The AGM scheduled for Tuesday 25 May has been postponed due to unforeseen circumstances. It is expected to re-convene in July.
The AGM scheduled for Tuesday 25 May has been postponed due to unforeseen circumstances. It is expected to re-convene in July.
Surnames A-L, 8 – 16 June.
Surnames M-Z, 16 – 23 June.
Each year the Forum hosts a members’ show. We have opened a list in AF1 for members wishing to take part. Members are entitled to submit one work free of charge. We do, however, ask for a donation towards the cost of the private view. We have posted instructions on the website (see www.hastingsartsforum.co.uk/get-involved ) on how to prepare work for hanging.
Artists’ statements:
Elaine Short – tapestry weaver. After previous experience with painting and hand-made jewellery, Elaine turned to weaving and taught herself traditional hand-loom techniques, producing woven wall-hangings and rugs. She has found that this medium offers virtually unlimited creative possibilities, combining colour, form, texture and three-dimensional effects. (more…)
Dates for your diary…
4 Jun. Open studios. South East Open Studios runs from Friday 4 – Sun 20 Jun. Check opening times against the SEOS catalogue (available in AF1). Several Forum members are taking part and prepared to welcome you into their studios. See members’ announcements below.
Stop Press…
Exhibition Calendar, 2011. Bids for the Forum exhibition calendar for 2011 will open on Tuesday 1 Jun . Attached to this bulletin is an application form for an exhibition – please submit your entry on this form and address bids to the “Arts Committee”. Mail or hand in at AF1 or email to info@hastingsartsforum.co.uk fao arts committee.
The arts committee may invite you to meet and discuss, together with original examples of your work. If your application is agreed, you will be asked to pay an immediate non-refundable deposit of £50. If your application is agreed, you will be asked to sign a binding artist’s agreement and asked to pay the balance of your gallery hire, three months prior to the date of your exhibition. A copy of the artists agreement is posted on the website – see www.hastingsartsforum.co.uk/get-involved/gallery-hire/
Shows for two weeks will be preferred over those for one week. One-week shows create a heavy burden for the all-volunteer hanging team. Where cost is a problem, we suggest sharing with others whose work is compatible.
Azur and the Forum. There is a rumour circulating that several members of the Forum intended to boycott the recently scheduled AGM in the Azur due to another rumour that the Azur had hosted a meeting of the BNP. The Azur absolutely denies any truth to this rumour and is dismayed at the possible damage to its business. Rumour also has it that someone confused “BNP” with the “BNI” ( Business Network International ) which does meet at the Azur.
Members Show. Images of work are invited from exhibiting members to help with publicity for the members show,
Poetry Group will next meet on Sat 5 Jun at the earlier time of 4 pm in AF2. Original poems are welcome, but also feel free to bring along some of your favourites.
The group took part in the recent concert to commemorate the marriage of Rossetti to Siddall and received warm applause for an original humourous poem written and spoken by Michael Short.
Project Art Works. The recent exhibition with Project Art Works was regarded as a resounding success. Some £4500 was taken in sales of art work and supporting literature.
Members’ Show.
Surnames A-L, 8 – 16 June.
Surnames M-Z, 16 – 23 June.
Each year the Forum hosts a members’ show. We have opened a list in AF1 for members wishing to take part. Members are entitled to submit one work free of charge. We do, however, ask for a donation towards the cost of the private view. We have posted instructions on the website (see http://www.hastingsartsforum.co.uk/get-involved/ ) on how to prepare work for hanging.
Showing Now…
“Art on the Beach”. Katherine Reekie in AF1 26 May – 9 Jun.
Artist Statement – see Bulletin 143 – also paste in your browser http://www.hastingsartsforum.co.uk/katherine-reekie/#more-1942
“From this point on” (Photography, Sussex Coast College, Hastings ) in AF2, 26 May – 1J).
ANNETTE BARTON. SUE BARNES. MEL BREWER. STEVE BOYDELL. SIN BOZKURT. LIN GREGORY. SIMON HOOKEY. RICK HOUGH. WET MONKEY. LUCY PHILLIPS. KAREN ROONEY. SHEREEN TURNER.
A talented group of a dozen photographers from Sussex Coast College Hastings is exhibiting at Hastings Arts Forum as the finale to their NCFE certificate evening class.
Forum at the Azur (AF3). Brij Sharma, Chris Thomas, Jeremy Ebdon, John Plummer.
Kim Thrower in ONE sandwich bar at No1, London Road (AF4. )
“Cupcakes Extraordinaire” at One Café, One London Road, St Leonards
See www.hastingsartsforum.co.uk/category/events/
Coming up…
Elaine Short and Robin Muckle in AF2, 2 – 9 Jun.
Artist Satement – Robin Muckle
After spending my working life in the field of IT, I retired early and decided to pursue my fascination with art.
