Art in Action

Venue: Art in Action
Waterperry House, Near Wheatley
OXFORD OX33 1JZ

Website: www.artinaction.org.uk

Tel: 020 7381 3192

Date/time: 16-19 July 2009, open 10am-5.30pm daily

Tickets: Adults £15 (Booked online £14.00)
Senior citizens £12 (Booked online £11.00)
Concessions £7 (Booked online £6.00)
Child (9-17 years) £5 (Booked online £4.00)
Under-9s free
Family and season tickets available

Car parking free
Party rates for pre-booked minibuses and a limited number of coaches by arrangement – contact the office (020 7381 3192) in advance.

Note to editors
Art in Action has an extensive photo library available for the press – please telephone or email your requirements.

Further information
Press contact: Anna Arthur
artinactionpress@googlemail.com

Textile Kaleidoscope

Textile Kaleidoscope is an established event.  An Exhibition of Embroidery and Beadwork with associated traders. 

17th 18th July 2009

St Peter's School, Holdenhurst Avenue, Iford, Bournemouth,BH7 6RG
Open each day from 10 - 4

Further details from
01258 840931 / 01202 475113

Eastleigh College Exhibition

Always worth a visit, it's almost time for the Eastleigh College Textile exhibition.  Displays of Embroidery and Patchwork and Quilting will be on view, and the standard is very high.  Traders too, so well worth the visit.  Entrance is free and so too is parking.

Venue: 
 Eastleigh College Cranbury Annexe, Cranbury Road, Eastleigh, Hampshire.

Dates: 
Thursday 2nd July 6pm - 8pm  Shop open
Friday 3rd July 10am - 4pm  Shop open
Saturday 4th July 10am - 1pm  NO SHOP

Missenden Abbey, Summer School

Follow the link to a variety of week long textile courses available at Missenden Abbey's Summer School during July and August 2009. 

Oxford Summer School

27th July - 2nd August
Oxford Summer School - Oxon
An annual event offering a wide range of art and craft courses, including Machine Embroidery with Linda Miller, Contemporary Quilting with Pat Deacon, Modern Knitting with Susette Palmer and Ply-Split Braiding with Julie Hedges. For further details view the website: www.oxfordsummerschool.com or contact Liz Bryant on 01993 704345, alternatively e-mail: oxfordsummerschool@talktalk.net

Stitchfest 2009, Ardingly, W Sussex

18th July
South East Region
Stitchfest 2009 is taking place at the South of England Centre, Ardingly, West Sussex. The doors are open 10.00am - 4.00pm. There will be exhibitions by Branches on the theme "Recreate, Reinvent and Recycle" for the 21st Century. Over 20 stitch related traders will be present, along with workshops, demonstrations and the Madeira Secret Garden project.
A great day out! Tickets cost £5.00 from 01372 372206.

Smocks and Smocking, Whitchurch, Hampshire

Whitchurch Silk Mill, 28 Winchester Street, Whitchurch, Hampshire RG28 7AL

Smocks and Smocking - From the Field to Fashion

Until 4 October 2009. Details from 01256 892065.

Textile Open Day and Exhibition, Urchfont Manor

Sunday 5th July 2009, 10am - 3pm

This year Urchfont Manor is proudly hosting an Embroidery and Textile Open Day to showcase the work in a range of disciplines and to celebrate the City & Guilds Student Graduations.  Meet the Tutors and current Students and discover why studying at Urchfont Manor is so special.

All this and traders too.....

Summer Quilt Exhibition

The antique element of the summer show is from the collection of Jane Cobbett whose unusual collection of quilts dates from early to mid Victorian period and on into the 1960's.  Each quilt has its own unique story to share and has been painstakingly collected, researched and restored by Jane and Peterson Cobbett.

Minereva Arts Centre, Llanidloes:  July 13th - September 12th 2009.