Karin Moorhouse Tempting and Exciting Visual Experience to Everyone Arundel Gallery Trail Who Visits

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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

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Well Hello! And welcome to ingénu/e, Spring 2018. I must say I'm quite excited about this coming season. 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 birthday 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 fourteen 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

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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.

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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. It’s a brilliant experience, close-up and personal with hands-on practice. Spread over the weekends of 9th/10th and 16th/ 17th June, it’s a cultural road-trip from Ashington to Warnham, and around Horsham itself, that provides an amazing insight into how a diverse range of top local artists work. Better still it’s in an environment Carole Skinner-Rupniak that lets you talk one-to-one about the artist’s creative Carole Skinner-Rupniak has had a very successful muse and techniques. year with her stunning exhibition at The Horsham Two friendly weekends are guaranteed and, whether Museum and Art Gallery, which caught the attention in the artists’ homes, studios, gardens or shared ven- of The Association of Sussex Artists. Carole is now ues, entry is completely free. Perhaps best of all much looking forward to exhibiting with them as a new of the work is for sale, with something for all pockets. member. Last year, one of her paintings was voted This is your chance to buy an original piece of art at third best by The People’s Choice at the Association’s atelier prices. group exhibition in Horsham, where she entered as For more info see horshamartistsopenstudios.co.uk. a non-member. She is understandably over the moon to have made this achievement. Carole’s last exhibition was described as ‘breath- taking’ and included landscapes of the beautiful Cowfold Monastery. She is currently working on a brand new collection exclusively for The Cube Gallery in Hassocks where her atmospheric scenes of The South Downs will be exhibited. The Hogarth Club in Chiswick will also be hosting Carole’s first London exhibition from 29th April to 27th May. For the second time, Carole will be participating in the Horsham Artists Open Studios Art Trail on the 9th, 10th, 16th and 17th June. Over 170 visitors were received last year at her venue in Cowfold, West Sus- sex. It is a fantastic opportunity to buy or just browse her latest works. www.caroleskinner-rupniak.com

top left: watercolour session at Jessops Farm Studios; above: Carole Skinner-Rupniak, Distant Chanctonbury: left: Grahame Morgan-Watson, Improvisation

6 ingénu/e magazine - south downs and high weald : issue 20 spotlight on... art trails & open studios continues to learn & develop. A versatile artist with an ability to work in a variety of mediums & styles, her work has been exhibited in various galleries. Accompanying her on the Art Trail is the talented silver jewellery artist, Jane Gooding, whose designs are inspired by the environment and contemporary in style. Each piece is a unique work of art, often sculptural & embellished with semi-precious stones. Jane’s pieces will always be a one-off & can be custom-made for the wearer. Venue 41: The Studio, Saltham Barns, Saltham Lane, Runcton, PO20 1PU. Tel: 01243 527772. unlimitedcreative.co.uk

Susie Olford Chichester Art Trail Susie Olford has exhibited in West Sussex since 2012, including with two major art trails. She works in oil or acrylic, canvas or board, from small (4inch square) up to one metre. Her style is relaxed, varies in range from cool, soft blended oils, to more vibrant acrylics. It is impressionist, slightly abstract; moods of land, sea and weather. A welcome awaits at her exhibition, part of Chichester Art Trail. Susie’s venue is one of the most easterly at Flansham, on the A259 two miles west of Littlehampton. “I exhibit in a wonderful barn in l-r: Susie Olford, End of the Day; Gilli Higgs, The Beach Hoe Lane which has natural light on two sides. There is wheelchair access and space to move around the stands, and free dedicated parking," says Susie. "With luck, I will exhibit 120 paintings framed, or unframed The Midhurst Gallery canvases to suit all wall spaces and decors.” ‘Notable Sussex Buildings – Lost in The exhibition is open Bank Holiday weekend 5th, Time’ David R. G. Johnston 6th, 7th May and the following weekend 12th, 13th The Midhurst Gallery is presenting a month-long May; 10.30 until 5.30. Hoe Lane, Flansham, PO22 Art Exhibition as part of The Festival of Chiches- 8NJ. An ideal way to entertain your weekend guests. ter which accompanies David Johnston’s separate Visit www.chichesterarttrail.org for more details. programme of talks. The exhibition is a fascinating series of original acrylic paintings on canvas depicting historic buildings in the settings of their time. Unlimited Creative Studio David has spent many hundreds of hours research- ing ancient ruins and the legends that lie hidden Chichester Art Trail within them to create many intriguing pictures. Having opened her studio at the beginning of this Inspired by The Earl of Bessborough’s book ‘A Place in year, Gilli Higgs is over the moon to be exhibiting in the Forest’, David’s painting from an original Grimm this year’s Chichester Art Trail that starts on 5th May. etching shows Racton Tower set in an imagined en- She will be featuring many of her seascapes, semi- vironment of its age. Built c.1770 as a gazebo by Lord abstract paintings & pastels plus more. Inspired by Halifax, he later ordered its destruction on discovering nature, travel & her love of water & the sea, Gilli Racton was being misused by ladies and gentlemen of constantly records impressions of what she sees & ill repute. The ruins became the haunt of smugglers feels. Having been artistic from an early age, Gilli for many years after, and are depicted in another of

ingénu/e magazine - south downs and high weald : issue 20 7 spotlight on... art trails & open studios David’s paintings, Smugglers at Racton Tower. David’s unique and illustrative artworks focus on traditions and old places and their stories in Sussex. 16th Jun to 15th Jul; 10.00-5.30 (4.00 Sat-Sun); The Midhurst Gallery, Grange Road, Midhurst GU29 9LT. 01730 812 177 www.midhurstgallery.co.uk

Adur Art Trail It’s back! After taking a year off in 2017 Adur Art trail is back with a bang in June 2018. From 2nd to 17th homes and halls, houseboats, galleries and cafes will be opening their doors to give the public a wonderful opportunity to enjoy the exciting range of work produced by local artists. Thirty venues, packed into the narrow space between the sea and the Downs in and around Shore- ham-by-Sea, will be showing the work of more than 100 artists in a wide variety of mediums – sculpture, paint- – as it Racton Tower Johnston, David pictured– this page from top: - sculp Glass bowls; ceramic Mair, Rob ; Gallery) (Midhurst 1785 in was from top: clockwise opposite, by Louise Durham; ture Aztec Blue Sarah ; Wittering Tide West Low Barry Williams, Lido ; Alison Milner, print. Leaf, collagraph Lime Peon Boyle, card; upcycled Florets, Sepe, ings, jewellery, woodcarving, glass, textiles, photography and much more. Not only can visitors view and buy the work, there’s the chance to talk to the artists and also West Street Loft, take part in one or more of the many workshops, talks or demonstrations being held during the Trail. Shoreham-by-Sea Adur Art Trail is funded and organised by independ- Open Studios 2018 ent not-for-profit organisation adurArtcollective. There’s lots to see at the studios and everything Art Trail guides will be available from the beginning is handmade and unique: colourful pottery; essen- of May and more information can be found on the tial oil aromatherapy candles; antique mirrors and website. www.adurartcollective.co.uk upcycled furniture; beautiful silver homeware and jewellery; quirky sculptures made from reclaimed wire and nails; mosaics, paintings, drawings, prints and greetings cards. Visitors are welcome to chat to the makers, browse, buy or simply soak up the creative atmosphere. The studios at West Street Loft have become an established part of Shoreham’s burgeoning art scene and provide work space for a diverse collection of fine artists, craftspeople and designers. For 2018 the studios are opening their doors on 9th June, 13th Oct, 24th Nov and 8th Dec. Café Artisan at 2, Tarmount Lane in Shoreham, will also be celebrating the work of West Street Loft artists with an exhibition of their work during the spring and summer period. www.weststreetloft.co.uk or facebook.com/weststreetloftstudios for more info. Malcolm Hardy at The Skyway Gallery, Shoreham by Sea Malcolm is a much loved local character and a sin- gular artist who has run his shop ‘Artist and Framers’ in East Street, Shoreham for the last 35 years or so. The exhibition at the Skyway Gallery, as part of the Adur Art Trail 2018, will show the broad range of styles and mediums in which he works and features at its heart a collection of portrait paintings of local people. skywaygallery.org

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Worthing Artists Open Our Summer Exhibition, 14th Houses June to 2nd July, will feature Three Summer Weekends fine art, prints, cards, ceramics and jewellery and will, Throw the doors open! Venues all over Worthing once again, form part of are getting ready for three summer weekends of Art- the annual Worthing Art- ists Open Houses. The sheer variety of venues this ists Open Houses Trail. year – galleries, garages, community spaces, schools, Resident artists Sarah Sepe studios, restaurants, and of course houses – guaran- and Barry Williams will be tees an event full of interest. Many venues enrich the joined by local guest artists visitors’ experience with live music, spoken word, Lumi Ghita, Sarah Mills and interactive displays, workshops and of course, deli- Rosemary Jones. cious home-made cakes: the whole event buzzes with Find us on facebook.com/WestEndGalleryWorthing conversation as people celebrate their community or visit www.worthingartstudios.com. connections and explore the creative life of the town. The event's fluid and inclusive nature is apparent in the diversity of work on show, from traditional to experimental: cool ceramics, elegant graphics, bold Peon Boyle Printmaker abstracts and arresting portraits will feature alongside Adur Art Trail & Worthing Open Houses experiments in materials, technical adventures, and the Printmaking artist Peon Boyle lives and works by downright challenging. Visitors looking for interesting the seaside. Using printmaking and photography as and beautiful art to buy will find plenty; there are items her medium, Peon is taking part in both Adur Art Trail to suit all budgets. All this with the opportunity to enjoy and Worthing Artists Open Houses. She says, "Clothes easy walks or cycles between venues. Add the prospect evoke most emotions, when we wear them they retain a of a sunny day by the seaside and Worthing Artists trace of life, even when the person who wore them grew out Open Houses deserves to be in everyone’s diary. of them or is no longer alive. These garments surrounded 16/17 June, 23/24 June, 30 June/1 July our bodies as our extended skins, they become part of our- www.worthingartistsopenhouses.com selves and contain the emblem of an absent present." Peon uses children’s clothing to tell a story, not only about the children but also their carers. Her work Summer Exhibitions is about love, sacrifice, nurturing, loss, caring, at Worthing’s West End Gallery desire, memory, indul- Showcasing locally-made art in an informal and gence, fragility and feel- friendly setting, this artist-run gallery and studio ing. Peon also undertakes space is set in a traditional Victorian corner shop commissions. at 87 Rowlands Road, Worthing. One of a growing She also runs Sussex number of small creative businesses in Worthing’s Printmakers, a print ‘West End’, its splendid feature windows are an ideal studio in Worthing that stage for showing work and passers-by are attracted offers a diverse range of to the regularly changing displays. stimulating, artist-led Over the late Spring Bank Holiday weekend, printmaking courses in 26th-28th May, the Gallery will take part in ‘The Last a friendly and creative Fisherman Standing’ Trail which aims to highlight environment. and celebrate the rich heritage of fishing in Visit facebook.com/artwithPeoninShoreham and Worthing – www.lastfishermanstanding.org.uk. = www.sussexartandprintmaking.co.uk for more info.

ingénu/e magazine - south downs and high weald : issue 20 9 spotlight on... art trails & open studios pride themselves on consistently working to a high standard alongside creating fresh, innovative new work every six weeks. June will be the gallery’s second anniversary and an exciting one. This spring will see the gallery extended, thus giving more creative space. Aside from the creative work itself, @TheMakery collaborates with a range of events organised by the Enterprise Centre. FibreFest will be back on the 21st & 22nd April in the Enterprise Centre. This successful speciality show incorporates all things textile. With over 25 exhibitors, plus demos and workshops it is a must for your diary. If you haven’t yet discovered us, do pay us a visit; you are assured a warm welcome by the artist on duty. With prices ranging from just a few pounds to a few hundred there really is something for everyone here. Eastbourne Artists Open Visit www.facebook.com/TheMakeryEbo and for Houses more information email: [email protected]. Spring 2018 sees the 10th anniversary of the very first Open House event in Eastbourne. It has become an important part of the Eastbourne cultural scene with artists and makers opening their homes and studios twice a year, once during spring then again at Christmas. As usual there is a wonderful mix of painting, printmaking, ceramics and jewellery as well as creative furniture, textiles, photography and more. There are several new artists joining the stalwarts this year: The Devonshire Collective are celebrating their first anniversary with a number of events and an exhibition of original Guiness posters at DC1; photog- rapher John Hesse is joined by illustrator Zoe Jackson at Bottle Grove in Eastbourne's burgeoning Grove Road and there is bespoke furniture from Daniel Ruckstuhl and ceramics from Graham Matthews in Commercial Mews North. There is a great mix of talented leisure painters along with serious amateur and professional artists who regularly exhibit at the prestigious Royal Acad- Studio 11 emy Summer Exhibition. A colour brochure which Open House Demonstrations lists participating artists and their contact details is This year, for Eastbourne Artists Open Houses, art available at many outlets around the town. and textile atelier Studio 11 is having demonstrations Enjoy your time visiting the artists of Eastbourne! throughout the day by artists and friends of the studio. www.eastbourneartists.co.uk Following a successful trial run at Christmas, the studio will have several benches set up for the weekends 7/8 April & 14/15 April, where artists will talk @The Makery about their work and show what they are currently working on. a thriving, artist-run gallery There will also be some paintings by landscape art- Eastbourne’s @The Makery is a thriving, artist-run ist Helen Antill who is guesting with the Studio this gallery. Nestled within the Enterprise Centre, it is just year, textiles by Christine Chester and natural history a few minutes’ walk from the railway station. prints and paintings by Roz Nathan. Christine & Roz If you’re looking for something unique, then look will also be available to talk about the classes that run no further. The gallery is adorned with a wide range of in the studio. Opening times 11am-5pm. hand-crafted art, crafts and home furnishings, paint- www.studio11eb.co.uk ing and prints, ceramics, fused and cast glass, textiles, left to right: Daniel Ruckstuhl furniture maker, jewellery and furniture. Artists from @TheMakery 'Making Waves'; Anthony McIntosh, 'Latte Macchiato'

