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	events FORTHCOMING EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS IN AND AROUND BATH updated for June/July 2009 Thank you for visiting the BANA Events Page. If you are a BANA member and are holding an exhibition or event, do let us know so we can promote it on the Events page for you. Listings are also welcome from anyone about local arts events or opportunities that might be of interest to BANA members. Please send any listings to: enquiries@bana-arts.co.uk and enter 'For News Page' in the subject box of the email. Listings on this page are normally updated monthly. The information below has been passed to BANA by individuals and other organisations, so please address enquiries directly to them. BANA is not responsible for verifying details listed on this page and does not necessarily uphold views expressed here. This page is updated on a monthly basis. *TOP* contents EXHIBITIONS AND TALKS Exhibition of Mosaic Art Kathy Hinde presents: PIANO MIGRATIONS Art for Life exhibition and entry Artists First Show at Lawrence Weston Community Farm "Mythologies" at the Nails Gallery Exhibitions at Walcot Chapel Rabley drawing centre Art at the Angel Widcombe Studios exhibitions and talks Bo:lee Gallery Chapel Row Gallery Exhibitions at the RUH ICIA exhibitions RWA exhibitions Victoria Art Gallery Museum of East Asian Art Other events Cloth Road Artists party/AGM Picture This events at Spike Island Exhibition of Mosaic Art Two Dragons (of Bath) will be hosting an exhibition of Kate Rattray's work from 9th June - 2nd July 2009. Two Dragons [of Bath] 2 Sussex Place Bath, BA2 4LA Tel: 01225 444383 Email: twodragons@btconnect.com Web: www.twodragonsofbath.co.uk Kates web: www.rattraymosaics.co.uk The gallery are interested in showing new work from artists, and also hire out the gallery for artists to use for their own shows. Please contact them through the two dragons site for more info. Kathy Hinde presents: PIANO MIGRATIONS Saturday 4 July & Sunday 5 July 2009 The Merlin Theatre, Frome - as part of Frome Festival Kathy Hinde’s Piano Migrations project is an interdisciplinary and collaborative body of artworks concerned with re-mapping migration routes, translating image into sound, the relationship between humans and mechanisms, and how environmental change is affecting migrating animals. The works include installations, performances, music, video, automata, on-line and participatory works. Piano Migrations at the Merlin Theatre will include Kathy Hinde’s audio-visual installation that translates a video of birds into music by activating small mechanisms placed onto the strings of a hanging upright piano. The audience are invited to get involved by creating melodies for a music box based on journeys they have made. A new on-line version of this music box, programmed by Ed Holroyd, will be launched and people all over the world can translate their journeys into sound. There will be intermittent performances on a player piano created in collaboration with scientist Dr. Lisa Thomas. Each piano piece is based on a bird that is endangered and is composed using data that outlines the decline in each bird’s population. A playful sideshow is provided by a self-playing toy piano. The weekend of events will be concluded with an audio-visual concert on Sunday afternoon. The simple melodies created by audience music-box journeys will become food for improvisation on pianos, theremins, toy pianos, and prepared pianos by Kathy Hinde and Nahum Mantra, to then be remixed live into a surround sound composition with laptop-live-electronics by i am the mighty jungulator. New pieces in the Piano Migrations series have been made possible by a grant from the Arts Council. “… the standout experience is an audiovisual installation by Kathy Hinde: an ingenious music box, in which video of flittering birds on six electricity lines becomes an ever-changing score, their come-and-go presence triggering cracks and clicks on the guts of a piano mechanism hanging being the projection. It’s somehow completely alive, and you could relax in its company for hours.” - Timothy X Atack, Venue Magazine, Feb 09 PROGRAMME OF EVENTS: Saturday 4 July - 12pm to 4pm, Free (£3 suggested donation) Workshop: Map a route of your choice into sound through a winding music box in the foyer. Installation: A video of birds provokes the playing of a hanging upright piano in the Main Auditorium. Performances: Every hour on the half hour, works for player piano and self-playing toy piano. Informal Talks: On bird ecology by Dr. Lisa Thomas. On-Line: Interactive journey-mapping music box programmed by digital artist Ed Holroyd. Sunday 5 July - 4pm to 6pm, Tickets £5 4pm: Saturday Workshops & Installations continue. 