Invitation to my exhibition
“Daphne Sandham in Print” at Bodgeners Gallery 52, Church Street Harwich, CO12 3DS
PV Saturday 11th May 2 – 4 pm
Exhibition continues til 26th May
Open Thurs, Fri, Sat, Sun 11am - 4pm
There are Lithographs printed on my direct press (now at Draw in Brighton) and on the offset press at the print room at the Royal Academy Schools, and two prints from the archive which were shown in the RA summer exhibition, “Rainbow” shown in 1975 and “Table Manners” shown in 1977
Silk screen prints printed with cut paper stencils in the Brown Shed at Fronks Road, and a 12 page book printed all on one sheet of 30 x 22 paper and then cut up.
Hand coloured etchings and aquatint etchings printed on my star wheel press, I shall be bringing in some of the zinc plates and working drawings
I shall have some basic equipment at the gallery and on days other than the pv people can try printing their own monotypes.
And of course, copies of my alphabet book.
Do call in if you can, I shall be at the gallery 4 days a week and if you are visiting from out of town, have a look around Harwich, visit the beach and Halfpenny Pier and watch the ships going in and out of Felixstowe across the water.
For more information download the submission form below or visit https://www.colchesterartsociety.co.uk/summer-exhibition-2019-call-to-artists
If any member is interested in entering work, full details can be found on stmarysartex.org.uk/information-for-exhibitors
little Bentley hall waterways and garden show
Little Bentley Hall Waterways & Garden Show takes place again 1st & 2nd June, at Little Bentley, CO7 8SD.
Last held in 2014 we raised £85,000 in the weekend for local Essex Charities, and had 8,000 visitors to the Palmer Tomkinsons Private Gardens considered 'One of the the finest Private Gardens in East Anglia' which only ever opens for this event.
There will be an ART SHOW so any local artists do contact us for Entry Form.
We will have 6 Show Gardens ( 3 already booked) so if you know any Garden Designers that would like to create a Show Garden up to Chelsea standards get them to contact us. There will be 60 Plant and Craft Stands, we have just a few still available to book so be quick if your interested. Brass Bands , Hot and Cold Food will be available all weekend. The event starts with a Private Invitation only Gale Preview Evening on Friday 31st May for 6-9pm with a Military Band, Wine and Canapes .If you would like an invitation please contact - nigel@garden-shows.com..
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Valerie Irwin Archive Project
An artist's response to the demolition and construction at Cranfield's Flour Mill at the Ipswich Dock between 2004 and 2009.
This powerful piece of art amounts to 4,050 drawings and 25 sketchbooks. Many of these were quick responses, gestural, action and multi-layered as well as observational drawings.
The Valerie Irwin Archive Project charity intends to raise funds to ensure public access to the collection through the including:
- Costs involved involved in preservation of the drawings
- Purchase of archive suitable storage files and boxes
- Cost of digitising particular selections and sequences of drawings which would be of particular interest to the public.
All work with cataloguing, packing, oral history compilation and organisation will be conducted by volunteers under the guidance of the Suffolk Record Office.
Below are a few images from the collection showing a mixture of construction and demolition.
For further information and to contribute to this archive visit www.valerieirwinarchiveproject.co.uk
Ipswich Art Society member Mark Beesley has won the prestigious Hugh Casson Drawing Prize at this year's Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, for his drawing 'Mock Tudor'.
The Summer Exhibition, now in its 250th year, is open to professional and amateur artists who, if successful, get to see their work hung alongside that of Royal Academicians like David Hockney, Peter Blake and Tracy Emin. This year around 20,000 works were submitted, of which less than 1000 were hung; they were selected by a jury of RA members under the overall direction of Grayson Perry.
There are 10 prizes awarded for works in different categories; the Hugh Casson prize is for £5000. Sir Hugh Casson was an eminent architect who co-ordinated the Festival of Britain in 1951 and was also a well-known illustrator and President of the Royal Academy.