10 ingénu/e magazine - south downs and high weald : issue 20 spotlight on... art trails & open studios Tonbridge Art Fair Just down the road from ArtSpring, the first ever Tonbridge Art Fair will be held on Saturday 2nd June from 10am-6pm. There will be many stalls showcasing a wide variety of local artists’ work, set out along the newly refurbished River Walk, overlooked by Tonbridge Castle and just off the High Street. The Fair is free to visitors; artists wishing to take a space should contact [email protected]. Artists' Open Studios The Fair will be the opening event for Artists’ Open Studios in June, when 35 local artists will be showing work in 14 locations in Tonbridge, Hildenborough, Hadlow and Yalding. This event has been organised by Tonbridge area artists to fill the gap in the annual art calendar left by the South East Open Studios taking a year out and not running in 2018. Visitors will have the chance to meet, talk to and see the artists at work. An Explosion of Art You’re guaranteed a warm and friendly welcome – and in Tonbridge it’s all completely free! Art trail leaflets will be widely The coming months will see an absolute feast of available from early May at local libraries, shops, art events in Tonbridge, with new artists and a dem- galleries, tourist information sites and more. onstration weekend at Artspring Gallery, an Art Fair The event runs every weekend in June, from 11am- in the centre of town and local Open Studios. 6pm on each Saturday and Sunday. Not all artists exhibit every weekend, so check our trail or visit www. artistsopenstudios.co.uk for more info and a down- Always something new at ArtSpring loadable copy of the art trail and map. What is it that makes visitors return again and again to an art First Thursdays in Tonbridge gallery? ArtSpring in Ton- ArtSpring’s regular First Thursdays late night open- bridge has the answer – a ing will expand to more shops, restaurants and cafes in constantly changing display the local Castle Quarter with a music-themed launch of vibrant, contemporary event on 3rd May organised by members of Tonbridge art from its members and Scene. There will be live music and special offers guest artists. Every two to look out for. You can keep up to date with what’s months there is a new happening on www.facebook.com/groups/Tonbridg- exhibition of paintings, eScene/ and ArtSpring’s social media, see below. Also prints, digital art, ceramics, look out for an art-themed late night event on 7th June. glass and jewellery to excite and For more details visit www.artspringgallery.co.uk tempt. Jeweller Camilla West will from top: Artspring Gallery; Camilla West, 'Coil' ring be joining the gallery alongside two guest artists sterling silver labradorite; Bourne Grange Oast Studio exhibiting during April and May: the enamelist Anne McArdle and textile artist Kate Hasted. Artspring is approaching its second birthday and this collective of local and regional artists has built a reputation for a friendly and welcoming space where customers can browse and talk to one of the artists on duty. Come along and see 'Art in Action' on the weekend of 12th and 13th May. Watch Carole Robson and Julie Taylor demonstrate what they do, join Elaine Thompson and Sarah de Mattos for some printmaking. Hilary Shields will be working with glass whilst Charlotte Tabor will share her work with silver. You will be able to spot one of the gallery's potters working their wheel on the pavement. It will be a fun weekend to find out how our artists create their particular art.

ingénu/e magazine - south downs and high weald : issue 20 11 spotlight on... art trails & open studios East Hoathly, Keith Handcrafted Arts Fair Pettit will be showing High Hurstwood, 14th & 15th April woodcarvings and A new Sussex Arts Fair brings a wealth of talent to engravings, whilst High Hurstwood Hall over the weekend of 14th and Chris Bose will 15th April. Local artists and makers include painters display his striking Joanna Farrow, Liesha Yaz and Jane Indigo. furniture alongside Well known for his spectacular bonfire displays at mouth paintings by Bazza West and silk paintings and textiles by Meikie Knappert. The organisers have been astonished by the range of skilled artists and craftspeople who have come forward from the local area and hope that everyone who attends will find something to covet or take away. With a total of 35 exhibitors you can pretty much guarantee something for everyone to enjoy. Refreshments, including local cider and pork, will be served from a locally built Shepherd's Hut to complete your experience of high quality Sussex creativity. This is a free event that promises to inspire and entertain. Don't miss it! For more information contact theartsfair@gmail. Bridge Arts com or visit www.facebook/highhurstwoodhall. Art & Craft Fair with Workshops l-r: Tabitha Bargh, Cardboard Light Shades; The East Sussex town of Uckfield has a lively arts Catherine Greenwood, impression, Pink Seedhead scene centring on the activities of Bridge Arts in Uckfield’s shows and events. Each summer Bridge Arts organises the largest art and craft fair in the area at the Uckfield Civic Centre in the centre of Arts & town. Held over a Friday and Saturday in June the large hall hosts up to 45 amateur and professional painters, photographers, textile artists, glass Crafts Fair workers, jewellers, digital artists and potters with Fri 15 3-9/Sat 16 10-5 Jun wonderful works to browse and buy. Free Entrance; Uckfield Civic Centre The 2018 Fair is open 3pm-9pm Friday 15th and 10am-5pm Saturday 16th June. Entrance is free and on the Saturday there is a series of creative work-

Annie Mills shops for adults and children to try something new. A small charge applies and booking is essential.

Other events during the year are pop-up fairs, Sarah Oyetunde Tessa Deverill smaller exhibitions and a children’s competition with the theme “I Wish”. To either attend or take part in the events or workshops go to www.bridge-arts.org and follow Bridge Arts in Uckfield on Facebook for dates and details.

Snapshots of 2017 Bridge Arts Fair, ©Penelope Parker

Sarah Gauntlett Audrey Haney Amateur and professional artists, photographers, crafters, potters & jewellers. Plus workshops to try. Bridge Arts in Uckfield / www.bridge-arts.org

1212 ingénu/e magazine - south downs and high weald : issue 20 Ingenue - Spring 2018 73x108 CYMK v2.indd 1 21/03/2018 16:07:55 spotlight on... art trails & open studios Longleys Studio Barns Animal painter Veronica van Eijk is joined by 14 professional artists at her studio and gardens again for two weekends in June

Paintings Ceramics Sculpture HANDCRAFTED Garden sculpture Silver and gold jewellery Original prints Glass art

Home-made cakes & refreshments in aid of St Wilfrid’s Sat 2nd & Sun 3rd June Hospice Sat 9th & Sun 10th June from 11.00am to 5.00pm Longleys Studio Barns, Harebeating Lane, Hailsham BN27 1ER www.longleysstudiobarns.com | www.vaneijkarts.com

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Come along to our artists demonstration weekend 12th-13th May 2018

www.artspringgallery.co.uk Tue-Sat 10.30-5.30 and Sun 11-4 First Thursday late until 8 01732 365924 167 High Street, Tonbridge, TN9 1BX

TONBRIDGE ART FAIR 2018 Saturday 2nd June 10-6pm River Walk, Tonbridge Painting, Drawing, Sculpture, Jewellery, Glass, Ceramics & more... Free Entry Stall Bookings: [email protected]

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Vee’s jewellery can be seen in Brighton Artists’ Open Houses at Hummingbird Studio, 107 Havelock Road, Brighton, BN1 6GL every weekend in May. Details at www.AOH.org.uk Also in Hampshire Open Studios at The Barn, The Buildings, Broughton, Stockbridge, SO20 8BH, 18th-27th August. Details www.hampshireopenstudios.org.uk

V Pease Jewellery beautiful handcrafted silver jewellery from the heart of Sussex 07885 472366 [email protected] vpeasejewellery.co.uk

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HORSHAM ARTISTS HA OPEN OS STUDIOS For the love of art… …don’t miss this 2018 Art Trail 9/10 and 16/17 June www.horshamartistsopenstudios.co.uk

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2018 Carole Skinner-Rupniak Three Summer Weekends

will be participating for 16/17 June her second time in the Horsham Artists 23/24 June Open Studios Art Trail 30 June /01 July 9th 10th 16th & 17th June Over 170 visitors received last year For more information visit at her private venue in Cowfold, West Sussex. A fantastic opportunity to buy or just browse her www.worthingartistsopenhouses.com latest works. With free and ample parking. For further details visit or find us on www.caroleskinner-rupniak.com

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Upcoming events include talks, GLASS SCULPTURE films and workshops in conjunc- tion with the Open Studios and West Street Loft. Details about these will be posted on our Face- book page nearer the time.

The Café Artisan Gallery will be celebrating the work of the West Street Loft artists with an exhibi- GRAPHICS tion of their work for the Spring/ Summer period.

PAINTING

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20 West Street, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 5WG | [email protected] Café Artisan, 2 Tarmount Lane, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 6DA www.weststreetloft.co.uk | facebook.com/weststreetloftstudios

18 ingénu/e magazine - south downs and high weald : issue 20 spotlight on... art trails & open studios COME OPEN2018 Peon Boyle Printmaker AND STUDIOS JOIN 13 artists under 1 roof US 10.30am- June 9th Oct 13th 3.30pm Nov 24th Dec 8th

Upcoming events include talks, GLASS SCULPTURE films and workshops in conjunc- tion with the Open Studios and West Street Loft. Details about these will be posted on our Face- Peon’s work is about her life and thought book page nearer the time. Adur Art Trail at Shoreham The Café Artisan Gallery will be 2/3 June, 9/10 June, 16/17 June Worthing Artists Open Houses celebrating the work of the West at Colonnade House Street Loft artists with an exhibi- GRAPHICS 12 June – 1 July tion of their work for the Spring/ Summer period. Peon runs workshops with Sussex Printmakers www.sussexartandprintmaking.co.uk PAINTING

POTTERY JEWELLERY SILVERWARE MOSAICS

2nd to 17th June

Guide available early May for more information see website www.adurartcollective.co.uk

20 West Street, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 5WG | [email protected] Café Artisan, 2 Tarmount Lane, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 6DA www.weststreetloft.co.uk | facebook.com/weststreetloftstudios

ingénu/e magazine - south downs and high weald : issue 20 19 visual arts Chalk Gallery welcomes the arrival of Spring

Springing into the limelight this coming season are four Chalk artists whose various work and styles reflect the welcome arrival of Spring. The gallery will also be hosting a seasonally- themed ‘Spring Soiree’ on Saturday 12th May from 6pm to 9pm when all the Chalk artists warmly invite you to join them to celebrate! A complete exhibition change on 9th April brings the colourful and atmospheric landscapes, gardens and forests of Nichola Campbell whose work will be featured on the central panel inside the gallery from Ursula Stone, Encounter 9th to 29th April as she displays her latest ink paintings along with her collages inspired by Springtime. A display of Janice Thurston’s much-loved landscape paintings of the Sussex Downs follows from 30th April to 20th May, reflecting her love of the seasonal changes and the effect of light on the form, the pattern and colours of the hills and fields and her unmistakeable emotional connection to nature. A new gallery exhibition from mid May and the beautiful layered textures and the subtle colours of Simone Riley’s photomontage images will be on show from 21st May to 10th June combining fine art and photography in her unique style with modern technique. To complete this season’s exhibitions, Ursula Stone displays her latest collection of inner landscape oil paintings as well as a selection of her exquisite Chinese ink life drawings from 11th June to 1st July. Outside of the Lewes gallery, following the success of the ‘Chalk in Brighton’ theme of 2017, many of the Nichola Campbell, Chalk artists will be exhibiting at the Laughing Dog’s Sunbeams and Copper Beeches ‘Grey Walls Gallery’ in the Brighton Marina from 2nd to 30th June, representing the Chalk Gallery there. For more information about the gallery, the artists and their work visit: www.chalkgallerylewes.co.uk Chalk Gallery, 4 North Street, Lewes, BN7 2PA. Open 7 days a week, 10am to 5pm.

Simone Riley, Time Capsule Janice Thurston, Downland Curves

20 ingénu/e magazine - south downs and high weald : issue 20 visual arts equality, as we pass each piece between ourselves. Through this, we have discovered an added shape to all our contexts, including our personal work. Our collaborative working methods, though suffused with individual elements, are never about the individual. In the two years of our new beginnings, our work has evolved rapidly and is still changing. We explore historical themes as we respond to our place in a timeline, moving up and down it, drawing inspiration from the grand traditions of art, mythology, alchemy and so on. We seek collective input at all stages to take us beyond ourselves. We feel our art represents a part of who we are today and being together within that and our collaborative work is testament to this. The Kirins Collaborative show will be at Ashdown Gallery, Forest Row in June www.ashdowngallery.com. For more information on The Kirins collaborative practice, visit our blog; www.thekirins.com/blog

left: Chloris Breath, After Botticelli watercolour, pencil and ink. below: The Firebird watercolour, pencil and ink on unique monoprint

StephenThe & Lorna KirinKirins at Ashdown Gallery

After meeting at art college in 1986 we nurtured a friendship, our individual careers and respective family life. By chance, 30 years later, we united joyfully having found ourselves single again. We now spend all of our time together, constantly looking at the world afresh and continuing to explore our individual art work too. The opportunity to work in collaboration has been the most natural thing in the world for us and each piece surprises and fuels our passion. Whilst drawing on individual strengths, we respond to each other’s marks and concepts. There is no room for preciousness nor ego in our methods and it’s important that we preserve trust and absolute

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Flowers and Gardens

a celebration in paint

28th April to 13th May Jessops Farm Gallery Bough Beech, nr Chiddingstone 01892 870067 [email protected]

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ashdown gallery www.ashdowngallery.com

8 Newlands Place Hartfield Road Forest Row CHRIS FORSEY 17th April – 5th May; Preview Monday 16th April 6-9pm East Sussex MARY GRANT 11th May – 31st May; Preview Thursday 10th May 6-9pm RH18 5DQ THE KIRINS 5th June – 23rd June; Preview Monday 4th June 6-9pm 01342 823761

PORTRAITS by Karin Moorhouse painted from sittings and/or photos Oil on canvas, charcoal/pencil on paper Prices on website, call Karin to discuss further: 07801 613334 www.karinmoorhouseart.com

ingénu/e magazine - south downs and high weald : issue 20 23 visual arts The gallery also offers a variety of workshops such as printmaking, felting and creative sculpture. To find out more go to their website and sign up for the newslet- ter and prepare to be inspired! During the month of June, the gallery and the town will be opening its doors to host the Adur Art Trail & Festival. Come on down and enjoy! www.shorehamgallery.co.uk

Shoreham Art Gallery art from the heart

The stunning little Shoreham Art Gallery can be found just south of the Shoreham by Sea railway station. Run by 24 dedicated members and open 7 days a week, Shoreham Art Gallery really is filled with art from the heart! Displaying a beautiful collection of original arts and crafts by local artists, you are bound to find a unique gift to suit any occasion, a piece of art to adorn any wall, as well as captivating top: Wendy Standen, Forest; sculptures to enhance any garden and so much more. above: Ember Vincent, Raku Ceramics

Artologie: one year on Artist and entrepreneur Wendy Rowark celebrates the first anniversary of Artologie, her gallery in Cuckfield, with a Featured Artist exhibition of the work of Jessica Ford. Jessica is a colourful abstract artist from Hove. A relatively new painter, she is making great strides alongside her already successful illustration career. Wendy was lucky enough to meet her very soon after opening Artologie and her work has struck a chord with Wendy. Jessica’s work has made a wonderful impact on the windows at Artologie, bringing a splash of colour to the corner position and her enthusiastic attitude has encouraged Wendy to be braver with the gallery. The exhibition runs from 12th to 31st May with a preview on 11th. In April, prior to the May exhibition, the gallery hosts artist-led workshops with Nichola Campbell and Melanie Hodge. Following on in June there will be an exhibition featuring another artist who has had her work at the gallery from the beginning – Karen Birch- wood. Her wonderful abstract landscapes have also really influenced the look Wendy has started to create in the gallery. Visit www.artologie.co.uk for further information.

pictured left: Jessica Ford, Brood

24 ingénu/e magazine - south downs and high weald : issue 20 visual arts Emma Hundleby at St.LeonArts

St. Leonarts is a gem of a find, tucked away on Silchester Road, a quiet road in arty up-and-coming St. Leonards-on-Sea. This is artist Emma Hundleby’s base for her own work and her small art and textile school. Emma's paintings could be described as whimsical, with a keen sense of humour within the imagery that delights. On closer inspection however the viewer can see deep- er emotional undercurrents at play. Viewing Emma’s work is by appointment only. Emma’s art and textile school is a calm nurturing oasis, perfect for those seeking an intimate and friendly environment to explore their creativity. Her diverse fashion, textile and arts psychotherapy background have enabled her to create a space where students are expertly guided, supported to play, develop and find their own unique artistic painting (oil/acrylic), mixed media and experimental textiles signature. The workshop is bright and airy, run weekly during term time. the walls adorned with Emma's colourful oil Visit stleonarts.co.uk for further info or email stleon- paintings and a extensive selection of fabrics, [email protected] or [email protected] or call trimming, threads, paints and materials are on 01424-552522. available to excite students' senses. Drawing, above: Emma Hundleby, Love Birds

An exciting new arts collective has opened ‘t.wells- t.wells-gallery gallery’ at 3a Monson Road to showcase its members’ New Gallery in Tunbridge Wells work and provide a creative hub for local artists. Showcases Work of Local Artists Set over two floors, the bright and spacious gallery is run by 25 talented artists, makers and photographers based in and around Tunbridge Wells. Members work in a variety of styles and media including oils and acrylics, jewellery, ceramics, glass, textiles, printmaking, photography and digital art. The collective aims to provide inspiring displays of high quality, affordable contemporary art works in a friendly, relaxed environment where visitors can meet the artists and browse the work on show. Members play an active role in every aspect of running the gallery and work is regularly updated so there is always something new to see. Suzy Phillips, the Collective’s Chairperson and an active member of the Creatives Group, identified the need to set up a permanent gallery for local artists in the town centre last year. By acting quickly to secure new premises and assemble a group of like-minded artists who share her enthusiasm and vision, art lovers and collectors now have a beautiful new gallery in the heart of Tunbridge Wells. t.wells-gallery opens Monday to Saturday, from 10.00am to 5.00pm. For further information visit www.twellsgallery.com; email: [email protected] or tel: 01892 458387.