4:30pm: Pre-Concert talk about Piano Migrations. 5pm: Concert of music & visuals based on journeys mapped in the workshop, performed on pianos, music boxes, live electronics & theremins with Kathy Hinde, i am the mighty jungulator and Nahum Mantra. BOOKING DETAILS & FURTHER INFORMATION: The Merlin Theatre, Bath Road, Frome, BA11 2HG Box Office: 01373 465 949 www.merlintheatre.co.uk <http://www.merlintheatre.co.uk/> www.pianomigrations.co.uk <http://www.pianomigrations.co.uk/> www.kathyhinde.co.uk <http://www.kathyhinde.co.uk/> Art for Life exhibition and entry 'ART FOR LIFE' is returning to Bath for the third year running in an even bigger setting than before. The largest Art Exhibition to hit Bath is changing venue from Green Park Station to the beautiful setting of Queens Square in the centre of Bath. See poster above. Sponsorship for this years Art Fair has been gratefully provided by three eminent businesses from Bath. Wessex Water, Roper- Rhodes, and Randstad. This year three beautiful, 'arch- windowed' Marquees will be set up in Queens Square from July 16th- 19th, under the shelter of which it it hoped over 400 paintings will be displayed for sale to the general public. Lighting will come from 30 in number 500 watt spotlamps, which will only serve to enhance the already wonderful atmospheric surroundings of one of the most beautiful Georgian squares anywhere in the United Kingdom. With each sale of a painting the RUH 'NICU APPEAL FUND' will benefit from 40% of the sale price of that painting. So, the sale of a £100 painting will provide £40 to the NICU appeal. 57% of a sale will go to the Artist. Bath Art For Life, are looking forwards to receiving works from up to 200 Artists to be displayed in Queens Square. Local Artists have been encouraged to enter their works, but last year there were entries from Artists from as far afield as Italy and Bali who came with their Artworks to Green Park Station! Two eminent London Artists came down the M4 corridor with their works also. 4 Artists were represented from Cornwall. In the two years the Art Fair has been running, over £30,000 has been raised for the NICU funds. This equates to around £70,000 of sales. The target for 2009 is to match the total sales figures of both previous years combined! The venue of Queens Square should provide the Art Fair with that target.. The new committee from Bath Open Art Fair which supports The 'Forever Friends' group at the RUH are looking forward to receiving Art Entry forms from all professional and aspiring Artists starting from today. All artists wishing to sell up to 3 original works of Art in a painted format at a cost of £100 - £10,000 in the Art Fair, are asked to download 'Entry forms' from the 'Art For Life' website on www.artforlifebath .org or alternately the entry forms can be found at Bath's main Library, any branches of B+NES libraries, Bath's Victoria Gallery, Meltone Gallery, Bathwick, the BANA office, and most good Art shops in Bath. Entries of Art will be accepted on a 'first come, first served' basis. Good Luck Back to top Artists First Show at Lawrence Weston Community Farm A unique opportunity to see an exhibition of visual art made by nationally-acclaimed group, Artists First, and to meet the artists during exhibition opening times. Saturday 27 June until Thursday 16 July (Private View: Saturday 27 June 2.30pm until 3.30pm) Opening times: Sunday 28 June 2pm until 4.30pm Tuesdays 3pm until 4pm Thursdays 2pm until 4.30pm Fridays 2pm until 4.30pm Saturdays 2pm until 4.30pm “Artists First is one of the most focussed, clearly thinking, visionary artist-run groups I know.” Michael Prior, Arnolfini Bristol Artists First is a group of sixteen very experienced and committed disabled artists, who live, meet and work in the north of Bristol. Bringing People Together is an exhibition for our community and the people who live in our area. Alongside the exhibition, Artists First will be running workshops for schools and other community groups. Email: artists-first@blueyonder.co.uk Web: www.artistsfirst.org.uk Telephone: 07890 524 226 Lawrence Weston Community