https://www.creativehertfordshire.com/listings/events/?archive=1&user=9513&view=rss Sat, 13 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativehertfordshire.com/chris-slaney-projects/arts-and-crafts-sale-at-bushey-museum/ My last planned show at Bushey Museum in November 2019 was somewhat marred by my suffering a heart attack a week before the event. I’m very grateful to the friends who took over the running of my stall, making sure tha... Sat, 09 Sep 2017 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/chris-slaney-projects/st-james-s-church/ As part of Heritage Open Weekend, St James's Church Bushey will welcome visitors for historical tours of the church and church tower, a music recital on Saturday and services including Sung Eucharist and Choral Evensong ... Wed, 11 Oct 2017 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/chris-slaney-projects/pen-rallt-gallery-exhibition/ One of my photos - 'Sands of Time' - has been selected as part of 'About Time' - a photographic exhibition at the Pen'rallt Gallery in Machynlleth. While it's not exactly in Hertfordshire, Machynlleth is only 207 miles ... Thu, 09 Nov 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativehertfordshire.com/chris-slaney-projects/around-and-about-bushey/ I’m very proud to confirm that one of my original hand-made linocut prints - ‘St James’s Church ‘- has been selected as part of 'Around and About Bushey’' at Bushey Museum and Art Gallery. The exhibition includes a wid... Sun, 19 Nov 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativehertfordshire.com/chris-slaney-projects/ashlyns-craft-fair/ On Sunday 19th November I’ll be exhibiting at Ashlyns Craft Fair in Berkhamsted, one of 70 stalls offering a wide range of hand-made craft products. I’ll have original hand-made linocut prints, photopolymer etchings ... Sat, 18 Nov 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativehertfordshire.com/chris-slaney-projects/st-james-s-christmas-fair/ On Saturday 18th November I’ll be returning to St James’s Church in Bushey, for the annual Christmas Fair. The fair will have stalls with (among other things) produce, flowers, craft, toys, seasonal gifts and Santa will... Tue, 02 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativehertfordshire.com/chris-slaney-projects/2018-at-the-open-door-gallery/ I’m very pleased to be involved with other local craftspeople at a new location in Berkhamsted – the Open Door Gallery. I’ll be exhibiting and selling original hand-made prints – both linocuts and photopolymer etchings,... Tue, 16 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativehertfordshire.com/chris-slaney-projects/journey-at-the-upstairs-gallery/ I shared this journey with my great-nephew George and his friend Gunky in his daddy’s car, on a wintry day before Christmas. My original triptych is part of a new exhibition with interpretations of the theme ‘Journey’... Tue, 20 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativehertfordshire.com/chris-slaney-projects/a-celebration-of-the-tree-at-the-open-door-gallery/ I’m exhibiting original hand-made photopolymer etchings and photographs at the Open Door as part of ‘A Celebration of the Tree’. This exhibition brings together the work of 28 artists/artisans, each with their own respo... Sun, 01 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/chris-slaney-projects/our-wonderful-natural-environment-2018/ My photo of a female Southern Hawker dragonfly ovipositing on my garden pond is one of the images included at a new exhibition at the Peter Ingram Gallery. The gallery is part of the Frogmore Paper Mill at Apsley, Hem... Thu, 10 May 2018 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/chris-slaney-projects/blacksmith-demonstration/ I won’t be able to attend the Festival of Living Crafts at Hatfield House later this month, but I’ve been working with Bushey-based artist/blacksmith Doug Campbell, in preparation for the event. We’ve developed a ran... Wed, 18 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/chris-slaney-projects/reflections-at-the-open-door-gallery/ Some of my photos and prints on the theme of ‘Reflections’ are on show as part of the current exhibition at the Open Door Gallery in Berkhamsted. Other work on display includes paintings and sketches by Pat White and... Thu, 19 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/chris-slaney-projects/bushey-museum-photographic-competition/ I’m pleased to confirm that one of my photos has been awarded the prize for the best ‘Selfie with a Difference’ at the annual Bushey Museum Photographic Competition. As well as selfies, the exhibition includes digit... Fri, 20 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/chris-slaney-projects/linocut-prints-in-the-national-waterways-museum/ Two of my original linocut prints are now on display at Ellesmere Port, as part of ‘Canal Art – not what you might expect..’ - an exhibition by 16 members of the Guild of Waterway Artists. The exhibition is open from ... Tue, 02 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/chris-slaney-projects/exhibition-at-machynlleth/ Two of my photos have been selected for inclusion in Pen’rallt Gallery’s current exhibition ‘Home/Cynefin’. This special bookshop and gallery in Machynlleth holds an annual submission exhibition and this year my photo... Fri, 19 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/chris-slaney-projects/made-in-bushey/ A selection of my original, hand-made prints – linocuts, woodcuts and etchings - will be on sale at Saffron Alice Gallery in Oxhey Village, from 19th October to 30th December. The gallery is home to Saffron Alice, off... Sat, 03 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativehertfordshire.com/chris-slaney-projects/artists-of-the-cut/ The Gallery barge 'Fiodra' will be hosting an exhibition by members of the Guild of Waterway Artists (including myself) throughout November. The barge will be moored In Little Venice, London, an area bustling with ... Sat, 17 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativehertfordshire.com/chris-slaney-projects/bushey-museum-arts-and-crafts-weekend/ Bushey Museum are hosting an Arts and Crafts weekend on the 17th and 18th November. This volunteer-run museum has a lot of local history and art - my particular favourite bit is the Lucy Kemp-Welch gallery, where yo... Tue, 15 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativehertfordshire.com/chris-slaney-projects/faces-and-places-photography-exhibition/ ‘Cavan at Work’ I love this photo. For me it captures the pure energy and passion of Cavan, at work as the front man of the Bob Dylan tribute band ‘The Zimmermen’. Since I grabbed this photo at a pub gig in Watford... Tue, 05 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativehertfordshire.com/chris-slaney-projects/mysterious-at-the-workhouse-in-dunstable/ An octopus disguised as a tree, or a tree pretending to be an octopus… ? You can decide for yourself at the Workhouse during February. I made this print, based on a photo taken at Ynis-hir nature reserve, in respon... Sun, 12 May 2019 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/chris-slaney-projects/a-book-festival-venue-with-a-difference-in-berkhamsted/ BerkoFest Book Festival will have all of the ingredients that you might expect of a literary festival – author talks, storytelling and interactive workshops, but what’s perhaps less predictable is that some of the festiv... Sat, 18 May 2019 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/chris-slaney-projects/lockside-an-exhibition-of-canal-related-art-at-a-brand-new-v/ The newly-opened Batchworth Lock Education Centre is the venue for an exhibition of canal-related art as part of the Rickmansworth Festival weekend. I’ll be at the exhibition on both days, along with other artists – m... Tue, 21 May 2019 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/chris-slaney-projects/along-the-towing-path-art-exhibition/ : This celebration of life along the canal opens with a talk from Waterways specialist Fabian Hiscock on ‘The Heritage of the Waterways in Hertfordshire’ at 7:30pm on 21st May. Works by a number of artists in a wide va... Sat, 08 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/chris-slaney-projects/a-summer-fayre-close-to-home/ This weekend the Village Green at the heart of Oxhey village is the centre for the local OVEG Summer Fayre. I’ll be teaming up with local artist Ray Wright to offer prints, postcards and artworks, part of an event which... Wed, 03 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/chris-slaney-projects/zen-garden-at-dartington-hall/ The 2019 Bushey Photographic Competition is now open to visitors and I'm pleased to have my photo 'Zen Garden at Dartington Hall' Highly Commended by the judges. The Print is on display with a selection of over 50 pri...