Photography Courses in the Cotswolds

The perfect setting?!

Farncombe Courses is very lucky to be situated on the beautiful 320-acre Farncombe Estate, in the North Cotswolds. It is a perfect setting for photography courses, whether you are a beginner wanting to learn how to switch on a camera and snap or someone who is slightly more advanced.

At Farncombe we offer photography courses that will teach you how to take better photos, how to shoot portraits, how to tell a story through photography and even how to archive and protect valuable images.

2013 holds a wide range of day and weekend photography courses. So why not take a look and we're sure you will be a pro in time for those Summer holiday snaps!

For full details visit our website www.farncombecourses.co.uk.

Summer Courses in the Heart of the UK

Farncombe Estate based in the North Cotswolds is a place where you cal lear, laugh and relax. Over the Summer Farncombe is hosting residential and day courses in a wide variety of subjects. Courses being held this summer are:

The Extraordinary life of Heitor Villa-Lobos

Start: 6th July 2012 at 6:00pm
End: 8th July 2012 at 2:00pm

Drawing for Absolute Beginners

Start: 7th July 2012 at 9:30am
End: 7th July 2012 at 4:30pm

Quilting Weekend: Where is the North Star?

Start: 31st August 2012 at 6:00pm
End: 2nd September 2012 at 2:00pm

‘All the Queen’s Women’: the Female World of Elizabeth I

Start: 31st August 2012 at 6:00pm
End: 2nd September 2012 at 2:00pm

Exploring Natural Abstract Painting in Oils and Acrylics

Start: 5th August 2012 at 6:00pm
End: 7th August 2012 at 2:00pm

Formy more information about any of our courses please visit www.farncombeestate.co.uk

Summer Discount at Farncombe

Our Early Bird offer may have flown but we are pleased to offer you a 10% discount on selected summer courses at Farncombe!   Please quote FC0612 to claim this special discount. Bookings need to be made by phone - 0333 456 8580.

The following courses qualify:

Drawing for theTerrified (2 nights) 13 – 15 July

Richard Box will guide you on your first steps in creative drawing

Botanical BasicsPainting (2 nights) 13 – 15 July

Learn to use gouache or watercolour to illustrate botanical subjects, with artist Simon Williams

Digital PhotographyWeekend – Learn to use your Compact Digital Camera (2 nights) 20-22 July

Ban the auto button and take better pictures with the help of photographer Nick Meers

Blocks Galore forQuilts and More (4 nights) 22 – 26 July

Textile tutor Jennie Rayment will teach you the delights of textured twiddling!

The High Renaissancein Italy (3 nights) 5 – 8 August

Discover the important artists and patrons of 16^th Century Italy, with art historian Alice Foster

Novel Outline andBeyond (3 nights) 12 – 15 August

Pick up professional tips on developing a story and creating believable characters – with author Sue Johnson

Introduction to Digital Photography - New Weekend Course at Farncombe Estate

For students completely new to digital photography. Bring your own digital camera (compact, bridge or DSLR) or borrow one from us. Course will concentrate on taking photographs (not image manipulation with a computer) and will look at the basics of picture taking beyond the convenience of the Auto button. Following tuition covering techniques to improve your photography and an illustrated lecture on composition, a field trip in the grounds of Farncombe Estate is complemented with an in-depth review of students' photographs using digital projection.

This course is tutored by Derek Forss 21-23 January 2011 - visit the Farncombe Estate website for more details Introduction to Digital Photography - Photography

Bursaries available for Dartmoor Arts Summer School 2010

Bursaries available for places at Dartmoor Arts 2010 summer school. Courses on offer this year include documentary photography, spatial structures, digital photography, painting, drawing, storytelling, iron casting, stone carving and earth art.

To apply for a bursary visit our website www.dartmoorarts.com or contact admin@dartmoorarts.com, 01647 281295. Early bookings are advised as places are limited.

Aesthetica Annual Creative Works Competition now open for entries

Aesthetica Creative Works Competition 2010

Call for entries
Artwork l Poetry l Fiction
Win £500
plus other prizes

Art and culture magazine, Aesthetica, is inviting all artists, writers and poets to submit their work for the Aesthetica Creative Works Competition 2010.

Now in its third year, the Creative Works Competition is dedicated to celebrating and championing creative talent across three disciplines: 'Artwork & Photography', 'Poetry' and 'Fiction'.

Three winners, one from each category, will each receive £500 prize money and the winners and finalists will be published in the Creative Works Annual. Other prizes will also be available. Closing date: 31 August 2010.

For more information, visit
http://www.aestheticamagazine.com/submission_guide.htm

Foto8 Summer Show 2010 - Enter Now!

Enter your work for a chance to be exhibited in London’s prestigious HOST gallery and to be awarded Best in Show.

After the enormous success of the previous years’ Summer Shows, Foto8 and HOST Gallery are pleased to announce the call for entries for the third-annual Foto8 Summer Show: a photographic award, exhibition and print fair. The show will follow in Foto8’s tradition of supporting and encouraging work by contemporary and independent photographers.

The Entrants
The 2010 Summer Show is open to all photographers from 29 March. Details on how to enter your work will be available soon. Deadline for all entries is 31 May 2010.

The Exhibition
The Foto8 team including 8 Magazine and HOST gallery editors will choose over 150 images to be displayed at HOST from 26 July – 4 September, to create an inspiring variety of framed and mounted images of all shapes and sizes, installed from floor to ceiling. All works included in the show will be available for sale. The print exhibition will kick-off with live music and a street festival taking over Honduras Street, EC1 on Friday 23 July. Contact: summershow@foto8.com

Calling Artists and Art Groups for exhibitions in 2011, West Midlands

Are you creative? Is your work new, of good quality, does it have something to say? If you would like to exhibit your work, please call the Nuneaton Museum and Art Gallery today for an application form and selection details or download them from the museum’s web page. The deadline date for all applications is now set for Friday 21st May 2010.

The Museum has three galleries devoted to temporary exhibitions, all varying in sizes. Whether you are a solo artist, group, painter, sculptor, animator, craft-maker, illustrator, photographer or 3-D artist – we want to show your work in our Museum.

Please note that terms and conditions apply to accepting an exhibition slot at the Museum. Incomplete applications will not be considered. The application process is competitive and not all applications will be successful.

Visit www.nuneatonandbedworth.gov.uk/museum to download the forms online.

Please contact the museum's Exhibition Officer if you have any further enquiries. Contact: Jhinuk Sarkar matthew.johnson@nuneatonandbedworth.gov.uk

Dartmoor Arts Summer Schools

July 25th-July 31st

Courses for anyone wanting to learn a new skill or be refreshed. Bursaries available.

Spatial structures,

iron casting,

digital photography,

stone carving,

documentary filmmaking
,
painting in the landscape,

drawing masterclasses,

creative writing,

cob and ceramics.

Evening arts events.

For more details: www.dartmoorarts.com