Dates for your diary….
Fri 6 Aug. Private view in AF1 @ 6.30 – 8.30. Clive Gross.
Fri 6 Aug. @6 pm. Schumann anniversary at St Mary-in-the-castle
Sat 7 Aug @6.30. PV in the Gill Gallery, Norman Road. Forum members invited. Alan Rankle and Kirsten Reynolds “On the edge of Wrong”. Prints.
Sun 8 Aug. Meet the artist !! Tea and cake. !!!!! Clive Gross will be on hand in AF1 to discuss his work from 3-5. He will give a talk at 4pm.
Stop Press…
Congratulations to Cathryn Kemp, who marries George Rose on the SLOS beach today, Saturday, 31 July.
Lynn Painter – Stainers Prize. This prize is awarded to encourage creative representational painting and promote the skill of the draughtsman. First prize is £15,000 and five runner-up prizes of £1,000. Deadline for entries is 20 Sep (London). Entry forms at www.parkerharrisco.uk/downloads
Member Discounts. Imågen – Gallery and Creative Framers of Hastings has joined our list of businesses who give a 10% discount to members on production of a member’s card. You can find Imåat at 20, Claremont. Other businesses offering discounts on production of a members card :–
Brookers, Norman road, SLOS – 10%
Expressions, Kings Road, SLOS – 10%
Relax Café / Restaurant , Marina SLOS – 10% on a meal
Geraldine Wheeler is curating a ‘taster’ exhibition in AF 1 for Coastal Currents and has space for more exhibitors. The Taster runs 19 – 31 August. Please contact Geraldine on (01424) 433654 or email : geraldinewheeler@hotmail.com
Showing Now…
Clive Gross in AF1, 29 Jul – 10 Aug. “The Empty Empire – Landscapes from a Bankrupt Nation” Artist’s statement is attached to this bulletin.
“This new show covers a range of work taken in locations around the UK in then ten years since I moved out of London and down to the Sussex Coast.
From faded seaside resorts that have been allowed to crumble into the sea; Cities that have had their industrial heart replaced by retail parks; Disused docks over-run with identical apartment blocks; and every town centre seemingly built from the same plan, this collection aims to look behind the façade of the economic boom we have been told we have just lived through and provide a snapshot of where we are as we begin to pay the bill for it.
By looking at the choices we have made about what has been kept, what destroyed and what built in its place, this exhibition is not only about opportunities lost, but the possibility to do things differently if we take back control of our own environments.” Clive Gross
Santiago Alcon in AF2 , 29 Jul – 10 Aug.
Santiago Alcon was born in Jerez, Spain and is now living in London.
Santiago studied art in Spain for two years, but says his training was biased towards the ‘traditional’ and classical life drawing. On the conclusion of his course, Santiago visited his sister in Edinburgh, an event which was to have a profound effect on him. “ I was impressed by the range and diversity of art in the city – it was an awakening for me. I immediately set about enrolling in Edinburgh College of Art.
“Another profound experience for me was my introduction to violence. I was with a group of friends visiting the gay quarter of Edinburgh, when we were set upon by a gang of skinheads, causing serious injury to my friends. This aroused deep anger in me and it affected the quality of my painting, I found myself using strong colours and the emotions aroused by the attack showed up in the intensity of my brush strokes.
“Colour remains very important to me, whether it is the intense blue of the sky in Spain or whether it is the subtlety of the English skies. However, I am now concentrating more on portraits.”
Santiago’s next exhibition is “Art for Youth” in October in London.
Forum at the Azur (AF3). Brij Sharma, Chris Thomas, Jeremy Ebdon, John Plummer and Katherine Reekie. Also see Mike Williams wood sculpture on the terrace balcony, made from mahogany, beech and oak inspired by William Blake’s “falling forms”.
Coming up…
Heather Hookey in AF1. 12 – 17 Aug.
A long time ago I was a librarian, then a hotelier, then a civil servant. When I retired I joyfully studied Fine Art at Hastings College of Art and Technology, completing the Foundation course followed by HNC and HND. I get fairly obsessive about painting and drawing but also enjoy sporadic gardening.
Taster, Coastal Currents in AF, 19–31 Aug. Curated by Geraldine Wheeler.
Joan Roche in AF2, 12 – 24 Aug.
Joan Roche is a painter based in St Leonards-on-Sea. She came to London from Dublin in 1965 to study Fine Art and received her MA in 1978 from the Royal Academy Schools.
She maintained strong connections with the Schools’ alumni whilst combining her art practise with a career as senior lecturer in Fine Art between 1990 and 2010. This relationship with the Academy is sustained through attending weekly drawing sessions in the famed circular studio, an engagement deeply influencing her development.
Working within the tradition of landscape painting, Joan works in a studio on the sea front in Marine Court, the apartment block above this gallery. The view from this ‘ocean liner’ charts the continuous flux of the sea’s surface; a vast plane of energy. The atmospherics complement a long-standing fascination with hydro-optics and natural light. Predominantly working in oil based media experimenting with brush, montage and print techniques, she draws directly from the environment that the town of St Leonard’s overlooks.
She has shown work in a number of exhibitions in the U.K. and internationally including the R.A Summer Shows, the Centro Modigliana Florence and Poly Nation in New Delhi. Other awards include the Landseer Landscape Prize and the Royal Overseas League where she was presented to Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. She is represented in notable collections worldwide in the Middle East, Australia and California.
Sid Beynon and Peter Andow in AF2. “ Beach Art”. 26 Aug – 7 Sep.
Cathryn Kemp in AF1, 2 – 14 Sep
George Robertson in AF2 , 9 – 14 Sep.
Members’ Announcements…
Richard Swan is exhibiting at the Saffron Gallery, Battle, 7 – 21 August with Anna Keiller.
Siobhan O’Hanlon posts The Rye Society of Artists’ Summer Exhibition 2010, at the Boys Club on Mermaid Street, Rye, East Sussex opens with the Private View on Friday 6th August. The Exhibition runs from Saturday 7th August to Friday 3rd September inclusive. It is open every day during this period from 10.30 to 5.30. Forms are downloadable at ryesocietyofartists.co.uk
Felipe Hewitt posts : I am a 58 year-old former life guard in Bermuda and in Brighton, now an experienced artists’ and hairdresser’s model. I am a Charles Laughton lookalike. References available. Tel: 01273 275955.
Anna Casson posts : I am a Life and portrait model. Tel; 7791794103
Marcus Leafe – White Rock theatre bar. July and August. Paintings.
FILM
St Leonards Film Society. SLOS Film Soc is on holiday in August.
Thu, 29 Jul @ 7 for 7.45- ’A Single Man’ (12A) UK 2009
MUSIC
Nancy Cooley posts. Calling all parents!!!! 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. 16 – 21 August www.enchantedlark.co.uk
Schumann anniversary. Friday 6 August. St. Mary in the Castle Two recitals of songs.
6pm Songs from Liederkreis and Myrten
Frauen-Liebe und Leben
Duets
8pm Dichterliebe
Singers: Mary Plazas: soprano, Louise Winter: mezzo, Paul Nilon: tenor
Pianist: Nancy Cooley
£16 for entry to both recitals (concessions £14)
£10 for each (£8)
TICKETS FROM HASTINGS INFORMATION CENTRE
01424 451111
or at the venue on the day.
Mary Plazas has been singing with the Hallé and at Buxton Opera this summer.
Louise Winter has sung major roles with Glyndebourne and English National Opera.
Paul Nilon has just finished singing the title role in Mozart’s Idomeneo at the Coliseum in London.