My interest is predominantly in three-dimensional work, experimenting with different media – mainly clay, plaster and sometimes stone.
The work is mainly figurative, often attempting to blend realism with expression. Inspiration comes from nature and the human form, as well as past and contemporary artists.
I enjoy the contrast between moulding and carving and the process through to the final finish which may be ‘raw’, one of a variety of cold or patinated finishes, or glazed using one of the many different techniques such as raku.
Members Show ( Surnames A-L) in AF 1/2, 9 – 16 Jun
Members Show (Surnames M – Z) in AF1 and AF2, 16 – 23 Jun
Max Irwin in AF1, 23 – 30 Jun.
Sue Jones in AF2. 23 – 30 Jun.
Selina di Girolamo. “Drawing down the Moon”. AF1 30 Jun – 7 Jul.
Dorothea Huntrods and Wendy Oxlade in AF2. 30 Jun – 14 Jul
Alice Pickering in AF1, 7 – 14 Jul
Members’ Announcements…
Serena Thirkell posts :SERENA and TRISTRAM THIRKELL, Aunt and Nephew, are among the artists whose work is being shown in a natural setting at the Sir Harold Hillier Gardens, Romsey and would love you to come and see both the sculptures and the superb gardens. Open every day 22nd May until 31st October 2010 from 10 – 6pm, at Romsey near Winchester, Hampshire SO 51 0QA. Tel ; 017943 69318. Email : info@hilliergardens.org.uk
Irene Bakunukize is exhibiting with three friends in the basement of 41b. The show is billed as “new work by emerging artists”. 28 May – 2 June.
Stables Exhibition. Forum members, Jennie Bayntun, Lynne Bingham, Tracey Brown, Brij Sharma and Karin Woolstencroft are exhibiting at “The Stables” from 17 May – 19 June.
Juliette Dodd is running a summer school on “Portraits in oils” . Sessions will be held on Tuesdays over six weeks beginning 8 June until 13 July. Two live models. Cost £70. Tel ; (01424) 424010 or 07900 466709.
Anna Casson posts : I am a Life and portrait model. Tel; 07791794103
APHORISM. Exhibition of new typographic Images from Martin Pearce.
Pursuing his interest in aphorism and proverb, Martin has created a stunning set of large digital prints that combine his love of pop art colours and visual puzzle.
The exhibition runs May 22, with a private view on the evening of Saturday May 29th at 6.30pm.
GILL GALLERY, 55 Kings Road, St Leonards on Sea
Open 9am – 5pm Monday – Saturday www.martinpearceart.com
Alexandra Leadbeater and Cathryn Kemp post
An exiting new wave has arrived at The Muse… Alexandra Leadbeater and Cathryn Kemp will open their studios for South East Open Studios 11th to 20th June from 11am to 5pm please visit and say hello over a cup of tea (and maybe cake!)
Alexandra Leadbeater & Cathryn Kemp
The Muse
Harold Mews (between Stanhope Place and East Ascent)
St Leonards-on-Sea
TN38 OEA Tel : 01424 423457. See our artwork online at
www.alexleadbeater.com and www.cathrynkemp.com
Selina di Girolamo. Selina is taking part in the Open Studios programme and will open her studios in Ninfield on 6 and 13 June. 11 – 5.
More Open Studios. Louisa Crispin, Brenda Hartill, Robin Holtom, Dorothea Huntrods, Mark Fisher, Anna Pontonutti, Tim Riddihough, Margaret Roberts, Robin Thompson and Annie Soudain are some of the Forum members exhibiting under the South East Open Studios programme.
FILM
St Leonards Film Society. Future Screenings.( All in AF1 @7.30)
A new schedule of films for June and July is published on the St Leonards film Soc website. http://www.stleonardsfilmsoc.co.uk/ Film evenings will be suspended for August and recommence in September. In September, the Film Society hopes to extend its outreach, with additional venues in St Leonards.
3 Jun. Fish Tank 7 for 7.45pm. Fish Tank
This is the story of Mia (KATIE JARVIS), a volatile 15-year-old, who is always in trouble and who has become excluded from school and ostracized by her friends. One hot summer’s day her mother (KIERSTON WAREING) brings home a mysterious stranger called Connor (MICHAEL FASSBENDER) who promises to change everything and bring love into all their lives…
Sun 6 Jun 7 for 7.45pm. The Headless Woman
Lucretia Martel’s incredible mystery tells the story of Veronica, a middle-aged woman who, after accidentally hitting ’something’ with her car becomes gradually more and more unhinged as she begins to believe that she may have killed a little boy.
Thu, 17 Jun - ‘The Class’/'Entre Les Murs’ (15) France 2008
Thu, 01 Jul – ’An Education’ (12A) UK 2009.
