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March – August 2020www.qpc.org
Celebrating 40 Years as
Aylesbury’s Creative & Cultural Hub
@queensparkarts /queensparkartscentre @queensparkarts
www.qpc.org
ps Welcome to Queens Park Arts Centre’s Spring / March
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‘Black History on Screen’
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It feels appropriate to have such a busy season ahead of us in our 40th Sat 7 The Dung Beatles
year. We have the largest number of creative and holistic workshops Fri 13 – Sat 14 ‘Three Tall Women’
and courses on offer in the Centre’s history; justly earning The Times’ Sun 15 Sunday Special Workshops
Fri 20 BFI School Study Day –
accolade of ‘Britain’s largest independent Arts Centre’. We also have a ‘Harry, Arietty, the BFG and Me’
great selection of live performances (including a welcome return by The Sat 21 Steve Knightley
Anchoress in July), a range of wonderful exhibitions and our ever-popular Fri 27 – Sat 28 ‘Murder Around the Clock’
Makers Fair in May. April
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In terms of extending reach and access, 2020 is quite a year - in ‘¡Hola niños!’
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collaboration with the British Film Institute we’ll be welcoming numerous Fri 3 Improv Showcase
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primary and secondary schools to the Centre, as part of the BFI’s Sat 4 Keith Thompson Band
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Mon 6 – Thu 9 School Holiday Workshops
school film initiative. Unbound Theatre have an extensive and varied ch
programme, performing in several beautiful Buckinghamshire locations.
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Celebration
The WanderHouse is visiting five new Bucks schools, as well as revisiting Sat 25 Fish & Chip Quiz Night
some old friends and extending its reach into Hertfordshire. Our outreach Sat 25 – Sun 26 Pottery Masterclass with
Elaine Wells
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people and encourage the next generation to take up the many and various
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Fri 1 Ray Coates
opportunities afforded by their local arts centre.
Sat 2 Voodoo Room
One such opportunity is volunteering. I’d like to thank our dedicated staff Sat 9 The Acoustic Strawbs
team and all 120 of our volunteers – of all ages – who are essential to Sat 16 May Maker’s Fair
Sat 23 Ben White & Tom Lucas
the day-to-day running of so many aspects of the Centre. This includes Sat 23 – Sun 24 Pottery Masterclass with
numerous enthusiastic tutors who give their time, skills and talents to Elaine Wells
Please Note
the community, allowing us to offer a range of ‘drop-in pay-as-you-go’ Tue 26 – Fri 29 School Holiday Workshops
weekly workshops. In this 40th year I’d also like to pay special thanks June Once purchased, tickets and
workshop spaces are non-
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to the Centre’s Board of Directors who’ve been so instrumental in the Fri 5 ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’
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Centre’s development and to our long standing core funders, The Sat 6 – Sat 20 Shakespeare Tour refundable. Booking fees apply
William Harding’s Charity and Aylesbury Vale District Council, whose
Fri 12 ‘As You Like It’ for online payments – see p.39
Sun 14 Sunday Special Workshops
support is very much appreciated. Sat 20 Catfish
for more details.
Sat 27 Purple Zeppelin
We look forward to welcoming you to the Centre this season and Our license does not permit
hope you enjoy our programme.
July the consumption of alcohol
Sat 4 The Anchoress purchased off-premises. We
Best wishes, Sat 11 ‘Couch Improv’
Sat 18 Sweet Billy Pilgrim
have a licensed bar on site.
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Sarah Lewis Sat 18 – Sun 19 Summer Special Workshops
The Limelight Theatre has
Mon 27 – Fri 31 School Holiday Workshops
Artistic Director a programme of mostly
August professional shows. For
Mon 3 – Fri 21 School Holiday Workshops
Primary Schools more details about any of our
Outreach Project performances, visit www.qpc.
org, call 01296 424332 or
‘The Joy of Making’ email info@qpc.org
Our thanks to the Rothschild Foundation for their support
for ‘The Joy of Making’, led by Pippa North; an outreach
project to six Buckinghamshire Primary Schools, which
Welcome will be starting in Spring 2020, culminating in a special
exhibition in the Centre’s Main Gallery Calendar
Anniversary Spring / Summer Events
May Maker’s Fair 2020
Saturday 16 May, 10am – 4pm
Celebrating 40 years of Queens Park Arts Centre,
this special event features a wide selection of
Celebrating 40 Years of Queens Park Arts Centre
handmade items to view and buy, live music,
dance and theatre, plus hot and cold food
2020 marks 40 years since Queens Park Arts Centre opened its
doors as the cultural and creative hub of Aylesbury Vale. (including BBQ and Pimms), children’s craft
activities, demonstrations and free parking
Over the past four decades the Centre has been at the very heart of the throughout the day.
artistic landscape in Buckinghamshire, and has been recognised as one
of the country’s ‘Top Arts Hotspots’ by The Times.
Entry: £2.00 / £1.00 concessions & members
Initially funded by Buckinghamshire County Council, Queens Park quickly (U14s go free) Children’ Activities: £2.00
grew from running a limited programme of workshops to developing an
ambitious roster of classes, performances, exhibitions and events, which All proceeds contribute to the Centre’s fundraising
continues to expand and develop to this day. campaign.
At the heart of the Centre’s activities and ethos is its dedicated team of
volunteers. Whether running workshops, staging theatre shows, staffing
the Coffee Bar or helping promote Queens Park, our volunteers continue
to be essential to our operations. Town Centre Events
When core funding was significantly reduced in the late 1990s a
campaign began to secure the Centre’s future. The Purchase Appeal We’re thrilled to be a part of a wide
to buy the building’s freehold was completed in 2009 and since then
Queens Park has operated as an independent arts organisation – the range of great events taking place in
largest of its kind in the UK. The Centre has worked hard to increase Aylesbury Town Centre this season:
its financial self-sufficiency, whilst being extremely fortunate to receive
longstanding core funding from Aylesbury Vale District Council and the
William Hardings Charity. 26 April – St George’s Day & Historic Fayre
Welcoming hundreds of thousands of people through its doors every
year, Queens Park continues to promote participation in the arts through 2-3 May – Walking Play 2020
affordable weekly workshops, an eclectic mix of live music, theatre and
comedy, exhibitions from local, national and even international artists, 21 June – Aylesbury Soapbox Derby
plus special events such as Craft Fairs.
In recent years the Centre’s Outreach Project the WanderHouse has seen 27 June – WhizzFizzFest
Queens Park make creative connections with thousands of young artists
and makers, and its production company Unbound has become the most 5 July – Aylesbury-on-Sea
prolific theatre makers in the area. Meanwhile the welcome addition of the
Susan Diane School of Dance and our very own gallery shop Artisan have 5 August – Play in the Park
brought an entirely new usership to the venue.
With many exciting projects and initiatives in development for 2020 29 August – Live in the Park
and beyond, Queens Park is looking ahead to the next 40 years!
See our website for details.
