Dates for your diary…
18/19/20Jun. Open studios. This is the final week-end of South East Open Studios closing on Sun 20 Jun. Some participants are also open during the week. Check opening times against the SEOS catalogue (available in AF1). Several Forum members are taking part and will welcome you into their studios. See members’ announcements below. Geraldine Wheeler (see below) is also opening her studio and will be exhibiting together with Anne Bertoluzzi and Chris Steele.
Fri 25 Jun. PV for Max Irwin in AF1 (photography). 6.30 – 8.30.
Sat 26 Jun. PV for Sue Jones @ 2 – 4.30. **Note timings.
Thu 1 Jul. Film in AF1. ‘An Education’ (12A) UK 2009.
Fri 2 Jul. PV for Selina di Girolamo’s “Drawing down the Moon” in AF1
PV for Dorothea Huntrods and Wendy Oxlade in AF2.
Sun 4 Jul. Q and A session with Film director David Williams by Skype (see Film notices)
Fri 9 Jul. PV – Alice Pickering in AF1
Tue 13 Jul. Forum AGM at 6.30 for 7(prompt) start.
Mon 16 – 20 Aug. Week-long course of music activity for children in August — see below under ‘Music’
Stop Press…
AGM to go ahead in July. The Azur has been booked for our postponed AGM on Tuesday, 13 July at 6.30 for 7 p.m. The list of nominations for the thirteen places appears below and nominees will be invited to introduce themselves at the AGM. As of today’s date we have no nomination for Secretary and Treasurer to be elected from the list below. Other posts, eg, Arts Committee, are decided in committee.
Please make every effort to attend. We need a quorum (as of today) of 50 members to attend in order to hold a valid AGM.
Nominations
- Griselda Bear
- Jeremy Bear
- John Hacker
- Rosie Harness
- Dorothea Huntrods
- Patrick Glass
- Renee Jasper
- Harry Lyons – Chairman
- Alice Maylam
- Wendy Oxlade
- John Plummer
- Annie Rae
- Harry Snook
- Kim Thrower
- Bruce Williams
- Nick Weekes
AGENDA – AGM Tuesday, July 13th 2010
1.Welcome
2.Apologies
3.Minutes of Last AGM
4.Report on becoming a Charity -
5.Committee’s Accounts – Alice Maylam, Treasurer and motion to approve the accounts.
6.Committee’s Report – Harry Lyons, Chairman
7.Elections – Chaired by an independent Chair.
- Introduction of Nominees
- Voting and counting of Votes
- Announcement of elected committee
8. Statement for the future – New Chairman.
Post Election Discussion. Members may wish to give some thought as to what sort of Forum they want to see in the future and contribute to the debate on “Statement for the Future”.
So far the committee has adopted an inclusive approach giving opportunities to all levels of expertise to exhibit. Those who can show to our arts committee a degree of excellence can exhibit through the medium of their own exhibition, whereas exhibitions such as Members’ shows, Jack-in-the-green and Volunteers’ shows allow all members to show their skill.
The Forum is a not-for-profit body, but this does not excuse it from remaining solvent and being commercially aware. A policy of hosting successful exhibitions gives the Forum the ability to host exhibitions that may not be profitable but educational – and thereby raising the level of art excellence, innovation and art appreciation among members as well as reaching out to the wider community.
One such suggestion for the future by Annie Rae, is to have a show curated by a print specialist covering all the various forms of print-making and using the undoubted skills of our many members – many with an international reputation in this art form. Building on this initiative by printmakers, there may be other areas such as photography, where we have a wide skill base, which will be highlighted as we host various parts of the International Photographic Festival at Brighton in October and November. Here is a challenge for the photographers to exchange ideas and push forward the boundaries.
Members may see other areas for this approach – glassmakers, sculptors, ceramicists ??
Exhibition Calendar, 2011. Bids for the Forum exhibition calendar for 2011 opened on 1 Jun and the calendar is now filling up . Attached to this bulletin is an application form for an exhibition – you may 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. Forms are also available at AF1.
Once your application has been read by the arts committee, you may be invited to meet and discuss, together with original examples of work. If your application is agreed, you will be asked to pay an immediate non-refundable deposit of £50. You will also be asked to sign a binding artist’s agreement and asked to pay the balance of your gallery hire, two months prior to the date of your exhibition. A copy of the artist’s 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 other members whose work is compatible.
Poetry Group. The Poetry Group will next meet on Saturday, 10 July at 5 p.m.in AF2 (and not the first Saturday of July). Several members have expressed a wish to see the Wimbledon tennis finals on 3 July.
