by Donna | Mar 4, 2021 | Art for Wellbeing, Art News
ART IS ESSENTIAL A few weeks ago I was invited to a webinar to launch the Art is Essential movement. I have to be honest, I initially had my doubts about tuning in. Don’t get me wrong, the message Art is Essential is preaching to the converted here. But a tiny...
by Donna | Jan 18, 2021 | Art News
How an idea by The Travelling Artist Deb Jones blossomed into a collaborative lockdown journal ‘The Golden Thread Sketch Book’ The Golden Thread Sketch Book is a beautiful collection of artwork responding to Lockdown 2020, and, as the name suggests...
by Donna | Aug 25, 2020 | Art News
How the loss of my small art studio hit me during lockdown 2020 Like almost everyone I know I have been feeling a multitude of mixed emotions during the period of lockdown 2020. In the past, when I have been asked to describe myself, resilient has always been one of...
by Donna | Jul 2, 2020 | Art for Wellbeing, Art News
Brush & Timber – An Ethical New Forest Art Business I am always interested in getting to know about other artists who live and work locally to me. So when I saw Susannah Bond’s beautiful artwork popping up on a Hampshire Arts Page I was...
by Donna | Jun 17, 2020 | Art for Wellbeing, Art News
Wellbeing Creatures Project for Young People in Hampshire One upside of the lockdown for me personally has been the opportunity to spend time getting to know some of my fellow creative people who live and work in Southampton and the surrounding areas. One young woman...
by Donna | Jun 9, 2019 | Art News, organ donation, Powertex Workshops
Ely Cathedral was packed with people for the service Sunday 29 May 2019 On Sunday 29 May 2019 my husband and I, along with many other people made our way to the beautiful setting of Ely Cathedral. The reason for our visit was a very special service of...