4 For more information visit www.qpc.org or call 01296 424332 To exhibit at the Fair please email: info@qpc.org or call 01296 424332 5
Limelight Theatre Limelight Theatre
March / April April / May
Theatre
Fri 27 – Sat 28 Mar – 7:30pm Sat 25 Apr – 7pm Fundraiser
‘Murder Around the Clock’ Fish & Chip Quiz Night
by Karen Banfield
Tuck into tasty fish & chips then test the little grey
1958. Molly runs a milkshake bar with daughters cells at our fundraising quiz, hosted by Grace &
Bunty and Suzie and their next door neighbour. Faye. Teams (6 people max) must be booked by
When Bunty is spotted by a talent scout and a
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Join Ray Coates for an evening of uplifting,
Sat 7 Mar – 8pm Tribute empowering and inspirational music. Introducing the Live Music
Fri 3 Apr – 8pm Theatre Sat 9 May – 8pm
The Dung Beatles Unbound Theatre presents… launch of Ray’s album ‘Garden of Life’. Rotary Rocks Presents…
One of Aylesbury’s best-loved band are back for ‘Improv Showcase’ Tickets: £10.00 / £8.00 concessions Strawbs 50th Anniversary
their annual gig at the Limelight Theatre. Join the
Join our in-house theatre company for a night of Sat 2 May – 8pm Tribute Acoustic Concert
group as they perform a spellbinding selection of the
spontaneous storytelling starring a superb team of
Fab Four’s catalogue; from ever-popular classics to
improvisers. Come armed with a few suggestions
Voodoo Room The legendary Strawbs help celebrate Queens
hidden gem album tracks. Park’s 40th Anniversary. The Acoustic Strawbs of
and then sit back and watch some side-splitting Celebrating the music of Hendrix, Clapton and the 21st century consist of founder, constant guiding
Tickets: £13.50 / £11.50 concessions sketches and scenes unfold! Cream, this classic power trio deliver the all-time force, and lead vocalist Dave Cousins, alongside
Theatre Tickets: £5.00 / £4.00 concessions great hits of their musical muses, with the true long-time band members lead guitarist Dave
Fri 13 – Sat 14 Mar – 7:30pm passion and energy worthy of these masterpieces. Lambert and the astonishingly versatile Chas Cronk
Unbound Theatre presents… Blues
Sat 4 Apr – 8pm Tickets: £13.50 / £11.50 concessions - the classic 1970s Strawbs front line.
‘Three Tall Women’ by Edward Albee The Keith Thompson Band Theatre Tickets: £18.50 (no concessions)
Sat 2 - Sun 3 May
Edward Albee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play exploring British Blues Rock musician Keith Thompson, has Unbound Theatre presents… This concert is raising funds for Queens Park Arts
memory and identity is brought vividly to life by our been consistently performing in mainland Europe Centre.
in-house production company. Directed by Shaun now for 25+ years, where he is well known to a blues
‘Laws of Time’ Gig Night / Blues
Nolan. following as an exciting live performer. Commissioned by Aylesbury Town Council, we’re
Sat 23 May – 8pm
Tickets: £8.50 / £6.50 concessions Tickets: £10.50 in advance / £12.50 on the door delighted to be presenting a brand new interactive Ben White & Tom Lucas
Presented by arrangement with Josef immersive play in Aylesbury Town Centre – featuring
Live Music Two young musicians focused on playing the blues
Weinberger Ltd. Fri 17 – Sat 18 Apr – 7:30pm our time travelling hero Professor Chronomier and
coming out of Chicago from the late 40s to the
her companion Astrid!
Sat 21 Mar – 7.30pm Folk JUMP – 30th Anniversary early 50s. Includes classic covers, their own original
See www.aylesburytowncouncil.gov.uk for material inspired by the era.
Steve Knightley Weekend details
Tickets: £10.00 / £8.00 concessions
Exploring his extensive back catalogue and JUMP will return to Aylesbury for two nights to
introducing unheard, new material, Steve explores celebrate thirty years of the band’s existence.
the themes and stories that inspire him and shows Special guests will be in attendance to ensure that
how music and words create songs that acquire a this will be simply unmissable!
life of their own! Tickets: www.jumprock.co.uk
Tickets: £19.00 (no concessions)
6 Doors and bar open one hour before show start time Box Office: www.qpc.org / 01296 424332 7
Limelight Theatre Limelight Events
June / July
BFI School Study Days
March / April 2020
Tribute
Sat 27 Jun – 7.30pm
Queens Park Arts Centre is working in partnership
Purple Zeppelin with the British Film Institute to help deliver study
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Twice voted Best UK Tribute Act, Purple Zeppelin are days for KS2 students, helping develop their
proud to pay tribute to the two greatest Rock Bands learning through film studies.
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of all time: Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin – together
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Tickets: £15.50 (no concessions)
20 March – ‘Harry, Arrietty, the BFG and Me’
Sat 4 Jul – 8pm Live Music
Unbound
Fri 5 Jun – Sat 10 Jun 3 April – ¡Hola niños!
Theatre The Anchoress
Shakespeare Tour 2020 For more information, including times and
The Anchoress is the moniker of Welsh multi-
Unbound Theatre present a project like no other, as instrumentalist Catherine Anne Davies. Her genre- ticket prices (school bookings only) – please
they produce not one but two classic Shakespeare hopping debut album, ‘Confessions of A Romance see www.qpc.org or call 01296 424332.
plays and tour them to a variety of amazing venues. Novelist’ was named amongst the Guardian critics’
They’ll have ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ and Albums of the Year, drawing on influences as far
‘As You Like It’ in their repertoire, but for some of and wide as Prince, Tori Amos, Roxy Music, The
Shakespeare Tour
the shows they won’t know which one they’ll be Carpenters, and David Bowie.
performing until the audience decides!
Tickets: £15.00 (no concessions)
Tour Dates
Sat 11 Jul – 8pm Unbound Theatre June 2020
Fri 5 Limelight Theatre, 7:30pm (Dream)
Sat 6 Bucks County Museum, 2pm Unbound Theatre presents...
(Audience Choice) As part of our 40th Anniversary celebrations, Unbound Theatre are undertaking a
Sun 7 Nag’s Head, Great Missenden, 4pm ‘Couch Improv’
theatre project like no other on a local scale, as they stage two of Shakespeare’s
(Audience Choice) Put our improvisers through their paces as they
Fri 12 Limelight Theatre, 7:30pm (As You Like It) best-loved plays – A Midsummer Night’s Dream and As You Like It – and tour them
tackle your suggestions for relationship problems
Sat 13 Wendover Woods, 5pm (Audience Choice) - real or imagined. Some problems we will solve… out to a variety of amazing venues, where audiences will get to choose which play
Sun 14 Waddesdon Manor, 2pm others we’ll probably make a great deal worse! they see!
(Audience Choice)
Fri 19 Sunnyhill Barn, Rowsham, 7:30pm
Tickets: £5.00 / £4.00 concessions See page 8 for dates and visit www.qpc.org for times and ticket prices
(Audience Choice) Sat 18 Jul – 8pm Live Music All proceeds contribute to the Centre’s fundraising campaign.
Sat 20 King’s Head, Aylesbury, 2pm
(Audience Choice) Sweet Billy Pilgrim
See www.qpc.org for full details and booking info
As far as underground heroes go, few are more
critically-acclaimed than Mercury Prize-nominated
Blues
Sat 20 June – 8pm Sweet Billy Pilgrim – one of music’s best-kept
secrets.
