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bethanmaker
- Jan 15
- 4 min
New School Year For Bopha
It’s funny thinking about where various years begin, isn’t it? The school year here in the UK starts in September, the tax year starts in...
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bethanmaker
- Nov 14, 2022
- 4 min
Alex Machin - Illustrator
Whilst in Cambodia on our 2019 trip, Steven - later to become the co-founder of Bopha School - wore an interesting t-shirt. It was an...
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bethanmaker
- Nov 10, 2022
- 3 min
Jo Hummel - Phenomenologist
The work of Jo Hummel plays with my mind. Textures of pulpy paper, broken by serrated colour make my eyes feel like finger tips. They...
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bethanmaker
- Nov 5, 2022
- 3 min
David Firmstone MBE RWS - "A Romantic Surrealist" - Richard Cork / Art Critic
“David,” I said, looking my lovely artist friend up and down. “I’d really love to look in your wardrobe.” “Look in my wardrobe?” He...
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bethanmaker
- Nov 4, 2022
- 3 min
Kerrie Hearn - Ceramicist and Painter
Kerrie Hearn and I have history. Aged 13, on my first day of high school, I sat next to her on the school bus. She was 17, way cooler...
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bethanmaker
- Nov 3, 2022
- 5 min
Celia Wilkinson - The Paintery & The Orderly
When I (Bethan) decided to put on a fundraising art auction for the Bopha School Project, I had no idea how demanding such an idea would...
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bethanmaker
- Nov 2, 2022
- 3 min
Phil Capon - Painter
It was all rather clandestine. We met in The Chocolate Apothecary and sat on high seats, below towering dark shelves boasting dusty...
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bethanmaker
- Nov 1, 2022
- 3 min
Amanda Wheeler - Ocean Artist
Introducing Amanda Wheeler, one of the Isle of Wight artists who has kindly donated an original piece to the Bopha School Of Art Night...
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bethanmaker
- Oct 31, 2022
- 4 min
Matthew Chambers / Ceramicist
Introducing Matthew Chambers, one of the fabulous artists who have donated pieces to the upcoming Bopha School of Arts Auction ... Scroll...
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bethanmaker
- Oct 12, 2022
- 2 min
Bopha School Of Art Night
It seems as though autumn and winter are the seasons for not only pumpkins and fires, but also the Bopha School fundraising missions to...
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Toby Sleight
- Oct 10, 2022
- 2 min
Period Poverty: What’s the Deal?
Period Poverty is the lack of access to sanitary products due to financial constraints. According to the charitable organization Days for...
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