AN INVESTMENT CLOSE TO OUR HEARTS

AN INVESTMENT CLOSE TO OUR HEARTS

Many of you will remember painter and musician. Chris Liddiard, who was the founder and creator of the first Little Arts Festival in 2016. Chris was sadly diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, and died in 2018. We will be making a donation of £500 in his memory from the...
LITTLE ARTS GRANT SCHEME LAUNCHED

LITTLE ARTS GRANT SCHEME LAUNCHED

Little Arts is pleased to announce the launch of an annual Arts Grant to encourage creativity. Part of the 2024 festival legacy fund is being invested in a scheme to develop the creative skills of local young people and their involvement in the arts. The scheme is...
LITTLE ARTS FESTIVAL ONWARDS & ARTWARDS

LITTLE ARTS FESTIVAL ONWARDS & ARTWARDS

As well as providing a memorably varied programme of artistic events over a three week period last September, the 2024 Little Arts Festival also yielded a financial legacy – thanks to all those who supported the project. Yes, the legacy is a very modest one, but...
THE ART OF ANIME – Wills Whims

THE ART OF ANIME – Wills Whims

Wills’s Whims special ANIME class showed how to paint your favourite character with top tips & tricks from tutor Kelly Whills. Attendees were shown ow to create top notch illustrations again and again with these useful techniques and cheats under their belt....
CAN I HAVE A WORD PLEASE – Village Players

CAN I HAVE A WORD PLEASE – Village Players

On 17th August, as part of the festival, the Village Players led a stimulating session of poetry and prose readings. This highlight of the event was the inclusion of readings by several extremely talented local poets and writers. The Village Players segments, people...
BIG LITTLE GIG – Local musicians

BIG LITTLE GIG – Local musicians

On 16th August, for one night only, Little Arts presented a mini-fest of locally-grown talent, featuring Acoustic Guitar; Original Soul; and Groovy Dance Classics. The BIG little GIG featured a fantastic line-up of hugely talented local musicians: Instrumentalist...