Catfish
Tickets: £15.00 (no concessions)
UK and British Blues Award winning band Catfish
have carved a reputation for themselves as an
excellent live band with a phenomenal frontman in
24 year old guitarist/vocalist Matt Long who plays
with a real passion for the blues.
Tickets: £10.50 in advance / £12.50 on the door
8 Doors and bar open 1 hour before the show start time For more information please email info@qpc.org or call 01296 424332 9
Unbound
Shakespeare Tour Audio Productions
6 – 20 June
Ten actors. Seven venues. Two plays. One The Unbound Sketchbook (Podcast)
choice! Our Shakespeare ensemble present A fantastically-funny audio show spanning
‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ and ‘As sketches, sitcoms and panel games.
You Like It’ as part of a special ‘audience Available on Soundcloud, Spotify and
choice’ project as part of Queens Park’s 40th iTunes.
Anniversary celebrations. Directed by Dario
Knight. ‘The Caretaker’
See p8 for further details. An audio drama of Pinter’s classic play,
released in Spring 2020 with Calibre Audio
‘The Three Musketeers’ Library.
Sun 5 Jul – Vale Park Info: www.calibre.org.uk
A swashbuckling tale of derring-do, adapted
from Alexander Dumas’ classic novel. Casting & Auditions
Presented as part of Aylesbury Town Council’s
‘Aylesbury-on-Sea’ event. Directed by Erika Community Showcase (Casting Call)
Unbound is our in-house production company and storytelling programme, led by Creative Sanderson. Deadline: 30 Apr
Producer Dario Knight. For more information visit www.facebook.com/unboundtheatre Entry – Free! A very special autumn showcase celebrating
local talent. Actors, writers and directors
The Unbound Sketchbook welcome to contribute to an amazing night
Drama Workshops Theatre Productions ‘Mind the Gap Tour’ of theatre.
From Summer 2020 Email dario@qpc.org to register your
Performing Shakespeare ‘Three Tall Women’ Our comedy team are hitting the road once interest.
with Erika Sanderson 13-14 Mar – Limelight Theatre again, with their latest collection of rib-tickling
2 week course: 17 Mar & 24 Mar, Edward Albee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning sketches – including an explanation of why Pantomime Auditions
7pm – 9:30pm exploration of memory and identity. Directed you really should Mind the Gap on the London 12 Jul & 19 Jul, 11am
Full Course: £10.00 / £8.00 members by Shaun Nolan. Underground... Directed by Gareth Johnson. Come and be part of our epic pantomime
Tickets: £8.50 / £6.50 concessions See www.qpc.org for latest tour dates production – the grand finale of our 40th
Mask & Physical Theatre Anniversary celebrations.
with Erika Sanderson Improv Evenings Email dario@qpc.org for details.
Fri 3 Apr & Sat 11 Jul – Limelight Theatre
2 week course: 12 May & 19 May, Two nights of epic improvised stories and
7pm – 9:30pm games. Directed by Gareth Johnson.
Full Course: £10.00 / £8.00 members Tickets: £5.00 / £4.00 concessions
Script Work with Dario Knight ‘Robin Hood’
2 week course: 14 Jul & 21 Jul, Sun 26 Apr – Bucks County Museum
7pm – 9:30pm A 30-minute retelling of England’s most
Full Course: £10.00 / £8.00 members famous folk hero, as part of Aylesbury Town
Council’s ‘St George’s Day & History Fayre’
Writing Workshops event.
Entry: Free!
Creative Writing with Claire Steele
8 Mar, 5 Apr, 31 May, 28 Jun & 19 Jul Laws of Time
10am – 4pm Sat 2 & Sun 3 May – Aylesbury Town Centre
One-day writing workshops, ideal for all levels Professor Chronomier is back for another
of experience. interactive immersive play celebrating
£18.00 / £15.00 members per session Aylesbury’s history, commissioned by
Aylesbury Town Council.
Info: www.aylesburytowncouncil.gov.uk
10 Contact dario@qpc.org or call 01296 424332 for more details Contact dario@qpc.org or call 01296 424332 for more details 11
Weekly Workshops Weekly Workshops
Pottery & Sculpture Painting & Drawing
Monday Thursday Monday Wednesday
Pottery for Adults with Disabilities Tutored Sessions Life Drawing & Painting Untutored Painting & Drawing
with Tony Tomblin 10:00am – 12:30pm: with Jenny Hay 9:30am – 1:30pm with Anne Bennison
10:00am – 12:30pm 7:00pm – 9:30pm: with Charlie Butters Info: 01296 624708. 10:00am – 12:30pm
£10.00 £8.50 / £6.50 members per session Fees: see our website £8.50 / £6.50 members
Check our website for current availability. Check with Centre for availability
Friday Oil Painting with Michael Navarro
Pottery for Beginners 7:00pm – 9:30pm
Thursday
with Elizabeth Browning Untutored Sessions £8.50 / £6.50 members
1:00pm – 3:00pm 10:00am – 12:30pm Drawing & Painting
£8.50 / £6.50 members 1:30pm – 4:00pm Tuesday with Brenda Hurley
£8.00 / £6.00 members per session 10:00am – 12:30pm
Tuesday Open Art Studio Untutored £9.50 / £7.50 members
10:00am – 12:30pm Check with Centre for availability
Tutored Sessions Untutored Sessions 1:30pm – 4:00pm
10:00am – 12:30pm: with Helen Neighbour £8.00 / £6.00 members per session
2:00pm – 4:30pm with Joyce Hill
Our Pottery & Glaze studios are available Saturday
for untutored sessions during the week.
7:00pm – 9:30pm with Jane Dow Availability changes depending on room NEW! Life Drawing for Life Drawing & Painting
£8.50 / £6.50 members usage – please see www.qpc.org for Beginners & Teens Untutored
latest with Josephine Whitfield 10:00am – 12:30pm
Ages 15+: 4:15pm – 6:15pm
Wednesday 15 Feb, 3 Mar, 10 Mar
Info: 01296 589 806
£12.00 (inc model fee)
Tutored Sessions Full Course: £17.00 / £15.00 members
10:00am – 12:30pm: with Gill Brown
1:30pm – 4:00pm: with Jeanne & Ron Upton Life Drawing Untutored Short Courses
7:00pm – 9:30pm: with Patrick Hayward (Facilitated by Graham Brant)
For details of Leila Ward’s three-week
£8.50 / £6.50 members per session 7:00pm – 9:30pm
courses in painting & drawing, please
£10.00 / £8.00 members (inc model fee)
see p22.