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Art from the Heart...

Emma Hundleby Artist

Original Oils and Prints Viewing by appointment only Enquiries to [email protected] or phone 01424 552522 16 Silchester Rd, St Leonards-on-Sea TN38 0JB Instagram: emmahundleby facebook: Emma Hundleby

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ingénu/e magazine - south downs and high weald : issue 20 27 visual arts Edinburgh fringe and I was usually involved with costume & programme design, as well as performing. Both of my parents loved art and the theatre. / My father had been a repertory theatre actor in the Artgenuby Lesley Sammse | Pure Fine Art 1960's and my Mother was a very keen gallery goer. My brother and I were both members of the Unicorn Theatre in the West End.” What’s the Story? As well as her parents and teachers, Dani also Artists talking about their unique journey credits Valerie Brinton, “my friend & mentor” as a key influence on her journey. “Valerie was also 2018 marks 100 years since the Representation my ex-landlady at The Art Shop, in Wadhurst (now of the People Act gave some women in Britain sadly closed). She died a year or so ago but remains the right to vote for the first time. Acknowledg- an inspiration. She was of the old school and what ing this momentous event, for this Spring issue, she didn't know about painting and drawing frankly we speak to Dani Humberstone VPSWA, Vice wasn't worth knowing. She worked as an artist all President and Director of the Society of Women her life having been fast tracked into art school in Artists and Artist in Residence at WING Gallery London after the war (from India) at the age of four- in Wadhurst. teen, she was 82 when she died”. Dani is now Vice President and a Director of the Dani’s destiny as a professional artist was clear right Society of Women Artists. “I had a couple of friends from her earliest memories “My parents were very who had entered work into the annual open of the influential, they bought me an easel when I was about SWA so I was familiar with it. I also liked the ethos two & encouraged my grandparents to buy me art ma- of encouraging women to exhibit and found the terials for birthday/Christmas presents. I remember history of the society fascinating. Also the diversity very clearly when I was about five, painting at school, – they accept all media for exhibition: painting, draw- using my hands instead of brushes, blending colours ing, print-making, sculpture, 3D, video etc., which together, then running my fingers down the wet paint if curated well makes for an exciting and thought so it looked like ski tracks. This outcome was totally by provoking annual event. chance but the teacher was impressed enough to make “I became VP last year. I had been asked to join me stand next to the painting the next morning in an the council in 2014, the year I got my full member- assembly whilst the school orchestra played ‘snowy ship. I think they wanted someone who had some music’… experience running art shows and I had been Chair- “From the age of nine I attended a Rudolph Steiner man of The September Art Exhibition in Wadhurst school, which changed everything for me really – my for six years. I had also run my own business which art teacher, Ted Roberts, was very influential and gave is useful in my role as Director of the Society.” me the key to the art room during school holidays, so I could paint when ever I wanted. So being a women and an artist is an important “My school drama club also used to perform at the distinction for you? “Yes definitely, but I am always impressed by people who have a vision and the determination to see it through – despite any difficulties they may encounter. It still is harder in some areas for women to ‘make it’, but if you keep going and are determined you are more likely to succeed. One of my all time hero artists (no surprise) is Frida Kahlo, who made the art she wanted to make – honest & deeply personal – despite immense physical suffering. Another hero of mine is the writer & novelist Jeanette Winter- son, who used her difficult childhood as a source for her extraordinary writing. To be honest though I just admire creative & talented people in general!” What advice would you give other women who want to ‘make it’ in the art world? “Just to do it. You will need to love what you do (I don't use that word lightly) and be committed to working hard. There are always going to be set- backs in any new venture – sometimes the Alice In Wonderland thing of ‘two steps forward and one step

28 ingénu/e magazine - south downs and high weald : issue 20 visual arts and selling work through good galleries. I would love to exhibit abroad. I briefly had an agent in China, which worked well – so maybe Northeast Asia? I'm open minded about where. I'd also like to enter more competitions in the future. It's sometimes hard to make and set aside a small body of your best work for competitions and try to make a living selling work at the same time, but a positive outcome is hugely rewarding and motivational so well worth the effort. … and just to be the very best painter/artist I possibly can be.” Best piece of advice? “I would advise entering art fairs, exhibitions & competitions, keep going and stick to your guns. Be honest, original and true to yourself – in other words if that's what you like to paint/sculpt/draw/make – do that, not what everyone else is doing or tells you to do!”

For details of Dani's work and to register your back’ is about right, but just keep going. interest for her oil painting classes at WING Gallery “Also talk to other artists, apply for exhibitions, art in Wadhurst: www.danihumberstoneart.com; email fairs, visit galleries and talk to them – they'll always [email protected]; or call 01892 783665. need fresh talent. Maybe try and join a local network- For WING Gallery visit www.wingartgallery.com ing group – Open Studios is a good way to start. For information on the SWA: Lastly treat yourself like a business, take what you do www.society-women-artists.org.uk seriously, be professional and be proactive.” Online submissions open 16th Feb to 22nd June 2018 And what does the future hold for you? “Mainly I would just like to be able to keep painting pictured clockwise from left: Orlando, Golder Fleece; Ten Past Three

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PURE Autumn Art Fair, Battle 6 - 14 October 2018 Call for entries opening 1 May

Exhibitions & Events - Marketing and PR - Networking Professional Development & Mentoring

pureartsgroup.co.uk 30 ingénu/e magazine - south downs and high weald : issue 20 visual arts back from the dead … I wish … Artwork by Melvyn Biddulph Saturday 5th to 27th May Opening reception Saturday 5th May, 6.00-8.00pm

Skyway Gallery is pleased to present a collection and thoughtful, and some are intensely personal. of unseen artwork of Melvyn Biddulph dating This newly shown collection has never been subject from 1970 to the present. to critical interpretation. Some works have a clear My artwork relates to personal experiences. narrative while others may seem more challenging or Subjects relevant to my desires at the time of work- ambiguous. They all invite a response. In exploring ing. I do not belong to any genre. My inspiration this exhibition viewers will be free to form their own comes from everywhere – serious, funny, thoughtful. ideas and opinions about what they see. There are no rules, no restrictions, only honesty. –Melvyn Biddulph I have no excuses for what I love to do. Skyway Gallery, in the heart of Shoreham-by-Sea, It has been 45 years since I last exhibited. I have presents contemporary programmes of special interest to continued to produce artwork privately. This previ- the community. The gallery offers for hire 80 metres of ously unseen collection is, I hope, fresh, diverse and hanging space and areas for sculpture or three dimen- inspiring, covering a wide range of disciplines. Some sional display. pieces are whimsical and funny, others considered skywaygallery.org

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UPCOMING EXHIBITION Back from the dead... I wish May 5th -27th 2018 An exhibition of paintings & sculpture Part of the BY MELVYN BIDDULPH

Discover whats on at skywaygallery.org sponsored by skywaygallery skywaygallery The Shoreham Centre, 2 Pond Road, Shoreham by Sea, West Susex BN43 5WU

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meditative landscape and unique light of Cornwall; his lyrical abstract works from the 50s and 60s relate to the natural forms he was surrounded by. From the late 1960s onwards Feiler’s work became more geometric, setting himself a series of technical param- eters to work under and subsequently allowing for more creative freedom. He began creating thinly-glazed surfaces in which squares and circles gave a subtle interplay of projection and recession through gradations of tone. Paul Feiler forged close friendships with many of the leading artists of his generation, including William Scott, Peter Lanyon and Roger Hilton. Un- like many of his contemporaries, he rarely spoke or Paul Feiler: One Hundred Years wrote a great deal about his work. He felt it should 21st April to 8th July – Jerwood Gallery, Hastings speak for itself. The forthcoming 2018 programme offers a unique and in-depth examination of the man The Paul Feiler Estate and The Redfern Gallery are behind the art, bringing together the artist’s varied pleased to announce a year-long centenary celebration oeuvre through a major solo exhibition at the Jer- of the life and work of Paul Feiler (1918-2013), which wood Gallery, a comprehensive monograph written will include a major retrospective at Jerwood Gallery in by Michael Raeburn and a solo exhibition alongside Hastings. Paul Feiler was one of the foremost figures the work of Feiler’s wife of over 40 years, Catharine of the Modern Art movement emanating from the Armitage, at The Redfern Gallery this Autumn. South West of England, centred in St Ives, fascinated Visit www.jerwoodgallery.org for more information. by the architecture of space and the ambiguities of visual experience. pictured above: Paul Feiler Chrome & Lemon, 1956. The British artist’s primary inspiration was the Courtesy of the Paul Feiler Estate

Commission Award has been kindly sponsored The Sussex Open 2018 by Eastbourne Arts Circle and aims to support the at the Towner gallery in Eastbourne creating of a new artwork. This award is open across 21st July to 30th September, free entry a wide range of forms including (but not limited to) film, painting, photography, sculpture and installation. The selected proposal will receive an award of Towner’s Sussex Open exhibition brings together up to £1000 to develop their project which will then the best artists from across East and West Sussex, be presented as part of the Sussex Open exhibition. offering a unique opportunity to view works by Applications again by Monday, 30th April. artists at every level of their career, from new Visit www.townereastbourne.org.uk for further talent to established figures. information and to apply. Artists who have previously exhibited work in the Open exhibition have gone on to be selected for John Moore’s Painting Prize, the Jerwood Drawing Prize and the BFI Film Festival in the experimental film category and have been shortlisted for the Mark Tanner Sculpture Prize. Note: There is still time to submit work. Applica- tions for inclusion in the Sussex Open 2018 must be received by Monday, 30th April.

The Sussex Open Commission Award

This year a new initiative has been introduced Andy Holden & Peter Holden 'Natural Selection' exhibi- alongside the annual Sussex Open. The Sussex Open tion at the Towner until 20th May. Photo by Pete Jones

32 ingénu/e magazine - south downs and high weald : issue 20 visual arts Designs On A Cycle Legend’s Body Paralympic Cyclist Jon-Allan Butterworth MBE models for Body Cast Sculptor

Louise Giblin MA, international award-winning sculptor, plasters the bodies or heads of willing British athletes. Kriss Akabusi MBE, Dame Kelly Holmes and Beth Tweddle MBE are amongst those transformed into works of art. Louise’s most recent sportsman bronze is Paralympian Jon-Allan Butterworth MBE’s breastplate. The cyclist, who served in the RAF and lost an arm in an explosion in Iraq, was Britain’s first ex-military amputee medallist. He won 3 silver medals in the London 2012 velo- drome, and in 2016 he won gold at Rio. As Louise is also working on a long term project with serving and retired members of the British Military who served in post-WWI wars, she asked Jon-Allan if he would be prepared to model. He asked for a design to record 10 years of his life – alongside a Spitfire, a Harrier, his RAF identity number and a map of Iraq, the new bronze piece shows images of Jon-Allan competing and his London silvers, Rio gold and MBE medals. Most poignantly, the athlete chose to include an image International Master of Art Award at and date of the explosion that led to his paralympic cycling career: the Museum of Art and Design, New ‘It’s important to recognise and take advantage of all opprtunities: that York in April 2018. The plaster cast was vital to my rehabilitation. Other Military amputees can see competi- and clay original of Jon-Allan’s design tive sport as a possibility because of what happened for me… I tried snow will first exhibit from 2nd April to 9th boarding for the first time within 3 months of my injury, it didn’t occur to June alongside Louise’s other Lest We me that I couldn’t do it.’ Forget, Paralympian, Olympian and ce- Jon-Allan will be returning to Rio to compete in 2018 and hopes lebrity cast sculptures, Quay Art Centre, to compete in Tokyo Games in 2020. Louise will be receiving an Isle of Wight. www.louisegiblin.co.uk

Applications now open for Towner’s SUSSEX OPEN 2018 and the new SUSSEX OPEN COMMISSION AWARD

Find out more and apply at townereastbourne.org.uk/SussexOpen

Submission deadline 30 April 2018 Exhibition dates 21 July - 30 Sept

Image: Installation view, East Sussex Open, Towner Art Gallery, 2016. Left: Rachael Adams, First They Came. Centre: Rachael Adams, Passenger. Right: Andrea G Artz, In Transit. Photo by Eva Eastman.

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a contemporary gallery space between city and sea showcasing original work by local artists Spring into Summer – a variety of exhibitions Frances Knight – Plein air painting David Peduzzi – Printmaking

Polly Dutton – Works on paper & oils Nicola Rose – Oil Paintings Printmaking & Coastal images – Festival of Chichester Rookwood Road, West Wittering, PO20 8LT tel: 01243 512218 | check website for opening times web: www.thelittleartgallery.online

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Opening Times : Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday 11 am – 5 pm C/o The Coach House, High Street, Alfriston, East Sussex, BN26 5TD pencil | charcoal | pastel | acrylic | oils Mob: 07970 549873 [email protected] contact Gill on 07583 944537 • [email protected] www.newart-gallery.co.uk see more at http://gill-kaye.fineartamerica.com

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B I R L E Y C E N T R E , E A S T B O U R N E G A L L E R Y O N E New Light new work from Julian Sutherland-Beatson Julian paints the landscape, coastline and urban areas ‘At Home and Abroad’. Following on from his recent collection of Paris, London and New York paintings, this exhibition includes recent city and landscape paintings. an exhibition of oil paintings by Frances Knight 20th April-13th May .the little art gallery...

