Exhibitions & Events 17th September to 2nd October 2011 SAW Ltd. The Town Hall, Bow Street, Langport, Somerset TA10 9PR T 01458 253800 E [email protected] www.somersetartworks.org.uk Free Guide “I’m delighted to be patron of SAW. Somerset is a part of the world that is rightly famous for its diversity: in food, drink, landscape, culture and art. Travelling around the county during Somerset Art Weeks, you can enjoy all of them.” Kevin McCloud Introduction Table of Contents Art Weeks 2012 Words from Patron Inside cover The ‘Somerset Art Weeks’ always aim to highlight the enormous variety of talented and Somerset Art Weeks 2012: creative visual artists working across the county and find the best ways of presenting their Introduction by Pauline Watson 1 Open Studios Event work to you, the public, in the most accessible and exciting ways. Date: 15 September to 30 September 2012 About Somerset Art Works 2 The ‘Art Weeks 2011: Exhibitions and Events’ is a celebration of the work of around 400 In 2012, Somerset Art Weeks will be an artists, in over 100 venues across the county. This year’s event provides the opportunity SAW Project: Maximum Exposure 2 Open Studios Event with a maximum of 3 for artists and makers, who are eager to get out of their studios and workshops, to Reveal Somerset: A Night of Light 3 artists at each venue. It will be about artists explore new ways of working together, often around a particular theme or in response to as individuals, how they make their work, a particular environment, and present their work in different and sometimes unexpected Map of regions 4 their inspiration and creative processes. ways and places. How to use this guide 5 It aims to support artists who want to work Venues range from heritage sites, such as Hestercombe Gardens at Taunton and professionally and promote their creative Muchelney Abbey near Langport, to the Tithe Barn at Cotley near Chard and the Fleet Friends of SAW 6 business. Somerset Art Weeks 2012 Open Air Arm Museum at Yeovilton. Of course, there will also be many exhibitions and events South Somerset Venues 7 - 28 Studios Event is drawing the open studios taking place in public locations, in village halls, cafes, hotels, galleries etc. event back to its roots, focusing on Mendip Venues 29 - 43 individual artists in their working A wide range of media is represented from 3D materials, such as ceramics, textiles, environment. wood, stone, metal and glass, to 2D media such as painting, drawing, photography, Sedgemoor Venues 44 - 52 digital technology, as well as installations and live/performance art. There is, certainly, Open for Registration November 2011 something for everybody to see, touch, take part in, have a go or simply watch and enjoy. West Somerset Venues 52 - 56 And, it is all free! Taunton Deane Venues 58 - 66 Make sure that you have an Art Week Guide with you as you travel around the county, Index 67 - 68 and visit our website www.somersetartworks.org.uk for the latest news during the event. Have a great two weeks! Acknowledgements Inside Back Cover Pauline Watson SAW Chairperson About Somerset Art Works www.somersetartworks.org.uk SAW works holistically developing the quality, range and accessibility of the visual arts in Somerset. We want Somerset to be a place where people expect to engage with excellent visual art that is surprising and distinctive. We want to create an atmosphere of adventure and experimentation that inspires artists to produce and present new work, and audiences to experience it first hand. Launch event: Thursday 29 September 2011 We work almost exclusively in partnership Bruton School for Girls, 6-8 pm with other arts and non-arts organisations (sometimes as lead organisation, sometimes as part of a team) initiating visual arts Curator Karen Gaskill will share with us the artistic ideas projects in a wide variety of settings, and of the project and reveal the details of artist commissions. always integrating professional development Booking essential. To book: please call SAW office on for artists and thorough evaluation. Arts 01458 253800 or email [email protected] education is vital for a healthy arts ecology in the future, and so we bring artists together with schools, colleges and the community to work together creatively. We also instigate placements to provide work experience for graduates and emerging artists. Maximum Exposure is a new SAW Curator who will contribute to the development as guest curator for the project. Karen Gaskill is SAW membership is open to all visual project supported by Arts Council of curatorial skills and critical debate in Somerset. an independent curator based in London, UK. artists/makers and organisations/groups The project will include the delivery of a series of