Blog Posts
Just Trying to Understand
Blog post by Christie Cassisa Sometimes my heart feels like it is going to break and I don’t know why. I feel stuck, sometimes, like that. At that point where my heart is going to break. And I don’t know why. Its not a nice feeling, like there is a tornado coming, and you need to close the door, but for some reason the door doesn’t quite close. And you don’t know why. But its not a bad feeling, like there is an excitement about seeing a tornado, you know that apart from the destruction, you’ve wanted that kind… Read more
Creative Writing
Blog post by Jo Morris “So……. we draw, we paint, we sculpt, we mosaic and now we Creative Write! Friday afternoons will never be the same again! It’s always great when we are approached by people offering to share their particular skills with Centrepiece artists. This was the case with Jo Morris, an English teacher with a passion for creative writing who came to us at the right time. As with all our new tutors we ran a trial session to the members and it was so well received that the follow up sessions started almost immediately.” Karen Larkin, Assistant… Read more
Canaletto at the Queen’s Gallery
A group of Centrepieces artists and friends visited the Queen’s Gallery in London on 6th November 2017 by invitation, to see the current exhibition of paintings by Italian artist Canaletto (1697-1768) and to take part in a drawing workshop led by Emma Finch, one of the gallery’s artists. We were given a quick talk about Canaletto, then we went into the exhibition to look at some of Canaletto’s paintings of Venice and Rome. We were all asked to choose a painting that we liked, and to draw or sketch part of it ourselves. Fortified by royal tea and biscuits, we… Read more
