Art-by-Inch

March 2012 - Hoylake and Oxton. As a part of the Woirral Festival of Firsts (FoF) 2012 Istra organized an community interactive art project and workshops in creating the first and the longest original painting. Nine local artists contributed to the first stage of the project. A 10m long painting of local seascape will be completed during the FoF in July with contributions from the public. The painting will be sold at £1 per inch; contribution will be made to a local children’s hospice.

Art from plastic bags

March 2012 - Art from plastic bags. A visit to Bidston Household Waste Recycling Centre

followed by Jo Smith’s workshop in making art from plastic bags at Oxton Green Shop.

Exhibition "Galss fairy tails"

Pula 28/12/2011. Hotel Amfiteatr
In a beautiful hotel situated near the Roman amphitheater in Pula artists from Studio Valeria in Medulin exhibited their work of glass painted and kiln fired images from fairy tails. This exhibition followed exhibitions in Banjole and Medulin. The exhibition was well presented by the regional media.

 

Medulin Chrismas Festival 21-24 Dec 2011

Artists from Studio Valeria participated with art demonstrations and an exhibition in this major kultural event of music, art and crafts.

Workshops in glass at studio Valeria

Medulin, Croatia December 2011

The aim of these workshops was to create a body of work using Cappy Thompson's method in painting on glass and kiln fired. The focus was images from fairy tails as a Universal theme familiar from the youngest to the oldest viewer. Artist chose images from Grim and Anderson classic tails with some regional and some contemporary tails. In all ten artists made 30 pieces first shown in Medulin, and later in a number of places in the region.

The Object of Things-Toys in Montenegro

08/10/2011 this global exhibition was hosted by the Croatian Citizans' Society in Podgorica in beautiful Montenegro. We had the opportunity to meet many new artists and friends and experience their friendship and hospitality. The exhibition was very well received and supported by the local people and the media.

Wirral Open Studios Tour

24-25 September 2011 Istra contributed to the Open Studious tour. She showed her leaded glass panel designs and a range of acrylic miniature paintings at St Lukes in Hoylake. Istra gave demonstrations in leading glass and described various methods in manipulating glass. The event was very well received by hundreds of local visitors who visited on average 8 out of 43 artists and art studios located on the Wirral.