AN OPPORTUNITY to buy a unique pocket-sized piece of art for pocket money prices is coming to Wokingham later this month.
Arts4Wokingham is fundraising to ensure a new public sculpture, The Arc, can be built outside Carnival Hub.
To help, it is selling postcard-sized pictures, created by artists from across the country. There are almost 100 to choose from, with most costing between £5 and 20. Bids are being invited for a few select examples.
And backing the campaign is Strictly Come Dancing favourite Ian Waite, who had a sneak preview of the pieces earlier this month.
Arts4Wokingham Trustee, Jane Bonney, who pioneered the project, said: “The response has been overwhelming.
“We could never have imagined just how many fantastic and varied offerings would be forthcoming.
“This has really caught the imagination of all those involved.”
Arts4Wokingham says the inventiveness to filling the mini-canvasses has known no bounds.
A textile artist has submitted a sewn and crochet work, a glass artist has fused two unique cards and a silversmith has bejewelled a postcard with brass mermaid brooches.
The artworks can be seen in an exhibition taking place at Wokingham’s Carnival Hub from Friday, November 25, through to Saturday, December 3. Some pieces will be on show in a pop-up art gallery at the Wokingham Winter Carnival on Sunday, December 27.
For more information, or more on The Arc, which is funded by public subscription and not council money, log on to: arts4wokingham.com