Sun, 04 Jul – ’Beyond The Pole’ (15) UK 2010 + Q&A with director, David L. Williams via Skype.
Thu, 15 Jul – ’Micmacs’/'Micmacs à tire-larigot’ (12A) France 2009.
Sun, 18 Jul - ‘Erasing David’ (12A) UK 2010 + Q&A with director, David Bond and Phil Booth (NO2ID).
Thu, 29 Jul – ’A Single Man’ (12A) UK 2009
Kim Thrower is exhibiting his paintings on the theme of cupcakes in ONE Sandwich Bar at 1, London Road, St Leonards. The show runs until the end of May. ONE opened in late Autumn, 2009 and has been a welcome addition to the the regeneration of central St Leonards. The Forum supplies ONE with a changing exhibition each month, mainly on the theme of colour and abstraction. This exhibition is a change to the theme, but is eminently suitable for a sandwich bar and tea-shop.
Dates for your diary…
Sat 22 May @ 7 pm. Concert to commemorate the Rossetti-Siddal marriage in St Clements Church, 1860. Several Forum artists and poets taking part, including new work. The private view will take place after the concert.
Mon 24 May @ 3pm. Book reading /discussion group. “Four Quartets” by TS Eliot. Also recorded extracts read by Ted Hughes. See members announcements below.
Fri 28 May. PV for Katherine Reekie in AF1 and “From this point on” (Photography) in AF2.
PV. “Born in the Basement”. 41b Marina. Irene Bakundukize and friends. Live DJ.
Stop Press…
Postponed AGM
The committee regrets to announce the postponement of the scheduled AGM. This is due to the receipt of a judgment against us by Worthing County Court in respect of a claim by Southern Water relating to our licence to occupy 17, Marine Court (the former Baird TVF ) in 2008. We are contesting the judgment and we believe that our case is strong.
In view of the above, it was the unanimous decision of those present that we could not ask a new committee to take on the undefined risks associated with the judgment.
The delay will hopefully not be more than two months. We hope to address administrative procedures so that these circumstances can not be repeated.
Finally, we would take this opportunity to reassure members that Forum finances are in good shape and able to deal with any foreseen circumstances.
Members Show. Images of work are invited from members to help with publicity for the members show,
Poetry Group will next meet on Sat 5 Jun at the earlier time of 4 pm in AF2.
Members’ Show.
Surnames A-L, 8 – 16 June.
Surnames M-Z, 16 – 23 June.
Each year the Forum hosts a members’ show. We have opened a list in AF1 for members wishing to take part. Members are entitled to submit one work free of charge. We do, however, ask for a donation towards the cost of the private view. We have posted instructions on the website (see http://www.hastingsartsforum.co.uk/get-involved/ ) on how to prepare work for hanging.
Showing Now…
Project Art Works, until 25 May
This show has received lots of compliments.. PAW has mentored six artists with learning difficulties and complex needs over 18 months. The six artists are John Croft, Albert Gere,Neville Jermyn, Michelle Roberts, Jonathan Rogers and Charlotte Stephens. The artists have been given the opportunity to work intensively in an artist studio environment under the careful mentoring of Tony Colley. The results of this unique period of professional development are extraordinary and are displayed as six very distinct bodies of work. As an example of the care and detail of the mentoring, PAW has built a scale model of both AF1 and 2 with scale models of the exhibits in their planned location s on the walls.
An illustrated catalogue of the exhibition has been produced and is on sale at £5.00.
For further info on PAW see http://www.projectartworks.org/index.htm
Forum at the Azur (AF3). Brij Sharma, Chris Thomas, Russell Dorey, John Plummer.
Kim Thrower in ONE sandwich bar at No1, London Road (AF4. )
“Cupcakes Extraordinaire” at One Café, One London Road, St Leonards
See www.hastingsartsforum.co.uk/category/events/
Coming up…
“Art on the Beach”. Katherine Reekie in AF1 26 May – 9 Jun.
Artist Statement – see Bulletin 143 – also paste in your browser http://www.hastingsartsforum.co.uk/katherine-reekie/#more-1942
“From this point on” (Photography, Sussex Coast College, Hastings ) in AF2, 26 May – 1J).
ANNETTE BARTON. SUE BARNES. MEL BREWER. STEVE BOYDELL. SIN BOZKURT. LIN GREGORY. SIMON HOOKEY. RICK HOUGH. WET MONKEY. LUCY PHILLIPS. KAREN ROONEY. SHEREEN TURNER.
A talented group of a dozen photographers from Sussex Coast College Hastings is exhibiting at Hastings Arts Forum as the finale to their NCFE certificate evening class.
