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	<title>ALEXANDRA LEADBEATER &#187; Alexandra Leadbeater, fine artist.</title>
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		<title>Green Fusion, Hastings Arts Forum 28 April &#8211; 8 May</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 21:37:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Coast Magazine</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:18:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy to get a mention under Talent Spot in the February edition of Coast magazine http://www.allaboutyou.com/coast/ Hastings is where the art is! &#160;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Happy to get a mention under Talent Spot in the February edition of Coast <span style="line-height: 24px;">magazine </span><a style="line-height: 24px;" href="http://www.allaboutyou.com/coast/">http://www.allaboutyou.com/coast/</a></p>
<p>Hastings is where the art is!</p>
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		<title>Contemporary Artists at The Millinery Works</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:11:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am one of 40 artists selected for the annual 40 x 40 x 40 exhibition  Contemporary British Art 2012 at The Millinery Works in Islington, London 40 artists exhibiting work smaller than 40cm  http://www.millineryworks.co.uk/ &#160; Show ends 5th February &#8230; <a href="http://alexleadbeater.com/2012/02/01/contemporary-artists-at-the-millinery-works/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am one of 40 artists selected for the annual 40 x 40 x 40 exhibition  Contemporary British Art 2012 at The Millinery Works in Islington, London</p>
<p>40 artists exhibiting work smaller than 40cm  <a href="http://www.millineryworks.co.uk/">http://www.millineryworks.co.uk/</a></p>
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<p>Show ends 5th February</p>
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		<title>11 Artists at Hastings Arts Forum</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 16:20:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[6 &#8211; 18 October 11 &#8211; 5 11 new and international artists creating an exciting vibrant exhibition. The diversity of the work ranges from sculpture cast in bronze, concrete and sheet metal to prints and paintings worked in oils acrylics &#8230; <a href="http://alexleadbeater.com/2011/09/21/11-artists-at-hastings-arts-forum/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>6 &#8211; 18 October 11 &#8211; 5</strong></p>
<p>11 new and international artists creating an exciting vibrant exhibition. The diversity of the work ranges from sculpture cast in bronze, concrete and sheet metal to prints and paintings worked in oils acrylics and mud.  Includes new work by Alex Leadbeater &#8211; paintings on canvas and paper featuring images of birds.<a href="http://11artistsathaf.blogspot.com/"> http://11artistsathaf.blogspot.com/</a></p>
<p>Curated by Clare Winchester<a href="http://www.clarewinchester.co.uk"> www.clarewinchester.co.uk/</a></p>
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		<title>Artists Books at The Muse</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 16:12:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last chance to see Exhibition of Artists books! Fri 23 September 7- 9pm, Sat 24 September 10am &#8211; 6pm, Sun 25 September 10am &#8211; 6pm Artists Books – Showing hand-bound, folded, stitched books including Altered books, Scrumptious Sketchbooks, prints and images. Work &#8230; <a href="http://alexleadbeater.com/2011/09/21/artists-books-at-the-muse/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="line-height: 24px;">Last chance to see Exhibition of Artists books!</span></p>
<p>Fri 23 September 7- 9pm, Sat 24 September 10am &#8211; 6pm, Sun 25 September 10am &#8211; 6pm</p>
<p><span style="line-height: 24px;">Artists Books – Showing hand-bound, folded, stitched books including Altered books, Scrumptious Sketchbooks, prints and images. Work by Alex Leadbeater, Lynne Bingham, Lorna Crabbe, Helen Hunt, Cathryn Kemp, Sara Harris, Erica Smith, 14 artists from Quattordecim, Franny Swann, Alvaro Petritoli and others. Includes typographic artworks as part of a trail of musings by Harriet Williams. </span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 24px;"> Plus New additions&#8230; Fantastic Wallpaper Bookshelf by Deborah Bowness and ceramic book and pots by </span><span style="line-height: 24px;">Leslie McKinley Howell</span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 24px;">Sign up now for Workshops in Book arts in October and November&#8230; </span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 24px;">Afternoon and Sunday workshops £15 Skill Share sessions every Monday 2 &#8211; 4pm £5 </span><a style="line-height: 24px;" href="http://www.coastalcurrents.org.uk">http://www.coastalcurrents.org.uk/whats-on/exhibition-of-artists-books-and-workshops</a></p>
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		<title>Rarities 2011, Hastings Pier</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; http://rarities2011.blogspot.com/ &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>The tide is turning&#8230; postcard available</title>
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		<title>BBC South East update link</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The whole feature is no longer available on iPlayer but you can see it here,  not sure why it is Surrey not Sussex but it still works! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-14498660]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The whole feature is no longer available on iPlayer but you can see it here,  not sure why it is Surrey not Sussex but it still works!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-14498660">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-14498660</a></p>
