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Water Therapy – next meeting postponed until 14th June
Water Therapy is lead by Toni Westerholm, a Swede who has 50 years of experience in the benefits of cold water immersion. Of course, the sea here in Jávea isn’t that cold in the summer! But there are still many health benefits to being in the water and when the winter comes there will be…
Walking Group – Thursday 30th May 2024
Granadella Woods 15 of us took a stroll through the woods of the Granadella area this morning. Pleasant countryside but due to the lack of rain an awful lot of the trees and scrub looked brown and tired. I’ve included a shot of Milo as he missed the group photo. The walk was led by…
The Shutterbugs in black and white
The Shutterbugs Photography Group met last Friday 24th May. The commitment of our members was fantastic with 12 entrants for the “Black and White” project presenting 24 photographs for critique. Overall, the standard was really high but there was one photograph which stood out and won the Picture of the Month. The winner was Debbie Wenn. This is a…
Painting in Watercolours
What nicer way could there be to while away a couple of hours in the dappled sunshine painting in watercolours? The Painting in Watercolour Group met yesterday outside the Centro Social. The light was perfect and our artists were busy creating some beautiful paintings. If you have always fancied trying your hand at painting, the…
Talking Art – The Scream and the early Expressionists
Earlier today, a good crowd of art lovers gathered at the Jávea Players Studio to hear about Edvard Munch, James Ensor and Käthe Kollwitz from Robert Sedgley, the Group Leader. In an entertaining and informative talk, Robert told the audience about the origins of the Scream and the troubled childhood of Edvard Munch. Robert then…
Would you like to know more about the Scream?
The Scream is one of the most famous paintings in the world. It was created by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch in 1893. In 2012, it sold at Sothebys in New York for almost $120m, a record price at that time. Edvard Munch was one of the so called Proto-Expressionists, artists who began to develop a…