Karin Moorhouse Tempting and Exciting Visual Experience to Everyone Arundel Gallery Trail Who Visits
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ingécreative talentn urevealed/e Art Trails & Open Studios an abundance of creativity for all festival season kicks off with a bang Summer of Circus returns to Worthing plus exhibitions, theatre, music & dance cd, book & theatre reviews creative courses south downs and high weald : issue 20: spring 2018 prelude Well Hello! And welcome to ingénu/e, Spring 2018. I must say I'm quite excited about this coming sea- son. We've been waiting for it long enough. With the vernal equinox coming up but snow forecast for East- ingénu/e er, we may have to hold our horses a little longer. The last time I remember snow at Easter I was on holiday creative talent revealed with my family on the Isle of Wight. I was knee-high to a grasshopper and it all seemed very wondrous, playing on the beach – in the snow! Can't say I'm that thrilled about the prospect of it now though. contents The exciting thing is that it will be our 5th birth- day this year and with this being our 20th issue we Spotlight on... Art Trails 4 thought we'd push the boat out to celebrate. So we've Visual Arts 20 added eight extra pages, and have even more remark- Contemporary Crafts able creativity for you to read about. The thing is, there 38 are so many talented artists, writers, musicians, sculp- Performing Arts 40 tors, makers, dancers, actors, etc etc out there, and we Seasonal: Festivals 57 all need them as much as they need us. Poetry, Prose & Illustration We are often so bamboozled with the constant 71 stream of negativity that we are fed by the mainstream Creative Courses 75 media, that we can overlook the fact that creativity Coda 80 in all its forms is something of a panacea. If you are creating, it is generally in the hope of augmenting the wellbeing of those whom you touch with your work – who’s who & what’s what not to mention the buzz you get while creating – and if you are a consumer of the arts your quality of life editor will be all the richer from that aesthetic input. Of Gill Kaye course all those practical subjects – economics, [email protected] accountancy etc – are necessary (most of them any- for press releases way) but society would be poorer and stagnant without [email protected] the arts. Unfortunately this is not a concept that is real sales & marketing to some of those in government, so I guess we just have to convince them. What we need is for someone Roger Kaye to make a movie along the lines of 'It's a Wonderful [email protected] Life', but instead of George Bailey going missing, it 07583 944546 07816 838694 would be The Arts... perhaps the bleak message might hit home. online So, artists keep arting, musicians keep playing, www.ingenuemagazine.co.uk writers keep writing, dancers keep dancing... and we'll haul this society up by the scruff of the neck! Oh, and and big thanks to 2 Way Communcations for their readers – keep reading! Gill Kaye, editor invaluable help on the website www.2waycomm *View from the gate of Arundel Castle Park cover image by Joanna Wyatt, en plein air painting The Exploded Circus. A visually and sound stunning performance from all-female troupe Mimbre. Official World Premiere at Worthing Pavilion Theatre 18th to 20th May. Photo by Eric Richmond Photography www.ericrichmond.net *On page 11 of the winter issue feature ‘Creative Courses & Workshops’ an image of a painting by Joanna Wyatt was used without crediting her as the art - ist. We apologise and reproduce the image again here. "if it's not in ingénu/e... is it actually happening?!" ingénu/e magazine - south downs and high weald : issue 20 3 spotlight on... art trails & open studios and contrasts with each other’s and hopefully gives a Karin Moorhouse tempting and exciting visual experience to everyone Arundel Gallery Trail who visits. Arundel Gallery Trail in my opinion is Mention the word Gallery Trail to this artist and the best! By that I mean that I think it offers so many depending on the time of year you will either get an varieties of entertainment. There is street music, enthusiastic whoop of joy or…. a long drawn out groan theatre, talks, open air dining and over 50 venues to and a vow to 'never do that again’! see art and all without having to use your car or any Perhaps my feelings are shared by the many won- other means of transport. Our Gallery Trail is small derful artists who exhibit each year at the Arundel Gal- and self-contained and we punch way above our lery Trail – perhaps not, but for me it has been a corner weight. This year we are celebrating 30 successful stone of my year for a long time now; a wonderful