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Seeking Sanctuary: A Multi Venue Exhibition
Local people and artists working together to explore their interpretation
of the meaning of Sanctuary.
See below for exhibition venues & times.
When ?
Saturday 13 Sept- Monday 15 Sept
Saturday 20 Sept - Monday 22 Sept
(Opening times vary - see details below)
Where ?
1 St. Clements Church, Croft Road,, Hastings Old Town Open 12.30pm – 4.30pm
2. Friends Meeting House, 5 South Terrace 2pm to 5pm (Open Saturdays / Sundays only)
3. South Lodge St. Leonards Gardens Saturday 20th September only, 2 pm - 4 pm
4. St. John the Evangelist Church, Pevensey Road, St. Leonards Open 12.30pm - 4.30pm
(except Sundays: Open 1.30pm to 4.30pm) Main Entrance on Brittany Road
5. Beach Hut 1, West Marina, St. Leonards 12.30 pm – 4.30pm
(Open Saturdays / Sundays only)
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SEEKING SANCTUARY
BY HAND
Rachel Spring has been photographing hands at work in the Seeking Sanctuary project in the course of an analysis that will culminate in an event examining the process of Seeking Sanctuary. The event will involve participants of the Seeking Sanctuary project and will take place in September towards the end of the Seeking Sanctuary exhibitions. To see some of the photographs that Rachel has taken at the workshops so far, please click on the workshop venues.
St John's Church
Links Project, WRVS
St Clements Hall
Carers, Red Cross
Friends Meeting House
St Clements Church (pending)
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GRACE LAU AT BRIGHTON MUSEUM
EXHIBITION
SoCo member Grace Lau's
"21st Century Types: A Photographic Study"
is at Brighton Museum & Art Gallery Café Balcony
from 12th August to 10th November 2008.
To download a PDF poster please click here.
DISCUSSION
Thursday 9 October 1pm
Picturing the Chinese
Grace Lau discusses her photographic work
inspired by 19th century travellers' representations of the Chinese.
The Old Courtroom, Church Street, Brighton
£5 (£3.50 concessions)
BOOK
Grace Lau’s project began during research for her book
"Picturing the Chinese: Early Western Photographs and
Postcards of China". In it
she explores photographic portraits taken in China by
Westerners during the years between the Opium Wars
(1839–60) and the Boxer Rebellion (1900).
The book is to be published in August 2008.
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Soco – In Conversation:
Webs and Nets – The Exhibition
Thursday 4th September 2008
7.15 - 9.30pm
The Beacon, Hastings
Penny Precious leads our second discussion on “WEBS and NETS”, and will outline the plan for Soco's touring Textiles Exhibition in 2009.
Other presenting artists will include:
Carly Ralph who uses reclaimed materials from the local shoreline, eroded fragments and fibers, metal, rope and plastics.
Lorna Dallas-Conte, textile artist, collaborated with painter Carolyn Jackson in the recent Soco ‘Conversations' event. Together, they conversed and created an extraordinary piece of artwork that exposes layers of personal memories and emotions through metaphors with the folds, tears and darns and stains that are traces left by the ‘lives' of textiles.
Penny will explain submission requirements for the exhibition, and talk about taking textiles beyond existing boundaries to explore exciting and diverse directions.
Wine and food provided £5.00
To reserve places email : gl@gracelau.plus.com or socoartists@btconnect.com
Late arrivals will not be admitted.
This is to prevent disruption to artists' presentations
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" conversations"
An exhibition of experimental work
resulting from a wide variety
of
conversations between artists.
Join us
for afternoon tea, cake and good conversation
between 3pm and 6pm on Saturday 26 July
at
The Beacon
67-68 St Mary's Terrace
Hastings.
Exhibition open
Monday 28th July to Saturday 2nd August
3pm – 6pm
and
Monday 4th August to Friday 8th August
3pm –6pm
SoCo (South Coast Artists)
Funded by Arts Council England
For map and directions see www.beaconhastings.com
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SoCo Community Project: SEEKING SANCTUARY
SoCo is inviting proposals from visual artists
familiar with the Hastings and St. Leonards area and able to deliver community workshops for this (funded) project. This is paid work for artists. Artists will be working with members of the local community, aged 18 years and above. Workshops will be taking place during a period from mid July to 1st September. The project will culminate in a multi venue exhibition during Coastal Currents 2008. The project will explore the meaning of places of sanctuary in a contemporary context
For full details, project brief and proposal form please contact: socoartists@btconnect.com , placing Sanctuary in the subject line.
Deadline for proposals is 30 June 2008
THIS PROJECT HAS NOW COMMENCED.