Student Rate: £6.00
12 For full details visit www.qpc.org or call 01296 424332 For full details visit www.qpc.org or call 01296 424332 13
Weekly Workshops Weekly Workshops
Music & Singing Drama, Dance & Wellbeing
Monday Guitar Club Monday Thursday
with Nicola Gray & Chris Yoxall
Gorgeous Recorders 7:30pm – 9:30pm Belly Dance Classes Yoga & Mindfulness
Untutored (facilitated by Nigel Pritchard) Info: christopheryoxall@outlook.com / with Barefoot Studios with Hannah Rogers
10:00am – 12:00pm nicolaegray@hotmail.com 7:00pm – 8:00pm: Beginners 5:30pm – 6:45pm
£6.00 £8.50 / £6.50 members 8:00pm – 9:00pm: Intermediate £7.00 / £5.00 members
9:00pm – 9:45pm: Anuket Rehearsal
Tuesday Musical Theatre Choir Info: 07963407725 / barefootdee@live.co.uk Book Club (Monthly) with Laura Franklin
with Ashley Turner £5.50 / £5.00 members 7:30pm – 9:00pm
Sing with a Big Voice 7:30pm – 9:00pm Contact Centre for dates and titles.
with Maria Scobey Info: musicaltheatrechoir@gmail.com Tuesday £5.00
8:00pm – 9:00pm Full Term (13 weeks): £72.00
Info / Fees: 07708040011 / abigvoice@hotmail. 2-week Trial: £11.00 (deductible from Jigsaw Theatre Friday
co.uk / www.abigvoice.co.uk termly rate) for adults with disabilities
1:00pm – 3:30pm: Ages 18+ Yoga & Mindfulness
Info: 07866037708 / www.jigsawtheatre.org.uk with Hannah Rogers
Wednesday Thursday
10:00am – 11:00am
Beginners Jazz Group Good Vibrations Choir Drama for Adults £7.00 / £5.00 members
with Parkinson’s UK We will be running various drama courses this
with Rick Atkins
season – see p.10 for details.
2:00pm – 4:30pm 6:00pm – 7:00pm Sunday
Info: 07960985188 / ratkins161@gmail.com Info: aylesburyheroes@gmail.com
£8.00 / £6.00 members 6 classes for £15.00 Wednesday Creative Writing with Claire Steele
See page 21 for details
Beginners Guitar Intermediate Guitar Tai Chi - Qigong with David Lamb
with Steve Marchant with Michael Hidalgo 2:30pm – 3:30pm
7:30pm – 8:30pm 7:30pm – 9:30pm £60 for 10 classes / £9 weekly rate
£3.50 / £3.00 members Info: michael@the-hidalgos.com Info / Bookings: qigongarts@aol.com
£8.50 / £6.50 members
Susan Diane School of Dance
SDSD are based at Queens Park Arts Centre and run a wide variety of dance classes throughout the week.
For a full timetable, and details of fees, please contact susan@susandiane.co.uk / 01296 632 391 or visit
www.susandiane.co.uk
14 For full details visit www.qpc.org or call 01296 424332 For full details visit www.qpc.org or call 01296 424332 15
Weekly Workshops Weekly Workshops
Needlework & Textiles Woodwork & Mixed Crafts
Monday Bobbin Lacemaking Monday Thursday
with Rosemary Masters
Beginner’s Patchwork Woodcarving Mixed Crafts
7:00pm – 9:30pm
with Jean Twyford with Jeremy Turner with Irene Scott
Info: 01296 681 228
2:00pm – 4:30pm 10:00am – 12:30pm 10:00am – 12:30pm
£6.80
£8.50 / £6.50 members 1:00pm – 3:30pm £8.00 / £6.00 members
£12.50 / £10.00 members per session
Tapestry with Ariana Odell Wednesday This workshop must be booked in advance, Woodcarvers Club
5:00pm – 7:00pm contact jeremy.turner155@btinternet.com / Untutored
Advanced Patchwork 07870853473 to book. 10:00am – 12:30pm
£3.50 / £3.00 members
with Jean Twyford £8.00 / £6.00 members
NEW! Knitting Club with Amy Morgan
10:00am – 12:30pm Contemporary Jewellery
7:15pm – 9:15pm
£8.50 / £6.50 members with Susie Upstone Contemporary Jewellery
Check with Centre for availability 10:00am – 1:00pm with Susie Upstone
9, 16, 23 Mar – Knitted / Crochet Hat
4, 11, 18 May – Knitted Shawl £13.00 7:00pm – 9:00pm
Bobbin Lacemaking £10.00
Each Course: £45 / £40 members
with Rosemary Masters
Contact the Centre for info on what to bring
7:00 – 9:30pm Tuesday
Info: 01296 681 228 Volunteer!
Tuesday £6.80 Woodwork: Learn to Turn & Make If you’ve got a passion for art and craft, why
Whatever You Want! not start up your own workshop to pass on
Seed Bead Jewellery with Denise
Walker Thursday with Rose Miller your skills and enthusiasm? Email carlotta@
7:00pm – 9:30pm qpc.org or call 01296 424332 for more info.
10:00am – 12:00pm
Snippit & Sew £8.00 / £6.00 members
£8.50 / £6.50 members
with Audrey Blencowe-Bunton
10:00am – 12:30pm
Pretty Stitchers with Annie Cooper £8.50 / £6.50 members
2:00pm – 4:00pm
Info: annie@littlediggers.com Some workshops have limited spaces. For full details about all of our
Bobbin Lacemaking
£3.50
with Rosemary Masters workshops, and to check current availability, visit www.qpc.org or
2:00pm – 4:00pm call 01296 424332.
Crochet with Amy Morgan Info: 01296 681 228
7:00pm – 9:00pm If you’re interested in starting a workshop please contact
£6.00
£5.00 / £4.50 members
01296 424332 / info@qpc.org
16 For full details visit www.qpc.org or call 01296 424332 For full details visit www.qpc.org or call 01296 424332 17
Special Workshops Special Workshops
Sunday Specials Sunday Specials
Sunday 15th March using the raku method of firing. Fiddle Workshop Copper Foiled Glass
Bring 4-6 bisque-fired pieces to fire on the day with Nigel Walker with Caroline Kearsey
10am-4pm
Knitting & Crochet – Bags & Rags 10am-1pm Learn copper foiling in a fun and relaxed
All workshops £45 / £40 members (unless Suitable for fiddle players wishing to develop atmosphere to produce Summer-themed
with Jaz Cooper
otherwise stated) their playing and violinists wanting insight for decorative items. Please wear closed
Bring your junk and jaz it up - make plastic
A Little Nest of Owls bags into “plarn”, strip old sheets into rag-yarn interpretation. toed shoes.
with Pippa North and then crochet/knit something new with it. £25.00 / £20 members £10 for materials payable to tutor on the day.
Try your hand at the addictive process of No previous experience necessary. Blacksmithing with Nicky Packham Pottery Throwing with Charlie Butters
needle felting. We will make a nest and a trio Visit a practising workshop to learn and refine Learn the basic principles of throwing clay to
of adorable little owls. Makes a beautiful gift.
Willow Garden Props
with Anita Osborne the art of blacksmithing. make cylinders (the basis of most pots).
£5 for materials payable to tutor on the day. Class takes place in Milton Keynes. Call Centre £60 / £55 members
Create a willow garden structure to adorn
Scented Soaps for Mother’s your raised bed and support those climbing for address. Clay included, plus firing and glazing for
Day & Easter blooms. Bring secateurs, gloves and an apron. one pot.
with Helen Neighbour £10 for materials payable to tutor on the day. Sunday 14th June Make a String Picture
Create wonderfully fragrant and lovely 10am-4pm with Jeremy Turner
looking handmade soaps. A step on from the
Copper Foiled Glass
with Caroline Kearsey All workshops £45 / £40 members (unless Glue down a string design onto a board, apply
introduction workshop, but is still suitable for wrinkled aluminium foil, then paint in
Learn copper foiling in a fun and relaxed otherwise stated)
beginners. the spaces with glass paints.
atmosphere to produce Spring-themed
Additional materials purchasable on the day.
decorative items. Please wear closed
Flower Fairy
with Pippa North Lino Printing with Josephine Whitfield
Handbuilding with Clay toed shoes.
