Mending Broken Heart Art Auction and Gala Dinner

Calling all contemporary art lovers! A few tables are still available for the Mending Broken Hearts Art auction and gala dinner in aid of the British Heart foundation.The event takes place at the Dorchester Hotel on the evening of 14th April.

As well as the auction of 10 original works of art by artists including Damien  Hirst, Sir Peter Blake, Duggie Fields, Antony Micallef, Maggi Hambling, Rob Ryan, Patrick Hughes, Brendan Neiland, Barbara Rae and Tom Phillips, we have two fabulous surprise bonus lots to be revealed on the night.

A four course dinner will follow a champagne reception and private view of the artwork. The evening will be hosted by Alistair McGowan, with enteratainment from Classical Brit-award winning group Blake and Bryan Ferry.

Tickets can be bought indivdually for £250, table prices start at £2,500. A website with full details of the lots is to be launched soon. For more information on this very special event please call Clare Clinton on 01252 797202 or email clare.clinton@ccagalleries.com

CCA Art Bus

You may have seen a groovy looking pop art double-decker cruising around the country in the last year, but you may not have realised that the Art Bus belongs to CCA Galleries. We work very closely with our artists are always open to ideas on how to make art more accessible. So when Sir Peter Blake's wife, artist Chrissy Wilson, suggested that it would be fun to have a rock n' roll tour bus for art rather than music, we ran with it.

A year or so later the CCA Art Bus was born. Sir Peter was kind enough to design the bus from the iconic pop art exterior down to the union jack cusions inside. We rescued an old Liverpool street bus (which we thought appropriate because of Peter's beatles connection!) and converted it into a mobile art gallery. However, the Art Bus is more than just a bit of fun; it is a fantastic way to take art to people who might not otherwise see it. Many curious citizens hop aboard the Art Bus simply because it is 'pimp my ride' x 100, the atmosphere on board draws them into the pictures that are exhibited, and they end up having an art-experience. We exhibit all the artists that we publish on the bus, though of course it is most readily associated with Peter Blake. We take the bus to community events, art fairs, schools and colleges, and to support the galleries across the country that sell our artist's work.

We do not sell artwork on board the Art Bus, it is used purely for an exhibitiona and educational space, for this reason people often do not make the association with CCA as a commercial gallery. Of course if you see a picture on the Art Bus that you love and would like to buy, all you have to do is contact us to purchase it. But the most important thing is making art fun; you don't have to be dragged around a stuffy gallery any more.

For more information on the CCA Art Bus and for a schedule of its up and coming event please visit www.ccaartbus.com

London Art Fair 2010

I am back in the office after a hectic week at the London Art Fair. Despite the weather and the financial gloom the fair was buzzing, and as always there was so much to see that it was almost impossible to absorb it all. The CCA Art bus was snowed in at the studio in Tilford at the beginning of the week, but managed to get up to town on friday. Our  stand dislpayed a mixture of originals on canvas by Donald Hamilton Fraser, Sandra blow and John Hoyland (many customers do not realise how extensive our collection of originals is, as new section for them on the website is soon to be launched). We also exhibited our stunning new silkscreen editions by Sir Peter Blake, John Hoyland and Barbara Rae. The new pieces made quite a splash; many were keen to see the eagerly awaited Paris Suite by Peter, and more than a few passers by were stopped in their tracks by the wall-power of the new Hoyland works.

Meanwhile the Art Bus was parked outside cheering weart fair-goers and exciting school children with its unique brand of fun. It  certainly added a splash of colour to the forecourt of the Business Design Centre, and we must say thank you to the security staff there who looked after her so well.

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