Tutor Alex Brattell said “they have been an exceptional group to work with. It’s been a wonderful mixture of research laboratory and social club. This is a professional exhibition with great impact. It mainly features local subjects but has a definitely cosmopolitan feel to it thanks to the talents of the photographers and the wide range of influences and inspirations that has emerged during the course. Many of these projects will go on to be seen elsewhere in expanded form, notably at Hastings’ first photography festival this Autumn, so this is a chance to get a first look at work by artists we will be seeing much more of in the future”.
Elaine Short and Robin Muckle in AF2, 2 – 9 Jun.
Elaine Short – tapestry weaver. After previous experience with painting and hand-made jewellery, Elaine turned to weaving and taught herself traditional hand-loom techniques, producing woven wall-hangings and rugs. She has found that this medium offers virtually unlimited creative possibilities, combining colour, form, texture and three-dimensional effects. Her designs range from pictorial landscapes and seascapes to abstract and decorative patterns derived from nature. She has been particualarly inspired by the landscape and coastline of southern England, but believes that practically any subject or idea can be represented in woven art. Her materials consist of high-quality rug wool, linen and cotton warps, acrylic and other artificial and natural fibres, some of which are hand-dyed to produce colours not readily available from commercial sources. Her work has been shown in various group exhibitions, including the regional and national exhibitions of the Association of Weavers, Spinners & Dyers, at Avebury, Lacock, Devizes, Wells, Bath, Oxford, Kendall and York, and she has also has solo exhibitions in Bradford-on-Avon and Rye. She now lives and works in St Leonards, where her studio has a wide view of the sea from which she derives so much inspiration.
Members Show ( Surnames A-L) in AF 1/2, 9 – 16 Jun
Members Show (Surnames M – Z) in AF1 and AF2, 16 – 23 Jun
Max Irwin in AF1, 23 – 30 Jun.
Sue Jones in AF2. 23 – 30 Jun.
Selina di Girolamo. “Drawing down the Moon”. AF1 30 Jun – 7 Jul.
Dorothea Huntrods and Wendy Oxlade in AF2. 30 Jun – 14 Jul
Members’ Announcements…
Irene Bakunukize is exhibiting with three friends in the basement of 41b Marina .Private view Fri 28 May at 6 pm with live DJ. The show is billed as “new work by emerging artists”.
Stables Exhibition. Forum members, Jennie Bayntun, Lynne Bingham, Tracey Brown, Brij Sharma and Karin Woolstencroft are exhibiting at “The Stables” from 17 May – 19 June.
Juliette Dodd is running a summer school on “Portraits in oils” . Sessions will be held on Tuesdays over six weeks beginning 8 June until 13 July. Two live models. Cost £70. Tel ; (01424) 424010 or 07900 466709.
Anna Casson posts : I am a Life and portrait model. Tel; 07791794103
Serena di Girolamo. Serena is taking part in the Open Studios programme and will open her studios in Ninfield on 6 and 13 June. 11 – 5.
APHORISM. Exhibition of new typographic Images from Martin Pearce.
Pursuing his interest in aphorism and proverb, Martin has created a stunning set of large digital prints that combine his love of pop art colours and visual puzzle.
The exhibition runs May 22, with a private view on the evening of Saturday May 29th at 6.30pm.
GILL GALLERY, 55 Kings Road, St Leonards on Sea
Open 9am – 5pm Monday – Saturday www.martinpearceart.com
FILM
St Leonards Film Society. Future Screenings.( All in AF1 @7.30)
3 Jun. Title to be announced.
Future screenings are on Thursdays at 7.45 pm (doors open at 7 pm – to meet and socialize).Tickets are £3.50 and £2.50 (members). Annual membership is £15.00 and £25.00 (a couple living at the same address).
Dates for your diary…
Sun 16 May. 8 pm. Benefit concert for fellow artist, Nick Snelling in the Assembly Rooms ( See under members’ announcements). £5.00. Song, bands and fun.
Thu 20 May. Film in AF1. “The Headless Woman / La Mujer Sin Cabeza”
*** Change of date ***
Sat 22 May @ 7 pm. Concert to commemorate the Rossetti-Siddal marriage in St Clements Church, 1860. Several Forum artists and poets taking part. The private view will take place after the concert and not Friday 21 May as previously advertised, due to a wedding.
Mon 24 May @ 3pm. Book reading /discussion group. “Four Quartets” by TS Eliot. Also recorded extracts read by Ted Hughes. See members announcements below.
Stop Press…
Competition with £5,000 prize Fund.
Battle Contemporary Fine Art Fair will take place 18 – 26 September 2010.
A judging panel will be led by Romeo di Girolamo (outgoing President of the RSBA). Work may be submitted now until the closing date of 17 July 2010. For further information and registration procedure, see www.BattleFineArtFair.co.uk
Watercolour Competition. The Sunday Times is offering a £20,000 prize fund (top prize is £10,000) for the 2010 watercolour competition. Closing date in London is 3 July. For further info, tel ; 01372 452190 or email watercolour@parkerharris.co.uk . Forms available from www.parkerharris.co.uk
Appeal for deaf or disabled artist to run a course in Hastings and St Leonards over the summer. See below under Members Announcements for further detail. The fee is £6000 for 30 days work.
