Blues

Paul Cowley, of Sutton Blues Collective. (pic: Sutton News)

Paul Cowley

Poetry

Julie Boden, poet in residence at Symphony Hall. (pic: Sutton News)

Julie Boden

Jazz

Rebecca Kelly, jazz violinist-vocalist. (pic: Sutton News)

Rebecca Kelly

Rock

Drummer Ian Palmer. (pic: Sutton News)

Ian Palmer

Fine Art

Pop Bang artwork, Ian Cook. (pic: Sutton News)

Pop Bang - Ian Cook

Musical Theatre

Stuart Jones (left) and cast of Shirt & Tie. (pic: Sutton News)

Musical Shirt &  Tie

Classical

Richard Mason, leader of the Emmanuel Choir (pic: Sutton News)

Richard Mason

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The Sutton Coldfield Festival of Arts aims to showcase the work of local artists and to give everybody the opportunity to get involved with the arts in Sutton Coldfield.

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Archive for 'Workshops' Category

Stencilling & Card Making

Jul 7th, 2008 by Jon Hickman | 0

[ July 12, 2008; 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm. ] Gill Bowler from The Moon is Mine runs a stencilling & cardmaking workshop

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Body Beat

Jul 7th, 2008 by Jon Hickman | 0

[ July 12, 2008; 2:00 pm to 2:45 pm. ] Latin, break & street dance workshop

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Sutton Coldfield Community Choir Demonstration

Jul 7th, 2008 by Jon Hickman | 0

[ July 7, 2008; 12:00 pm to 12:45 pm. ]

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Highbury Youth Theatre Demonstration

Jul 7th, 2008 by Jon Hickman | 0

[ July 12, 2008; 12:00 pm to 12:45 pm. ] Theatre demo by Highbury’s Youth Theatre.

Highbury Youth Theatre are also performing all week in “Their Scarves were Red”

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Art Workshops

Jul 7th, 2008 by Jon Hickman | 0

[ July 11, 2008; 1:15 pm to 3:15 pm. ] Arts workshops involving Highclare and other central Sutton primary schools (13:15-15:15) @ Highclare School (St Paul’s site, Lichfield Road)

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Sutton Coldfield Society of Artists

Jul 4th, 2008 by Steve Bradley | 0

[ July 12, 2008; 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm. ] Some of the Society’s members, who meet to paint once a month, will give a live demonstration of their talents on Saturday July 12 in Marquee 3 in The Parade. Admission is free.

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Claret Duo @ Songrwriter’s Cafe

Jun 26th, 2008 by Steve Bradley | 0

[ July 12, 2008; 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. ] The Claret duo of Sandra Robinson (vocals) and Tim Robinson (guitar) are passionate about playing music, as is reflected in their live sets, and they thrive on their audience’s enjoyment.

For this set Claret will be playing  a selection of their alternative material, beyond their usual folk influences,  song ballads,  and subtle instrumentals.  On Tim’s solo set he will perform his own fingerstyle  arrangements on electro-acoustic [...]

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Highbury Youth Theatre

Jun 24th, 2008 by Steve Bradley | 1

[ July 9, 2008; 7:30 pm; July 10, 2008; 7:30 pm; July 11, 2008; 7:30 pm; July 12, 2008; 7:30 pm; ] The Highbury Youth Theatre contribution to the Sutton Festival of Arts will be by the ‘older and wiser’ members of the Group and will include a selection of comedy sketches created by the whole Youth Theatre during Group meeting Workshops.

These will cover subjects such as public transport, life with the Jedi, and short pieces written [...]

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Highbury Players Workshop

Jun 17th, 2008 by Steve Bradley | 0

[ July 12, 2008; 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm. ] Treading The Boards…
How do I start… what do I do… and how much fun can it be???

Ever wanted to go on stage but didn’t know where to start?
Ever been on stage and wanted re-assurance that what you’re doing is good?
Ever wanted to just have fun?

If the answer to any of these is ‘YES’, then this [...]

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Mehndi Art with Bharti Patel

Jun 11th, 2008 by Steve Bradley | 0

[ July 12, 2008; 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. ] Streetly professional artist Bharti Patel will demonstrate her mehndi art during a Festival workshop on The Parade on Saturday July 12, between 12 noon and 12.45pm.

Bharti, who also delivers workshops on silk painting, tie-dye, mod roc art, mask making, glass painting and on the making of wall hangings and mobiles, is keen to show her [...]

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