Farm Saltmarsh Drive, Bristol BS11 0NJ Telephone: 0117 938 1128 Website: www.lwfarm.org.uk Farm opening times: Tuesday to Sunday, 9.30am – 4.30pm in the summer. Closed on Mondays. Back to top "Mythologies" at the Nails Gallery 26 June- 25 July 2009 Private View Fri 26th July from 6pm Tim Lane, Caroline Watson, Amy Hearn In an age where the fine art scene is dominated by urban art, installation work, and digital imagery, a new exciting genre of fine art has been developing as an antidote. This art is intrinsically concerned with a return to draughtsmanship and storytelling. "Mythologies", a new exhibition curated by the Nails Gallery, has put together some of Bristol and the south's most talented emerging artists. The exhibition's theme relates to the artists' subject matter, which is often based on narrative or legend, whether the stories are drawn from ancient or modern times. The exhibition highlights a growing trend in which successful painters are increasingly emerging from illustration backgrounds rather than fine art. This relates to a developing awareness of the decreased emphasis on draughtsmanship and painting from many fine art degrees in recent years. Tim Lane's artwork is the centerpiece of this mastery of draughtsmanship and storytelling. He develops large- scale drawings and paintings based on myths, fictions and ancient cultural icons. The leitmotif running through his work is certainly death and the fragility of human existence, culture and civilization. He does not however explore this theme with morbidity, rather his works present a celebration of all aspects of humanity, as seen most clearly in the Mexican Day of Dead parades. Tim uses as inspiration more popular well- known fictions, such as Lord of the Flies, Scrooge and One Flew over a Cukoos Nest, as well as developing his own narratives within his work. His brilliant compositions and characters are developed mostly from his own imagination, with no need for models or outside research. Other artists on display will be Rupert Morley, Caroline Watson, David Brooke and Amy Hearn. You can view examples of all artist's work at www.nailsaffordableart.com Open Mon- Sat 9.30 till 5 Tel: 01179292083 Bristol, Nails Gallery "Mythologies" Tim Lane, Caroline Watson, Rupert Morley Exhibition of work new work inspired by ancient and modern legend. 26 June- 25 July open Mon- Sat 9.30 to 5 (free) (01179292083) Lower Exchange Hall, Corn St, Bristol BS1 1LJ Exhibitions at Walcot Chapel Walcot Chapel, Walcot Gate off Walcot St, Bath BA1 5UG Back to top Rabley drawing centre Forthcoming Exhibition Opening Times Thurs – Sat 11 – 5 or by appointment during exhibitions 8 May – 31 July ELEMENTS TRILOGY Sculpture installed in the landscape by Tim Harrisson, Helen Barff and Lucy Strachan Between May and July Rabley will take on exciting new dimensions: Expanding into the landscape around the barn ‘Elements Trilogy’ is an exhibition of three sculptors, Tim Harrisson, Helen Barff and Lucy Strachen. Landscape is fundamental to their ideas, each making their sculpture in very different forms. In addition the gallery will have two concurrent exhibitions: Starting in May with drawings by Tim Harrisson ‘Landmarks’ and Victor Pasmore ‘Points of Contact’ prints from the early 1960’s. Artist Talks Tim Harrisson, Helen Barff and Lucy Strachan will be giving free artist’s talks during the ‘Elements Trilogy’ exhibition kindly sponsored by Strutt & Parker. Please contact the gallery to book or for more information about talks, courses and events http://www.rableydrawingcentre.com Rabley Contemporary Drawing Centre Rabley Barn Mildenhall Marlborough Wiltshire SN8 2LW Email: info@rableydrawingcentre.com Telephone: 01672 511999 Back to top Art at The Angel QUINTESSENTIALLY ENGLISH MAY 15 - AUG 12 2009 This impressive exhibition celebrates the quintessence of Englishness. You will discover a treasure trove of iconic English images interpreted using both traditional and contemporary approaches to painting. “To have been born English is to have won first prize in the lottery of life” - quote from Cecil Rhodes. Following humbly in the footsteps of these great artists' six professional artists creatively engage with 'Englishness'. We have a great desire to express our affection for all that we hold dear about England and the English. Jenny Arthy Jane Robinson Jane Eaton Michael Horder Lindsay Keir Wendy McCleave Venue - ART AT THE ANGEL The Angel Inn Upton Scudamore, Nr. Warminster Wiltshire BA12 0AG Open 11.00 - 3.00 and 6.00 - 11.00 daily or by appointment. Tel: 01985 213225 Coffee, tea, lunch and dinner available. COMPETITION FOR CHILDREN :Create your own Rupert the Bear For more information. Contact: Jane Eaton on 01225 769714 Widcombe Studios Exhibitions and talks Back to top Bo:lee Gallery Moments of Macabre A dark world of fairytale, fable and a very gritty kind of realism. 