ART TRAIL 2023
TALKS AND DEMONSTRATIONS
This year a number of artists will be giving talks or demonstrations throughout the day around the art trail. Check descriptions, times and locations below
jo dunn
WHEN 12.00 pm Sunday, Monday
WHERE 40 The Avenue, LS8 1JG
Jo will be talking about how she goes about her work, and what inspires her.
gillian holding
WHEN 12.30 pm Sunday, Monday
WHERE Greystones, 11 Oakwood Grove LS8 2PA
Gillian plans to give a short talk about the new body of work for her London show, looking at processes but also at content and how her work is generally informed by her experience of inhabiting a society full of contradiction and absurdity in the broadest sense.
nick claiden
WHEN 12.45pm Saturday, Sunday, Monday
WHERE 5 Lidgett Park Grove, LS8 1HW
Nick will be talking about glass and its history and showing how she makes her stained glass sculptures. There will also be an oportunity to paint a bit of glass, it will be fired and ready to collect after the Art Trail.
Chloe smith
WHEN 1.30 pm Saturday, Sunday, Monday
WHERE 55 Davies Avenue, LS8 1LZ
Chloe will be giving a demo of screen printing with collage cut outs
Cathy warburton
WHEN 2.00 pm Saturday, Sunday, Monday
WHERE 19 Lidgett Park Avenue, LS8 1EU
Cathy will be using foliage from her garden and every day materials she will demonstrate the technique of GELLI printing.
jane Mobach
WHEN 2.45 pm Saturday, Sunday, Monday
WHERE Oakwood Church, Springwood Road
Janes background in art includes being a potter. This is when she first used dancers as a motif. Her current painting technique uses a scraping method of revealing the colour underneath the applied surface colour. She shall also talk about her pastel studies techniques.
geof radley
WHEN 3.30 pm Saturday, Sunday, Monday
WHERE Oakwood Church, Springwood Road
Geoff will talk about brushes, papers and paint qualities and give 2 demos to show his basic stages and techniques. From scratch to flow.
ed bennett
WHEN 4.15 pm Saturday, Sunday, Monday
WHERE Oakwood Church, Springwood Road
Ed will be demonstrating colouring techniques on wood. His demonstration will focus on the use of spirit stains with an opportunity for a visitor to create their own coloured sycamore coaster
Additional talks and demonstrations
Apart from the timed Demonstrations/Talks other Artists will be talking about their working practice and there will be opportunities for visitors to get involved.
For instance,
Ann Waddington
Has produced a series of photographs taking the viewer through the stages of a Lino print from beginning to end. She will also have spent Lino’s available to the public throughout the weekend. She will, as usual, give a detailed description of the process if required.
Margaret Chalmers
Is going to have some raw wool and commercially processed fibres and basic wet felting equipment and do demos as and when …. And if she has a chance will also have some things part made ahead of time….
Also,
Jacky Rough
Will have colouring sheets available for children to draw on or take away. Children must be supervised
In St Edmunds, throughout the open studio weekend.
David Honeybone and Lynette Willoughby
Have an installation
“If I were a refugee…”
Which invites visitors to confront the possibility of having to flee from their homes. Large scale collages provide the context while collected and found objects highlight some of the stark realities of being in such a situation. While viewing the installation, visitors will be encouraged to write down what they would put into a small bag or case to take with them if they were forced to leave. These lists will themselves become part of the installation