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Venue 1.
Retford Hub.
10am – 4pm daily
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On Cannon Square, Retford Hub (NNATIC) is
permanent host to over 140 local artists and
artisans and has resident artists Cath Ray,
Christine Howard, Rachel Scott, Freya Black &
Iona Birch.
The gallery is host to a superb exhibition by
Susan Isaac which runs for 6 weeks. The Hub also
has exhibitions with significant bodies of work
from art group Brushstrokes from Misterton,
Retford Life Drawing Class and the Hub’s own
Thurday Art Group and Simon Gaddes photography
group. All art and craft is for sale. Activities
in the gallery.
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Venue 2
Library
10am – 4pm Sat
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A few doors down, the venue for talks & workshop.
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Venue 3
Scout Hut
10am – 4pm daily
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Not obvious to locate, tucked behind the Retford
Memorials. Home this weekend for the Worksop Art
Society together with Richard Sampson –
Pyrography, Virginia Hawk and Denise Owen.
Virginia is a community arts tutor working in
Egypt and London. She will be leading the paper
craft workshop on Sun. |
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Venue 4.
St Swithun’s Church
10am – 4pm Sat & Mon.
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Our main Parish Church, please go through the
main body of the Church to the Lady chapel where
there is work from John Nooth, Christopher
Smith-Clayton, Kay Nooth, Helen Lems, Arthur
Begg, Chris & Edward Daniels. Book Fair. This is
also a venue for talks. Amina Khan-Sly will
exhibit on Monday 29th.
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Venue 5
Harry’s Coffee Shop
10am – 4pm Saturday
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Opposite the entrance to St Swithun’s, the venue
will be again be host to Elda Bowie. Elda is a
remarkable person and her personal voyage is
encapsulated through her work. Her studies of
pebbles and leaves are fascinating. |
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Venue 6
Spencer’s on the Square
10am – 4pm daily
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Onto the main centre of Retford and across the
main Square to Spencer’s, historic auctioneers
premises. Andy Massey will again be exhibiting
his latest works together with Michelle Stainton. |
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Venue 7
Methodist Church
10am-4pm daily
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Back across the main square and head up Grove
Street until just before you meet the ring road.
Entry is through the front then into the main
church and the room at the back where you will
find exhibitions from Pippins Art Group & Sutton
Art Group together with work from Mary Pibworth
& Richard Sampson. |
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Venue 8
Bassetlaw Museum
10am-4pm Sat |
The Museum is opposite the Church. With a
display of Vintage plastics and the Westhill Art
Society.
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Venue 9
Bookworm
10am-4pm Sat |
Head back to the square, turn left up Carolgate
and left up Spa Lane. A display and information
on how to get your book printed and the
practicalities of the options available. |
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Venue 10
Swan Studios
10am-4pm daily |
Home of the thriving Retford Art Society, the
studio will host a selection of works from
members as well as hosting ‘drop-in workshops’
for children & adults of all ages and ability.
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Venue 11
Print Ink Co
10am-4pm Sat. |
This year we have been running a Retford Tea
Towel Competition through the Retford Times, and
this is your chance to print your own with a
helping hand from Jo Massey, owner of this
impressive printing facility. |
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Venue 12
Labour Hall
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Venue for workshops & speakers. |
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Venue 13
Courtyard Gallery
10am-4pm daily
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Helen Tucker plus others including Norma Spurden
& Pat Lyon. |
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Venue 14 & 14a
Bay Tree
10am-4pm daily
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The exhibition is upstairs above the Café. Here
you will find work from the North Notts Creative
Textiles group and an exhibition from Village
Art, the art group based in Treswell.
The exhibition of textiles showcases a wide
variety of modern ways of working with textile
and stitch creating original textural artworks.
There is also a children’s activity.
Beside the canal, weather permitting, you’ll
find Denise Harrington painting ‘en plein air’.
Many will know her from her exquisite pictures
of horses, so this is a rare treat. |
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Venue 15
All Saints, Babworth
10am – 4pm daily
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TBC.
On Worksop road 1mile on right.
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Venue 16
Grapevine Studios
Mattersey
10am -2pm Sat |
Open Studios & Raku Firing.
Pre fired tea bowls will be available to
purchase and decorate to fire in the Raku kiln.
Chris Campbell & Joy Gibbs-Price (Mattersey) See
Open Studios brochure. |
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Venue 17
Idle Valley
10am-4pm daily
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Jill Atkinson will be at work at this venue
which also hosts an exhibition of artworks by
children from St Joseph’s, Carr Hill & Ranskill
Primary showcasing the annual Rotary Children’s
Art Competition that is hosted in the Hub every
year.
Take North Road for approx. 1 mile, on right.
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Venue 18
Indigo Blu |
TBC.
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