8th June - 11th July Private View: Saturday 6th June 6 - 8pm Chris Anthony \| Meryl Donoghue \| Damien Hirst \| Timmy Hon Hung Lee \| Adela Leibowitz Garry Martin \| Ione Rucquoi \| Rebecca Stevenson \| Alice Wisden 1 Queen Street Bath BA1 1HE Further information can be found on the website at www.bo-lee.co.uk Back to top Chapel Row Gallery The Chapel Row Gallery 6 Chapel Row Bath BA1 1HN 01225 480114 www.chapelrowgallery.com Further details from Josie Reed on 01225 480114 or mobile 07515 884 206 josie.reed@chapelrowgallery.com Royal United Hospital, Bath ROYAL UNITED HOSPITAL, BATH. Combe Park, BATH BA1 3NG MAIN CENTRAL CORRIDORS Public access 7 days per week Enquiries (Monday - Thursday) Tel: 01225 824987 or email: hetty.dupays@ruh-bath.nhs.uk Central ground floor corridors. (Adjacent to the Atrium) Open daily to the public. For enquires: Tel: 01225 824987 Exhibition starts: 12.6.09 Ends: 23.8.09 Royal Photographic Society Exhibition The Royal Photographic Society, founded in 1853, is the foremost Photographic Society in the world and its aim is to promote excellence in the Art and Science of Photography. The Society is an educational charity with a worldwide membership of over 10,000, and in 2004 it became a body incorporated by Royal Charter. Each year, The Society organises the International Print Exhibition and the International Projected Image Exhibition and, since the 150th anniversary year of The Society in 2003, it has held a Members' Exhibition every second year. Entries for the 2009 Members' Exhibition were submitted from around the globe, and the 100 prints that were selected by the judges showcase the diverse styles and techniques adopted across the membership and the high quality of their work. The selectors were: The Society's President, Dr. Barry Senior Hon.FRPS, Roger Reynolds Hon.FRPS, Roy Robertson FRPS and David Wheeler FRPS from The Society's Exhibitions Committee, and Arnold Hubbard FRPS. A Presentation CD-Rom of all the images in the Exhibition is available for £5. It can be obtained by contacting The Society's Reception on 01225 325733 email: reception@rps.org Details of the UK tour and information about The Royal Photographic Society and other RPS Exhibitions can be found on The Society's website www.rps.org Back to top ICIA Exhibitions and Free Talks For 2009, ICIA has programmed its events around the theme plotting… arts and space. ICIA: 01225 386777 University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath, BA2 7AY For directions check: www.bath.ac.uk/icia Back to top RWA exhibitions Main Galleries: Royal West of England Academy Queen's Road Clifton Bristol BS8 1PX web: www.rwa.org.uk A Cornish Perspective: Newlyn Society of Artists 31st May - 5th July This exhibition will show works by the founding members from the end of the nineteenth century, through the famous post war Modernist period to the present day. The present members, several of whom are RWA Academicians, will be showing painting, sculpture, prints, photography, installation and video. The majority of works will be for sale. 7th RWA Open Print Exhibition 9th August - 19th September A survey of contemporary printmaking selected from an open submission. This exhibition will also include examples of recent work by invited artists from Japan, Russia and Poland. Other special features include bookplates and print works in three dimensions. Hand in days - 16th, 17th and 18th July 157 Autumn Exhibition 1st November - 13th December 2009 A vibrant and eclectic exhibition comprising a great variety of styles, media and subject matter selected from open submission. The RWA's most popular show of the year consists of over 500 works of painting, sculpture, photography, printmaking and architecture, the majority of which are for sale. Hand in days - 24th, 25th, 26th September RWA - New Gallery 2009 Programme 3 - 28 Jul Margaret Lovell RWA and Catherine Baker 'Catherine Baker's paintings capture the essence of remembered landscapes, while Margaret Lovell's sculptures express natural forms and soaring movement. 