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5th July 2010 | Cambodian Children’s Painting Project (CCPP) Exhibition | The Biscuit Factory

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 09:02:17 +0000

The Cambodian Children’s Painting Project to exhibit in Newcastle
• Original children’s art for sale to support the education of Cambodian children

The Cambodian Children’s Painting Project (CCPP) is to exhibit a range of original paintings by almost 100 Cambodian children in Newcastle on July 5th at The Biscuit Factory.

The exhibition is part of a 24-city European tour by CCPP this spring and summer to raise money, vital to provide ongoing educational support to more than 100 children in the Sihanoukville region of Cambodia.

The exhibitions opening to the public is from 18:30-21:00 on Monday the 5th of July, with 100 small and 20 large paintings for sale from between 15-150 pounds each.

Felix Brooks-church, General Manager of the Cambodian Children’s Painting Project (CCPP) comments: “The current economic climate has significantly affected tourism numbers in Cambodia, so rather than waiting for the world to come to us, we thought we’d bring the children’s paintings to the world.

“CCPP works directly with families in Cambodia to make it possible for more than 100 children to attend school. We create a safe and supportive place where the children can learn, play and express themselves through daily activities such as painting, drawing and sculpture, as well as sports, English and computing classes. We also provide food, medical care and clean clothing – which all plays a part in ensuring that the children stay in school for as long as possible.

“The majority of the children involved in the Project live in terrible conditions and lack regular access to food, clean water and medical care. They have little or no education and make money by collecting cans and plastic bottles. Sadly, they are often the victims of violent abuse and paedophilia.

“Our hope is that education can help counteract the effects of poverty and that the children will go on to become active members of their own communities, helping to shape the future of Cambodia.

“This European tour would not have been possible without the support of past volunteers who have helped us in Cambodia over the past three years. They have been instrumental in organizing each event in their home towns, spending much of their time and money to set up the events. The overall reaction to the exhibitions has been inspiring – it’s truly a global network of people that keeps our doors open.”

For more information:
Rachel E. Brown, The Biscuit Factory
+44 778 999 7636
rachel@thebiscuitfactory.com
www.thebiscuitfactory.com

Felix Brooks-church, CCPP Director
+44 790 337 3881
ccppexhibitions@gmail.com
www.letuscreate.org

Time and Date:
18:30-21:00 Monday the 5th of July

The Biscuit Factory
www.thebiscuitfactory.com
16 Stoddart Street
Shieldfield
Newcastle Upon Tyne
Tyne And Wear
NE2 1AN

0191 261 1103

About us:
The Cambodian Children’s Painting Project (CCPP) is a grass roots initiative working with some of the country’s poorest children. Cambodia is one of the very poorest countries of South East Asia and CCPP’s aim is to create a brighter future for these kids through art and education.

CCPP is a continuation of an activity initiated by Roger Dixon, a professional artist, who came to Cambodia to paint on Sihanoukville’s beaches in the early 1990s. The local children were intrigued by this man and his paints and wanted to try it for themselves. So Roger brought the necessary materials with him the following season and the children started to paint. The activity proved so popular and successful that Roger made it into a regular feature during his annual visits to Sihanoukville, financing it from his limited personal means. Backed up by an enthusiastic group of local volunteers the activity grew in size and scope, and diversified.

In April 2006, CCPP was registered as an NGO to provide the project with a legal status and to make it possible to sustain and expand its activities. Since its humble beginnings almost three years ago, over four hundred children have been a part of the initiative. CCPP now provides the children with not only access to painting, craft and sports activities, but also two meals a day, access to medical and dental assistance and most importantly, an opportunity to receive a proper education. CCPP also runs English and computing classes in-house, in addition to sponsoring all the children to attend Khmer school full time.

In 2007 CCPP moved from its modest beach shack to a safer location off the beach, more appropriate for the children and their needs. The new centre has a range of facilities including a large painting studio, clean bathrooms and a full kitchen, as well as an indoor gallery space, education classrooms and volunteer accommodation.

Most of the regularly attending children no longer sell their bracelets and wares along the beach, yet they continue to earn money to help support their families through the sale of their paintings from the CCPP gallery. Paintings are sold for $4. Two dollars go to the child’s family, and $2 goes into CCPP’s communal education fund which we use to offer all our children a chance to attend Khmer school, paying school fees and providing uniforms, bags, books and pens and any ongoing costs such as one-on-one tutoring.

The children now spend their spare time playing, painting and interacting with CCPP’s staff and volunteers at the centre. In a sense, they have been given back their youth, with a chance to be kids again for a couple of hours a day, and are protected, out of harm’s way.

