Bristol Artists Book Event 2017

See you at BABE!

We will be participating in the Passport project so stop by our stand for a stamp!

BABE 2017: Bristol Artists Book Event
Saturday 1 April 11-6pm
Sunday 2 April 11-5pm

Arnolfini
16 Narrow Quay
Bristol BS1 4QA

The sixth biennial festival of artist book making, featuring the work of bookmakers and small presses from around the world. Since 2007, BABE has established a great reputation as a relaxed and friendly event to meet and chat to book artists about their work and buy works of art. With more than 80 makers taking part, and prices start from just a few pounds, there will be something for everyone.  Expect performances, interventions, talks and workshops across the weekend too.

Featuring artists from all over the UK, Ireland, The Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Norway and South Korea:

ABC@UWE, ABPress, Adie+Maufe, Aidan Moesby, Alembic Books, Alex Czinczel/ TheChincilla, Ambeck Design, Amber Hsu/One Pound Poems, AMBruno, Andrew Law, Andrew Morrison, Annwyn Dean, ANTIC-HAM, Antonio Freiles, artistbooksonline.com, Atlantic Press, BA (Hons) Photography - Manchester School of Art, BA (Hons) Visual Communication - Arts University Bournemouth, Battenberg Press, Bookartbookshop, BookCasePress, bookRoom, Book Transformations, Cafe Royal Books, Carolyn Trant/Parvenu Press, Chisato Tamabayashi, Ciarrai Samson, Collective Investigations, Container UCA Canterbury, Corinne Welch, David Armes/Red Plate Press, David Faithfull, Double Daggers, EAK Press, Eccentric Horace, Elizabeth Willow, Ensixteen Editions, Essence Press, Foreground, Gemma Lacey, Gloria Glitzer, Grizel (Sneezy), Guy Bigland, Hazard Press, Heather Prescott, HG Makes, Impact Press, James Anderson, Jane Cradock-Watson, Jill Carter, Joan Ainley, Joanna Wilkinson, Johan Deumens Gallery, Julie Caves/Little Black Press, Karen Joyce, Karoline Rerrie, Kate Bernstein, Kate Williamson, Leicester Print Workshop, Limbo, Lina Nordenstrom/Grafikverkstan Godsmagasinet, Lion and Lamb Press/UCA Illustration, Liver and Lights Scriptorium, London Centre for Book Arts, MA Book Arts/Camberwell College of Arts, Mandy Brannan, Marches Book Arts Group, Mark Hudson, Mark Pawson/Disinfotainment, Mavina Baker/Teacup Press, Micro Library Books, Mireille Fauchon, Mr Smith, Nancy Campbell, Old Bear Press, one.zero6 press, ottoGraphic, PAPER Gallery, paperwallah, Peter Chasseud/Altazimuth Press, p's & q's press, PylonPress/Plymouth College of Art, reassemble, Rebecca Weeks Art, Redfoxpress, Roberts Print, Ryan Gajda, Semple Press, Sue Clarke, Sue McLaren, The Caseroom Press, The Emma Press, Thomas Tomasska, Uniformbooks, UWE Graphic Design, UWE Illustration, whnicPRESS, Wild Pansy Press.

BABE 2017 includes a mini exhibition, performances, interventions, book making workshops and more! See the series of events happening throughout the weekend.

Organised with Sarah Bodman (Centre for Fine Print Research, University of the West of England) and Tom Sowden (Bath School of Art and Design, Bath Spa University).

Lost and Found exhibition

Ten artists have explored the ideas of ‘Lost’ and ‘Found’ over the last year. The ‘Lost and Found’ exhibition, showing for two weeks at Espacio Gallery (2 - 14 May 2017), fills the two floors of the large, bright space with impressive historical sculpture, colourful painting, beautiful printmaking, skilful drawing, poetic installations, and interactive games and augmented reality.

Lost and Found - the first thing you think of is Lost and Found Property. But take a moment and you’ll quickly see how often the idea of losing and finding is a part of our everyday experience. You can lose - your mind, your temper and your keys. You can find - inner peace, the strength to go on and your keys. At first glance lost is usually negative while found is generally positive. But most of us relish it when we lose ourselves in the moment and you can find a worm in your apple.

