EXHIBITION - Hidden Agenda, Granary Gallery, Berwick

A lovely opening on Saturday at the Granary Gallery in Berwick Upon Tweed for the Hidden Agenda exhibition. It was lovely to meet the artist Doug Jones who co curated the exhibition and was showing a fab piece of work called Generations, also the artist Katie Davies who was just a couple of days into her new residency with Berwick Visual Arts.... been checking out their past work online, check out the following links. Katie Davies  Doug Jones

 

 

  

PRESS - The Journal (Hidden Agenda Exhibition)

Hidden Agenda - socially Conscious Craft at Berwick Granary Gallery... exhibition preview in the Journal 19/03/2014

http://www.thejournal.co.uk/culture/arts-culture-news/berwick-exhibition-reveals-craft-social-6848342

UPCOMING - Hidden Agenda Exhibition Preview

Please join me at the preview of Hidden Agenda - Socially
Conscious Craft. I am showing my 'Trilogy of Death' series in this
exhibition co curated by the Crafts Council Collection, Berwick Visual Arts & artist Doug Jones. 

Exhibition Preview
The Granary Gallery - Saturday 22 March 2014 from 2pm

A Crafts Council Collection exhibition, curated in partnership with Berwick Visual Arts and artist Doug Jones, ‘Hidden Agenda’ presents works by makers and designers who use craft as a platform for social comment and provocation.

The exhibition includes works from the Crafts Council Collection by artists Jane Atfield, Stephen Dixon, Michael Marriott, Angela O’Kelly, Grayson Perry, Paul Scott, Lynn Setterington, Audrey Walker, Michele Walker and Lois Walpole alongside new work by Doug Jones and Karen Thompson.

The exhibition will be launched by Annabelle Campbell, Head of Exhibitions and Collections, Crafts Council with Doug Jones and Karen Thompson discussing their work in the exhibition.

All welcome with complimentary tea and cake served on Level 1 of Berwick YHA, courtesy of the YHA Bistro.

The Granary Gallery, YHA Berwick, Dewars Lane, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, TD15 1H

Image above: Apple Laundry Basket, Lois Walpole, 1995. Crafts Council Collection W121. Photo Nick Moss

OUT AND ABOUT - Granary Gallery, Berwick

I dropped the 'Trilogy of Death' off today at the Granary Gallery in Berwick upon Tweed, for inclusion in the Hidden Agenda - Socially Conscious Craft exhibition... more of which later...

Granary Gallery, Berwick Upon Tweed.

EXHIBITION - 108 Fine Art

My exhibition opened yesterday at 108 Fine Art in Harrogate, it runs until the 22nd February. It includes recent ceramics and Drawings. Please contact Andrew Stewart at 108 Fine Art for more details. 

+44 (0)1423 709108 / 07798 908857

 

 

PRESS - York Curiouser in the York Press

The artists involved with York Curiouser.

The first public announcement of the artists involved with York Curiouser in todays York Press...

http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/10963519.York_Curiouser_art_event_to_encourage_people_to_explore_hidden_areas_of_the_city/

EVENT - National Glass Centre Showcase

National Glass Centre Showcase.

I set up my showcase with the National Glass Centre in Sunderland today. It runs until 4th May, it includes Tureen Heads, Eyeball Vases, PMN2 Landmines & Goveshy Busts.

EXHIBITION - Solo Exhibition at 108 Fine Art, Harrogate

I've a forthcoming solo exhibition at 108 Fine Art in Harrogate, the private view is Saturday 1st February, if you are in the area you are most welcome to pop in. Thank you so much 108 Fine Art for inviting me to have this solo exhibition.

PRESS - National Glass Centre Brochure

National Glass Centre, Brochure. Jan-April 2014

My tureen heads feature in the new booklet for the National Glass Centre. I have a showcase with the Glass Centre running from 17th January until the 4th May. The Tureen heads will be included in the showcase along with other works.

UPCOMING - Christmas 2013

Merry Christmas from 'A1 Jesus', Hoping everyone has a lovely festive holiday time :-)

EXHIBITION - Snuck in on this one....

A lovely start to the week! Just received this email this morning - what a surprise...
 
