ArtSway Xtra

Welcome to the February issue of ArtSway Xtra, a chance to gain more information about the gallery as well as artists we work with and what they are currently upto in today's art scene. 

In this month: Upcoming Talks and Gallery Events; Next Exhibition; User Group Meeting: Artist Updates; Arts Institute at Bournemouth.

Gallery Talk and Winner Announcement

Saturday 26 January, 2pm
Join ArtSway Director Mark Segal and Curator Peter Bonnell for a tour of the exhibition and the all important winner announcement.

FREE. All welcome.

The event is sponsored by Lashmars Accountants of Lymington (www.lashmars.co.uk) with additional support from Art & Business .

Upcoming Talk and Events

Photography Talk

Wednesday 6 February, 7pm - 9pm

'The Role of Contemporary Photography in Today's Institutions and Practices'

In February ArtSway hosts a documentary photography talk with Guy Moreton from Southampton Solent University.  The talk will explore the the motivations that drive today's artists and photographers and look at the strategies and working practices they choose to communicate their work.  

Keep an eye on our website for further details.

User Group Meeting

Thursday February 7, 6:30pm

You are invited to the ArtSway User Group Meeting:

Thursday February 7, 6:30pm

The ArtSway User Group meeting held twice a year offer an opportunity to discuss ArtSway's programme and activites.  This is your opportunity as an artist, visitor, participant and/or parent, to contribute to the development of our work.  The ArtSway User Panel also elects two people to the ArtSway Management Committee (our governing panel) at this meeting.  If you want to be included for nomination or want more information please email: mark.segal@artsway.org.uk

ArtSway Connect

ArtSway Connect is ArtSway's development programme, which we plan to develop throughout 2008.

Portfolio Day
Friday 7 March
Ten half-hour slots for artists from all backgrounds for critiques, portfolio reviews and career advice with Director Mark Segal and Exhibitions Curator Peter Bonnell. Please contact the gallery to book your place.  Cost: £5 per person.

Workshops

Adult and children's workshops continue throughout February with life drawing classes on Thursday evenings with artist Gina Deardon as well as regular children's after school club activities throughout the week.

February sees an additional adult workshop at the gallery.

Soft Pastel for Beginners
A four-week course aimed at beginners, introducing basic techniques into suing soft pastels. An opportunity to learn how to utilise different grounds and paper, drawing from both your personal photographs or from your sketchbook. With artist Jane Puckering.
Cost: £50 for the course (this includes all materials and an easel). Course dates: Monday 4, 11, 25 February and 3 March 2008.

To book a place on any Short Course please contact Peter Bonnell: (01590) 682260 or email: peter@artsway.org.uk

Next Exhibition

Alex Frost
BBQ
23 February - 6 April 2008
Following the ArtSway Open07 in February is Glasgow-based artist Alex Frost. Alex finished his residency at ArtSway in October 2007 and has since been finishing work for his April show.

In addition, Alex will be giving an introductory talk to his work on the day of show opening.

Gallery Talk
Saturday 23 February, 2pm
Alex Frost will discuss his residency, new works for ArtSway, and the ideas behind his work in ArtSway's galleries. With Exhibitions Curator Peter Bonnell. FREE, all welcome.

More information about Alex and a range of examples of his work can be found at Alex's own website: http://s126278300.websitehome.co.uk and on our website.

Presented in partnership with Milton Keynes Gallery.

Art in Context Talk: The Dialectics of Environmental Art

Wednesday 5 March 2008, 7pm

A lecture by Stephen Edge, Senior Lecturer at Bournemouth University, presented alongside the exhibition Alex Frost: BBQ. 

This lecture will examine the creative synergy that takes places between artists, engineers and contracters in the production of large scale works of art, with focus on the works of legendary environmental artists Christo and Jeanne Claude.

FREE, booking essential.

Artist News

Simon Faithful

'Freehand'

Arratia Beer, Berlin

15 December, 2007 – 26 January, 2008

Simon is currently showing in a group exhibiotion at Arratia Beer in Berlin.  Others contributing to the show include D-L Alvarez, David Hatcher and Marco Maggi.  The show is in the last couple of weeks, so if you are in the area take a look.

