Welcome to the August edition of ArtSway Information. This month's newsletter features infomation on our current exhibition and forthcoming publication launch; Eamon O'Kane's Case Histories. This book is set to be launched at the gallery this weekend on Saturday 22 August 2009 at 3.30pm - we do hope you can join us and celebrate a fitting finale to Eamon's fantastic show.

In August ArtSway gets ready for a special screening programme showcasing the work of a range of artists. This is My Land will open on Saturday 29 August 2009 with a Private View between 2pm and 5pm. Expect a range of high quality film and video work from an exciting array of artists including: Mike Marshall, Sophy Rickett, Henry Coombes, Andrew Cross, Chrystel Lebas, Ben Rivers and Simon Faithfull.

Coinciding with the Private View of This is My Land is ArtSway's Summer Party; please join us between 2pm and 5pm for food, drink and celebration! There is also a FREE coach from London for the day - full details below.

Also included in this newsletter is information on our future exhibition opening in September; Benjamin Beker: Monuments. Benjamin Beker was the winner of ArtSway Open 08 and returns to the gallery for his winning solo show prize. This is set to be an exciting exhibition by a fresh RCA photography graduate - don't miss it!

Following on the ArtSway Open theme, we announce details of this year's Open competition. We are currently accepting submissions until the end of September for this year's event - full details below. The ArtSway Open 09 begins on 21 November 2009 and runs until 24 January 2010.

Workshops for both children and adults are being offered at the gallery throughout August and September - scroll down to see the range of opportunities. These are booking up fast so get in touch now to save your place!

We look forward to seeing you in the gallery soon!

Eamon O'Kane, Re-enactment, 2009

27 June – 23 August 2009

Re-enactment by Eamon O’Kane features two films commissioned by ArtSway that were shot on location at Beaulieu in the New Forest. The films, and the relating drawings and sculptures in the exhibition, explore the artist’s own family background, and how history can be both fabricated and manipulated. For the first of his two new films O’Kane staged a re-enactment in the New Forest of a meal King James II had on his way to put down a rebellion in Ireland in 1688, under a sycamore tree adjacent to a house that is now owned by the artist’s parents. Both the films for the meal and the hunt were reconstructed featuring, in period costume, members of the Earl of Essex Regiment of Foote - authentic re-enacters and proponents of ‘living history’.

For more information on this exhibition please see our Current Exhibitions page.

Publication Launch: Case Histories by Eamon O'Kane
Saturday 22 August 2009 at 3.30pm
A 100-page, full-colour, hardback publication Case Histories will be officially launched at ArtSway. The publication will feature images from each part of O'Kane's major international touring project, with a critical text by Dan Cameron and transcripts of O'Kane's public discussions with Paul O'Neill and Paul Hobson.

FREE: All Welcome. Refreshments provided.

Henry Coombes, Laddy and the Lady, 2005

This is My Land

29 August - 31 August 2009

This August Bank Holiday sees a special weekend at ArtSway with a film and video screening programme as well as a summer party!

This is My Land is a screening programme featuring video works by internationally acclaimed artists: Mike Marshall, Sophy Rickett, Henry Coombes, Andrew Cross, Chrystel Lebas, Ben Rivers and Simon Faithfull. The programme features works that highlight various aspects of rural life, and in particular how land is utilised and managed by human endeavour.

For more information on this exhibition please visit our Future Exhibitions page

Private View and Reception for the Artist:
Saturday 29 August 2009, 2pm - 5pm
Please join us for the opening of This is My Land and a chance to meet and discuss the work with the artists themselves.

FREE: All Welcome.

FREE COACH FROM LONDON

Saturday 29 August 2009

We will also be running a free coach on the day for both people attending the private view of This is My Land as well as those coming to the summer party. The coach will leave from Tate Britain (opposite Millbank) at 10.30am and return to London for 7pm.

Places on the coach will be limited. If you wish to book a place please contact Jack Lewis on 01590 682260 (+6) or email: jack.lewis@artsway.org.uk

ArtSway's Summer Party
29 August 2009, 2pm - 5pm

On Saturday 29 August 2009 ArtSway will be hosting a summer party! Come and join us for food and drink and help toast in the half-year mark on another busy year! The party coincides with the opening of This is My Land, so not only will there be great food and drink on offer but great video as well.

If you would like to attend please contact Jack Lewis on 01590 682260 (+6) or email: jack.lewis@artsway.org.uk

FREE COACH FROM LONDON

Saturday 29 August 2009

We will also be running a free coach on the day for both people attending the private view of This is My Land as well as those coming to the summer party. The coach will leave from Tate Britain (opposite Millbank) at 10.30am and return to London for 7pm.

Places on the coach will be limited. If you wish to book a place contact Jack Lewis on 01590 682260 (+6) or email: jack.lewis@artsway.org.uk

Benjamin Beker, Chess Table, White Court, 2007

Benjamin Beker

Monuments

                                                                                                                                                                                                5 September - 8 November 2009

Benjamin Beker was the winner of ArtSway Open 08. For his exhibition at ArtSway, Beker will exhibit his War and Liberation Monuments and Interiors of Power series. These two bodies of work were attempts to ‘de-historicise’ various Serbian monuments and interiors, removing them from their usual context. Beker will also exhibit a new series of work, based on research into the architecture and politics of building projects constructed on dried marshland in New Belgrade, in the former Yugoslavia, in the 1950s and 1960s - inspired by original plans, drawings and images for a proposed ‘modernist city’.

