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FLORUM 2010

62 Florum Artists invite you to their annual exhibition of Paintings, Prints, Jewellery and cards

Saturday 11th - Saturday 18th September 10am - 5pm
Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve, Bradbourne Vale Road, Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 3DH
Free admission and parking

SEOS artists taking part are Louisa Crispin, Felicity Flutter, Julie King, Sue Scullard, Billy Showell, Annie Soudain, Peta Stockton and Sue J Williams

For more information www.florum.co.uk

Take a Fresh Look
Visual Art Masterclass series
Throughout September 2010 at Chatham Historic Dockyards, Kent

A programme of art workshops will begin in the fabulous No.1 Smithery Gallery and are inspired by our Autumn art exhibition Resonance and Renewal: Shipbuilding on the Clyde by Sir Stanley Spencer. Lead by professional artists, each specialising in different art mediums, participants can develop existing skills or learn new ones with the expert's guidance. Details about each masterclass can be found below.

Look in new ways, explore the dockyard to create fresh arts work and be creative.

Places are limited so we advise you to book early to avoid disappointment. Booking and for further information on 01634 823814.

MASTERCLASS #1 - Watercolours with Paul Osborne
Date: 4 September
Time: 9.30- 5.30
Fee: £50
Skill Level: Enthusiastic amateur
Bring: Paper, pads, paints and brushes, easel if you have one

Paul believes almost everything has the potential to make a good picture, with a bit of careful selection, a keen eye and a sense of composition. This class offers the chance to explore the sense of discovering something new, creating and capturing a personal response about what you feel and see combined with practical advice on getting started in watercolours.
Paul often looks at the work of other artists that inspire him such as Paul Nash, Edward Bawden, Francis Towne and of course Stanley Spencer!

MASTERCLASS #2 - Textile and Texture with Mandy Munroe
Date: Saturday 11 September
Time: 9.30- 5.30
Fee: £50
Skill Level: No Experience Necessary
Bring: Washing up bowl or bucket, rubber gloves, apron, mask (if you have one), digital camera, notebook and pencil

Leading Kent based Textile artist, Mandy Munroe, specialises in contemporary wall pieces. She has been creating interior and exterior textile works for 14 years. Her style has been described as bold, geometric, abstract and architectural. This works

St Julians Country Club Gallery 2011

St Julians is a private members club just outside Sevenoaks. Situated on the slope of the greensand ridge in northwest Kent, the house is surrounded by beautiful woodlands and looks out over the Kentish Weald.

As well as being one of our main club rooms, the gallery is used as a showcase for local artists and art groups; we are now booking spaces for 2011. A 20% commission is taken from any sales, but there is no further charge for the use of the room for the show or the private view. Applications are invited for 'one man' or shared shows to be organised by the artists. Alternatively, applications can be made to participate in one of two annual mixed shows, held in mid summer and over the Christmas period.

For more information, please contact Faith Morgan at faithpennick@mac.com.

www.stjulians.co.uk

The Working Artist

A workshop will be offered on August 28th at the Wobblybridge Gallery in Tunbridge Wells. Titled "The Working Artist," this class is aimed at both established and emerging artists as well as those considering a career in the arts. We will look at the tools necessary to reach career goals, ways to think about marketing to the public, how to best approach galleries and museums, and everything you need to know to develop your business as a professional working artist.

Crista Cloutier will be teaching this one-day course. For ten years she directed Segura Publishing Company in the USA, running her own award-winning art gallery whilst also selling art to museums and galleries throughout the world. Crista has worked with some of the most significant contemporary artists working today and also helped many emerging artists develop their careers. She now writes for the Guardian online and work as a consultant to artists and galleries in both the UK and the USA.

For more information about The Working Artist and to register your place, please visit http://www.theworkingartist.co.uk

CALL FOR ARTISTS

Art in the Dockyard 2011
The Historic Dockyard Chatham, Kent

Registration deadline: 21 August 2011

Registration is now open to artists, professional or amateur, aged 18+ who live, work or study in Kent to take part in the exciting Art In The Dockyard 2011 competition. Selected artworks will be exhibited in the exciting, brand new No.1 Smithery Gallery, a contemporary art space built to International gallery standards and opened in July 2010.

Art works should capture the spirit and extraordinary character of the Historic Dockyard site, under any of the seven categories including:

• landscapes
• figurative
• abstract
• photographic
• sculptural/ceramic
• mixed media (including textiles)
• 2D artworks of the Commissioner's House (oil/acrylic/watercolour/pen & wash only)

Successfully selected artworks will be exhibited to the public from 14 February – 31 March 2011 and an independent panel of judges will be awarding cash prizes in each category and presenting the overall 'Artist of The Dockyard 2011' title and prize.

Artists must submit an entry form and fee of £15 (not the artworks yet!) by 21 August 2010.
Forms and further information can be downloaded from www.thedockyard.co.uk

Eidos [form] exhibition at Sevenoaks Kaleidoscope Gallery - 22 July - 1 Sept 2010

Artists from across Kent were invited to submit works that explore the place of 'form' in contemporary art and experiment with the formal qualities of structure and material irrespective of subject or narrative.

Exhibition includes work by SEOS artists Hildegard Pax and Shelley Rose, as well as Jon Adams, Ros Barker, Steven Foy, Lynsey Harrison, Marinda Hudson, Nick Hughes, Nicole Mollett, Theresa Paton and Bradley Starkey.

