Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum is our destination for an autumn coach trip! The Ashmolean has a vast and varied collection of art and artifacts along with inspiring exhibitions year round. On 9 October we have a coach leaving The Masons Arms, Mickleover at 8.30 arriving in Oxford mid to late morning. Displayed at the time of our visit is Stanley Donwood’s Radiohead inspired exhibition ‘This Is What You Get’. Tickets required. Free exhibitions include the sculptures, works on paper Hong Kong artist Cheung Yee, sculptures by Daphne Wright ‘Deep Rooted Things’. We have plenty of time to take in the exceptional permanent art collection and also to get out and explore Oxford on foot. Our coach leaves at 4.30pm arriving back at The Masons Arms at around 6.30 depending on traffic. Coach tickets cost £25 for DSC members, (£30 for guests). Book and pay at any session.
On 19 June a coach party of DSC members and guests visited this year’s City of Culture, Bradford. The sun shone for us as we first went to Cartwright Hall located in the beautiful grounds of Lister Park. Along with more modern art we enjoyed an exhibition of David Hockney’s paintings and drawings including some seldom-seen earlier works. There was time to sketch the building and its lovely landscaped grounds before moving on to the UNESCO heritage site, Salts Mill in Saltaire. Money was spent in their art supplies and art book store on the ground floor. Elsewhere within the mill was Hockney’s ’20 Flowers for 2025′ and a textile and audio installation by Ann Hamilton. There was a Burmantofts Pottery exhibition and old photos of the mill in its working heyday. Saltaire was a joy to explore.
On Friday 20th June we welcomed Stephanie Sian Coley as our guest demonstrator. Steph is a very experienced artist and tutor. Within the 2 hours she produced this stunning collage from her imagination using various materials that she collects. She also incorporated art materials, some of which we were unfamiliar with. The demonstration was really inspiring as were the examples of her other types of work which she brought in to show us. Steph is also an accomplished portrait artist and enjoys creating detailed drawings with architectural themes. She was happy to answer questions as she went along and in the break. We’re hoping to see her take part in some of our club sessions in the future.
Well done and thank you to everyone who contributed to our annual Trophy Exhibition in Markeaton Park Craft Village. It was a great show attended by around 500 visitors over the May bank holiday. The standard of work was fantastic. We had some excellent feedback from the public and from our guest judge Jeremy Bournon. Tony Hall’s Self Portrait won the Trophy prize with Highly Commended awards going to: Che Tyrell ‘Waiting for Eddot’, Lesley Griggs ‘The Meadow’, Maggie Percival ‘Someone Likes Tolkien’, Elaine Bainbridge ‘ Path Above Chatsworth’, Tony Deeming ‘Derbyshire Winter’ and Larry South ‘Two Girls Fishing’. Maggie Percival’s ‘Homeward Bound’ won the Visitors Choice Award.
We sold some artworks and many, many greetings cards!
Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum is our destination for an autumn coach trip! The Ashmolean has a vast and varied collection of art and artifacts along with inspiring exhibitions year round. On 9 October we have a coach leaving The Masons Arms, Mickleover at 8.30 arriving in Oxford mid to late morning. Displayed at the time of our visit is Stanley Donwood’s Radiohead inspired exhibition ‘This Is What You Get’. Tickets required. Free exhibitions include the sculptures, works on paper Hong Kong artist Cheung Yee, sculptures by Daphne Wright ‘Deep Rooted Things’. We have plenty of time to take in the exceptional permanent art collection and also to get out and explore Oxford on foot. Our coach leaves at 4.30pm arriving back at The Masons Arms at around 6.30 depending on traffic. Coach tickets cost £25 for DSC members, (£30 for guests). Book and pay at any session.