For more information on this exhibition please visit our Future Exhibitions page

For more information on Benjamin please visit: www.benjaminbeker.com

Exhibition Associated Events:

Private View and Gallery Talk: Benjamin Beker in Conversation with Peter Bonnell

Saturday 5 September 2009 at 3pm

ArtSway Open 08 winner Benjamin Beker will discuss, with ArtSway Curator Peter Bonnell, his thoughts on winning Open 08. Beker will also talk about his recent research trips to Serbia, and his new body of photographic work examining housing developments in Communist era New Belgrade.

FREE: Booking Essential.

Curator Talk

Saturday 19 September 2009 at 2pm

Join ArtSway Curator Peter Bonnell for an informal tour and discussion of Benjamin Beker’s exhibition.
FREE: All Welcome.

Portfolio Day

Friday 9 October 2009, 10am - 4pm

Ten half-hour slots for artists from all backgrounds for critiques, portfolio reviews and career advice from ArtSway Director Mark Segal and Curator Peter Bonnell. COST: £5 per person. Booking Essential.

Art in Context: Yugoslavia and Present-day Serbia
A lecture at ArtSway by Dr Marko Attila Hoare, Senior Research Fellow at Kingston University, that will examine the history of Communist era Yugoslavia in relation to the modern state of Serbia.

*The date of this lecture is to be confirmed. Please contact the gallery for details. Booking essential*

To book a place on any of the above events please contact Jack Lewis on 01590 682260 (ext.6) or email: jack.lewis@artsway.org.uk

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

ArtSway is seeking artists from across the UK and around the world working in all media to submit work for ArtSway Open 09. One artist selected for Open 09 will be awarded the prize of a solo exhibition throughout the ArtSway galleries in 2010.

Selection Panel:

Amanda Farr (Director, Oriel Davies Gallery)

Peter Bonnell (Curator, ArtSway)

Benjamin Beker (Winner of ArtSway Open 08)

Christopher Orr (ArtSway Artist in Residence)

Deadline for Submissions: Friday 25 September 2009 at 5pm

Submission Fee: £8 for one work, £16 for two works, £20 for three works

Exhibition dates: 21 November 2009 – 24 January 2010

(Closed: 21 December 2009 - 4 January 2010)

Application packs are available to download from our website. Alternatively please contact Peter Bonnell on 01590 682260 (ext.4) or email: peter.bonnell@artsway.org.uk to be sent a pack by email or in hard copy.

Workshops

Children's Summer Holiday Workshops

‘Under The Sea'

Wednesday 26 August 2009, 10.30am - 3.30pm

For 5-8 years olds

Use moving images to generate drawings of weird and wonderful underwater creatures.  Using re-cycled materials, make individual sculptures joining together at the end of the day in an outdoor (weather dependent) mobile hanging deep-sea sculpture display. With artist Charlotte Knox-Williams. Please bring a nut-free lunch. COST: £25 including all materials.

Adult Short Courses

Pastels for Beginners

Monday 14 September 2009, 10.30am - 3.30pm

Join artist Barry Freeman to learn how to use oil and soft pastels. The workshop will teach you a variety of techniques and the fundamentals of colour mixing while producing a still life.

COST: £30 including all materials

Creative Book Making

Saturday 26/Sunday 27 September 2009, 1pm - 5pm both days

Over this weekend course, you will learn a range of different simple book making skills. On day one, you will learn how to make hardback accordion, tunnel and flutter books. On day two, techniques for making soft Japanese stab bound, photo album and note books will be covered. Some materials will be provided, please ask when booking for materials list. With artist Ciara Healy.

COST: Each day £30/both days £50

To book a place on any of the above courses please contact Anastasia on 01590 682260 (+2) or email: anastasia@artsway.org.uk

ArtSway Xtra
Join our ArtSway Xtra newsletter for a more in-depth account of activity at the gallery and artists associated with ArtSway. ArtSway Xtra offers you a deeper experience of contemporary visual arts, keeping you up to date with the artists we are working with on a regular basis and events and activities around the region.

You can sign up for the e-newsletter by sending an e-mail to: artswayxtra-join@artsway.org.uk

ArtSway Ambassador Scheme

Closely linked to our ArtSway Xtra Programme, we wish to recruit a number of local people to act as ambassadors for the gallery. This would involve distributing information and spreading the word of ArtSway to the local community. We will pay a small fee for this and are happy to consider people of all ages.

If you are interested in becoming an ArtSway Ambassador please contact Jack Lewis on 01590 682260 (+6) or email: jack.lewis@artsway.org.uk

Studios to Rent for Professional Ceramic and Fine Artist / Craft Maker

Rental fee includes heating, lighting, free internet access, small shared kitchen and bathroom, limited use of photocopier and fax,  Studio Access 8am - 10.30pm 7 days a week. Artists are asked to take part in open studios twice a year.

Studio 2 - suitable for Ceramic Artist (available 1 September 2009)

Half shared studio   £93.73 per month. 1 yearly renewable contract

Sharing with ceramic artist who has kiln in situ. Space available is approx 11 feet x 11 feet (3.2m x 3.2m) with good natural lighting.

Studio 3 - suitable for Fine Artist / Craft Maker (available 1 October 2009)

Quater shared studio £46.86 per month. 1 yearly renewable contract

Sharing with jeweller and jeweller/textiles craft maker. Space available is approx 3m x 2m with good natural lighting.

Selection is by artist CV, artist statement, submission of 6 slides/images and in consultation with current sharing artist. Please apply by email or postal submission.

For more details, to view the studios and meet the sharing artist, please contact Melinda on 01590 682260 (+1) or email: melinda@artsway.org.uk

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