THE EXHIBITION DATES WILL BE ANNOUNCED SOON.
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SOCO – IN CONVERSATION
Series February – June 2008
First conversation February 28th
6.00pm -7.30 pm
A monthly series of artists talks
and portfolio presentations
to be held at Oak Passage Studios,
chaired by Grace Lau, with a different
panel of artists and art forms each time.
The events will involve the presentation
and discussion
of artists' work in progress,
with audience participation.
The first talk, on February 28th, will focus on photography as art. Three photographers will be on the panel with Grace as Chair. Andy Moran, tutor at Hastings College of Art, will talk about his MA work, followed by the Lambie Brothers presenting their latest portraits of artists. The audience will be encouraged to join in with their (critical or otherwise) comments and refreshments will be available.
SOCO members are requested to participate – either on the panel – or/and in the audience. This is an opportunity to present your artwork in progress, talk about it and receive helpful response. There will be an exhibition in summer to show your work, whether it is finished or not.
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Conversations
something experimental ……
SoCo artists are invited to pair up with another artist (not necessarily a member of SoCo), to exhibit work stimulated by a ‘conversation'.
There are no rules other than the exhibited work should reflect a dialogue that took place between the artists - anywhere, anytime, anyhow! Perhaps the present In Conversation talks and creative workshops could spark off a ‘conversation' - or any ongoing work that you're developing. Recent or previous work, notes, correspondence, influences / starting points can also be included.
A two week exhibition at the Beacon from 25 July to 8 August is planned. Artists will have app 3m x 2m wall space allocated between them (3d work – floor space by arrangement) and should be available to chat about their work during an informal late breakfast event during the exhibition period.
Conversations could result in a collaborative piece of work or be influential in creating new work that extends beyond the scope and time frame of this project.
There will be a small submission fee of £5 per artist which will contribute to costs. Work that is for sale will be subject to 25% commission.
Expressions of interest please to c.jackson811@btinternet.com or tel 01424 423194 by May 24th.
There will be a chance for interested artists to meet and talk at Oak Passage Studio on Saturday 31st May at 11am.
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JOSEPHINE HO
TEXTILE WORKSHOP AT THE BEACON
SUNDAY JUNE 22 nd 10am to 4pm
Admission Fee: Soco members: £12, non SoCo members: £15.
This includes a light lunch
BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL Deadline for booking is June 8 th . ( see booking form for full details)
Places are limited. We advise that you contact Judy Dewsbery at the Beacon 01424 431305, before sending any payment
There will be an additional £5 charge per person on the day for materials
(cotton, silk and dyes)
This experimental workshop will explore traditional resist techniques on paper and cloth using hot wax, (batik) and Japanese Shibori (meaning to literally wring, squeeze or press) By using either of these methods to form a resist to colour, the material is then painted or dipped into a dye or indigo bath. When the resist is untied, unfolded or unwaxed, an image is created which can be abstract, patterned or pictorial.
When using shibori, a 2D piece of material is transformed into a 3D form by using various methods such as stitching and gathering, binding, folding, twisting and clamping. The results after dyeing can be very unexpected and exciting.
Cotton and silk, dyes and tools for batik and shibori will be provided.
TO BRING:
1 Anything that could be used with hot wax to create interesting textures, shapes or lines – eg metal stamps, forks, nails wood etc
2 If you have any particular natural fabric – the finer the better, or paper that you would like to experiment with, do bring too.
3 Notebook and pen
4 Apron and rubber gloves – indigo is very messy !
5 Newspaper and plastic bags to carry wet fabric away with
6 Pegs and small sharp scissors
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IN CONVERSATION : “WEBS AND NETS”
Oak Passage Studios
8th May 6 – 7.30 pm.
Our next event will be led by Penny Precious and will explore the diverse potentials of textile art. Panellists include: Lorna Dallas-Conte, Jean Davey Winter, Susan Collins, Josephine Ho, and themes to be discussed will include the boundaries between traditional textile and fine art textiles; cultural metaphors that cloth and thread carry, referencing the title Webs and Nets; and the influence of travel, globalism and new technology on textile practices, beyond the merely decorative. Penny will focus on the ‘networking' and webbing' process of textile history and working, which has shifted from the home spun domestic to be incorporated into fine art practice.
This panel talk will lead to a major Touring Textiles Exhibition in 2009, and Soco will hold related workshops and talks, starting with a workshop on June 22 led by Josephine Ho on textile colouring
To reserve a place for May 8th, please email: gl@gracelau.plus.com <mailto:gl@gracelau.plus.com> no later than May 3rd. Due to limited space at Oak Passage, early booking is essential.
