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June 2008 Update - What (some of) you missed! !
Well done to all concerned with the first, very successful, Black Dog Art Trail. A big thanks to Brüer Tidman for his invaluable help as Artistic Director and to the other artists who took part.
Our Spring Social went well. It was interesting to see other peoples’ work and we had a good natter and loads of nibbles.We had an excellent trip to Tate Modern, everyone enjoyed it – we all did various things and we got back to the coach on time! Our craft workshops at Hobbyhorse, Knit & Yarn and the Riverside Centre went well. We found all sorts of things to do with plastic, wool, wire and embellishments!
Anne Paton’s Walberswick Workshop was a huge success. We spent the morning out and about at the harbour or sea. We all had to do eight small studies using different media for each sketch. Then in the afternoon we used our small sketches as the basis for larger compositions – with some excellent results! :
So onto what’s coming up –
Fri 13 June – Katarzyna Coleman - Riverside Centre 11.00 – 4.00. Bring a packed lunch. Acclaimed artist Katarzyna works with a wide variety of black and white media including charcoal, graphite, ink, pastels, chalks etc etc etc – to create huge dramatic and atmospheric black and white drawings. She creates one layer and then fixes it. Then she works into the first layer making the darks ever darker and using putty and plastic rubbers to create gashes of white light. Then she fixes the second layer and so on. The final results are almost 3D. The day costs £25 full price and £20 concessions (over 50s, people on benefits, students) Don’t miss it – book your place NOW!
Mon 16 June – Our final Bungay a Town of Letters workshop at So and Sews, Upper Olland St. Verona will give us ideas on raw edged appliqué work 1.30 – 4.30. FREE – all materials supplied.
Thur 19 June – Beth Chatto Gardens. Your chance to spend time in the gardens to sketch, paint etc and perhaps buy some plants from the excellent nursery. Leave Community Centre 8.30, arrive about 10 and leave at 4.00. If rotten weather we will leave earlier. Cost should be about £15 for coach and entry. There is a large café for drinks, lunch etc or you can bring your picnic. Again let me know if you want easel and boards, but bring your own chair. So far we have 29 booked but we can book a larger coach so bring your family/friends.
Mon 30 June – Collating Day for the “Letters” 2.00 – 5.00. If you haven’t been able to come to the workshops please create your own B U N G A Y letter/s in whichever medium you chose. No smaller than A5, no larger than A4. Bring them along at 2.00 or let me know beforehand and I’ll arrange something. Come on BDA – be inventive – who can come up with the most “original” letter? The Chamber of Trade is supporting this and we will be providing the shops in town with the letters for their window displays during the Bungay Festival in July.
Cost approx £16 if 10 attend, obviously less £’s if more come along. Packed lunch or café/pub lunch – it’s up to you!
Tue 27th May - Craft Workshop at Knit & Yarn, Upper Olland St: 6.30 – 9.00: Knit or crochet to felt for “Bungay – A Town of Letters” – see later
Sat 7th June - Craft Workshop at Riverside Centre 11.00 – 3.00: Recycling plastics for “Bungay a Town of Letters” – see later
Fri 13th June - Second Master Class with Katarzyna Coleman Bungay Riverside Centre 11.00 – 1.00 then 1.30 – 3.30. One of the most exciting artists in the region KC creates large black and white, expressionist drawings in “layers”, fixing one layer then drawing into it and uncovering part of the layer beneath, then fixing that etc. She uses a using a range of media from charcoal to graphite and inks. Cost tba – probably about £20. Bring your lunch.
Mon 16th June - Craft Workshop at Sew & So’s Upper Olland St - 1.30 – 4.30: Raw edged appliqué for “Bungay a Town of Letters” – see later
Thur 19 June - Beth Chatto Garden Leave Community Centre 8.30 -Arrive at 10.00 and leave at 4.00. Entry to gardens £4.00/£4.50 and cost of coach either £10 for 25 seater or £17 for 14 seater. There is a café for lunch, or bring your own. Loads to draw or paint.
Mon 30th June - Collating Day for “Bungay a Town of Letters” – Riverside Centre 2 – 5.
Fri 11th July - Third Masterclass – details to be announced later
Wed 23rd July - Henry Moore Foundation, Perry Green, Herts – including tour of Hoglands (his house) and studio in the morning and tour of gardens, studios & galleries in the afternoon £10 or £7 concessions. Coach - £13 for 25 seater/ £21.50 for 14 seater. Leave Community Centre 8.30 leave Perry Green at 4.30. Some time to sketch in the garden
Fri 15 August – guided tour of The Plantation Garden (sometimes called The Secret Garden) top of Earlham Rd, Norwich next to RC Cathedral. After the tour we could set up easels or just sketch – there is plenty of interesting architecture there – and of course plants. Minimum charge £36.
Thur 4 Sept – Dedham Vale – Leave Community Centre 9.00 arrive 10.00ish – morning spent drawing/painting in the village or Stour Valley and move onto Castle House, Munnings house and museum for 2.00, leave at 4.30 – again there will be time to sketch the house and garden. Entrance to Caste House approx £3 coach £9 for 25 seater or £14.50 for 14 seater.
Throughout Sept – BDA members exhibition at the Fisher Theatre Gallery – details later
Sept – AGM – date tba
Autumn 2008 – Taster Sessions, probably water colour, water soluble oils, + others tba – these will be FREE
Oct - Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge – date tba
For December – Black Dog Arts Advent Calendar in a shop window in town containing small pieces of work, which will be auctioned off after Christmas for charity So get thinking – we will provide details of dimensions etc soon..
Bungay – A Town of Letters.
This will be BDA contribution to the Bungay Festival which takes place first two weeks in July. We want members to create the letters BUNGAY in whatever format you chose. Minimum size A5, maximum A4. We will be holding the workshops listed above to create craft based works – you are most welcome to come along or work at home. We will be collating all the “letters” on Mon 30 June prior to them being exhibited in shop windows in the town – their window dressing theme for the Festival being “Bungay – A Town of Letters”.
For further information please contact the Chairman, Marlene Jervis marlenejervis@btinternet.com ( or telephone 01986 892905) or the Secretary, Jan Dungey jan@ollandstreet.co.uk (01986 895227).
Kindly sponsored by Norwich & Peterborough, Bungay Branch
