Mother’s emotional plea prompts acts of kindness
A WOMAN from Henley who has hardly seen her daughter during the coronavirus lockdown has been receiving artistic mementos from ...
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AN artist from Watlington has had a painting selected for the BP Portrait Award at the National Portrait Gallery. Mark Draisey, 58, ...
TWO artists have teamed up to sell mugs featuring a portrait of Henley Bridge in aid of the NHS coronavirus appeal. The bone china ...
Whimsical artworks in coffee house window to cheer shoppers
A SCULPTOR hopes to cheer up the people of Henley by installing three light-hearted artworks in a coffee shop window. Dawn Conn’s ...
Girl sells virus design T-shirts
A TEENAGE girl is raising money for the NHS by putting her artistic interpretation of the coronavirus pandemic on T-shirts. Grace ...
Woman who fell in love with art at school now wants to teach it
AN artist and former Henley schoolgirl has been hosting free virtual painting classes during the coronavirus pandemic. Hannah Williams,...
Artist raises £2,250 for NHS with Hearts of Gold painting
AN artist who created a painting to honour the work of NHS staff during the coronavirus crisis has raised about £2,250. Sarah Pye, of ...
Art school founder goes online after grant staves off closure
THE founder of the Henley School of Art, who feared she may lose her business due to the coronavirus crisis, says she has been given a ...
GARSINGTON Opera has launched a weekly online documentary. Music for the Eyes features music from the company and images from the ...
THE 75th anniversary of VE Day has brought back memories for Bill Mundy. The 83-year-old artist, who lives off Wargrave Road near ...
Love hearts for health workers
AN artist has created a commemorative painting to honour the work of NHS staff during the coronavirus crisis. Sarah Pye, of Damer ...
Ocean views is artist’s muse for competition
A SCULPTOR from Bix has been unveiled as one of the contestants taking part in the second series of a BBC reality TV show called Home ...
CAMERAS at the ready... home and garden retailer Wilko is inviting amateur photographers to share their best images of wild birds as ...
Poet who hymned Henley has inspired gallery show
A GROUP of 14 printmakers are pressing ahead with a fortnight-long exhibition at the Old Fire Station Gallery, which opened yesterday ...
A SERIES of art lectures are to be held at St Mary’s Church in Wargave. The six-week course will be delivered by tutor Dalila ...
Printmakers’ interpretations of poems are going on show at gallery
BODENPRESS is delighted to announce a new exhibition at Henley’s Old Fire Station Gallery. “The Poetics of Print” will show ...
Dutch master’s great leap was something he had to work for
Young Rembrandt | Ashmolean Museum, Oxford | Until June 7 REMBRANDT is one of the world’s greatest artists but he was no child prodigy....
Youth Festival artists’ work going on show at museum this weekend
CHILDREN will have their artwork on display at the River and Rowing Museum as part of this year’s Henley Youth Festival. Schools, art ...
Museum’s celebrating artist’s gentle wildness
AN exhibition celebrating the artist Gertrude Hermes’s lifelong fascination with the natural world has opened at Henley’s River & ...
Our half-term activities and workshops will unleash your children’s creativity
YOU’LL go wild for the half-term activities lined up at the River & Rowing Museum next week. This February half-term, the River & ...
