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Last weekend at Kirkcaldy Art Club our Christmas Art and Craft Fair took place. There were many types of art and craft items on offer, ie paintings, ceramics, jewellery, glass, cards, notebooks, and also soft furnishings, clothing and beautiful Christmas decorations. It was busy both days with people buying items for presents and also for themselves. The lovely home baked cakes drew people to the tea and coffee tables. It was a very successful event and worth all the hard work put in by the craft group for organising it and producing many of the items on offer. Thank you to everyone involved and to our regular visitors and also to all the other people who came to visit. Most classes have fin

Last weekend, over Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th November, several art club members had an arty weekend, visiting and participating in 'The Handmade Show' in Perth and at Pittenweem, North East Neuk 'Winter Showcase'. It gave us an opportunity to see other peoples' work and to talk to many artists. This week is now the last week of term for most classes. The craft group have been very busy preparing for the Christmas Art and Craft Fair which takes place this coming weekend, Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th November, 11 am - 4 pm, at Hot Pot Wynd in Dysart. On Friday the upstairs painting studio will be transformed into an exhibition area for ceramics, paintings, glass, jewellery, cards, noteboo

For most classes this is the second last week of term. All workshops and demonstrations are now all over for this term. Next term, from January onwards, we look forward to demonstrations from Wayne Galloway and Ceri White (pottery) and Chi Zhang and Philippa Mitchell (painting), and also workshops led by Peter Russell and Daniel Scottow, printing / collage and painting - an exciting programme from visiting artists from Fife, Edinburgh and Stirling! Many of our members are working towards our Christmas Art and Craft Fair which will showcase a wide range of art, craft, ceramics, jewellery, glass, cards, notebooks and many other craft items. This will take place on Saturday and Sunday, 23rd and

Last weekend, on Saturday 2nd November, Irene Coulthard led a second workshop in 'Mishima and Sgraffito' for people who couldn't get a place at the previous workshop. Once again Irene guided participants through each stage with passion and enthusiasm. This involved tracing designs onto the prepared clay, to incising, then adding the underglaze and cleaning it up afterwards. Everyone gained valuable insight into the importance of ensuring the steps are carried out at the correct time as dryness levels are key to the success This was much enjoyed by participants and they look forward to seeing their work once it has been fired. Pat Bray's Life Drawing workshop on Sunday 10th November has unfor