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.

MEMBERS BULLETIN

This bulletin highlights a selection of art happenings this month in and around Suffolk. You can also read this on our website. New works of art for sale, books, and tickets for events can be viewed on the online shop.

Let’s meet, mingle and collaborate this month!

See you all,

Caroline x

Actress Diana Quick and broadcaster Sir Humphrey Burton (right) are founding patrons of the Arts Club Aldeburgh Beach. Here they are at the Lookout last week when we tasted their recipes for Lookout Cookout. About 30 of you came to this fun party in the sunshine including Ben Preston, Editor of the Sunday Times Culture section (pictured centre).

MONTHLY ARTS CLUB LUNCH

Monthly Arts Club Lunch, Wednesday 3rd May 1pm at the Lookout

As usual, please bring food and drink to share!

NB: The June Arts Club lunch is hosted by Miche Fabre Lewin and Flora Gathorne Hardy of Studio Fabre Hardy at their arts centre, Timberyard, in Great Glemham. As usual, we will bring food and drink to share. Please let me know if you would like to come to this and I will send you more details including the address.

LOOKOUT COOKOUT TASTINGS

Perienne Christian will cook her recipe for us to taste on Monday 8 May

Lookout Cookout Tastings

Join us on Saturday lunchtimes when artists are preparing their Lookout Cookout recipes for us to taste. During May, Roger Hardy; Miche and Flora from Studio Fabre Hardy; Diana Quick and Christina and Humphrey Burton cooked their recipes for us all to taste. Then last Saturday morning Sarah Muir Poland cooked Porridge the Scottish Way. You are all welcome to join in these tastings. Food and drink are sponsored by Suffolk Coastal Estate Agents.

During May we have Perienne Christian offering us a Very Tasty Winter Ketchup on Coronation Bank holiday Monday 8th May 12 noon - 2pm. On Saturday 27 May Chris Orr RA cooks us his Super-Duper Sausage Sizzle. No need to RSVP, just join us if you can.

ARTS CLUB OVERSEAS TRIP

Here is a photo of us when The Arts Club went to the Cyprus College of Art in 2018 - we had the most fabulous fun and made fascinating art under David Baldry's tuition and I am delighted to say that David will be with us when we go next year.

We were all set to go to the Cyprus College of Art but just in time realised that the College would not be refurbished by September, so we are going back to our beautiful Tuscan villa.

Next year we are going to the Cyprus College of Art where, over its long and distinguished history, many eminent artists including Terry Frost and Rachel Whiteread have stayed. The College has reserved Saturday 14th September - Sat 21st September and Sat 21st September - Sat 28th September 2024 for us. You can come for one or both weeks. There are 19 bedrooms and it is wonderfully inexpensive (we have done exhaustive searching on the internet for places to make art together in a hot climate) The prices are £235 for your own room and £165 sharing a room. Shared shower rooms. We already have several reservations from members, so please let me know asap if you are interested.

SPOTLIGHT: THERONDA HOFFMAN

Theronda Hoffman

Theronda Hoffman studied at the Spier Art School at Stellenbosch, South Africa.She did a graphic course at the Strydom Art Gallery in George South Africa. She is also the founder of Kesgrave Arts Studio, where she is the Artist in residence.

Her work is taking a line for a walk in her Suffolk landscapes or to paint it with realistic abstraction in colours.

Her motto “ I live to paint and paint to live”

MEMBERS’ NEWS

Chris Newson Summer Show

Chris invites you to his summer show at The Courtyard Gallery, Ballroom Arts. Wednesday 3rd May - Tuesday 9th May.

Michelle Watson presents Women of Substance

Michelle Watson is predominately an oil artist working mainly on raw canvas due to its textural quality in her mark making. Her study of the female body goes beyond figurative work and delves into more than form, while keeping a strong perception of structure.

24th May - 4th June | Melina Arts, Ersham Mill

The May Be Show: SOPHIE at the Lookout

Committed to non-commitment in the month of May, SOPHIE will be at The Lookout performing ‘May be’.

You are invited to join Sophie in the ‘May be’ space to see what may happen in May.

Would you like to be part of May be too? If so may be contact SOPHIE sophiesophia33@icloud.com

With the subject ‘May be’ and propose what day you may like to come be at The Lookout with SOPHIE between 13-24 May

Suffolk Poetry Society: George Wallace at the Lookout

You are warmly invited to hear George read a selection of his poetry from the iconic iron staircase at the South Lookout. He will be followed by an Open Mic opportunity for you to read one of your own poems on a seaside theme. We will record the session and hopefully share it with the poetry friends he has introduced to us on his side of the pond.

Wednesday 17th May, 12 noon

High Tide Rising

Spring is in the air and we're excited to tell you more about our first event this season. HighTide Rising is a one-day play reading festival celebrating some of East Anglia's most exciting playwriting talent. Taking place in the beautiful countryside setting of Wingfield Barns, near Diss.

Saturday 20th May

Tickets are on sale now!

Blake Morrison and the Hosepipe Band, Jubilee Hall

An alluring collaboration between one of our foremost writers and poets and a Suffolk musical collective. Blake Morrison is perhaps best known for his best-selling personal memoirs And when did you last see your father? and Things my mother never told me. However he started his literary career as a poet and his much-admired 2015 collection Shingle Street along with more recent unpublished work has inspired this project with The Hosepipe Band, originally an English ceilidh band.

Get your tickets here!

Sensitive Chaos at Abbey Hall

We would love you to join us for a very special evening of music to open our exhibition of new works by two amazing young, local artists. Orlando has formed a fantastic trio of virtuoso musicians to entertain us and set the vibe for the show - which is open to view from Sunday 21 to Saturday 27 May 10am - 4pm

Direct ticket line: https://sensitive-chaos.eventbrite.co.uk

Theronda Hoffman at the Aldeburgh Baptist Church, High Street, Aldeburgh

From 10am - 5pm everyday but Sunday.

It will be an art exhibition in an unusual setting. Come to this experience so see the exhibition by Theronda Hoffman, whose motto in life is:

“I live to paint and paint to live” How and why does she do it??

The exhibition will consist of paintings, sculptures, ceramics, textiles and cards.

Rebecca Styles at Whitewater Contemporary

I have made some exciting progress recently and would like to take this opportunity to share this with you.

Ahead of my first solo exhibition at Whitewater Contemporary this autumn, which will showcase work created as part of my 2023 summer residency at Cape Cornwall, the gallery are currently presenting a virtual exhibition of my work which I want to share with you. Click here to find out more!

George Farnham Gallery Spring Exhibition

The Spring Show 2023 continues at the Gallery with some exciting new artists and work, alongside interesting and varied work by our artist stalwarts.

Click here to see more.

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.co