Olympics Art Competition for young people

Children across Norfolk are being given the chance to take part in an Olympics inspired competition that could see their work displayed at a city art gallery.

Norfolk County Council is organising the London 2012 art competition, which will see winning works displayed at Norwich’s Castle Museum.

The competition is open to all children and young people in the county and those successful in each category will also win an artist for a day, who will visit their school. Selected pieces will also be displayed in the county’s mobile libraries.

There are three categories, broken down into each school key stage. They are:

* Works that represents one of the Olympic and Paralympic values (excellence, friendship, respect, courage, determination, quality and inspiration).

* Works that represent an Olympian or Paralympian, past or present.

* Works on the theme of the Olympic torch relay, which is scheduled to pass through Norfolk.

Children and young people can enter art in any media, as long as it is two-dimensional and in A4, A3 or A2.

The competition closes on Friday 22 March 2012 and judging will be done by staff from Norfolk County Council’s Children’s and Community Services departments and Joseph Ballard from the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games.

The winners in each category will have their work displayed at the Castle’s Art Gallery in the summer term, ahead of the opening of the London Olympics.

Alison Thomas, Cabinet Member for Children’s Services at Norfolk County Council, said: “This competition gives children and young people across the county the opportunity to have their work displayed in a public art gallery, meaning they will be seen by visitors from across the county, country and even overseas. It also gives schools and their pupils a chance to capture the spirit of the Games, think about its history, its purpose and the significance of having such a high profile event in their home nation.

“We are keen for schools to use the many educational opportunities the Olympic and Paralympic Games present across the curriculum, whether it is sport, art, maths, English or citizenship. The values of the Games are attributes we should all aspire to and qualities that we want to see in all of Norfolk’s children and young people. We hope that schools will embrace this competition and would urge as many young people as possible to take part.”

For further information, or to request an entry form, contact Anna McCarthy, Creative Projects Officer for Norfolk County Council, on 01603 638099 or anna.mccarthy@norfolk.gov.uk

Find the Lowestoft Lowry!

Artists are invited to submit one or two pieces of creative work for an exhibition in the Lowestoft Arts Centre Gallery and other venues in the Old Lowestoft High Street to coincide with the Lowestoft Easter Arts Festival.

Guidelines –
1. Any art or craft medium including textiles and 3D.
2. Any subject, any style as long as it relates to some aspect of life in Norfolk or Suffolk . (You don’t have to paint like Lowry!)
3. Work must be original and the property of the artist.
4. Wall hung work must be ready to hang on the hanging system by a secure cord and in new condition. Unframed canvases are acceptable.
5. Hanging fee £1 per artist. Please label all work clearly on the back.
6. Work should preferably be for sale and will be subject to one third commission deducted from the sale price if sold.
7. The Organisers reserve the right to refuse a piece of work if for any reason it is not suitable for exhibition.
8. Handing in March 26th and 27th to Lowestoft Arts Centre Gallery, Triangle Market Place, North Lowestoft . Open Monday to Saturday 10am-4pm. Telephone (01502)500004
9. Exhibition open March 31st to April 28th. Collect work between 1-4pm on 28th or 10am -1pm 30th April
10. The Mayor of Lowestoft Tod Sullivan has been asked to choose his favourites from the entries which will be given an award for skill and originality.

Entry form – Find the Lowestoft Lowry!
Artist’s name ……………………………………contact number………..
Title of 1st work …………………………………………….
Medium and price…………………………………. £………
Title of 2nd work ……………………………………………………
Medium and price……………………………………..£ ………

Landscape Art Workshops

Waveney & Blyth Arts & Black Dog Arts proudly present three Landscape Art Workshops with Katarzyna Coleman, Sarah Cannell and Mary Spicer.  Demand for places will be high, so email Jan now to provisionally book yours. Email jan@ollandstreet.co.uk

Each workshop will start with a 3/4 mile stroll through the last enchanted land of “The Saints”, a few miles outside Bungay, stopping en route to choose, draw and photograph an inspiring view.  Your view will be the basis of your landscape artwork.

The three artists have been chosen because they each use very different approaches to landscape art and very different techniques.

Sunday 15th April 11am to 3.30pm St James Village Orchard, South Elmham Hall and Minster
Katarzyna Coleman uses all kinds of black and white media – from charcoal to chalk.  Views are built up in layers, partly erased with putty and plastic rubbers, fixed with fixative, built up again……….    The results are magnificent, massive, misty land and townscapes.

Saturdays  21st and 28th July 11am to 3.30 pm both days.
Mary Spicer uses texture, as well as colour. Adding all manner of texture pastes, acrylics, coloured inks, ripped, torn and reassembled paper, to her compositions she produces powerful 3D mixed media paintings of the farmed landscape, often scarred and criss crossed by farm machinery.

Dates to be confirmed
Sarah Cannell uses “Plextol” to transfer parts of black and white photocopies of printouts of photographs onto MDF.  Embedded in the picture plane these prints form mysterious black and white focal points in the midst of haunting, acrylic & mixed media, colour paintings.

 Completed works will be shown  as part of “Celebrate the Waveney & Blyth” September 2012 programme, when the public will be invited to walk and enjoy the views for real – and the views’ artistic interpretations.