Film Club Q and A session. The SLOS Film Club has a Q and A session with David L Williams , Director of “Beyond the Pole” on 4 Jul using Skype.
Showing Now…
Members’ Show (Surnames M – Z ) in both AF1 and AF2.
Forum at the Azur (AF3). Brij Sharma, Chris Thomas, Jeremy Ebdon, John Plummer and Katherine Reekie.
Katherine Reekie in ONE sandwich bar at No1, London Road (AF4. )
Eight pieces from her show “Art on the Beach” at AF1, 26 May-8 Jun
Coming up…
Max Irwin in AF1, 23 – 30 Jun.
Sue Jones in AF2. 23 – 30 Jun.
Artist Statement. My last one woman show at Arts Forum 1 in 2007 mainly focused on mixed media collages inspired during life modelling classes with Rod Harman at Hastings College. In this exhibition there was also a small series of pastels inspired by foreign landscapes. This year’s exhibition is a continuation of that later journey.
Vibrant colour, contrast, shape, atmosphere and pre-conscious images play an important part in my work and hopefully combined with imagination the whole is more than the sum of the parts. The feelings of sensual serenity created in me by these once imagined landscapes is also influenced by an awareness of the history, struggles and labours of the local people.
Escaping to the peace of natural spaces has consistently provided me with sanctuary from stress, especially when I was working in London as a community worker. So when I became ill I instinctively knew what would be healing for me, even though the journey itself is challenging.
To spend time in places which at one time I could only dream of evokes visions from the realm of fantasies revisited. It replenishes my depleted spirits. The stimulus of change is thrilling, uplifting and life affirming.
These works are a visual journal of my travels.
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.
Bob Farquhar “Pros and Cons” (Prison Art) in AF1 14 – 28 Jul.
Zoom. (the painters’ section of Zoom) in AF2, 14 – 28 Jul.
Members’ Announcements…
Anna Casson posts : I am a Life and portrait model. Tel; 07791794103
Open Studios. Artists in the South East open their studios to visitors. Catalogues available in AF1. Below are some Forum members who are participating.
Alexandra Leadbeater and Cathryn Kemp
An exiting new wave has arrived at The Muse… Please say hello over a cup of tea (and maybe cake!) at Harold Mews (between Stanhope Place and East Ascent), St Leonards-on-Sea,
TN38 0EA tel : 01424 423457 see www.alexleadbeater.com and www.cathrynkemp.com
Mark Fisher. As South East Open Studios is now well under way just a reminder to visit a couple of the Hastings Arts Forum members who are exhibiting in Sedlescombe.
Mark Fisher Painter and Tony Wynne Stained glass.
The Studio will be open from 11am to 6pm on 18/19 and 20 June.
‘The Den’, Meadow Lane, Sedlescombe, East Sussex, TN33 0RF. Tel ; 01424 871605.
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.
Forum members, who are also participating by displaying work are Geraldine Wheeler (paintings), Chris Steele (paintings) and Anne Bertoluzzi (jewellry) – all at 12, Stanhope Place –19/21 June, 11 – 5.
Marilyn Edwards posts details of her forthcoming show at the Dragon Bar.
Exhibition of prints on paper and textiles at the Dragon Bar, 71,George St
7 – 20 July.
A contemporary interpretation of the visual and literal narrative in Hogarth’s “ A Harlot’s Tale”, Nabolov’s “Lolita”and the Biblical prophesy “The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse”.
FILM
St Leonards Film Society. Future Screenings.( All in AF1 @7.30) Note the Q and A session with the Director, David Williams, on Sunday 4 Jul on SKYPE.
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 in August and recommence in September. In September, the Film Society hopes to extend its outreach, with additional venues in St Leonards.
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
MUSIC
Nancy Cooley posts. Calling all parents – –Hastings has a new summer holiday music course for children!
A new creative music course for children kicks off with a summer holiday course this August in the Reading Room, 12 Claremont in Hastings town centre.
Running from August 16th to 20th, ‘Magical Music Mornings’ is a week- long course full of singing, stories, movement, listening and instruments. There’s an hour each morning for 6-7yrs and for 8-9yrs in groups of between 12 and 15 children, and the sessions are designed imaginatively to encourage children to be creative and playful with music.
In September ongoing classes begin which will running throughout the year in term-time for the same age children, every Wednesday after school.
And there are introductory workshops on two Wednesdays mornings, August 11th and September 1st.
The courses are led by Nancy Cooley, local musician, an experienced classical performer, choir and workshop-leader and teacher.
For booking, prices and much more information please visit her website,
or you can email her on info@enchantedlark.co.uk
