Christmas Party
Please join us on Thursday 18 December 2008 from 7.30pm at The Forest Heath Hotel (pub adjacent to ArtSway) to celebrate another great year for the gallery.
Thanks to all who have supported ArtSway throughout 2008, and here's to a fantastic 2009!
All are welcome to join on the evening. Please let us know if you wish to attend by contacting Jack Lewis on 01590 682260 (ext.16) or email: jack.lewis@artsway.org.uk
We look forward to seeing you there!
Welcome to the December 2008 issue of ArtSway Xtra, an e-newsletter containing information about the gallery, as well as the artists we work with and contemporary arts news from around the region.
On Saturday 6 December 2008 we have the opening of the ArtSway Open 08 with a private view and reception for the artists. Also, in addition to the opening of ArtSway Open 08, ArtSway is hosting a day of Open Studios with an invitation to look around the artist's studios and talk to them about their practice. This is a unique chance to see what goes on behind closed doors at the gallery, as well as a timely opportunity to perhaps find a one-of-a-kind gift in time for Christmas. More details on this below. Drinks and snacks will be served from 2pm - all are welcome on the day.
Since its launch two months ago, ArtSway Associates has successfully started to support in different and bespoke ways, the professional development of the ten artists who have previously undertaken an ArtSway residency.
Elpida Hadzi-Vasileva, is in the final shortlist of three artists for exhibition at the Macedonian Pavilion, 53rd International Art Exhibition, la Biennale di Venezia. She should hear in the next few days if she is successful.
Website maintenance for Emilia Telese and Charlie Murphy is planned for next week with Markus Lloyd. Charlie will also undertake video editing training in London.
A day's training from legal professionals looking at contracts for artists is being developed for all the artists which will take place in the New Year.
We are offering economical and funding advice to painter Hannah Maybank and discussing a research project with Anne Hardy. Mark Segal, ArtSway’s director, has been carrying out a number of studio visits across London and the South East regions to discuss ArtSway Associates’ individual practices, aspirations and projects. He is also developing a touring exhibition proposal with Simon Faithfull, which will be sent to a range of galleries around the country to elicit interest.
We shall be organising another ArtSway Xtra Coach Trip in January - keep an eye on the website for further details.
boredomresearch - RealSnailMail
After asking themselves whether there is a space in our speed obsessed world for a service that takes time, and finding that the answer is yes, boredomresearch (Vicky Isley and Paul Smith) have created the incredible Real Snail Mail Ð the first ever web mail service to use real snails. The snails (there are currently eight) are the bearers, the deliverers, the messengers of your communications, thus reversing the most enduring and ubiquitous business paradigms of speed and efficiency and making it possible to communicate anywhere in the world at a snail’s pace. See www.boredomresearch.net for more
Dinu Li - Press The * Then Say Hello
15 November 2008 - 22 February 2009
Manchester Art Gallery
Having recently returned from China where he had been filming the second part of his trilogy, Ancestral Nation, Dinu Li is now in the process of editing the footage for his forthcoming exhibition, Family Village, which will shown at the Arts Institute at Bournemouth (in association with ArtSway) in March 2009. As part of ArtSway Associates, Dinu Li has also been receiving support to develop a research application to the Arts and Humanities Research Council, which it is hoped will support the development of the last and final part of Ancestral Nation.
Dinu is also currently showing in Manchester. In Press The * Then Say Hello, Li presents a series of photographic portraits of people from diverse communities calling home from international phone centres. The body language of each caller reveals something about the closeness of private telephone conversations met with the distance of the call’s receiver, whilst making reference to the work of one of Li’s favourite artists, the 17th Century Dutch painter, Vermeer. An Autograph ABP Commission.
Manchester Art Gallery, Mosley Street, Manchester M2 3J Tel: 0161 235 8888
Simon Faithfull - Liverpool to Liverpool
There is No Road
LABoral Centro de Arte y Creaci—n Industrial, Gijon, Spain
12 December 2008 Ð 16 March 2009ArtSway Associate Simon Faithfull will be one of 12 artists to feature in There is No Road (the road is made by walking), a contemporary arts exhibition featuring moving-image and other works, curated by Steven Bode, Director of Film & Video Umbrella.
There is No Road takes its cue from the famous lines of the poet Antonio Machado, and consists of a range of artists’ projects that record or evoke a series of actual or imaginary journeys, both through the local landscape as well as personal journeys and encounters, with a particular emphasis on affinities and connections between Britain and Spain.
For further information please visit: www.laboralcentrodearte.org
For more information on Simon please visit: www.simonfaithfull.org
Charlie Murphy
Charlie Murphy has been invited to contribute to the development of two 2-day workshops, which we plan for Beaulieu and Waterside, as part of an audience development project with the aim of widening local participation in contemporary arts and of benefiting residents of Hampshire. The project is being submitted to the Arts Council England Rendezvous initiative, and will be led by ArtSway in collaboration with amh (Audience Development Hampshire).
