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©Sandra Everley.” Pink and grey elephants” from Zoom group, exhibiting now in AF2  

        Dates for your diary….  

Sat 17 Jul. Gallery Talk in AF1 at 2.30.  Rod Harman talks to Bob Farquhar. 

Sun 18 Jul. Film evening. “Erasing  David”.  

Fri  23 Jul. PV for Zoom in AF2 at 6.30 – 8.30.

Sat 24 Jul. Thismachine presents a six-hour musical comment  against the backdrop of Bob Farquhar’s ‘Pros and cons’.  The unreality of time. You are invited to comment. A different viewpoint on  “Doing Time”

Stop Press… 

***Exhibition cancellation. We have a vacancy for one week, Wed 8 – Wed 15 September  in AF2. This may suit someone participating in the Hastings section of Coastal currents. Enquiries to AF1, FAO Annie Rae, 

The AGM was held successfully on Tuesday 13 July. The following members were elected to the committee.

Griselda Bear                                                         Alice Maylam

Jeremy Bear                                                           John Plummer

Patrick Glass                                                          Annie Rae

John Hacker                                                           Harry Snook

Rosie Harness                                                       Renee Thrower

Dorothea Huntrods                                              Nick Weekes

 Harry Lyons – Chair

 Alice Maylam is holding the Treasurership until a volunteer is found. The Secretaryship will be discussed at the next committee meeting.

 Q and A with film director David bond and Phil Booth —  This coming Sunday 18 July. Following on from the success of  a Question and Answer session earlier this month, using Skype, SLOS Film Society is having a second session of Q and A with film directors, David Bond and Phil Booth. See below under Film.  

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  

Geraldine welcomes exhibitors and a fee of  £30 to cover expenses and the private view. Donations / Cheques should be made out  to “Hastings Arts Forum” and sent to Geraldine directly or via AF 1 and marked “ FAO Geraldine Wheeler”. Work is to be labeled and handed in at AF1 on Wednesday morning, 18 Aug.

 Whereas this “taster” is primarily for those taking part in the Coastal Currents Open Studios programme in September (first fortnight in Rye and the second fortnight in Hastings), there may be vacancies for those who are not part of the Coastal Currents programme.

Rye Society of Artists. The Rye Society’s Summer Exhibition opens with a private view on Friday 6 August. For further detail,  see Siobhan O’Hanlon’s post below.

 No 1 London Road (AF 4 ). The arrangement with ONE Sandwich Bar for exhibiting Forum members’ work is discontinued by mutual agreement as from July 2010. Battle Contemporary Fine Art Fair. (18 -26 September). is now in the closing stages of accepting submissions for the Battle Contemporary Fine Art Fair. Those who still wanting to submit, should do so before the closing date of Saturday 17th July – ie TODAY!! 

Showing Now… 

Bob Farquhar, “Pros and Cons”  in AF1 14 – 28 Jul.

Bob has spent some 32 years in prison, where he learnt to paint with Christine Berg, a former pupil of Kokoschka. During his ‘time’, Bob managed to stay ‘on the run’ for two years, during which time he was looked after by the King’s Cross girls. Bob is a Forum member now living in Sussex. For more images see:

      http://www.hastingsartsforum.co.uk/artists/gallery/Bob+Farquhar 

Zoom. (the painters’ section of Zoom) in AF2, 14 – 28 Jul. There are nine painters from the Zoom group, who are exhibiting in AF2. All are, or recently were, students . 

Zoom is a local collective of artists, photographers and sculptors based in Hastings.  The members exhibiting here are all painters, have a strong visual response to the world around them and a probably irrational urge to share it with others.

 Most of the painters of Zoom have come together here at Hastings Arts Forum to produce a distinctively diverse collection of artwork.  Our choice of media are just as varied, ranging from pencil through acrylic, oil, pastel, batik, mixed media collages, woodblocks and etchings.  Some of us approach the subject by painting and drawing what we see and others wait and see where the creative process takes them.   

Members taking part in this exhibition are: 

Louise Etgart

Sandra Everley

Marie Ford

Denise Griffiths

Lydia Holtom

Ben Passmore

Kim Sherress

Hayley Small

Barbara Williams 

All participating members are up and coming artists with a connection to Hastings College.  Ben Passmore has graduated with a Fine Art degree this year. Lydia Holtom, Kim Sherress, Sandra Everley and Marie Ford are all Fine Art degree students.  Louise Etgart has completed her Foundation Course and is beginning her Fine Art degree. Hayley Small also completed a Foundation Course and Barbara Williams and Denise Griffiths are continuing their studies in Fine Art at Hastings College as part-time students.                              

© Barbara Williams. “Posterior fossa bleed”. Zoom

 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…  

Clive Gross in AF1, 29 Jul – 10 Aug. Photography with an eye to “rubbish”.

 Santiago Alcon in AF2 , 29 Jul – 10 Aug. Santiago Alcon is a Spanish member of the Forum and is exhibiting with us for the first time. 

  © Santiago Alcon : “Self Portrait” 

Heather Hookey in AF1. 12 – 17 Aug.

Taster for Coastal Currents in AF1, 19 – 31 Aug. Curated by Geraldine Wheeler. 

Joan  Roche in AF2, 12 – 24 Aug. Joan is a recent DFL and is exhibiting her prints.

Sid Beynon and Peter Andow in AF2. “ Beach Art”. 26 Aug – 7 Sep. 

Cathryn Kemp in AF1, 2 – 14 Sep 

 Members’ Announcements…  

Nick Weekes posts :  

Thismachine is a musical group that doesn’t care to fit in with the industrialised ideology of music making. They are performing a large scale improvisation in AF1 on Saturday 24^th July as part of a season of  performances called “A – Series” 

“A-series time has no planned framework ; thismachine is exploring impromptu sound as art and will be improvising works for 5-6 hours per exhibition: other than that, no predetermined musical forms, modes or other rules apply.” 

The “A-series” refers to the work of JME McTaggart “The Unreality of Time” that sets out to demonstrate that time is an illusion. Further info on the internet : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Unreality_of_Time 

What  to expect? Three musicians nestled in separate corners of  the gallery (possibly)out of sight of each other improvising and reflecting in the gallery space as it floats through time.

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 

Non-members who would like to submit their work need to download and fill in the Non-Members Entry Form. Works should be handed into the Boys’ Club, Mermaid Street, Rye between 6.30 to 9.00pm on THURSDAY EVENING, 29th July . Please bring in you completed form and an SAE for notification. 

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. Future Screenings.( All in AF1 @7.30)

Sun, 18 Jul -  ‘Erasing David’ (12A) UK 2010 + Q&A with director, David Bond and Phil Booth (NO2ID). Synopsis below.

Once the bastion of freedom and civil liberties, the UK is now one of the most advanced surveillance societies in the world – ranked third after Russia and China. The average UK adult is now registered on over 700 databases and is caught daily on one of the 4 million CCTV cameras located on nearly every street corner in the country. Increasingly monitored, citizens are being turned into suspects. But if you’ve got nothing to hide, surely there’s nothing to fear?

When David receives a letter informing him that his daughter is among 25 million residents whose details have been lost by the government’s Child Benefit Office, he begins a journey that will see him hounded across Europe.

David soon discovers some alarming truths about what the government and private companies already know about ordinary citizens. He meets people who have been caught in the crossfire of the database state and have had their lives shattered.

 ’As his concern grows, he makes a life-changing decision. He will leave his pregnant wife and child behind and put himself under surveillance for thirty days. The UK’s top Private Investigators are hired to discover everything they can about him and his family – and track David down as heverything they can about him and his family – and track David down as he attempts to vanish. Is it still possible to live a private, anonymous life in the UK? everything they can about him and his family – and track David down as he attempts to vanish. Is it still possible to live a private, anonymous life in the UK? everything they can about him and his family – and track David down as he attempts to vanish. Is it still possible to live a private, anonymous life in the UK? everything they can about him and his family – and track David down as he attempts to vanish. Is it still possible to live a private, anonymous life in the UK?

 

 

 

 

 

 

  © Bob Farquhar  

Dates for your Diary…

Tue 13 Jul. Forum AGM at 6.30 for 7 (prompt) start. You need to be a paid-up member to attend. We need 52 members to attend to raise a quorum.