East Anglian Artists Development Prize

Artists under 40 living in Norfolk, Suffolk & Essex are invited to enter the East Anglian Artists Development Prize. The winner will receive a solo exhibition at Anteros Arts Foundation and £5000 to put towards training or a project that will further their artistic skills and career. An exhibition of shortlisted artists will be held in March/April.

For full details visit www.anteros.co.uk/artistsprize

Deadline for submissions is 14th January 2012

Mark Wilsher, Administrator & PA
ANTEROS ARTS FOUNDATION
Tel: 01603 766 129 Mob: 07941 280 934

Calling all artists – Get your work online!

Outside In Surgery Day at Barrington Farm : Wednesday 1st February 2012

Are you an artist who finds it difficult to access the art world due to mental health issues, disability, health or social circumstance? Do you know an artist that would like some support?
Would you like an online presence?
Would you like to write about your work?
Do you want your friends and people in the artworld to see your art?

Following the success of our last Surgery Day in November, we are hoping to help even more artists get online so we are hosting another day here at Barrington Farm on Wednesday 1st February 2012 between 10:00am – 1pm and 2pm – 5pm.

The Outside In team will help you photograph and upload your artwork, write your artist statement and sign you up for your online gallery. Places are limited. You can bring up to 5 pieces of artwork and your artists statement if you have already one. Please bring a helper with you if required.

To book your free 45 minute 1-2-1 session or for further information, please email roar_art@hotmail.com or call Sarah on 01692 650633

Address: Barrington Farm, Walcott, Norfolk NR12 0PF

Surgery Days are an opportunity to support artists to get their work online who may not have the skills or facilities to do so otherwise. The Outside In website allows artists to have a gallery where their work is shown to the public. This allows artists to have an online presence, creating ownership and access for the artist. It also provides a sense of community for artists who may otherwise feel isolated and allowing artists to gain new skills.

To see our past press release click here: http://norfolk.iwitness24.co.uk/en/photos/news/2011-11-28/482/rural-artists-get-their-work-online.html

There will be more Surgery Days coming up in the East and all over the country. For more information visit http://www.outsidein.org.uk/news_and_events

 Surgery Days at Barrington Farm have been kindly supported by Arts Council England and The Barrington Farm Trust.

Poetry, Arts and Eats at Ferini Art Gallery

Arts and Eats at the Ferini Gallery, Pakefield, Lowestoft on Friday 27 January 2012, 12 – 2pm

Local poets and painters converse in words and images 

We begin with a lunch of homemade and filling winter vegetable soup with homemade bread and cake/fruit and tea to follow. Local poets and artists will then present a response to each other’s work in words and images.

Cost £6. Please book with Ian Fosten at ian@fosten.com   or 0779 106 8080

Ferini Art Gallery 27 – 29 All Saints Road, Pakefield, Lowestoft NR33 0JL

Exhibition Opportunity:

We would again like to invite Norfolk Open Studio artists to apply for shows in 2012.

Full details are on the website at www.halesworthgallery.co.uk

We are a small and unique, volunteer run and not-for-profit gallery housed in a 400 year old alms house in Halesworth, Suffolk. Each year we have six shows, usually of three artists each though this is sometimes varied. Each show runs for two and a half weeks an the gallery fee is £80 with 25% commission taken on any sales. Artists are invited to submit work, CV and statement to the selection committee who will be planning the programme for 2012 in early January. Ideas for themed shows, group shows or individual proposals are welcomed.

Please send submissions to Paul Cope, Exhibitions Organiser, Halesworth Gallery, Steeple End, Halesworth, Suffolk, IP19 8LL.

Deadline is December 31st 2011.

29 November-10 December – ‘La Sexualitè de Connexion – Transitio Momentum’ – An exhibition by Tom Thompson.

‘La Sexualitè de Connexion – Transitio Momentum’ – An exhibition by Tom Thompson at Greyfriars Art Space.
Tom will be showing an innovation exhibition of ceramic sculpture, combined with photographic imagery.
Open: Tuesday-Saturday 10:00 AM – 4:30 PM
Preview: Monday 28 November 6.30-8.30pm.
Free admission. For more information tel:0751 7147444

Greyfriars Art Space, 43 St. James Street, (opposite Greyfriars Tower), King’s Lynn, PE30 5BZ

Broadlanders Art Club Autumn Exhibition

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Sea View

Great Yarmouth Masterpieces

Saturday 1 October to Sunday 4 March 2012

Sea View by J.S.Cotman, c1810-20

Discover Great Yarmouth through the eyes of the Norwich School of Artists in this exhibition of paintings and drawings.

This delightful exhibition of paintings and drawings from Norfolk Museums & Archaeology Service collections includes atmospheric views of local landmarks – the beach, jetty and quay side – by artists such as John Sell Cotman, John Crome and Joseph Stannard.

In the 19th century, Norfolk was home to this close-knit group of painters, who formed the first regional group of artists in England. They were inspired by Great Yarmouth, with its bustling quay side and growing popularity as a holiday destination. And as many potential patrons and benefactors lived by the quay, some of the artists chose to make Yarmouth their home.

A programme of talks and family activities complements the exhibition.

For details visit www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk

Admission to the whole Museum £4.80 adults / £4.10 concession / £3.50 Young person (4-16yrs) / under 4’s FREE / Adult in family group £4.00

Opening Times

Until 31 October: Mon – Sun 10am – 5pm

From 1 November: Mon-Fri 10am – 4pm, Sat & Sun 12noon-4pm