Past Events

Flowers in Vases

Saturday May 6

The Poetry of Objects

Tuesdays April 25 - May 23

PaperWorks: Walk on the Wild Side

Mon April 24 to Friday May 5

Jo will be showing two mixed media works at the Society of Graphic Fine Arts’ first London exhibition this year at the

RK Burt Gallery, 57 Union Street, London SE1 1SG
Telephone 020 7407 6474 Admission free

The works on paper displayed will showcase the skills of SGFA Members in many different graphic media and a preview of Jo’s works can be seen on her blog.

Opening times:

Private View: Monday April 24 2.00pm – 4.00pm

Open daily from Tuesday  April 25 11.00am  – 5.00pm

Closed Weekends and Bank Holiday Monday May 1

Exhibition closes May 5 at 1.00pm

www.sgfa.org.uk

Soft pastel over Watercolour

Tuesdays February 21 to March 21 2017

10.00am to 1.00pm

Norden Farm Centre for the Arts Maidenhead SL6 4PF

Using pastel over watercolour is a long established technique suitable for all kinds of subjects.  We will explore the use of complementary colours and also applying pastel over dark toned washes of watercolour, using photographic or sketched reference from figures and the landscape.

Please bring your own materials.  Some paper will be available from the tutor at cost.

Fee for course: £82 or £18 per session

For tickets Tel. 01628 788997 or visit www.nordenfarm.org

For materials and course enquiries E-mail: johall@mhstudios.co.uk

Further Experiments with Monoprints without a Press

Saturday February 18 2017

10.00am to 3.00pm

Norden Farm Centre for the Arts Maidenhead SL6 4PF

As well as drawing into inked plates we will make and use stencils, ink up plates with different colours at the same time, using a roller and/or a ‘pounce’.  Those who attended the ‘Frottage’ workshop may like to print made templates as relief prints, inking them up in monochrome and then experimenting with different colours on the same plate.

Please bring a pencil, craft knife, wooden spoon, scissors and a rubber roller if you have one.

There will be a materials cost of £5 payable to the tutor.

Fee for workshop: £38

For tickets Tel. 01628 788997 or visit www.nordenfarm.org

For materials and course enquiries E-mail: johall@mhstudios.co.uk

Discover Frottage

January 21 2017

10.00am to 3.00pm

Norden Farm Centre for the Arts Maidenhead SL6 4PF

This is the same technique as for making brass rubbings.  We will reference the ‘l’Histoire Naturelle’ frottages by Max Ernst and make our own from found and made templates.  Suitable templates may be sealed and used later as relief collagraph plates at the Saturday February 18 workshop.

Please bring a pencil, craft knife, PVA glue with a fine nozzle and scissors.  All other materials will be supplied for which there will be a materials charge of £5 payable to the tutor.

Fee for workshop: £38

For tickets Tel. 01628 788997 or visit www.nordenfarm.org

For materials and course enquiries E-mail: johall@mhstudios.co.uk

Drawing on the Imagination

Tuesdays January 10 to February 7 2017

10.00am to 1.00pm

At Norden Farm Centre for the Arts Maidenhead SL6 4PF

Create drawings from your own imagination.  Be inspired by the Hockney etchings of Grimm’s Fairy Tales, the surreal drawings of Ernst and the magical works of Klee.  Bring drawing materials; ink, charcoal, and watercolour or gouache.  Some paper will be available from the tutor at cost.

Fee for five week course £82 or £18 per session

For tickets Tel. 01628 788997 or visit www.nordenfarm.org

For materials and course enquiries E-mail: johall@mhstudios.co.uk

Derelict

5th November 2016

At Norden Farm Centre for the Arts, Maidenhead, SL6 4PF

10am – 3pm

Create an ink drawing of a derelict building or industrial site from sketches or photographic reference.

Fee for this Saturday workshop is £38

For tickets Tel. 01628 788997 or online at www.nordenfarm.org

For materials and course enquiries E-mail: johall@mhstudios.co.uk

Transparent and Shiny Objects in Pastel

1st to 29th November 2016

At Norden Farm Centre for the Arts, Maidenhead, SL6 4PF

This five week course explores how transparent and shiny objects can be depicted in pastel, from flowers seen through transparent wrapping to glass jars and metallic surfaces.

Fee for five week course £82 or £18 per session

For tickets Tel. 01628 788997 or visit www.nordenfarm.org

For materials and course enquiries E-mail: johall@mhstudios.co.uk

Weathered

8th October 2016

10am to 3pm

At Norden Farm Centre for the Arts, Maidenhead, SL6 4PF

Use ink to draw natural forms that are decaying or weathered (stones, driftwood, eroded rocks ,etc.)

Fee for this Saturday workshop is £38

For tickets Tel. 01628 788997 or visit www.nordenfarm.org

Jo can help with materials and course enquiries E-mail: johall@mhstudios.co.uk

Wooburn Visual Arts Festival

8th to 15th October

At Wooburn Church Hall, Town Lane, Wooburn Green, Buck’s HP10 0PW

Sponsored by Simon Elvin this exhibition is always beautifully presented and includes sculpture and ceramics in addition to two dimensional works. The show will be opened by the featured artist Julian Bray on Sat 8^th October between 11am – 1pm.  Jo is delighted to be included in this prestigious local show again.

