** HAITI APPEAL – To-morrow (Sunday) **
viewing from noon ; sale from 4pm ; auction from 5pm.
!!! Calling all artists !!! Jack in the Green, 28 Apr-5 May
Dates for your diary…
Sat 27 Mar at 7.30pm. Mozart’s Requiem in St-Mary-in-the-Castle. See members’ announcements below.
!! Sun 28 Mar. HASTINGS4HAITI in St Mary in the Castle. Sale of Art and Promises in aid of Haiti Relief 2010 – see members’ announcements.
Fri 2 Apr. Private view@6.30. John Hacker in AF1. Paul Castle in AF2.
Sat3 Apr@ 4pm in AF2. Poetry Group with Michael Short.(courtesy
Sat 3 Apr @ 4pm. Recital. Louise Winter and Nancy Cooley. Images, projections and words with Laetitia Yhapp and Mark French. See below.
Thu 8 Apr @7.30. Film “A Serious Man”. see below.
Fri 9 Apr @5.30. Private view “Three Sussex Artists” (Bell, Connett, Orbell) in AF1. Jameson Keane in AF2.
Thu 15 Apr . 6.30. Hastings Humanists in AF1. £2 entry Alexander Hellemans : “ Misunderstandings of Science”. http://hastingshumanists.blogspot.com
Calling all artists !!! Jack in the Green
The Jack-in-the-Green show goes up Wednesday, 28 April until 5 May in both galleries. Jack-in-the-Green has particular meaning for Sussex, and it ties in with the May Day holiday week-end in Hastings, the procession on the bank holiday Monday and thousands of motorbikes.
Please forward any images of your exhibit as soon as possible, so that we may use them for advance publicity.
Forum AGM – 25 May. The committee has set Tuesday 25 May as the date for the AGM. The main business is to approve the 2009 accounts and hold elections to the committee. All proposals for discussion at the AGM should be submitted at least three weeks in advance.
Rossetti commemoration. Forum members are taking part in a Rossetti commemoration at St Clement’s Church on 21 May. Bruce Williams is exhibiting six new large paintings (6ft x 5 ft) and members of the Forum poetry group are reading poems. See below.
St Leonards Film Society. St Leonards Film Society now has a programme of screenings. See below.
Showing Now….
“Flux” in AF2, 17 – 30 Mar. Private View: Friday 19th March 2010 6:00pm.“
Eight Sussex artists covering a range of media. Exhibiting are Jeremy Bear, Sassy Luke, Wendy Oxlade, Harry Snook, Serena Thirkell, Kim Thrower, Steve Whiting and Andy Young.( Regretfully, Anna Gartsunova was unable to participate as advertised. )
Marika Moore in AF1, 17 -30 Mar. “The World and I” –
Marika’s view of life, particularly featuring British Columbia. Marika, born into a Russian refugee family in post WW2 Germany (among the first intake of students at the Pestalozzi Centre, Seddlescombe), returns from Canada to Sussex to exhibit. She has a fascination with colour and form, right from the time she painted her doll at eight years old. She is versatile, but comments that people recognise her work by her colours. Marika has exhibited and sold widely in the USA (particularly Hawaii) and Canada.
Coming up…
John Hacker ARCA. in AF1 – pm.31 March –am.7 April
“Although my work appears abstract, I paint what I see. I Ching and the Book of Changes has been a starting point for me – the movement of light coming through dark, and dark through light which is especially apparent on the mono gallery and to a certain extent on the colour gallery pages shown on mywebsite www.johnhackerartist.com and Forum members gallery.
Furthermore, what also is of great interest to me is the balance and imbalance of these light patterns and different energies which change throughout the seasons, and how this affects colour – from the winter months when the light is at its lowest to mid summer when intensity reaches its peak.”
CV – John Hacker
1958-61 – Studied art at Kingston School of Art
1961-64 – Studied painting at the Royal College of Art, London
1964-65 – Worked for Chicago University on Archaelogical Drawings of Ramases III Temple in Luxor
1966-71 – Taught at Kingston College of Art
1972-74 – Taught at Hornsey College of Art
1972-93 – Taught at Epsom College of Art
1993 – Worked in Sardinia and at home in East Sussex
Paul Castle in AF2 – pm 31 March –am.7 April.
“My work portrays deeply felt feelings and emotions. From these senses and understanding arise the dramatic power of the mark. I am able to capture an image that is spontaneous with immense direction and movement. Therefore I would like to feel I have created honest pieces of work.