Sevenoaks Kaleidoscope Gallery, Buckhurst Lane, Sevenoaks, TN13 1LQ

10@No9

A collective of ten local artists will be exhibiting and showing work over a period of two weeks starting 17th August at No 9 The Pantiles Tunbridge Wells, currently an empty empty shop. Open 10-5 every day.

Artists taking part; Ciara Healy, Claire Palastanga, Christa Corner, Letitia Tunstall, Will Taylor, Alexander Farrell, Louisa Crispin, Dan Ainsworth, Clare Winchester and Julie Taylor.

For further updates and information, find us on Facebook

http://www.facebook.com/pages/10No9/135062783199831

SEOS wants YOU

Join us in running the most extensive open studio event in the South East

We are looking for more people to join our management team in executive, non-executive and non-committee posts. You don't have to be an artist or maker as long as you have the right skills.

Four posts are available with honorariums and expenses paid.

We are also looking for more Area Coordinators. These are non-committee posts. All Area Coordinators have the benefit of free annual membership.

Please see our news item for information

Art tutor wanted

I am looking for an art tutor/club or class for my daughter. She is 9 years old and would very much like to learn drawing/painting techniques or anything arty really.

We live in Sandwich and would need to stay relatively local.

Any suggestions would be gratefully received.

Natural Histories' exhibition at Maidstone Library Gallery

Working as Resonant Textiles, this collaborative exhibition with textile artist Anne Kelly uses found materials. It is a reflection of our interest in natural spaces- open landscape, intimate gardens, spaces in towns and the flora and fauna within landscape.

Maidstone Library Gallery, St Faiths Street, Maidstone. Kent. ME15 7QX
10th September -15th October 2010

I will be available for a meet the artist session on Saturday 25th September 2010 2.00-4.00pm and would be happy to discuss my work and my new book, The Found Object in Textile Art. Publishing date September 2010.

Please send a reply if you would like further details.

www.casholmestextiles.co.uk
www.casholmes.textilearts.net

Flights of Fancy.

Georges Gallery, a contemporary space in the heart of the Creative Quarter, is hosting an exhibition by members of Ashford Visual Artists. "Flights of Fancy" is an installation by ten artists who have worked together to create a collaborative piece using paper, mixed media and sound. The resulting sculpture will swarm and swoop, filling the gallery with individual flights of fancy.

Ten AVA artists, amongst whom SEOS members Mary Sampson, Chris Furse, Alex Le Rossignol, Mandy Munroe and Jane Richardson address issues around communication, containment, fragility and flight within the framework of the cube.

The exhibition runs from 20th Aug to 1st Sept, Mon – Sat, 10am – 5pm, Sun 11am – 3pm, at Georges House, 8 The Old High St., Folkestone, Kent, CT20 1RL.

Fantastic artist studio space available in Maidstone High Street
 
This is the first floor of newly refursbished premises in a central, prime location in the High Street of Maidstone, Kent. It is within very easy access of all amenities and public transport. The premises are vacant and available for immediate occupation.

Private access with stairs to the first floor. There are three main rooms, two of which are joined by an interconnecting door, so the floor can be taken as as a whole or as two units. There are two separate single cubicle toilets, fully fitted, and a kitchen area with fitted hot water bolier.

Office/Studio  1 - 146 sq ft approx as single room + shared kitchen and toilets £175 per calendar month

Office/Studio  2 = 316 sq ft approx as two rooms + shared kitchen and toilets £375 per calendar month

Entire floor = 582 sq ft approx,  all incusive.  £550 per calendar month

A telephone/broadband line is not currently connected. Price excludes utilities and refuse collection services.

Parking may be available for rent, from a third-party, immediately behind the premises.

The premises being offered are above a newly opened youth café. This is currently only open to the general public after school (3.30 to 5.30pm) and on Saturdays (11am to 4pm). At other times it is used for private meetings by youthwork organisations.

For more information and to arrange a viewing please contact Roy Laming of Switch Youth Café on 01622 661885 or 07578879909
 
Be quick as the spaces are sure to be snapped up.

Studio artists also get a great perk….one month’s free shared gallery hire at the Graham Clarke Gallery at the Hazlitt Art Centre.

Call to Artists: Open Art Exhibition 'A Summer Squall'

Ramsgate Arts is staging its summer arts event 'A Summer Squall' over the August Bank Holiday, 28th-30th August 2010. We would like to invite artists to submit their work which will be part of an exhibition staged on the harbour itself in one of the arches on Military Row.

Do get in touch for more information:
Tel: 07544 971685 or send a reply

Hidden Artists Exhibition 2011

Inspired by RCA Secret, we invite you to contribute work to this new major exhibition.

Venue: Denbies Picture Gallery, Denbies Wine Estate, Dorking.

Date: Tuesday 25th-Sunday 30th January 2011

Please visit our website: www.hiddenartists.co.uk for full details and to obtain an invitation letter via the direct link . We should really welcome your interest and support. The majority of artists will be based in the South East and we are hoping for 300-400 submissions.

Artists Directory are offering free membership to their web site. Its not a selling site, but aims to be a directory. Check it out: www.artistsdirectory.co.uk

Rural artists and designers wanted.

If your work is inspired by nature and country life, we are keen to hear from you.

We show seasonal collections at Arts Hut, my boutique studio Gallery, based in the picturesque village of Herstmonceux, East Sussex. We nurture home grown rural art, including paintings, prints, ceramics, wood, glass and textiles.

To get in touch and see us at work please go to

Advertising Officer Wanted

Could you sell advertising space for the SEOS Guide and website? This is a paid position plus commission and you will be part of the SEOS Management Team. For more details please download the job description under SEOS Opportunities on the Downloads page.

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