As part of celebrating Quay Arts 50th birthday, the charity wants to celebrate the wonderful artists and makers who are, or have been, creative tutors at Quay Arts.
Through their generosity, creativity and enthusiasm, arts tutors have inspired students of all ages and abilities, sharing their skills, passion and knowledge in hundreds of courses and workshops, spanning thousands of hours.
A tribute to Quay Arts’ tutors
Teaching, sharing and inspiring is at the heart of Quay Arts. Their programme of courses and workshops brings people together to experience the joy of making art, learn new skills and discovering the many benefits that creativity can bring to wellbeing.
Hundreds of people each year, both beginner and seasoned artists, try new techniques and mediums, or develop and strengthen their existing skills and passions. None of this is possible, of course, without creative tutors.
Tutors given creative freedom for The Tutor’s Sketchbook
To celebrate this important milestone, Quay Arts invited recent tutors to contribute two original pages of artwork to The Tutor’s Sketchbook.
Contributors were given creative freedom, with pages reflecting either their own artistic practice or an aspect of their experience as a tutor.
Two bespoke sketchbooks, two different futures
The resulting collection has been assembled into two bespoke post-bound sketchbooks, specially created for Quay Arts by bookbinder Kae Carlstedt Duke, who is also one of Quay Arts’ regular tutors, teaching bookbinding and papermaking.
One of the sketchbooks will remain at Quay Arts as a lasting celebration of the artists who have contributed to its creative education programme. It will also be used to showcase tutors’ work and inspire young people taking part in arts workshops and in careers talks.
The other sketchbook is being raffled to raise funds for Quay Arts, helping to support the charity’s ongoing creative and community programmes.
Raffle: a unique collection of original artworks
One lucky winner will receive this unique collection of original artist pages and artworks created by Quay Arts’ creative tutors.
The sketchbook is post-bound, meaning that its pages can be easily removed, added or rearranged. The winner can therefore curate the collection in their own way – or remove individual pages to frame and display as original artworks at home.
Contributing Artists:
- Steve Baxter
- Teresa Grimaldi
- Jo Kori
- Laura Hathaway
- Kay McCrann
- Karen Mead
- Lucia Para
- Joshua Raffell – The Artist’s Husband
- Katie Stone
- Martin Swan
- Ian Whitmore
How to enter
Tickets are £5 each and are available to buy from the Quay Arts Shop.
The winner will be drawn in early December 2026.
Don’t miss out
By taking part, not only could you win a truly unique collection of original artwork, but you will also be helping Quay Arts continue its work bringing creativity, learning and community together on the Isle of Wight.
For more information, please contact Hannah George at Quay Arts.
News shared by Della on behalf of Quay Arts. Ed
