This weekend Saturday 15th July 9.30-1 is our summer fabric sale. Pop over and top up your supplies.
Everything is priced at wholesale prices and most has been donated to us by local soft furnishings companies, creatives or clothing companies and has been saved from landfill so you are buying quality products, helping the environment and helping us raise essential funds for our charity.
It’s free entry 9.30-1
Cash preferred but cards ok (if the machine works)
So much variety of materials, fabrics, wool in balls and on cones, wool tops, buttons, threads, buckles, purse clasps, roll ends, lining fabric off cuts, lace trims, beads, tiger tail, and so much more.
This carefully curated artisan market has been organised by resident artist Minifi
A colourful and energetic market supporting artists from all over the midlands. With 20 high quality exhibitors including a wonderful mixture of artists and designer makers, this is going to be another fabulous event. There will also be Glutopia in the carpark providing delicious refreshments, cakes and treats. Catering for Gluten free and vegan options too.
Hope to see many of you over the weekend. Free entry & Free parking
Brand new ceramics fair Toasted is coming to Long Eaton Art Room. In association with the Northern Potters Association. There will be 21 potters all under one roof showcasing a wide variety of styles and techniques. This looks set to be a superb show. Free entry. Free parking.
The cost of living crisis is impacting our small charity. Our gas costs alone are rising by 155%. Add in additional electricity costs, increased wages, higher materials costs, etc and it all adds up. Long Eaton Art Room is a self funded non-profit making charity which is dependent on small grants from other organisations and charities and on individual donations. We cannot afford to pass these additional costs onto our centre users, who are already facing their own cost of living crisis
How we’ll spend the money raised
The current energy crisis and cost of living crisis is having a massive impact on our finances. All donations received in this appeal will go directly into covering the running costs of the charity which will in turn help us to stay open, keep the heat and lights on and continue to provide our services at subsidised rates for the benefit of the whole community. Providing a warm safe space to meet with others and learn new arts and craft skills, improving wellbeing and reducing isolation.
UPDATE:
MATCHFUNDING FROM THE CO-OP
The Co-op warm spaces fund have kindly said that they will match fund any individual’s donations upto £250 per person per donation. That is absolutely wonderful news and we are thrilled. So for every pound you donate, the Co-op warm spaces fund will match it, potentially doubling our fundraising.
GIFT-AID
If you are a UK tax payer, if you select the gift aid option the goverment will add a further 25p per every pound to our fundraising at no cost to you.
Our resident artists here at Long Eaton Art Room will be opening up their studio spaces. This is the perfect time to see what they make in their studios with the opportunity to buy unique one off pieces of art direct from them. They will be joined by visiting makers and local artists across in our lace factory building. We have a wide range of exhibitors:
Purple Orchid Crafts – glass fused jewellery and home decor Johanne Danielle – mixed media paintings Mary Graham – (wire and ceramic jewellery) David William Sampson – Ceramics Helen Joyce – Abstract artist Jacob Seagrave – mixed media artist Minifi – lino cut prints and unique gifts Kim Fowler- illustrator RS photography- product photography Victoria Denham – House of Denham Meinir Efans-Pointer – decorative glass Lucy Jay Designs – papercut & miniatures Pawsonas – pet portraits Code Coffee Glutopia- coffee van and gluten free cake Ray Gumbley Photography – fine art photographer Muggins – ceramics Bambi’s Den – ethical clothing Jean-Cycled – teddy bears Sue & Steve – wooden housewares Lynda Mayfield – watercolour artist Angela Marie Nichols – Oil painter Oksana Holbrook – rag rugs Solitary Bee – ceramics Whirly Wire – jewellery Milly Knits – knitting and crochet Julie Turner – watercolour artist Little Wonders – quirky handmade gifts Julia Harwood – mixed media artist Mazzas monkeys – sock monkeys Shardlow Preserves – jams and chutneys (Saturday only)
We are thrilled to announce that for the next year Long Eaton Art Room is part of the @Coopuk Local Community Fund, to find out more about our project and to choose us as your cause, click here https://membership.coop.co.uk/causes/69864
If you are a Coop member you can select us online as your preferred charity no matter where you live or shop.
1p from every £1 will be awarded to us everytime you shop and swipe your membership card if you select us online as your chosen charity for this year https://membership.coop.co.uk/causes/69864
An arts market celebrating the darker things in life. A collection of makers. Pagan, Viking, fantasy…
This carefully curated market is run by Fiona of Minifi’s Oddities, Elyssa of print is dead and Kim of Kim Fowler Illustration. Held here at Long Eaton Art Room in our former Lace Factory. This looks set to be a great market of all things dark and peculiar. We are very excited about this event and its just intime for Halloween too.
We are selling off some of our stocks of fabric and haberdashery supplies to help fundraise towards building renovations.
We have lots of amazing quality stock including: real leather off-cuts, upholstery fabric roll ends, hundreds of fabric samples and off cuts, lace, lace trims, cushion stuffing, wool on cones and in balls, buttons, beads, tiger tail, merino wool and so much more All at bargain wholesale prices.
Entry free for all, come and bag a bargain. Its the last one of this year, so the perfect time to restock to get through the winter months.
Come along & enjoy a relaxing morning of creative crafts with Lindsay & Angela. During these fortnightly sessions we will guide you through the craft activity, providing all the instructions & materials you need. We even clean up afterwards. As always we’ll be here for a coffee & a chat (maybe even a biscuit or two) while we craft away.
The session is open to absolutely anyone who wants to come along & have a go. If you fancy taking a couple of hours to do something just for you, or if you homeschool your kids or want to come along with your support worker, we’d love to have you. We truly believe creativity has a huge positive effect on your wellbeing.