31 Jul - 25 Aug Frankie Webb 'Time Nor Place' Glazed, grazed, drawn, scratched, poured and painted…lines and shapes, figures, imaginings and suppositions; in clay, paint and graphite. Royal West of England Academy, Queens Road, Clifton Bristol BS8 1PX 10am - 5.30 pm Monday - Saturday, 2pm - 5pm Sunday (last admission half an hour before closing) £4, £2.50 concessions 0117 9735129 info@rwa.org.uk www.rwa.org.uk Back to top Victoria Art Gallery Bath Society of Artists 104th Annual Exhibition 20 June - 25 July The exhibition will include paintings, prints, drawings and sculptures contributed by members of the Society, together with an invited artist. There is also a section that is open for artists who are not members of the Society. Around 350 works of art - most by local artists - will be on display at the Victoria Art Gallery in Bath this summer as part of the Bath Society of Artist's 104th annual summer exhibition. The show opens on Saturday, June 20 and runs until Saturday, July 25 at the Bath & North East Somerset Council-run art gallery next to Pulteney Bridge. Admission to the exhibition and Gallery is free. The exhibition will include paintings, prints, drawings and sculptures contributed by members of the Society together with invited artist, painter and printmaker, Eileen Cooper RA. Jon Benington, Manager of the Victoria Art Gallery, said: “The Bath Society of Artists annual exhibition is our most popular fixture. Last year's show was seen by over fifteen thousand visitors in five weeks. “Bath & North East Somerset Council is proud to stage the exhibition which celebrated its centenary four years ago. Each year the Society seems to go from strength to strength. A number of prizes are up for grabs, including the two Andrew Brownsword Prizes of £500 each, a Public Choice Prize of £500 and a Young Artists' Prize of £250. During the exhibition members of the public will be able to vote for their favourite piece of work using voting slips provided by the Gallery. The winner of the People's Choice Award will receive £500. A series of free talks will also accompany the exhibition by local experts. All talks take place from 2.30pm-3.15pm. The first, by Barrington Tabb, takes place on Saturday, June 27 and looks at the painter's approach. The second talk will take place on Saturday, July 4 on the printmaker's approach with Bob Ballard.The sculptor's approach will be the subject of the third talk on Saturday, July 11 by Guy Thomas. Back to top Kurt Jackson: River Avon Part Two 1 August - 4 October This second part of Kurt's painting the River Avon continues from Bath to Avonmouth. Kurt says: “Over the last few years I’ve completed several projects about rivers – in this country and on the continent. To follow a river from its source as it grows and changes, erodes and meanders, evolving itself and the land; this is not just a journey, getting to know the river itself, but is also about discovering and understanding the host countryside - the history, people, culture, wildlife. The river becomes a metaphor for life itself.” Remarkably, the viewer is once again offered Jackson’s fluent, dynamic and inspiring depictions of life on the river. His unique working method using various media takes us to secret stretches of the riverbank in addition to well known landmarks. The results convey the artist’s holistic approach to his life, art and politics. The complete body of work from source to mouth has taken Jackson almost five years to complete and this exhibition, sponsored by Wessex water, will be accompanied by a brand new publication. Exhibition tour with Jon Benington, Friday 14 August, 12.00-12.45; free Ducks quack, snatches of conversation, Bath evening, mixed media, Kurt Jackson, 2008 Bath Railway Posters Small display until 27 September During the 1920s and 1930s, railway companies produced striking posters designed to entice people to roam around the country by rail. This is a rare opportunity to see our collection of Bath railway posters. These Art Deco influenced gems are a very 20th century interpretation of Bath’s Roman and Georgian past. Image: Historic Bath, Frank Newbold, 1946 Unpopular Culture: Grayson Perry selects from the Arts Council Collection. 