Cantiana Poster Artsfest 2007

Cantiana ArtsFest 2008

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

Welcome to the 2nd Cantiana Artsfest, organised by the Cantiana singing group

The 2008 Programme

You are invited to an afternoon of live musical performances together with an art exhibition of paintings, photographs, sculpture, jewellery... most of them for sale. Light refreshments (that means cakes!) and lunches will also be available.

Where to find us

Lynsted is just off the A2 between Faversham and Sittingbourne, Kent. For directions, click here.

Click on the button for a closer view of where the church is: position of Lynsted Church in Lynsted
Music programme
Music from a variety of artists will be performed from between 12 noon and 6 o'clock.
  • We open with guitarist-vocalist Rhiannon Rae performing Country at 12 noon
  • Around 1pm Cathryn Swain and Pandora Davies perform a selection of early music on recorders
  • Cantiana will perform a selection of songs around 2pm and individual members of the choir will perform solos and duets after the main performance.
  • Chrysalis, the Doddington-renowned Jazzy trio will perform a set of songs at 3pm, making the journey from exhilarating first love to devastating lost love
  • and to close we will have a combination of cello and piano performed by Lis Bayford
Art Exhibition (artists so far...)
Ag47 Collection of jewellery by Ag47
Ag47 is a partnership, run by two friends Dave Kilford and Jeanette Cook. From our studios in Kent, the two of us design and make jewellery, mainly in silver and semi-precious stones. Even with our most popular designs, we vary the interpretation so that each piece is unique. We also work to commission and are happy to discuss your requirements.
painted canvas from Valerie Dean Valerie Dean
"I work with acrylics and my technique is usually to put materials and colours on either canvas or board and see what emerges - I see it as a dialogue"
Roger Dean Photograph on canvas by Roger Dean
"I believe that printing my photographs on canvas gives them an additional dimension"
Karen West Abstract - Mixed Media; Black and White line work.
Kim Orum Patchwork throws and cushions
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.
One of a series of works entitled '56739' by Simon Bernthal Simon Bernthal
Pictured: 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. Simon will be exhibiting a new work created especially for the Artsfest. We feel very honoured.
Martin J. Aynscomb Harris An example of Martin Harris' work
Martin J. Aynscomb Harris is a professional painter who is primarily concerned with the landscape. Works range from watercolours and gouaches to large oils. The artist has recently moved into printmaking. He has lived and worked beside and on the River Thames for forty years. From a houseboat at Hampton Court as a student in London, he has worked his way downstream to the Isle of Sheppey where he now works from a tall Victorian house overlooking the Estuary and the North Sea.
Alan & Mara Langley Art and Quilting
Bob Collins Watercolours
James Apps "I work with acrylics on canvass or canvass boards, favouring an Australian theme. I like bright reds and yellow ochre using raw colour mixed on the canvas"
Framed American Super Hero Collectors Comics supplied by Kim Munday Kim Munday
Framed American Super Hero Collectors Comics
Hildegarde Bone Artwork from Hildegarde Bone
Hildegarde produces landscapes, portraits and abstract art as well as book illustrations and greetings cards.
Julie Bradshaw artwork Julie Bradshaw
Julie Bradshaw produces beautiful atmospheric 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.
Lisa Valder a selection of photographs from Lisa Valder
Fine art photography for all occasions. Decorative prints and canvases of local landscapes and nature, high quality family portraits and event photography. Commissions welcome.

Artsfest posters

If you want to publicise this event (Artists take note!) you can download a colour (pdf) version or a black & white (pdf) version of the Artsfest poster or A6 flyers to hand out to friends, relatives and anyone else you can think of.

If you want to join in the exhibition, you can download an entry form here

Thank you to all artists who have already signed up - to others intending, please send in your forms as soon as possible. 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.