Open Studios & Exhibitions Guide 2017
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Harleston & Waveney Art Trail Open Studios & Exhibitions Guide 2017 www.hwat.org.uk Spring Show 2 May to 4 June, and Meet the Artists* 7 May Sewn Up Summer Craftco 2–28 June Art Trail Open Studios Three weekends: 24–25 June & 1–2, 8–9 July Marquee Exhibition Ditchingham Hall* 18 June Art and Sculpture Trail The Raveningham Centre 18 August to 17 September Aldeburgh Affordable Art Show 12–18 October * in support of East Coast Hospice Harleston & Waveney Art Trail Chair’s Welcome East Coast Hospice Spring Show Building at The Old King’s Head, Brockdish, IP21 4JY Margaret Chadd (location #1 on the Trail map) House 2nd May to 4th June 13th Year Free Exhibition open from 10.00 am Tuesday to Sunday (closed on Mondays) ARTIST’ S IMPRESSION OF MaRGARET CHADD HOUSE HWAT members are a serious, but informal, bunch of artists and craftspeople. This year, HWAT is supporting the East Coast Hospice. During our Spring Special Event - “Meet the Artists” We are a collective with a ‘Chair’ who, together with the Secretary and Treas- Show – 2nd May to 4th June at the Old Kings Head Brockdish – several works in aid of East Coast Hospice urer, steers the group through the arrangements for exhibitions and opening have been donated by the artists and these sales will benefit the ECH. There Sunday 7th May - 3.00 to 6.00 pm our studios to the public. I’m delighted that my first public job as new Chair will be a special ‘Meet the Artists’ event on Sunday 7th May 3–6pm. (% of all sales goes towards the ECH building appeal) is to introduce our 2017 programme in this exciting, re-designed brochure. We are also holding a fund-raising exhibition at Ditchingham Hall Open We hope you like it and find it even easier to guide you round our expanded Gardens on Sunday 18th June, 2–5pm in the ECH marquee. Key Trail in 2017. It also details our other exhibitions planned for the year, May – The East Coast Hospice is a local charity whose aim is to build Margaret We are indebted y Open gardens October, giving it a longer life than usual. Chadd House, a ten-bed specialist palliative care facility with day-care and to our advertisers and U Disabled access/part access We’re really pleased to add five new and one returning member to our complementary therapies near Gorleston, Norfolk. There is no such inpatient We recommend that visitors number and will have a wonderful 34 studios open for visits this year. The hospice facility in our area, and the ECH is committed to improving end of life sponsors for their telephone studios in advance to confirm access details Trail dates are a little later in 2017 – the last weekend of June and the first two care for the Great Yarmouth and Waveney community. continuing support of July. We are anticipating great summer weather. ECH has already purchased 7.54 acres of land for the hospice site which is CHAMPIONS OF THE MARKET TOWNS of the Trail The Art Trail is divided into 3 colour- Sadly, I have to record the death of Alan Frewin of Millhouse Pottery in situated in a quiet rural setting near Beacon Park in Gorleston. The fundrais- coded areas to help guide visitors around the studios: Brockdish to Harleston. A member of the Trail from its very early days, Alan was a stalwart ing team has a busy schedule of events arranged for 2017, not only to raise Proud supporters of the Harleston & Waveney Art Trail For more about HWAT Flixton, Harleston and Bungay with of HWAT. His work is very highly regarded and widely collected. We shall miss much needed funds to be able to start the build but also to raise awareness please see the website their surrounding villages him dearly. of this worthwhile project. ECH currently also has ten charity shops working HARLESTON BECCLES DISS HALESWORTH SOUTHWOLD AUCTION ROOMS www.hwat.org.uk THE VILLAGES Please enjoy our 2017 programme and support our advertisers – we are hard for the cause. 01379 852217 01502 712122 01379 642233 01986 872553 01502 723292 01502 713490 very grateful for their backing of our fresh new brochure. Cover design from a concept by HARLESTON AREA WWW.DURRANTS.COM Scribbly Roo See you on the Trail! BUNGAY Malcolm Cudmore 1 1 Vicky Townley 2 Chris Mound 3 Gill Levin 4 Andrew Vessey 5 Val Lindsell 6 Lin Patterson 7 Nell Close 8 Ingrid Duffy Textural painting Woodcuts Oil on board Painting and drawing Contemporary abstract painter Textiles Mixed media Textiles The inspiration for my work is drawn Whilst enjoying painting and drawing Paintings of my natural surroundings Working with fabric and stitch, I create from nature. I make small editions of out of doors, my studio paintings (often and from the imagination. Etchings