Eclecticity –
A diverse and fascinating exhibition showing work by Kevin Holmes & Zoe Leverett from 1- 24 April at the Ferini Art Gallery in Pakefield.
Craftco – April
Craftco Exhibition this April…
Update from the EGM
Our extraordinary general meeting on 5 March was a very positive affair. Fifteen members turned up, and we met in the basement studio at The Cut.
Our Chair, Spadge Hopkins, set out the advantages of becoming a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO); no financial risk to members, better able to raise funds, answerable only to the Charity Commission. When the details are sorted, we will have the first annual general meeting of the new CIO, so members can agree the whole thing formally, including its new constitution, and confirm the trustees. All this was agreed unanimously.
It was emphasised that the intention is to involve the membership as closely as ever, if not more so. Simon Raven reported on good progress with Sculpture in the Valley 2022 (Potton Hall, 27 May-26 June) with over 40 sculptors already signed up.
School Studio – Exhibition
Spadge Hopkins is exhibiting at School Studio, Raveningham along with artists of all disciplines.
Friday 25 March to Sunday 3 April.
Meryem Siemmond – Exhibition
Meryem Siemmond will be exhibiting in this joint exhibition
WILD RELATIVE
11 – 17 April at The Ballroom,
152A High Street, Aldeburgh, IP15 5AQ
Mill Street Etching Studio – Workshops
The next workshops will be on the 7th and 8th of April 2022 from 10 am till 4pm and will be a refresher course in etching with a close focus on Aquatint and Sugar Lift. Day 1 we will be drawing directly from the human figure onto etching plates. Day 2 we will be continuing with the human form or concentrating on our own print making projects.
For more information on our two-day courses please visit www.millstreetetchingstudio.co.uk.
To book your place on the two-day workshop, please email Caro at Mill Street Etching Studio enquiries@millstreetetchingstudio.co.uk
Liz Waugh McManus
Liz Waugh McManus is an interdisciplinary artist, educator and researcher with individual and collaborative practices.
Exploring boundaries between analogue and digital making, she has a multifaceted art practice that embraces sculpture and multimedia, often blending her primary sculptural medium of glass with sound or video in installations.
Creating the sense of a living presence is an important thread running through her work.
She seeks audience engagement through animacy, storytelling, playfulness, and real-time interactivity.
She has years of experience running arts projects with people of different ages and abilities (often through Koan Arts CIC, Eye Arts Club or Obelon Arts).
Juliet Lockhart
I am a mixed media artist, writer, and educator.
I work thematically on individual projects with a focus on producing narratives around people or places, a dominant theme is voices that have been lost or silenced.
I work with a variety of materials; paper, fabric or found objects and processes; collage, sculpture, and textiles.
My practice is constantly evolving. The landscape that holds the stories is becoming increasingly central to my work, I will return again and again to a place, often over several years, walking, gathering, collecting, recording.
I set up temporary studio spaces to work directly with the natural world; writing, mark making, sculpting and stitching. This dynamic approach allows me the freedom to re-invent stories I discover and to bring new ones into being.
Paeony Lewis
Through cameraless alternative photography and conceptual art, I encourage people to explore their relationship with the natural world. The present focus of my art delves into our responses to ancient sacred ‘thin places’. I’m currently studying in Norwich for an MA in Fine Art, and my practice is underpinned by a degree in Environmental Sciences (UEA) and a past career in publishing, creating a mix of art, nature and words.
Justin Strangward
Creator of odd little buildings and garden furniture in Bungay, Suffolk.