What has 163 members, is bright and colourful and helps keep the arts alive in the Tweed? It’s Arts Unlimited.
The group, based off Pioneer Parade, Banora Point, will celebrate its annual “Carnival of The Arts” this weekend.
The carnival is an open day, aimed at showing the general public just what is happening at Arts Unlimited.
According to the group’s publicity officer Pam Murphy, there will be painting and potting and spinning – oh my.
“We will be having alpacas and an outdoor Raku pottery firing, weather permitting,” Pam said.
She said there would be plenty to see and even eat.
“We are having curry this year in hand-made bowls,” she said – where else do you get the food and get to keep the bowl too.
“And our spinners and weavers will be demonstrating too.”
Arts Unlimited was established almost 40 years ago and now has people, from children (thanks to a new course which has just started and is aimed at introducing kids to art) to people in their 80s
Pam said there is something for everyone, with various groups meeting and learning throughout the week. But while some art groups are all about working on the same projects, Arts Unlimited encourages people to work on what they want to do and at their own level.
“We are keeping the arts alive,” she said.
“People get to be creative and they get to have companionship and fun.
“Everyone is at a different stage and they do what they want to do – its not ‘well today we are going to paint fruit’,” she laughed
Arts Unlimited have everything from pottery, painting and quilting to some of the dying arts like the beautiful art of Bobbin Lace-making and embroidery and even spinning and weaving.
