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Welcome to Arts Express

Arts Express is a visual arts education charity that is dedicated to making the thrill and joy of creating a work of art available to everyone.

We take visual art materials and equipment into the community and engage all ages in making art. For example we run a stone carving festival annually in Peckham, South London, where anyone can use carving tools to make a sculpture. We run workshops in schools, community centres, cultural institutions and public events that give people the opportunity to try their hand at a range of different
activities including stone carving, wood carving, printing, painting, drawing, mosaics and ceramics, amongst others.

We also undertake public art commissions where these involve the community including murals, mosaics, sculpture and sculptural street or park furniture and play features.

In addition we run evening classes from our studio in Kennington.

In this site you can find information on all of our services, the different types of art activities we offer and our associated artists. There is also material on the background to the organization, our philosophy and our CV.
Finally if you are inspired by the work we are doing we hope you will consider becoming a Friend of Arts Express.

Upcoming Events

Arts Express runs an extensive programme of events and projects in the community that are designed to bring the community together in a shared activity, provide an opportunity for people to express themselves creatively and leave with a sense of pride and achievement at having gone beyond their technical, creative or perceived limits.

PUBLIC EVENTS
The following is a list of up-coming public events
where Arts Express will be running workshops:

CLASSES
The following is a list of the paying workshops presently offered. Please note that the minimum age for evening classes and Saturday workshops is 16.

22nd April - 1st July 09, 7.00 – 9.30pm, Wednesday evening stone carving class with Marcia Bennett Male, Iliffe Yard, Kennington

£156 inc materials and VAT. Booking through Heather Martin 020 7635 6709.
FULL

23rd April - 2nd July 09, 7.00 – 9.30pm, Thursday evening stone carving class with Marcia Bennett Male, Iliffe Yard, Kennington

£156 inc materials and VAT. Booking through Heather Martin 020 7635 6709.

23rd Sept - 2nd Dec, Wednesday evening stone carving class with Marcia Bennett Male, Iliffe Yard, Kennington. (Half term 28th Oct).

£160 inc materials and VAT. Booking through Heather Martin 020 7635 6709.

24th Sept - 3rd Dec, Thursday evening stone carving class withMarcia Bennett Male, Iliffe Yard, Kennington. (Half term 29th Oct).

£160 inc materials and VAT. Booking though Heather Martin 020 7635 6709.

SATURDAY COURSES

15^th Aug 09, Saturday course, 11.00am – 6.00pm with Marcia Bennett Male, Iliffe Yard, Kennington.

Total tuition: £65 (inc VAT and materials)

26^th Sept 09, 11.00am – 6.00pm with Marcia Bennett Male, Iliffe Yard, Kennington.

Total tuition: £65 (inc VAT and materials)

NEWS OF OTHER PROJECT
As well as our public events and class, we also bring news of our other projects in the community

Haymerle School Art Club
Heather Martin will continue to run the After School Art Club for Haymerle Primary School for Special Needs in Peckham.

Excursions in Paint 2008
This project, tutored by Chloe Cheese, has enabled budding over 60s artists from South London to go on trips into the countryside to paint directly from landscape. No previous experience is required and we run indoor sessions before the main trip in the summer to teach painting techniques. The recruiting has begun for this year's participants and we hope to enjoy the same success as last year.

Highshore School Art Club
Following on from the success of the Haymerle Art Club we have been asked to run a club for Highshore, a special needs secondary school in Peckham. Aluminium tooling is the next on the list of activities. The children will be working with freelance artist Verena Langloh.

Total tuition: £65 (inc VAT and materials)26 Sept 09,

As you can see Arts Express operates a full programme of events and projects. If you would like to support our work in other ways we are always recruiting volunteers and would be delighted to hear from anyone who has time to spare for our volunteer programme. We also run a Friends of Arts Express scheme, for £15 we offer an annual newsletter, invitation to our renowned AGMs with guest speaker and discounts on classes. For more information call Heather Martin on 020 7635 6709.