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Somerset Art Weeks 2012 OPEN SAW Ltd. The Town Hall, Bow Street, Langport, Somerset TA10 9PR Telephone: 01458 253 800 Email: [email protected] www.somersetartworks.org.uk Front & back cover images: Sebastian King Guide design: www.fireandicecreative.com STUDIOS somersetartworks artweeks12 15th to 30th September 2012 FREE GUIDE frontcover_back cover v6.indd 1-2 11/07/2012 12:02 Words from SAW Chairman A message from And warm and grateful thanks go to our Friends who are:- Giles Adams Ruth Lyde Firstly we’d like to thank Pauline Watson for having chaired SAW for so many Christine Akhurst Sylvia Lyndley years with such attentive and detailed care. It’s a complex ship to helm and she Friends of SAW Committee Geoffrey Allen David & Marion Mainhood Angela Andrews Mr Nick Moore has steered SAW with great skill and ambition. We look forward to her continued Michael Armstrong Carolyn Moore contributions to the board. How dull our lives would be without the visual arts. It is therefore important that we support our Antonette Barrett Stephanie Morland Somerset artists, as many of you kindly do. Geoffrey & Rossanne Bertram Magnus and Lyn Mowat Carlo and Alan Blandford Frances Neal This year is Open Studios - a chance for visitors to see the heart of Somerset’s During the past year the combined contributions from our Friends and Corporate Friends has directly Mr & Mrs Christopher Bond Mr & Mrs Paddy O’Hagan creativity. There is a huge variety of work out there to see and an equal variety enabled SAW to offer bursaries, prizes, sponsorships and placements to graduates and emerging artists. Dorothea Susan Bradley Sarah Owens A career in the arts is a precarious journey and this support really does make a difference. Gill Braniff Janet Paterson of people and places to visit. It’s a chance for you to explore! Rosalie Challis Mark & Juliet Pollock Being a Friend of SAW is a direct way for people who enjoy art to become involved. As a Friend you Diana M Gordon Clark Pat Robinson receive invitations to Friends events, private views of the works of SAW members, a copy of the annual “Somerset Arts Week is a much-loved and Seek out the hidden studios, find secret masterpieces; it’s a good time to buy Adam Clarke Audrey Roux Guide and regular information. As an extra thank you, Friends names are entered into a Prize Draw 4 Betty Cloke David & Elisabeth Rutherford thriving annual event and I’m proud to at artists’ prices too. times a year providing the chance of winning an original piece of art work kindly donated by a Dave Cufflin Sir Benjamin Slade Bt SAW member. Stewart & June Cursley Janet Spicer support it. Open Studio is an opportunity to talk to the makers, discussing techniques Isabel de Pelet Heather A Stallard The generous support of our Corporate Friends Scheme has been of great benefit in helping SAW fulfil its Peter Allen & Delia de Silva Andrew Tandy and theories. Open studios, open minds. commitment to promoting and developing the visual arts in Somerset. Irene Dickson Angela Warden Fran Edwards Chris J Watts It plays an invaluable role in identifying We sincerely thank our Corporate Friends who are:- Lastly take the chance to really get to know Somerset: the extraordinarily varied Julia Evans Jennifer Wiggins and celebrating a huge variety of creative Bruton School for Girls King’s College Taunton Michael & Rosalie Fiennes Robin & Romey Williams landscape; the vigorous food and drink culture; the significant historic and Somerset College Mill on the Brue Colin & Eileen Forbes Brigadier & Mrs Christopher Wolverson activities and projects in this county, finding spiritual past. Somerset is a huge county with a complex cultural fabric. Woodland Castle Montague Inn Deirdre Gascoigne Chilton Cantalo School Wells Cathedral School Marian Greswell emerging artists and raising awareness of Explore! Enjoy! Churton Inge Associates What’s On Somerset Nicola Harford them. I urge you to go out and enjoy this Mr & Mrs D J Hawken Peter and Rosemary Hill glorious week of cultural exploration.” Richard Pomeroy Sylvia M Hilliard Chairman, Somerset Art Works Jim Hollingsworth Mr & Mrs B J Hurst-Bannister Kevin McCloud Rosie Inge Chris Irwin IF YOU ARE NOT ALREADY A FRIEND OF Sue Isherwood Junction 24 Ltd SAW DO JOIN NOW... it is easy! Sir Michael Layard Visit our web site www.somersetartworks.org.uk Norman and Anne Lees and download a form or telephone Stephanie at the Shirley Lomas office 01458 253800 frontcover_back cover v6.indd 3-4 11/07/2012 12:02 Special Projects Table of Contents Words from Patron, Kevin MaCloud Inside cover Welcome to Somerset Art Weeks 2012. The event features 221 venues this year Studio Open Words from SAW Chairman Inside cover Artists Exchange and residency with more than 300 artists taking part. Each year, we promise to take the Open 2012 Special Projects 1 Studios event to a new level, by showcasing