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New products from our members, May 2011

Mrs Birdee, from the Small Green Co

Opus Chandelier, from Roast Designs

New bags from Original Little Bird

- Summer is nearly here, and what better way to make the most of it than by attracting birds to your garden with the Small Green Co's Mr and Mrs Birdee bird boxes. Available to buy on our shop, they are eco-friendly, flat-packed, and easy to put together.

- Roast Designs have launched two new chandelier designs - Cascade, and Opus, created from hand-blown glass spheres and hundreds of glass and crystal beads. Roast Designs recently had an article written about their work in the FT supplement, How to Spend It, which you can read here.

- You might have seen Original Little Bird in our Open Studios event last December. The creator, Gabi Bolton, has launched a new range of satchels and travel bags, which are designed and handmade in Norfolk and feature her own highly individual prints. She'll be exhibiting at Pulse in the Launchpad area from the 5-7 June.

Exhibitions and successes from Hidden Art Members

New products from Chocolate Creative

Kirsty Whyte's 'Drew' Table

Gina Pierce's Wallpaper

- Kirsty Whyte has launched a new range of furniture at the Milan Furniture Fair 2011, with Modus Furniture. The Drew range is comprised of a meeting table, coat-stand and high and low occasional tables.

- Gina Pierce has been a Hidden Art member since 2008, and she is showing some of her wallpapers and fabrics for the first time at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York from the 14-17 May, as part of the British European Design Group.

- Chocolate Creative will be showing work at the Dulwich Festival Open Artists House programme, over the 7-8 May. There will be an open studio event in collaboration with Kate Clarke and other designers, with special discounts and offers. Chocolate Creative will also be at Made in Clerkenwell, from the 19-22 May.

Other news

- CUSTHOM have designed a new range of products
for the Design Museum (they're also participating in our Hidden Art Select Kids programme for 2011, collaborating with local schools)

- Two of our members (Ella Doran and People Will Always Need Plates) were selected by Living Etc to design a special commemorative Royal Wedding plate. You can check them out here, if you want a reminder of the big day!

Hidden Art News

- We've produced a very short survey to find out what the public thinks of us and our work, so that we can improve the way we work. We'd be very grateful if you could take the time to fill it in, it will take less than 5 minutes and really help us.

The survey can be found at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/HiddenArt2011

- Don't forget about all the fabulous products you can find at www.hiddenartshop.com. Any income we make from our e-shop is put directly back into projects that benefit our members. Have a look at some of our newest additions here.

Hidden Art win a Dragon Award!

At the annual Dragon Awards Ceremony at Mansion House on the 20^th October, Hidden Art won the first ever Community Partners Dragon Award for their work in East London. The judging panel for the prestigious award was chaired by Rt Hon The Lord Mayor of the City of London, Alderman Nick Anstee. Hidden Art was nominated by corporate partner UBS who has assisted Hidden Art since 1992 in various ways including defining a development strategy for Hidden Art, employee volunteering, collaborations with local schools as well as financial support.

To find out more about the Dragon Awards on their website, and to see a short video about Hidden Art, click here.

You can read the press release about our award in the Press Release Section of our website.