Crafts at Sydenham Arts Festival

Mothers and Daughters Jewellery-making Workshop – 23rd August 2010

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Make a beaded necklace and matching earrings with the ladies from Bizou. Details 23rd August – 2.00-4.00pm £35 (per mother/daughter, inc materials) Venue: Alhambra Home & Garden, 148 Kirkdale, Sydenham SE26 4BB To book, please telephone 020 3417 6385 or email mail@alhambrahome.co.uk Family friendly Alhambra Home & Garden website

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Visual Arts Exhibitions and Artists’ Trail Weekends – 17/18th and 24/25th July 2010

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Over 50 artists will exhibit their work during the festival (more details TBA) Details 17th/18th and 24/25th July 11.00am-5.00pm FREE Sydenham & Forest Hill

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Sydenham Knits – for King’s baby unit – 12th July

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This group of keen knitters meet monthly to share projects and ideas.  Join them during the festival to knit blankets, which will be donated to King’s College Hospital’s baby unit. Details 12th July – 7.30pm FREE The Dolphin – 121 Sydenham Road, Sydenham SE26 5HB

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Mosaic Workshops (2-parts) 6th/13th July 2010

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Make a mosaic with smashed crockery. Materials provided but bring your own plate (smashed or unsmashed) for a personal touch. Details Workshop with Sally Earlham Course concludes at 7pm on Tues 13th July when participants will return to grout their new creations. 6th July – 6.30-9.00pm 13th July – 7.00-8.00pm £35 (for both workshops) Location:

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The Annexe Exhibition – 3rd July-31st August 2010

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Kirkdale Bookshop hosts ‘The Annexe’, an extension of the artists’ Recycled House (part of the Visual Arts Trail: 17-18, 24-25 July).  We invite you to donate interesting yet purposeless items to create an opulent interior space from available resources. The Annexe offers imagination as an alternative to consumption. Details July 3rd- 31st August 2010 Opens

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