Members Newsletter | March 2018
Members Meeting | Tuesday March 20 | 6.0-7.0pm
Agenda|
1. Members Exhibition| July 2018
This is being held in the Seaside Gallery at the Volcano Theatre in High Street.
We have the gallery from Monday July 2nd until 30th
We have to arrange
· Selection day and arrangement
· Date of opening event
· Date of take down.
· Cost to members
The total cost to the Workshop is £242 which will includes
· Supervision of the exhibition
· Sales
· Licensed bar provision & bar staff @ nil cost | Opening night
· There is also the opportunity to put on workshops in the space during this period. We can take down one of the small presses for this purpose
2. Now the Hero Project |WWW.NOWTHEHERO.WALES
Discussion of the Workshop’s involvement in this project.
Proposal | This is only an outline proposal, all ideas very welcome at the meeting.
August| Joint visit to the Brangwyn Panels by members interested in producing a print within the theme of the project. Followed by tea and cake at the studio and a discussion of ideas and any research material you can share.
Rose Davies has already made brief film of the commissioned work she has done for Nawr Yr Arwr / Now The Hero. This can be seen on her website
https://scribblah.co.uk/videos/ Man Child
Two collaborative workshops will follow. Please note that these are not for absolute beginners. There is plenty of time to get an introduction to these techniques before August.
1. Relief printing | lead by Alan Figg
2. Three colour monotype | lead by Rose Davies
Members will be invited to submit work for an in-house exhibition to take place during the project. Jonathan has outlined the possible dates below. We could have a week long exhibition/ open house
The Now for More (formerly Now the Weekend) activities have now grown & split into 2 weekends of activities with exhibition openings on Friday 21st evening and Sat 22nd daytime, whilst there are more performance based activities on Sat 29th daytime/evening. so you can do your drop in day/s on the 22nd & 29th…or one or the other. If there is your exhibition then that could be open for the week in between? let me know what you think, but i’ll leave you on the 29th for now.
JONATHAN POWELL | ELYSIUM GALLERY & STUDIOS | BEEP PAINTING BIENNIAL NOW FOR MORE COORDINATOR | NOW THE HERO
WWW.ELYSIUMGALLERY.COM | WWW.NOWTHEHERO.WALES | WWW.NAWRYRARWR.CYMRU
This is the generic outline of the Workshop’s intentions on the Now THe Hero website
Swansea Print Workshop – Brangwyn the Printmaker
Brangwyn was an accomplished multidisciplinary artist; he was a draughtsman, engraver, watercolourist and designer of stained glass, ceramics, textiles and furniture, among others, and a gifted printmaker, which is the form we will be exploring.
Drawing inspiration from the wealth of print media in which Brangwyn worked, including etching, woodcut and lithography, Swansea Print Workshop’s artists will respond to the rich visual wealth of the sumptuous panels.
We will be producing a body of work following this exploration, and inviting collaborators to exhibit alongside us in this well-established hidden gem for the duration of Nawr Yr Arwr.
3. Workshops | coming up | all details on the website
Vinita Voogd | Three Colour Monotype | March 23/24
Sarah Hopkins | Screenprinting with paper stencils |May 26/27
Kelly Stewart | Screenprinting with bookbinding to make artist books| June 29/30/31
4. AOB