Fri 16 Jul.  PV for “Pros and Cons” (Bob Farquhar) in AF 1 at 6.30 -8.30. “Pros and Cons” will be officially opened by the Mayor of Hastings, Councillor Kim Forward at 7.30. For a preview of this exhibition – see Observer (London) by Robert Chessyre, Sun 27 June pp 20 and 21 or Click on the following

 http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/jun/27/prison-painter-rediscovered-exhibition 

Sat 17 Jul. Gallery Talk in AF1 at 2.30.  Rod Harman talks to Bob Farquhar.

Fri  23 Jul. PV for Zoom in AF2 at 6.30 – 8.30.

Sat 24 Jul. A group of Forum members organized by Nick Weekes, want to make their own statement (largely musical ) against a background of Bob Farquhar’s exhibition “Pros and Cons” in AF 1. Timings and further detail next week. – see Nick Weekes’ post  below in embers’ announcements.

Mon 16 – 20 Aug. Week-long course of  music activity for children  in August — see below under ‘Music’

Stop Press…

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 

Geraldine welcomes exhibitors and a fee of  £30 to cover expenses and the private view. Donations / Cheques should be made out  to “Hastings Arts Forum” and sent to Geraldine directly or via AF 1 and marked “ FAO Geraldine Wheeler”. Work is to be labeled and handed in at AF1 on Wednesday morning, 18 Aug.

Whereas this “taster” is primarily for those taking part in the Coastal Currents Open Studios programme in September (first fortnight in Rye and the second fortnight in Hastings), there may be vacancies for those who are not part of the Coastal Currents programme.

AGM. Tuesday 13 July 2010 in the Azur (downstairs) at 6.30 for 7 prompt. The list of nominations for the thirteen places is at the attachment 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 of ten per cent of the paid-up membership in order to hold a valid AGM. As of today (Sat 10 July) that figure is 52 from a membership of 512.

No 1 London Road (AF 4 ). The arrangement with ONE Sandwich Bar for exhibiting Forum members’ work is discontinued by mutual agreement as from July 2010.

Battle Contemporary Fine Art Fair. (18 -26 September). is now in the closing stages of accepting submissions for the Battle Contemporary Fine Art Fair. Those who still wanting to submit, should do so before the closing date of Saturday 17th July.

Showing Now… 

Alice Pickering in AF1

© Alice Pickering. “The Birth of Stars – ll” 

“I aim to create unusual, vivid and celebratory work in paint and mixed media. ….I use paint in conjunction with a variety of partly recycled media, creating my own new images from an amalgam of sections from paintings that I decide to recycle, scraps of fabric, small pieces of photographs I have taken natural objects, and cuttings from printed images. (And the odd sequin or splash of glitter can find its way in!) “ – more images at 

  http://www.hastingsartsforum.co.uk/artists/user/Alice+Pickering 

Dorothea Huntrods and Wendy Oxlade in AF2. 30 Jun – 14 Jul .PV 2 July.

Wendy and Dorothea are exhibiting a collection of new paintings for this show.  A show to be proud of !!  See http://www.hastingsartsforum.co.uk/dorothea-huntrods-and-wendy-oxlade/#more-2182

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…

Bob Farquhar. “Pros and Cons”  in AF1 14 – 28 Jul.

Bob has spent some 32 years in prison, where he learnt to paint with Christine Berg, a former pupil of Kokoschka. During his ‘time’, Bob managed to stay ‘on the run’ for two years, during which time he was looked after by the King’s Cross girls. Bob is a Forum member now living in Sussex. For more images see:

      http://www.hastingsartsforum.co.uk/artists/gallery/Bob+Farquhar

The Mayor of Hastings has kindly agreed to open Bob’s exhibition at the Private view on Friday, 16 July. The Koestler Trust (rehabilitation of prisoners) has given a generous donation for the staging of this exhibition.

Hastings traders have also donated via sponsorship. This will be acknowledged in next week’s bulletin.

An excellent preview of this exhibition was given in the (Sunday)

“Observer” 26 June, by Robert Chessyre. see on-line edition at http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/jun/27/prison-painter-rediscovered-exhibition 

An extensive preview by Richard Morris is in this week’s Hastings Observer at page 49

Zoom. (the painters’ section of Zoom) in AF2, 14 – 28 Jul. There are nine painters from the Zoom group, who are exhibiting in AF2.

Zoom is a collective of artists and image makers based in Hastings. This group of painters, video artists and photographers has nothing in common except a strong visual response to the world around them and an irrational urge to share it with others.

 Participating are, Louise Egbert, Sandra Everley, Marie Ford, Denise Griffiths, Lydia Holtom, Hayley Small, Ben Passmore , Kim Sheress and Barbara Williams

Clive Gross in AF1, 29 Jul – 10 Aug. Photography with an eye to “rubbish”.

Santiago Alcon in AF2 , 29 Jul – 10 Aug. Santiago Alcon is a Chilean member of the Forum and is exhibiting for the first time with us. 

Heather Hookey in AF1. 12 – 17 Aug.

Taster for Coastal Currents in AF1, 19 – 31 Aug. Curated by Geraldine Wheeler.

Joan  Roche in AF2, 12 – 24 Aug. Joan is a recent DFL and is exhibiting her prints.

Members’ Announcements…  

Nick Weekes posts : 

Thismachine is a musical group that doesn’t care to fit in with the industrialised ideology of music making. They are performing a large scale improvisation in AF1 on Saturday 24^th July as part of a season of  performances called “A – Series”

“A-series time has no planned framework ; thismachine is exploring impromptu sound as art and will be improvising works for 5-6 hours per exhibition: other than that, no predetermined musical forms, modes or other rules apply.”

The “A-series” refers to the work of JME McTaggart “The Unreality of Time” that sets out to demonstrate that time is an illusion. Further info on the internet : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Unreality_of_Time

What  to expect? Three musicians nestled in separate corners of  the gallery (possibly)out of sight of each other improvising and reflecting in the gallery space as it floats through time.

Mike Williams posts : I have a friend, an artist/lecturer currently based in Yorkshire who is moving to Hastings in early August. He is looking for a studio, preferably one he can move straight into on Friday 6th August. 

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.

Marylyn Edwards posts details of her 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”,  Nabokov’s “Lolita”and the Biblical prophesy “The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse”.

FILM

St Leonards Film Society. Future Screenings.( All in AF1 @7.30)
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

 

Dates for your diary….  

Sun 4 Jul. 2 pm. Selina di Girolamo talks about her exhibition, followed by a documentary film featuring her work. 

Sun 4 Jul. 7 for 7,45. Film  “Beyond the Pole” and a Q and A session with Film director David Williams by Skype (see Film notices). Arrive at 7 and meet other film enthusiasts. Synopsis below. 

Thu 8 Jul. Hastings Humanists meet in AF1 at 6.30 for 7 pm. Talk on ”Humanist Weddings”. 

Fri 9 Jul. PV – Alice Pickering in AF1

 Tue 13 Jul. Forum AGM at 6.30 for 7 (prompt) start. You need to be a paid-up member to attend. 

Fri 16 Jul.  PV for “Pros and Cons” (Bob Farquhar) in AF 1 at 6.30 -8.30. “Pros and Cons” will be officially opened by the Mayor, Councillor Kim Forward at 7.30. For a preview of this exhibition – see Observer (London) by Robert Chessyre, Sun 27 June pp 20 and 21 or Click on the following

  http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/jun/27/prison-painter-rediscovered-exhibition  

Sat 17 Jul. Gallery Talk in AF1 at 2.30.  Rod Harman talks to Bob Farquhar. 

Fri  23 Jul. PV for Zoom in AF2 at 6.30 – 8.30.

 Sat 24 Jul. A group of Forum members organized by Nick Weekes, want to make their own statement (largely musical ) against a background of Bob Farquhar’s exhibition “Pros and Cons” in AF 1. Timings and further detail next week. 

Mon 16 – 20 Aug. Week-long course of  music activity for children  in August — see below under ‘Music’

 Stop Press… 

AGM, Tuesday 13 July 2010 in the Azur (downstairs) at 6.30 for 7 prompt. 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 of ten per cent of the paid-up membership in order to hold a valid AGM. As of today that is 51 from a membership of 504. 

