Cantiana Poster Artsfest 2007

Cantiana ArtsFest 2007

A local ArtsFest in the Kent countryside, a festival of music and art

Cantiana organised an ArtsFest on the 14th July 2007 at Lynsted Church between 12 noon and 6pm - see what happened on the day

The 2007 Programme

You are invited to an afternoon of musical performances "from the balcony" together with an art exhibition of paintings, photographs, sculpture, craft work... most of them for sale, along with a preview of exhibition works destined for the Canterbury Arts Festival from a group of fine art students from Canterbury College. Light refreshments will also be available.

Music programme
Music from a variety of artists will be performed from between 12 noon and 6 o'clock.
The afternoon will kick off with jazz melodies and love songs, followed by Cantiana at 1.45 til 3.00 (with a short break in between). Also included will be a string quartet, baroque recorders, jazz & blues and rounding off at 4:45 with jazz trio Chrysalis, singing songs of love...and the ending of love.
12:15 Mike Thompson Jazz & blues keyboards & guitar
1:00 Cathryn Swain & Pandora Davies Recorder duo featuring Baroque and Renaissance recorder music
1:45 Mike Thompson Jazz & blues keyboards & guitar
2:30 Cantiana Choir Anthems by Rutter, Chilcott, Goodall
3:15 Cantiana Choir Gospels & Spirituals
4:00 ‘16 Strings & a load of horsehair’ String Quartet
4:45 'Chrysalis' Jazz vocals with cello, violin and piano
Art Exhibition
Antoinette Luckhurst sterling silver and silver plated jewllery from Antoinette Luckhurst
Antoinette produces sterling silver and silver plated jewellery using a variety of techniques, with bright glass beading and crochet wire texture.
Jane Radford
Jane is the owner of Glass on Gatefield a gallery and shop on Gatefield Lane in Faversham providing stained glass and stained glass repair, leaded windows, leaded window repair and a wide range of contemporary glass jewellery. Jane will be exhibiting leaded glass panels, a decorated mirror and fused glass bowl.
Rose Dickinson Individually made decorative and practical stoneware from Rose Dickinson
Rose produces individually made decorative and practical stoneware pottery for gardens and interiors, inspired by the local landscape.
digital artwork from Sioux Peto Sioux Peto
Sioux uses brilliant colours printed on large high quality canvas using the latest digital print techniques. Trash art is another speciality.
Colin Barnard Figurative and abstract sculpture from Colin Barnard
Figurative and abstract sculpture in wood, stone, clay, papier maché, glass and anything else he can carve, model or shape in some way is exhibited by Colin Barnard from the Polka Dot Art Centre in Teynham. During the festival he will be carving wood or stone outside (or modelling clay inside if wet). His studio and gallery is open Saturdays and other days by appointment.
Andy Enock Andy Enock - Daydreamer
"My work is mostly about dreams, thoughts, emotions and bad nightmares. The paintings are made with all kinds of paint"
Swale Arts Forum
An independent voice representing the work and interests of artists and arts organisations across the borough of Swale. Regular forum meetings and numerous opportunities for networking provide contacts with new audiences intended to sustain the growth and vitality of all our members.
Sculptures made from motor vehicle mechanical parts by Les Roberts Leslie Roberts - Lezar Auto Sculptures
Sculptures are made from motor vehicle mechanical parts (ie gearbox gears/sprockets). Some are made into lamps, clocks, candle holders...
Lisa Valder a selection of photographs from Lisa Valder
Lisa Valder was born in Cologne Germany. She moved to England in the early 80s. During the 80s and 90s she worked as a freelance photographer for various German and British news publications, while pursuing her interest in Art Photography. Since then Lisa has worked with agencies and photolibraries. More recently Lisa has again started to concentrate more on her non-commercial work, which includes landscapes, stillife and abstracts, many with a local interest to Kent, where she has lived since the 1992.
One of a series of works entitled '56739' by Simon Bernthal Simon Bernthal
Title: 56739. This work is one of a series constructed of emulsion, various sands and pigments on canvas with the emergence of a face or tortured soul beginning to appear from the mayhem of the background.
Circus Contemporary mixed media works by Circus
Contemporary mixed media works by Circus a collaboration of artists from Canterbury College Fine Arts HND Course These pieces will also be on display at the Kent and Canterbury Hospital during the Canterbury Arts Festival 13th – 27th October
Framed American Super Hero Collectors Comics supplied by Kim Munday Kim Munday
Framed American Super Hero Collectors Comics
Paintings by Robbie Kingsnorth Robbie Kingsnorth
"Hello, my name is Robbie Kingsnorth and my medium is oils. I recently returned from Austria after 4 years discovering the country and learning more about Art. I studied at Canterbury Collage for my A-levels"
Elaine Purse Photographs of Australian flora limited editions by primainfo.com
Originally created as marketing material for primabio, a company creating new and exciting Eucalyptus species for us to grow here in the cold UK, we thought these images were too pretty not to share, so they are available as greetings cards, prints and digital canvasses.
detailed watercolour still-lives by Cherryl Fountain Cherryl Fountain
Cherryl is known locally as Churchwarden of Badlesmere and Leaveland Churches and Adult Studies art tutor. She studied Fine Art at Reading University and the Royal Academy Schools. Opulent, autobiographical watercolour still lives explore her current preoccupations and themes. Landscape and garden pictures have detailed foregrounds like outdoor still lives.
Photographs by Trish Bullman Trish Bullman
Photographer specialising in women's photo shoots.
Carole Andrews abstract, organic sculptures based on the structure of plants and coral by Carole Andrews
"I make abstract, organic sculpture using techniques taken from origami and embroidery. The work is based on the structure of plants in my garden and images remembered from snorkelling over coral reefs."
Sketches of musicians, vintage vehicles and rurul life by Sarah Steen Sarah Steen
Sarah Steen uses strong colours, mixed media, often working outdoors. Themes - vintage vehicles, historic rural activities, musicians and live performance.
Sue Treadwell
Potter
Annie Watkins
Watercolour painter
Andrea Berthal details of quilts inspired by tradition and paintings by Andrea Bernthal
Celtic Quilt - Taking traditional celtic designs and combining patchwork and quilting to enhance the design I have created this textile piece (176cm x 192cm)
Ocean Park - I have used the 'Ocean Park' series of paintings by the American artist Richard Diebenkorn as inspiration for this textile piece. Each block represents an adaptation of one of these paintings in which Diebenkorn used the Californian sea and sky scapes as his basis for paintings. (210cm x 166cm)
oilpainting inspired by stained glass window design by Julia Chapman Julia Chapman
This large oil painting was inspired by the quality of light and rich colour in stained glass window design. Admittedly, there was no particular forethought to composition as each pattern was added as the design progressed. Soft rounded forms to ‘spiky,’ hard-edged foliage create the texture that attracts the eye over the entire canvas. The black outlines serve to define colours, enhance their brightness, and also give an illustrative quality to the piece that overall has an amazing impact on the senses.

Artsfest posters

If you want to publicise this event (Artists take note!) you can download a colour (2.5MB pdf) or black & white (1.5MB pdf) version of the Artsfest poster here.

Thank you to all artists who have signed up - we are now at capacity, which is fantastic. If you are interested in taking part in other Swale artist activities, contact to find out about the Swale Arts Forum.

Click here to see the floorplan of the Church.

This event is taking place as part of the Swale Festival - see the festival programme of events (pdf)