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Open exhibition It's back. Entries are now invited for one of the region's biggest and brightest open exhibitions, at the Arts Centre in October. It's a great way to meet fellow artists, see what others are up to, and show your work to the public. Click here for details.

Celebration weekend  The sun shone, Broadway Gardens was thronged with people, and everyone seemed to have a good time. Our thanks go to the many, many hard-working volunteers, the stallholders, the marquee exhibitors, the performers, the classic vehicle owners and, not least, the hundreds of people who came, who helped make our VE celebration such a huge success on July 3 and 4. Special thanks are owed to the Garden City Heritage Foundation for all its help in the preparation and on the days themselves.  Meanwhile, our book of Letchworth wartime reminiscences, illustrated by local primary school pupils working with well-known children's author and illustrator James Mayhew, has been highly praised by the Imperial War Museum and is now available from the Arts Centre or David's Bookshop.  For details click here. For additional pictures and video from the Celebration weekend click here.

Get Dancing Herts Sports Partnership has teamed up with Saracens Sports Foundation to provide weekly dance sessions aimed at people aged 50 plus to take part in dance activities that will get you moving, giving you a chance to experience something new. Click here for details.

car-draw-logo.jpgCar Draw  You could win a funky new Mini First car while helping the Arts Centre, thanks to the Foundation for Social Improvement's Great Big Small Charity Car Draw. Buy a ticket when you call in at the Arts Centre,  or buy tickets online. Click here to see our special page and follow the link at the bottom to buy your tickets. We receive £1.90 for every £2 ticket sold in our name.  

Craft display We now have a permanent display of work by the best of local craftspeople at the rear of the Main Gallery. It is the place to find that special present -- or just to treat yourself to something rather special. For more details, click here.

Art in the Garden We were one of the beneficiaries of the terrific Art in the Garden exhibition at Pioneer Nurseries, Willian, in June. Over 30 member artists from the Herts Visual Arts Forum had their works on display, and money was raised for Garden House Hospice, Macmillan Cancer Care and the Arts Centre.  A lot of hard work went into this superb event. Our thanks go to everyone involved. You can learn more about the Herts Visual Arts Forum here. 

 


 

Robin Hood

Spotlight Youth Theatre, Baldock’s youth theatre company, brings the epic tale of Robin Hood to the Arts Centre stage.
Date: 
Fri 30 Jul – Sat 31 Jul

Sticky Tape Figures from History

Working with the Heritage Lottery Fund's Young Roots programme Letchworth Arts Centre is launching 'Sticky Tape Figures from History', an ambitious venture that combines local history, investigative research and the creation of original works of art. 
 
Take part in the project and you'll make a life-size sculpted person – out of sticky tape!
External Link: 
Letchworth Arts on Facebook

Summer Holiday Activities

A host of activities for all age groups through the middle of summer. Create Sellotape people, join in the Arts Award, indulge yourself with fashion, go for drama with the Wizard of Oz -- and above all have fun. It's all at the Arts Centre this summer. To enrol call in at the Arts Centre or click on the attachment below to download the enrolment form.

A Global Walk Under Water

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Take a global view under water with this extensive exhibition of underwater photographs and great programme of talks -- and much more -- put on by Stevenage Underwater Photographic Society.

From: 
Thursday, 1 July
To: 
Saturday, 31 July

Courses

Children's fun activities and classes in Art, Drama and Music.  For adults too, from Simply Sewing to Tutored Life Drawing.

Exhibitions

A year-long programme in three galleries, by diverse artists showing work of national and international acclaim.

Events

Our many Special Events range from  touring theatre to jazz evenings and a monthly Comedy Club for adults, to discos and story-telling for children.