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Arts and Crafts from your trusted local supplier can now be found online with great discounts

The review will provide an electronic meeting point
for all artists working in a diverse range of media

Further Development is currently taking place
Now is the time to get registered or amend your artist details

Lancashire Artists Network Artists Database
Lancashire County Council

Email: Celia Cross

Website: Lancashire Artists Network

NEWS: Hubs in Pubs

5 Hubs are emerging across Cumbria, roughly: north, east, south/central, south and west. The groups so far are made up of a diversity of practitioners including 2 and 3D, web, film and music interests, and look set to form a really dynamic base for the projects.

If you want to get involved in the Hubs project then get in touch – it doesn’t matter what background, knowledge or experience you might have, just an interest in working with a group of artists to create some exciting work, discuss it with your peers and pick up some serious skills in the process.

Hubs meetings: initial get together to discuss where each group would like to go are as follows:

West Hub: Friday 24th, Keswick, 2.30pm, venue TCB – please contact the Network.
South/central Hub: Thursday 9th March, Kendal – Dickie Doodles, 7pm

North, east and south dates TBC – contact the Network for more details.


Tutors wanted Lancaster University Conted..	If you would be interested in teaching for one or more of the department's programmes, please contact Rebecca Drinkall to request further details and an application form. If you are interested in particular programmes, subjects or locations (e.g. Cumbria, Fylde, etc), please indicate this when you enquire. Rebecca Drinkall Department of Continuing Education Lancaster University Ash House Lancaster LA1 4YT Email r.drinkall@lancaster.ac.uk

BBC NEWS In Pictures: Turner Prize	Installation artist Simon Starling, winner of this year's Ł25,000 Turner Prize, recycles objects by reframing and reforming them.

Lancaster District LSP Announces New Small Grants Fund	Funding

ARTIST SOUGHT FOR ANTI-ROAD CAMPAIGN

Transport Solutions for Lancaster and Morecambe are appealing for an artist who can create a visual impression of the key features of the Heysham M6 Link Road. The plans include a dual carriageway with several road bridges, a flyover 43' high and numerous steep embankments, and along one stretch there will be 8 lanes of traffic. All of them ploughing through greenfield sites in North Lancaster and Torrisholme, to the dismay of local residents and veteran road protestors who, backed by the evidence of the County Council's own research, point out the road will not solve the vast majority of Lancaster's traffic problems. The County Council of course, is in favour of the road...

See the maps and diagrams at http://www.heyshamm6link.info


Wray Scarecrow Festival. usually in May WWW Scarecrows	Wray Scarecrow Festival. All through the winter the quaintly snowed-in rural folk of Wray Village have been eccentrically passing the time engaged in their indigenous craft - making fabulous scarecrows! The streets, lanes and alleyways of this picturesque village will be populated by tableaux and fantasy creations on all kinds of themes - politics, TV and more. I think we can expect some royal scarecrows for sure. There will be delicious and cheap home-made refreshments in Wray Institute all week. There will be a display of costumes and flowers 'Moments in Time' with music at Holy Trinity Church. David and Goliath Rap Mon-Fri Wray school 11am + 2pm. The Festival kicks off today with the St George's Day celebrations, and finishes with the big fair on May Monday. Don't miss this. You just have to go. If our council had any sense they'd organise special buses. See www.wrayvillage.co.uk/scarecrows.htm for a stack of info or tel: 01524 32878.

yahoo group ArtAnonymous	Art Anonymous is for artists around the world working in painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture or, any medium. Discuss artists, art in general, your work, materials, methods, business issues or, anything having to do with your life as an artist. Receive technical help from other artists and give help when you can. Share secrets, tips, favourite painters, and favourite books.`View homepage: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ArtAnonymous/`