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Welcome to the May edition of ArtSway Information. This month's newsletter features information on our forthcoming show at the 53rd International Art Exhibition - la Biennale di Venezia. Also included is information on current artist Gayle Chong Kwan and her publication launch on Saturday 23 May 2009. There is also a look at our next show, Eamon O'Kane's Re-enactment, which opens at the gallery in June.
Workshops are being offered at the gallery throughout May and June. These include our regular Children's After School Clubs and Adult Life Drawing, as well as a number of Adult Short Courses and Children's Holiday Workshops. These are booking up fast so get in quick to avoid disappointment.
We look forward to seeing you in the gallery soon!
palazzo zenobio | fondamenta del soccorso | dorsoduro 2596 | venice | italy
open: 7 june 2009 - 28 june 2009
hours: tuesday - sunday 10.00 - 18.00
exhibitors day: wednesday 3 june 2009 10.00 - 18.00
vernissage (press & preview days): thursday 4, friday 5 and saturday 6 june 2009 10.00 - 18.00
press & arts professionals launch: saturday 6 june 2009 at 10.30 [prosecco and pastries will be served]
Once again we are off to the Venice Biennale! This will be the third time ArtSway have been in attendance at the Biennale, and for the 53rd International Art Exhibition - la Biennale di Venezia, ArtSway are exhibiting ArtSway's New Forest Pavilion for the month of June showing 5 artists who have previously worked with the gallery: Alex Frost, Jordan Baseman, Dinu Li, Hannah Maybank and Nathaniel Mellors.
There is a dedicated page on the ArtSway website with information and images on our Venice exhibition. Click here to go to the page.
If anyone is making a trip to the Venice Biennale in June please get in contact with myself on 01590 682260 (ext.6) or email: jack.lewis@artsway.org.uk for an invitation to the launch event.
Gayle Chong Kwan, Terroir and the Pathetic Fallacy,
2009.
18 April - 14 June 2009
Current exhibition Gayle Chong Kwan's Terroir and the Pathetic Fallacy is a large-scale installation inspired by ArtSway’s rural location, incorporating sculpture, photography and sound work of an imaginary tourist resort all made out of inert edible vegetables. For more information on this exhibition please see our Future Exhibitions page
Publication Launch: The Grand Tour by Gayle Chong Kwan
Saturday 23 May 2009 at 3pm
The 72 -page, full-colour publication, coinciding with Gayle Chong Kwan's exhibition at ArtSway will officially be launched at the gallery. The Grand Tour is an ambitious book, documenting Chong Kwan's six-part touring exhibition, featuring a critical text by curator Camilla Brown, and an essay discussing the origins of the historic Grand Tour by Professor Edward Chaney.
FREE: All Welcome.
Image from filming day for Eamon O'Kane,
Re-enactment, 2009.
Future Exhibition at ArtSway
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. The furniture used in this film was constructed from the
actual Sycamore tree, which was struck by lightning a decade ago, and is installed in the gallery space alongside the video documentation of the re-enactment. The second film is a re-enactment of a hunt - or skirmish - led by James II in Ireland, as he searched for enemy combatants, that supposedly took place at the same time as the meal. O’Kane deliberately distorts real events - such as the skirmish - by transposing them to different but relevant locations - in this case from Ireland to the New Forest (both were, in essence, hunting grounds for James II, with the king being the last monarch to hunt in the New Forest). The artist playfully manipulates our perceptions of historical events: suggesting how history can be incredibly subjective and open to numerous interpretations. 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’.
Re-enactment is the concluding part of the touring project CASE HISTORIES by Eamon O’Kane, consisting of a series of international exhibitions of new work commissioned by Rugby Art Gallery and Museum; the Contemporary Art Society and Economist Plaza, London; RARE Gallery, New York; Galerie Schuster, Berlin; Plan 9, Bristol; and ArtSway, New Forest. CASE HISTORIES is financially supported by Arts Council England, Culture Ireland and Bristol City Council.
Exhibition Associated Events:
Gallery Talk: Eamon O'Kane in Conversation with Peter Bonnell
Saturday 27 June 2009 at 3pm
Eamon O'Kane will discuss the international touring project CASE HISTORIES and his new work Re-enactment, commissioned by ArtSway, with curator Peter Bonnell. O'Kane will outline the genesis of his two new films for Re-enactment, which were filmed on location in Beaulieu in the New Forest with authentic mid-17th Century re-enacters.
