what’s on Melbourn Open Gardens Melbourn Open Gardens, organised by SOAS, (Supporters of All Saints’) will be on Sunday 7th June from 11am-5pm. ‘Passports’ to cover all the gardens on offer will cost £3 per person from committee members shown below or £4 on the day available at The Cross from 10:45am. Snack lunches and teas will be available in the All Saints’ Community Hall. George Howard 260686, Doreen Johnston 220197 and Shaun Coles 260327
Cambridge Open Studios Many of you will already know about the Cambridge Open Studios, when during the month of July nearly three hundred artists working in Cambridgeshire will open their doors at the weekends to share their knowledge and enthusiasm for their craft. It is a unique opportunity to see where and how artists work and to talk to them and learn something of his or her way of working, of thinking and of creating a work of art. The brochure, which is widely available in shops, libraries etc, covers artists working in ceramics and pottery, drawing and painting, jewellery, glass and enamelling, metalwork, photography, printmaking , textiles and weaving, woodcarving and mixed media work – so pretty much something for everyone. The
brochure comes with two maps, one showing the studios in Cambridge itself and one showing the out of town studios, which stretch from Godmanchester in the west to Newmarket in the east and from Littleport in the north to Melbourn in the south. It can be a very pleasant way of seeing the countryside on a summer day! In the past, Melbourn has been put on the map by Sylvia and Anthony Hopkinson working from The Bury, but now that they have moved into Cambridge the gap is being filled by Mavis Howard and George Meliniotis. Mavis works as a textile artist and for the past 10 years has exhibited at the Thaxted Festival as part of the Small CHAT group whilst George is an artist working mainly in oils and acrylics painting landscapes, seascapes, animals and scenes of Cambridge – he has exhibited in the past in the Hertfordshire Open Studios. Because George lives in Rose Lane which has limited access for cars (and NO parking) both studios will be accessed via Mavis Howard’s house in Station Road (there is a convenient door between the gardens !) They will be open on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th weekends in July from 11 am to 6 p.m. and both will have an ample supply of brochures so please don’t hesitate to contact either of them for a brochure or more information. George Meliniotis 01763 261154 www.artmelini.com Mavis Howard 01763 260686 www.mavishoward.co.uk. www.cambridgeopenstudios.co.uk
smallCHAT Contemporary Art Textiles
For the ninth consecutive year the group smallCHAT is exhibiting at the medieval Guildhall in Thaxted, during the prestigious annual Music Festival. continued on page 35
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