Cloud 8

I will have an exhibition of 8 small paintings at the lovely, sunny
Arts and Crusts cafe in Walthamstow, in East London.
May 4-30th 2012
Private View on May 3rd 7-9.

A very nice article on Walthamstow Times website by Serge Gholem.

Turnaround 11 - the final exhibition of the series

I co-curated Turnaround: 11 exhibitions in 12 weeks (extended to 13 weeks). What a mad thing to do. A new exhibition opened every Saturday with an evening party the following Thursday. This is the last one! April 21st - May 4th The final exhibition is a group of 15 artists: Julie Caves, Helen Porter, Julian Beere, Rachel I'Anson, Anna Alcock, Ellen Jones, Diana Furlong,Timothy Kraemer, Marie-Louise Plum, Anna Bissett, Maureen Morris, Lissa Chapman, Sue Higgins, Katja Rosenberg, Valeria Bateson. I have 2 paintings in the show. There is an even mix of sculpture, photography, printmaking and textile/ornament. It is a really nice show.

A Tribute to Motherhood by Julian Beere. Blanket knit from paper in a cardboard box with an accompanying edition of bookworks that document his series of talks about the sculpture figures on the back of the Waltham Forest Town Hall.

Fool's Gold exhibition Extended!

The Fool's Gold exhibition
at Cultivate has been extended for an extra week!

Now on until April 17th.

Images from Spring at the Smokehouse

Some pictures from the private view evening April 5th 2012 at Forman's Smokehouse Gallery. The four Paintings in the show by Julie Caves. The final picture is outside the gallery showing how close the Olympic stadium is!

SPRING AT THE SMOKEHOUSE

You are enthusiastically invited to Spring!

In the top 5 recommendations for Time Out London’s First Thursday events in April

SPRING AT THE SMOKEHOUSE
50 artists from the UK and beyond welcome the new season with painting, print, photography, moving image and 3D works

Forman's Smokehouse Gallery
Stour Road, Fish Island, E3 2NT

5 April - 6 May 2012
Opening times: Thu-Fri 5-9pm, Sat-Sun 12-5pm and by appointment (07947 175 283)

PRIVATE VIEW: 5 April 6:00pm
*The Spring season will be officially welcomed by Michael Holland, Educational Officer of Chelsea Physic Gardens.
*The jazz singers Ileana di Camillo and Antonio de Lillis will get us into the swing.
*Salmon platters will be served and the restaurant will be open during the private view, bookings recommended.
*The view from the gallery over the Olympic Stadium is not to be missed!

For an on-line catalogue view:
Smokehouse Gallery or www.artcatcher.co.uk

Fool's Gold exhibition

FOOL'S GOLD
Group show

Look for an exciting new yellow painting I will have in this show.

Opening night: Thursday 29th March, 18:00 - 21:00
Then from: Friday 30th - Wednesday 11th April 2012

CULTIVATE is open from 11.30 - 18.00, Thursday to Sunday
(and outside of these days by appointment)

CULTIVATE, VYNER STREET
corner of Vyner Street and Mowlem St, London, E2 9H

Mail Art: E17

Mail Art: E17
I have sent 2 small paintings to Mailart: E17.

They are 2 pieces of a larger painting that was cut into 6 pieces-

This is the whole painting:

This is the painting cut into 6 pieces:

These are the two that I posted to Mailart: E17:

Spring at Forman's Smokehouse

I will have some large paintings in this exhibition:
Spring
April 5th - May 6th 2012

at Forman’s Smokehouse Gallery

Top Five Recommended for April by Time Out London First Thursday's.

Works in Progress:

SKY exhibition

SKY
an exhibition
March 24th - 30th 2012
Julie Caves

Turnaround 7 is part of Turnaround: 11 exhibitions in 12 weeks
A new exhibition opening every Saturday with the Private View the following Thursday

Wood Street Indoor Market
98-100 Wood Street
Walthamstow, London E17 3HX
just 17 minutes on the overground from Liverpool Street Station

Opening Hours: starts Sat. 1-5
window viewing: Mon. & Tue. 10-5
door open: Wed., Thurs., Fri. 10-5
late evening party on Thursday 6-8

Waltham Forest Arts Club
Turnaround is a curation project by Julie Caves, Julian Beere and Helen Porter.

Goodnight Tweetart

#tweetart at Peep! Gallery at Westgate Studio, Wakefield, UK

Bob Milner has organised 6 exhibitions over the next few months - I have sent him a few pieces for them.