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Unseen people
A weekend exhibition of paintings, photographs and more
the Beacon, down track by Angel pub,
St Mary's Terrace, Hastings
Friday 25th April 7-10pm: exhibition opening
Saturday 26th April 12 – 4pm: (artists' talks at 3pm)
Sunday 27th April 12–4pm: (1-3pm lunches available)
Judy Dewsbery: www.beaconhastings.com
Lambie Brothers: www.lambiebrothers.com
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click HERE for spring newsletter
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Shadowlands
15th -27th March
Arts Forum Galleries 1 and 2
36 Marina
St. Leonards on Sea.
An exhibition of work by SoCo members
exploring their own personal
interpretation of shadow and light.
Guest Artists: Gus Cummins, Vanessa Fowler
Exhibition open daily 11am to 5pm
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In Conversation
with Shadowlands
curator Rod Harman:
An Illustrated Talk and informal discussion.
Sunday 17th February
Morning session: 10am to 1pm
OR afternoon session: 2pm to 5pm
Venue: The Beacon, 67-68 St.Mary's Terrace
(for map and directions go to www.beaconhastings.com)
Admission: £5
Rod Harman will be giving a slide presentation and talking about his own particular thoughts and inspirations surrounding Shadowlands
(the theme of SoCo's next exhibition)
Rod's presentation will be followed by an informal discussion session
Booking is essential:
If you want to come to one of these sessions, please book a place by Friday 15th February .
To book please email wish.hut@virgin.net
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diversion : a Soco exhibition by artists from Hastings and the South East region, working experimentally with personal mapping. The show is the result of a series of workshops, some of it being 'work in progress'. Guest artists Esther Appleyard,
Caroline Le Breton
and Annabel Tilley. At The Pine Gallery, 12 Claremont, Hastings. Private view Sunday 3rd February 2 - 4pm, the exhibition runs daily from Monday 4th to Saturday 9th February 2008 , open 11am - 5pm.
Funded by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.
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The Artist as Cartographer
Artists' Workshop
Sunday 11th November 10am -4pm
Led by Charlotte Snook: Senior lecturer at Central St. Martins School of Art
Anything can be mapped and most things are: places, galaxies, histories, bodies, philosophies, devices and databases: Roger Fawcett Tang
Art is something human beings make to present to others their understanding of their place in the world: Lawrence Weiner
The aim of this workshop for artists is to provide a creative environment for ideas to develop, and to inform and support new directions for work, culminating in an exhibition in late January 2008 at 12 Claremont, Hastings
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Wednesday 9th January 2008 6.30pm to 8pm
@ The Pine Gallery, 12 Claremont, Hastings
SoCo is pleased to launch its 2008 programme of events
with a presentation of work by artist Judith Alder.
Judith will be talking about her use of personal
geographies and mapping and its place within the
overall context of her work through a process of
“wanderings”, “dead ends” and “explorations”
An ideal opportunity to enter into discussion and debate
with other artists - Please join us.
Admission £3.00
enquiries: please contact Carolyn Jackson
e: carolyn.jackson6@btopenworld.com
t: 01424 423194
Claremont is in the centre of Hastings, linking with Robertson Street at the seafront end
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SOCO SHOW
"We Are Here . . . at East Sussex Hospitals"
(Selected South Coast Artists)
Conquest Hospital
Main Exhibition Area, Level 3 (Outpatients)
Exhibition Dates:
3 September - 25 November 2007
Open Daily 9am - 6pm
Exhibition continues
at Eastbourne District General Hospital
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SOCO SEA
A display of work by SOCO members
in the English Wine tent
during the Seafood & Wine Festival
22- 23 September from 11am
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Hastings Summer 2005 © Grace Lau
click on the image to see a larger one
Grace Lau at Tate Britain
until 22nd September 2007
exhibiting
work originating from her
Portraiture Now Exhibition
(for details please click here)
and from 13th July at Photofusion
(for details please click here)
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emergency response
Rye Harbour Church
1 - 5pm Sunday 2nd & 9th September
Peter White: film - Rachel Spring: sculpture
free admission
www.rachelspring.co.uk
the emergency:
Rye Harbour Church empty during Coastal Currents
the response:
neighbours SoCo member Rachel Spring and
Hastings Old Town Fisherman Peter White
take 5 days in 2 weeks to respond
Hastings 2007 © Peter White
Peter ties his video to the mast and fishes,
pausing occasionally to photograph the coastline
to see images from the resulting exhibition on Rachel's website please click here
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We are here
AN EXHIBITION OF CURRENT WORK BY SOCO AT THE BEACON
25th – 27th August 2007 11am - 4pm
PRIVATE VIEW 25 th 6-9pm
FEATURING THE FLYING MARROWS
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