Harry Snook is examining the feasibility of an exchange exhibition between the Forum and a Brazilian colleague in Rio de Janeiro. Because of transport expenses, work would necessarily be small and easy to pack.
As a first step Harry would like to form a working party of mixed skills to bring this project to fruition. The projected date is as soon as possible, but not before Autumn 2010. Please contact Harry Snook if you can help (info@hastingsartsforum.c.uk “For attention of Harry Snook). It is hoped the Forum will be able to host a reciprocal exhibition from Brazil in return.
AGM – Reminder. The AGM to cover the accounting year Jan – Dec 2009 is to be held on Tuesday25 May at 7 pm in the Azur. We need a good attendance to ensure a quorum, currently 48 members. You need to be a paid-up member of the Forum to attend.
A copy of the convening order is posted in the Forum and instructions for the AGM have already been circulated electronically to members with emails and by post to other members.
Nominations for the committee and the office-bearers, Chair, Secretary and Treasurer, proposed and seconded must be received in the Forum by 5 pm, Friday 14 May. A list of nominees for positions on the committee will also be posted as soon as available.
Poetry Group will next meet on Sat 5 Jun at the earlier time of 4 pm in AF2.
Members’ Show.
Surnames A-L, 8 – 16 June.
Surnames M-Z, 16 – 23 June.
Each year the Forum hosts a members’ show. We have opened a list in AF1 for members wishing to take part. Members are entitled to submit one work free of charge. We do, however, ask for a donation towards the cost of the private view. We will shortly post instructions on the website on how to prepare work for hanging.
Showing Now…
Project Art Works, until 25 May
This show previewed last night and has received lots of compliments.. PAW has mentored six artists with learning difficulties and complex needs over 18 months. The six artists are John Croft, Albert Gere,Neville Jermyn, Michelle Roberts, Jonathan Rogers and Charlotte Stephens. The artists have been given the opportunity to work intensively in an artist studio environment under the careful mentoring of Tony Colley. The results of this unique period of professional development are extraordinary and are displayed as six very distinct bodies of work. As an example of the care and detail of the mentoring, PAW has built a scale model of both AF1 and 2 with scale models of the exhibits in their planned location s on the walls.
An illustrated catalogue of the exhibition has been produced and is on sale at £5.00.
For further info on PAW see http://www.projectartworks.org/index.htm
Forum at the Azur (AF3). Brij Sharma, Chris Thomas, Russell Dorey, John Plummer.
Kim Thrower in ONE sandwich bar at No1, London Road (AF4. )
“Cupcakes Extraordinaire” at One Café, One London Road, St Leonards
See www.hastingsartsforum.co.uk/category/events/
Coming up…
Katherine Reekie in AF1 26 May – 9 Jun.
Artist Statement – see Bulletin 143. See :– www.hastingsartsforum.co.uk/bulletin-143-8-may-2010/
“From this point on” (Photography, Sussex Coast College, Hastings ) in AF2, 26 May – 1J).
FROM THIS POINT ON
ANNETTE BARTON. SUE BARNES. MEL BREWER. STEVE BOYDELL. SIN BOZKURT. LIN GREGORY. SIMON HOOKEY. RICK HOUGH. WET MONKEY. LUCY PHILLIPS. KAREN ROONEY. SHEREEN TURNER.
A talented group of a dozen photographers from Sussex Coast College Hastings is exhibiting at Hastings Arts Forum as the finale to their NCFE certificate evening class.
Work on show will include Karen Rooney’s reportage of Lunsford Farm in Pett, Sin Bozkurt’s images from Burlesque clubs and Simon Hookey’s project documenting the lives of Hastings fishermen. Shereen Turner has turned her lens on Hastings & Bexhill Rugby Football Club whilst Steve Boydell’s work follows the volunteer coastguards based at Rye Harbour.
Rick Hough has taken a wry look atthe chocolate industry, Lin Gregory is showing photographs from her book, “The Memory of Trees – A Journeyinto Sacred Space”. Annette Bartonand Wet Monkey examine the local wildlife, human or otherwise.
As well as documentary and reportage projects, the exhibition also features fine art photography. Mel Brewer’s dreamlike reflections, Sue Barnes’ oblique examination of light and street, and Lucy Phillips’ colour compositions of intensely seen moments complete this fascinating exhibition.
Tutor Alex Brattell said “they have been an exceptional group to work with. It’s been a wonderful mixture of research laboratory and social club. This is a professional exhibition with great impact. It mainly features local subjects but has a definitely cosmopolitan feel to it thanks to the talents of the photographers and the wide range of influences and inspirations that has emerged during the course. Many of these projects will go on to be seen elsewhere in expanded form, notably at Hastings’ first photography festival this Autumn, so this is a chance to get a first look at work by artists we will be seeing much more of in the future”.
