August 2024
The Arts Club Aldeburgh Beach goes from strength to strength. Our 340 or so members are amongst the most exciting and influential arts people in Suffolk.
Sir PETER BLAKE RA, Sir HUMPHREY BURTON, LIZ CALDER,
EILEEN COOPER RA, EMMA FREUD, RYAN GANDER RA, JILL GREEN, MAGGI HAMBLING, Lady PATTY HOPKINS, ANTHONY HOROWITZ, IAN MCMILLAN, BLAKE MORRISON, BEN PRESTON, LIBBY PURVES, DIANA QUICK, JANICE TURNER, ALISON WILDING RA, ROGER WRIGHT, HELEN ATKINSON WOOD, DEREK WYATT
MONTHLY ARTS CLUB LUNCH
This Wednesday 7th August at 1pm the monthly Arts Club lunch is at the fabulously arty home of Paul Motion and James Lockhart in Leiston. Please RSVP to paulwmotion@hotmail.com
Address is 80 King Georges Avenue, Leiston, IP16 4JG
Please bring food and drink to share as usual.
Let’s meet, mingle and collaborate this month!
Love Caroline xx
Remembering Daphne
Daphne Astor 1949 - 2024
We remember Daphne who was a member of the Arts Club and a huge influence on the artists programme here at The Aldeburgh Beach Lookout. She introduced so many outstanding artists to us over our 14 years here - these include Regine Bartsch, Clara Drummond, Paul Kindersley, Issam Kourbaj, Andrew Hewish, Scott Blaser, Joan Edlis, Ermias Kifleyesus.
I photographed Daphne in The Lookout 2 years ago when she came to Regine’s show.
Below is her one page obituary in The Times.
MEMBERS’ BULLETIN
This bulletin highlights a selection of art happenings this month in and around Suffolk. You can also read this on our website
Here are Paul and James as Gilbert and George at last year’s Arts Club party!
Sonia Khan at The Lookout
Sonia Kahn
A celluloid exploration of Aldeburgh beach
Saturday 10th - Sunday 11th August 11am - 4pm
Join us for drinks on Saturday 10th at 12 noon.
Arts Club Open
After our first hugely successful Arts Club Open, it returns for the second year!
The dates are
Friday 16th August until Wednesday 28th August 11-4pm daily
Opening party Friday 16th August 6-8pm.
Here is some of the fun we had at last year’s Arts Club Open!
David Baldry and Sue Brinkhurst invite us to a Barbeque
Barbeque – Wednesday 21st August from 6pm - Priory Wood, Church Road, Snape, IP171QG
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David writes: In order to help us it would be useful to know how many to expect - Please bring a plate of food for the Barbeque and wine to share.
Susan Brinkhurst
Susan is a well-known artist based in Suffolk. Her work spans several disciplines – currently preoccupied with a body of work about the upper Alde estuary. She has a major exhibition ‘MUD’ which will show both her drawing and installation practice at Snape Maltings in September. The exhibition will also feature work by the late, celebrated photographer Eamonn Macabe.
David Baldry
David will be known to you for his role working with Caroline on ‘Alive in the Universe’ in Venice and for their book ‘Lookout Cookout’. He has spent his life working in education, most recently as Head of Fine the Art at the University of Suffolk. He has an intermittent and varied curatorial and artistic output.
In 2022 Susan and David moved to their current home and studios in Snape where they are bringing over three acres of garden back from a period of neglect.
Parking at the house is very limited so please, if possible, park in the carpark near the church crossroads. We are about a five-minute walk away. If you absolutely can’t walk that far, please let us know and we will try and accommodate you in our drive (first come first served).
Swimming pool - If you like swimming, the water is warm, so bring your togs (or go au naturel!)
MEMBERS’ NEWS
Pippa at Artdog invites us to
Susan Debnam invites us to
I will be hosting my first solo show at The Watch House, Orford Quay, 2-8 August.
I would like to extend a warm welcome to the PV to Aldeburgh Arts Club members. Join me for a relaxed early evening drink in this beautiful contemporary waterfront gallery. Details below.
