EXHIBITIONS
and DISPLAYS

EXHIBITIONS AND DISPLAYS 2012:
I have joined a world-renowned botanist to co-author a book, for which I will produce all the artwork, and help with the supply of photographs and case-study text. The fieldwork and research involved in producing this book is extensive and time-consuming. However, exhibitions and shows to which I hope to submit work are listed here. (TB)
FEBRUARY: The BBC Wildlife Artist of the Year 2012. Entry details
FEBRUARY: Show me the Monet 2012 (submitted application upon receipt of email from TV company). Submission dates 9th December 2011 to 8th January 2012 (or when 3000 applications have been received). SUBMISSION FAILED.
FEBRUARY-APRIL AAA exhibition (As I have too many commissions on at the moment (lucky me!), I am unable to submit work to this one, but the wonderful artwork is worth seeing, if you visit the Castle Parks Art Centre. View Poster
MARCH-APRIL (EASTER): Thursday 22nd March to Wednesday 18th April: Picturecraft Art Gallery and Exhibition Centre, 23 Lees Courtyard, Off Bull Street, Holt, Norfolk NR25 6HS. Telephone 01263 711040. Email: Adrian Hill. Website: www.picturecraftgallery.com. Opening times: Monday to Saturday 9.00am to 5.00pm. Thursdays 9.00am to 1.000pm only (closed Sundays).
APRIL: Thursday 19th to Sunday 29th April: Society of Botanical Artists 'BOTANICAL CELEBRATION 2012' (subject to being selected), Central Hall, Westminster, London. Open Daily from 10am to 5pm including Sundays. Free Admission. All work for Sale. www.soc-botanical-artists.org
MAY: Friday 18th to Sunday 20th May: Fowlmere School, 14th Spring Art Exhibition, Fowlmere Primary School, The Butts, Fowlmere, Near Royston Hertfordshire.The Exhibition will be open: Friday 18th May 19.30-22.00  (Special preview evening. Invitation only), Saturday 19th May 10.00-16.30, Sunday 20th May 10.00-16.30
JULY: Cambridge Open Studios (Weekends 1 and 4). STUDIO OPEN, 18 HARBOUR AVENUE, COMBERTON, CAMBRIDGE CB23 7DD. 7th-8th and 28th-29th July 2012. Tel: 01223 262962; mobile 07802 708 028; Enquiries by email to: tina@tinabonedtp.co.uk. Cambridge Open Studios (COS) Website
JULY: Friday 13th to Saturday 29th July: National Exhibition of Wildlife Art (NEWA), Gordale Garden Centre (subject to being selected) is a large extremely busy garden centre midway along the Wirral Peninsula, between Chester and Heswall on the A540. Email: info@newa-uk.com. Tel: 07748 533448. Write to: 11 Dibbins Hey, Poulton, Lancelyn, Bebington, Wirral CH63 9JU. Website: NEWA
JULY-SEPTEMBER: Friday 20th July to Sunday, 2nd September: Natural World Art Group (NWAG) Summer Exhibition. www.naturalworldartgroup.com (NWAG). Situated within the grounds of Banham Zoo in the Art Gallery Building. Open from 1.00 to 5.00pm every day.
OCTOBER: MIWAS NEW VENUE and NEW DATE: Thursday 4th to Sunday 7th October: Marwell International Wildlife Art Society (MIWAS). : THE ROSEBOWL, Botley Road  Hampshire, Southampton SO30 3XH. Tel: 023 8047 2002 (home to Hampshire Cricket Club, recently upgraded to international status). The winning entries of the 2012 BBC Wildlife Artist of the Year Awards will be presented at the opening Special Guest Evening on Thursday, 4th October. If you would like tickets for this event, please email me .
ONGOING: THE DARRYL NANTAIS GALLERY: 59 High Street, Linton, Cambridge, CB21 4HS. Telephone: 01223 891289 Opening time: Tuesday - Friday 10a.m.-3p.m. Saturday 12 - 4p.m Enquiries by email to: Karl Backhurst Website: Darryl Nantai Gallery.