In January I sent Goodnight Tweetart - a small acrylic painting on canvas panel, 18x24cm:

In February I sent him 2 acrylic paintings on paper. They are 2 pieces of a larger painting that was cut into 6 pieces:

This is the whole painting:

This is the painting cut into 6 pieces:

These are the two that went to #tweetart

And here they are packed up to go!

'It Is Green' at Cultivate Vyner St

The fourth in the series of exhibitions with colour titles- It is Green opens on the First Thursday March 1st.
It includes works in the colour green and about the environment.

I have a small abstract painting in the show.

Turnaround - 11 exhibitions in 12 weeks

click for a larger view of the poster

TURNAROUND
a series of 11 exhibitions in 12 weeks by members of the Waltham Forest Arts Club in the unusual space of an all windowed kiosk of the Wood Street Indoor Market during February, March and April 2012.

Project website: http://turnaround.yolasite.com

I will also have a week's exhibition of my own work: Turnaround 7 'Sky' - March 24th - 30th.

Turnaround is a curation project by Julie Caves, Julian Beere and Helen Porter.

Turnaround exhibition series

Turnaround is a series of pop-up exhibitions by the members of the Waltham Forest Arts Club in the unusual space of an all windowed kiosk of the Wood Street Indoor Market. We will turn the space into a gallery for 11 week-long shows during February, March and April 2012. Art will include painting, printmaking, drawing, sculpture, photography, video, performance & sound works, textiles, mixed media & crafts, music and poetry.

Project website: http://turnaround.yolasite.com

Turnaround is a curation project by Julie Caves, Julian Beere and Helen Porter.

Love is enough? – art exhibition

This group exhibition organised by Friends of the William Morris Gallery is based on William Morris’s poem of the same name and will be open from Tuesday 7 February till Saturday 3 March at The Mill on Coppermill Lane.

The artists are supporters of The Mill and Friends of the William Morris Gallery. I will have a figurative work in the show.

Free events during the exhibition:

1. Grand “meet the artists” night on 14 February, 6pm-9pm

2. Printmaking workshop on Saturday 18 February, 12pm-4.30pm

3. A discussion with speakers Wednesday 22 February, “Is Love Enough? William Morris and the struggle for a better world”, 6.30pm-8pm.

All events are free for anybody to attend.

Opening hours Tuesday, Wed, Thursday, 10am – 7pm, Friday and Sat 10am – 6pm pm, Sunday 11am - 2pm.

Black at Cultivate Vyner Street

'BLACK'

Opening night: Thursday 2nd February at 18:00 - 21:00

then open from Friday 3rd - Tuesday 14th February 2012

Note: the gallery is shut Mon-Wed unless you make an appointment.

Cultivate Vyner Street

I will have a painting in this exhibition.

"What light through yonder painting breaks?"

The Jerry Saltz Abstract Manifesto, in Twenty Parts

"Abstraction is one of the greatest visionary tools ever invented by human beings to imagine, decipher, and depict the world."

"...contemporary artists have not only begun to re-explore the possibilities of abstraction... Abstraction is breaking free again."

"Abstraction contains multitudes."

Go read this article, it is awesome.

Abstract Painting

"Abstraction, as it turns out, is among the greatest tools invented by human beings to envision the chaos of the universe." - Jerry Saltz

Something Blue

A second blue event for me in the same week- I have 3 paintings in the show Something Blue at Cultivate Vyner St.

BLUE - the World's Favourite Colour

I will be presenting a short illustrated talk at the next meeting on Nov. 30th of the Colour Group of Great Britain. BLUE - the World's Favourite Colour will have many speakers - all about blue. I will be talking about painting blue skies.

a small sky study in oil by Julie Caves 2011

Drawing Crowds

I have a drawing called Collection No.1 in Drawing Crowds at the Stone Space gallery in Leytonstone in East London.

3rd – 20th November 2011
An exhibition of exploratory drawings from 25 artists.

The exhibition features work from Amanda Lawson, Asa Medhurst, Asmi Kazmi, Carla Wright, Chetan Kumar, Claire Meharg,Cos Ahmet, Dan Neamu, David Farnham, David Harker, Debbie Locke, Edward Jeavons, fuad ali, Gillian Swan, Heenam Kim, Jane Rutterford, Jen Leonard, Jillian Knipe, Joanne Tidey, Julie Caves, Mary McFerran, Morgan Tipping, Nic Boin and Patricia Rozental.