Ten artists have explored the ideas of ‘Lost’ and ‘Found’ over the last year through painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, and interactive installations. The artists are: Graham Asker, Julie Caves, Esperanza Gomez-Carrera, Nick Hazzard, Martin Howard, Ruth Kathryn Jones, Peter Lang, Chris Mercier, Matt Smith, and Liz Whiteman Smith. Most of the artists have shown together before in the highly acclaimed exhibitions ‘Artists in Wonderland’ and ‘Quantum: A Journey Through the Standard Model”, both at Espacio Gallery. Though structured around a universal concept, each of the artists has approached the idea from a very different perspective and this broad range of responses has resulted in a thought-provoking, engaging exhibition.

The organizer, Liz Whiteman Smith, feels that the strength of the exhibition lies in the fact that the group of artists meets once a month to discuss their ideas and support each other to create work that is well developed and professionally executed. She says “Visitors will find a wide range of mediums from painting to 3D printing, a pin ball machine to installations. Our artists are moving forward and embracing new technology in their artwork.”

Find the time to see this show.

The Artists:

Graham Asker, an engineer and graduate of Cass School of Art, has hand made a pinball machine to explore the idea of lost and found souls using the Parable of the Lost Sheep.

Julie Caves, a painter with an MA from Camberwell College of Art, has used veils of colour to obscure part of her paintings to show that if one thing is lost another is usually found.

Esperanza Gomez-Carrera, a sculptor and graduate of Wimbledon College of Art, uses a sculptural installation based around a stolen instrument to demonstrate that sometimes losing is winning and not finding what you are looking for is finding yourself.

Nick Hazzard, a graduate in Fine Art from Sir John Cass, works in a process that involves alternately applying and scraping back layers of paint – the marks and gestures are buried, or “lost”, beneath areas of paint, then uncovered, or “found”, when those layers are partly removed. He has combined his process-driven approach with his interest in recent research looking into the recovery of lost memories in those with Alzheimer’s.

Martin Howard, a graduate of Slade School of Fine Art, has made black and white mixed-media drawings that record the area of East London situated around the gallery. Howard has engaged with the lively and energetic surroundings, his figures emerge and disappear, in and out of the shadowy areas around Brick Lane.

Ruth Kathryn Jones, an artist with an MA from Colchester Institute of Art and Design, is exploring the losses that may not be refound. She is interested in the gentrification that has removed women’s access to public spaces and services in her local area. Covering one thing with another, the redacted sanitisation of imagery creates a loss of part of the image; Jones asks if the loss of visibility is indicative of a loss of identity?

Peter Lang, an artist and animator who graduated from Hornsey College of Art, has created an illustrated picture book for children called ‘Tincap and the Lost Sock’, that combines illustration and Augmented Reality - when viewed through a smartphone or iOS device the illustrations become animated. He has also created a series titled ‘Respectacles’ - digital paintings of reading glasses he has lost.

Chris Mercier, an artist with an MA from the Royal College of Art, explores objects and processes and he has made prints of hybrid letters he calls ‘Newfound Consonants’.

Matt Smith, a sculptor and digital artist who graduated from Epsom School of Art and Design, is re-creating a lost sculpture by Italian Futurist Umberto Boccioni, ‘Spiral Expansion of Muscles in Movement’ from 1913. Using the few photos that were taken before the work was destroyed Smith has used digital and traditional methods to study and re-create this lost work. In a way Smith is collaborating with the artist who died 100 years ago in 1917. Although many of his works were destroyed after his death Boccioni’s Futurist influence can be found around the world today because the works were photographed and now one of these lost masterpieces has been re-created and ‘found’ again. Smith will be showing prints of the process as well as a life-size sculpture.

Liz Whiteman Smith, a printmaker with a degree in Fine Art from Buckinghamshire New University, will be showing two series of screenprints looking at lost civilisations and cultures. The first is a series of images of ancient temples that were once at the heart of a civilisation but were lost, reclaimed by nature and then later discovered by explorers. Her series of images from Cuba, a country in danger of losing its uniqueness as it becomes modernised, express her hope that Cuba “can find a way to improve living standards for its citizens without losing the qualities that make it special.”


The Gallery
Espacio Gallery is a co-operative gallery that opened in 2012 in the heart of London's East End art scene, at the top of Brick Lane and has had nearly 200 exhibitions since then. It was founded by a group of artists working across all contemporary visual arts media who wanted a space of their own specially designed to meet their needs. Located not too far from Whitechapel Gallery, Espacio is always part of their First Thursday late-night art events.