Below is a list of candidates for the committee with statements.

Nominations for the Executive Committee 

• Griselda Bear.  Griselda’s working career includes employment with several nationally important organizations including the Arts Council, the Royal Academy, Sadlers Wells Trust and the Yorkshire Sculpture Park with an emphasis on fund-raising. Most recently she has been working with the Crafts Council and the Craft Potters Association.  
•  Jeremy Bear – Jeremy has had a career in film and television, Career highlights include Head of Design for Yorkshire Television and from 1989 as an Independent Television and Film Production Designer. Since graduating from Brighton College of art, Jeremy has maintained an active role in painting, mainly acrylics on canvas and paper
• John Hacker – I studied at Kingston College, followed by three years at the Royal College of Art. I have taught at Kingston, Hornsey and Epsom. I am a practicing artist and since 1993 have worked in Sardinia and Sussex.
• Rosie Harness  – “I’m interested in all branches of the Arts, am an Invigilating Volunteer,  have been a committee member for over 18 months and wish to  to continue supporting Hastings Arts Forum in this way.”
• Dorothea Huntrods -  ‘Ever since I was a young art student, I have painted at most stages of my career. I’ve combined this with teaching Art and Crafts and working in arts publishing. I feel sure my creative background would be useful on the Exhibition Committee
• Patrick Glass -’ I am interested in all the Arts. I sponsored a family exhibition in HAF in 2009. I have published on Melanesian Art. I have served on the committee with a particular interest in promoting film.’
• Harry Lyons – Chairman – “. My arts background is with the decorative arts and I have written a book on Christopher dresser and contributed to the V &A Centennial exhibition. Iwish to support the Forum in its work.”
• Alice Maylam -  I  have bee involved with the Forum since 2007 and most recently as Treaurer. I am an active artist and I support the work of the  Forum.
• Wendy Oxlade – “Creativity is at the centre of my universe, Rod H and I commissioned many good exhibitions at the Forum.”
• John Plummer – I have been an active member of the Forum since 2006 and have kept the accounts for exhibiting artists. I am also an active artist and want to support the work of the Forum..
• Annie Rae – “I am a professional Illustrator and a member of the Arts Committee. I support the work of the Forum.”
• Harry Snook – I have had an active career in the Arts, notably in Birmingham where I was Chairman of the Birmingham Artists’ Group and Chairman of the Council of Management for the Ikon Gallery. I have been actively involved with the West Midlands Arts.
• Kim Thrower – ‘I am a working artist who has had galleries in London and the Dordogne. I have also curated a number of other shows.’
• Renee Thrower – “ I have been a commercial photographer, Communication Manager of a number of not for profit organizations and currently surviving with a ‘day job’  in the public sector. I think the arts will need an informed voice.”
• Bruce Williams – “My full time job is as a driving instructor, but I have been inspired by painting since the age of five and I am a regular exhibitor with the Forum.”
• Nick Weekes –“I am a professional web designer, sympathetic to the arts. I built the Forum website, which I maintain with a group of volunteers” 

AGENDA – AGM Tuesday, July 13^th 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. 

Discussion during the counting of votes.

We ask members to give some thought as to what  sort of Forum they want 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. Exhibitions such as Members’ shows, Jack-in-the-green  and Volunteers’ shows allow all members to show their skill. Those who can show a degree of excellence to our arts committee can exhibit through the medium of their own exhibition. 

The Forum is a not-for-profit body, but it has a responsibility to remain solvent and 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.  Taking the idea of  a printmakers’ show further,  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 ?? 

***JERWOOD BURSARIES. Three selected artists will each receive a bursary of £10,000 and a six-month period of critical and professional development support from mentors prior to a touring exhibition of the UK in 2011. See advertisement below. Apply before 24 September. Hastings has talent!!! —- plenty of talent!!!.

Poetry Group. The Poetry Group will next meet  on Saturday, 10 July in AF2 at 5 pm (and not the first Saturday of July). Several members have expressed a wish to see the Wimbledon tennis finals on 3 July. 

Showing Now… 

Selina  di Girolamo. “Drawing down the Moon”.  AF1 30 Jun – 7 Jul.

Nature based work made in Sussex by Selina di Girolamo (RSBA).

Paintings, drawings and Godesses. Also …..

**Artist’s Talk – Sunday 4 July at 2 pm followed by screening “Drawing in the Landscape” – a documentary film about Selina’s work – directed by Peter Lown and Eifion Jones – a Wish Tree Production.                                  

See also http://www.hastingsartsforum.co.uk/selina-di-girolamo/           

 Dorothea Huntrods and Wendy Oxlade in AF2. 30 Jun – 14 Jul .PV 2 July.

Wendy and Dorothea are exhibiting a collection of new paintings for this show.  A show to be proud of !!  See http://www.hastingsartsforum.co.uk/dorothea-huntrods-and-wendy-oxlade/#more-2182  

Forum at the Azur (AF3).  Brij Sharma, Chris Thomas, Jeremy Ebdon, John Plummer and Katherine Reekie. Also Mike Williams wood sculpture on the terrace balcony. 

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…  

Alice Pickering in AF1,  7 – 14 Jul. PV 9 July.   

“I aim to create unusual, vivid and celebratory work in paint and mixed media. ….I use paint in conjunction with a variety of partly recycled media, creating my own new images from an amalgam of sections from paintings that I decide to recycle, scraps of fabric, small pieces of photographs I have taken natural objects, and cuttings from printed images. (And the odd sequin or splash of glitter can find its way in!) “ 

Bob Farquhar, “Pros and Cons”  in AF1 14 – 28 Jul.

Bob has spent some 32 years in prison, where he learnt to paint with Christine Berg, a former pupil of Kokoschka. During his ‘time’ Bob managed to stay ‘on the run’ for two years and was looked after by the King’s Cross girls. See image below. Bob is a Forum member now living in Sussex.

See http://www.hastingsartsforum.co.uk/artists/gallery/Bob+Farquhar/                 

 The Mayor of Hastings has kindly agreed to open Bob’s exhibition at the Private view on Friday, 16 July. The Koestler Trust (rehabilitation of prisoners) has given a generous donation for the staging of this exhibition.

 An excellent preview of this exhibition was given in the (Sunday) “Observer” 26 June, by Robert Chessyre. see on-line edition at http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/jun/27/prison-painter-rediscovered-exhibition  

Zoom. (the painters’ section of Zoom) in AF2, 14 – 28 Jul. Detail next week. 

Members’ Announcements…  

Sophie du Main posts. Industrial Workshop Storage Unit To Let. Central St Leonards.  Reasonable Rent.   Dry, well lit working area with ample power plugs. Suit Artist, Potter or Sculptor. 

To View Contact: Mob No: 07845 149 614 

Felipe Hewitt posts : I am a 58 year-old former life guard in Bermuda and in Brighton and 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 

Marylyn Edwards posts details of her 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”,  Nabokov’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. http://www.stleonardsfilmsoc.co.uk/  

Sun, 04 Jul –   ’Beyond The Pole’ (15) UK 2010 + Q&A with director, David   L. Williams via Skype.

‘BEYOND THE POLE’ is Touching the Void with laughs, and Withnail and I on ice.  Funny and subversive it’s the story of two men trying to find their place in the world before the end of the world.  And it asks one question of us all: how far would you go to save the planet?

SYNOPSIS
Brian (Rhys Thomas) and Mark (Stephen Mangan) are setting out on the first Carbon Neutral, Vegetarian, and Organic expedition ever to attempt the North Pole.  As a world first they have high hopes of getting into the Guinness Book of Records and, if all goes well, of saving the planet from Global Warming. 

Unfortunately they have never done anything like this before. And they hadn’t reckoned on the polar bears, the cocky gay Norwegians, or on Mark’s rapidly loosening grip on reality. 

No one said saving the planet was easy, but does it have to be this hard?
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 16^th to 20^th, ‘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 11^th and September 1^st. 

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, www.enchantedlark.co.uk

or you can email her on info@enchantedlark.co.uk

 FELLOWSHIPS 2010 CALL FOR ENTRIES

 A new initiative from Jerwood Visual Arts.  

