 mail us |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
News: Cambridge Open Studios,New Exposure
Cambridge Open Studios 1998 
During the 4 weekends of July each year artists and
craftspeople of Cambridge and the surrounding area open their studios and workshops for
the public to come and look, learn and, sometimes, buy. Cambridge Open Studios began
over 15 years agao as a small part of the Cambridge Festival. It has now over 200
exhibiting members and has evolved into one of the region's major artistic events in its
own right, with an estimated 20,000 studio visits each year. Visitors come from all
over the eastern region and beyond with some travelling large distances to attend.
Dieppe Ink and Colour on paper by Jane Evans |
Cambridge Open Studios is run
by the artists themeselves and aims to promote the makers of original works of art and
craft while providing an opportunity for the public to become involved in the arts.
The artisic involved work in a wide range of media and styles, from the traditional to the
highly innovative. There are painters, sculptors, potters, textile artists,
calligraphers, woodworkers, jewellers, photographers, printmakers and clockmakers.
Most of the artists are professional and many are well-known in their fields and have
exhibited widely with their work being included in collections around the world.
Others are newcomers who particpate on an equal footing with the professionals.
Cambridge Open Studios is financed by its members with the help of support from local business, South Cambridge District Council and Eastern Arts. Cambridge Open Studios also acts as a resource for information about its members for other arts organisations and private collectors. This years event takes place on the weekends of July 4/5, 11/12, 18/19 and 25/26. A guide book is available from the beginning of June which contains full details of each artist, their addresses, which weekends they are open, a description and a photograph of their work as well as maps showing how to find them. It includes information about gallery exhibitions and Open Studios events. Guides can be obtained from galleries, libraries, shops and Tourist Information Centres. |
For further information ring Jane Evans on 01223 249394/ fax 01223 565603
Keith Dunning by Louise
Riley-Smith
New Exposure photography group
A Unique event will take place in Manchester this August. The photography festival, New Exposure, will enable people to see brand new work by the North West's most prominsing pgotgraphic talent. A number of solo and group exhibitions will take place throughout the city in a wide variety of venues. Examples being the clothes store ARC, the cCornerhouse Cafe and cafe bar Generation X. As well as works in less traditional sites such as billboards.
The majority of funding had been guaranteed by a National Lottery Grant. In addition, significant sponsorship has been secured from Ilford and Fuji. The event will be Manchester's opportunity to celebrate the year of Photography and Electronic Imaging.
If you would like to see examples of the exhibitors' work please see below or visit
their web site www.newlight.co.uk. Further
information about the festival can be obtained by phoning David Eaton on 0161 437 6659,
John Van Aitken on 0161 743 0573 or Astrid Greenberry on 0161 236 4260.
 |
Andrew Cleverly - uses his camera to take the cars-eye-view as it
continues to dominate the world in which we live in an ever more invasive way. Venue:
to be confirmed. |
  |
Astrid Greenbury - 'The germ of my work is the widely-held belief that
photographs are evidence of the real. Using blatantly constructed images I challenge
the limits of this belief, in turn questioning many other forms of representation from
fine art to advertising to film. Conclusing that, despite all the evidence to the
contrary, photographs are ulimately believable. ' Venue: A City Centre Billboard |
 |
Michael Katsaitis - 'The London Underground, besides simply a method of
transport, is an arena for the countless tiny dramas that occur every day. The vast
impersonal chambers are indifferent to the human-sized stories that pass through
them. In the anguished, slightly threatening surroundings the fragile moments of
engagement are all the more poignant; they vanish into harshness as soon as they appear.' Venue: Dukes 92 Bar |
 |
John Van Aitken - 'This work examines the climate of fear and alienation that
has plagued the inner cities over the last decade. Shot in public places over the
last two years, fragments of 8mm film have been enlarged to human proportions. By
employing surveillance with its socially threatening presence, the work forms a visual
expose of the suppression of the natural instinct to engage with others in the public
realm.' Venue: City Centre Illuminated Advertising Pillars |
 |
Alex Dale - 'The contemporary understanding of nature posits that it is fragile
and delicate, in need of protection from human interference. Within this reverence
for everything natural, animals have become almost deified, made to represent the pure and
the innocent. They are perfect victims. This is in direct opposition to
Charles Darwin's evaluation of nature as red in tooth or claw, that is, savage and without
plan . . . This can be seen in the huge canines of the baboon, the massive grinding teeth of the horse . . . Everywhere in the skeleton of an animal is evidence of nature's massive harshness, its cold brutality and indifference to life.' Venue: Generation X Cafe Bar Roof Garden |