Opening times: Thursday to Saturday 10.30am-5pm, Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday 11am-4pm The Little Art Gallery, Rookwood Road, West Wittering, West Sussex PO20 8LT www.francesknight.com

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A CELEBRATION OF CREATIVE SKILLS, QUALITY MATERIALS AND ENDLESS IMAGINATION

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RSG Ingenuie 245mm x 170mm.indd 1 23/02/2018 17:30 visual arts I00 years of the RAF

An exhibition of work by well-known Kent artist, Andrew Redden A CELEBRATION OF CREATIVE SKILLS, QUALITY To mark the centenary of the formation of the provided him with the facts and figures to spark a life- MATERIALS AND ENDLESS IMAGINATION RAF, Rare Skills Gallery is holding an exhibition long interest. of paintings, drawings and print works by As a result, Andrew gained an appreciation of the Andrew Redden. shapes, sounds, smells, textures and engineering that Each of the images in the collection portrays an combined to create such aviation icons as the Spitfire, aspect of the RAF’s activity, whether in war or peace. Hurricane and Vulcan. While focussing on the sculptural elegance, design His images are both technically accurate and highly and engineering of some of the most significant air- atmospheric, often evocative of the style and colour craft in history, his work also reflects on the human palette from the era of the subject. endeavour and sacrifice. The exhibition runs from Thursday 12th April to Andrew grew up in Kent close to Biggin Hill 30th June 2018. If you would like to attend the open airfield and the unique sound of vintage Rolls-Royce evening on Thursday 12th April, please email Merlin engines in the skies overhead is one of his [email protected] for an invitation earliest memories. and further details. Andrew will also be discussing His father, who had been an engineering ap- this work at a ‘Meet the Artist’ dinner at the Hotel du prentice at Rolls-Royce Derby, and a navigator in the Vin in Tunbridge Wells on 22nd June. RAF in the ‘50s, regularly took him to air shows and www.rareskillsgallery.com

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RSG Ingenuie 245mm x 170mm.indd 1 23/02/2018 17:30 contemporary crafts Hastings this month, Mechanical Magic the first time the Jean Clark enters the whimsical world of show has been to East Sussex. automata on Hastings Pier Until 15th April, audiences will be able The Cabaret Mechanical Theatre was founded in to marvel at these 1979 by Sue Jackson, who ran a small crafts shop ingenious, detailed in Falmouth, Cornwall, encouraging local artists creations, exquisitely- to contribute their own ingeniously designed crafted by some of mechanical and coin-operated toys. the finest designers Once a diversionary Victorian skill, Sue turned the in Britain including craft of automata-making into an increasingly popular Paul Spooner. His art form and visitors flocked to Cabaret’s exhibition man in the bath learn- paying 50p a time to view the unique collection. Such ing to eat spaghetti Spaghetti Eater by Paul Spooner was its success that Sue eventually opened Cabaret in (pictured) is one of the London’s Covent Garden, where for the next 15 years many examples of how automata reflect our particu- it attracted visitors and collectors, including Anthony larly British eccentric sense of humour. Peter Markey Horowitz and Geena Davis, from all over the world. is also fascinated by the ridiculous and as he never After its closure, Sue and her daughter, Sarah Alex- carves the wood, his people and animals end up with ander, took the Cabaret Mechanical Theatre on tour square heads! Along with Paul and Peter, Matt Smith to appreciative audiences in galleries, science centres was one of Sue’s original protégés from Falmouth and museums in the US, China, Japan, Australia, whose work combines humour and absurdity with a Thailand, Singapore and across Europe. Following timeless fascination for how things work. her mother’s sudden death two years ago, Sarah now Exhibits from other first-rate exponents of the art runs the company from her home in Bexhill and while of automata will include John Lumbus, Pierre Mayer, planning next year’s exhibition in New Zealand, she is Kazu Harada, Carlos Zapata and Keith Newstead. delighted to be curating Automata on the Pier in Check out the website: cabaret.co.uk –Jean Clark

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Lorraine Gibby Jewellery Designer

As a studio jeweller my job is to design and make wear- able art. The question I am asked most frequently about my work is ‘How do you generate ideas?’ My rather glib reply usually refers to the fact that I have too many ideas, and have trouble filtering them. So, where do they come from? Colour is the starting point. Love it! Nature is a fabulous colourist and I am constantly observing and recording colour combinations, their effects on each other and how they change with light and movement. I have two primary ways of expressing colour – in printmaking, layering colour on aluminium to create decorative surfaces; and in the use of gemstones with precious metals. Anodised aluminium makes a wonderful ‘canvas’ for colour, and a practical, hardwearing and lightweight material for jewellery. The metal shines through the applied pigments, and when I manipulate the surface with tools to create texture, and forge it into 3-dimensional shapes, the colours shimmer and appear to change as light is reflected and refracted with movement. In contrast, looking into my gemstone collection I see nature’s colours shining back at me ready made. I choose stones for their colour, shape, texture and character. Some are faceted, some simply sliced; some highly polished cabochons, others natural crystalline forms. I like to juxtapose shiny with matt, rough with smooth, cut with natural. I play with colour combinations to find that lovely ‘pop’. Metals are chosen to complement, ranging from warm yellows of high carat gold to greys of cool white silver, surfaces treated in the way that best complements the stones. So that’s where it begins for me. If you have your own ideas about expressing yourself with a special piece of jewellery, whether it be ‘Here I am’ or ‘I love you’ please do get in touch. I’d love to help focus and realise your idea. Or choose from my ready-made collection – every piece unique. lorrainegibby.com from top: Ranunculus necklace; Aluminium cuffs; Aluminium & silver brooch; Aluminium & silver necklace; Emerald and Sapphire ring. photos by Steve Speller

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random / generations Minerva Theatre, Chichester 4th May to 2nd June

This is a double bill of plays by debbie tucker green. In random the family has a motto of ‘never trouble trouble til trouble trouble you’. But trouble does arrive. And changes everything. This blistering play, told through the eyes of a young woman, explores the unbearable sense of loss felt by a family faced with a catastrophic and random act. In generations a boyfriend and girlfriend are beginning their lives together in the cradle of their South African family, just as Mama and Dad and Grandad and Nana did before them, until, one by one, family members start to disappear. Fierce, warm and funny, these two short and haunting dramas examine love, life and loss through the lives of two families on two continents. random is an extraordinary play for one actress, whilst the generations company includes a South African choir. A playwright, screenwriter and director, debbie tucker green is one of theatre’s most original and desire, longing for love, and creating emotional internationally acclaimed voices. She won the Olivier chaos in the lives of the other characters. Award for Most Promising Newcomer in 2004 for The desperately hopeful naivety of Sybil, beauti- Born Bad, and the 2012 BAFTA Award for Best Single fully played by Olivia Beardsley, was a great foil for Drama for the television version of random. Gareth Bennett-Ryan’s worldly wise, charismatic Visit www.cft.org.uk for further information about Elyot, whom she clearly adores. His physicality was Chichester Festival Theatre’s 2018 season. perfect – his stance, the way he holds his cigarette, all intensified his wicked charm, and the teasing magnetism between him and Amanda was palpable. Connaught Theatre, Worthing Paul Sandys brought a great sense of noble, steely determination to the part of the well-intentioned Libby Longhurst reviews ‘Private Lives’ Victor, stolidly determined to be what he thinks is the perfect husband to the wayward Amanda, until night of “jagged sophistication”… to quote a won- of course the last minute clinch as he and Sybil fall Aderful line from Noel Coward's sparkling comedy dizzily into each other’s arms. Private Lives. He wrote it in three days, which is per- The staging and costumes flowed with the dia- haps what gives the incredible roller-coaster feel to the logue, which raged like a bush fire between the four whiplash dialogue and the pace. Packed with comedy, characters, with Rachel Holmes-Brown’s French pathos, style and bad behaviour, it was wonderfully maid providing moments of comical respite in the caught by London Classic Theatre Company. turmoil and angst. Helen Keeley’s clever Amanda mixed an edgy fragil- Another great evening of clever, laugh-out-loud ity and world weariness with a potent and languorous entertainment from the vibrant Connaught Theatre, sexuality. She shoots her wonderful lines from the hip, ever-growing in its reputation as a theatrical and at times with a machine-gun intensity, driven by cultural hub.

40 ingénu/e magazine - south downs and high weald : issue 20 performing arts Summer of Circus back at Worthing Theatres for the third year running

his year marks 250 years of Circus, and Worthing TTheatres, as they have over the last two years, hosts a ten day contemporary circus festival including a special launch event on Friday 18th May – the world premiere of The Exploded Circus by Mimbre. There follows NoFIT State & Motionhouse, Gandini Juggling and more. Expect amazing aerial work, world-class juggling and engaging storytelling with a mix of dance and devised theatre. Perfect for contemporary arts enthusiasts and family entertainment. Visit worthingtheatres.co.uk for full information about the full array of shows at the theatres.

London Philharmonic Orchestra at Brighton Dome – 14th April

travinsky, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff take Scentre stage on the LPO’s final concert of the 2017/18 season. In what seems like an incredible story, exiled from Russia, Rachmaninoff and Stravin- sky both travelled Europe and America before ending Gandini Juggling up as unlikely neighbours in Hollywood. The chrome- plated dazzle of Rachmaninoff’s gorgeous Third Symphony can’t hide its deep, songful sense of loss; and Stravinsky’s Jeu de Cartes is playing for higher (and scarier) stakes than you might at first realise from this brilliant, razor-sharp music. In between, with John Storgårds con- ducting and Stephane Tétreault’s cello, the evening should be well worth the ticket as they team up performing Tchaikovsky’s delightful Rococo Variations: an affectionate musical salute to a gentler age, with a big heart and a delicious sense of humour. Visit brightondome.org/event/14217/ london_philharmonic_orchestra_201718/ Olivia Beardsley as Sibyl, Private Lives for further information. photo ©Sheila Burnett above: Stephane Tétreault, photo Luc Robitaille

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But it is the puppets that have cast a spell over the War Horse audience; so much more than inanimate objects and review by Lydia Wilkins so integral to the story. Coupled with the minimalis- tic sets, the songs, smoke, lighting, and the occasion- xperienced at the Brighton Centre in February, War al gun shot, the play transports you. What is striking EHorse was a truly triumphant artistic achievement, is that since these events nothing has changed, we a masterful performance utilizing every method to still go to war, aiming to ostensibly 'bring peace’. play on the senses. The story follows a farmer boy Maybe if we showed the kindness that Albert shows from Devon, Albert, who at sixteen is given the task of to his horse, we would be living in a better world. overseeing the care a new horse, Joey. Visit www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/shows/ Act One has a false sense of cheer, with a touch of war-horse-on-tour for venues for 2018. innocence before the horrors of the war to come. Joey is taught to plough; he is also consistently bonding with Albert. They become more than human and horse. They are friends. By Act Two, a far more sinis- Grease is the word ter undertone has taken over the play. Albert and Joey in Tunbridge Wells this May! have been separated. Albert has gone to find him. At the age of sixteen, though officially too young, he is This year, Grease celebrates its 40th anniversary deemed old enough to go to war. The artistic mastery as one of the most treasured musicals of all time. To of the senses is what makes Act Two truly haunting; a honour this, Tunbridge Wells Operatic & Dramatic combination of sudden lights, gun shots and the shrill Society have donned their leather jackets, bobby socks sound of the suffering of the horses shows the horror and poodle skirts to treat audiences to a revival of the of these historic events. original high school musical at the Assembly Hall Tunbridge Wells Operatic Operatic Wells Tunbridge from top left: pictured clockwise The Rude Mechanical gone by; Society in days & Dramatic and Other Tales; Tiddler Oberon's Cure; Company, Theatre photo by Brinkhoff Mögenburg Horse, War

42 ingénu/e magazine - south downs and high weald : issue 20 performing arts Theatre from 15th to 19th May. The society, who received an Award for Excellence from the National Operatic and Dramatic Association for their Nov 2017 production of My Fair Lady, never fails to dazzle audiences with amazing storytelling, high energy routines, sensational vocal talent and bring a touch of the West End to Tunbridge Wells. www.assemblyhalltheatre.co. uk/whats-on/musical-theatre/ twods-grease to book tickets.

Rude Mechanical Tickets are £16, plus a range of concessions, and Theatre Company can be bought through the website as well as from Taking theatre to communities many local box offices. Bring a low backed chair, warm clothing for an English summer and a picnic from ow in their 20th year of touring, the very popular 6.00pm. Most shows start at 7.30pm, but a couple NRude Mechanical Theatre Company will be bring- start earlier. All the details and tickets can be found at ing their inimitable theatricals to fifty-two mainly rural www.therudemechanicaltheatre.co.uk. outdoor venues and some towns across Southern England again this summer with their play ‘Oberon’s Cure’. So there are plenty of places to see them. EM Forster Theatre In this prequel to A Midsummer Night’s Dream an old goat of a fairy is not capable of resisting a Summer Season beautiful young ’ooman woman. Now when has he EM Forster Theatre at Tonbridge School offers that not been in the news recently! But the waspish high quality live performance in the heart of Hippolyta, running amok in the forest, is more than T Tonbridge. The programme is exciting and varied with a match for him. Love is thwarted as the human and something to appeal to everyone, with theatre, music, fairy worlds collide. But will it triumph in the end? talks, family shows, comedy and NT Live broadcasts. It’s a funny and at times deeply romantic play about Highlights this summer include delightful, colour- how we deal with desire. ful adaptations of much loved children’s books What the Ladybird Heard on Saturday 26th & Sunday 27th May, and Tiddler and Other Tales on Tues- day 24th & Wednesday 25th July; a dramatic immersive theatre piece Last Resort on Thursday 10th May; broadcasts of outstanding NT Live shows Macbeth on Wednesday 16th May and An American in Paris on Thursday 7th June; and the ever-popular monthly comedy night. There is also comical clowning, drama presented by Tonbridge School pupils, and more brilliant children’s shows to entertain audiences of all ages. For further info and to book on line visit www.emftheatre.com.

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WINNER ‘BEST OPERA AWARD’ LIVERPOOL DAILY POST THEATRE AWARDS Introducing the celebrated soprano Maria HeeJung Kim† from the Korean National Opera, Seoul and starring the international soprano Alyona Kistenyova†.

MORNING STAR, ‘Stunning’ CARDIFF

The love story that gripped Paris Starring the international sopranos Alyona Kistenyova† and Maria HeeJung Kim†. ‘First-rate singing’ THE STAGE

Both operas sung in Italian with English surtitles.

† Cast subject to change.

