PAINT GARSTANG
What a wonderful day we had for the ‘en plein air event’ on Saturday the 3rd Sept.
Artists from Blackburn and, as far afield as Wakefield, together with our own local painters, set up easels in their chosen locations and produced some amazing pictures.
Judge Daniel Sharples commented on the very high standard of the work. The 1st prize of £300 was won by Simon Blackley with his painting of Garstang High St. 2nd prize winner Rachel Crawshaw chose the Farmers Arms pub as the subject for her entry and Rod Walmsley won 3rd prize of £50 with his delightful study of the Wyre river bank.
The artists have been invited to enter their paintings in the Open Competition/Exhibition to be held at Garstang Arts Centre commencing on Tuesday 10th Jan 2023 when the artwork will be available for sale.
Visitors to the town were enthusiastic in their praise for our lovely market town; some
taking the opportunity to “browse specialists shops and take refreshments at a lovely
choice of pubs and cafes including sampling the Arts Centre fabulous cakes and brews”. Thanks must also go Garstang’s own Ukulele Band for giving the
town a real buzz and creating such a feel-good atmosphere. Garstang Camera Club were also out & about capturing the high spots of the day – look out for their forthcoming exhibition. We hope to repeat the event next year.
Sheila Tearle Tel: 01995 603816
OCTOBER EXHIBITION
We welcome a new artist to the Arts Centre for our next exhibition – Mick Mulcahy
Mick is a visual artist living in Longridge; preferring to using acrylic in a style which attempts to fuse the genres of Impressionism, Divisionism and Fauvism.
He does however enjoy using pastels due to their tactility and the spontaneity they tend to generate. Mick’s work is inspired from roaming the woodlands around the Ribble Valley, climbing the hills of the Yorkshire Dales and trekking the coastal paths of North Yorkshire.
The exhibition opens on Tuesday 27th September through to Thursday 20th October.
Sheila Tearle Tel: 01995 603816
Garstang Musical Productions
Tickets are selling fast for “Calendar Girls”, 5th to 8th October but there’s still time to buy. Evening shows start at 7:30pm and a Saturday matinee starting at 2pm. £12.50 per ticket. It’s a fantastic musical based on the infamous WI calendar. Book online at
Garstangmusicalproductions.sumup.link or call Rebecca 07985 372234
Poetry Group
Women Poets of the World by Margaret Gaade
For more information contact Marie Whalley 01995 603605
Beginners Ukulele Workshop
November 5th, 1-7pm, Garstang Arts Centre
We will be running a workshop for complete beginners in the afternoon of the first Saturday in November. The cost will be £45 which includes a soprano ukulele worth £45.
We hope that at the end of this workshop you will have a beginning understanding of
how to play 4/5 chords,
how to move between the chords,
how to play 3/4 songs, and
the basic structure of 12 bar blues
If at the end of the workshop you feel that playing the ukulele is not for you, we would refund your fee and take back the ukulele.
Places will be limited to 6 people so booking and payment in advance are essential.
Please contact Bob Sapey on 07985 713961 or bobsapey@gmail.com
http://www.garstangukulelegroup.co.uk
The Book Club
A short piece this month as our meeting comes after the publication of ‘The Green Book’. I’m looking forward to discussing our recommended book ‘Hamnet’ and also any biography that the group have chosen to read.
This is probably a good opportunity to tell you a little about our group. We meet on the second Tuesday of the month at 10.30. We usually have two books for the month suggested by members of the group, which we discuss, and then also talk about similar books of that genre or by the same author.
There usually follows a general discussion about other books that we’ve read and then we decide on two recommended readings for the next meeting. Not everyone manages to read the recommended books but there’s always plenty of discussion. The only qualification you need to join us is a love of reading!
For further information contact: Linda 07795064266 or Sandra 01995603436
Songbirds
– singing for pleasure, we meet Mondays, 1.30 – 3.30pm in the Art Centre.
Further information Avril 01995 602904
Woolcraft
Do you like all things woolly? Did you start knitting/crocheting/felting in Lockdown. We could be just the group for you to join. We inspire and learn from each other, working on our own things and sometimes on local projects. We are very friendly and informal.
We meet on Tuesday 7-9pm and/or Friday 2-4pm. Everyone welcome. There will also be tea and biscuits.
Contact: Sue Lowe (01995) 601831
Scrabble Group
The Scrabble Group meet on Tuesday afternoons at the Arts Centre 2.00pm to 3.30pm. Everyone welcome.
Jean Mavin 07501704385
Needlework Group
We meet in the Arts Centre on Wednesday mornings from 10am to 12 noon. If you enjoy knitting, crochet, embroidery, patchwork, applique or would like to learn, do come and join this friendly, helpful group
w: http://www.garstangartssociety.org.uk
facebook: artcentre.garstang
twitter: ArtsGarstang
Judy Osborne (01995) 600996
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