to help get the word out. Thanks for any support that you can offer.

Lego Workshops - Weston Wallz with Upfest

Fancy checking out some awesome new murals being painted? Free at the end of July??? Want to try your hand at printing? Then make your way to Weston Super Mare for the Weston Wallz event, organisaed by Upfest! I will be outside the Sovreign centre all weekend, delivering lego print workshops. Suitable for 7 and up, these sessions are free to attend - just book via the link here! There will be a few spots for wlk ups on the day. Come along to enjoy artists painting up their fresh designs, or try your hand at some of the free workshops runing over the weekend.

RWA Happy Families

Some more free workshops - if you have school age children with SEND needs, who love being creative, then please come along and enjoy the happy Families workshops, which run on the first Monday's of the school holidays. As it's a long summer, there are two Mondays available to book - either Monday 28th July or Monday 4th August. These sessions are free to attend, and I design the activities to be sensory friendly, and to relate to the current exhibitions. These workshops can be booked free (links in date text above). Hope to see you!

New Work

And lastly, I have been continuing to develop my new body of work, relating to the natural world. These prints are large for me - I don't usually print 56x76cm (the size of Somerset Satin paper), but I have been loving the learning curve and process to create this work! I would love to hear your thoughts, and I hope that you like them too! I will shortly get these on my webshop, but for now, if you like the look of one of these one-off prints, send me an email at amy-aardvark@hotmail.co.uk and I can send images of all the pieces created - these images show work in progress, rather than finished pieces.

That's it for now! Don't melt, stay as cool as a cucumber, and hope to see you soon,

Love

Amy x