Opening times:
Tuesday-Saturday 1-7pm, Sunday 1-5pm (closed Mondays)

Espacio Gallery
159 Bethnal Green Road
London E2 7DG

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51%RememberHer exhibition

I have an oil painting and another edition of The Whole Picture showing in this exhibition. 

Launching on International Womenʼs Day Wednesday March 8th #51%RememberHer references London's 51 percent female population and is the inaugural exhibition of over 100 women artists featuring sculpture, painting, animation, installation, photography, drawing, performance, graffiti, spoken word, history walks, talks and special events throughout the month. #51%RememberHer provides a significant survey of the creative female talent who live, work, study or have a family connection to the creative melting pot of East London.

Organised by Elements Gallery. Facebook event page. #IWD2017


Tower Gallery (East Tower), Memorial Community Church
395 Barking Road
Plaistow, London
E13 8AL

Some of the 28 small paintings by Julie Caves for #51RememberHer exhibition 

Deep Space exhibition

Come see my painting 'Portholes' on the wall in

'This Year’s Model 2017 part II: Deep Space’
at Studio1.1 Gallery on Redchurch St. London
3 - 26 March, private view Thursday 2 March 6-9pm

with
Peter Roseman, Hitomi Kammai, Michele Marcoux, Day Bowman, Marianne Shorten, Alison Goodyear, Molly Thomson, Matthew Herring, Miranda Boulton, Heidi Cooke, William Wright, Shiroma Ratne, Wendy Saunders, Fernando Leon-Guiu, Ritva Raitsalo, Richard Harris, David Turner, Spencer Walton, Euan Stewart, Emma Coop, Sacha Meaden, Emma Tod, Julie Caves, Etienne De Villiers, Playpaint.

'Portholes' 50x80cm oil on canvas 2016 Julie Caves

Seeing Red at Espacio

The ‘Seeing Red’ group exhibition, showing for two weeks at Espacio Gallery (31 January – 12 February 2017), will fill the two floors of the large beautiful space with glowing colour.

The colour red grabs your attention; it fascinates and captivates.

Whether scarlet, crimson, maroon, vermilion, berry, ruby, rose, burgundy, carmine, brick, or cerise – red is both satisfying and exciting. The strong feelings suggested by the colour red – passionate love, blood and anger – are always stimulating! Artists have a close understanding of colour and use it to great advantage – as Matisse famously said: “A thimble full of red is redder than a bucketful.”

The 18 colourist artists in the exhibition celebrate the many ways to see the colour red. Red can boost your energy, it exudes confidence and is life-affirming, so this show is a great place to visit in the middle of a dreary London winter. With a focus on painting, the artwork in this show also includes printmaking, collage, drawing and photography. The subjects of interest to the artists in this show include: extinction of species, histories of Asia, human impact on the landscape, the natural world, landscape painting, the colour of flowers, the urban environment, the current political situation, food, nighttime seascapes, portraits, and pure abstraction.

The artists exhibiting in ‘Seeing Red’ are: John Adams, Terry Beard, Tania Beaumont, Liz Brown, Paul Butler, Christine Calow, Laurence Cammas, Julie Caves, Bozena Czyz, Kanwal Dhaliwal, Zelda Eady, Laura Gompertz, Raina Goran, Sally Grumbridge, Philip Leevers, Laura New, Tina Viljoen, and Cary Whitworth.

Organiser Sally Grumbridge, who has organised exhibitions themed around colour before, says: “I hope the exhibition will show how colour can inspire artists and help them communicate. The Espacio Gallery walls will be alive with vibrant, exciting work in all hues of red. The show should appeal to people who love colour, people who are interested in the meaning of colour and people who wish to be cheered up on a grey February afternoon!”

See images on the Jackson's Art blog.

Pleased to have my work included in Fated and Fabled's Best of February.

Thanet Open Studios 2016

I am participating in Thanet Open Studios this year with the makers collective Made in Margate. The exhibition includes 25 artists showing at Viking Gallery in Cliftonville, Margate.

13 & 14 August, then 18-21 August with an open evening on Saturday 13 August 2016.