Using a mixture of techniques, including wet Enjoy a workshop on the theme of fresh and
with William Rolls £10 for materials payable to tutor on the day. packaged food. Draw from life and create a
felting a flower hat, create a beautiful little
Discover a variety of techniques to create your design in colour. Learn how to add text to the
own animal sculpture. Suitable for complete
The Bee with Korry’s Little Shop wooden fairy. Please bring special materials,
Come and stitch this goldwork Bee. Learn how embellishments and a sewing kit if you printing plate as it prints backwards.
beginners.
to handle the goldwork wires and create a pair have one.
Please bring images for inspiration.
of detached wings. £5 for materials payable to tutor on the day.
Pottery - Raku Firing £16 for materials payable to tutor on the day.
with Charlie Butters
Discover how to create amazing glaze effects
18 Please check with Centre for Sunday opening times www.qpc.org info@qpc.org 01296 424332 19Special Workshops Special Workshops
Sunday Specials Sunday Specials
Introduction to Silk Shading Sunday 19th July Develop your own Fragrance & Junk Modelling Workshop
with Korry’s Little Shop 10am-4pm Design your Soaps with Nicky Packham
Learn this dazzling embroidery technique with with Helen Neighbour Discover how to weld and bolt junk metal
a simple but effective pink camellia design. All workshops £45 / £40 members (unless Take your soap making to another level in this together into your very own sculpture.
£10 for materials payable to tutor on the day. otherwise stated) workshop, where you will have the opportunity Bring £10 - £20 with you for purchase of scrap
Pottery Throwing with Charlie Butters to create your own personalised fragrance and metals.
Blacksmithing design your own beautiful handmade soap. Class takes place in Milton Keynes. Call Centre
with Nicky Packham Learn the basic principles of throwing clay to
make cylinders (the basis of most pots). Additional materials purchasable on the day. for address.
Visit a practising workshop to learn and refine
the art of blacksmithing. £60 / £55 members Leatherwork – A Right Handful
Class takes place in Milton Keynes. Call Centre Clay included, plus firing and glazing for one with Elizabeth Bond Creative Writing
for address. pot. Prepare the leather and linings then learn how with Claire Steele
Clay Heads with Josephine Whitfield to saddle stitch a vibrant simple hand bag or
Horsehair & Feather Raku messenger style bag. 8 Mar, 5 Apr, 31 May, 28 Jun & 19 Jul
Workshop Create a clay head on a polystyrene mould.
£30-£35 for materials payable to tutor on 10am-4pm
with Helen Neighbour & Jane Dow Every head tells a story, so come along with 10am – 4pm
some ideas! the day.
Use items like horse hair, feathers, sugar One-day writing workshops, ideal for writers of
and other flammable items, to create a 3D Embroidery all levels of experience looking to discover and
decorative effect. Summer Specials – with Korry’s Little Shop develop their skills.
Bring 4-6 piece of bisque-fired work on Take your embroidery skills further, using £18 / £15 members (per session)
the day. Contact Centre for pre-workshop 18th-19th July unusual techniques and threads to create an
information. 10am-4pm amazing 3D piece.
£5 for materials payable to tutor on the day.
All workshops £90 / £80 members
Kachina Dolls Places must be booked in advance.
Butterfly Blessings Book with Jeremy Turner
with Pippa North All Sunday Special Workshops are
Shape and carve a Hopi Kachina doll from
Wet felt a beautiful cover for a gratitude or
wood then mount it on a base, paint it and add suitable students for aged 16+
mindful book. Fill with watercolour pages and
decorations.
stitch together. We will paint the edges of the For full details about each of these
pages and add a touch of gold. Needle felt a workshops please visit www.qpc.org
beautiful blue butterfly to adorn your cover. or call 01296 424332
£10 for materials payable to tutor on the day.
20 Please check with Centre for Sunday opening times For full information: www.qpc.org / info@qpc.org / 01296 424332 21Special Workshops Special Workshops
Adult Art Courses Adult Art Courses
Painting & Drawing Courses Beginners Watercolours – Part 1 Watercolour – Summer Plant Creative Walks
with Leila Ward 26 Feb, 4, 11 Mar, 10:30am-12:30pm 12 Jun, 10:30am-12:45pm New for 2020!
20, 27 Mar, 3 Apr, 1:30pm-3:30pm These single-session classes are ideal for
those with some experience looking to
Portrait Drawing Beginners Watercolours – Part 2 broaden their watercolour skills. Wendover Woods
24, 31 Jul & 7 Aug, 10:30am-1:00pm 22, 29 Apr, 6 May, 10:30am-12:30pm 28 Jun, 10am-1pm
Info: leila_ward@msn.com
24 Apr, 1, 15 May, 10:30am-12:30pm
Beginners Acrylics – Part 1 Each class: £18 / £12 members (materials Ashridge Estate
5, 12, 19 Jun, 1:30pm-3:30pm
28 Feb, 6, 13 Mar, 1:30pm-3:30pm included) 12 Jul, 10am-1pm
20, 27 Mar, 3 Apr, 10:30am-12:30pm These three-week courses are ideal for anyone These creative walking workshops aim to
3, 10, 17 Jun, 10:30am-12:30pm with a passion for drawing and painting, and Pottery Summer School engage the local community in a range of
cover everything you need to know to get With Helen Neighbour artistic pursuits. Linking nature with creativity,
Beginners Acrylics – Part 2 these walks are led by experienced tutors and
24 Apr, 1, 15 May, 1:30pm-3:30pm started. Please bring your own materials.
Suitable for ages 14+ allow students to record their experiences
29 Jul, 5, 12 Aug, 10:30am-12:30pm Making Week: Tue 28 – Fri 31 Jul, 10:30am-
Info: leila_ward@msn.com through either watercolour sketches or digital
Beginners Drawing – Part 1 Each Course: £55 / £50 members 12:30pm photography.