UK based painters are invited to apply for three new Jerwood

Painting Fellowships, to be awarded to outstanding artists

in the first five years of their professional practice.   

Three selected artists will each receive a bursary of £10,000 and a six-month period of critical and professional development support from mentors.

During that time each artist will be expected to work toward a

body of new work. In April 2011, an exhibition of this new work

will take place at Jerwood Space, London before touring,

as part of the Jerwood Visual Arts programme. Closing date: 24 September 2010   

For further information and to apply please visit www.jerwoodvisualarts.org

 For all enquiries please contact Parker Harris:

T. 01372 462190   E. jpf@parkerharris.co.uk

 

Dates for your diary….

Sat 26 Jun. PV for Sue Jones @ 2 – 4.30. **Note date and timings.

Sat 26 and 27 Jun.  “Freekender” in  “The Rooms”.  A two day exploration of experimental electronic music and exotica. See members’ notices.

Sun 27 Jun. 2 pm. Gallery Talk. 20 minute presentation by Max Lovenheim Irwin on his exhibition.

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. 7 for 7.45. Film  “Beyond the Pole” and a 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…

Poetry Group. The Poetry Group will next meet  on Saturday, 10 July in AF2 at 5 pm (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.

AGM, Tuesday 13 July 2010 in the Azur (downstairs) at 6.30 for 7 prompt. 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.  Griselda’s working career includes employment with several nationally important organizations including the Arts Council, the Royal Academy, Sadlers Wells Trust and the Yorkshire Sculpture Park with an emphasis on fund-raising. Most recently she has been working with the Crafts Council and the Craft Potters Association.
•  Jeremy Bear – Jeremy has had a career in film and television, Career highlights include Head of Design for Yorkshire Television and from 1989 as an Independent Television and Film Production Designer. Since graduating from Brighton College of art, Jeremy has maintained an active role in painting, mainly acrylics on canvas and paper
• John Hacker – I studied at Kingston College, followed by three years at the Royal College of Art. I have taught at Kingston, Hornsey and Epsom. I am a practicing artist and since 1993 have worked in Sardinia and Sussex.
• Rosie Harness  – “I’m interested in all branches of the Arts, am an Invigilating Volunteer,  have been a committee member for over 18 months and wish to  to continue supporting Hastings Arts Forum in this way.”
• Dorothea Huntrods -  ‘Ever since I was a young art student, I have painted at most stages of my career. I’ve combined this with teaching Art and Crafts and working in arts publishing. I feel sure my creative background would be useful on the Exhibition Committee
• Patrick Glass -’ I am interested in all the Arts. I sponsored a family exhibition in HAF in 2009. I have published on Melanesian Art. I have served on the committee with a particular interest in promoting film.’
• Harry Lyons – Chairman – “. My arts background is with the decorative arts and I have written a book on Christopher dresser and contributed to the V &A Centennial exhibition. Iwish to support the Forum in its work.”
• Alice Maylam - Treasurer.  I  have bee involved with the Forum since 2007 and most recently as Treaurer. I am an active artist and I support the work of the  Forum.
• Wendy Oxlade – “Creativity is at the centre of my universe, Rod H and I commissioned many good exhibitions at the Forum.”
• John Plummer – I have been an active member of the Forum since 2006 and have kept the accounts for exhibiting artists. I am also an active artist and want to support the work of the Forum..
• Annie Rae – “I am a professional Illustrator and a member of the Arts Committee. I support the work of the Forum.”
• Harry Snook – I have had an active career in the Arts, notably in Birmingham where I was Chairman of the Birmingham Artists’ Group and Chairman of the Council of Management for the Ikon Gallery. I have been actively involved with the West Midlands Arts.
• Kim Thrower - ‘I am a working artist who has had galleries in London and the Dordogne. I have also curated a number of other shows.’
• Renee Thrower – “ I have been a commercial photographer, Communication Manager of a number of not for profit organizations and currently surviving with a ‘day job’  in the public sector. I think the arts will need an informed voice.”
• Bruce Williams – “My full time job is as a driving instructor, but I have been inspired by painting since the age of five and I am a regular exhibitor with the Forum.”
• Nick Weekes –“I am a professional web designer, sympathetic to the arts. I built the Forum website, which I maintain with a group of volunteers”

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.

Discussion during the counting of votes.
We ask members to give some thought as to what  sort of Forum they want 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. Exhibitions such as Members’ shows, Jack-in-the-green  and Volunteers’ shows allow all members to show their skill. Those who can show a degree of excellence to our arts committee can exhibit through the medium of their own exhibition.

The Forum is a not-for-profit body, but it has a responsibility to remain solvent and 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.  Taking the idea of  a printmakers’ show further,  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 ??

Showing Now…

Max Lovenheim Irwin in AF1, 23 – 30 Jun.    

It is always interesting to see the work of artists who try to extend the boundaries of their chosen discipline. When first asked to explain his work, Max referred to “mathematics” and “patterns”, but as  conversation developed it was apparent that he was exploring new forms. Max has a busy professional life in Computers, but finds relaxation in his art.

Max says : “My art is like looking at nature through a different set of eyes and being able to see the World in a different state.  Imagine looking at a piece of moss on a rock and then imagine the view of a forest seen through an aeroplane window and compare both images.” – or using an example from his exhibition “Look at a shell on the beach and then compare it with the Milky Way.”

Max’s work is largely acrylics with some images in mixed media. He will also be showing a video throughout  Saturday 26  and Sunday 27 June and at 2 pm on Sunday he will give a gallery talk explaining his work.

Sue Jones in AF2. 23 – 30 Jun. 
Click on http://www.hastingsartsforum.co.uk/sue-jones/#more-2114

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…

Selina  di Girolamo. “Drawing down the Moon”.  AF1 30 Jun – 7 Jul.
Dorothea Huntrods and Wendy Oxlade in AF2. 30 Jun – 14 Jul .PV  2 July.
Wendy and Dorothea have both been working on new paintings for this show. 

Artist Statement – Dorothea Huntrods

As a young art student, I started painting in the traditional way using oils on canvas and board – an exercise I still enjoy immensely. I like the immediacy of painting, the mixing and layering of colour, texture on texture. I’m very much a colour person, and am strongly aware of their energies and vibrations – of the effect of one colour has on another – so that the slightest change may dramatically affect the sense of place and atmosphere. 

After recently experimenting with collagraphy where I chose to use smallish, A4 size plates, ~I am now exploring painting again but on a larger  scale. I’m using acrylics, collage and other mixed media on heavy watercolour paper. The paper itself produces wonderful textures. Working from light to dark, I may apply several layers of colour and sometimes collage (paper, fabric etc) to give the painting greater depth of form and colour. 

The two subjects which inspire me a lot are landscape and figurative and may be drawn completely from imagination and memory.

Artist Statement – Wendy Oxlade

My first creative work, aged six, was a poem about flowers playing in the spring sunshine,reflecting an aspect of my childhood, playing with my cousins in our garden, as a  kind of utopia. Some of my new painting/ drawings reflect the same sheer delight with the world, as “all that jazz”,and”musical riff”………
By contrast a visit to north Wales last year has funded some landscapes/abstracts  preoccupied with the slate quarries of Blanaeu Ffestiniog and the notion of beauty in ugliness or the transfoming powers of art.Continuing this quest, two paintings one of a figure, the other a portrait of K, use the genre of stained glass, its  pure colour and composition to create “modern icons”, with homage to the south west trancept of Canterbury Cathedral.

My influences are far and wide, and as a graduate of Camberwell Art School, the Auerbach/Bomberg lineage versus Uglow/ Coldsteam/Sickert lineage created the lively dialogue and debate that inspires art students to develope their own expression.

This show is not to be missed, with my fellow artist Dorothea Huntrods creating the other half of the artistic debate.

Alice Pickering in AF1,  7 – 14 Jul. PV 9 July.

“I aim to create unusual, vivid and celebratory work in paint and mixed media.
The work can be completely abstract, semi-abstract, representational or figurative and may contain surreal or mystical elements. Recent work has focussed on landscapes, which draw one in with their detail and unexpected features, with a theme of a spiritual quest or journeying….

