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Westbury Arts Centre
3 days ago2 min read
Celebrating Unity and Light: A Special Holiday Card for Milton Keynes by Farina Noorani
Westbury Arts Centre is delighted to share that our Resident Artist, Farina Noorani, was recently commissioned to design a festive card.
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Westbury Arts Centre
May 14, 20242 min read
Westbury Arts Centre studio holder, Asya Duko, exhibits at The Society of Women Artists show in London
Westbury Arts Centre studio holder, Asya Duko, has had her work selected for the second time to be exhibited at The Society of Women Artists
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Westbury Arts Centre
Mar 8, 20242 min read
Connecting Threads…. The power of textile art in celebrating heritage
A project, ‘Connecting Threads’ celebrating the heritages of the Middle Eastern and local communities culminates in an exhibition at...
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Westbury Arts Centre
Jan 10, 20242 min read
Switching on to creating, switching off from work
Regular art classes have given a team from a local company a mental refresh from the pressures of work and also helped them all develop...
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Westbury Arts Centre
Dec 7, 20232 min read
Louis Francis, stone carver at Westbury Arts Centre on BBC TV
Louis Francis, a resident artist at Westbury Arts Centre appears as an expert mentor on the BBC programme ‘Make it at market’. He was on...
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Westbury Arts Centre
Dec 7, 20232 min read
Inspiring students with new murals at Jubilee Wood Primary School
The children at Jubilee Wood Primary School were greeted by an exciting new mural in their playground on the theme of books when they...
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Westbury Arts Centre
Nov 14, 20231 min read
The long walk….with Asya Dudko
Asya Dudko, a resident artist at Westbury Arts Centre, has exhibited one of her relief sculptures 'Long Walk' at the Women in Art Fair at...
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Westbury Arts Centre
Oct 3, 20231 min read
Nicky Hunter – a journey from international textile designer to professional artist and tutor
Nicky Hunter, resident artist at Westbury Arts Centre has had a feature published about her work in the magazine PAINT AND CREATE, a...
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Westbury Arts Centre
Sep 25, 20231 min read
What three words - an inspirational exhibition
Over the weekend of 19-20 August Westbury Arts Centre welcomed over 300 enthusiastic visitors to the Westbury Fabric and Fibre Guild’s...
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Katherine Bull, Westbury Arts Centre
Sep 4, 20232 min read
New to Westbury Arts Centre – Relief Sculpting with Paperclay with an award-winning tutor
You will learn this new creative technique from award-winning tutor, Asya Dudko, who teaches adults and children in Milton Keynes and the...
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Tryphena Foster
Apr 22, 202110 min read
Interview with an artist - Lance Fennell
Lance Fennell is an artist whose work explores the landscape around him and more recently has a focus on his growing concerns with the...
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Tryphena Foster
Jan 28, 202110 min read
Interview with an artist - Joanna Stone
Joanna Stone is a figurative artist and has a studio here at Westbury. During the last 20 years Joanna has exhibited in and around...
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Tryphena Foster
Nov 11, 20207 min read
Interview with an artist: Louis Francis, Stone Carver
Louis Francis is a stonemason and a master letter carver who runs a successful business from his studio at Westbury. Louis carves by hand...
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Tryphena Foster
Sep 30, 20209 min read
Interview with an artist: Julienne Hanson
This month I had the pleasure of catching up with textile artist Julienne Hanson her practice embraces many aspects of contemporary...
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Tryphena Foster
Aug 28, 202010 min read
Interview with an artist: Nicky Hunter
Nicky Hunter is an artist, textile designer and art tutor. She works in the fashion industry creating bespoke designs, runs popular...
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Tryphena Foster
Jul 21, 20206 min read
Interview with an artist: Yvonne Elliott
Yvonne Elliot is a textile artist and became a studio holder at Westbury in 2018 - Yvonne has exhibited at the London and Harrogate...
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Tryphena Foster
Jun 16, 20205 min read
Interview with an artist: Kirsteen Holuj
Kirsteen Holuj has been an artist at Westbury for around 8 years, she describes herself as "a maker of ceramic", although this doesn't...
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