Elaine Short and Robin Muckle in AF2, 2 – 9 Jun.
Members Show ( Surnames A-L) in AF 1/2, 9 – 16 Jun
Members Show (Surnames M – Z) in AF1 and AF2, 16 – 23 Jun
Max Irwin in AF1, 23 – 30 Jun.
Sue Jones in AF2. 23 – 30 Jun.
Members’ Announcements…
Melissa White posts;
Two rooms to let (female only) in a large sunny house on Hastings seafront, old town. One is for short stay, front facing large double with fantastic seaviews-£100 a week. The other smaller room for longer stay-£300 a month inc bills. For further details. Tel 07531 043816 or
.e-mail annaloops@yahoo.co.uk
Stables Exhibition. Forum members, Jennie Bayntun, Lynne Bingham, Tracey Brown, Brij Sharma and Karin Woolstencroft are exhibiting at “The Stables” from 17 May – 19 June.
Rosie Harness and Richard Fryer post… We are involved in a benefit concert to raise funds for Nick Snelling, an artist who recently suffered a severe accident breaking his neck.
An evening of song (well-known voices) , bands and great fun is promised on Sunday 16 May, 8 pm at the Assembly Rooms. Entrance £5.00.
At a future date it is hoped to organise an auction of donations.
Deaf, Dumb or disabled Artist. We have received the following appeal from English Heritage:-
As part of Creative Landscapes, our Accentuate Project, English Heritage is looking for a deaf or disabled artist to run a residency in Hastings and St Leonards over the summer.
The fee is £6,000 for 30 days work. There is a site visit for potential applicants on 24th May and then the deadline for applications is Wednesday 2nd June 2010.
Contact : Esther Gill, Outreach Manager, South East Mob: 07500 097957
Juliette Dodd is running a summer school on “Portraits in oils” . Sessions will be held on Tuesdays over six weeks beginning 8 June until 13 July. Two live models. Cost £70. Tel ; (01424) 424010 or 07900 466709.
Anna Casson posts : I am a Life and portrait model. Tel; 07791794103
Models Sought Juliette Dodd wants models to pose for portraits. Models who can keep still may be paid. Further info (01424 42401
FILM
St Leonards Film Society. Future Screenings.( All in AF1 @7.30)
Future screenings are on Thursdays at 7.45 pm (doors open at 7 pm – to meet and socialize).
20 May. “The Headless Woman / La Mujer Sin Cabeza” (12A) 89 mins. Incredible mystery from Director Lucretia Martel. Definitely not one to miss! Spanish with English subtitles.
Tickets are £3.50 and £2.50 (members). Annual membership is £15.00 and £25.00 (a couple living at the same address).
Rosetti – Siddall commemoration
150 years ago on May 23rd 1860 the Pre Raphaelite artists Dante Gabriel Rossetti married his lover and model Lizzie Siddal in St. Clements Church Hastings. Lizzie later became a fine artist and poet in her own right. Sadly just two years later she died. To commemorate the wedding there will be an exhibition by local artists in St Clements Church from 10.00am until 4.00pm daily from Sunday 23rd – Monday 31st May. Exhibiting artists include Ron Nicola, Jane Marriner, Mike Williams, Alan Wright, Simon Hookey, Bruce Williams and Beth Boorman. Exhibits include paintings, stained glass, photography and wood carving. Local children will also exhibit. The works of art already in the church will also be on display including the brasses (which are usually covered) and the Sanctuary Light given to commemorate the wedding. On the evening of Saturday May 22nd there will be a concert of song and prose inspired by the Pre Raphaelites given by Susannah Appleyard and members of the Hastings Arts Forum poetry group. On Sunday May 23rd there will be a sung evensong at 7.00pm to commemorate the anniversary itself. Sitters are also needed to look after the exhibition so we can keep it open all week. Contact Keith Leech on 01424 716576 or bogiekeef@tiscali.co.uk
[Keith Leech]
***Members of the Arts Forum are invited to the private view on Saturday 22 May after the concert. The concert begins at 7 pm ***
A talented group of a dozen photographers from Sussex Coast College Hastings are exhibiting at Hastings Arts Forum as the finale to their NCFE certificate evening class.
Work on show will include Karen Rooney’s reportage of Lunsford Farm in Pett, Sin Bozkurt’s images from Burlesque clubs and Simon Hookey’s project documenting the lives of Hastings fishermen. Shereen Turner has turned her lens on Hastings & Bexhill Rugby Football Club whilst Steve Boydell’s work follows the volunteer coastguards based at Rye Harbour.