…. I use paint in conjunction with a variety of partly recycled media, creating my own new images from an amalgam of
sections from paintings that I decide to recycle, scraps of fabric, small pieces of photographs I have taken, natural objects, and cuttings from printed images. (And the odd sequin or splash of glitter can find its way in!) “
Bob Farquhar, “Pros and Cons”  (Prison Art) in AF1 14 – 28 Jul.
Bob has spent some 32 years in prison, where he learnt to paint with Christine Berg, a former pupil of Kokoschka. During his ‘time’ Bob managed to stay ‘on the run’ for two years and was looked after by the King’s Cross girls. Bob is now living in Hastings.
The Mayor of Hastings has kindly agreed to open Bob’s exhibition at the Private view on Friday, 16 July. The Koestler Trust has given a generous donation to the staging of this exhibition

Zoom. (the painters’ section of Zoom) in AF2, 14 – 28 Jul.

Members’ Announcements…

Freekender. Nick Weekes posts cutting edge stuff !!
Two day exploration of electronic and exotic sights and sounds in “The Rooms”, 35,Western Road, SLOS, on Saturday 26 June (4 – 11pm)  and Sunday 27 June (2 – 9 pm). See also www.theroomscafe.co.uk
Full cast of experimenters, including Ted Versicolor, Warrior Squares, Unicorn Dad vrs Robot Dad, Deep Kiss 720 and many others. Original creative work can be expected.

Collectors’ Corner  (Polly Gifford posts).
Do you have an unusual collection?  This summer at the De La Warr Pavilion we’d like to invite people to bring their weird and wonderful collections into the gallery.  Connecting to our summer exhibition by the artist Tomoko Takahashi, we’re having a Collectors’ Corner each Sunday at 2.30pm starting on 4 July, giving collectors the opportunity to share their interests with the public.

Whether its snow globes or kaleidoscopes, toy soldiers or thimbles, get in touch if you collect something you’d like to share. 

Contact Polly Gifford on 01424 229133 or polly.gifford@dlwp.com.

Sophie du Main posts. Industrial Workshop Storage Unit To Let. Central St Leonards.  Reasonable Rent.   Dry, well lit working area with ample power plugs. Suit Artist, Potter or Sculptor.
To View Contact: Mob No: 07845 149 614

Serena Thirkell is exhibiting her re-cycled tools in Seaford on Sat 26 and Sunday 27 Jun. Also on Sat 3 and Sun 4 July. Turn up for tea and cake at 4, Marine Drive, Bishopstone, SEAFORD,  BN25 2RS/ . Fabulous Garden.

Felipe Hewitt posts : I am a 58 year-old former life guard in Bermuda and in Brighton and now an experienced artists’ and hairdressers’ model. I am a Charles Laughton lookalike. References available.  Tel: 01273 275955.
Anna Casson posts :  I am a Life and portrait model. Tel; 7791794103

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,
www.enchantedlark.co.uk
or you can email her on info@enchantedlark.co.uk

 

        

          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 13^th 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 16^th to 20^th, ‘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 11^th and September 1^st. 

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,

www.enchantedlark.co.uk

or you can email her on info@enchantedlark.co.uk

 

Dates for your diary… 

11 / 12 / 13 Jun. Open studios.  South East Open Studios runs from Friday 4 – 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 11 Jun. PV for Members Show ( Surnames A-L). “Hastings has talent”. 

Thu 17 Jun. Film 7 for 7.45 ’The Class’/'Entre Les Murs’ (15) France 2008

 Fri 18 Jun. PV for Members show (Surnames M-Z). “Hastings has talent” 

Sun 4 Jul. Q and A session with Film director David Williams by Skype (see Film notices) 

Tue 13 Jul. Forum AGM at 6.30 for 7(prompt) start. 

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. We are confirming with nominees their intention of standing for election to the committee. The list of nominations for the committee and the agenda will be published in next week’s Bulletin.

Visit of the Mayor. The Forum was honoured with a visit by the newly elected Mayor, Councillor Kim Forward, on Wednesday 9 June. She saw the two current exhibitions —  Katherine Reekie in AF1, and AF2 with Elaine Short  and Robin Muckle. The Mayor also met several members who were handing in work for the Members Show. 

The Mayor saw the Forum at its busiest and arguably at its best, as it worked under the pressure of resolving three separate exhibitions. In addition she saw an early glimpse of an exhibition in preparation, entitled “Pros and Cons” (featuring prisoners and prostitutes), which was co-incidentally being filmed for PR purposes.

 Art on the Beach. We would like to draw members’ attention to a letter in last Friday’s Hastings Observer (4 June ) by a reader praising Katherine Reekie’s show “Art on the Beach” and contrasting the positive slant of her exhibition with the furore over the Jerwood application to build on the Stade.

The nub of the letter is in the last paragraphs as follows.

“ ……It’s a clear statement to Hastings. It says, ‘You haven’t really been thinking about 20^th  century art. You have just been having a planning argument (about the Jerwood). Here’s how to start thinking about whether you want some of  it and if so, what you want.’ 

I think Katherine should get a big thank you (better still a grant) from Hastings planners, movers and shakers, for raising the level of the discussion about modern art in Hastings. “

KayGreen , St Helens Road. 

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 aspplication 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 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.

‘Beyond The Pole’ (15) UK 2010 + Q&A with director, David   L. Williams via Skype. 

Showing Now…

Members’ Show (Surnames  A- L ) 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. )

Seven pieces from last week’s show “Art on the Beach” 

Coming up… 

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.

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  (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 

Selina di Girolamo. Selina is taking part in the Open Studios programme and will open her studios in Ninfield on 13 June. 11 – 5. 

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 11th/12th/13th/14th and 18th/19th and 20th June.

The Den, Meadow Lane,Sedlescombe, East Sussex, TN33 0RF. 01424 871605. 

Fiona Sutherland  opens her studios (Flat 1, 43, Caves Road, SLOS )– 11 / 12 / 13 and 18 /19 / 20 June

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 opening their studios include

Geraldine Wheeler (paintings), Chris Steele (paintings) and Anne Bertoluzzi (jewellry) – all at  12, Stanhope Place – week-ends 12/13 and 19/21 June, 11 – 5. 

Pat Weaver posts.

OVER 50? Want to learn how to use a computer and send emails??

Free courses available starting in June. Places are limited. No previous experience is necessary.  To book your place call Musikata on 07784153002.

FILM

St Leonards Film Society. Future Screenings.( All in AF1 @7.30)

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 for August and recommence in September. In September, the Film Society hopes to extend its outreach, with additional venues in St Leonards.

Thu, 17 Jun -  ‘The Class’/'Entre Les Murs’ (15) France 2008
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

 

 Dates for your diary…

4/5/6. Open studios.  South East Open Studios runs from Friday 4 – Sun 20 Jun. Check opening times against the SEOS catalogue (available in AF1). Several Forum members are taking part and prepared to welcome you into their studios. See members’ announcements below.

Sun 6 Jun. Film @7 for 7.45. “The Headless Woman”. See notice below under ‘Film’ 

Thu 10 Jun. Humanists meet in AF1. @ 6.30 for 7. “Creationism and the Teaching of Evolution” . Speaker; James Williams, Sussex University. 

Fri 11 Jun. PV for Members Show ( Surnames A-L). “Hastings has talent”. 

Thu 17 Jun. Film 7 for 7.45  ‘The Class’/'Entre Les Murs’ (15) France 2008 

Fri 18 Jun. PV for Members show (Surnames M-Z). “Hastings has talent” 

Stop Press… 

AGM to go ahead in July.

Southern Water has formally dropped its claim against the Forum for £4000 in respect of  a disputed water bill for the year 2008 / 2009 and is not claiming costs in response to our appeal to have the County Court judgment against us set aside. This clears the way for the AGM to go ahead and we are now considering a date between 6 – 12 July. One other possible issue still remains from the year 2008, and this concerns a PAYE issue, but we are optimistic this need not delay the AGM further. 

Exhibition Calendar, 2011. Bids for the Forum exhibition calendar for 2011 opened on 1 Jun . 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. 

The arts committee may invite applicants 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. 

