Getting hooked on Calligraphy….
Becca White took the 5-week Calligraphy and Flourishing course at Westbury Arts Centre four times, as she enjoyed it so much. S
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Westbury Arts Centre
Mar 82 min
Ask a busy person….
There is an adage that you should ask a busy person if you want help. And Clare Hill is certainly such a person. Clare, who recently...
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Westbury Arts Centre
Jan 192 min
Painting portraits with award-winning artist and animator Matthew Waruszynski
Learn the art and science of portrait painting from expert Matthew Waruszynski on his 5-session courses at Westbury Arts Centre. Matt...
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Westbury Arts Centre
Jan 102 min
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
Jan 92 min
Want to try your hand at a new craft? Take the plunge with Relief Sculpting course at Westbury Arts Centre
Westbury Arts Centre launched Autumn 2023 a new course in Relief Sculpting in which students use air drying Paperclay to create relief...
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Westbury Arts Centre
Dec 20, 20232 min
Taking your first or improving your brushstrokes in oil with Robin Souter
The flexibility of oil paint has made it a favourite medium for artists for centuries. It can be transparent or textured, in brilliant...
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Westbury Arts Centre
Dec 7, 20232 min
A creative outlet gives respite from a stressful job and caring responsibilities
Claire Bowyer, a former participant on the Mixed Media Sketchbooks workshop says: “I got an amazing sense of achievement and total...
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Westbury Arts Centre
Dec 7, 20232 min
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
Dec 7, 20232 min
Enjoy creating your own art at Westbury Art Club
“I will never be a Picasso but enjoy what I do and feel I have developed with experience over time,” says Bernard Downes, talking about...
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Westbury Arts Centre
Sep 25, 20232 min
"I rediscovered that childlike delight in just making art for the sake of it."
Jo Clarke, a 62-year old grandmother, has many challenges in her day-to-day life. She has caring responsibilities for her mother, who has...
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Westbury Arts Centre
Sep 25, 20232 min
Moving seamlessly from art to engineering
Retired engineer, David Fewell, has found a clear link from his previous career to his current passion for painting. “I think training as...
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Westbury Arts Centre
Sep 4, 20233 min
Calm your mind and create something beautiful with Calligraphy
Christina’s passion for calligraphy started in childhood when she saw her first medieval illuminated manuscript in a cathedral. The neat...
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Westbury Arts Centre
Sep 4, 20232 min
Develop a new skill in lino printing at Westbury Arts Centre
You can create your own striking and vibrant artworks using lino printing at a new evening course at Westbury Arts Centre. Lino prints...
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Katherine Bull, Westbury Arts Centre
Sep 4, 20232 min
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
Jul 9, 20203 min
Printmaking, Secret Postcards & Fairy Tales....
Di Oliver is a printmaker based in Milton Keynes, whose work has been selected for exhibitions in Europe, the US and Japan, we heard...
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Tryphena Foster
Jun 29, 20202 min
Islamic art with Ruqaya
We take a look at Ruqaya Albeaty's Islamic art that she's been working on during lockdown. Islamic art is rich in history and has been...
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Tryphena Foster
Jun 23, 20204 min
Tom Chapple reflects on his journey into art.
At the beginning of the year we put a call out to artists to submit their artwork for Milton Keynes Open 2020, we launched the event in...
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Tryphena Foster
Jun 18, 20201 min
Rhubarb and Cheesecake!
Our very own caretaker and Westbury artist, Frances Fox, is a keen cook and can often be found in the kitchen cooking up various...
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Tryphena Foster
Jun 9, 20202 min
String Art with Sveta....
String art has been around for a while it was first used in the 1800's as a way of teaching Maths, by the 60's and 70's it had changed...
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Tryphena Foster
Jun 2, 20203 min
Wendy & Beryl's Art Club .....
Last week I had the pleasure of talking to Wendy Thompson, I chatted to Wendy about her 85 year old mother, Beryl, and the unexpected...
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