some of the new commissions and In collaboration with SVA in Stroud and supported 2012 Event Snippet 2 projects SAW have initiated, organised and/or curated, alongside the diverse by Reveal Somerset, the Brewhouse turns into a Somerset Art Weeks 2013 2 temporary artist studio to host resident artist range of work presented by artists in Somerset. Art Weeks Education Pack for Schools 3 Eunju Yoo from Stroud and Hazel Holman, an emerging artist from Somerset. A short film Reveal Somerset 3 Studio Works documenting the Somerset based artist group, How to use this guide 4 Artists in their creative space Hacker Farm who carried out their residency in the Open Studios event at SVA in May, will also be Map - Mendip 5 Welcome to our world! From the field nearby, to the garden, from the purpose built studio, to the kitchen shown. For details please see Venue 138, p53. table just to name a few examples keeping the creativity alive. In Somerset, there are a very small number Map - Sedgemoor 23 of professional studio spaces and public galleries for artists and yet, the artistic community is thriving. Open Flight of Crane Map - West Somerset 37 Studios gives the public an insight into how the artists work and are inspired. To celebrate this, 11 artists Exhibition inspired by The Great Crane Project Map - Taunton Deane 47 were invited to work with our guide designer graduate photographer Chantelle Henocq, Sebastian King Map - South Somerset 59 and Somerset based writer David Davis, to produce a collection of images that are incorporated in the guide As part of the on-going partnership between SAW Mendip Venues 01 - 50 6 - 22 and other publicity materials. Participating artists are Amanda Khan-Davis, David Brayne, Emma Scott, and The Great Crane Project, we collaborate George Foweraker, Jane Brayne, Jane Mackey, John Candler, Melanie Moulding, Pauline Rooke, with Somerset Crafts, an artists’ co-operative, Sedgemoor Venues 51 - 94 25 - 36 Simon Ledson and Val George. Larger scales of the images will be exhibited at The Brewhouse Theatre to present an exhibition featuring a wide range West Somerset Venues 95- 122 39 - 46 & Arts Centre. For details please see Venue 138 p53. of works inspired by cranes and their living Taunton Deane Venues 123 - 154 49 - 58 environment in Somerset. The exhibition also South Somerset Venues 155 - 221 61 - 83 features an art installation of hundreds of origami paper cranes created by Lucy Lean in collaboration Artist Index (A to Z) 84 - 85 with schools and the community. For details Artist Index (Artform) 86 - 88 please see Venue 27, p14. Acknowledgement 88 Friends of SAW inside back cover Maximum Exposure Bringing Contemporary Arts to Somerset Photographs from Studio Works commission: Art Weeks is an ideal opportunity for SAW to Front Cover - David Brayne showcase two of the Maximum Exposure p1 - Emma Scott commissions, namely One to Twenty, a 13 metre p24 - Jane Mackey long inflatable sculpture by artists Claire Barber p38 - Pauline Rooke and Steve Swindells and a film documenting the Taunton Stop Line Live Project by artists Rob p48 - David Brayne and Matt Vales. For Details see p68 & 77. SAW_ven_v36.indd 1 11/07/2012 12:03 Event Snippet Somerset Art Weeks 2013: Schools who wish to participate Exhibitions & Events SAW have encouraged artists to expand their horizons in Venue 125: Places to Dream In 21st September to 6th October in Art Weeks 2012 contemporary art making for many years. SAW recognise A special art installation in a wood above Chipstable. A nest built with natural materials that change and degrade over time by Liz Fathers and a carved four The biggest county-wide visual arts festival There are many ways in which schools can To request a pack please email many of these activities are not financed by selling activities poster bed by Jane Mowat inviting the viewer to sleep and dream amongst the in Somerset, Somerset Art Weeks: Exhibitions get involved in Art Weeks from simply setting a during the Open Studios event. We have highlighted some trees. Evening events of music, storytelling, singing or experience the quiet of the homework activity or by visiting venues. To assist Beccy Swaine at beccy.swaine@ wood. Wed, Fri & Sun 6 - 8pm. Visitors advised to wear good footwear. & Events set out to celebrate diverse range of of these events and projects whereby artists have made an visual arts in Somerset. The next Event will take schools to plan their activities around Art Weeks, somersetartworks.org.uk SAW and SPAEDA have jointly put together an Art extra effort to present their new ideas to you. On reading Venue 174: Unravelled place from 21st September to 6th October, 2013. The previous Festival of 2011 featured a total Weeks Education Pack specifically tailored for Leah Hislop performs a site-specific installation of weaving and light, alongside the guide you will find more.
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