            

Little Benefits show

Little Benefits
opening Thursday 20th October
then open from 21st - 30th October
11.30 - 18.00, Thursday to Sunday, or by appointment

Little Benefits is a ten day show at Cultivate Vyner Street. They intend to pack the gallery walls with a carefully selected diverse collection of smaller works in a variety of mediums. Work will be no bigger than 30cm x 40cm and and all work will be for sale at a price of no more than £100. I have 5 landscape paintings in the show.

Red Show

I have a painting in the multi media group show called

RED
at Cultivate, Vyner St.

Place No.2 (oil and acrylic on canvas)

Making our Marks at the Mill on Coppermill Lane

I picked up my small oil painting from the community exhibition at The Mill today. It was great to be a part of their inaugural exhibition!

Art Grows on Trees

Every year on the long pathway to the Town Square the trees will grow pieces of art to be picked!
Art Grows on Trees is one of the Waltham Forest Arts Club's projects for the E17 Art Trail.

I have made two series of small works on paper for this event.
The Whole Picture 2.
I created a 22x30in acrylic painting on paper and cut it into 28 pieces. They each make a nice artwork that can be framed or posted on the wall. Plus there is the possibility that sometime in the future all 28 recipients will get together and the pieces of the painting will be reunited and they can see the whole picture.


Blue Birds mini prints.
After taking a class with Stephen Fowler at Falkiner's I carved a set of 3 stamps in the shapes of pigeons which I have been drawing a lot lately.
I then drew on the stamps with ink pencils and printed them onto paper and added some painted details.


Now I just need to package them up for hanging in the trees during the E17 Art Trail!

The Poetry Trail Anthology

Paekakariki Press are printing a Poetry Trail Anthology of work in the Walthamstow Poetry Trail. Available at all good stockists during the E17 Art Trail. The E17 Poetry Trail Anthology Launch is Thursday, September 1 · 7:30pm - 10:30pm

This year and for the first time, the E17 Art Trail plays host to a poetry trail. Inspired by the themes of “Home” and “Community” – poets and artists have collaborated to create the Walthamstow Poetry Trail. Estate Agents along Hoe Street have donated property display spaces to provide a focus for the trail with illustrated poems to draw you along the street. Poems will also be displayed in the windows of the Walthamstow Library. The art prints on display will be provided by Paekakariki Press who will also be printing an anthology of the poems which will be available to buy during and after the Art Trail.

I did this illustration for a poem called Soap by Anna Johnson.

Cafe Gallery Projects Open 2011

I always enjoy the Cafe Gallery Projects Open Exhibitions. Here is my piece Brick Wall No. 2. The exhibition was up for July and August but is finished now.

Art Subject Seeking Arts Writer

Dear Arts Writer,
I am responsible for publicising our annual Open Studios and Silent Auction event at my studio complex.
I thought a good way to get the word out might be to find someone who would want to write an article about the group of artists, cos they are interesting. So I am now seeking an arts writer who is looking for a subject.
If you are a writer and need something interesting to write about- the group of artists at Blackhorse Lane Studios might be just what you are looking for!

Blackhorse Lane Studios is located in the vibrant art area of Walthamstow in NE London. This new artists’ space managed by the Barbican Arts Group Trust (BAGT) has been here just three years but the 28 artists have a much longer history with their collective achievements in education, exhibitions and prestigious art prizes.

The group includes emerging and established artists whose diverse practices transverse both contemporary and traditional styles. The studio artists include sculptors using both organic and recycled materials, a painter using highly personal subject matter, beautiful works created from large scale paper cuts that relate to the female form, an artist that uses glass to make interactive works, another artist layers transparent colours to elicit a subconscious reaction, a painter of Rubinesque male figures, large scale quirky animal characters created by palette knife, and an installation artist who uses light projections.

In addition to their art these artists would be interesting to write about because they are interesting people who have led interesting lives. One artist lives on a boat, another used to ride to school on a pony, while another has been a resident artist in India. We are a varied group. For example, the music you can hear playing from inside the studios varies from Jimi Hendrix to Maroon 5 to Radio 4.

