Anita’s pen and ink work “Mad Hatters Tea Party” has been selected by a panel of artists for inclusion in a compliation Art Book which showcases the best  drawing and illustrative work  from the online community Redbubble.
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The Mad Hatter's Tea Party by Anita Inverarity

Three further weekends have been added to our winter show.

The exhibition, which  will be open on Saturdays  and Sundays  from 2PM to  4 PM will end on Sunday 13th of December.

The show features and sold works by 24 Locals Artists in watercolours, oils, acrylic, pastel,  pen & ink, with a wide variety of framed and unframed works, all of which are replaced when sold,  so artwork will change on an ongoing basis.

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The opening night of our Autumn 2009 exhibition got off to a flying start on Friday evening – despite the problems caused by the weather. Even our roadside sign was blown over and broke in the heavy winds – and several local roads were flooded.

Around 60 hardy souls braved strong winds and driving rain to see the launch of our strongest selection for some time with 24 artists showing 72 framed works along with a large selection of unframed pieces, prints and cards. Anita was even taking orders for a 2010 calendar.

As you’ll see from the photos below, a good time was had by all – not solely due to the wine and snacks consumed!

The exhibition continues until Sunday 29th November. More details are on this page.

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Father and Daughter duo, Anita and William Inverarity will continue their exhibition duringthe month of November 2009.

It’s at Kelly’ s Cafe and Gallery, North Deeside Road,  Peterculter, Aberdeen.

A great  place to meet for coffee

Acclaimed online art magazine Earthmonster Illustrated have featured a link to the Forecourt Art Group website on their front page.

The magazine highlights artists and exhibitions from around the world and always has interesting interviews and articles. We would like to thank the editors for this honour.

The issue is a Halloween Special and is not for the fainthearted. You can view it here
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The Forecourt Art Group has operated for over 50 years and locals may be familiar with the open air exhibitions held on Broad Street each summer.

Aberdeen City Council came to the rescue when the Art Group had to move from Langstane Kirk (now the Soul Bar) and renovated the walkway under St. Nicholas House into the Underpass Outdoor Gallery.

Next summer will be the last Underpass Exhibition due to relocation and renovation of the new council headquarters.

The group are now be looking for a suitable City Centre location to carry on the tradition in 2011.

The search will begin as early as February 2010, and the group would very much welcome suggestions and offers put forward by the local community and enterprise.

The group is a not for profit organization, bringing affordable, accessible art to the public, so expensive retail outlets and lets are not an option- however all reasonable offers will be explored.

The Forecourt Art Group’s annual winter exhibition continues at the Peterculter Heritage Hall.

The exhibition will remain open  each Saturday and Sunday 12- 4pm (with teas and home baking served from 2pm) until closing on Sunday 29th November.

This exhibition  features the broadest range of artists for some time, with 24 exhibitors displaying 72 new works in a variety of media. There will also be a range of unframed works, photographs, prints  and cards.

All works are available for purchase and immediate collection.

At the New Pitsligo Visual Arts Exhibition last week both Anthony Tees and Ian Watt won a prize for their work: Anthony for his painted ceramics and Ian for his painting of Gamrie.

The Autumn Exhibition of the Forecourt Art Group will take place at the Heritage Hall, Peterculter – where we have had two very successful previous exhibitions.

The Opening night will be on Friday 30th October and it will run daily (except Wednesdays) for two full weeks. Thereafter it will be on for two further weekends.

More details to follow.

On Saturday 29th August we met up at the village square, Monymusk for a painting outing.

Once again the committee were out in force, but no other members showed up, which was disappointing. It would be good to see the general members supporting the outings which are laid on for them! This was only 40 minutes from the centre of Aberdeen.

Some invited guests had come along, so all was not lost.

After fortifying ourselves with some great food and, in some cases strong drink, at the local pub, we set off.

We set up by the banks of the Don, with a clear view to Mither Tap and the broad expanse of Benachie.

Two members were working with acrylics, one drawing, and our guests were all using watercolours.

The sun played hide and seek, but after about two hours it finally disappeared and with the wind starting to gust more strongly, we decided to pack up.

Everyone though that it had been a great success.

Bill, Anita, Ann and their guest headed back home, while Ian led his guests on a hike up to a nearby lake, well stocked with fish, it appeared. There we took a good number of photos to work on back at base.

Finally it was time to head home.

As you’ll see from the pictures below, this was an ideal location and one to which all said that they’d like to return. Maybe we can entice more people there next year!

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