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		<title>Ebb &amp; Flow featured on BBC South East Today</title>
		<link>http://alexleadbeater.com/2011/08/12/ebb-flow-featured-on-bbc-south-east-today/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 23:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[They did a really nice feature on my exhibition at Hastings Arts Forum. It was a  grey, wet windy day&#8230; my paintings looked quite cheery&#8230; http://www.bbc.co.uk/i/b01348yt/]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>They did a really nice feature on my exhibition at Hastings Arts Forum. It was a  grey, wet windy day&#8230; my paintings looked quite cheery&#8230;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/i/b01348yt/">http://www.bbc.co.uk/i/b01348yt/</a></p>
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      $("#mc-embedded-subscribe-form").unbind('submit');//remove the validator so we can get into beforeSubmit on the ajaxform, which then calls the validator
      options = { url: 'http://alexleadbeater.us2.list-manage.com/subscribe/post-json?u=8563660ef3a1012976e612b35&#038;id=540ca67c65&#038;c=?', type: 'GET', dataType: 'json', contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
                    beforeSubmit: function(){
                        $('#mce_tmp_error_msg').remove();
                        $('.datefield','#mc_embed_signup').each(
                            function(){
                                var txt = 'filled';
                                var fields = new Array();
                                var i = 0;
                                $(':text', this).each(
                                    function(){
                                        fields[i] = this;
                                        i++;
                                    });
                                $(':hidden', this).each(
                                    function(){
                                        var bday = false;
                                        if (fields.length == 2){
                                            bday = true;
                                            fields[2] = {'value':1970};//trick birthdays into having years
                                        }
                                    	if ( fields[0].value=='MM' &#038;&#038; fields[1].value=='DD' &#038;&#038; (fields[2].value=='YYYY' || (bday &#038;&#038; fields[2].value==1970) ) ){
                                    		this.value = '';
									    } else if ( fields[0].value=='' &#038;&#038; fields[1].value=='' &#038;&#038; (fields[2].value=='' || (bday &#038;&#038; fields[2].value==1970) ) ){
                                    		this.value = '';
									    } else {
	                                        this.value = fields[0].value+'/'+fields[1].value+'/'+fields[2].value;
	                                    }
                                    });
                            });
                        return mce_validator.form();
                    }, 
                    success: mce_success_cb
                };
      $('#mc-embedded-subscribe-form').ajaxForm(options);      </p>
<p>    });
}
function mce_success_cb(resp){
    $('#mce-success-response').hide();
    $('#mce-error-response').hide();
    if (resp.result=="success"){
        $('#mce-'+resp.result+'-response').show();
        $('#mce-'+resp.result+'-response').html(resp.msg);
        $('#mc-embedded-subscribe-form').each(function(){
            this.reset();
    	});
    } else {
        var index = -1;
        var msg;
        try {
            var parts = resp.msg.split(' - ',2);
            if (parts[1]==undefined){
                msg = resp.msg;
            } else {
                i = parseInt(parts[0]);
                if (i.toString() == parts[0]){
                    index = parts[0];
                    msg = parts[1];
                } else {
                    index = -1;
                    msg = resp.msg;
                }
            }
        } catch(e){
            index = -1;
            msg = resp.msg;
        }
        try{
            if (index== -1){
                $('#mce-'+resp.result+'-response').show();
                $('#mce-'+resp.result+'-response').html(msg);            
            } else {
                err_id = 'mce_tmp_error_msg';
                html = '</p>
<div id="'+err_id+'" style="'+err_style+'"> '+msg+'</div>
<p>';</p>
<p>                var input_id = '#mc_embed_signup';
                var f = $(input_id);
                if (ftypes[index]=='address'){
                    input_id = '#mce-'+fnames[index]+'-addr1';
                    f = $(input_id).parent().parent().get(0);
                } else if (ftypes[index]=='date'){
                    input_id = '#mce-'+fnames[index]+'-month';
                    f = $(input_id).parent().parent().get(0);
                } else {
                    input_id = '#mce-'+fnames[index];
                    f = $().parent(input_id).get(0);
                }
                if (f){
                    $(f).append(html);
                    $(input_id).focus();
                } else {
                    $('#mce-'+resp.result+'-response').show();
                    $('#mce-'+resp.result+'-response').html(msg);
                }
            }
        } catch(e){
            $('#mce-'+resp.result+'-response').show();
            $('#mce-'+resp.result+'-response').html(msg);
        }
    }
}
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