Members Show. Images of work are invited from exhibiting members to help with publicity for the members show, 

Members’ Show.

Surnames A-L, 8 – 16 June.

Surnames M-Z, 16 – 23 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 have posted instructions on the website (see http://www.hastingsartsforum.co.uk/get-involved/ ) on how to prepare work for hanging. “Hand in” of work is Wednesday 9 or 16 as applicable 10 – 2pm. 

Open Studios Hastings and Rye. Lorna Crabbe & Sarah Yates, Creative Coast Ltd are organising the Open Studios programme in support of Coastal Currents in September 2010. This will take place in Rye (4/5 and 11/12 Sep ) and in Hastings (18/19 and 25/26 Sep ). 

The De La Warr  Bexhill, is hosting two events this summer, which could offer work opportunities to Forum members. Fuller details are below at the end of this bulletin.

One is the Seven Sisters group wanting artists for a site-specific event to do with the ‘Olympic’ story. Entries by 19 June.

The other event features Tomoko Takahashi. Volunteers who are able to teach a two-hour session of the card game “Patience” should attend a training session this coming Monday and perform on 11 July. See notice below. 

Alastair Fairley. According  to a report in the Hastings “Observer”, Alastair Fairley, a founder member of the Forum in 2003 and past Chairman has been appointed to the Heritage Lottery Fund’s committee for the South East. 

Showing Now… 

“Art on the Beach”.  Katherine Reekie in AF1 26 May – 9 Jun. 

Artist Statement – see Bulletin 143 – also paste in your  browser http://www.hastingsartsforum.co.uk/katherine-reekie/#more-1942 

Elaine Short and Robin Muckle in AF2, 2 – 9 June                              

Forum at the Azur (AF3).  Brij Sharma, Chris Thomas, Jeremy Ebdon, John Plummer and Katherine Reekie. 

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… 

Members Show ( Surnames A-L) in AF 1/AF2, 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.

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 , (Prison Art) in AF1 14 – 28 Jul.

Zoom. (a group of photographers in AF2 14 – 28 Jul) 

Members’ Announcements…  

Stables Exhibition. Forum members, Jennie Bayntun, Lynne Bingham, Tracey Brown, Brij Sharma and Karin Woolstencroft are exhibiting at “The Stables” from 17 May – 19 June. 

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…  Alexandra Leadbeater and Cathryn Kemp will open their studios for South East Open Studios on 11 – 12 June at  11 – 5pm

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 our artwork online at www.alexleadbeater.com

www.cathrynkemp.com 

Selina di Girolamo. Selina is taking part in the Open Studios programme and will open her studios in Ninfield on 6 and 13 June. 11 – 5.

 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 opening their studios include

Geraldine Wheeler ( Stanhope Place) – week-end 12/13 and 19/21 June, 11 – 5. 

Pat Weaver posts.

OVER 50? Want to learn how to use a computer and send emails??

Free courses available starting in June. Places are limited. No previous experience is necessary.  To book your place call Musikata on 07784153002.

FILM

St Leonards Film Society. Future Screenings.( All in AF1 @7.30)

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 for August and recommence in September. In September, the Film Society hopes to extend its outreach, with additional venues in St Leonards.

Sun 6 Jun 7 for 7.45pm. The Headless Woman

Lucretia Martel’s incredible mystery tells the story of Veronica, a middle-aged woman who, after accidentally hitting ’something’ with her car becomes gradually more and more unhinged as she begins to believe that she may have killed a little boy.

Thu, 17 Jun -  ‘The Class’/'Entre Les Murs’ (15) France 2008
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

Polly Gifford posts     seven sisters group site specific workshop at the De La Warr Pavilion

26^th June 2010

10.30am to 5.30pm Free

 

seven sisters group have been commissioned by the Creative Campus Initiative (CCI) to create a new piece based on the Greek myth of the runner Atalanta and the origins of the Olympic games. seven sisters group’s Atalanta will combine a downloadable podcast walk with elements of live performance, and will take place at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford in July.

 

As part of the CCI commission seven sisters group is offering a one day professional development workshop for local artists and sports people.  Each workshop is led by artistic directors Susanne Thomas and Sophie Jump and suitable for up to 14 participants with an interest in site-specific work. It is open to participants from dance, theatre, design, architecture, sound, light, or art backgrounds and aims to be a professional lab opportunity for students, young graduates and professional artists of all ages. Participants will be encouraged to create site-specific performance in various locations within the De La Warr Pavilion in response to spatial, social and cultural issues.

In addition we would like to invite 3 athletes from both Olympic and Para Olympic backgrounds (or with Olympic ambition) to participate, to interview and to engender discussion and enable research which will inform the project.

About seven sisters group

An experimental, cross-disciplinary approach to performance over the last 15 years has enabled seven sisters group to establish a unique position as one of UK’s leading site-specific performance companies. The group’s works have been presented in both indoor and outdoor sites in the UK and across Europe, with venues ranging from theatres and galleries, libraries and railway stations to the Royal Opera House and the Royal National Theatre. For more information about the company see www.sevensistersgroup.com. 

About Creative Campus Initiative

The Creative Campus Initiative is a once in a lifetime opportunity to create an unprecedented level of cultural collaboration between Universities in the UK. In support of the Cultural Olympiad, it is based on the values of exploration, research, learning and progression. The 13 universities which make up the CCI consortium share a common belief that Higher Education can play a unique role in raising the aspirations and skills of young people through creative innovation inspired by the Olympic and Paralympic Games. http://www.creativecampusinitiative.org.uk/ 

How to apply

Although the workshop is free places are limited, so interested applicants are asked to send a resume and a statement of interest to admin@sevensistersgroup.com, by the 19^th June.

 Do you have the Patience…? 

The De La Warr Pavilion’s summer exhibition this year will be presenting the work of Japanese artist Tomoko Takahashi. 

Takahashi is known internationally for her engaging installations and also for staging live events as part of her work.  We will be re-creating one of these as part of the exhibition, and we’re going to need some help. 

Hours of Patience

 This is a one day event for all ages, inviting people to play the card game Patience with actual playing cards (not on the computer!). 

Normally it’s a lonely activity, but for this occasion it’s turned into a social event.  The foyer at the De La Warr Pavilion will be transformed into a Patience playroom for the day, accompanied by an instruction booklet containing over 30 games. 

We’re looking for volunteers to become Patience Instructors, to encourage and help people on the day to learn how to play the games.  Traditionally the game of Patience was handed down through generations, person to person, via families and friends.  Instructors carry a very important role – bringing back this oral tradition.

There will be a training session on Monday 7 June, 5-7pm, at the De La Warr Pavilion for those interested in getting involved.   The event takes place on Sunday 11 July, 10am – 6pm.  Instructors will be asked to do two 2-hour shifts.

The training and the event will be hosted by Tomoko Takahashi and her collaborator Ella Gibbs.

You will need to enjoy communicating with people about the games, and be free for both the training session and the day itself. 

If you’re interested in getting involved please RSVP to me at polly.gifford@dlwp.com or 01424 229133.

 

Dates for your diary…

4 Jun. Open studios.  South East Open Studios runs from Friday 4 – Sun 20 Jun. Check opening times against the SEOS catalogue (available in AF1). Several Forum members are taking part and prepared to welcome you into their studios. See members’ announcements below. 

Stop Press… 

Exhibition Calendar, 2011. Bids for the Forum exhibition calendar for 2011 will open on Tuesday 1 Jun . Attached to this bulletin is an application form for an exhibition – please 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. 

The arts committee may invite you to meet and discuss, together with original examples of your work. If your application is agreed, you will be asked to pay an immediate non-refundable deposit of £50. If your application is agreed, you will be asked to sign a binding artist’s agreement and asked to pay the balance of your gallery hire, three months prior to the date of your exhibition. A copy of the artists 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 others whose work is compatible. 

Azur and the Forum. There is a rumour circulating that several members of the Forum intended to boycott the recently scheduled AGM in the Azur due to another rumour that the Azur had hosted a meeting of the BNP.  The Azur absolutely denies any truth to this rumour and is dismayed at the possible damage to its business. Rumour also has it that someone confused “BNP” with the “BNI” ( Business Network International ) which does meet at the Azur. 