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*** South East Open Studios “Taster”***, 5 – 12 May
Dates for your diary…
Thu 13 May @ 6.30. Hastings Humanists meet in AF1. Bob Churchill (British Humanist Association), “Humanism and the BHA”.
Fri 14 May. 6.30. Private view for the Project Art Workshop exhibition.
Sun 6 May. 8 pm. Benefit concert for Nick Snelling ( See under members’ annouincements) in the Assembly Rooms. £5.00. Song, bands and fun.
Thu 20 May. Film in AF1. “The Headless Woman / La Mujer Sin Cabeza”
Fri 21 May @ 7 pm. Private View for Rossetti-Siddal marriage commemoration in St Clements Church. Several Forum artists and poets taking part.
Stop Press…
Competition with £5,000 prize Fund.
Battle Contemporary Fine Art Fair will take place 18 – 26 September 2010.
A judging panel will be led by Romeo di Girolamo (outgoing President of the RSBA). Work may be submitted now until the closing date of 17 July 2010. For further information and registration procedure, see www.BattleFineArtFair.co.uk
Appeal for deaf or disabled artist to run a course in Hastings and St Leonards over the summer. See below under Members Announcements for further detail.
Harry Snook is examining the feasibility of an exchange exhibition between the Forum and a Brazilian colleague in Rio de Janeiro. Because of transport expenses, work would necessarily be small and easy to pack.
As a first step Harry would like to form a working party of mixed skills to bring this project to fruition. The projected date is as soon as possible, but not before Autumn 2010. Please contact Harry Snook if you can help. It is hoped the Forum will be able to host a reciprocal exhibition from Brazil in return.
AGM – Reminder.
The AGM to cover the accounting year Jan – Dec 2009 is to be held on Tuesday25 May at 7 pm in the Azur. We need a good attendance to ensure a quorum, currently 48 members. You need to be a paid-up member of the Forum to attend.
A copy of the convening order is posted in the Forum and instructions for the AGM have already been circulated electronically to members with emails and by post to other members.
Nominations for the committee and the office-bearers, Chair, Secretary and Treasurer, proposed and seconded must be received in the Forum by 5 pm, Friday 14 May. and a list of nominees for positions on the committee will also be posted as soon as available.
Members’ Show.
Surnames A-L, 8 – 16 June.
Surnames M-Z, 15 – 22 June.
Each year the Forum hosts a members’ show. We have opened a list in AF1 for members wishing to take part. Members are entitled to submit one work free of charge. We do, however, ask for a donation towards the cost of the private view. We will shortly post instructions on the website on how to prepare work for hanging.
Showing Now…
South East Taster in AF1 and AF2, 5 – 12 May . This exhibition is in two parts. AF1 hosts the “taster” for SE Open Studios (where artists in the South East open their studios to visitors during the first three weekends of June). see http://www.seos-art.org/ . In AF2 you can find artists, not participating in the official SEOS programme, but who welcome visits by arrangement and at other times of the year.
Forum at the Azur (AF3). Brij Sharma, Chris Thomas, Russell Dorey, John Plummer
Kim Thrower in ONE sandwich bar at No1, London Road (AF4. )
“Cupcakes Extraordinaire” at One Café, One London Road, St Leonards
See www.hastingsartsforum.co.uk/category/events/
Coming up…
Project Art Workshop (PAW) in AF1 and AF2, 12 – 26 May. This promises to be a really interesting show. PAW has mentored six artists with learning difficulties and complex needs over 18 months. The six artists have been given the opportunity to work intensively in an artist studio environment under the careful mentoring of Tony Colley. The results of this unique period of professional development are extraordinary and are displayed as six very distinct bodies of work. As an example of the care and detail of the mentoring, PAW has built a scale model of both AF1 and 2 with scale models of the exhibits in their planned location s on the walls.
For further info on PAW see http://www.projectartworks.org/index.htm
Katherine Reekie in AF1 26 May – 9 Jun. Artist Statement.
Many artists have drawn inspiration from the seashore. With the impending arrival of the Jerwood Gallery to the Stade in Hastings, the beach will not only be a subject matter for artists but also a venue for art.
Local artist Katherine Reekie has produced a series of surreal images in response to the concept of art physically being on the beach.
This new collection of work depicts the imagined visit to the Stade by recognisable characters from the world’s great art collections. The likes of Bruegel’s hunters wearily return across the shingle, whilst Toulouse Lautrec’s Parisians loiter around a promenade shelter. Katherine has created a strange world where the imagined inhabits the real, emphasising the fine line between the two.
“From this point on” (Photography, Hastings College) in AF2, 26 May – 2J.
Elaine Short and Robin Muckle in AF2, 2 – 9 Jun.
Members Show ( Surnames A-L) in AF 1/2, 9 – 16 Jun
Members Show (Surnames M – Z) in AF1 and AF2, 16 – 23 Jun
Max Irwin in AF1, 23 – 30 Jun.