"I thought you might like to know that the pierced porcelain mug and badge featuring an image of Emmanuel Cooper - which you very kindly sent him a few years ago - is on display as part of the huge retrospective exhibition of his ceramic work which has just opened at Ruthin Craft Centre. The show moves to Derby in February and comes to London in April next year."

 

He was indeed 'badgered' by me, I managed to draw him in one of my classes at college... and as is with badgered I turned him into a badge and sent it to him... check out some of my other victims http://www.karent.co.uk/badgered.html I'll be updating this page shortly with some recent additions.

DRAWINGS - A1 Sized Escapism

I've really enjoyed spending the last couple of days taking to my easel and producing a few A1 (841 x 594mm) sized Watercolour & Ink portraits. I love working on this scale, it feels very freeing after the constriction of modelling in clay and making mass amounts of Michael Gove. I'm having a wee week of drawing escapism before cracking on with my Tureen Heads for a showcase in the National Glass Centre running from mid January to the end of April.

WORKSHOP - SMT Portraiture Workshop 2

A couple of photos from the second portraiture workshop I ran in the Art Gallery for Scarborough Museums Trust. A lovely day working with lots of creative kids... 

PRESS - The Guardian, 24th November 2013

The Goveshy mentioned in the Guardian

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2013/nov/24/art-party-conference-scarborough

PRESS - BBC, 24th November 2013

'Inviting people to throw things at the head of a cabinet minister is perhaps not the most diplomatic way of advocating anything to the government'  

I never was any good with diplomacy & tact... It was great fun however!
  
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25050676

BBC NEWS - 24th November 2013.

EXHIBITION - The Art Party Conference 2013

GOVESHY - After the Epiphany.

PRESS - York Press, 20th November 2013

GOVESHY previewed in todays York Press ahead of the Art Party Conference. Link to the web version: 

http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/ryedale/10820709.Art_Party_Conference_visitors_to_smash_Michael_Gove__army_/

York Press - 20th November 2013 (Web Version)

GOVESHY - Kiln Firing Number Two

Second batch of finished Michael Gove busts out the kiln... One more firing to go.

GOVESHY - Badges

I've just been designing an image to have made into badges for the Art Party Conference. Can't resist going for the 50mm size badges... 

PRESS - GOVESHY previewed in the Broadsheets

Goveshy was featured today on Page 4 of the Yorkshire Post, Page 8 of the Times & Page 2 of the Daily Telegraph. This is all pre-run up press for the Art Party Conference on the 23rd November.

Yorksire Post, The Times and The Telegraph - 18th November 2013

Introducing... GOVESHY (Coming Soon)

GOVESHY - Draft drawing. 2013

It's time to announce the work I'm creating for the Art Party Conference at Scarborough Spa on the 23rd November 2013. GOVESHY will be a performance installation piece. This piece is in keeping with the theme of the day whch is a follow on from Bob & Roberta Smith's impassioned protest artwork letter to Michael Gove MP (Secreary of State for Education), which campaigned for the inclusion of art subjects in the English Baccalaureate (Ebacc).
  
GOVESHY will be open for a 30-60 minute slot on the 23rd November. It will consist of approx 200 Michael Gove busts that punters can throw wooden balls at to smash. 
The Michael Gove busts are being made from the finest quality Wedgwood blue clay, this is made possible by a very generous 'in-kind donation' from Wedgwood towards my project, for which I am extremely grateful as this enables me to realise the full potential of the work.

So, come along on the day, lets smash up Michael Gove as he continues to smash up the very foundations of craft in this country. 

WORKSHOP - SMT Portraiture Workshop

A lovely workshop today in the Art Gallery for Scarborough Museums Trust. Lots of creativity and fun was to be had... Mostly by me! ha... 

Scarborough Museums Trust - Portraiture Workshop.

                 

PRESS - Art Party Conference & Goveshy

Some great press on the Art Party Conference today from Culture 24. They also picked up on GOVESHY, which was nice... 

http://www.culture24.org.uk/art/art457786

DRAWINGS - Parade Map

Just completed the map of the route of the Beach Parade March for the Art Party Conference on November 23rd. It's up on the Art Party website now... Best get a move on with making my placard! www.artpartyconference.co.uk 

TUREEN HEADS - Angela & Wilf

Artist Angela Chalmers & Wilf

Wilf is off to a new home today. He has been lovingly chosen by the fab artist Angela Chalmers. Off he goes, bye bye Wilf...