© George Robertson. “ Edge”. Showing in AF2, 9-15 Sep
Dates for your diary….
Fri 3 Sep. 6.30 – 8.30. Private view for Cathryn Kemp (AF1)
6–8. Burton Gallery. Preview for Katherine Reekie and G Calvert
See members announcement below.
Sat 4 Sep. Poetry Group meets in AF2 at 5 p.m.
Sun 5 Sep. 7 for 7.45. “Skeletons”. “…….a superb surreal comedy that won ‘the best new British Film Feature at Edinburgh 2010.’
Thu 9 Sep. 6.30 – 8.30. Hastings Humanists in AF1. Talk on Alan Turing –gay mathematician and codebreaker, who may have committed suicide.
Fri 10 Sep. Private view for George Robertson in AF2.
Fri 10 Sep **Emily Johns opens her exhibition in Rye with a concert.**
See members announcement below.
Sat 11 Sep. The Forum, the Burton Gallery and neighbours will be open
6 – 8 pm in support of Heritage Day featuring Marine Court.
“Don Giovanni”. St Mary-in-the-Castle. See below.
Wed 15 Sep at 1130. Sid Beynon. Funeral at St Ethelburga, Bulverhtyhe.
Afterwards at the Azur Marina Pavilion. Cortege leaves the Forum at 1110.
Thu 16 Sep. SLOS Film Soc “London River” . Set against the background
of 7/7 London bombings
Sat 18 Sep. 10 – 5. Battle Contemporary Fine Art Fair opens.
Sat 16 Sep. Shakespeare in the Park. “As you like it”. St Leonards Gardens. 1 pm and 6 pm
Sun 19 Sep. 7 for 7.45 . SLOS Film Soc. “Isolation”. Based on the travels
of an ex soldier from SLOS.
Sun 19 Sep. “As you like it”. St Leonards Gardens. 1pm and 6pm.
Wed 22 Sep. Gallery talk in F-ish by Project Artworks Team.
Stop Press…
SLOS Film Soc. After the summer break, the Film Society has expanded into two new venues in line with extending film culture into small neighbourhood groups. The intention is for :– The Forum to remain as a host for independent / foreign language / documentary films.
St John’s Parish Hall will host Film matinees.
Christchurch Parish Centre. Kids’ shows on Saturday mornings.
Importantly the Society is also maintaining a schedule of Q and A sessions with directors via Skype.
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
Showing Now…
Sid Beynon and Peter Andow in AF2. “Art and Science to a Degree”. 26 Aug – 7 Sep. Photographic prints of seaside and beach images.
Forum at the Azur (AF3). Photography by Clive Gross commenting on the regeneration ? / degeneration ? of our urban centres.
Cathryn Kemp in AF1, 2 – 14 Sep.
“Painting is just another way of keeping a diary..” Pablo Picasso
Cathryn unveils her latest body of works, made throughout a profound and revelatory experience in a rehab clinic. Powerful in their emotional intensity and visual scope, the works continue her theme of internal landscaping while producing an overview of the threads of time, memory and history in an image diary.
Cathryn is happy to listen to questions about her work and the influence of her illness on her art. Cathryn married George in early August and is looking forward to a positive future.
Coming up…
George Robertson in AF2 , 9 – 15 Sep. A Scot in Sussex.
Artist Statement. I was born in Shetland in 1953, and have been painting in my spare time since before I left school. Canvases, boards, wood panels, furniture – in fact, anything I could lay my hands on – I would paint.
After relocating to Edinburgh in 1969 to train as a chef, my paintings were exhibited in several Scottish galleries. In 1973 a chain of
chef, and to paint at home, until 1980. At this time, I was living in Tunbridge Wells and was given the opportunity to take up painting full time, working in the field of interior design and antique restoration.
Since moving to a more rural area near Bodiam, I have had the time and the inspirational environment to encourage me to concentrate once again on canvas painting, which gives me the opportunity to choose the subjects and styles I wish to explore. I paint mainly in oil on canvas or wood. My subjects are often taken from local East Sussex scenery, and can incorporate the more abstract elements to be found both in nature and everyday life.
David Reeve in AF1, 16 – 28 Sep.
David Drey in AF1. 30 Sep – 12 Nov
“What is a Subject?” Some paintings by David Drey.
“Best of Diploma Show”, (General Artwork. Curated by Alastair Knights ) 16 – 28 Sep
Members’ Announcements…
Ellen Gray posts
DestinationStLeonards
This is a new project in the process of formulation by the St Leonards Tourism Group. The SLTG was born from the idea that the development of tourist activity would be an effective route to the regeneration of the town, and one that would benefit EVERYONE.
