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World Braille Day!

On 4th January – it’s World Braille Day. Our Worcester Park Group Member, Sean Stanley is blind. He has enjoyed trying a tactile approach to painting in an abstract stained glass style. He drew a free design on a canvas board, which Carole, the group leader, went over with ‘artificial lead’, thus creating raised lines ... Read more »

AGM Date

Save the Date for our Annual General Meeting! Date:  Thursday, 30th March 2017 Venue:  St Mary’s Cuddington, The Avenue, Cuddington, Worcester Park, Surrey, KT4 7HL. More details to follow shortly.... Read more »

Keep Calm It’s Nearly Christmas!

Three new designs have been chosen for the 2016 Christmas Cards! A quantity of each design are available for sale on Our Gallery page. Prices are £3.00 for a pack of 5 including p&p. Once again we have created our 2017 Calendars and these are also available to purchase from Our Gallery page.  A perfect ... Read more »

Life After Stroke Awards 2016

Formby Group Member, Barry Parkinson was nominated this year for a Creative Arts Award, part of ‘The Life After Stroke Awards 2016’. The Stroke Association hosts these awards every year to recognise the achievements of everyone affected by stroke. They celebrate stroke survivors for showing tremendous spirit and determination after their stroke. This award is ... Read more »

News from Our Worcester Park Group

On 5th July 2016, we opened a new Conquest Art Group in Worcester Park at St Mary’s Church, Cuddington.  We are a small, friendly group, and members and helpers have enjoyed getting to know each other while pursuing their individual artistic interests. Three of our members, Angela, Vedica and Jan are keen watercolourists and have ... Read more »

Conquest Art in Dorset!

Our new group in Bridport, Dorset opened on 3rd October 2016! The group meets on a Monday morning every two weeks from 11:00am to 12:30pm at Bridport Christian Fellowship, Kings Square, Kings Street, Bridport, Dorset, DT6 3QD. Why not come along, your first session would be free and thereafter there would be a nominal charge ... Read more »

Reigate’s Open Morning

On Wednesday 28th September 2016 Reigate Park group held its annual Open Morning.  Our doors were opened to the public to meet the artists and view an impressive exhibition of their work. Visitors also enjoyed tea and cake and were able to buy greetings cards sporting wonderful artwork by the group. We were delighted to ... Read more »

Member we have sadly lost…

Stoneleigh group is missing one of our number, Richard, who died in September 2016.  Richard had been a Member at Stoneleigh since 2012  and despite our urgings, or perhaps because of them, he continued to paint his pictures his own way.  Richard came from “God’s own country” Yorkshire, and had a wonderful dry sense of ... Read more »

Embrace Art Exhibition

The Embrace Art Exhibition is a celebration of artwork by artists of all ages who have a disability or sensory impairment valuing the contribution they make to society. Our Godalming members participated in this event which was held at Holy Trinity and St Mary’s, Guildford from 6th to 15th September 2016.  As well as the ... Read more »

2016 Annual Exhibition Review

We held our Annual Art Exhibition at Bourne Hall in August and for the first time in many years there was an opening event for Conquest Art Friends and supporters where we were able to talk to people about the work of the charity. Several pictures were sold at this event and a lot of ... Read more »