Brief-Art 2010 is a collection of original art work, all postcard size and in a wide variety of mediums, each one for sale at £30 in support of St Margaret’s Somerset Hospice.
Brief Art 2010 in February was a great success and raised £9,000 during the weekend. The Event was well supported and it was both enjoyable and fun.
We would like to thank our Sponsors, Milsted Langdon, Chartered Accountants and Courtyard Framing, Minehead for their support also Hestercombe Gardens Trust for allowing us the venue and to the staff for all their help.
A very important 'thank you' to all the artists who contributed; the standard was excellent. We would also like to thank all the stewards who helped in many ways.
With contributions of over 700, not every picture was sold. In Brief Art 2008 four large collages were put together and special frames were made and they hang in the New Build of St Margaret's Hospice in Taunton.
This time we have put together a couple of Albums and they will go into both the Reception area of St Margaret's Hospice Yeovil and also in the new St Margaret's Hospice Furniture shop in Bridge Street Taunton. The new Furniture shop is opposite the main St Margaret's Shop just below the bridge. Each painting will be £10. These are originals painted by well known artists, celebrities and amateurs. These paintings will not be incognito. With your purchase you will get whatever information we have about the artist and a 15% discount voucher to have your picture framed by Courtyard Framing in Minehead.
The 2010 sale was held at
Bamfylde Hall, Hestercombe Gardens, Cheddon Fitzpaine, Taunton TA2 8LG
www.hestercombe.com
Hestercombe is delighted to support BRIEF ART through donating the free use of Bampfylde Hall for this prestigious exhibition and sale. By kind permission of Hestercombe Gardens Trust.
Friday 12 February 2010
The sale began with a private reception for ticket holders on the evening of Friday 12 February 2010. Tickets : £15.
Saturday 13 February 2010
Sunday 14 February 2010
On Saturday and Sunday, 13 & 14 February 2010, the sale continued with open admission between 10.30 am and 4.30 pm each day. Visitors on these two days were able to purchase morning coffee and afternoon tea, and at the same time could enjoy Hestercombe's lovely grounds.
Hestercombe's Coutyard Cafe will be open during the Brief Art event for morning coffee and afternoon tea with a full lunch menu including daily specials. The world-famous Gardens are open from 10.00am until 5.00pm giving Brief Art visitors the opportunity to enjoy a full day out.
Pick up a leaflet from the Hospice shops (or the exhibition itself) and take advantage of the 2 for 1 offer to tour the gardens on Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 February 2010.
The task of sourcing the work began in January 2009, and this has been by personal contacts, visiting art groups, contacting Art Colleges, schools and the many artists who participate in Somerset and Dorset Arts Weeks. The organisers have been busily networking for the past year or so and many good friends and interesting acquaintances have been made on the way.
The response to our plea has been wonderful. Seeing the work sent in, in many media, many styles and subjects, has been a joy and a most exciting experience. We are hugely grateful to all the artists who have given time and thought to this rather unusual idea, and we thank them most sincerely for their generous support.
Artwork is still being sought - if you would like to participate and submit a piece please click here for further details.
We are very grateful to our generous sponsor Milsted Langdon for helping to make Brief Art 2010 possible.
And we are very grateful for the support being provided by Courtyard Framing in Minehead.
The fantastic news is that a total of
£11,449.27
was raised by the event.
As advertised on WhereCanWeGo.com - Britain's Event Diary.
St. Margarets Hospice is registered as a charity no. 279473.
Company Limited by guarantee no. 1471345 and not having a share capital.