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Pelléas Ensemble music by Rachmaninoff, Gershwin, Bartok & Ravel 7.30pm Saturday 5th May

Joglaresa “Hilarious & romantic presents prequel to A Midsummer ‘Nuns & Roses’ Night’s Dream” 7.30pm Saturday 7th July

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Pelléas Ensemble

formed a habit of winning quite a few awards and Steyning Music Society prizes! They will be performing a programme rang- brings two diverse talents to the parish ing from Dubois to Gershwin and in between. On the 7th July the remarkable Joglaresa bring 5th May sees the superb Pelléas Ensemble perform. us ‘Nuns & Roses’. They are to Early Music what The trio are Luba Tunnicliffe viola, Henry Roberts the Pogues were to Irish Folk Music; while they flute and Oliver Wass harp. can and do deliver enchanting medieval songs and They came together at the Guildhall School of Music music they are also not shy of radical and innova- and Drama in 2011 and have an admirable philosophy tive performances of Early Music delivered with a of performing their recitals from memory which they disregard for authority and gallons of enthusiasm. believe creates an immediate and more intimate con- Both performances are at 7.30. For further info nection with their audiences. They also seem to have visit www.steyningmusicsociety.org

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46 ingénu/e magazine - south downs and high weald : issue 20 performing arts Uckfield Picture House Arts on Screen

Spring sees many One Night Special Events on screen, from dance and musicals to document- aries and classic celebratory releases. For dance lovers there are two amazing shows from two very different choreographers. 25th April sees English National Ballet’s ‘Giselle’, described as a ‘masterpiece of 21st Century dance’ and is the first full length ballet choreographed by Akram Khan. On 15th May there is Matthew Bourne’s ‘Cinderella’, with a live via satellite Q&A. The following day Tony Award winning Broadway musical An American in Paris is showing. The Dam Busters at 75 Live from The Royal Albert To take one back to a time when The Picture House Hall event is on 17th May and to celebrate there will first opened there have been screenings of classic be partying like it’s 1945 with a Dam Busters Lindy films from the silent era, with live piano accompani- Hop Dance at The Picture House Restaurant on 27th ment from Terry Davies. Alfred Hitchcock’s Blackmail May. Both The Royal Shakespeare Company and screens on 23rd May. The new seasons for Royal National Theatre Live continues to prove extremely Opera House, Metropolitan Opera and Bolshoi Ballet popular as does the new Oscar Wilde Season with An are also now on sale. Ideal Husband on 5th June. Plus you can catch the Visit www.picturehouseuckfield.com for further last of the Stage Russia season with the very colour- information. ful Drillalians, an exceptional event in the sphere of new theatre in Moscow. pictured: Anny Ondra in Hitchcock's Blackmail, 1929

the dam busters at 75 cream tea classics live from the royal albert hall - 17th may the 39 steps - 20th june

distant sky - Nick Cave and the bad seeds live from copenhagen - 12th april

akram khan alfred hitchcock's blackmail cinephile sunday with live piano accompaniment - may 23rd under the skin - 24th june giselle - 25th april

ingénu/e magazine - south downs and high weald : issue 20 47 performing arts VIENNA FESTIVAL BALLET presents three classic favourites SWAN LAKE CINDERELLA SLEEPING BEAUTY SWAN LAKE Hazlitt Theatre, Maidstone Wednesday 4th April at 2pm Box Office: 01622 758611

White Rock Theatre, Hastings Thursday 5th April at 7.30pm Box Office 01424 462288 Stag Community Arts Centre, Sevenoaks Friday 6th April at 7.30pm Box Office: 01732 450175 Chequer Mead Theatre, East Grinstead Wednesday 11th April at 5pm & 8pm Box Office: 01342 302000 Tivoli Theatre, Wimborne Thursday 26th April at 7.30pm Box Office: 01202 885566

Medina Theatre, Isle of Wight Thursday 3rd May at 7pm Box Office: 01983 823884 CINDERELLA Medina Theatre, Isle of Wight Wednesday 2nd May at 7pm Box Office: 01983 823884

SLEEPING BEAUTY The Capitol Theatre, Horsham Friday 18th May at 7.30pm Box Office: 01403 750220

(for more dates in the rest of the UK visit the website) www.viennafestivalballet.com

“The entire show was captivating from start to finish” – Welwyn Hatfield Times 48 ingénu/e magazine - south downs and high weald : issue 20 performing arts The 4th Sussex International Piano Competition 8th to 13th May, Assembly Hall, Worthing

Once again we are to be treated to the cream of young talented pianists launching the competition on Tuesday 8th May at 11.30am at the Assembly Hall, Worthing. Following this, the six semi-finalists will each give an hour’s piano recital on Friday 11th May from 1pm. Then on Sunday 13th May at 2.45pm, during the Grand Final, the three finalists will each perform a piano concerto with Worthing Symphony Orchestra under its principal conductor John Gibbons. The performances will take place before an international jury of pianists, musicians, conductors, agents and critics. Refreshments will be available throughout the Sussex International Piano Competition. The competition was founded by the late Iain Deane and Worthing Symphony Orchestra’s Music Director, John Gibbons, to offer pianists of all ages the opportunity to be judged in fair open competition. "We have created a competition with integrity and talent at its core." – John Gibbons. Visit www.worthingsymphony.co.uk/sussex_ international_piano_competition for info and tickets.

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24 young pianists from around the globe in a week of competition, culminating in three finalists performing with Worthing Symphony Orchestra in a Grand Final concert.

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much more dramatic arrangement with a fabulous cd reviews resonance between the song's major and minor chord changes. The track ‘For Real’ is a gentle up-tempo love song and ‘The Time That Comes Between’ is a ballad Through My Eyes that has all the quality of an Enya or Clannad song, Lauren V with a sparse haunting musical backdrop and angelic vocal. The final track ‘Star of the County Down’ is a inger/songwriter Lauren fun song that could easily be a traditional tune, so well S V, from West Sussex, does it capture the spirit of all those well-known Irish released her 7 track EP folk songs. Through my Eyes in late It’s good to see Holly up and at it again after a break 2017. Her music is a mix from her music. Let’s hope the fates are more inclined of pop and electro with a her way this year! hint of the original acoustic Visit www.hollykirbymusic.com for further info. underlay of the songs. She acknowledges her influences range from Ella Eyre, Beyonce and Ed Sheeran to Fragile House Aretha Franklin and Whitney Houston. Lauren has an interesting voice which I would like Jemima Price Band to hear in a more stripped back setting. That said, ragile House is Sussex- the EP is meticulously produced, with layers of elec- based singer Jemima's tronic and acoustic sound dominating the arrange- F second album with her ments and Lauren’s voice perfectly complementing new band, produced by her the overall feel. Her voice is sometimes floating song-writing partner and above the arrangements, giving a dynamic ethereal guitarist Mirek Latosek. feel and at other times she lets loose showcasing The album has a country her soulful vocal range. My stand out track is ‘Fly’, a feel with a hint of folk/ beautifully crafted song, using piano, acoustic guitar blues, with the musicians and strings along with a dramatic arrangement. giving a very professional account of themselves. This EP shows Lauren has much potential and It’s always difficult to compare one artist to another, could easily compete with the more established but to give a hint of Jemima’s style one could say the female singers currently in vogue. I hope soon to be nearest comparison would be Sheryl Crow. Previously seeing her playing live regularly and developing her Jemima was a solo artist – with two albums and a career with more releases. Perhaps a full blown album book of poetry under her belt – hailed as a ‘talent to might be on the cards? The EP is available at www. watch’ by Cosmopolitan and as having ‘the potential to lauren-v.com along with more info about Lauren. outperform any of the season’s crop of female singer

songwriters’ by Q Magazine. She was also compared by Time Out to Kate Bush and has supported artists such as the much missed late Bap Kennedy, Jools The House Holland and Deacon Blue. Holly Kirby But back to the album; one could go into superla- tives about Jemima’s voice and the harmonies she olly is one of those occasionally adds to her song’s melodies, as well as the Hsinger/songwriters superb arrangements and musicianship. My stand out who makes one think that track is ‘Waiting for the Sun’ – an incredibly interest- the fates are conspiring ing number, starting out with acoustic guitar with against her success. Based Jemima’s voice given full stretch and gradually evolv- on the Isle of Wight, she has a beautiful voice, is an ing, adding a harmonised middle eight, a violin, subtle accomplished musician and writes quality songs and percussion and an instrument giving a very pleasing yet still has to make that breakthrough she deserves. warm and slightly Japanese flavour to the song. But For this album Holly returns more fully to the all the tracks are a treat, the band and Jemima blend Celtic influences from her Irish ancestors. The first together so well it looks like this new aspect to her track, 'Juno', is written about or for her new daugh- career should take her far. Also the album cover de- ter of the same name. It’s a beautiful song, simple sign is as aesthetic and professional as the music and yet captivating, with just acoustic guitar, piano and contains the complete production details of each song. Holly’s voice. It’s a song any parent will relate to. Visit www.jemimapriceband.com for further info The title track 'The House', also a single, has a and to order copies.

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10-PIECE ORCHESTRA LED BY ALEX EBERHARD

2nd June: Spring Arts Centre, Havant Box Office: 023 9247 2700 PO9 1BS 6th June: Underground Theatre, Havant Tourist Info Centre: 01323 415415 BN21 4TL 7th June: Chequer Mead, East Grinstead

12.4 | The Brunswick, Hove 9.6 | St. George’s Church, Brighton Neat Neat Neat present Box Office: 01342 302000 RH19 3BS - starts 7.30 Trembling Julie Byrne Bells 8th June: Kenton Theatre, Henley-on-Thames 11.6 | Komedia, Brighton Box Office: 01491 575698 RG9 2BP 16.4 | The Greys, Brighton Laura Veirs Laish 22.6 | St. George’s Church, Brighton 18th July: The Komedia, Brighton 18.4 | Komedia, Brighton Eric Bibb Lost Horizons Box Office: 01273 647100 BN1 1UN 17.7 | The Hope & Ruin 19th July: South Street Arts Centre, Reading 23.4 | The Old Market, Hove Fazerdaze Joan As 23.10 | Komedia Box Office: 0118 960 6060 RG1 4QU Police TUNNG Woman 15th Sept: Blakefest - Alexandra Theatre, Bognor Regis Box Office: 01243 861010 PO21 1BL Tickets for shows are available from your local record shop, ticketweb.co.uk or the venue where possible. All shows start 8pm unless stated otherwise meltingvinyl.co.uk

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Gretchen Peters with Very Special Guest, Kim Richey “One of the greatest female singer-songwriters of all time” – The Telegraph Pavilion Theatre, Worthing 03.06.18 TICKETS: 01903 206206 / Seetickets.com

Martin Carthy “The greatest English folk song performer, writer, collector and editor of all time” – Q Magazine Komedia, Brighton 06.06.18 TICKETS: 01273 647100 / Seetickets.com

The Kast Off Kinks Not a tribute, but founding original members of the legendary band, The Kinks! Komedia, Brighton 07.06.18 TICKETS: 01273 647100 / Seetickets.com

Best UK spoken word award winner Sophia Applause and Inn Crowd Walker will present her show Around the World in Rural, Creative & Innovative Eight Mistakes at the Brighton Fringe on Saturday 5th May as part of the Inn Crowd Showcase. For Applause helps companies and artists to tour, more info and details of future Inn Crowd perform- develop work and perform for local audiences in ances across the region visit inncrowd.org.uk relaxed, shared spaces. Communities throughout Kent and Sussex take part in the Applause programme – enlivening their neigh- bourhoods with extraordinary live performance. This summer Applause are delighted to be working with some fabulous female performers who will be appearing at fetes and festivals across our region this summer as part of the Applause Outdoors season, along with a host of indoor shows. For full details of performances across the region visit www.applause.org.uk.

Performances perfect for pubs, INN CROWD is a unique arts project run throughout the South East of England, with the goal of supporting rural pubs to host spoken word-inspired live performances. Landlords, offer something different and entertain- ing to your customers! Make your pub stand out from the rest! "Brilliant, refreshing and HUGELY enjoyable. We want more of this! Enriching the community spirit of the pub." The Royal Oak and Castle, Pevensey. Applause

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I can speak with some authority on these three gigs coming to the south coast in June. A year or so ago in Worthing I was privileged to meet American singer/songwriter Gretchen Peters and and see her perform, I also reviewed her album 'Blackbirds'. She has such a friendly per- sona, which carries through into her performances, giving them a very intimate feel. While leaning slightly towards a country style of music (after all she was Inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2014), she is difficult to pigeon- hole as her lyrics are very absorbing. She certainly knows how to write an enthralling song – witness her being a two-time 2016 UK Americana Awards winner: International Album of the Year and Inter- national Song of the Year for ‘Blackbirds’. She will be ably supported by two-time Grammy- nominated Kim Richie. A gig not to be missed at Gretchen Peters the Pavilion Theatre, Worthing 3rd June. For info and tickets visit www.worthingtheatres.co.uk. minus the Davies brothers. And now to reveal my age! Martin Carthy is appearing at Komedia in Bright- When I was knee high to a grasshopper, I saw the origi- on on 6th June. Martin needs no introduction nal band live just as they were having their first hit ‘You from me, with him being an MBE and one of most Really Got Me’ in the 60s. I was astounded by their long influential figures in British traditional music. hair, incredible energy and memorable songs. Give the Finally there is the Kast Off Kinks, who also Kast Off’s a go and relive some of the best songs ever perform at Komedia in Brighton the following day. written in the history of British Rock music. They are not a ‘tribute band’ but in fact a band that Visit www.komedia.co.uk for further info on Martin is more or less composed of original members, Carthy’s and the Kast Off’s gigs and to book tickets.

Zaza Music and Melting Vinyl present Eric Bibb St. George's Church Brighton 22nd June 2018 Eric Bibb is one of a growing number of contemporary artists keeping traditional country blues and related American folk music alive and evolving. A gifted guitar player, who heeds the advice he got when he was just 11 years old from Bob Dylan; keep the guitar playing simple. His work on guitar is often under-stated; sensitive brush strokes instead of dollops of musical paint. But he’s got the chops when he needs ’em with exceptional finger-picking style. The bluesman has performed and recorded with the likes of Pops and Mavis Staples, Guy Davis, Bonnie Raitt, Toumain Diabte and Jerry Douglas. For further info Eric Bibb visit zazamusic.co.uk.