Susanna MacInnes invites us to
Ryan Gander RA invites us to his one day video show
RYAN GANDER STUDIO - SOLID HOUSE, Saddlemakers Lane, Melton, Suffolk IP12 1PP
studio@frankandeunice.com
Theronda Hoffman invites us to
Hilary Garner invites us to
Maryanne Nicholls invites us to
Aldeburgh Gallery
Susanna MacInnes 1st - 7th August
John Button - Barbara Pierson - Jean Macintosh 8th - 21st August
Guy Eves - 22nd - 28th August
Suffolk Poetry Society invites us to
POTTON HALL SCULPTURE AND POETRY TRAIL
Waveney & Blyth Arts in collaboration with Suffolk Poetry Society
Saturday, 17th August 2024
Waveney & Blyth Arts has invited poets from Suffolk Poetry Society to be inspired by the works of art on display at Sandlings Summer Sculpture Garden which it has mounted at Potton Hall this year, and to share their inspiration with visitors. The exhibition of sculpture and installations runs from 20th June to 22nd September. The Sculpture Garden this year is FREE for visitors between 10am and 4pm.
Lynne Nesbit is co-ordinating SPS members who would like to participate. Please look up the Waveney & Blyth Arts website https://waveneyandblytharts.com/ where you will find all the information you need to go and enjoy the art and be inspired. If you would like to participate, please let Lynne know. She will then send you location and submission directions so you can plan a visit and submit your poem(s) to her by Monday 29th July. Potton Hall, IP17 3EF is on the B1125 between Westleton and Blythburgh.
Lynne will gather everyone at Potton Hall on Saturday 17th August at 3.00 p.m. for members to share their inspiration. Lunch and tea are available at Potton Hall’s Yurt Café.
Enjoy! Be inspired! Be creative! Share! Eat chocolate cake!
Under Surface
John Barker - Claire Bird - Dide - Laurence Edwards - Tobias Ford - Emma Green - Kate Hobby - Vicky Hussain - Jim Racine - Meryem Simmond - Chris Summerfield - Deborah Thompson
Exhibition at THE GALLERY, Butley Mills studios, IP12 3PZ.
22nd August - 4th September. For opening times contact thebmsgallery@gmail.com
Walk to ‘A Thousand Tides’ and talk at the waters edge by Laurence Edwards 31st August 5pm, free event, booking recommended.
Nicola Warner invites us to
Fran Crowe invites us to
The Museum of Beyond
An imaginary museum of the future, created by Suffolk artist and Arts Club member, Fran Crowe, is coming for the summer to Thorpeness Village Stores.
Fran’s installation, the Museum of Beyond, sees the present through future eyes. Playful but with a serious message, the museum imagines what future generations might make of all the plastic we use - and what they will perhaps think about us.
Thorpeness Village Stores is re-opening for the summer as a pop-up shop with a gallery space featuring the Museum of Beyond. It will be open every morning from mid-July until the end of September.
Fran will also be opening the museum on occasional afternoons on an ad hoc basis and would love to see you there.
For more details, including dates, see www.museumofbeyond.org/news or contact fran@museumofbeyond.org.
Devi Singh invites us to
Summary / Concept - Mixed exhibition of works in a variety of mediums and genres by emerging and established artists.
This is Britten Pears Arts’ most ambitious summer exhibition of work by more than one hundred contemporary artists.
Every July and August, Snape Maltings welcomes many tens of thousands of visitors to enjoy music, shopping, eating and the unrivalled natural landscape. One of our founders, Peter Pears, was a major collector of art, and BPA has a long history of public and commercial exhibitions, but this might be the largest show yet.
All works are for sale, and with arts funding more challenging than ever, BPA’s commission will help to fund the charity’s cultural activities.
Locations : Concert Hall Foyer, Building 21 (formerly known as Stable Block), Winch Gallery (formerly known as the Concert Hall Gallery), the Dovecote Studio and the lawns at Snape Maltings.
This selling exhibition begins on 20th July - 1st September 2024
Celebrate 25 years of Theatre in the Forest with their performance of Midsummer Nights Dream at Sutton Hoo. From 26th July. Tickets from boxoffice@redrosechain.com
SUBMITTING A NOTICE
Don't forget to send me an image of yourself and a paragraph about you for the ARTS CLUB MEMBERS page of the Aldeburgh Beach Lookout website. The easiest way to submit a notice is to send it to caroline@carolinewiseman.com