Members Show. Images of work are invited from exhibiting members to help with publicity for the members show, 

Poetry Group will next meet on Sat 5 Jun at the earlier time of 4 pm in AF2. Original poems are welcome, but also feel free to bring along some of your favourites.

The group took part in the recent concert to commemorate the marriage of Rossetti to Siddall and received warm applause for an original humourous poem written and spoken by Michael Short. 

Project Art Works. The recent exhibition with Project Art Works was regarded as a resounding success. Some £4500 was taken in sales of art work and supporting literature. 

Members’ Show.

Surnames A-L, 8 – 16 June.

Surnames M-Z, 16 – 23 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 have posted instructions on the website (see http://www.hastingsartsforum.co.uk/get-involved/ ) on how to prepare work for hanging. 

Showing Now… 

“Art on the Beach”.  Katherine Reekie in AF1 26 May – 9 Jun. 

Artist Statement – see Bulletin 143 – also paste in your  browser http://www.hastingsartsforum.co.uk/katherine-reekie/#more-1942 

“From this point on” (Photography,  Sussex Coast  College, Hastings ) in AF2,  26 May – 1J). 

ANNETTE BARTON. SUE BARNES. MEL BREWER. STEVE BOYDELL. SIN BOZKURT. LIN GREGORY. SIMON HOOKEY. RICK HOUGH. WET MONKEY. LUCY PHILLIPS. KAREN ROONEY. SHEREEN TURNER. 

A talented group of a dozen photographers from Sussex Coast College Hastings is exhibiting at Hastings Arts Forum as the finale to their NCFE certificate evening class. 

Forum at the Azur (AF3).  Brij Sharma, Chris Thomas, Jeremy Ebdon, 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… 

Elaine Short and Robin Muckle in AF2, 2 – 9 Jun.    

Artist Satement – Robin Muckle 

After spending my working life in the field of IT, I retired early and decided to pursue my fascination with art. 

My interest is predominantly in three-dimensional work, experimenting with different media – mainly clay, plaster and sometimes stone. 

The work is mainly figurative, often attempting to blend realism with expression. Inspiration comes from nature and the human form, as well as past and contemporary artists. 

I enjoy the contrast between moulding and carving and the process through to the final finish which may be ‘raw’, one of a variety of cold or patinated finishes, or glazed using one of the many different techniques such as raku. 

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.

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 

Members’ Announcements…  

Serena Thirkell posts :SERENA and TRISTRAM THIRKELL, Aunt and Nephew, are among the artists whose work is being shown in a natural setting at the Sir Harold Hillier Gardens, Romsey and would love you to come and see both the sculptures and the superb gardens. Open every day 22nd May until 31st October 2010 from 10 – 6pm, at Romsey near Winchester, Hampshire SO 51  0QA.    Tel ; 017943 69318. Email :  info@hilliergardens.org.uk 

Irene Bakunukize is exhibiting with three friends in the basement of 41b.  The show is billed as “new work by emerging artists”. 28 May – 2 June. 

Stables Exhibition. Forum members, Jennie Bayntun, Lynne Bingham, Tracey Brown, Brij Sharma and Karin Woolstencroft are exhibiting at “The Stables” from 17 May – 19 June. 

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 

APHORISM.  Exhibition of new typographic Images from Martin Pearce. 

Pursuing his interest in aphorism and proverb, Martin has created a stunning set of large digital prints that combine his love of pop art colours and visual puzzle.

The exhibition runs May 22, with a private view on the evening of Saturday May 29^th at 6.30pm. 

GILL GALLERY, 55 Kings Road, St Leonards on Sea

Open   9am – 5pm Monday – Saturday www.martinpearceart.com 

Alexandra Leadbeater and Cathryn Kemp post

An exiting new wave has arrived at The Muse… Alexandra Leadbeater and Cathryn Kemp will open their studios for South East Open Studios 11th to 20th June from 11am to 5pm please visit and say hello over a cup of tea (and maybe cake!) 

Alexandra Leadbeater & Cathryn Kemp
The Muse
Harold Mews (between Stanhope Place and East Ascent)
St Leonards-on-Sea
TN38 OEA    Tel : 01424 423457. See our artwork online at
www.alexleadbeater.com    and   www.cathrynkemp.com 

Selina di Girolamo. Selina is taking part in the Open Studios programme and will open her studios in Ninfield on 6 and 13 June. 11 – 5.

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.

FILM

St Leonards Film Society. Future Screenings.( All in AF1 @7.30)

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 for August and recommence in September. In September, the Film Society hopes to extend its outreach, with additional venues in St Leonards.

3 Jun.  Fish Tank 7 for 7.45pm. Fish Tank

This is the story of Mia (KATIE JARVIS), a volatile 15-year-old, who is always in trouble and who has become excluded from school and ostracized by her friends. One hot summer’s day her mother (KIERSTON WAREING) brings home a mysterious stranger called Connor (MICHAEL FASSBENDER) who promises to change everything and bring love into all their lives…

Sun 6 Jun 7 for 7.45pm. The Headless Woman

Lucretia Martel’s incredible mystery tells the story of Veronica, a middle-aged woman who, after accidentally hitting ’something’ with her car becomes gradually more and more unhinged as she begins to believe that she may have killed a little boy.

Thu, 17 Jun -  ‘The Class’/'Entre Les Murs’ (15) France 2008
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

 

Dates for your diary… 

Sat 22 May @ 7 pm.  Concert to commemorate the Rossetti-Siddal marriage in St Clements Church, 1860.  Several Forum artists and poets taking part, including new work. The private view will take place after the concert.

Mon 24 May @ 3pm. Book reading /discussion group. “Four Quartets” by TS Eliot. Also recorded extracts read by Ted Hughes. See members announcements below. 

Fri 28 May. PV for Katherine Reekie in AF1 and “From this point on” (Photography) in AF2.

                        PV. “Born in the Basement”. 41b Marina. Irene Bakundukize and friends. Live DJ.

Stop Press…

 Postponed AGM

The committee regrets to announce the postponement of the scheduled AGM. This is due to the receipt of  a judgment against us by Worthing County Court in respect of a claim by Southern Water relating to our licence to occupy 17, Marine Court (the former Baird TVF ) in 2008. We are contesting the judgment and we believe that our case is strong. 

In view of the above, it was the unanimous decision of those present that we could not ask a new committee to take on the undefined risks associated with the judgment. 

The delay will hopefully not be more than two months. We hope to address administrative procedures so that these circumstances can not be repeated. 

Finally, we would take this opportunity to reassure members that Forum finances are in good shape and able to deal with any foreseen circumstances. 

Members Show. Images of work are invited from members to help with publicity for the members show, 

Poetry Group will next meet on Sat 5 Jun at the earlier time of 4 pm in AF2. 

Members’ Show.

Surnames A-L, 8 – 16 June.

Surnames M-Z, 16 – 23 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 have posted instructions on the website (see http://www.hastingsartsforum.co.uk/get-involved/ ) on how to prepare work for hanging. 

Showing Now…

Project Art Works, until 25 May

This show has received lots of compliments.. PAW has mentored six artists with learning difficulties and complex needs over 18 months. The six artists are John Croft, Albert Gere,Neville Jermyn, Michelle Roberts, Jonathan Rogers and Charlotte Stephens. The 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. 

An illustrated catalogue of the exhibition has been produced and is on sale at £5.00.

For further info on PAW see  http://www.projectartworks.org/index.htm 

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… 

“Art on the Beach”.  Katherine Reekie in AF1 26 May – 9 Jun. 

Artist Statement – see Bulletin 143 – also paste in your  browser http://www.hastingsartsforum.co.uk/katherine-reekie/#more-1942 

“From this point on” (Photography,  Sussex Coast  College, Hastings ) in AF2,  26 May – 1J). 

ANNETTE BARTON. SUE BARNES. MEL BREWER. STEVE BOYDELL. SIN BOZKURT. LIN GREGORY. SIMON HOOKEY. RICK HOUGH. WET MONKEY. LUCY PHILLIPS. KAREN ROONEY. SHEREEN TURNER. 