12th to 14th March 2010 | Luxury Antiques Weekend at Linden Hall in Northumberland

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:52:58 +0000

SAY IT WITH FLOWERS THIS MOTHER’S DAY

Luxury Antiques Weekend at Linden Hall in Northumberland

Friday 12 – Sunday 14 March 2010


For Mother’s Day on Sunday 14 March, beautiful bouquets and bunches of fresh flowers will be bought over the weekend, only to fade and die after a few days.  Every mother is special and they deserve a constant reminder that they are appreciated.  With interest rates at an all time low and traditional investments underperforming, jewellery is a tangible asset which can be treasured and enjoyed for years to come.
Sparkling blooms of colourful gems nestling in precious metals from the 19th and early 20th centuries flourish amongst the twenty-two fine art and antiques dealers exhibiting at the Luxury Antiques Weekend at Linden Hall in Longhorsley near Morpeth.
As the Macdonald Linden Hall Hotel is offering special Mother’s Day lunches in the Dobson Restaurant, priced at £21 per person, and in their Linden Tree Pub, £18.50 a head, why not make a day of it and treat your mother to a lovely lunch, buy a flower brooch that she will cherish for ever and enjoy the art and antiques on offer?



11 May 2010: Antiques and Collectors Fair @ Wentworth Leisure Centre Hexham
Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:57:11 +0000
Antiques and Collectors Fair
Wentworth Leisure Centre

Wentworth Park

Hexham

Northumberland

NE46 3PD
Featuring ceramics, silver, vintage clothes, local  pottery, postcards, militaria,  stamps, coins, dolls, tools, jewellery,  furniture and many other  items, in a warm friendly atmosphere.
Further Information: Colin Caygill Events



31 May 2010: Antiques and Collectors Fair @ International Stadium Gateshead
Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:57:11 +0000
Antiques and Collectors Fair
Gateshead International Stadium

Nelson Road

Gateshead

Tyne & Wear

NE10 0EF
Featuring ceramics, silver, vintage clothes, local  pottery, postcards, militaria,  stamps, coins, dolls, tools, jewellery,  furniture and many other  items, in a warm friendly atmosphere.
Further Information: Colin Caygill Events



05 April 2010: Antiques and Collectors Fair @ International Stadium Gateshead
Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:57:10 +0000
Antiques and Collectors Fair
Gateshead International Stadium

Nelson Road

Gateshead

Tyne & Wear

NE10 0EF
Featuring ceramics, silver, vintage clothes, local  pottery, postcards, militaria,  stamps, coins, dolls, tools, jewellery,  furniture and many other  items, in a warm friendly atmosphere.
Further Information: Colin Caygill Events



13 April 2010: Antiques and Collectors Fair @ Wentworth Leisure Centre Hexham
Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:57:10 +0000
Antiques and Collectors Fair
Wentworth Leisure Centre

Wentworth Park

Hexham

Northumberland

NE46 3PD
Featuring ceramics, silver, vintage clothes, local  pottery, postcards, militaria,  stamps, coins, dolls, tools, jewellery,  furniture and many other  items, in a warm friendly atmosphere.
Further Information: Colin Caygill Events



18 April 2010: Antiques and Collectors Fair @ East Durham College Peterlee
Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:57:10 +0000
Antiques and Collectors Fair
East Durham College

Willerby Grove

Peterlee

County Durham

SR8 2RN
Featuring ceramics, silver, vintage clothes, local  pottery, postcards, militaria,  stamps, coins, dolls, tools, jewellery,  furniture and many other  items, in a warm friendly atmosphere.
Further Information: Colin Caygill Events



12 March – 14 March 2010: Luxury Antiques Weekend @ Linden Hall Longhorsley
Paul33 — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:57:10 +0000
Antiques and Fine Art Fair
Linden Hall

Longhorsley

Nr Morpeth

Northumberland

NE65 8XF
ANTIQUES WEEKEND
Linden Hall
12 – 14 March 2010

THE THIRD ANNUAL LUXURY ANTIQUES WEEKEND AT LINDEN HALL IN NORTHUMBERLAND

Friday 12 – Sunday 14 March 2010
  
 
 


Venue: Macdonald Linden Hall Hotel, Longhorsley, near
Morpeth, Northumberland NE65 8XF

Free parking

Date: Friday 12 – Sunday 14 March 2010
Opening Times: Friday 11am – 8pm
Saturday 10.30am – 6pm
Sunday 10.30am – 5pm

Entry: £5, including catalogue (and re-admission)

Organiser: The Antiques Dealers Fair Ltd
The Antiques Dealers Fair Ltd
Telephone: +44 (0)1797 252030
Email: info@adfl.co.uk


Transport: Nearest BR stations:
Morpeth (15 minutes) or
Newcastle-upon-Tyne (30 minutes)
Newcastle airport (25 minutes)

Charity: Calvert Trust/Kielder www.calvert-trust.org.uk 

 
The Luxury Antiques Weekend at Linden Hall returns to the Macdonald Linden Hall in Longhorsley, near Morpeth in Northumberland from Friday 12 until Sunday 14 March 2010. 

The third of seven fairs being organised by The Antiques Dealers Fair

Limited around England, it is the most northerly.

