A to Z of Ashton Keynes

There is a slot free in September and I thought it would be a fun idea to put on a collaborative village exhibition called A to Z of Ashton Keynes. The idea is to paint, draw, print, mosaic, collage, sew, embroider, or felt an image measuring 15cm (6”) square  -not including any borders - that is somehow related to the village and linked to a letter of the alphabet. Here are some of the prompts I have come up with:

Alpacas	National Trail Thames Path
Singing Blokes	Old Chancel
Church Walk	Pollinators
Duck race	Pub Quiz
Excellent W.I refreshments	Raffle
Flowers	Starling murmuration
Telephone Gallery	Trees
Holy Cross Church	Umpteen dogs
White Hart Inn	Village shop, Village Hall
Jackdaws	Window Wanderland
The gnomes in Kent End	Xmas Tree Festival
Lakes	Youth football
Mini on High Road	Parking on Zigzag lines at the school

 

These are some suggested prompts, but do suggest your own. To take part, email thetelephonegallery@gmail.com or drop a note to 16 Gosditch with your contact details to bag your letter of the alphabet, telling me what you’re planning on doing, e.g. “I’d like to have S and I’m going to paint a picture of the school”. I will confirm that, for example, that S is still available. Before you start your image, you must check with me so that we can get a full A to Z. The ones in red with a line through have been taken and are what is planned for that letter so look at what's available and do something different. 

Interpret the prompts however you want, e.g. Village shop could be a collage of labels; the shop logo, Q for pub Quiz could be a puzzled face emoji.

Work can be displayed with your name on or anonymously. The deadline is the end of August so there’s plenty of time to make your artwork. All work submitted needs to be suitable for a family audience and no photographs, please.

Looking forward to seeing your creations!