Three Sussex Artists in AF1, 7 – 20 April
Chris Bell (assemblages using recycled materials – mostly plastics), Mark Orbell and Maureen Connett (both painters)
Jameson Keane in AF2 , 7 – 20 April
Members’ Annnouncements…
Rose Miller posts :
Book Reading/discussion. Looking ahead, April’s book is T.S. Eliot’s – Four Quartets.
For details, including venue, email: rosemiller9@gmail.com
telephone: 01424 – 443164
Mary Dawson posts ; I am supporting a project by “Crowhurst Community Agriculture” to promote organic apple juice. I am selling bottles of this juice for £1.50 per bottle or a case of 12 for £15.00. Apples are from Iden Farm Apples. Please contact
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)
*Sale of Art and Promises – HASTINGS4HAITI*
Sunday 28 March 2010 at St Mary in the Castle
viewing from noon ; sale from 4pm ; auction from 5pm.
Rossetti Commemoration. Forum members are taking part in a Rossetti commemoration at St Clement’s Church on 21 May. Gabriel Dante Rossetti (1828 – 1882) was a founder member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in 1848. In 1860 he married Lizzie Siddal in St Clements and it is the 150th anniversary of his marriage, which is being commemorated.
Amongst Forum members,taking part, Bruce Williams is showing six new large religious oil paintings (6ft x 5ft) and the Forum Poetry Group is reading poems. Rosetti came from an artisitic family, which included his sister, Christina. Lizzie Siddal was also a poet and when she died, Rosetti buried his poems alongside – though he later recovered them. The exhibition is on for a week. Further details later.
MUSIC
Nancy Cooley posts the following events at St Mary-in-the-castle:
Saturday 27 Mar@ 7.30. Performance of MOZART’s REQUIEM in St Mary-in-the-Castle. Featuring Hastings Philarmonic Choir, Ruby Hughes (sop), Katherine Allen (mezzo), James Greer (ten) and Robin Baker (Bar). Musical Director is Hilary Davan Wetton.Tickets £15 and £12. St Mary-in-the-Castle (01424)451111. Hastings Information Centre (01424) 451111 and HPC (01424) 714076 or 440044.
Sat 3 Apr @ 4 pm. “Sea Fever” Images and projections by Laetitia Yhap and Mark French weave between the words and music. Louise Winter and Nancy Cooling.
FILM
St Leonards Film Society. Future Screenings.( All in AF1 @7.30)
General Report. The first meeting of the Society was on 12th March. This was the inaugural event and was attended by some 30 people. A general welcome was extended, followed by an explanation of the society’s aims – — to make ‘good’ film more accessible, by extending the venues to cover other areas of St Leonards, and thus make it a series of community projects. A complimentary screening of “Looking for Eric” was shown, which drew a great response.
On 25 Mar “Los Abrazos “ (in Spanish with English subtitles) was shown. There was a smaller audience, due to cold wet weather. Future dates are shown below.
The Film Society is supported by a National Lottery grant. Office bearers are;– Mollie Green (Chairman), Dawn Dublin (Secretary) and Julian Rumball (Treasurer). For contact and further information info@stleonardsfilmsoc.co.uk
Future screenings are on Thursdays at 7.45 pm (doors open at 7 pm – to meet and socialize).
8 Apr. “A Serious Man” (15) 105 mins. “The Coen brothers return with one of their best and most personal films to date.”
23 April. Still Walking/ Aruitemo (U). 115 mins. “Hirokazu Koreeda’s new film is an entrancing family drama.” Japanese with English sub-titles.
6 May. “Precious” (15). 110 mins. Clareece “Precious” Jones’s story tells of torment, pain and cruelty turning to light, love and self-determination.
20 May. “The Headless Woman / La Mujer Sin Cabeza” (12A) 89 mins. Incredible mysteryfrom 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).
STUDIOS TO LET
1. Three properties to let in St Leonards artist’s quarter. Harold Mews, rear of Stanhope Place (Ideal as studios).
Unit A. 460 sq ft(approx). Access to toilet. Rent £80 pw.
Unit B. 370 sq ft (approx). Access to toilet. Rent £70 pw.
Unit C. 1100 – 1200 sq ft. Office and toilet facilities. Rent £180 pw.
ALSO Menzies Rd, Ponswood Estate. 2500 sq ft (approx) on 2 floors. 2 offices, kitchen, 2 toilets hot+cold water,Parking for 8 cars. Rent £300 pw or sale at £300,000.
All rents above are negotiable and a deposit is required. Tel 431266 or 07926126126995.
2. Studio space ( near Morrisons, Queens Road)
Ring Lydia 07988204710. £20 pw