ONGOING: THE TAVERN GALLERY: Telephone: 01763 261166 - Website: www.taverngallery.co.uk - Enquiries by email to: David Chappell. Normal Opening Thursday-Sunday  10-4pm [Closed whole of January 2011]
ONGOING: PAXTON PITS NATURE RESERVE: Cards and notebooks Paxton Pits Nature Reserve website
The Friends of Paxton Pits Nature Reserve: Chairman, Ray Matthews, 01480 215277. Treasurer, John Knight, 01480 394844. Membership enquiries, Marilyn McDonough, 01480 351823
ONGOING: CONKERS STORES AND POST OFFICE: Calendars and cards, Conkers Stores & Post Office, 2 Comberton Road, Barton, Cambridge, CB23 7BA. Telephone 01223 262370 (Richard and Maria Sockett)
EXHIBITIONS AND DISPLAYS 2011:
DECEMBER: THE TAVERN GALLERY WINTER SHOW 2011: 8 HIGH STREET, MELDRETH, ROYSTON, HERTS SG8 6JU PAINTINGS, SCULPTURE, TURNERY, JEWELLERY, CERAMICS , LIMITED EDITION GIFT CARDS AND PRINTS Created by the artists featured in the Gallery throughout the year. Normal Opening Thursday-Sunday  10-4pm Telephone 01763 261166. 10th to 24th DECEMBER 2011. Website: www.taverngallery.co.uk Email David Chappell: info@taverngallery.co.uk.
Association of Animal Artists (AAA): Exhibition to be held at Derby House Equestrian Centre. 2nd to 11th December 2011. Derby House Wrightington, Mossy Lea Road, Wrightington, Lancashire WN6 9RE. Tel: 01257 478 420. Derby House Website
Art At The Manor House A special, one-night only, fundraising exhibition of fantastic local contemporary art for The Wildlife Trusts for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire & Northamptonshire
NOVEMBER: Parish Church of St Mary, Comberton, Cambridge, 2011 Exhibition. From Friday 18th November to Sunday 20th November 2011, 10.00am to 4.00pm three days. Exhibition and Sale of Paintings and Arts and Crafts, St Mary's Church, Royston Lane, Comberton. Enquiries by email to: anthonyandkathma@tiscali.co.uk
SEPTEMBER: The Scarecrow Group Craft Fayre: 17th September, Main Hall, Little Paxton, 10.30 to 4.00pm. Organizer: Jacqueline Clarke, Tel: 01480 219132, email: Jacqueline.clarke63@ntlworld.com
AUGUST: Marwell International Wildlife Art Society (MIWAS): Marwell Wildlife, Hampshire, in conjunction with the BBC Wildlife Artist of the Year Awards. Attended the exhibition marquee on Sunday 28th and Bank Holiday Monday 29th August demonstrating my artwork and displaying and selling prints and other handcrafted items. Marwell House, Thursday, 25th to Monday 29th August 2011.
JULY: National Exhibition of Wildlife Art (NEWA), Gordale Garden Centre, Wirral. Friday 15th to Sunday 31st July 2011. View on-line Gallery
JUNE: The Wildlife Art Society International (TWASI) Exhibition: Nature in Art, Gloucester. Saturday 27th May to Sunday 5th June.
MAY: Natural World Art Group (Spring Exhibition) (NWAG): Banham Zoo, Norfolk. Friday 15th April to Monday 2nd May 2011.
MARCH: Association of Animal Artists (AAA): Samlesbury Hall, Preston. Thursday 3 March 2011 to Wednesday 27th April 2011.