The show is curated by Mercedes Vicente, Contemporary Art Curator at the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery in New Zealand.  Continuing his systematic and diarist approach, Simon Faithfull’s Antarctica Dispatches (2004-2005) and 12 Postcards from Berlin (2006) are daily sketches, the former in Antarctica, the latter cycling around Berlin.

Alistair Gentry

Alistair has now completed his recent video piece, 'Video with National Characteristics', on the People’s Republic of China, Schenzhen and is currently looking for a suitable place to show his finished work.

'Video with National Characteristics' was made at the OCT Contemporary Art Terminal of the He Xianging Art Museum in Schenzen, China, during a residency in the autumn and winter of 2007.  

For further developments on Alistair's work please keep an eye on his website:  http://www.alistairgentry.demon.co.uk

Anna Best

'Buddleia'

24 November 2007 - 20 January 2008

Anna is currently displaying work at Plymouth Arts Centre.  Titled ‘Buddleia’, Best is showing a film piece that observes the surreality of everyday practices and experiences; resulting in a beautiful film that crosses Plymouth’s urban and marine landscapes. 

For further information please visit: http://www.plymouthac.org.uk/bhandab.htm

Elpida Hadzi-Vasileva

‘Butterflies in the stomach'

Galerie Ateliers L’H Du Siege

12 January - 23 February 2008

Elpida is currently showing new work in France at the Galerie L'H Du Siege following a three-month residency in 2007.  The show borrows, reworks and repeats motifs left over from the lace makers of Valenciennes creating a link between the traditional trade of lace making and the work of the artist.  ArtSway Director Mark Segal has contributed text to a publication documenting the show.

For further information on the show please visit the gallery website: http://www.hdusiege.org/ or Eplida's own website: http://www.elpihv.co.uk

A link to Elpida’s blog can be found here http://sites.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/387658

Beate Gutschow

'Somewhere Else'

25 January 25 - March 24 2008

Beate worked with ArtSway at the Venice Biennale in 2007 and and has previously shown in ArtSway's galleries.  She is currently exhibiting at the Haus am Waldsee Gallery in Berlin presenting over 20 large-scale, landscape works pivotal to the her career and reflecting her studies with Tilmans from 1993 to 2000 in Hamburg.

For more information on show please visit: http://www.eaobjets.wordpress.com

Charlie Murphy

Charlie is currently learning the trapeze and progress of her efforts can be found on YouTube under 'Miss Murphy's Tricks'! 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIAnzVhJ_Gs 

'Into the Light'

The Arts Institute at Bournemouth

Peter Bonnell and Julie Marsh

ArtSway Curator Peter Bonnell with be giving a talk about his recent exhibition with Julie Marsh, 'Into the Light', at The Arts Institute at Bournemouth on Thursday 16 January. 

Peter's talk will begin at 4pm followed by a Private View of the exhibition from 5:30pm. 

The show runs from 10 December 2007 until 25 January 2008.  For more information please see the Arts Institute website: http://www.aib.ac.uk and Peter's current exhibition can be found here: http://www.textandwork.org.uk.

As ever, more information is available about events and workshops on our events page: http://www.artsway.org.uk/events.htm

The ArtSway Open07 Preview Day

Lianne Dawes, Dismantled Railway, Fochriw, South Wales.  Currently showing in ArtSway Open07.

One of the many workshops run as part of

ArtSway's Education programme.

Adult (Ryvita/Crackerbread), 2007.
Image courtesy of Alex Frost / Sorcha Dallas, Glasgow

Arratia Beer Gallery, Berlin, current group show.

Still from 'Video with National Characteristics', 2007

'Buddleia', 2007.  Plymouth Arts Centre

'Butterflies in the Stomach', 2007

Image courtesy of Galerie L'H Du Siege

S.#14, 2005

Image courtesy of Louise and Erik Franck collection

Into the Light, Peter Bonnell and Julie Marsch

If you have any questions about ArtSway Xtra, ArtSway, or the artists that we work with, please contact Jack Lewis on 01590 682260 x 16 or email jack.lewis@artsway.org.uk

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