Haslemere DFAS Young Arts

HASLEMERE
DECORATIVE AND FINE ARTS SOCIETY

a member society of NADFAS

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YOUNG ARTS

Started in 1973, Young Arts aims to provide opportunities for children and young people, aged 8 - 18, to expand their horizons through their involvement in creative activities and to inspire them with a lasting enthusiasm for the arts, our heritage and its conservation. HDFAS has been involved in various Young Arts projects, details of the most recent can be found below.

DONATION TO HASLEMERE MUSEUM 2012
HDFAS is donating £50 to the Haslemere Museum to help supply art materials for the Junior Club that meets at the museum on Saturday mornings.

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THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF BRITISH ARTISTS (RBA) ANNUAL EXHIBITION:
King Edward's School Sixth Form student to exhibit at the Mall Galleries in 2012.
Fallen Fledgling by Cameron Gallaher In 2011 sixth form art students at King Edward's School, Witley, participated in the Sixth Form Art Competition organised by NADFAS. Fifty five NADFAS societies across the UK submitted over 300 digital images of 'A' level work including paintings, ceramics and sculpture. The RBA President, James Horton, and his fellow council members selected 54 works for inclusion in the annual RBA exhibition at the Mall Galleries.

HDFAS was delighted that one of their entrants, Cameron Gallaher, studying at King Edward's School, was accepted and will see his work, titled Fallen Fledgling, hung at the annual exhibition from 29th February to 9th March. Those students whose work has been accepted will be given the title RBA Scholar for the duration of the show and will have their work displayed alongside professional artists' exhibits. Cameron's work will be shown as a 10" x 8" reproduction.

WHY SAVE ANYTHING? A free event for Students age 15 - 18, at TATE BRITAIN
Friday 21 October 2011, 10.30 a.m. – 3.30 p.m.

HDFAS provided funds to enable a student from King Edward's School, Witley, to participate in this event. Speakers from the V&A, Tate and NADFAS, eminent contemporary artists, conservators and curators participated in discussions, talks and practical workshops exploring the future value of art and culture in the field of conservation in museums and galleries. Activities included: Film and Digital Media, Frame conservation, Photography, Painting Conservation, Paper conservation technique and X-Ray techniques.

CONTINUED FUNDING FOR VIVARTIS AT KING EDWARD'S SCHOOL: 2011

In 2011 HDFAS once again donated £260 to the Vivartis Autumn Arts Festival to sponsor first and second prize in the same two categories of the Junior and Prep Schools Art Competition as the previous year. This was the third year of our involvement with this exciting and successful arts festival. Ten schools entered the competition and the winners were presented with their prizes by Penny Davidson at the prize giving ceremony on 25th September. The two winners came from Barfield School and Prebendal School, both of which received cheques for £100. The winning pictures were produced in a variety of media including watercolour, batik, silk painting and collage.
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▼ Click on the picture below to see photos of the prize giving and for details of the winning pictures.

Photo by Jerome Davidson.

SPONSORSHIP OF JUNIOR ART PRIZES AT VIVARTIS: SEPTEMBER 2010

Funds were raised in 2009 to enable HDFAS to continue to sponsor junior arts projects.

£260 was donated to the Vivartis Autumn Arts Festival for first and second prize in two categories

(5-6 years and 7-8 years) of the Junior and Prep Schools Art Competition. The winners' work can be seen displayed in the photo below, flanked by Evelyn Phillips, Festival Director, and Jane Stopford-Russell, HDFAS Chairman.

Vivartis Junior Art Competition

Left to right: Evelyn Phillips, Jane Stopford-Russell. Photo by Chris Lunnon

NATIONWIDE SIXTH FORM ART COMPETITION: JULY 2010

Four paintings by sixth form art students at King Edward's School, Witley, were chosen and forwarded to NADFAS House, to be included in a nationwide painting competition for sixth formers. Judges from the Royal Society of British Artists will make the final selection of paintings to be hung at the Mall Galleries, London, in March of 2011.

Barbara Murray, the HDFAS Young Arts events organiser, was on the Selection Committee who chose the four paintings from King Edward's; she has successfully entered and sold her own paintings at the Vivartis Autumn Art Festival for a number of years.

Barbara Murray

Barbara Murray.

HDFAS FUNDING OF LOCAL ART COMPETITIONS: 2009

In 2009 HDFAS Young Arts provided funds for two local junior art competitions.

Vivartis Autumn Arts Festival 2009
The Vivartis Autumn Arts Festival, going strong since its inception at King Edward's School in Witley in 1996, celebrates 2D and 3D art. In 2009, prize money of £260 was donated to the Festival for first and second prize in

two categories (5-6 years and 7-8 years) of the Junior and Prep Schools Art Competition. Jane Stopford-Russell presented the prizes on 27th September, at the opening of the exhibition, to the winners: Sophie (St Hilary’s), Lily (St Ives), Nick (Yateley Manor) and Annabel (Highfield).

▼ Click on the photo below to see enlarged details of the winning paintings.

A private evening visit to the Festival was also arranged by Barbara Murray, for HDFAS members and their guests. An informal talk on 'The concept of the Vivartis Arts Festival' was given by Evelyn Phillips, Festival Director. For photos of that event visit the 2009 Gallery page.

Haslemere Festival Art Competition
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A donation of £25.00 was made for the first prize in the Junior category (under 12 years) of the Haslemere Festival 'Images of Haslemere' Art Competition, which took place in May 2009. The theme of the competition could be carried out in any medium. Winner of the Under 12s Junior category was Jemima Barr (11yrs) whose painting, along with other entries, was on display at the Haslemere Museum.

Jemima Barrage, prize winner, and Barbar Murray, HDFAS Young Arts Painting by Jemima Barrage

Jemima Barr and Barbara Murray. Jemima's prize winning painting of Haslemere Town Hall.
The photos were kindly supplied by Chris Lunnon.

HDFAS YOUNG ARTS PHOTOGRAPHIC WORKSHOP: MARCH 2008

Photo of a bench
A Photographic Workshop was arranged with acclaimed photographer Peter Searight. The participants went out onto Lynchmere Common, dodging the showers, and had a very enjoyable and rewarding morning. The main areas covered were composition, perspective and ultimately the process of transferring images to a computer, with a serious analysis of the results by Peter Searight.

▼ Click on the photo below to see the results of the day's activities by some of the participants.

KING EDWARD'S SCHOOL, WITLEY: Sponsorship of A-Level Art Student

In 2007 HDFAS gave £250 to sponsor a project by an A-level art student. A further £100 was donated in 2008.

PORTRAIT PAINTING: JULY 2007

HDFAS donated £200 for a Portrait Workshop with local artist Roger Dellar, which took place at Haslemere Museum. The young artists produced portraits, a selection of which were on display at the September lecture at Haslemere Hall. The event was a great success and was written up in the Haslemere Herald - the article included a photograph of Roger Dellar and all the participants.
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For information about Young Arts events contact Barbara Murray by email:

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