Artwave did not hold a competition in 2011.
See article in September 2011 edition of Viva Lewes, click cover to read.
Artwave 2011 has now finished. We had a fabulous 3 weekends with over 1000 visitors coming to see the 10 artists work in the garden setting.
Viva Lewes featured a great article on Driftwood in their September 2011 issue, check it out, click the magazine cover on the right.
In 2011, there were over 100 venues across the district and 11 in Seaford alone!
Angie Osborne, Artwave Co Ordinator said of this years event; "Well done, fantastic visitor numbers in the first 3 days and an amazing amount of money raised for charity. I was quite astounded when I came by on Saturday with the number of visitors in your garden, the atmosphere was terrific and there was a real buzz of excitement. You have a great variety of artists and artwork and the way in which you have displayed it in your various garden rooms is extremely creative. You give your visitors a really inviting welcome and then allow them to feel free to browse and enjoy and work out what they want to buy. There is a real skill in allowing the customer to take time to enjoy and make decisions and you and Mark have cracked it. You are truly representing your artists and I am sure they are very appreciative. An amazing achievement all round - thanks for all your efforts in embracing artwave in all possible areas."
At Driftwood, we served tea, coffee, sweet and savoury cup cakes with all proceeds going to charity. Over the 3 weekends we raised £1516 for Macmillan Cancer Support by asking for donations from those who had enjoyed looking around the garden. Thanks so much to all our visitors generosity. Sincere apolgies to those that had to queue for tea and cakes on Bank Holiday Monday due to the large numbers. Click on the links to the left to see the artists who were displaying their work in 2011.