The first of the exclusive boutique-style fine art and antiques fairs was launched by Ingrid Nilson of The Antiques Dealers Fair Limited in 2008 and it set the bar high for her future events. At Linden Hall this March, some 24 exhibitors, from across the UK, are coming together to offer jewellery, silver, furniture, paintings and watercolours, sculpture, oriental carpets, maps and prints, original book illustrations, glass, ceramics, clocks, arms and armour, antiquities, calling card cases, objets d’art and much more. 

All the dealers are members of the UK’s two leading associations – The British Antique Dealers’ Association and LAPADA, the Association of Art & Antiques Dealers.

For those interested in arms and armour, Garth Vincent Antique Arms and Armour from Lincolnshire has a superb example of a German footman’s armour, c 1575, priced at £25,000. There is an opportunity to own a Colt pistol, used in the American Civil War, complete with the original owner’s name engraved on the back-strap…”W. J. Willkinson Topeka Kansas 1856.” 

Other pieces include long guns, flintlock pistols, sabres and Japanese swords. 

On Saturday 13 March, experts from the Alnwick-based Hotspur School of Defence is demonstrating fencing techniques taken directly from historical manuals, using some of the period swords displayed by Garth Vincent Antique Arms and Armour including rapier, broadsword and smallsword. There will also be copies of original fencing manuals on display for the public to view.

Local dealers from the north of England are joined by those from as far away as Sussex, Kent, Norfolk and Suffolk. From Cumbria comes BADA member Valerie Main Limited with an extensive range of quality Royal Worcester porcelain including a fine The Fisherman’s Return – View South to Cullercoats and Tynemouth’ by Henry Perlee Parker, oil on canvas, 1836, £13,250 from John Nicholson & Dunelm Fine Art pot-pourri vase and cover decorated with highland cattle and signed by John Stinton, c1918, selling for in the region of £13,000. John Newton Antiques from East Yorkshire also has an English encrusted porcelain pot-pourri vase, cover & stand, c 1845, selling for £1,695. The vase is exquisitely painted with a scene depicting Windsor Castle and deer in wooded parkland, the reverse illustrates a study of game birds.

Amongst the paintings for sale, Edinburgh Anthony Woodd Gallery is offering a dramatic oil painting ‘Dumbarton Rock’ by Jane Nasmyth, dated 1846, daughter ofcelebrated Victorian Scottish artist Alexander Nasmyth, priced at £12,000 and ‘A Quiet Nook’, a dappled scene of sun and trees, oil on board, signed by Scottish artist William Bradley Lamond RBA (1857- 1924)J, selling for £4,600. 

On Newcastle-upon-Tyne dealers John Nicholson & Dunelm Fine Art’s stand is ‘The Fisherman’s Return – View South to Cullercoats and Tynemouth’ by Henry Perlee Parker, oil on canvas, signed & dated ‘H.P. Parker 1836’ and also inscribed on reverse, selling for £13,250. Angela Hone Watercolours from Buckinghamshire, London and Paris is bringing 19th and 20th century English and French watercolours and pastels.

One of the most popular models by the master animalier sculptor, Antoine-Louis Barye, is a lively and vigorous bronze study of an elephant running. ‘Elephant du Senegal Courant’, c 1879, is £6,250 from Sussex dealers Garret & Hurst Sculpture, who are also bringing a captivatingly rotund ‘Friar Tuck’ bronze by Adelaide Pandiani, c.1877, priced at £4,195. The wickedly cheeky, smiling Tuck is seen clutching a chicken in one hand and a bag of comestibles in the other.

Furniture comes from Graham Smith Antiques from Jesmond, Church Street Antiques and TV antiques expert Mike Melody of Melody Antiques, both from
Cheshire. On offer from Graham Smith Antiques are regency mahogany open book shelves in the style of Gillows of Lancaster, c1810, priced at £2,200. M&N Oriental Rugs has an attractively coloured Persian silk qum, selling for £2,500 and a Persian Asmylak camel decoration, c1920, priced at £1,200.

Opulent jewellery includes a magnificent Art Deco platinum and diamond triple line bracelet, c.1930, £14,500 from Hampshire based Trivette, while Plaza has a sapphire and diamond watch by Vulcain for £5,800. From Grays Antique Market in London, Shapiro & Co also sells jewellery, as well as Russian objets d’art and glass. They have an attractive Art Nouveau glass inkwell, c 1905, for £575. Amongst the amazing collection of carrying card cases and other boxes from Simply Antiques of Suffolk is a 1913 ten-peg silver butt marker for the shooting enthusiast, price £1,900.

The Calvert Trust/Kielder, a UK charity that enables people with disabilities, together with their families and friends, to achieve their potential through outdoor adventure activities in the countryside, is again the Luxury Antiques Weekend’s chosen charity.


 
Information Provided By:

Gail McGuffie PR or IONA PR
T: +44 (0)20 8568 5466 T: +44 (0)1451 832 268
M: +44 (0)7885 10 33 53 M: +44 (0)7721 030 825
E: MGailMcG@aol.com E: iona@ionapr.com
 

Further Information: The Linden Hall Antiques and Fine Art Fair