7 November - 3 January 2010 Perry’s selection will be presented alongside a number of new works made by the artist made in response to the Collection and the themes of the exhibition. Above Stairs / Exhibition Tours Monthly tours taking in temporary exhibitions and the collection displays. Free, no booking necessary. Fridays, 12.00-12.45 – 15 May Events for Children Young @ Art Club £3.75 per child in advance. All children to be accompanied by an adult. Book on 01225 477244. Art on Thursdays Free talks for blind and visually impaired people. Thursdays, 10.30-12.00 www.victoriagal.org.uk Back to top Museum of East Asian Art MUSEUM OF EAST ASIAN ART, 12 BENNETT ST, BATH BA1 2QJ TEL 01225 464 640 EMAIL info@meaa.org.uk TUE-SAT 10.00AM- 5.00PM SUN 12.00- 5.00 PM CLOSED MONDAYS Since opening its doors to the public in 1993, the Museum of East Asian Art has been a beacon of East Asian art and culture in the west of England and houses one of the most remarkable collections of art from this part of the world in the United Kingdom. From the 2nd of May through to the 23rd of August, the Museum will be celebrating a full fifteen years of presenting the art and cultures of East and Southeast Asia to the public with two Retrospective exhibitions: Treasures of the Museum of East Asian Art and Fish of Plenty: Auspicious Nature in Chinese Art. Both of these exhibitions will be highlighting objects from the Museum’s own collection. 29th August - 6th December 2009 From the Land of Hidden Charm: Contemporary Paintings from Vietnam The Museum of East Asian Art’s upcoming exhibition “From the Land of Hidden Charm: Contemporary Paintings from Vietnam” showcases some of modern Vietnam’s best talent from a substantialHidden Charm Exhibition cross-section of work by artists with international reputations, many of whom have never been seen in the UK before. The exhibition will be open from the 1st of September to the 6th of December 2009. From the Land of Hidden Charm: Contemporary Paintings from Vietnam is a collaborative exhibition between the Museum of East Asian Art and Oc-Eo Art. *Other events* Back to top Cloth Road Artists party/AGM It's now only a year to go 'til the 2010 Cloth Road Arts Week, and our background efforts are coming to the fore again now with all that there is to do for our next art week in 2010. In bringing you back up- to-date with committee and other news here is new newsletter for June 2009. For your diaries - we're having a Cloth Road Artist's Party on Thursday 9th July 2009 at the The Fat Fowl (upstairs) Bradford-on-Avon at 7:30pm - during the evening there'll also be a spot to cover AGM formalities in short, and Paul, our Chairman, will be brief to update you with plans and actions afoot - but otherwise it's a social, for a drink, chat and networking. There's a bar so the choice of drink will be yours! Please do invite a like-minded friend to come along with you for the evening, we'd like to see as many people as possible and have a bit of fun. It'll be an informal set up with tables and chairs around so you can drink and chat, and then also relax when we zip through the key notifications as entertainingly as possible. Then there'll be time for general chatting and meeting people etc. Thank you all for your continued support. By the way, the new membership year has just begun (1st June) so keep your subs coming in or join now if you want to exhibit in 2010> Thank you. Sam West Artist and Volunteer Committee Member Picture This events at Spike Island About Picture This Picture This works with artists to produce and present new moving image projects. We develop and realize ambitious moving image projects by contemporary artists which are presented at our space in Bristol, across the UK and internationally, and through DVDs, printed and online publications. We support artists and arts organisations with moving image technology and we host events which develop audiences’ understanding of moving image work. www.picture-this.org.uk Wednesday 01 July, 7.30pm (TBC) NEVILLE GABIE / ONE <http://oneminuteweek.tumblr.com/> MINUTE WEEK Artist Neville Gabie spent 4 months in Antarctica with the British Antarctic Survey as their artist in residence at Halley Research Station. Situated on the Brunt Ice Shelf it was first time an artist has been allowed to spend the whole summer season at the base. During that time Neville updated this blog with a one minute film each week. The blog was supported by Picture This. http://oneminuteweek.tumblr.com/ Picture This \| Mardyke Ferry Road \| Spike Island \| Bristol \| BS1 6UU 0117 925 7010 www.picture-this.org.uk Back to top