Viking Gallery
Cliftonville Avenue
Margate
CT9 2AH

I will be showing a series of small (15x15cm) oil on linen paintings.

Nine paintings by Julie Caves from a series of small (15x15cm) oil on linen paintings

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Painting Without Beginning or End

Painting Without Beginning or End

An exhibition of paintings by Julie Caves - darkness, light, colour and texture. Part of the 9-day long East London arts festival- the Leytonstone Arts Trail (2-10 July 2016)

In the Function Room of the lovely, re-opened Heathcote Arms - 344 Grove Green Rd, London E11 4EA. (You will pass through this room if you are heading to their very nice garden.) A 5-minute walk from Leytonstone station. 

The pub is open: 12-Midnight Mon-Thu; 12-1am Fri & Sat; 12-Midnight Sun.

Facebook event page.

Leytonstone Arts Trail 2016

This will be the ninth Leytonstone Arts Trail!

Preview evenings on 30th June and 1st July will kick-off the Trail which runs 2-10 July 2016.

68 exhibitions, two full pages of events plus projects like the Gateposts Project.

You can flip through the guide soon on the website and in the meantime on the website you can read more about the artists and exhibitions.  When they are printed you'll be able to pick up a guide at the Stone Space Gallery, the Leytonstone Library, both near Leytonstone station, and many of the participating venues.

I will be participating in a few exhibitions and events:

I will have six to eight large paintings in the events room at the Heathcote Arms pub (you will pass it on the corner if you are walking from Leytonstone station to Norlington Road Studios.) My two paintings in the Waltham Forest Arts Club show at St John’s are a result of looking at gravitational waves a few years ago. I am working on some sculptures for that show as well; I am primarily a painter but often turn to sculpture when creating site specific work. I am making small acrylic paintings on paper from my Whole Picture series for the Art Grows on Trees in the churchyard. For the ‘Gateposts Project’ I will have a paper sculpture in a tree, some small art to take away and a pouch of flyers from my Have A Nice Day project (2004-ongoing) in the front garden of art lovers in Leytonstone.

Serena Joy - World Book Night 2016

A collaborative book, 'Serena Joy', was created by a group of 43 book artists for World Book Night 2016. The ideas were based on The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood.

Read about the project on the website - Centre for Fine Print Research at UWE Bristol.

A video of all the artworks being put into sets.

My Stamp for the Project

Discovery: Reimagining Darwin’s World

Discovery: Reimagining Darwin’s World

180 years ago Charles Darwin returned from a five year voyage around the world and published ‘The Voyage of the Beagle’. For this exhibition 12 artists have made work with ideas related to science, discovery, imaginative thought and the Victorian world.

In 1831 22-year old geology graduate Charles Darwin was invited to be the resident naturalist on an expedition aboard HMS Beagle. The main purpose of the voyage was to carry out detailed hydrographic surveys (of the geology of the seabed to obtain information for maritime navigation and marine construction) around the coasts of the southern part of South America. In 1836, after five years at sea instead of the originally planned two years, the ship returned by way of Tahiti and Australia after having circumnavigated the Earth. Darwin spent most of his time on land studying nature and interacting with the locals and kept a detailed journal of the expedition that became a popular travel book of the time: ‘The Voyage of the Beagle’. The book is a mixture of a travel memoir and a detailed scientific field journal covering biology, geology, and anthropology and you can see some of Darwin’s early thinking on the subject of natural selection that he would later become best-known for.

On the 180th anniversary of the return of the Beagle to the UK, twelve contemporary artists have created an exhibition celebrating the voyage, the man, his journal and his ideas. The exhibition is taking place at the beautiful Espacio Gallery in East London, with two floors of light-filled space, 3rd – 15th May 2016.

Artists:
Graham Asker, Julie Caves, Alice Cazenave, Esperanza Gomez-Carrera, Nick Hazzard, Peter Lang, Ruth Jones, Natalie McIntyre, Jenny Price, Liz Whiteman Smith, Matt Smith, Sara Wickenden

 Lichen Twig drawing - Julie Caves 

English Oak - Julie Caves 

Oak Leaf Cluster - Julie Caves 

For many years I have been visiting a 185-acre patch of woodland and grassland with a number of ponds near my home in East London that most people call Hollow Ponds. For this project I have changed from my casual approach and instead observed like a naturalist in an attempt to understand this interesting area better. Throughout the seasons I have been seen in every part of the area with camera, easel, sketchbook, video camera, collecting boxes, or lichen charts and always with my notebook. I researched old maps and photos and talked to people about the area. I have carried out an intensive observation in a methodical manner of discovery similar to that which Darwin employed on his journey. I have created paintings and drawings that reflect the discoveries I have made during my immersion in the forest.