54 ingénu/e magazine - south downs and high weald : issue 20 performing arts Melting Vinyl presents Laura Veirs 11th June at Komedia Brighton

For a hint at the musical talent of Laura Veirs, look no further than her 2016 collaboration with K.D Lang and Neko Case. Laura not only held her own vocally with Lang, a formidable feat in in itself, but was the main songwriter on the trio’s eponymous album. (I must, as an aside, say that Lang’s song Constant Craving is one of my all-time favourite songs. It is from her 1992 album entitled ‘Ingénue’ and was an influence on choosing that word as the title of our magazine). But back to Laura. Hailing from Seattle, she has been recording and performing for two decades and arrives in Brighton in June along with her tenth solo album ‘The Lookout’. The tracks I’ve heard from the album highlight Laura’s adroit crafting of songs and her ethereal voice. Laura Veirs This gig is well worth seeing as Laura is renowned for her engaging live performances, always accompanied by highly accomplished musicians. meeting many great jazz musicians and Visit www.meltingvinyl.co.uk for further info. did some music teaching. He had many musicians in mind to create the band, quite a number being jazz musicians with whom George Harrison gone but not forgotten he was acquainted. A chance meeting with Marianne, who plays regularly with Herbie The All Things Must Pass Orchestra Flowers, and also happened to be a student of keyboard player Simon Robinson accounted To many people, myself included, George Harrison was for two of the members. their favourite Beatle. Why? The first gigs were in 2014. Alex makes Well, he was the quiet Beatle, more spiritually inclined, was the point that there are many aspects of the an extremely underrated guitarist, wrote many brilliant songs project that are connected to George and his and created HandMade Films, which rescued Monty Python’s life, for example playing some superlative Life of Brian from obscurity. And so it is marvellous to see a gigs in Henley-on-Thames where George group of musicians gathered together exclusively to pay lived, a guest appearance by Sam Brown homage to the great man and his songs. and her ukulele – George being a big uke The 10 piece band was formed by accomplished musician fan, often having as many as a dozen in his Alex Eberhard. We met with the man himself, the band’s car – and guest appearances by John Altman drummer Marianne and singer Stella at Trading Boundaries to in 2015, who played George in the 1979 film find out more about the project. Alex tells us that from ‘Birth of the Beatles’. being a young boy he was obsessed with George as a guitar- The band is now well established, touring ist. He played in school bands, studied classical percussion, each year playing many songs George never jazz drums and classical guitar at the University of Music and played live, and have fans that travel from as Performing Arts in Graz, Austria, moving to the UK in 2002. far away as California and Italy to see them. Prior to starting the Orchestra in 2013 Alex played jazz drums The band are playing a host of gigs in the re- in random bands, played guitar singing jazz standards gion during the summer, see advert on p.52. www.allthingsmustpass.co.uk

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Uckfield Blues & Roots Festival Graffham Festival 27th to 29th July Unique and inspired Possibly the best small music festival Friday 22nd of June to Sunday 1st of July

ast year's 5th anniversary festival was the most raffham Festival is on the horizon again! There Lsuccessful one to date with great feedback from Gwill be lectures from knowledgeable and expert the performing musicians and above all from the speakers, day workshops in pottery, jewellery and festival fans. There have been greatfestivals reviews from all painting, jazz, children’s art, an a capella singing including the music press, commenting on the qual- concert and a drama and poetry evening. Another treat ity of the acts and the friendly and welcoming nature will be a showing of the acclaimed film "Vincent", of all those involved and ‘long may it continue’. 10 years in the making and involving 120 artists in This year's festival is no exception, bringing animating Van Gogh's wonderful paintings. quality and variety throughout the Friday night and The centrepiece is the Open Studios alongside the weekend, with international acts from Italy and the open gardens, some with music. This will happen over USA appearing. Headline acts are the Aynsley Lister the final weekend of the Festival. Painters, potters, Band, Catfish and the Heidi Burson Band. sculptors and craftspeople are at venues around the Also performing are The Wildes, Veronica Sbergia village waiting to welcome everyone to their workplac- (pictured above) & Max De Bernardi, Greg Coulson es, several being well known artists and three from Band, Richard Townend & The Mighty Bosscats, Pete television; potter Joanna Morris and painters Clive Harris Trio, Grizzly & The Grasshoppers, Nigel Bagge McBain and Richard Davidson. This is an opportunity Band, The Vincents with Beth Ellwood, Fran McGil- to see artists live and talk with people producing varied livray & Mike Burke, Elsie Franklin and Crossfire, and interesting work. who include 14 year old Marcus Praestguard-Stevens. The workshops are a unique feature and offer a Dick Middleton (The Vincents) played with Gene real chance to interact and try out new skills among Vincent and Johnny Hallyday and is much older than others equally enthusiastic. Richard Bailey will startle 14! There are also local musicians taking part. you at the jazz evening and he will share his immense Visit www.uckfieldbluesandroots.co.uk for tickets knowledge in his Morning Lecture on Art. Richard, as and info or www.facebook.com/uckfieldbluesnroots. the visiting polymath, will be chairing a quiz to stretch

ingénu/e magazine - south downs and high weald : issue 20 57 seasonal: a panoply of festivals Sussex, situated between Rye and Beckley on the A268, allowing audiences to enjoy international chamber music on their doorstep. With nine concerts over four days, it is a significant event in the regional cultural calendar. With the concerts featuring internationally renowned artists, the festival is a unique opportunity to hear world-class chamber music, live and close up, in beautiful historic venues in East Sussex. The 2018 festival programme will be announced any day now and one can visit www.peasmarshfestival.co.uk to see the festival programme and book tickets.

West Dean Arts & Craft Festival Live arts and craft at the UK’s most unique arts destination – 1st to 3rd June

est Dean College of Arts and Conservation Whas inspired generations of artists, mak- minds and entertain. Summer in Graffham is wonderful ers, designers and writers through the legacy of and the Festival will be the 'icing on the cake'. Join in, founder, artist and Surrealist patron Edward James. celebrating the best of the Arts in the village. Demonstrations: Chat to a variety of skilled For further info visit www.graffhamfestival.co.uk or craftspeople about their work and techniques and telephone Sue Hill 01798 867271. buy their handmade creations. Enjoy demonstrations in tapestry weaving, blacksmithing, glass design, paper cutting, machine embroidery. Peasmarsh Chamber Music Festival Hands-on workshops: Learn from some of 21st to 24th June the country’s finest craftspeople drawn from the college’s pool of over 400 tutors. Join a workshop he Peasmarsh Chamber Music festival emerged from (additional charge) or drop-in to a craft hut in the Tthe acclaimed Florestan Festival, directed for fourteen gardens to have a go at printing, jewellery mak- years by the retired, award-winning Florestan Trio. ing, bookmaking and more. The festival is now co-directed by two internationally Shopping: Browse and buy quality arts and renowned musicians, violinist extrodinaire Anthony Mar- crafts from over 50 handpicked makers and wood, who was awarded with an MBE in the New Year’s designers. You will find one-off artworks and Honours in January for services to classical music, and homeware items as well as individual jewellery cellist Richard Lester. Peasmarsh Festival aims to bring and clothing and plenty of unique gift ideas. world-class musicians to this small corner of rural East House Opening: Follow a route through the Edwardian house and take in the historic state rooms, only open to visitors once a year. Discover the secrets of the Edward James Archive and Collec- tion, including Surrealist furniture and paintings by Pavel Tchelitchew and Leonor Fini. Along- side the collection, view installations from college students inspired by the collection and archive. Book online now to save 20% (valid until 25th May). www.westdean.org. uk/artsandcrafts.

58 ingénu/e magazine - south downs and high weald : issue 20 seasonal: a panoply of festivals Lewes Chamber Music Festival Exploring Vienna – 14th to 16th June

he 2018 Lewes Chamber Music Festival brings Tthe usual marvellous mix of artists performing at three venues in the town: Trinity Church, St Michael’s Church and the All Saints Centre. Some of the many performers include Alasdair Beatson (piano), the Eusebius Quartet, Tom Mckinney (guitar), singers Christopher Purves (bass) and Raphaela Papadakis (soprano) and there is a pre-concert talk with BBC Radio 3’s Tom McKinney following the Late Night Serenade on Friday, June 15th. Events will also be held at the Depot Cinema, including an open rehearsal with the Festival musicians, a special reception for Friends and Patrons, and films shown during the week to complement this year's Viennese theme. Visit www.leweschambermusicfestival.com for further information. To book tickets email [email protected] or call 01273 479865, or visit Baldwins Travel Agency, 1 Station Street, Lewes BN7 2DA.

Harp on Wight Festival Ryde, Isle of Wight – 26th to 30th October

ince the first event in 2014, the festival has Hermes Experiment, a quartet consisting of harp, Squickly developed a reputation for first class clarinet, soprano voice and double bass performing concerts featuring top level international harpists early/baroque music. across a wide range of genres. Already announced The American harpist Lily Neill (pictured overleaf) is a are the Corbalan Brothers – Sixto and Juanjo – from musician of outstanding ability and her concerts reflect Paraguay, who thrilled the audience on their last visit many styles – Scottish, Irish, Scandinavian and Classi- to the Isle of Wight in 2016. cal. Dutch harpist Anouk Platenkamp will also be part Last spring Harp on Wight appointed Anne of the international line up. Lily and Anouk will also Denholm – the Official Harpist to HRH The Prince be holding teaching workshops during the festival. of Wales – as their Patron and she will be back again The festival also wanted to add a special one-off this year this time as a member of the group The concert to celebrate their fifth event and so Indian sitar master Pandit Budhaditya Mukherjee will be performing at Ryde Methodist Church on the evening of Sunday, October 28th. A unique feature of the festival is the six-day harp-making course held in the serene setting of Quarr Abbey and led by Breton harp maker Sylvestre Chabrin. www.harponwight.com

pictured clockwise from top left: Clive McBain, Hobby; Alasdair Beatson; Inside West Dean College at the Arts and Craft Festival -photo by Chris Ison; the stage is set, Peasemarsh Festival

ingénu/e magazine - south downs and high weald : issue 20 59 seasonal: a panoply of festivals their hearts and souls are tuned to the songs which came before them, they bring new words and music forged from their own experiences, from the lows and the loves of their lives. Other acts include Dervish and the Gerry Colvin Band plus Flossie Malavialle, Henry Wacey, Fred’s House and Naomi Bedford and Paul Simmonds. Visit ww.southdownsfolkfest.co.uk for full details.

Torbay Festival of Poetry 18th to 22nd October

s usual the this year's Torbay Festival of Poetry Awill be held in the Livermead Cliff Hotel, right on the water’s edge. Some names for this year include two well-known Irish Poets, John F. Deane and James Harpur, along with Jacqueline Saphra (T.S. Eliot short-listed) and Jane Draycott. As well as listening to readings, learning more about writing poetry at workshops and listening to poets talking about their craft, you can meet the poets and, above all, ask questions of them. This long weekend celebrates all things poetic in the heart

Southdowns Folk Festival 20th September to 23rd September

he 6th eagerly awaited Southdowns Folk TFestival takes place in sunny Bognor Regis and already there is a ‘wow’ line-up this year, such as ex-Cockney Rebel front man Steve Har- ley with his Acoustic Trio. But there are some awesome lesser known bands too. Witness O’Hooley and Tidow, who had a personal invite from Billy Bragg to play Glastonbury, garner five star reviews and were featured in The Guardian. Then there is Merry Hell, a band founded on the ever-evolving folk tradition – music made by the people and shared by the people. Though

of beautiful Torbay; sea, palm trees, light and inspiration! The 2018 festival website will open in May with details of all events, with many of the events free of charge. www.torbaypoetryfestival.co.uk. And, of course, there is the Torbay Open Poetry Competition, judged this year by Daniele Hope – see the advert for this on page 74. The closing date for entries is August 31st 2018. Winners will be announced during the Festival at the Prize Winners Party on Saturday 20th October.

pictured clockwise from top left: Lily Neill (Harp on Wight); Evelyn Glennie on Marimba, photo James Wilson; Julie Felix; Georgia Lewis; O'Hooley & Tidow; James Harpur

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of a sea-change for the festival as it hits its 40th birthday. To celebrate its ‘significant birthday’ the Festival is push- ing the boat out with a series of feature events that take it to a whole new level. Amongst many highlights the classical music programme features The King’s Singers, cellist Steven Isserlis and acclaimed Chinese pianist Ji Liu, whilst top quality jazz comes from the likes of Joe Stilgoe, Darius Brubeck, percus- sionist extraordinaire Dame Evelyn Glennie (who performs with the Scottish HLK Trio), The 40th Anniversary Petworth Festival and a recreation of the iconic Benny Good- man Carnegie Hall concert of 1938. Other Tuesday 17th July to Saturday 4th August star names appearing are Paul Merton and Chums, Gyles Brandreth, Barbara Dickson, t was the economist E F Schumacher who coined the phrase Alistair McGowan and Swing Zazou. Iback in the 70s that ‘small is beautiful’. For 39 years the Tickets are on public sale from Thursday Petworth Festival has been living proof of his adage – a thriving 10th May with priority booking for Spon- arts festival taking place in characterful venues throughout the sors, Patrons and Friends from 12th April. Petworth area every summer, attracting a wide range of audi- Enquiries: 01798 343055; box office: (from ences who have consistently treasured ‘their’ event which they 10th May) 01798 344576. love for its quality and variety. 2018, however, sees something www.petworthfestival.org.uk.

Tenterden folk festival Thursday 4th to Sunday 7th October

enterden, widely regarded as the ‘Jewel of the Weald’, is the Tperfect setting for four days of folk song, music, dance and crafts in early October. There are many free events including craft & street stalls, a free music stage, a dance stage, dance displays, a procession, song and music sessions, street theatre etc. Ticketed events include concerts, a barn dance, special shows, workshops, meet the guests and folk clubs. And this year the festival has excelled itself with a fabulous array of talent booked to perform. Guests confirmed so far: Special guest – Julie Felix, plus Alice Jones, Delta Ladies, Geoff Lakeman, Georgia Lewis & friends, Granny’s Attic, Mick Ryan, Morrigan, Pete Castle, Pete Morton, Scolds Bridle and also featuring Mick Ryan’s folk opera Here at the Fair. www.tenterdenfolkfestival. org.uk for more info.