A number of the BHL artists have been short listed for the Jerwood Drawing, Sculpture and Glass Prizes and some have even gone on to win one or more of these. Other achievements include: short-listed for the Max Mara Prize, winner of the Pride in the House exhibition, commissions for British Telecom, British airways, and the Bank of England, permanently placed commissioned sculptures in London Parks, visiting artist in Santiniketan in Bengal, India, a winner of a Millennium Award and many more too numerous to list. Their collective art training includes all of the prestigious art colleges in the UK plus some in Italy and the USA.

Our annual event, the Blackhorse Lane Open Studios and Silent Auction, is part of the popular East London arts festival the E17 Art Trail. We will also have the ArtWorks Open exhibition in our ArtWorks Project Space, selected by Graham Crowley and Kiera Bennett; poetry readings by the Forest Poets; and a Kid's Art Quiz with prizes.

If you need a subject to write about and find this group of artists intriguing please contact me: julie.caves(at)yahoo(dot)co(dot) uk.

Blackhorse Lane Open Studios and Silent Auction

OPEN STUDIOS AND SILENT AUCTION

IN VIBRANT WALTHAMSTOW

- only 15 minutes from the West End

by London Underground or Overground!

*September 10th-11th 2011 (PV Sept 9th 6-9)
*Featuring: painting, sculpture, installation, ceramics, animation, photography, graphic arts and book arts.
*ArtWorks Open 2011 – ArtWorks Project Space – selected by Graham Crowley and Kiera Bennett
*Poetry readings by Forest Poets on Saturday Sep 10th
*Kid's Art Quiz with prizes
*Part of the popular East London arts festival the E17 Art Trail, located near Inky Cuttlefish Studios, Artillery and Tokarska Gallery.
*Among the 28 artists at Blackhorse Lane Studios are winners of Jerwood Prizes and many other art prizes; graduates of the Royal College of Art and other major art colleges; and sculptors, painters and video artists.

Dates: September 10th-11th
Times: 12.00 - 6.00pm each day
Preview Evening: September 9th 2011 (6-9pm) including a donation bar and entertainment
Address: 114 Blackhorse Lane, London E17 6AA
Website: www.artworksproject.com
Free admission

Blackhorse Lane Studios is located in the vibrant art area of Walthamstow in NE London. This new artists’ space managed by the Barbican Arts Group Trust (BAGT) has been here just three years but the 28 artists have a much longer history with their collective achievements in education, exhibitions and prestigious art prizes.

The BAGT artists’ diverse practices transverse both contemporary and traditional styles. The studio artists include sculptors using both organic and recycled materials, a painter using highly personal subject matter, beautiful works created from large scale paper cuts that relate to the female form, an artist that uses glass to make interactive works, another artist layers transparent colours to elicit a subconscious reaction, a painter of Rubinesque male figures, large scale quirky animal characters created by palette knife, and an installation artist who uses light projections.

Two days when artists open their studios to the public the Open Studios is your chance to meet the artists in their work environments, get insights into how and what they create, and even take home a work of art. Engage in one of the most exciting aspects of contemporary art by discussing art with the artists themselves. Stop by and enjoy, be inspired and perhaps hallenged at this friendly, relaxed event.

It is also a good opportunity to purchase original works at pre-gallery prices! Visitors will have the chance to bid on an artwork by a Blackhorse Lane artist in the Silent Auction. Part of the proceeds from the auction are donated by the artists to Barbican Arts Group Trust’s Public Programme. You can see the artworks in the auction in advance by going to the website: www.artworksproject.com. Bidding starts on-line in September 7th and in person at the Preview Evening on September 9th.

The ArtWorks Open 2011, an annual open exhibition, takes place in the ArtWorks Project Space in the Blackhorse Lane Studios building. http://www.barbicanartsgrouptrust.co.uk. This year’s exhibition is selected by distinguished artists Graham Crowley and Kiera Bennett who will be awarding £1,000 and £500 prizes, both with solo shows at ArtWorks Project Space. Graham and Keira will discuss the works in the show and how they were selected at a special event on Saturday 10th September at 2pm.

In addition to the Open Studios, Silent Auction and the ArtWorks Open there is more going on: members of ‘Forest Poets’ will be performing poetry readings on Saturday Sep 10th between 1:00pm and 3:30pm and for children there will be an Art Quiz (with prizes donated by Jackson’s Art Supplies) to encourage the younger visitors to ask questions of the artists about their work.

