Bedford Arts & Crafts Centre

Summer Exhibition 2025 - Part 1

A massive CONGRATULATIONS to our wonderful art tutor, Marcia Patterson, for winning The Susan Angoy Artist of African and Caribbean Heritage Award!! 🥳🥳🥳

✨What a night! ✨ Last night I had the pleasure of attending the @womeninartprize_ @britishlibrary , beautifully hosted by @gabrielleduploy & Gigi 💛 Huge congratulations to all the winners, your work is powerful, moving, and inspiring. I’m honoured to be mentoring the brilliant artists recognised in the @susanangoy Artist of African & Caribbean Heritage Award: 🏆 Winner: Marcia Patterson – Duality: strength and weakness @marci.sculpturalview 🏆 Runner up: Kirsty Bekoe-Tabiri – Kingpin @kkbekoe And also the Tim May Memorial Prize winner: 🏆 Gherdai Hassell – Why We Need Audacity @hassell_free A huge thank you to Susan for her generosity in funding these prizes and mentorships, your words last night were also truly uplifting. 💛 Let’s support and celebrate these incredible artists! Please check out their work ✨

Portrait Drawing Course (5 weeks) Beginning: Thursday 01/05/25 @10:00-12:30. 'Portraits allow those who are absent to be present' Would you like to capture the likeness or image of someone? Come and learn how in our Portrait Drawing course. Contact: The Bedford Arts and Crafts Centre on 01234 266510 or check out the website for details https://www.bedfordcraftscentre.co.uk/contact #drawing#portraits

The Bedford Arts and Crafts Centre is offering a dressmaking course for those who want to learn how to sew their own clothes. The classes cover using commercial patterns, understanding garment construction, and making alterations for a perfect fit. The classes also cater to those who want to improve their existing sewing skills. Check out our website: https://www.bedfordcraftscentre.co.uk/ Or Contact 01234 266510 or email [email protected] #dressmaking#crafts#sewingclasses

Some amazing artwork our abstract art class have been working on over the past few weeks!

Some of the fabulous work our upholstery class have been getting up to recently!

We have limited spaces available on this course so feel free to email us at [email protected] if you are interested!