7, 14, 21 Mar, 1:30pm-3:30pm Glazing Day: Sun 27 Sep, 10:30am-12:30pm Info: carlotta@qpc.org
6, 13, 20 Mar, 1:30pm-3:30pm Enjoy the opportunity to create some larger Each Walk: £25 / £20 members
Watercolour Classes interesting hand built pieces, or develop and
Beginners Drawing – Part 2 with Leila Ward practice your throwing skills. The course
8, 15, 22 Jan, 10:30am-12:30pm is ideal for novice potters looking to spend
Pottery Masterclasses
9, 16, 23 Jul, 1:30pm-3:30pm quality time learning additional skills. Cake with Elaine Wells
28 Feb, 6, 13 Mar, 10:30am-12:30pm Watercolour – Spring Flowers included! Wear an apron and bring a packed
25 Apr, 2, 9 May, 1:30pm-3:30pm 1 Apr, 10:30am-12:30pm
lunch! Info: carlotta@qpc.org 25 Apr - Pottery Throwing
8, 15, 22 Jul, 10:30am-12:30pm Watercolour – Night Sky Full Course (incl. glazing): £120 / £100 Demonstration: 10:30am-12:00pm
5 Jun, 10:00am-12:45pm members Workshop: 1:30pm-3:00pm
26 Apr - Pottery Throwing
Demonstration: 10:30am-12:00pm
Workshop: 1:30pm-3:00pm
22 Places must be booked in advance for these courses For full information: www.qpc.org / info@qpc.org / 01296 424332 23Special Workshops Special Workshops
Adult Art Courses Adult Art Courses
23 May – Decorating Ceramics Pottery Throwing with Charlie Butters Knit a Shawl with Amy Morgan Linocut - Peony with Leila Ward
Demonstration: 10:30am-12:00pm 24 Feb, 2, 9 Mar, 7:00pm-9:00pm 9, 16, 23 Mar, 7:15pm-9:15pm 14 Aug, 10:30am-1:30pm
Workshop: 1:30pm-3:00pm 20, 27 Apr, 4 May, 7:00pm-9:00pm Choose from a selection of three patterns Discover how to use linocut tools to create
21, 28 Mar, 4 Apr, 1:30pm-3:30pm and customise with your preferred colours. your very own unique design inspired by a
24 May – Decorating Ceramics 27 Jun, 4, 11 Jul, 1:30pm-3:30pm Students will need to know how to knit and beautiful flower!
Demonstration: 10:30am-12:00pm An opportunity to work with an experienced purl but all other skills will be taught. Bring Info: leila_ward@msn.com
Workshop: 1:30pm-3:00pm tutor to learn the key principles of throwing materials with you. £18 / £12 members (materials included)
cylinders at the potters’ wheel. Full Course: £45 / £40 members
Local ceramicist Elaine Wells – who appeared
on the acclaimed TV series ‘The Great Pottery
Each Course: £70 / £60 members Therapeutic Art Course
Knit / Crochet a Hat with Amy Morgan For adults with learning disabilities or
Throwdown’ will be joining us for a series
Pottery Hand Building Pinch Pots 4, 11, 18 May, 7:15pm-9:15pm autism
of masterclasses, exploring the throwing
& Coil with Helen Neighbour Choose from a selection of patterns and
and decoration processes of pottery. In the customise with your preferred colours.
morning Elaine will give a talk, demonstrating
29 Feb, 7, 14 Mar, 2:00pm-4:00pm Therapeutic Art Course
Suitable for knitters and crocheters. You will with Talkback Nclude
her own techniques; then in the afternoon Pottery – Textures & Patterns in need to know the basics of each craft but all
students will be able to attend a workshop will 6-week Course: 26 Feb – 1 Apr,
Hand Building with Helen Neighbour other skills will be taught. Bring materials 1:00pm-3:00pm
Elaine and have a go themselves! 6, 13, 20 Jun, 2:00pm-4:00pm with you. This course is for adults with learning
Each Demonstration / Workshop: £15 / £10 These two courses are perfect for anyone Full Course: £45 / £40 members disabilities or autism, and aims to provide
members (£30 / £20 to attend a full day) interested in handbuilding pottery, and explore students with opportunities to explore and
Spaces are limited – book early to avoid both the techniques of make ceramics and the Life Drawing for Beginners & Teens express themselves through art, using a range
disappointment. various ways of decorating them. with Josephine Whitfield
of different materials such as paints, pastels
Each Course: £60 / £50 members 25 Feb, 3, 10 Mar, 4:15pm-6:15pm
and pencils etc.
Learn the key skills of drawing a life model,
Beginners Classes Full Course: £60 per term (£10 per session)
Learn to Knit with Amy Morgan with guidance from an experienced tutor.
Bookings must be made via Talkback www.
Discover a new hobby! 24 Feb, 7:15pm-9:15pm Perfect for art students looking for more
talkback-nclude.com
27 Apr, 7:15pm-9:15pm experience or complete beginners wanting to
Woodcarving with Jeremy Turner This class covers the basics of hand knitting; try a new skill.
29 Feb, 7, 14 Mar, 1:30pm-3:30pm with these simple techniques you can go on Full Course: £17 / £15 members
6, 13, 20 Jun, 1:30pm-3:30pm to knit almost anything! In this session you will
Learn the basics of carving wood, including learn how to cast on, how to knit and purl, and
the design and creation process, how to how to cast off. You will need to bring 5mm
choose the type of wood and how to look knitting needles, DK or aran weight yarn.
after your carving tools! Each Class: £15 / £10 members
Each Course: £60 / £50 members
24 Places must be booked in advance for these courses For full information: www.qpc.org / info@qpc.org / 01296 424332 25Children’s Weekly Workshops Creative Opportunities
Family Workshop
‘Naturally Creating Together’
with Pippa North
3rd, 10th & 17th July, 10am-12pm
Aimed at families with young children, we will
explore a range of natural, sustainable and
recycled materials including paints, clay and
Workshops for Young People felt. A wonderful opportunity to experiment
with a different material every week, using
unusual and sensorial resources.
Tuesday Theatre for Young People
with Pete Benson Entry: £12 / £10 members per session
Yoga & Mindfulness Ages 9-14: 6:00pm – 7:30pm (per child, adults go free)
with Helena Legg £3.50 / £3.00 members All children must be accompanied
Ages 11+: 4:15pm – 5:15pm
£3.00 / £2.50 members by an adult.
First session is free! Saturday
Life Drawing Saturday Maker’s Club
with Josephine Whitfield For ages 7-11
See p25 for details. First Session: 10.00am – 11.00am
Second Session: 11.30am – 12.30pm Susan Diane
Music Theory Classes
with TheMES
Mixed Ability, Ages 7+: 4:15pm – 5:00pm
A chance to explore all manner of artistic
disciplines. See www.qpc.org for the timetable School of Dance
of activities.
Info / fees: the-mes@outlook.com Queens Park Arts Centre is proud to be the
(Please note parents will need to stay on site if
children are attending both sessions).
home of the Susan Diane School of Dance.
Sing with a Big Voice
with Maria Scobey Pottery sessions are ‘Making Only’ – additional
Ages 8-16: 7:15pm-8:00pm Glaze Sessions (for 1 large piece or 2-3 small SDSD is a fully-registered dance school
Info / Fees: 07708040011 / abigvoice@hotmail. pieces – at tutor’s discretion) will be held founded in 1975. The school’s qualified
co.uk / www.abigvoice.co.uk during the year. See www.qpc.org for details. teachers lead classes for students of all ages,
£5.00 / £4.00 members per session teaching Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Modern Theatre,
Wednesday *Ages 5+ may attend the 10am crafts session
Acro, Street and Musical Theatre.
There will be no Maker’s Club on 22 Feb, 11
Sewing for Young People Apr, 18 Apr, 16 May, 30 May Pupils regularly appear in Festivals and
with Barbara Mills Pantomime, raising thousands of pounds for local charities. The school also enters
Ages 10-14: 4:00pm – 5:30pm
students for examinations (ISTD / IDTA) in all genres.