The artists include Charlotte Hodes winner of the Jerwood Drawing Prize, Sandie Sutton who has permanently placed commissioned sculptures in London Parks, Mike Thorn winner of the Pride in the House exhibition, Helen Maurer winner of the Jerwood Prize for Glass. Other achievements of the artists include a number that have been short listed for the Jerwood Drawing and Sculpture Prizes and the Max Mara Prize, commissions for British Telecom, British airways, and the Bank of England, visiting artist in Santiniketan in Bengal, India, a winner of a Millennium Award and many more too numerous to list.

Participating artists: Franki Austin, Francesco de Manincor, Jonet Harley-Peters, Charlotte Hodes, Lucile Montague, William Stok, Valerie Large, Tam Joseph, Elizabeth de Monchaux, Jonathan O’Dea, Michelle Reader, Mike Thorn, Neil Irons, Rosemarie McGoldrick, Lisa Peachey, Katrin Mäurich, Julie Caves, Sandie M Sutton, Pauline Evans, Duncan Evans, Daniela Rizzi, Charlotte Gerrard, Gisli Bergmann, Helen Maurer, and Matilda Bevan.

Transport:
Tube: Victoria Line to Blackhorse Road
Overgound from Liverpool Street to St James Street Station or Gospel Oak to Blackhorse Road Station
Buses: 158 from Stratford, 123 from Wood Green or Ilford, 230 from Walthamstow Central or Wood Green
Car Parking in Shakespeare Road
Map: http://ow.ly/5EQ5k

For more information or images please contact Julie Caves: julie_caves (at) yahoo (dot) co (dot) uk or Sharon Tate: bag.trust at btconnect.com

The Blackhorse Lane Studios are managed by the Barbican Arts Group Trust (BAGT). The Trust was formed in 1972 by artists to create studio and exhibiting space in the Barbican area. BAGT received charitable status in 1984 in recognition of its community and educational work undertaken through exhibitions, public art projects, open studios and schools projects. BAGT moved east in 1989, with assistance from Greater London Arts and established Hertford Road Studios, and in 2008 added another studio block at Blackhorse Lane E17.

PRESS RELEASE:
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Draw The Garden

The Waltham Forest Arts Club is hosting an afternoon in the Vestry House Gardens. Start the E17 Art Trail off creatively - be a part of it! Bring your ipad or sketchbook or use our pencils and paper, find a spot in the garden and draw!
The garden's beautiful planting is inspired by its history as an eighteenth-century workhouse garden, with an emphasis on useful plants including vegetables, herbs and dye plants. There is also a wild meadow area and a bed designed to attract butterflies.

•Sat. Sept 3rd, 11:00 to 3:00
•Vestry House Museum Gardens, Vestry Road E17 9NH
•Meet and draw with some friendly creative people!
•Bring your ipad or sketchbook or use our pencils and paper

Materials kindly provided by Jackson’s Art Supplies

Draw the Garden

During the E17 Art Trail the Waltham Forest Arts Club is hosting an afternoon in the Vestry House Museum Gardens. Start the trail off creatively - be a part of it! Bring your ipad or sketchbook or use our pencils and paper, find a spot in the garden and draw!

Sat Sep 3rd 11:00-3:00

The garden's beautiful planting is inspired by its history as an eighteenth-century workhouse garden, with an emphasis on useful plants including vegetables, herbs and dye plants. There is also a wild meadow area and a bed designed to attract butterflies.

Vestry House Museum
Vestry Road
Walthamstow
London
E17 9NH

Rise Art

I now have a profile on Rise Art.

THE ABBEY ART CENTRE EXHIBITION

THE ABBEY ART CENTRE EXHIBITION -

SATURDAY 16TH & SUNDAY 17TH JULY 2011
89 PARK ROAD, NEW BARNET, HERTS EN4 9QX
10-minute walk from Cockfosters at the end of the Piccadilly Line

The historic church/barn museum will be full of art including my newest painting. There will be art all over the grounds with open studios as well so you can meet all of the artists (see below).

featuring:
MATT BATEMAN - SYLVIE BOREL - LAUREN BRANDRICK - JULIE CAVES - MIKE FIGGIS - LISA FREEMAN - BRUCE GILBERT - CHERYL GOULD - VERENE LACK GRIESHABER - MOLLY HAGAN - RUTH PARKER - JAN POLOCZEK - ROY RODGERS - ROD ROSS - LEAH SELBY - SHEILA SELBY - LIZ SHEPPARD - DAVID SHILLINGLAW - ROMANY TURNER

I am now a VV member!

Promoting emerging female fine artists.

VV Art Collective