Charlie Murphy is planning a Valentine’s kiss-in event at the Science Museum in February 2009, as part of the kiss-in tour Ð further details will follow in January’s newsletter.
Emilia Telese
As well as being a Regional Council Member for Arts Council England, an Artists’ Networks Co-ordinator and an artist, ArtSway Associate Emilia Telese is the producer and presenter of RADIO SOFIA, the first UK radio programme on Italian culture, independent music and debate in Italian and English language for the Italian diaspora and beyond. RADIO SOFIA is dedicated to promoting non-mainstream Italian culture and presents special guests, debate, culture and fantastic music. Previous covered topics have included the Italian general elections and power in the Italian and worldwide pharmaceutical industry.
RADIO SOFIA is Broadcast fortnightly from Brighton’s Radio Reverb, 97.2 FM or on live streaming on www.radioreverb.com every other Tuesday.
The next show will be presented at 3pm on Tuesday 9 December 2008.
Other projects by Emilia Telese include TELESE HACKED to be showcased in early 2009, and to feature a limited fashion collection of mini-dresses, designed by the artist, which will be on sale at Brighton’s BLANK Gallery as part of a capsule of artist designed pieces.
For further information please e-mail info@blankstudios.org
NEW EXHIBITION OPENING THIS SATURDAY!
6 December 2008 - 8 February 2009
On Saturday 6 December 2008, 2pm - 5pm we have the opening of ArtSway Open 08 as well as a day of Open Studios. ALL WELCOME.
ArtSway Open 07 saw more than 300 artists from across the UK and Europe submit almost 800 artworks for consideration by selectors Mark Segal and Peter Bonnell of ArtSway and Michael Stanley, Director of Milton Keynes Gallery.
Once again there is no formal brief, artists were asked to submit work that reflects their current artistic direction making for an accessible and emotive showcase.
This year's panel includes Camilla Brown, Senior Curator at The Photographers' Gallery, and Laura Green, winner of ArtSway Open 07.
Preview and Reception for the Artists
Saturday 6 December 2008, 2pm - 5pm
Join us for the opening of ArtSway Open 08, with a chance to talk to a number of the participating artists about their contributed work.
FREE: ALL WELCOME.
Open Studios
Saturday 6 December 2008, 2pm - 5pm
To coincide with the first day of ArtSway Open 08, ArtSway's studio artists are opening their workshops for the day. Photographers, ceramicists, painters and jewellers will be welcoming you to their studios. Come along and talk to the artists about their practice, and perhaps find a one-of-a-kind gift in time for Christmas.
FREE: ALL WELCOME.
Exhibition Associated Events:
Portfolio Day
Friday 16 January 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.
Tax and Accountancy Advice for Artists
Saturday 17 January 2009, 10am - 4pm
Artists will be offered the opportunity of free tax and accountancy advice from Peter Lashmar, owner of Lashmars Accountants of Lymington and sponsor of the ArtSway Open 08. The day will comprise of ten half-hour slots between 10am and 4pm.
FREE: Booking Essential.
Gallery Talk and Winner Announcement
Saturday 24 January 2009 at 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 ArtSway Open 08 is sponsored by Lashmars Accountants of Lymington (www.lashmars.co.uk) with additional support from Arts and Business.
To book a place on any of the above events please contact Jack Lewis on 01590 682260 (ext.16) or email: jack.lewis@artsway.org.uk
Chris Coekin, The Altogether #1, 2008
Kaori Homma, A Similitude in the Eastern Landscapes - Constable and Mushroom-Cloud, 2008
Damien Flood, Rainbow, 2008
FUTURE EXHIBITION
Jordan Baseman
Dark is the Night
21 February - 5 April 2009
UK based film artist Jordan Baseman is making new work in and around Soho interviewing inhabitants who range from the notorious to the anonymous, including hedonists and faded actors. The interview process is at the heart of Baseman's work. He heavily edits this recorded material, juxtaposing the finished interviews with film footage taken in and around Soho, to construct narratives that mimic and yet subvert the traditional documentary film format. The end product will be a series of films that are at once semi-narrative, poetic and revealing. The works will create a portrait of a place that is both constant and fleeting.
Jordan Baseman has been co-commissioned by ArtSway and The Photographers' Gallery. Jordan's exhibition at The Photographers' Gallery will follow his ArtSway show, running from 1 May - 28 June 2009.
For more information see www.jordanbaseman.co.uk
Gallery Talk: Jordan Baseman in Conversation with Peter Bonnell
Saturday 21 February 2009 at 3pm
Join Jordan Baseman as he discusses his new series of revealing films, co-commissioned by ArtSway and The PhotographersÕ Gallery, with ArtSwayÕs curator Peter Bonnell. Baseman will discuss the development and realisation of his new film works, which are based on the thoughts and recollections of residents of the Soho district of London.
FREE: Booking Essential.
To book a place on the above event please contact Jack Lewis on 01590 682260 (ext.16) or email: jack.lewis@artsway.org.uk
Production still from Jordan Baseman's 2009
Soho project, Dark is the Night,
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