FEBRUARY: The BBC Wildlife Artist of the Year 2011 Exhibition
EXHIBITIONS AND DISPLAYS 2010:
FROM AUGUST 2009 TO JANUARY 2010: CB2 Bistro, 5/7 Norfolk Street, Cambridge, Restaurant  Café Internet Live Music, Poetry, Art, Cinema, Wireless Internet. 7 September to 2 November 2009. Opening times: 9.00am DAILY UNTIL MIDNIGHT. Dining Room Tel: 01223 508503. Web:www.cb2bistro.com, Email : cb2@cb1.com
FEBRUARY Impington Village College, Parents, Staff & Friends Association, Impington, Nr Cambridge. Saturday 13 February to Wednesday 17 February 2010 Open: Saturday 13 February - Private View 7.00 - 9.00 pm • Sunday 14 February 2.30 - 6.00 pm • Monday 15 February 2.00 - 4.00 pm and 7.00 - 9.00 pm • Tuesday 16 February 2.00 - 4.00 pm and 7.00 - 9.00 pm • Wednesday 17 February 2.00 - 4.00 pm. Organiser: Hill Stewart, hill.stewart@ntlworld.com
APRIL The Natural World Art Group, Easter Exhibition, Banham Zoo, Norfolk. First April 6.00pm, Private View • Exhibition: 2 April to 18 April, 1 - 5 pm. www.naturalworldartgroup.com (NWAG)
Society of Botanical Artists 'Silver Jubilee Exhibition', Central Hall, Westminster, London. Friday, 16 April to Sunday 25 April 2010. Open Daily from 10am to 5pm including Sundays. Free Admission. All work for Sale. www.soc-botanical-artists.org
MAY The Scarecrow Group Craft Fayre: May 2010, Main Hall Little Paxton. Organiser: Jacqueline Clarke, Tel: 01480 219132, email: Jacqueline.clarke63@ntlworld.com
The Natural World Art Group, Art for all Exhibition, Banham Zoo, Norfolk. Exhibition open Sundays from 25th April 1 - 5 pm • Daily from Saturday 29th May to Sunday 6th June 1 - 5 pm. www.naturalworldartgroup.com (NWAG)
JULY Comberton Village Hall, Monday Art Group Exhibition 2010. Comberton Village Hall, Green End, Comberton 10-11 July 2010, 10am to 4.00pm.
National Exhibition of Wildlife Art (NEWA) 2010. July and August. Gordale Garden Centre, Midway along the Wirral peninsula, half way between Chester and Heswall on the A540: Chester High Road, Burton, Wirral. CH64 8TF Contact NEWA: Tel: 07748533448. email: admin@newa-uk.com. 11, Dibbins Hey, Poulton Lancelyn, Bebington, Wirral. CH63 9JU.
SEPTEMBER TO OCTOBER Picturecraft Gallery, 23 Lees Yard, Off Bull Street, Holt, Norfolk NR25 6HS. Thursday, 2 September to Wednesday 6 October 2010. Opening times: Monday to Saturday 9.00am to 5.00pm. Thursdays 9.00am to 1.000pm only. 01263 711040. Contact: Adrian Hill. Web: www.picturecraftgallery.com, Email : info@picturecraftgallery.com
NOVEMBER Orwell Horticultural Society, Village Hall, Orwell, Cambridgeshire. Tuesday, 16th November 2010. Talk and demonstration using slide show: 'The painting of a 2010 Chelsea Flower Show Garden'. (Organiser: Jim Chapman, 01223 207709.)
Autumn Art Exhibition 2010, Foxton Primary School. Friday 19th to Sunday 21st November. Annual exhibition of paintings, drawings, pottery, photographs, jewellery, cards, metalcraft and woodcraft by local artists will be held at Foxton Village Hall. Friday 19th November, 19:30 to 21:30 - Preview evening (to which all artists and guests are invited); Saturday 20th November, 10:30 to 16:00; Sunday 21st November, 11:00 to 16:00. Organizer: anna.elliott@ntlworld.comTelephone: 01223 475305. Website: Foxton Art Exhibition
Parish Church of St Mary, Comberton, Cambridge, 2010 Exhibition. From Friday 19th November to Sunday 21st November 2007, 10.00am to 4.00pm three days. Exhibition and Sale of Paintings and Arts and Crafts, St Mary's Church, Royston Lane, Comberton. Enquiries by email to: anthonyandkathma@tiscali.co.uk
DECEMBER: THE TAVERN GALLERY WINTER SHOW: 8 HIGH STREET, MELDRETH, ROYSTON, HERTS SG8 6JU - PAINTINGS, SCULPTURE, TURNERY, JEWELLERY, CERAMICS , LIMITED EDITION GIFT CARDS AND PRINTS Created by the artists featured in the Gallery throughout the year and I also received an invitation to show (my grateful thanks to David Chappell). Opening Saturday 11th December 10am-9.30pm - mulled wine and mince pies. Telephone 01763 261166 - Website: www.taverngallery.co.uk - Email David Chappell: info@taverngallery.co.uk. Normal Opening Thursday-Sunday  10-4pm [Closed whole of January 2011]
Christmas Fayre, Bourn Golf Club, Toft Road, Bourn, Cambridge CB23 2TT. Tuesday, 23rd November 2010, 11.00am to 4.30pm. Proceeds to local charities. Christmas Gifts for all the family.
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