£3.50 / £3.00 members
Find out all about the school and its timetable at www.susandiane.co.uk, or you
Teen Pottery with Charlie Butters can contact the school via office@susandiane.co.uk / 01296 632 391
Ages 13+: 4:30pm – 6:00pm
£3.50 / £3.00 members
26 For full details visit www.qpc.org or call 01296 424332 For full details visit www.qpc.org or call 01296 424332 27Children’s Workshops Children’s Workshops
School Holiday Workshops School Holiday Workshops
All Workshops £24 / £20 members Wed 8 Apr May Half Term Wed 27 May, 10am – 3pm
All workshops are for ages 7+ unless Beginners Pottery Throwing Woodwork – Carve a Relief Panel
otherwise stated. with Fi Chappelle Tue 26 May, 10am – 3pm with Jeremy Turner
Morning Session: 10am – 1pm Tinned Dormouse For ages 9+
Wear an apron and bring a packed lunch!
Afternoon Session: 2pm – 5pm with Pippa North Themed around threatened species – carve a
For ages 9+ Create a little furry friend to live in a tin, always bird, insect or flower (bring a picture with you!)
Easter Holiday Learn the basics of throwing a pot at the there for a cuddle. Recycled materials.
wheel. Thu 28 May, 10am – 3pm
Mon 6 Apr, 10am – 3pm £18 / £15 members Tue 26 May, 10am – 3pm Bluebirds in the Cherry Blossom
Handsome Hens in Hats Pottery Decorative Planters with Pippa North
with Pippa North Wed 8 Apr, 10am – 3pm with Helen Neighbour Our beautiful tissue and paper / foil birds
Hilarious fun – strutty clukky chickens in Easter Woodwork – Carve a Dish For ages 8+ live on a branch decorated with gorgeous
bonnets. Recycled materials. with Jeremy Turner Come and make some funky and fun plant blossoms. Recycled materials.
For ages 9+ pots!
Tue 7 Apr, 10am – 3pm Carve a dish and decorate it with patterns and Thu 28 May, 10am – 3pm
Bodacious Bunnies paints. Wed 27 May Pottery Angels & Fairies
with Pippa North Beginners Pottery Throwing with Helen Neighbour
Awesome Bunnies with attitude, bright & Thu 9 Apr, 10am – 3pm with Fi Chappelle Have fun making your own magical character
beautiful painted princesses. Recycled Woodelf and the Flower Feast Morning Session: 10am – 1pm out of clay.
materials. with Pippa North Afternoon Session: 2pm – 5pm
Our little elves enjoy a party in the woods, For ages 9+ Fri 29 May, 10am – 3pm
Tue 7 Apr, 10am – 3pm create a tiny fairytale. Recycled materials. Learn the basics of throwing a pot at the Little Carpet Baggages
Pottery Decorative Bird Houses wheel. with Pippa North
with Helen Neighbour Thu 9 Apr, 10am – 3pm £18 / £15 members Tiny little furry monsters that live on their own
Have fun making some special homes for birds Pottery Animal Houses piece of carpet. How many can we make?!
to nest it. with Helen Neighbour Recycled materials.
For ages 8+
Make some little comes for the creatures in
your garden, including hedgehogs, voles and
toads!
28 Please check with the Centre for holiday opening times www.qpc.org info@qpc.org 01296 424332 29Children’s Workshops Children’s Workshops
School Holiday Workshops School Holiday Workshops
Summer Holiday Thu 6 Aug, 10am – 3pm Mon 10 Aug, 10am – 3pm
Fri 31 Jul, 10am – 3pm Watercolour for Beginners Pottery Coil Pots & Containers
Mon 27 Jul, 10am – 3pm Friday Festival Fun for Teens – Festival with Leila Ward with Helen Neighbour
Sleeping Selkies Bag with Pippa North For ages 13+ Have fun creating some beautiful un-lidded
with Pippa North For ages 13+ Learn some of the basic watercolour functional pots, jugs and vases.
Create a beautiful decorated Selkie, straight Learn how to wet felt and make a beautiful techniques such as blending, washes, and wet
out of the sea and into a story. Recycled small festival bag in vibrant colours to wear on wet painting. Mon 10 Aug, 10am – 3pm
materials. around your waist on a belt. With beads Pooka and the Puffin with Pippa North
and tassels, your own unique bag to keep Thu 6 Aug, 10am – 3pm Another regular visitor, naughty Pooka has
Tue 28 Jul, 10am – 3pm essentials in. Flamingos Fandango invaded the Puffin’s patch – he’s a very cross
The Victorious Vegetable Shop with with Pippa North bird. Recycled materials.
Pippa North Mon 3 Aug, 10am – 3pm Come with a friend if you want – our amazing
Create your own valiant, valorous, vaporous Big Blue Two large flamingos love to dance – let’s create a Tue 11 Aug
and virtuous little veggy personalities, with Pippa North flamboyance of flamingos. Recycled materials. Beginners Pottery Throwing
bedecked and presented ready to purchase. Save and recycle. Convert a large pot into a with Fi Chappelle
Recycled materials. painted ocean – your very own recycle bin. Fri 7 Aug, 10am – 3pm Morning Session: 10am – 1pm
Friday Festival Fun for Teens – For ages 9+
Thu 30 Jul, 10am – 3pm Tue 4 Aug, 10am – 3pm Festival Tent Marker Learn the basics of throwing a pot
Drawing for Beginners with Leila Ward Cats Go Crabbing with Pippa North at the wheel.
For ages 13+ with Pippa North For ages 13+ £18 / £15 members
Learn key drawing techniques, including Yes – they are still going! For all the fans – our Create a beautiful decorative fish and bird
shading and perspective, shape, form and little friends having seaside fun with a giant pole to mark your tent or carry in a crowd and Tue 11 Aug, 10am – 3pm
texture. Crab. Hurrah! Recycled materials. flutter in the breeze. Do the next workshop and Woodwork - Poupées Sauvages
add gorgeous copper decorations! Recycled with Jeremy Turner
Thu 30 Jul, 10am – 3pm materials. Shape a special doll with Drawknife and
Big Blue with Pippa North Spokeshave, fit arms and legs with Brace and
Create a wonderful painted Blue Whale Bit, and then animate them with string, ribbon,
Flag, with a row of little streamers. Recycled foil, bottle tops and paint.
materials.
30 Please check with the Centre for holiday opening times www.qpc.org info@qpc.org 01296 424332 31Children’s Workshops Children’s Workshops
School Holiday Workshops School Holiday Workshops
Tue 11 Aug, 10am – 3pm Fri 14 Aug, 10am – 3pm Tue 18 Aug, 10am – 3pm Thu 20 Aug, 10am – 3pm
Victorious Vegetables Friday Festival Fun for Teens – (Copper) The Golden Octopus Pottery Octopus Gardens
with Pippa North Festival Fish & Birds with Pippa North with Pippa North with Anna Hayward
Veggies rule! Courageous carrots and For ages 13+ Craft an amazing glittering octopus with a A ceramic underwater scene with an octopus
bombastic beans – let’s make a whole patch! Emboss a little shoal of shimmer copper fish, surprise inside. Curious? Recycled materials. and maybe even a yellow submarine…
Recycled materials. or a trio of birds, attach a garland and welcome
the summer. Recycled materials. Tue 18 Aug, 10am – 3pm Fri 21 Aug, 10am – 3pm
Wed 12 Aug, 10am – 3pm Pottery Tree Houses with Anna Hayward Pottery Birds of Paradise
Pottery Owls Fri 14 Aug, 10am – 3pm Time to go on a tree-top adventure by creating with Anna Hayward
with Helen Neighbour Pottery Castles & Temples your very own clay woodland hideaway. Create an opulent bird with fancy feathers.