Recent exhibitions include Constellations at in Somerset. By joining SAW you will receive England’s Grants for the Arts three new visual arts commissions, exposing Cornerhouse Gallery, Manchester, co-curated regular newsletters, have a web presence Funding Programme. enigmatic or unknown aspects of Somerset. with Michelle Kasprzak; Karen is a Senior Lecturer on the SAW website and many exclusive The project will support SAW in developing The project aims to attract new audiences in photography at Sheffield Hallam University, and opportunities and benefits for members. curatorial skills within the organisation and the through bringing new and dynamic work to guest lectures at institutions across the UK. She Discount rate for emerging & graduate artists. county’s wider artist community. The funding has the region, and through a series of associated has a PhD in Social Curation, an MRes in Fine Free membership for Full-time and final offered SAW the opportunity to work with a Guest events. SAW is delighted to appoint Karen Gaskill Art and a BA (Hons) in Fine Art Textiles. year students. Chloe Brooks Suki Chan Michael Fairfax Helena Haimes Simon Hitchens Sue and Alexander Maris Opportunities Tim Martin Emerging Artist Award Sue Palmer Reveal Artist Residency James Price working Engine Room Innovation Award with Family Connections Cultivate Group Exhibition Jane Prophet Active Collaborations Digital facilities and support Events Special evening event at Hestercombe Gardens Network Roadshow, Regal Theatre Minehead Friday 30th September 6-9pm 19th September 7pm Night of Light, Hestercombe Gardens 30th September 6-9pm Reveal Symposium November A ‘Night of Light’ will feature an evening circular walk through Tickets: £5 for adults, £3 for children under 12 & concessions, Artists’ dialogues, Brewhouse, Taunton Hestercombe’s Georgian Landscape Garden, Victorian Terrace and £12 for families (two adults and 2 children) first Wednesday of every month 6pm Edwardian Formal Garden to see an extraordinary range of site (All tickets include a complimentary drink). specific and screen-based artworks by national, regional artists and participants. To book contact: Hestercombe Gardens 01823 413923 Lead partners or email [email protected] The event celebrates this year’s Somerset Art Weeks, and launches The Brewhouse Visual Arts a programme of work as part of the Cultural Olympiad in Somerset. Note: Limited access for certain areas of the gardens, children must accompanied by an adult at all times. Somerset Art Works Along the route will be work by a variety of artists that have Somerset Film responded to garden and rural contexts, these will include: The event is organised by Reveal, Somerset’s visual arts and Chloe Brooks, Suki Chan, Michael Fairfax, Helena Haimes, Simon media partnership between Somerset Art Works, Somerset Hitchens, Sue and Alexander Maris, Tim Martin, Sue Palmer, Jane Film and Brewhouse Visual Arts, in partnership with If you would like to hear more or Prophet, James Price working with Family Connections. Hestercombe Gardens. become involved contact us via: www.revealsomerset.org All venues provide postcodes on the guide entry, so you can locate the 65 64 venues by GPS. This map is for reference purposes only. For more details visitors are recommended to consult the following, Ordanance Survey Maps: 181, 182, 183, 193, 194. 66 63 67 88,91 70 43 68-69 62 42 84-86 71-72 60-61 41 87 40 91 59 44-45 91 83 57 58 52 39 77 74 49-51 46 89 54-56 82 76 47-48 73 53 37 78 - 80 90 75 81 38 35 32 36 92 108 34 107 33 02 93 31 01 103 27-29 106 94 -101 30 26 03 105 25 04-10 104 102 24 23 13 21-22 11-12 15 14 18-19 20 91 Venue 91, Story Walks takes place at three different locations across West Somerset. For details see page 56. 16 Venue 16, Hacker Farm is not located at one specific venue. 17 For details see page 15. 4 Map www.somersetartworks.org.uk How to use this guide How to find the venues Additional Information This year, we offer a single map to encourage you to visit venues across five areas. No Dog Sign: No Dogs, except guide dogs. Different from Open Studios Event, most of the venues are located near the main road or centre of the town and village, but please check the published directions or contact the Disabled access sign: This provides information on physical access. Some venues venues if you are not sure. The map only gives an approximate location of each venue, may have gravel paths and steps. If you are not sure, please check before your visit. please also look for Somerset Art Weeks yellow signs on route. Family Friendly: Venues with this logo mean that you can be sure that they are expecting visits from families and groups. Please also see disclaimers for more 01-38 South Somerset information.