May 2021
THE SHOCK OF THE LOCK
You are all invited to view this exhibition in the lookout this bank holiday weekend, Saturday May 1st and Sunday May 2nd, 11am - 4pm, with drinks 12-2pm
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We are pleased to announce the winner of the most shocking work of art is Degard, with her triptych 'Which Lives Matter?'. Every artist who contributed to The Shock of the Lock will also win a day in the Lookout.
The Shock of the Lock is a selling exhibition. Click here to view the exhibition online.
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HELP US COMPLETE THE ANGEL OF THE EAST!
This Saturday, May Day, is the perfect day to complete The Angel of the East. This work of art, created by you all as members of The Arts Club Aldeburgh Beach, lies in a circle facing due east in celebration of the rising sun.
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UNIQUE AND TOGETHER
Wednesday 12th May
A large installation of clay heads on Aldeburgh beach on Wednesday, May 12th in honour of the centenary of artist Joseph Beuys. Please bring your heads to The Aldeburgh Beach Lookout on Wednesday 12th May at 9 AM.
The acclaimed artist Shaun Caton will be hosting a workshop on the making of clay heads on Wednesday, May 12th, to which you are all invited. Please let me know if you would like to attend and place donations into the box.
We will have another installation of Unique and Together on Saturday 15th May. If you would like to, you can keep your heads here at the Art House and collect them at 4 PM on Saturday 15th May.
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Arts Club member Fanny Jacob helps residents at Warren Hill and Hollesley Bay prion to discover their creativity. Four from Hollesley Bay are making Heads for Unique and Together.
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FANNY JACOB
My name is Fanny Jacob and I'm a textile artist living and working in rural Suffolk. Born in London, I initially trained as a State Registered Nurse at St Bartholomew's Hospital before moving to the London College of Fashion where I studied pattern cutting and knitwear design. I now enjoy working from my studio on the beautiful Wilford Peninsula on the Suffolk Coast, designing and creating unique pieces to wear and for the home. I am also a Creative Arts Coordinator in a Suffolk prison, encouraging residents to get involved in a wide range of creative arts.
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NEW MEMBER PROFILES
STEPHEN CLOVER
In practice as a Chartered Surveyor land agent, I began teaching myself ceramics in 1982. I bought a kiln, then taught myself to weld and later built a small, backyard gas-fired foundry. Studying sculptural ceramics, I received my MA from the University for the Creative Arts, Farnham, last September.
I have been amused by recent events involving the 'Gormleys', exhibited on Aldeburgh beach, which have provided compelling entertainment for a national audience in lockdown. Perhaps inspired by the spirit of Marcel Duchamp, the horizontal placement of four manufactured bollards has clearly caused an intensification of experience which even Sir Antony Gormley himself may now be applauding. An additional, happy corollary has been that gentlest of ripostes to the planning spat in Aldeburgh's Conservation Area - the brilliant production of The Angel of the East.
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NICK NICHOLSON
Nick has been drawing and painting since he could pick up a pencil and is still captivated by that same childlike wonder when observing nature. Nick is a water-colour specialist but combines this with other media to explore nature, landscape and the areas where science, philosophy and ancient wisdom meet. his interest in plant forms and nature's universal patterns is evident in his deep, contrasting tones and fascination with the drama of dazzling light and deep shadow. Nick's other passion as a musician, from an earlier career, compliments and informs his painting, along with the inspiration of coastal Suffolk's unique landscapes.
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MEMBER’S NEWS
THE ALDEBURGH BOOKSHOP
Spring Greetings from Aldeburgh
John and Mary have been busy making the shop ready to re-open for customers. They have a range of events happening throughout the month, see their website here.
'We are still happy to send and deliver books and cards if you are not yet able to venture in.'
https://www.aldeburghbookshop.co.uk
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JIM NIND, BOOGIE AND BEYOND
'Hi Folks, having started the year with the need to postpone several exhibitions I'm glad to open up with Boogie and Beyond at 142 gallery, Felixstowe, from 13th-19th May. The exhibition features a strand of work emerging through a lockdown and inspired by my interest in the later work of Mondrian. It feels great to have the opportunity to exhibit again and meet so many of you who have shown a developing interest in my work.'
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THERONDA HOFFMAN, ART FOR CURE
Blue Sky Exhibtion, 30th April - 30th May 2021
A dazzling exhibition of vibrant colour, energy and exciting new art from over 100 national artists, sculptors, ceramicists and photographers
Online at www.artforcure.org.uk
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See you all this weekend!
Love Caroline
P.S Thanks as always to Susie Joyce for hosting the Wednesday lunchtime Zoom chat for Arts Club members. It has been an invaluable way for members to keep in touch and give moral support and companionship to one another. It has led to even more collaborative projects than usual, including Pandora's Box masterminded by Carol Lawrence.
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The Arts Club now has over 280 members including:
PETER BLAKE RA, HUMPHREY BURTON, LIZ CALDER, EILEEN COOPER RA, PETER DICKINSON, RYAN GANDER, JILL GREEN, MAGGI HAMBLING, MICHAEL AND PATTY HOPKINS, ANTHONY HOROWITZ, EAMONN MCCABE, IAN MCMILLAN, BLAKE MORRISON, BEN PRESTON, LIBBY PURVES, DIANA QUICK, JANICE TURNER, ALISON WILDING RA, ROGER WRIGHT, HELEN ATKINSON WOOD, DEREK WYATT.
Members News is an excellent free way of publicising arty events you are involved in to our membership of 250 or so of the most exciting Suffolk/London people interested in the arts.
Email to us by the third week of each month.