textile books and wall art inspired by my hand printed woodcuts using traditional requiring carpentry to become more portraying the refugee crisis; work local landscape in the Waveney Valley The starting point of much of my work I design and make wall hangings using techniques. sculptural), explore theological ideas and from other eras; different subjects and and the Suffolk coast. is shape and colour of the landscape my own hand dyed fabrics, cotton and my own poetry. media; artist’s cards and digital prints of I am in. silk velvet. I also make cushions, scarves Looking through shapes, manmade paintings. and embroidered brooches. Adapting structurally interesting or nature-made, has always been a discarded objects and paint textures; I fascination for me all my life – so trees, endeavour to find and communicate the branches, constructions of any kind are ‘balance’ within the world around us. my subjects. The Old King’s Head, 50 The Street, Hill Farm, Syleham, Eye, Suffolk The Tithe Barn, Mill Lane, Needham, The Laurels, Stradbroke Road, Melrose, The Street, Mendham, 1 Home Farm Barns, New Road, 76 Low Road, Wortwell, Harleston, The Old Rectory, Homersfield, Brockdish, Norfolk IP21 4JY IP21 4LL Norfolk IP20 9LD Fressingfield, Eye, Suffolk IP21 5NZ Nr Harleston, Norfolk IP20 0NH St Cross South Elmham, Norfolk IP20 0PA Norfolk IP20 0HJ Harleston, Norfolk IP20 0NS 01379 668843 01379 668141 01379 852721 01379 588389 01379 852125 01986 782225 01986 788606 01986 788922 [email protected] [email protected] www.gilllevin.wordpress.com [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.kingsheadbrockdish.co.uk www.chrismoundprints.co.uk www.andrewvessey.co.uk www.valerielindsell.com www.linpattersontextiles.com www.nellclose.co.uk On A 143 from Diss, turn R at 1st Harleston Turn off A143 for Homersfield, follow Signposted to Brockdish off A143. Approx 4 In Brockdish turn down Common Lane roundabout; from Bungay, turn L at 2nd The Laurels is the last development on As you come into Mendham from the From A143 at Homersfield take B1062 From Harleston to Wortwell, turn R at Bell through village towards S Elmham. After miles from Harleston, 7 miles from Diss. U (between the Kings Head Pub and Village Harleston roundabout. One mile into the R of the Stradbroke Road, leaving A143, cross over the Waveney, turn sharp towards Flixton. After approx ½ mile take Public House, go along Low Road for about approx ¼ mile take the R turn, signposted Hall – DO NOT go to Syleham!). Go round Needham after slip road on left, turn L into Fressingfield to the S towards the water R at the Munnings Pub. Melrose is the 2nd turning on R signed St Cross & Halesworth. half a mile. Studio at No 76 at bottom of Mendham. Entrance to drive is on R L hand bend and across factory yard. Over Mill Lane. Tithe Barn is the 1st building on tower. Park on the road, No 3 is in the top cottage on the L in front of the church Turn L at T junction. In St Cross take garden across road from house. Entrance (approx 20 metres). Please don’t use sat bridge and follow track to end. left after the field. (Please park on main L hand corner of the shared forecourt. gates. R turning signed St James & Metfield. on L just past post box and plant tables U nav as you will end up in wrong place. road, walk 250 yds down lane. If disabled Parking for the disabled ONLY outside No 3. Take 2nd turning on R (approx ½ mile) Upartial access drive in – do not back in – towards garage). U partial access signed Mendham. Entrance to drive is U immediately on the right. 22 villages villages 33 9 Tim Summerson 10 Anne Steel Painting Sculpture Your local Stationers & Copyshop 28a The Thoroughfare, Harleston, Norfolk IP20 9AU 01379 855027 [email protected] /Robinsonstraditionalstationers @RTSHarleston I draw directly onto the canvas from I make one-off sculptures from broken nature, then work in the studio in order jewellery, mostly of birds and insects, to discover the essence of the original often using semi-precious jewels plus experience. vintage gold and silver, creating curious creatures. Hill Farm Barn, Flixton, Bungay www.annesteel.co.uk NR35 1NZ 07868 613537 01986 892067 As for Tim Summerson [left] [email protected] B1062. Up hill, 250 yards east of Flixton I will be having a small introductory Buck. display, as part of Tim Summerson’s exhibition, with a full show next year. 4 villages villages 55 11 Rose Martin 12 Isobel Auker 13 Graham Rayner 14 Christina Greathead 15 Jane German 16 David Page Contemporary silk paintings Textiles Bespoke Contemporary Furniture, Textiles Painting Drawing/painting/print Wooden Clocks & Accessories Paintings on silk using my garden, the sea and landscapes as inspiration.