*** 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 ***