Opening times in October;

Sat 8th 1pm – 6pm, Sun 9^th – Thurs 13^th 10am – 6pm,

Fri 14^th 10am – 8pm, Sat 15^th 10am – 4pm

DRAW16

3rd - 15th October 2016

Jo has four works selected for DRAW16, the Society of Graphic Fine Art’s Annual Open Exhibition at

the Menier Gallery, 51 Southwark Street, London SE1 1RU .

Awards will be selected and presented by Robin Light of the Kalman Crane Gallery at the private view on the evening of Tuesday 4^th October.  For details of opening times and information about the Society visit www.sgfa.org.uk

Industrial Landscape

23rd Sept – 25th Nov except 28th Oct and 18th Nov

An eight week course on

Fridays 10.00am – 12.30pm

At St. Joseph’s Parish Centre, Cookham Road, Maidenhead SL6 5BQ

This drawing and painting course will explore the structures and settings of industrial sites in use, and derelict. The course is almost fully booked.

Please direct enquiries to Liz by E-mail: weamaidenhead@hotmail.co.uk

Cookham and Maidenhead Arts Trail

17th – 18th Sept

Sat and Sun 10am – 6pm

This is an exciting event where the public can meet artists living within a five mile radius of Cookham and Maidenhead. Art on show varies from painting, printmaking and textiles to jewellery and ceramics. Jo will be exhibiting paintings drawings and prints at

Morar Altwood Close Maidenhead SL6 4PP.

For details of all artists and venues visit  www.camat.org.uk

Eyes Ears Nose Mouth Face

13th Sept – 11th Oct 2016

Tuesdays 10am – 1pm

At Norden Farm Centre for the Arts, Maidenhead, SL6 4PF

Focus each week on drawing a different part of the face, relating each to the whole head.

Final week will be a portrait study with a model.

£82 for five week course or £18 per session

For tickets Tel. 01628 788997 or visit www.nordenfarm.org

For materials and course enquiries E-mail: johall@mhstudios.co.uk

Shake Spatter and Roll

Saturday 25th June

Experiments with watercolour

at Norden Farm Centre for the Arts, Altwood Road, Maidenhead SL6 4PF

10.00am to 3.00pm

Using sponge rollers, sea salt and spattering techniques we will produce starting points for imaginative compositions in watercolour. Progress will be intuitive rather than with a preconceived image in mind.

Workshop fee £38

Tickets and information available from Norden Farm Centre for the Arts, Box Office

Tel. 01628 788997 or online at www.nordenfarm.org

For enquiries about materials and workshop content Jo can be be contacted by

E-mail: johall@mhstudios.co.uk

Drawing in Colour

10th, 17th, 24th May, 14th, 21st June

Tuesdays 10.00am to 1.00pm

At Norden Farm Centre for the Arts, Altwood Road, Maidenhead SL6 4PF

In this  short course on drawing with coloured pencil, discover layering and linear techniques to create lively drawings of gardens and summer flowers.

Tickets and information available from Norden Farm Centre for the Arts , Box Office:

Tel. 01628 788997 or online at www.nordenfarm.org

Jo will be happy to answer questions about the course content and materials

johall@mhstudios.co.uk

Intuitive Drawing and Transferred Line

Saturday 23rd April

At Norden Farm Centre for the Arts, Altwood Road, Maidenhead SL6 4PF

10.00am to 3.00pm

Explore intuitive drawing processes, inspired by Pauk Klee who famously ‘took a line for a walk’ without knowing its final destination.  Discover the techniques Klee used, and experiment with transferred line using printing inks, and also with transferred oil pastel lines used as a resist for watercolour.

Workshop fee £38  Up to £3 materials fee to tutor

Tickets available from Norden Farm Centre for the Arts, Box Office

Tel. 01628 788997 or online at www.nordenfarm.org

Seen and Imagined

Tuesday 23rd February to Sunday 20th March

An Exhibition featuring new works on paper and canvas, inspired by museum drawing and the Yorkshire countryside alongside more intuitive works.

In the Gallery

Norden Farm Centre for the Arts, Altwood Road, Maidenhead SL6 4PF

Opening times: 5.00pm to 10.30pm Tues.-Sat., 10.00am to 10.00pm Sun. Closed Mon.

Jo is fascinated by ways in which we draw on the imaginations of past cultures and add our own ideas.  She is also interested in beginning a drawing with no fixed end point in mind.  Sometimes these intuitive drawings are resolved as abstract works or may develop into more tangible forms and creatures.  The show features six such drawings which Jo thinks of as ‘Un-natural Histories’.

Private View: Sunday 6th March 3.00pm to 6.00pm

Meet the Artist/Family Event: Sunday 13th March 2.30pm to 4.30pm

RSVP and enquiries: Jo Hall  E-mail: johall@mhstudios.co.uk

Drawing- exploring techniques

23rd February to 22nd March

Norden Farm Centre for the Arts, Altwood Road, Maidenhead SL6 4PP

Tuesdays 10.00am – 1.00pm

Learn or advance your skills in drawing buildings and interiors, experiment with lighting and shadows. Look at how lighting affects drawing heads.  This short course affords an introduction to be followed up in the Summer by drawing gardens and flowers in colour and in Autumn by either a still life or portrait drawing course.

Tickets from the Box Office at Norden Farm Centre for the Arts

Tel. 01628 788997 or online at www.nordenfarm.org