Pakistani vehicle art

The tradition of painting vehicles started so that truck drivers could take pictures that made them happy on long journeys across the country - the tradition has been passed down throughout the generations.

New Mills Primary Schools - Exhibition

Myself and other local artists from New Mills Original have been working with three local primary schools, Newtown, St.George's and Thornsett.


We are holding an exhibition to celebrate the work produced by the children.

The exhibition will be open from Friday 2 April until Friday 16 April at New Mills Original.

You are welcome to attend the Private Viewing tonight, Thursday 1 April from 4pm to 6pm or come along to view the children's work and the work of many other local artists in the Gallery.

Chris Ofili - Tate Britain

Had a great day at the Tate Britain in London yesterday visiting Chris Ofili's exhibition which is on until 15 May 2010.

Chris Ofili’s intensely coloured and intricately ornamented paintings are on show at Tate Britain in a major survey of the artist’s career that brings together over 45 paintings, as well as pencil drawings and watercolours from the mid 1990s to today. One of the most acclaimed British painters of his generation, Ofili won the Turner Prize in 1998 and represented Great Britain at the 50th Venice Biennale in 2003.



Ofili has built an international reputation with his works that bridge the sacred and the profane, popular culture and beliefs. His exuberant paintings are renowned for their rich layering and inventive use of media, including balls of elephant dung that punctuate the canvas and support them at their base, as well as glitter, resin, map pins and magazine cut-outs.

'Made in New Mills' - 28 November

Amanda and Daisy sell their wares at the recent exhibition in New Mills where local artists and crafts people got together to promote and sell locally produced art and craft.

New Mills Christmas Lights Switch-on - Monday 30 November

New Mills Original will be open for the evening on Monday 30 November for the Christmas Lights Switch-on in New Mills and visitors will be able to come and 'decorate' some candle holders.


There will be lots to see and do around Town - hot food and drink, brass band and carol singing, mulled wine and mince pies, a visit by Father Christmas a fun fair on Market Street as well as events and promotions run by the local shops who will be open late.


4:30-8:00pm Fun fair for all ages on Market Street
6:30-7:00pm Switch-on ceremony at New Mills Town Hall

The Pilkington Lecture

Title of the Lecture: 'Around the Houses'
Location: Whitworth Art gallery
Speaker: Richard Wentworth, Professor of Sculpture, the Royal College of Art.

A thoroughly enjoyable evening at the Whitworth with some excellent links into my home town of Folkestone  


Richard Wentworth, British artist and sculptor, is the newly appointed Professor of Sculpture at the Royal College of Art in London.
 
Recent exhibition projects have included work for the New Walsall Art Gallery and 'Racinated', a series of ten text plaques in Folkestone's public thoroughfares.
 
An inveterate collector he curated the Study Studio's 'cabinet of curiosities' for the reopening of the Whitechapel Gallery. He has just presented 'Installation, walking sticks' at the 2009 Venice Biennale.
 
He has also joined in the protests by major British artists condemning the British Council for abandoning its popular overseas exhibitions and turning its back on young artists.
 
 

 

Title: Racinated
Location: various sites around Folkestone

Racinated, Richard Wentworth’s ten-part deep-blue enamel sign piece, is spread across Folkestone’s promenades, alleyways and avenues. The text on these signs reads like a fusion of poetry and botany, highlighting the provenance of some of Britain’s non-native trees.


Alternatively, it can be understood to allude, via the tree metaphor, to the many migrants who disembark in Folkestone over the centuries to make their homes here or elsewhere in the country.

All change at New Mills Original

Today sees the first 'All change' at New Mills Original when all the artists change the work they are exhibiting and selling and everything gets re-hung to give an entirely different set of work in the upstairs gallery.

If you haven't visited already, now is the time to do so (some great ideas for Christmas) - and if you have already visited then now is the time to do so again to see a great new collection starting Tuesday 10 November.