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eal Festival 2018 strikes a new dynamic with Doutstanding residencies over its three weekends. Steven Kovacevich with Purcell School Orchestra and soloists celebrate the music of Mozart and Beethoven; Ronnie Scott’s All Stars and Ronnie Scott’s Big Band celebrate the music of Stan Kenton and Woody Her- man; European Union Chamber Orchestra with soloists Tasmin Little OBE bring to life music by Bartok, Britten, Mozart and Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. Also not to miss is Matilda Lloyd and friends. Matil- da is from Sevenoaks and won the BBC Radio 2 Young Brass Award in 2014 and her programme will feature the magical Nicholas organ at St Clements Church and include works Telemann, Viviani, Albinoni, Hov- haness, Neruda and a new commission by Ed Nesbit. Other festival highlights include Minima perform- Winter was shortlisted for the Costa Novel Prize ing their live soundtrack for the 1926 Phantom of the and whose screenplay Man In An Orange Shirt was Opera; Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure at Walmer recently shown on BBC 2 to critical acclaim. Castle; multi-cultural ensemble Kabantu (winners of For full details see www.writersfestival.co.uk. the 2017 Royal Overseas League Competition); the Dr Rosemary Dunn Lecture given by Darren Henley, Chief Executive of Arts Council England and an exhi- Brighton Fringe Live Art bition of the work of Graham Clarke. Brighton Open Market – 26th May 10am-4pm Visit www.dealfestival.co.uk for full information. he Open Market in London Road is Brighton's Thistoric covered marketplace, just 6 minutes Winchester Writers’ Festival from Brighton station. It provides not only a trading Friday 15th to Sunday 17th June forum, but a centre for craft and the arts. This is LOCA’s 2nd year of hosting the Open Arts he Winchester Creative Communities 'working together day' at TWriters’ Festival Brighton Open Market, during the Brighton Fringe. provides inspiration, Bringing artists and communities together from dif- support and unparal- ferent areas along the South Coast to share in creative leled networking op- play, the event is open to all ages and abilities. The portunities for creative event is also in support of Coastal West Sussex Mind. writers working in all Activities for the day include: Circus Seen CIC forms and genres. The offering FREE circus skills workshops for children of three-day weekend is all ages – come and try out poi, diablo and hula-hoop packed full of work- with our team of qualified instructors; Studio45 shops, talks and one-to- Urban art workshop with Brighton street artists; Live one appointments with music performed by The Thieves’ Kitchen; Sirona over 70 literary agents, Thorneycroft, exotic dancer, performing two sets; commissioning editors, and The Wood Store, Brighton & Hove Wood Recy- authors, poets and cling Project, will host a 'take away workshop', cost publishing experts. of participating is £5. The LOCA artists will be on The Festival is for hand to create chalk drawing experiences and with emerging writers working in all forms and genres. Its Posca art pens for colouring in. three-day programme includes 18 all-day workshops Coastal West Sussex Mind will be the day’s ben- and 28 talks on many aspects of writing and getting efactor, all donations are welcome, collection buckets published, along with open mics, industry panels and will be available on the open day. over 700 individual appointments with seventy top literary agents, editors, authors, poets and screenwriters. pictured clockwise from top: Matilda Lloyd; Andrew Bernardi This year the Keynote Speaker is best-selling novel- directing The String Academy at Shipley Festival Friends' Preview at Sedgwick Park House, photo by Graham ist Patrick Gale, whose latest novel A Place Called Franks: Eddi Reader; Patrick Gale, photo by David Gwinnutt

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recently, a chap buying a painting picked up the magazine and said he was looking to see if Eddi Reader was playing anywhere, he was keen to see her perform. Well, the festival has bagged her to play with her band on Saturday 25th August, so he need look no further. I suggested a wonderful long weekend away in Wadebridge in north Cornwall. He could then also see the superb songwriter Gretchen Peters on Friday 24th August. Nashville’s Gretchen is mentioned elsewhere in the magazine playing Shipley Arts Festival Worthing earlier in the year. I think this is a real Throughout spring and summer coup for the festival, Gretchen being inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in he Shipley Arts Festival has once again put together a 2014, and named by the Telegraph as one of the Tfabulous programme of concerts and events, celebrat- best female singer-songwriters of all time. ing and bringing people together through music. There are many other talented acts appearing, From April to October we can look forward to a great and elsewhere there is back-to-back live regional variety of music in wonderful venues. Among the more music on the FAR Stage and the streets will be familiar pieces are some new commissions for this year. filled with musicians and dancers, with sessions Local composer-conductor Malcolm Singer, professor in pubs and cafés, plus some great workshops of composition at the Guildhall and until recently Direc- for musicians and songwriters. tor of Music at the Yehudi Menuhin School, has been Visit www.cornwallfolkfestival.com for details. commissioned to write a piece for this year's Shipley Festival which will mirror Bernstein's Chichester Psalms. Along with this world premiere at Steyning & Shipley Arts Concert in Steyning Parish Church on 3rd June, will be a movement from Requiem for the Living by previous Festival commissionee Fiona Howe. Then on 17th June at Knepp Castle's The Wilding Con- cert, jointly sponsored by Nyetimber, along with many favourites is baritone and composer Roderick Williams' new work commissioned for the festival, A Piano Trio, inspired by the Knepp Turtle Doves (the largest colony in the UK) which relates to an earlier local piece by Vaughan Williams. Along with the various guest performers, such as the Joe Townsend Band and newly formed choir OctaVox, a constant presence throughout the festival is the Bernardi Music Group, led by Festival Artistic Director Andrew Bernardi. Visit www.bmglive.com/shipley-arts-festival for the full programme. www.thecapitolhorsham.com for tickets.

Cornwall Folk Festival Thursday 23rd to Monday 27th August

h my, the 2018 Cornwall Folk Festival is going from Ostrength to strength, witness this year’s line-up. Actually, while visiting the Artologie gallery in Cuckfield

ingénu/e magazine - south downs and high weald : issue 20 63 seasonal: a panoply of festivals Launched in 2017, Sum- mer Trifle is a small arts festival held in the gardens of Pickhams in the heart of the Sussex Weald. Applications are invited from sculptors and craft makers wishing to exhibit during Summer Trifle. Pickhams has been the home of art shows and workshops for several years and in 2016 the enchanting hidden gardens were opened to the public for the first time with a trail map leading charmed visitors around the array of temporary art installations and sculptures. Last year new additions were made to the garden attractions includ- Summer Trifle ing a garden mural, mosaic wall, a walk-through at Pickhams, Polegate – 4th to 19th August wooden sculpture by artist Keith Pettit and a labyrinth. Entrance to the gardens and exhibitions is free, open ummer Trifle returns for its second year with two every day from 4th to 19th August except Mondays. Sweeks of Open Gardens and Art & Sculpture exhi- Pickhams, Hayreed Lane, Wilmington, Polegate, bitions. There will also be various art workshops, live East Sussex, BN26 6RR. Visit www.pickhams.com music, theatre and a craft fair during the festival. for further info or call 01323 485153.

Shoreham Wordfest presents and caller, musical entertainment, soliloquies and sonnets and rustic ploughman’s victuals, making it a Celebrating Shakespeare 2018 night to remember and one for the diary. Saturday 21st April www.shorehamwordfest.com. Tickets from: www. ticketsource.co.uk/shorehamwordfest; tel. 07969 ollowing the success of last year's festival, the 572317; Shoreham Markets and Shoreham Art Gallery. FShoreham Wordfest team are again bringing us a day of Elizabethan revelry and culture. Songs, Sonnets and Soliloquies at St Mary de Haura Church, Shoreham: A colourful, costumed troupe of actors, singers and musicians bring vividly to life the magical riches in the drama, poetry and sounds of Shakespeare and Elizabethan England. Sussex Life in Shakespeare’s Time: Well known local historian Chris Hare on the Airs at Sounds & Sweet Church; St Mary de Haura Cel - inset: Ceilidh jollity, 2017 Shakespeare ebrating fascinating lives, loves, intrigues, triumphs and disasters of Sussex people in the days of Shakespeare. Lovely Songs and Lively Sounds: A singing workshop of easy to learn medieval, Elizabethan and Shake- spearian songs, with delightful musical accompaniment from Sounds and Sweet Airs. Shakespeare Night Ceilidh A night of celebration and merry- making remembering the great Wil- liam Shakespeare’s birthday. Country and more sedate courtly dances with the wonderful Kate’s Kitchen Band

64 ingénu/e magazine - south downs and high weald : issue 20 seasonal: a panoply of festivals Hailsham Festival A celebration of Hailsham and surrounding villages – 8th to 23rd September

he 2018 Hailsham Festival promises to be every Tbit as exciting as in previous years. The highly acclaimed art trail will this year include over 30 artists in 20 venues while dance, drama, theatre, poetry, literature, cinema and music (including jazz and folk) will once again be strongly represented. As ever, the festival will provide a rich showcase for local talent as well as the opportunity to enjoy exhibitions, presentations and performances from further afield. MUSIC Details can be found at www.hailshamfestival.uk or in the free festival brochure. DANCE FILM ART THEATRE LITERATURE POETRY WORKSHOPS 8-23 September 2018 www.hailshamfestival.uk

Uckfield Blues & Roots Festival possibly the best small music festival! 27th, 28th, 29th July

Headline acts: Aynsley Lister Band, Catfish, Heidi Burson Band

also appearing are The Wildes, Veronica Sbergia & Max De Bernardi, Greg Coulson Band, Richard Townend & The Mighty Bosscats, Pete Harris Trio, Grizzly & The Grasshop- pers, Nigel Bagge Band, The Vincents with Beth Ellwood, Fran McGillivary & Mike Burke, Elsie Franklin, Crossfire

For tickets & full information www.uckfieldbluesandroots.co.uk www.facebook.com/uckfieldbluesnroots email: [email protected]

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... a summer arts celebration

22nd June to 1st July

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FESTIVAL 2018 40 TH ANNIVERSARY Tuesday 17 July – Saturday 4 August

Featuring Evelyn Glennie Steven Isserlis Elin Manahan Thomas The King’s Singers Paul Merton Barbara Dickson Alistair McGowan Darius Brubeck PROGRAMME INCLUDES and many more STEPHEN KOVACEVICH • KABANTU OPERAUPCLOSE WITH LA BOHEME DAVID STARKEY • RONNIE SCOTT’S PHANTOM OF THE OPERA WITH MINIMA CHANGELING THEATRE COMPANY ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC EUROPEAN UNION CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Box Ofﬁ ce WITH TASMIN LITTLE 01798 344 576

and at Dame Evelyn Glennie (credit: Jim Callaghan) th th Friday 29 June - Saturday 14 July www.petworthfestival.org.uk Box Ofﬁ ce open from 10 May www.dealmusicandarts.com Please see website for full line-up and details of all events

1-3 June 2018 10am – 5pm (last entry 4pm) Live arts and crafts • Shopping and exhibitors House Opening • Hands-on workshops www.westdean.org.uk West Dean College of Arts and Conservation, Chichester, West Sussex PO18 0RX

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FREE EVENT Tenterden folk festival 2018 In aid of helping to raise funds for Tenterden, the Jewel of the Weald

Thursday 4th to Sunday 7th October Four days of folk song, music, dance, crafts and traditions

www.tenterdenfolkfestival.org.uk [email protected]

Free events include craft & street stalls, free music stage, dance stage, dance displays, procession, song and music sessions, street theatre, etc. Ticketed events include concerts, barn dance, special shows, workshops, meet the guests, folk clubs, etc.

Guests confirmed so far: Special guest: Julie Felix Plus: Alice Jones, Delta Brighton Ladies, Geoff Lakeman, Georgia Lewis & friends, Open Market Granny’s Attic, Mick Ryan, London Rd BN1 4JU Morrigan, Pete Castle, Pete Morton, Scolds Bridle May 26 10-4pm Also featuring: Mick Ryan’s Folk Opera, Here at the Fair

LIVE ART BRIGHTON FRINGE

Fringe2018.indd 1 12/03/2018 12:30 Tenterden Folk Festival: Charity No. 1038663

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14 –16 JUNE 2018 lEWES CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL EXPLORING Vienna

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ARTS SHIPLEYFESTIVAL 2018 Artistic Director: Andrew Bernardi

A CELEBRATION OF MUSIC AND THE ARTS Many events through spring and summer in beautiful venues throughout West Sussex, including new music commissioned especially for the Festival.

Becoming increasingly popular, the Shipley Arts Festival is a most highly regarded classical music festival, nationally renowned for its innovative performances and commissioning of new music. TOOVEY’S ANTIQUE & FINE ART AUCTIONEERS

Performances sell out fast so it’s good to book early. Henfield Agency 01273 492239 Bysshopps, High Street, Henfield, West Sussex, BN5 9HP Tickets are available at The Capitol Theatre, Horsham – call 01403 750220 between 10am and 7pm or go to www.thecapitolhorsham.com

For full programme and to join the Festival Friends group visit www.bmglive.com/shipley-arts-festival

‘One of the most highly regarded Classical Music Festivals in the UK’ – West Sussex County Times

ingénu/e magazine - south downs and high weald : issue 20 69 seasonal: a panoply of festivals Torbay festival Winchester of poetry Writers’ Festival 18th – 22nd October 2018 Inspiration, workshops and networking Held in the Livermead Cliff Hotel, right on for new and emerging writers the water’s edge. Among the poets for this year are: 15-17 June 2018 Jacqueline Saphra (TSEliot short-listed) KEYNOTE SPEAKER: PATRICK GALE Jane Draycott and two well-known Irish poets, John F. Deane and James Harpur • Book up to four appointments with literary agents and editors Check website in May for details of all events • Ten free places for young writers aged 18-25 www.torbaypoetryfestival.co.uk • 18 all-day workshops to develop and polish Keep this date in your diary your writing Many events are free • 28 Saturday talks on genre, craft and getting published • Open mics, readings and an industry panel

Full programme and booking details available on our website:

www.writersfestival.co.uk

th CORNWALL 46 Year! • One of our Finest Small Festivals F L

F S V L Eddi READER ROBERTS & LAKEMAN Thurs 23rd–Mon 27th August Bank Holiday 2018 • Wadebridge North Cornwall Gretchen PETERS* Eddi Reader Gretchen Peters* Roberts & Lakeman Flats & Sharps Sam Kelly & the Lost Boys Naomi Bedford Sam KELLY & Lost Boys Ninebarrow Joli Blon Gilmore

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Circus Plus Many Mor £30 under 16s CornwallFolkFestival.com | facebook.com/CornwallFolkFestival | CornwallFolkFestival.com Patrons: Wizz Jones £69£15 supplement Gretchen£30 Peters. Individual *additional gig; details: website FLATS & SHARPS & Geoff Lakeman gig tickets available. Full details on website.

70 ingénu/e magazine - south downs and high weald : issue 20 poetry prose & illustration Barnett’s Bookshop, Wadhurst Spring Literary Lounge events

‘Gifts’ – Clare Whistler & Joanna Lawrence Tuesday 15th May 7.30pm With a return to our original base in the Barnett’s lounge, this will be a strictly limited ticket to celebrate 5 years of the Literary Lounge (and a special birthday!) Artist Clare Whistler and violinist Joanna Lawrence present a performance made for bookshops. An event featuring eight gifts – an hour of music, spoken word, readings, and poetry. Bach, Biber, Syrian folksong and specially commissioned pieces. The Gifts Bookshop Tour takes its inspiration from GIFTS, a ten-year Clare Whistler project by Clare Whistler of eight objects traditionally given to welcome a new child into the world. Gifts of good luck: Egg for life, Coal for heat, 1860. In a journey that will take Evergreen for eternity, Salt for health, Candle for light, Bread for food, him from the bustling young city Coin for wealth and Silver Ring for love throughout life. of Los Angeles to Texas to Mis- souri and back, to the front lines Davina Langdale of the American Civil War and Tuesday 19th June 7.30pm home again, John Evert will learn Davina’s first novel The Brittle Star has flown out of Barnett’s, recom- the cost of vengeance and the price mended highly both by critics and by word of mouth. Perfect for fans of of forgiveness. Cormac McCarthy and True Grit, The Brittle Star is the epic story of a All events start at the shop and young man's unquenchable spirit. When his mother's ranch is attacked, include refreshments. Tickets £12 sixteen-year-old John Evert is wounded and left to die. But John Evert in advance. is no ordinary young man. He's a frontiersman's son, a rancher who's Visit www.barnettsbooks.com lived his whole life in the untamed Southern California wilderness of for further information.

mslexia fiction awards

The premier women’s writing magazine is launching four fiction awards in 2018. With a range of word limits from 300 to over 50,000 words, there is bound to be a category to suit your kind of writing.