A talented group of a dozen photographers from Sussex Coast College Hastings is exhibiting at Hastings Arts Forum as the finale to their NCFE certificate evening class. 

Tutor Alex Brattell said “they have been an exceptional group to work with. It’s been a wonderful mixture of research laboratory and social club. This is a professional exhibition with great impact. It mainly features local subjects but has a definitely cosmopolitan feel to it thanks to the talents of the photographers and the wide range of influences and inspirations that has emerged during the course. Many of these projects will go on to be seen elsewhere in expanded form, notably at Hastings’ first photography festival this Autumn, so this is a chance to get a first look at work by artists we will be seeing much more of in the future”. 

Elaine Short and Robin Muckle in AF2, 2 – 9 Jun. 

Elaine Short – tapestry weaver. After previous experience with painting and hand-made jewellery, Elaine turned to weaving and taught herself traditional hand-loom techniques, producing woven wall-hangings and rugs. She has found that this medium offers virtually unlimited creative possibilities, combining colour, form, texture and three-dimensional effects. Her designs range from pictorial landscapes and seascapes to abstract and decorative patterns derived from nature. She has been particualarly inspired by the landscape and coastline of southern England, but believes that practically any subject or idea can be represented in woven art. Her materials consist of high-quality rug wool, linen and cotton warps, acrylic and other artificial and natural fibres, some of which are hand-dyed to produce colours not readily available from commercial sources. Her work has been shown in various group exhibitions, including the regional and national exhibitions of the Association of Weavers, Spinners & Dyers, at Avebury, Lacock, Devizes, Wells, Bath, Oxford, Kendall and York, and she has also has solo exhibitions in Bradford-on-Avon and Rye. She now lives and works in St Leonards, where her studio has a wide view of the sea from which she derives so much inspiration. 

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.

Selina  di Girolamo. “Drawing down the Moon”.  AF1 30 Jun – 7 Jul.

Dorothea Huntrods and Wendy Oxlade in AF2. 30 Jun – 14 Jul 

Members’ Announcements…  

Irene Bakunukize is exhibiting with three friends in the basement of 41b Marina .Private view Fri 28 May at 6 pm with live DJ.  The show is billed as “new work by emerging artists”. 

Stables Exhibition. Forum members, Jennie Bayntun, Lynne Bingham, Tracey Brown, Brij Sharma and Karin Woolstencroft are exhibiting at “The Stables” from 17 May – 19 June. 

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 

Serena di Girolamo. Serena is taking part in the Open Studios programme and will open her studios in Ninfield on 6 and 13 June. 11 – 5. 

APHORISM.  Exhibition of new typographic Images from Martin Pearce. 

Pursuing his interest in aphorism and proverb, Martin has created a stunning set of large digital prints that combine his love of pop art colours and visual puzzle.

The exhibition runs May 22, with a private view on the evening of Saturday May 29^th at 6.30pm. 

GILL GALLERY, 55 Kings Road, St Leonards on Sea

Open   9am – 5pm Monday – Saturday www.martinpearceart.com 

FILM

St Leonards Film Society. Future Screenings.( All in AF1 @7.30)

3 Jun. Title to be announced.

 Future screenings are on Thursdays at 7.45 pm (doors open at 7 pm – to meet and socialize).Tickets are £3.50 and £2.50 (members). Annual membership is £15.00 and  £25.00 (a couple living at the same address).

 

Dates for your diary…

 Sun 16 May. 8 pm.  Benefit concert for fellow artist, Nick Snelling in the Assembly Rooms ( See under members’ announcements). £5.00. Song, bands and fun. 

Thu 20 May.  Film in AF1. “The Headless Woman / La Mujer Sin Cabeza” 

*** Change of date ***

Sat 22 May @ 7 pm.  Concert to commemorate the Rossetti-Siddal marriage in St Clements Church, 1860.  Several Forum artists and poets taking part. The private view will take place after the concert and not Friday 21 May as previously advertised, due to a wedding. 

Mon 24 May @ 3pm. Book reading /discussion group. “Four Quartets” by TS Eliot. Also recorded extracts read by Ted Hughes. See members announcements below.

 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 

Watercolour Competition. The Sunday Times is offering a £20,000 prize fund (top prize is £10,000) for the 2010 watercolour competition. Closing date in London is 3 July.  For further info, tel ; 01372 452190 or email watercolour@parkerharris.co.uk . Forms available from www.parkerharris.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. The fee is £6000 for 30 days work. 

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 (info@hastingsartsforum.c.uk  “For attention of Harry Snook). 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. A list of nominees for positions on the committee will also be posted as soon as available.  

Poetry Group will next meet on Sat 5 Jun at the earlier time of 4 pm in AF2. 

Members’ Show.

Surnames A-L, 8 – 16 June.

Surnames M-Z, 16 – 23 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…

Project Art Works, until 25 May

This show previewed last night and has received lots of compliments.. PAW has mentored six artists with learning difficulties and complex needs over 18 months. The six artists are John Croft, Albert Gere,Neville Jermyn, Michelle Roberts, Jonathan Rogers and Charlotte Stephens. The 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. 

An illustrated catalogue of the exhibition has been produced and is on sale at £5.00. 

For further info on PAW see  http://www.projectartworks.org/index.htm 

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… 

Katherine Reekie in AF1 26 May – 9 Jun.

Artist Statement – see Bulletin 143.  See :– www.hastingsartsforum.co.uk/bulletin-143-8-may-2010/  

“From this point on” (Photography,  Sussex Coast  College, Hastings ) in AF2,  26 May – 1J).    

FROM THIS POINT ON

ANNETTE BARTON. SUE BARNES. MEL BREWER. STEVE BOYDELL. SIN BOZKURT. LIN GREGORY. SIMON HOOKEY. RICK HOUGH. WET MONKEY. LUCY PHILLIPS. KAREN ROONEY. SHEREEN TURNER. 

A talented group of a dozen photographers from Sussex Coast College Hastings is exhibiting at Hastings Arts Forum as the finale to their NCFE certificate evening class. 

Work on show will include Karen Rooney’s reportage of Lunsford Farm in Pett, Sin Bozkurt’s images from Burlesque clubs and Simon Hookey’s project documenting the lives of Hastings fishermen. Shereen Turner has turned her lens on Hastings & Bexhill Rugby Football Club whilst Steve Boydell’s work follows the volunteer coastguards based at Rye Harbour.

Rick Hough has taken a wry look atthe chocolate industry, Lin Gregory is showing photographs from her book, “The Memory of Trees – A Journeyinto Sacred Space”. Annette Bartonand Wet Monkey examine the local wildlife, human or otherwise.

As well as documentary and reportage projects, the exhibition also features fine art photography. Mel Brewer’s dreamlike reflections, Sue Barnes’ oblique examination of light and street, and Lucy Phillips’ colour compositions of intensely seen moments complete this fascinating exhibition.

Tutor Alex Brattell said “they have been an exceptional group to work with. It’s been a wonderful mixture of research laboratory and social club. This is a professional exhibition with great impact. It mainly features local subjects but has a definitely cosmopolitan feel to it thanks to the talents of the photographers and the wide range of influences and inspirations that has emerged during the course. Many of these projects will go on to be seen elsewhere in expanded form, notably at Hastings’ first photography festival this Autumn, so this is a chance to get a first look at work by artists we will be seeing much more of in the future”. 

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’ Announcements…

Melissa White posts;

Two rooms to let (female only) in a large sunny house on Hastings seafront, old town. One is for short stay, front facing large double with fantastic seaviews-£100 a week. The other smaller room for longer stay-£300 a month inc bills. For further details. Tel 07531 043816 or

.e-mail annaloops@yahoo.co.uk

 Stables Exhibition. Forum members, Jennie Bayntun, Lynne Bingham, Tracey Brown, Brij Sharma and Karin Woolstencroft are exhibiting at “The Stables” from 17 May – 19 June. 

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.

 Deaf, Dumb or disabled 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. 

The fee is £6,000 for 30 days work. There is a site visit for potential applicants on 24^th May and then the deadline for applications is Wednesday 2^nd June 2010. 

Contact : 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 42401

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 Sunday 23^rd – 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 Saturday 22 May after the concert. The concert begins at 7 pm ***