Sue Jones in AF2. 23 – 30 Jun.
Members’ Annnouncements…
Transport of art objects. We have received a mailshot from Cadogan Tate advertising affordable rates, including rates for small packages within the UK. Email s.fanning@cadfogantate.com
Rosie Harness and Richard Fryer post… We are involved in a benefit concert to raise funds for Nick Snelling, an artist who recently suffered a severe accident breaking his neck.
An evening of song (well-known voices) , bands and great fun is promised on Sunday 16 May, 8 pm at the Assembly Rooms. Entrance £5.00.
At a future date it is hoped to organise an auction of donations.
Lesley Crabtree posts… Aardvark
As the old adage has it, a change is as good as a rest and with this in mind we are planning a major change for Aardvark. From June onwards we will no longer be a tearoom, but the shop space will be available to let for art/craft/design shows, pop-up cafés, talks, workshops, film nights, music nights and general DIY community happenings. We want to enhance the creative atmosphere of St.Leonards by enabling individuals and groups to rent a space for short term projects. There will be a Coastal Currents/Open Studios event, and a Christmas Show. Other than those two things we are open to applications (details to follow soon), so do pop in over the next few weeks to catch up with us, have a cuppa and pitch your ideas for the new Aardvark. We’re very excited about the future, and looking forward to seeing all the friends we’ve made over the past two years on a more social level! Let’s make 2010/11 the Year of DIY in St.Leonards.
Deaf and Dumb Artist.
We have received the following appeal from English Heritage:-
As part of Creative Landscapes, our Accentuate Project, English Heritage is looking for a deaf or disabled artist to run a residency in Hastings and St Leonards over the summer.
Esther Gill
Outreach Manager, South East
Mob: 07500 097957
Juliette Dodd is running a summer school on “Portraits in oils” . Sessions will be held on Tuesdays over six weeks beginning 8 June until 13 July. Two live models. Cost £70. Tel ; (01424) 424010 or 07900 466709.
Anna Casson posts : I am a Life and portrait model. Tel; 07791794103
Models Sought Juliette Dodd wants models to pose for portraits. Models who can keep still may be paid. Further info (01424 424010)
Mike Williams. “The Green Man”. In local Weald stone, Portland stone and Bath stone freely based on the folklore surrounding this great figure from englands’ culture by local Sculptor Mike Williams at “he First In Last Out”
High St, Hastings. m Weds 28th April – Tues 11th May, during normal pub opening hours. Mike Williams 07737 701857 www.makingsculpture.co.uk
makingsculpture@hotmail.com
FILM
St Leonards Film Society. Future Screenings.( All in AF1 @7.30)
Future screenings are on Thursdays at 7.45 pm (doors open at 7 pm – to meet and socialize).
20 May. “The Headless Woman / La Mujer Sin Cabeza” (12A) 89 mins. Incredible mystery from Director Lucretia Martel. Definitely not one to miss! Spanish with English subtitles.
Tickets are £3.50 and £2.50 (members). Annual membership is £15.00 and £25.00 (a couple living at the same address).
Rosetti – Siddall commemoration
150 years ago on May 23rd 1860 the Pre Raphaelite artists Dante Gabriel Rossetti married his lover and model Lizzie Siddal in St. Clements Church Hastings. Lizzie later became a fine artist and poet in her own right. Sadly just two years later she died. To commemorate the wedding there will be an exhibition by local artists in St Clements Church from 10.00am until 4.00pm daily from Saturday 22nd-Monday 31st May. Exhibiting artists include Ron Nicola, Jane Marriner, Mike Williams, Alan Wright, Simon Hookey, Bruce Williams and Beth Boorman. Exhibits include paintings, stained glass, photography and wood carving. Local children will also exhibit. The works of art already in the church will also be on display including the brasses (which are usually covered) and the Sanctuary Light given to commemorate the wedding. On the evening of Saturday May 22nd there will be a concert of song and prose inspired by the Pre Raphaelites given by Susannah Appleyard and members of the Hastings Arts Forum poetry group. On Sunday May 23rd there will be a sung evensong at 7.00pm to commemorate the anniversary itself. Sitters are also needed to look after the exhibition so we can keep it open all week. Contact Keith Leech on 01424 716576 or bogiekeef@tiscali.co.uk
[Keith Leech]
***Members of the Arts Forum are invited to the private view on Friday 21st May at 7.00 ***
Art on the Beach
An exhibition of painting and drawings by Katherine Reekie
Many artists have drawn inspiration from the seashore. With the impending arrival of the Jerwood Gallery to the Stade in Hastings, the beach will not only be a subject matter for artists but also a venue for art.
Local artist Katherine Reekie has produced a series of surreal images in response to the concept of art physically being on the beach.
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