Winners receive valuable cash prizes and 2018 are interviewed in Mslexia magazine and on the website, which receives over 25,000 WOMEN’S unique visitors a month. What better way to get your work noticed?

FICTION children’s novel competition

awards 1st prize: £5,000 for novels of at least 50,000 words by unpublished women novelists (any genre for children’s and YA readers) short story competition

1st prize: £5,000 for short fiction up to 3,000 words

novella competition

1st prize: £1,000 for novellas between 20,000-40,000 words in length (any genre, for any age Closing date for all awards: of reader) 1 October 2018 flash fiction competition mslexia.co.uk 0191 204 8860 1st prize: £500 [email protected] for flash fiction up to 300 words

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Watery Red Ladies Fainting Watery red ladies She falls. Pulled down I sit beneath the shelter Into the kaleidoscope, ethereally Where the tossing, hissing, spitting spray She falls. Endlessly through Is kept at bay. The rabbit hole into oblivion I wait with rug across my knees, Into the psyche dreamland Pencil poised to tie her down with words. Where the colours swallowed her whole. Nurse wants to wheel me to the warmth, The fuddled, stale, urine warmth. She feels. The warm touch “You’ll catch your death out here,” she says. Of chaos on weary skin. I smile and slowly net my memories. She feels. Dropped, dropped Into the space between worlds I watch you unpin your hair, poetryLike balm on a burn Unfurling like rolls of corn-gold silk, Like a kiss on a fevered forehead. And peel off your scarlet chemise, Toss it to the breeze She rises. Dragged out And step into the waves. Of the familiar madness, Words waft wistfully as you waltz in the weed Out of the vortex That clings to bare, salt thighs. She rises. Dazzled, confused You perform to the sun, the crimson, orange sinking Into the bright white bulb Sun that slips between the now and then. The brain fog, mind mist Tell me what you sing so sad. Clouds her reality.

Watery red lady, So they give her You flew upon the back of your blue eagle. Hot sweet tea He spread his wings and scooped you high So that she won’t faint again. From dew-grass where Philadelphus – by Elizabeth Townsend Sprinkled perfumed-petalled confetti promises. He lies below a bed of barley in a Slavian valley Beneath toad-flax and corncockle. For his King but not for you. 2 am Night Dreams How soon are the young become old The visceral wolf approaches. And the watery red ladies dance no more, Dark, dank, dream matted fur Save in the shadows at the sea’s edge, It bites with dripping teeth Tell me what I sing so sad. Biting teeth into flesh Biting nauseous guilt. – by Angela Petch, written about her Uncle Billy The longing in alien yellow eyes My handsome Uncle Billy in his RAF uniform. In Cold, bright, headlight eyes WWII he was a young Blood stained bones sergeant/air gunner (one Bones laid bare to of the most dangerous, Prying eyes. vulnerable positions to have) and he was on a I dreamt in twos that night flight from Amendola, The binary opposites. Italy on November 6th These sleepless nights 1944 when his plane was These two am night dreams shot down. The plane Leave me wide eyed and drooling. went down in Gornji Grad, Serbia and he is – by Elizabeth Townsend buried in Belgrade. The crew were Canadian. 18 year old Elizabeth, daughter of Ashdown Gallery The flight had formerly owner Juliet Townsend, is currently on a gap year and served in Egypt and Libya. is off to university this year to study English Literature.

72 ingénu/e magazine - south downs and high weald : issue 20 poetry prose & illustration book reviews Hold Tight With just enough descrip- tion, explicit as well as by Felicity Fair Thompson implicit, but no excess literary flab, the stage is set and the This gripping story opens on a drizzly winter protagonists are adroitly afternoon in the suburbs. WPC Jane Velalley realised, their individual heads wearily back to the police station along personalities expertly drawn the busy M27. Another few short hours will see with the attention to detail her safe home with her husband and three-year- that is the accomplished old adopted daughter Suzie. author's stock-in-trade. In a sickening instant, however, all Velalley's Written with enormous training and instinct as a police officer is challenged sensitivity but never as the road, slick with rain and obscured by fog, flinching from challeng- suddenly becomes a tangle of wrecked vehicles and a ing issues, the plot weaves gruesome discovery is made. its way deftly through this societal minefield. Author Half a day later, across town, and a young girl hurries a Felicity Fair Thompson doesn't pull her punches; as a small child, stumbling and crying, across a large stretch reader you run the emotional gamut of the unfolding of wasteland towards a grim-looking block of flats. drama along with its characters. Like a behind-the- A little girl has disappeared. As a child protection sofa, cushion-clutching Dr Who episode when you're officer, Velalley comes into her own as the hunt for terrified to watch but unable to look away, Hold Tight the missing child escalates, but while she comforts is compelling reading. the distraught mother her own personal life is under I was completely caught up in the story – willing a new threat. Attempting to hold her own in a them to find the little mite; thoroughly invested and demanding, male-dominated environment Velalley emotionally captured – I was hooked from page one. has to be tough, but just how much can she take Available from Wight Diamond Press before the cracks start to show. www.wightdiamondpress.com

Ranter's Wharf tries to make sense of life and find his place in the world. by Rosemary Noble Taken from the bosom of his impoverished family If there's one thing that author Rosemary Noble on the day of his mother's is good at, it's building a narrative and holding funeral, six-year-old William your attention across several decades and, in becomes his spinster aunt's some cases, generations. ward and heir. A tearful Of course that's not all she's good at. She creates beginning develops into a characters who are plausible and engaging; painting lasting bond as Aunt Betsy a picture of the period in such a way that it feels not opens William's eyes to only recognisable but familiar. Then there's her de- the wider world. tailed research as she delves with an unerring sense Years pass and William of social justice into pivotal moments of the past. In has grown into a bright Search for the Light she reveals the plight of female and compassionate, hard working young man. A offenders in the 1820s with the very real threat of chance meeting with a charismatic preacher would transportation, a horrific ordeal. In Digger's Daugh- alter the course of his life once again, however, and the ter it's the gruelling lives of early settlers in goldrush years that follow take first William and then his son Australia and, in Ranter's Wharf, the struggle for John through personal struggle and growth, betrayal, survival of the working classes and the mission for tragedy and reconciliation. voting reform. So much that we now take for granted was forged Each of Noble's books is the result of her explora- in the volatile crucible of these times. A fascinating tion into her ancestry. Ranter's Wharf is her latest history lesson wrapped up in a cracking yarn, Ranter's foray up the family tree. Opening during the years Wharf will have you engrossed from the start. of unrest preceding the Napoleonic Wars, Ranter's Available in paperback through bookshops and Wharf follows the fortunes of William Holtby as he Amazon and as an e-book from Amazon.

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Judged by Daniele Hope

• £1,000 ﬁrst prize plus free weekend at the 2018 poetry festival, accommodation & Festival Pass • £300 second prize plus a free Festival Pass • £150 third prize plus ticket for the Festival supper for two. • Entrance Fee: £5.00 per poem, or 5 poems for £20.00 • Closing date: August 31st 2018. • Winners to be announced at the Torbay Poetry Festival Prize-Winners’ Party, Saturday 20th Octo- ber, Livermead Cliff Hotel, Torquay, where short- listed poets will be invited to read their poems. All short-listed poets will be notiﬁed no later than 28th September. • Visit www.torbaypoetryfestival.co.uk for full details

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Unlimited Creative New Creative Studio opens in Runcton

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Life on a pale blue dot Grammar School for Girls not allowed to use In the last issue I ended a rant about the state of the the word ‘girls’ when world in this irrational 21st Century by hysterically addressing pupils; a inquiring “Where the hell am I?!!” Well, watching a Lollipop Man banned recent documentary about Voyager 1 and 2, launched from giving children in separate months by NASA in the summer of 1977 high fives; workers at and their journeys since, I have my answer. After council offices banned photographing various planets and moons, sending from calling visitors back some fantastical images, Voyager 1 left the solar ‘love’ or ‘dear’ and a system in 2013 and is now heading out into inter- job advert for 'reliable' stellar space. Voyager 2 is currently speeding that way and 'hard-working' also, on the verge of leaving the Solar System. Voyager applicants rejected by 1 sent back a ‘goodbye’ photograph of our Earth in a job centre as it could 1990 from a distance of just over three and a half bil- be offensive to unreliable and lazy people. Just a few lion miles, the image of our planet being less than one silly examples, relatively unimportant in the broad pixel in the photograph. It has become known as the scheme of things I suppose, but nonetheless this ‘Pale Blue Dot’ photo. It’s reproduced here. So, this is Neo Puritanism seem to be slowly and insidiously where I am! It gives one pause for thought doesn’t it? eroding common sense and replacing it with a corrupt and twisted egalitarian vision without anyone Off the grid realising the danger until it will be too late. There is apparently a new phrase, perhaps soon to It brings to mind the following quote from George become popular – Neo (or New) Puritanism. As Elvis Orwell's 1946 essay ‘Politics and the English Lan- Costello prophesied in 1979, ‘Oliver’s Army is on their guage’ – "But if thought corrupts language, language way’, but this particular army seems to mainly consist can also corrupt thought." of smug, hypocritical and condescending types, male or female, who believe they live in a rarefied moral Hylas: kidnapped by nymphs cloud, on a mission to teach us all what is right then abducted by the media behaviour and transform society into a grey, dull, life- Following on from the above, in February the less world where everyone is ‘normal’ and has to think media was all over the apparent removal of the 1896 like everyone else. And of course the media love these pre-Raphaelite painting ‘Hylas and the Nymphs’ by people, giving them a platform to infiltrate our minds John William Waterhouse by Manchester Art Gallery. almost daily. It was removed with a message left in its place to Banning Grid Girls and the like; teachers at a the effect that the gallery wished to prompt dialogue

80 ingénu/e magazine - south downs and high weald : issue 20 coda Worthing. While admiring her work I also found myself envying Nicky and her compatriots. Arriving at your studio, especially in spring and summer, to create with the sea just a few yards away and the dramatic heavens offering clear blue skies or wild and wonderful storms or something in- between, has to be a relatively idyllic existence. We chatted with Nicky and discovered she also holds watercolour classes. What a joy to paint in such inspiring surroundings. Deep sigh! Look up Nicky at nickybellartist.org. We often seem to be drawn some- how into having creative conversations with people, some of whom we have never met. A case in point occurred in late January while we were on our way to the 2018 Shipley Arts Festival annual Friends’ preview at the magnificent Sedgwick Park House near Horsham. It was quite an exhilarating event in fact, led by the irrepressible force that is violinist and founder of the Festival Andrew Bernardi, with various performances by the String Academy, festival musicians and Andrew himself. But I digress. On our way there we stopped at the Foresters Arms for a snifter. Sitting by the log fire we began chatting with one or two of the locals and their dogs. After mentioning about how they display and interpret artworks. that we publish an arts magazine, one of the ladies we Images of naked nymphs!! Manna from heaven for were talking with became quite animated. It tran- newspapers, radio and the telly, who went delirious spired that one of her dogs had been used as a subject reporting on this, some taking the stance of ‘politi- by local artist Bridget Davies in one of her fashion cal correctness gone mad’ and some delving into the moral debate thus triggered among the masses. It fitted perfectly into the extant heated social debate as regards the apparent objectification of women. Another aspect of this was a vein of thought that proclaimed the act of removing the painting was in itself an artistic act, the comments thus induced filling the creative void. However, as usual, the media had not fully researched the story, as the painting was always due to be put back a week later. It became obvious to me this was an extremely elaborate PR gimmick by the gallery, which became nationally famous overnight. Whoever thought of this idea should get whatever corresponds to the PR industry’s equivalent of an Oscar. It also provided an insight into the media’s obsession with conflict and controversy, often themselves creating it, while also illuminating the

spurious agenda of most editors. ale Blue Dot photo; below: George Orwell; Orwell; George below: photo; Dot Blue ale On the road again …. P We’re always running into artists when we are out and about with the magazine. While distributing the winter issue we had the pleasure of meeting artist

Nicky Bell who had opened her small studio last

Astralian Grid Girls; Glamorous by Bridget Davies Davies Bridget by Glamorous Girls; Grid Astralian

Hylas and the Nymphs by John William Waterhouse; Waterhouse; William John by Nymphs the and Hylas this page from top: top: from page this year (studio 34) at the East Beach Artists’ Studios in top: opp pictured

ingénu/e magazine - south downs and high weald : issue 20 81 coda venue which opened in 2015. Offering food and drink along with a wide artistic programme of productions, workshops, actor training and music it really deserves much support. Check it out for yourself at www.printersplayhouse.co.uk. And of course we cannot leave tales of our adventures without mentioning our latest café discovery. As regular readers will know the prerequisites to warrant our indulgence are (usually) independ- ence, good coffee or tea, great cakes and an interesting ambience or space. Step forward the Artisan Tea Rooms & Patisserie in Market Square, Horsham. Marvellous!

related paintings. We were instantly introduced to Bridget’s paintings via iPhone and sure enough, there was an ink painting, the lady’s dog being walked by an elegant and playful fashionista. Bridget’s art is fun and evidently popular and can be seen at www.bridgetdaviesart.co.uk. We are very pleased to have been introduced to her work. I should also mention that we spent a successful day in Hastings in February, finding many more places to stock the magazine. During our sojourn we came across the Rebel Gallery in George Street in the Old Town. We were instantly drawn into the gallery by the name, and it turned out that it is an independent gallery and is not only run by but also features paintings and photographs by artist Jon 'Huldrick' Wilhelm along with work by Suzanne Wilhelm. The gallery has been open since 2004 and Jon, who has the ambience of a somewhat seasoned yet softened rebel, also runs watercolour workshops in the town. You can see the work at the gallery website www.rebelgallery.co.uk. “The arts are essential We visited our autumn cover artist Lindy Dunbar’s exhibition to any complete at Pelham House in January. I love Lindy’s national life.” figurative images of So spoke Winston Churchill in 1938. dancers; the move- And now this in 2018... “As you may ment and dynamics of have heard, Eastbourne Borough Council the paintings some- is cutting its funding of Towner from April how really resonate 2018. The cuts will begin with an initial with me. Dancers are 33% reduction followed by incremental cuts extraordinary aren’t each year thereafter, with the extent of these they? Such dexterity annual cuts yet to be confirmed by EBC. and grace, captured We need your help to persuade the Council splendidly by Lindy. to reconsider this devastating decision.” There is a rumour that – Part of a plea for help from David Pelham House will not Dimbleby, Chairman of the Towner Art be holding exhibitions Gallery. Citizens of Eastbourne rise up! anymore. Is this true? Give the council both barrels! “Our lives If so, altogether a begin to end the day we become silent about depressing decision. things that matter.” – Martin Luther We also were given King, 1965. a tour of Printers Play- from top: Jon Wilhelm at the Rebel house, Eastbourne’s Gallery; tea and cake at Artisan Tea live music and theatre Rooms & Patisserie; Printers Playhouse

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