Abbaye de St. Avit Segnieur,
Perigord, France

July 18th - August 30th
Hours to be confirmed

Craft and Design Experience,
Fawley Court, Henley on Thames

May 16-18 2008
10am-5pm Daily

'This year we are delighted to have brought together 40 sculptural artists, including many notable and award winning sculptors, who will be showing their work as the centre piece to this year's event.'

Please follow the above link for more details.

RNLI - Dartmouth Lifeboat Station Appeal

During the 'Fawley Court' exhibition, (see above), Francesca Dimond raised money for the RNLI Dartmouth lifeboat station. In return for a donation of any size visitors were invited to put a pebble into one of the 'Beacon' sculptures in celebration of the lives saved at sea, or in remembrance of a loved one.
£ 129.64 was raised over the weekend, and this was then presented to Dartmouth Lifeboat Station which has been opened since November last year. They are still raising money to purchase a new 'D Class' Lifeboat. Please follow the link above to find out more and to make donations.

Devon Art Works

8th to 23rd September 2007
10 - 5 pm daily except wednesdays

Westwards, 166 Hookhills Road, Churston,
Paignton TQ4 7NH

This is a Devon wide Open studio event. I will be sharing a venue with Peter Stride a ceramic potter and sculptor in Paignton.

Art in the Garden 2007
Sir Harold Hillier Gardens, Hampshire

Now in its eighth spectacular year, Art in the Garden has become established as one of the most exciting exhibitions of contemporary craft and sculpture in the UK.'
The Sir Harold Hillier Gardens near Romsey Hampshire. I will be exhibiting 3 outdoor sculptures for this exhibition.

Oceans Project
Barbican Theatre, Plymouth

30 - 31st June 2007

Francesca Dimond displayed sculptures on an ocean theme as part of a festival of events celebrating our relationship to the ocean.

BBC Gardeners World Live
NEC Exhibition Centre, Birmingham

13-17 June 2007

Francesca was asked by BBC Haymarket Exhibitions in association with the RHS to exhibit sculptures in the outdoor exhibition area. For more details please follow the above link

The Great Create
Greenway House, Devon

27 th July – 1 st September 07
10.30am until 5pm
Wednesday to Saturday

Greenway is a beautiful, secluded woodland garden. It was the much loved holiday home for the famous writer Agatha Christie, and is now managed by the National Trust.

Advanced Website design diploma

Since running and designing her own site now for the last 8 years Francesca decided to take her interest one stage further, and although she has already designed websites such as 'Artclub France' and websites for other artists,she undertook a course in Advanced Website Design and passed with distinction. 'Waterports Torquay' a recent commission is now on-line.

Art at Delamore 2007
Cornwood, Devon

April 29th - May 31st
10.30 am until 4.30 pm

Monkton Gallery
Dorset

6th April - October 2007

Sculpting at the Forge
Dordogne, France

Francesca Dimond is available to run short workshops for small groups (2-4) on request throughout the year from her studio at 'La Taillade', Molieres in south west France.  The course will cover basic forging, designing, cutting and welding techniques, to create small sculptures.  Frequent trips to the UK will mean that your sculpture or piece of work can be transported back to the UK.  Each course will be tailored to the students requirements. 

Flights to Bergerac, (40 mins from the studio) are available from several UK airports.

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