years so please join us and celebrate with us, you will opportunity to meet other artists and to greet visitors, be most welcomed even though we will all be pretty buyers and browsers alike; to catch up with people I tired by the end of it! maybe haven't seen for a year and at the end of the www.karinmoorhouseart.com show it is a wonderful feeling to close the door, head down to the river and watch the fireworks light up the sky for what feels like the last night of summer. Longleys Studio Barns I exhibit each August in my home along with a Two weekends in June couple of other invited artists. Our work complements Now in its tenth year, Sussex animal painter Veronica van Eijk’s Longleys Studio Barns has grown in stature. This year she will exhibit alongside four- teen other professional artists. Paintings, ceramics, sculpture – both garden and indoor – original print works and a large selection of silver and gold jewellery will be shown in the two barns, listed 18th Century farmhouse and beautiful, tranquil gardens. As usual we will encourage you to linger longer at Longleys – our home-made super delicious cakes and refreshments will be served in the barn and gardens, all proceeds of these will go to the St. Wilfrid’s Hos- pice charity. The Hook dairy herd and our Guinea- fowl are looking forward to your company too! 2nd & 3rd June and 9th & 10th June from 11.00am to 5.30pm; Longleys Studio Barns, Harebeating Lane, Hailsham BN27 1ER www.longleysstudiobarns.com www.vaneijkarts.com 4 ingénu/e magazine - south downs and high weald : issue 20 spotlight on... art trails & open studios Pete Gilbert Hampshire Open Studios Vee Pease Jewellery Brighton Open Houses & Hampshire Open Studios is, for me, one of the best arty events in the year. I love opening up my Hampshire Open Studios home and studio, inviting people in to talk and look Vee Pease is not your usual jewellery designer. A and ask and of course buy if they want. This year's sometime biker with an insouciant attitude toward life, new work will be featuring The New Forest – paint- she also has a permanent exhibition of her work at Rock ings of the ponds, puddles and paths, the deep Steady Tattoo Studio in Montague Street, Worthing, woods and the open spaces. Nicky Gilbert and where one of her sons works. She lives in West Sussex Frances Barker will also be exhibiting some exqui- and being the daughter and granddaughter of artists, site jewellery and a new collection of Hugh Lohan’s her interest in art began at a very early age. evocative black and white photographs will be on Vee is always designing new things and is currently display in the house. Hampshire Open Studios is a experimenting with stone settings in her earrings and wonderful way to see some great art all over Hamp- pendants while also playing around with her love of shire, from art groups and amateurs to well-known colour. She makes jewellery that can suit all pockets and established professionals. and her work can be seen at two venues this spring Look for the pink signs or plan your trip via and summer. Every weekend in May Vee is at Brighton www.hampshireopenstudios.org.uk. And do please Artists’ Open Houses at Hummingbird Studio, 107 come and see me, the coffee will be on. Havelock Road, Brighton, BN1 6GL, and from 18th to petegilbert.me.uk 27th August at Hampshire Open Studios at The Barn, The Buildings, Broughton, Stockbridge, SO20 8BH. Visit vpeasejewellery.co.uk, www.AOH.org.uk and www.hampshireopenstudios.org.uk for further info. Art In June Art In June Is This Year’s South East Open Studios! You may have heard that SEOS is taking a break for 2018 in order to recreate the website. Thirteen studios in the Edenbridge, Sevenoaks, East Grinstead area have banded together to create ‘Art in June’ – so that local art lovers will not miss their annual summer treat! A huge variety of work from 52 artists will be on show for two weeks between the 8th and 24th of June. A studio visit is so much more than an exhibition: meeting artists and crafters; seeing their work methods; clockwise from above: Pete Gilbert at work; Karin joining in workshops – it is a very special experience. Moorhouse, In Safe Hands; Pete's studio; Longleys Studio Jessops Farm Studios are opening their doors for Barns, Hailsham; Vee Pease, large link silver necklace the event. ingénu/e magazine - south downs and high weald : issue 20 5 spotlight on... art trails & open studios Email Cathy Bird on [email protected] for info on Art in June when details come out in May! The Most Private View You’ll Ever Get Horsham Artists Open Studios Every summer Horsham’s well-respected colony of artists open their studios and invite you inside for a private view of their work.