Come and have a bit of a hoot making a fun with Anna Hayward
and friendly owl. Taking inspiration from real life buildings, Wed 19 Aug, 10am – 3pm
create your very own clay castle or temple. Pottery Underwater World Wall Plaque All Workshops £24 / £20 members unless
Thu 13, 10am – 3pm with Helen Neighbour otherwise stated
Acrylics for Beginners Mon 17 Aug, 10am – 3pm For ages 8+ Pottery workshop fees include bisque firing.
with Leila Ward Pottery Creative Dishes Create a beautiful underwater seascape that Places must be booked in advance.
For ages 13+ with Helen Neighbour can be decorated so it will look beautiful on Summer Workshop Discounts
Learn the basic techniques of painting with Have fun creating a dish, which you can your wall
Sibling Discount – book two siblings onto the
acrylics, including colour mixing, washes, and decorate with a variety of creatures and
same class and get £2 off the second booking
impasto. designs. Thu 20 Aug, 10am – 3pm
Little Red in a Forest Bag Multi-Workshop Discount – book two
Thu 13 Aug, 10am – 3pm Mon 17 Aug, 10am – 3pm with Pippa North workshops and get the third half price.
Silky Sloth and the Happiness Tree Beautiful Buzzies Upcycle a couscous bag into a forest and re- Only one discount applies per booking –
with Pippa North with Pippa North imagine Red, Wolf and Grandma. Recycled discounts applicable when booking in person
Our gorgeous little sleepy friend almost loses Are you brave? Try making tiny little bees using materials. or via telephone.
her grip, but our tree is special! Recycled a needle and wool, and a little house for the
materials. real bees. Recycled materials.
32 Please check with the Centre for holiday opening times www.qpc.org info@qpc.org 01296 424332 33Gallery Exhibitions M = Main C = Coffee Bar
Stewart Bowman 16 Mar – 30 Mar M
A rare chance to see drawings paintings and stained glass by renowned local
stained glass artist Stewart Bowman, who died in January 2019 .
The Kaleidoscope Club 6 Jun – 21 Jun C
Birchwood Painters 2 Mar – 23 Mar C
Art group based at the Chilterns MS Centre, a charity for those affected by
Ten years on and still going strong, the Birchwood Painters are back with their
Multiple Sclerosis.
Stewart Bowman vibrant, thought-provoking and inspirational work.
Helen Jauregui 30 Mar – 27 Apr M ‘The Joy of Making’ 29 Jun – 27 Jul M
Helen’s work celebrates the darker side of nature. Her exhibition showcases The culmination of a special outreach project, led by Pippa North in six
photography and detailed ink drawings, all carefully observed and with a hint Buckinghamshire primary schools, funded by the Rothschild Foundation.
of the macabre.
Ben Hetherington 22 Jun – 27 Jun C
TalkBack 6 Apr – 12 Apr C
Ben Hetherington
‘Flower Paintings’ –the culmination of a year-long project painting flowers at
An exhibition that showcases the benefits of Therapeutic Arts. Exploring a wide Lindengate, Wendover.
range of techniques involved in helping people build confidence, and alternative
Helen Jauregui ways to express how they are feeling.
Our Gallery Shop
Learning Through The Arts 20 Apr – 18 May C selling beautiful local,
‘The Windrush: Stories, Reminiscences and Recollections’ - the story of handcrafted Arts &
Windrush migrants, the first mass migration from the Caribbean to Britain. Crafts. Perfect for gifts
Wednesday Morning Art Group 27 Apr – 11 May M & cards or just because
you like it.
Diverse subject matter reflecting the relaxed atmosphere enjoyed by this
friendly art group which encourages creativity from all abilities.
Imagez Photography Imagez Photography 11 May – 1 Jun M
Amazing photographic prints showing the diversity of skill and talent within the
locality. Portraits, landscapes, wildlife and abstract alike make a display not to
be missed.
David Chasey 19 May – 5 Jun C
Following a stroke in 1999 painting played a significant part in David’s recovery.
He works in acrylics, oils and pen and ink. His subject matter reflects his love
for transport, music and portraiture.
Korry’s Little Shop
Alexandra Rendel-Short 1 Jun – 5 Jun M
‘Impressions’ - a series of monoprints (or ‘impressions’) of native Australian
leaves using black ink on canvas and fabric, reflecting the artist’s life as a child
in Queensland.
Bucks Art Weeks 2020
Korry’s Little Shop 6 Jun – 20 June M
Embroiderer Loetitia Gibier is passionate about colour and nature. Her detailed
work is inspired by nature.
Pottery Group Wednesday Morning Pottery Class 6 Jun – 20 June M
‘Diversity in Clay’ - showcasing the different styles and techniques of eight
QPAC attendees.
34 To exhibit please contact us via info@qpc.org / 01296 424332 www.qpc.org info@qpc.org 01296 424 332 35Creative Opportunities Facilities
WanderHouse
The WanderHouse is Queens Park Arts Centre’s
flagship community outreach project initially
funded by the Arts Council of England.
Led by interdisciplinary artist Pippa North, the
WanderHouse aims to inspire young artists by
giving them access to high-quality tailor-made arts
and crafts experiences. This has led to creative
collaborations with local schools and youth groups,
ranging from single workshops to whole-school
projects resulting in unique art installations inspired Coffee Bar
and created by the school community
If you would like the WanderHouse to come The Coffee Bar is open throughout the day Art Shop
to your school or community setting, contact for workshop students. We’re also open to
Sarah Lewis via sarah@qpc.org / 01296 424332. the general public Monday – Friday from We stock a range of art supplies, including
10am – 5pm. We serve teas and fresh paper and sketchbooks, paints and
Our thanks to the Rothschild Foundation for their
coffee, sandwiches, paninis, soup, snacks, charcoal, pottery tools, pencils, inks and
support of ‘The Joy of Making’ and our collaboration
with six Bucks primary schools in 2020. fresh fruit and cold drinks, as well as treats other stationary. If you need a specific item
like ice cream! The bar is also licensed to just ask a member of staff.
sell alcohol during performances at the
Limelight Theatre.
Craft Parties Fundraising Room Hire
Celebrate special occasions such as birthdays, stag and hen parties or anniversaries There are all sorts of great ways you We have fully-equipped rooms suitable
by getting creative at one of our Craft Parties. can support the Centre’s ongoing for classes, conferences, meetings and
We cater to all ability levels and tailor parties to partygoer’s interests, offering a range of fundraising campaign, including through rehearsals. The Limelight Theatre is also
artistic disciplines to choose from, including pottery and art & craft. Parties last two-hours, such initiatives as the Vale Lottery, and available to hire for performances. Prices
are led by an experienced tutor and cater to groups of up to 12 people, aged 6+. The Giving Machine. For more information start from £17 per hour plus VAT. For more
please contact Sarah Lewis information please contact Carlotta Tonello
For a full list of options and prices, contact Carlotta Tonello via carlotta@qpc.org or
– sarah@qpc.org – carlotta@qpc.org
call 01296 424332.
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