The group will be looking at the traditional aspects of seaside tourism, with a twist – but also at larger scale projects to develop St Leonards’ cultural infrastructure and the preservation of its heritage.
The Arts will be crucial because tourism is dependent on the quick impact of the sensory as well as the cultivation of emotional connection and the widening of perception. And we want it to be tourism with cultural quality and STYLE, that is generated by the character of the town, but that adds to it.
DestinationStLeonards is planned to be a web-based network of small and manageable projects at ground level with the opportunity for active participation available to anyone with ideas, time, talent and/or funds.
Anyone interested in membership or with the time and commitment to get more closely involved please contact Ellen Gray at ellenellengray@gmail.com.
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
Emily Johns, “Conscious Oil” – Myth and mind in the age of petroleum.
This exhibition runs across the week-end 10 – 12 Sep in Rye – open 6pm Fri 10 and 10am – 6 pm on Sat /Sun at the School Creative Centre, New Road Rye, TN31 7LS. Jane Manning (soprano) will sing Anne Rouse’s poem “Oil” at 7 pm on Friday 10 . Jane Manning is described as “simply the voice of contemporary music” in the UK.
There will be several lectures / discussions, including a children’s story-telling session at 11 am led by fellow-Forum member, Mary Dawson.
PROJECT ARTWORKS. “Parallel Worlds” F-ish Gallery. Runs Thursdays – Sundays. Gallery talk 22 Sep.
THE BURTON GALLERY.
September 3 – 15th An exhibition of work by KATHERINE REEKIE and G.CALVERT.
Katherine will be showing Salty Seadogs alongside G.Calvert’s Manet Marilyn series. Preview: Friday 3rd September 6-8pm.
September 10 – 12th The Marine Court Exhibition at the Burton Gallery. A wealth of photographs and documents outlining the history of this landmark Art Deco building.
Late opening: Saturday 11th September, 6- 8pm
Lin Gregory posts
3rd – 30th September. Mon – Sat, 10am – 6pm, Sun 10am – 5pm.
SHOTS FROM THE HIP – HASTINGS INDEPENDENT PHOTOGRAPHERS:
ALLISON SAN DIEGO, ANDY WILSON, ANNETTE BARTON, BARRY REID, DEBBIE GREGORY, IAN GRANT, LIN GREGORY, RICHARD FISHER, SIMON HOOKEY, SIN BOZKURT, STEWART BRYANT, SUE REID.
The Bullet Cafe, Robertson Street Hastings.
Martin Hutchings posts
“Beyond the Decorative” 10 – 26 September. An exhibition of paintings by Martin Hutchings at Slaven Housse, 25, High street, Rye,
FILM
St Leonards Film Society.
The schedule for September is below.
All films listed below are in AF1 at 7 for 7.45.
Sun 5 Sep. “Skeletons”. “…….a superb surreal comedy that won ‘the best new British Film Feature at Edinburgh 2010.’
A pair of travelling salesmen wander in and out of people’s lives, performing a Procedure whereby hidden secrets and lies are exposed. When they arrive at a remote family home and can’t seem to get the job done, they discover that you can’t always get away from your own skeletons. One not to miss!
Thu 16 Sep. “London River”
In this new film from Rachid Bouchareb (Days of Glory), two parents (Brenda Blethyn and Sotigui Kouyate) from very different backgrounds search for their missing children in the immediate aftermath of the 2005 terrorist attacks on London. Despite initial differences and prejudices, the two grow closer as they discover how their children’s lives are entwined, whilst sharing an undying hope that they will find them alive.
Sun 19 Sep. “Isolation”. *** Q and A via Skype with directors***
The documentary follows local St Leonards-based photographer and ex-soldier, Stuart Griffiths, as he travels across England uncovering the personal and controversial stories behind the military statistics that 25% of British ex-soldiers sleep rough when they return home.
Described by Ken Loach as “an important document of the experiences of ex-soldiers told through the eyes of someone who knows,” Isolation is an impressionistic portrait of the emotional and physical aftermath of war.
Thu 30 Sep. “Four Lions”
This highly anticipated first feature from controversial British satirist Chris Morris (BRASSEYE, NATHAN BARLEY, THE DAY TODAY) follows four British Jihadi men and their bungled attempts at becoming terrorists. Like a new style of Ealing comedy (think Kind Hearts and Coronets) this film is provocative, moving and very, very funny.
MUSIC….
11 Sep @ 7.30 “Don Giovanni”. St Mary-in-the-castle. This staged production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni is adapted from the Longborough Festival production, which received great reviews in the national press. It promises value for money for opera aficionados. It is produced by Jenny Miller with young singers from the Music Colleges (ie to-morrow’s divas, stars, professionals). Very affordable at £12.00 (£8 student concessions ). Great to see young 20-somethings playing these roles.
