Conversations from the Edge

Interviews with 25 Great Yarmouth Artists

Conversations from the Edge is a research project undertaken by the sculptor Bridget Heriz which was supported by SeaChange Arts and funded through the Working Neighbourhood Fund.  Transcripts from conversations with 25 artists from Great Yarmouth have been posted to the Transitions site linked to EastCoastNet, and can be accessed by clicking on the name of the artist in the list below. 

Charcrit Boonsom, photographer

Janice Burgoyne, sculptor, workshops

Julia Cake, sculptor, workshops

Margaret Carver, RSM, SWA, landscape painter and Chair of Great Yarmouth and District Society of Artists

Bill Casey, photographer and member of Great Yarmouth and District Photographic Society

Ernie and Karen Childs, Great Yarmouth Potteries, workshops

Katarzyna Coleman, painter, printmaker, workshops

John Dashwood, painter, muralist and poet

Jankie Drummond, textile artist, community arts and carnival, workshops

Lorraine Finch,  paper and photographic conservator, workshops

Kevin Griffiths, painter

Jane Hall, painter

Matthew Harrison, film-maker, community arts

Derek Jackson, photographer

John Kiki, painter

Julian Macey, RMS, painter, President of Great Yarmouth and District Society of Artists

Jason Parr, sculptor and poet, community arts

Emrys Parry, painter

Emily Payne, film-maker

Manuel Seixas, photographer, community arts

Bruer Tidman, painter

Jonathan Tooke, poet, writer and artist

Ian Walker, marine painter and Chair of Great Yarmouth Guild of Artists and Craftsmen

Nick Ward, RE, printmaker

PROJECTS – ST GEORGE’S CHAPEL, GREAT YARMOUTH

I am looking for incredible people from the community doing inspiring work in a creative way to make a play to be performed at the new St George’s Theatre, Great Yarmouth on 2012. It could be amateurs, semi-professionals or professionals. Please feel free to get in touch, we can make Great Yarmouth a better place.

http://www.charcoalblue.co.uk/projects/being-built/st-georges-chapel.html

Free blog training

Free Training Session

Friday,  4^th June 2010, 10.00-13.00 hrs, Lecture Hall at Great Yarmouth Central Library

As part of the Transitions Project, funded by Awards for All, ARC Artists Group are offering  free training on how to create a blog, upload images and post to an interactive website like EastCoastNet.  Assistance will also be available on how to make the most of the archives at the library for research purposes.  One hour training slots will run from 10.00, 11.00 and 12.00 hrs. Anybody interested is welcome to drop in but numbers are limited for each training session, so to book a place please email to eastcoastnet@btinternet.com or phone Bridget on 01493 602698.

Together

WORKING TOGETHER BRINGS SUCCESS.

Manuel Seixas

LOST

I AM A “POOR” FILM-MAKER; I’M MAKING AN INDEPENDENT FILM ABOUT “EMOTIONAL ILLNESSES IN THE COMMUNITY”.
I NEED SOME HELP TO DO THAT, HAVE SPOKEN TO SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS IN G. YARMOUTH , THE FEEDBACK WAS:- WE’RE SORRY, HAVE NO SUPPORT FOR SINGLE PEOPLE!!
-THANKS!!
SO, I AM A SINGLE PERSON,
” ” A SINGLE DAD,
” ” A SINGLE PHOTOGRAPHER,
” ” A SINGLE FILM-MAKER,
” ” A SINGLE ARTIST.
THIS IS CALLED ARTISTIC DISCRIMINATION.
ART FOR ART’S SAKE!
AM I LOST??

Manuel Seixas

YARMOUTH DEPRESSING

LET’S TALK ABOUT ART IN G.YARMOUTH.
IT IS THE MOST DEPRESSIVE AREA TO WORK PROFESSIONALY.
I KNOW, I’M NOT IN LONDON, LISBON, PARIS!
ART IS CULTURE, ART IS QUALITY OF LIFE, POSITIVE CONTRIBUTION, CHOICE AND CONTROL, HAPPINESS.
I FEEL MYSELF SAD, SOMETIMES ANGRY, DEPRESSIVE, ISOLATED, DISCRIMINATED.
THERE’S NO FEEDBACK!
ART NEEDS BIG VISIONS, BIG AIMS, HIGH QUALITY DECISIONS FROM LEADERS TO DEVELOP ARTS, PUTTING YARMOUTH ON… MAP.
THERE IS NO ART IN G. YARMOUTH, JUST SOME BRAVE ARTISTS. THE ARTS ORGANIZATIONS WORK IN CIRCLES, NOT FOR PEOPLE, NOT FOR ARTISTS, NOT FOR ART.
PLEASE, PUT PEOPLE FIRST, GIVING TO THE PEOPLE WHAT PEOPLE WANT.
PLEASE, ART IS LOVE, OPEN YOUR MIND, TRY, THERE’S A LOT TO EXPLORE.

Manuel Seixas

Bollard Quay, Great Yarmouth

Ebb Tide at the Inner Haven

Photograph by B.Heriz, in sympathy with the dock workers whose jobs are currently under threat. Click here for report in Great Yarmouth Mercury.

Exhibition- Novus Centre

Katarzyna Coleman is currently showing some of her drawings and prints at the Novus Centre on The Conge, Great Yarmouth. They are looking for other artists to exhibit in the future. Contact Sue Warnes at the Novus centre: -  swarnes@great-yarmouth.gov.uk

Dumping The Rocks

Great Yarmouth Outer Harbour

This beautiful image is part of a series of photographs by Derek Jackson recording the outer harbour construction in Great Yarmouth.  Derek is showing a selection from this series at the Novus Centre, The Conge, Great Yarmouth throughout May 2009.  For information about the exhibition space at the Novus Centre go to  www.enterpriseGY.co.uk