FREE: Booking Essential.
Art in Context (Living History): The Art of Re-enactment
A talk by Helen Down, Treasurer, Earl of Essex Regiment of Foote
Wednesday 15 July 2009 at 7pm
Join Totton resident and English Civil War re-enacter Helen Down as she talks about her involvement in Eamon O'Kane's two newly commissioned films for his exhibition at ArtSway. Helen is the Treasurer for the Earl of Essex Regiment of Foote - an organisation that seeks to educate children and adults of the historical background to one of the most momentous events in English history: the English Civil War. Helen will talk about the activities and background of her regiment; the importance of 'living history'; where the regiment mount events across the country; their education activities, and also the background to the Civil War. For more information about the Earl of Essex Regiment of Foote visit: www.earlofessex.org.uk
FREE: Booking Essential.
Publication Launch: CASE HISTORIES by Eamon O'Kane
Saturday 25 July 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.
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
Children's After School Art Clubs
Our Children's After School Clubs continue throughout May and June. Further details can be found below on the all courses we offer by clicking here
Tuesdays for 5 – 7 year olds (with Marcia Hull)
DATES: April 21, 28 / May 5, 12, 19 / June 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 / July 7, 14, 21
Wednesdays for 7 – 11 year olds (with Laura Joy)
DATES: April 22, 29 / May 6, 13, 20 / June 3, 10, 17, 24 / July 1, 8, 15, 22
Thursdays for 5 – 7 year olds (with Mia Khalaf)
DATES: April 23, 30 / May 7, 14, 21 / June 4, 11, 18, 25 / July 2, 9, 16
COST: £6 per workshop, payable in two half-term instalments of £42.
Dinky da Vincis
Creative, arty and above all fun workshops for the little ones, ages 1 - 3 years old, with their parents, grandparents or carers. With Southampton based artist Annabel Richards.
COST: £3.50 per child. Booking essential.
Course dates: Every fortnight on Tuesdays, 10am - 11am.
Saturday Morning Art Club
ArtSway also offers a Saturday Morning Art Club for 6 – 11 year olds. It runs every Saturday during term time from 10am – 12pm and is led by Sway based artist Marcia Hull.
COST: £7 per workshop, or £42 payable half termly.
Children's Holiday Workshops
Sway to the Music
7 - 11 Year Olds
As Sway begins to prepare for its annual carnival in July join artist Roy Brown as he explores the highs and lows of pop, rock and dance music to create oufits inspired by music! Using a wide range of materials you will design and make your own carnival outfit! All outfits will be be featured on the cover of July's Sway News. Please bring a nut-free lunch.
COST: 25 including all materials.
Date: Wednesday 27 May 2009, 10.30am - 3.30pm
Adult Short Courses
Adult Life Drawing
An opportunity for the beginner to develop new skills drawing directly from the nude male or female form. Also a chance for the experienced to develop and build upon their existing skills. People who attend the life drawing class benefit from expert tuition given by local artist Gina Dearden, who demonstrates a variety of techniques, employing a diverse range of media. A full range of dates for scheduled sessions can be found here
COST: £10.50 per session, including materials, paper and use of an easel.
COURSE DATES: Every fortnight on Thursdays, 7pm - 9pm (during school term-times)
Painting with Wool: An Introduction to The Art of Woven Tapestry
Students will learn to put a warp onto a frame loom, produce a sampler using traditional and 3D techniques and explore colour, design and texture. All equipment will be provided, including a simple frame loom which can be kept (£5 per frame). Students should bring a notebook and any favourite yarns. With artist Hilary Charlesworth.
COST: £30
DATE: Friday 22 May 2009, 10am - 5pm
Printmaking for Beginners
Join experienced printmaker Janet Smith in an introduction to printmaking using hand and press techniques. Exciting monoprints and collographs will be explored using the New Forest as a starting point.
COST: £50
DATE: Tuesdays 2, 9, 16 and 23 June 2009, 7pm - 9pm
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
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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
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