-Julie Caves

Facebook event page.

Read about the other artists in the exhibition on the Jackson's Art blog.

One small goat sitting in the grass

'One small goat sitting in the grass': a show by BHL artists.
A group exhibition in the Project Space during Blackhorse Lane Studios Open Weekend.
I have a painting in the show.
It has been curated by Neil Irons.

Saturday June 6th and Sunday June 7th, 2015
12-6pm each day
Preview evening Friday June 5th 6-9pm

Explore the Art Scene within 5 minutes of Blackhorse Road Tube!
Part of the Blackhorse Trek segment of the E17 Art Trail.

Also Open Studios, Silent Auction, Kids Quiz, Exhibitions.
Barbican Arts Group Trust studio complex with over 28 contemporary artists.

Blackhorse Lane Studios
114 Blackhorse Lane
London
E17 6AA

20 minutes from the West End by tube or train.
On Blackhorse Lane between the Gnome House and the Blackhorse Workshops.

https://www.facebook.com/BlackhorseLaneStudios

http://www.barbicanartsgrouptrust.co.uk/blackhorse-lane-studios

Artists in Wonderland

Artists in Wonderland

an exhibition at Espacio Gallery
2-14 June, 2015
A Private View will be held on Thursday 4th June from 6–9 pm with special performances.
Running for 12 days the exhibition includes tea parties and talks for visitors.

'More Cake'
by Julie Caves
One cake with currants, prism, photography, digital printing.

'Alas For Poor Alice'
by Julie Caves
15-inch high door made of card, glue and acrylic paint
installed behind existing gallery curtain

Performances & Events

*At the preview evening on June 4th illustrator H Locke will be in character for a riddle performance of 'Drink Me'. 

*On Saturdays June 6th and 13th we will have tea and cakes 2-4 pm.

*On Sunday June 7th we will have dramatic readings of Lewis Carroll's poetry at regular intervals by Wayne Pottinger. Approximate times: 1:45 to 2pm, 2:45 to 3pm and 3:45 to 4pm.

*On Thursday 11th June at 7pm there will be a talk by Mark Richards, Chairman of the Lewis Carroll Society (1998-2013)- 'Alice's Journey from Spoken Story to Gallery Wall'.

Animation by Peter Lang.

One of Whitechapel Gallery's top 5 First Thursday Exhibitions!


Curiouser and Curiouser!

Eleven contemporary artists from Spain, the USA and the UK have immersed themselves in the worlds Lewis Carroll created in his two books Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass and have timed this exhibition of their work to coincide with the 150th anniversary of the first publication of the books. From tiny details through to sweeping concepts, each artist has approached the ideas presented in 'Alice' from surprisingly different angles: from an interactive, mechanical sculpture, intricate drawings, complex prints and alarming sculpture through to imaginative character portraits, disorienting paintings and 3D-printed sculpture.

Participating artists: Graham Asker, Julie Caves, Mireia Donat Melús, Valerie Gladwin Montgomery, Esperanza Gómez-Carrera, Nick Hazzard, Ruth Jones, Peter Lang, Matt Smith, Liz Whiteman Smith, Sara Wickenden.


Espacio Gallery, 159 Bethnal Green Road, London, E2 7DG. Free entry.
Open from 2nd – 14th June, 1–7pm daily apart from Sundays 1–5pm. Shut Mondays.

click for larger view

For further information:

Twitter (Artists in Wonderland)
Twitter (Espacio Gallery)
Espacio Gallery website
Espacio Gallery Facebook Page
Jackson's Art Supplies

Colourful Language

'Colourful Language'
A 2-week pop-up gallery at Hoe Street Central in East London.

Paintings by Julie Caves that are an unabashed declaration of a love of colour.

This show will have a wide range of works for sale: still lifes, abstracts, and landscapes in oils and acrylics on canvas, wood panel and paper. Julie lives and works in Walthamstow so is really happy to be showing in her local community. This will be a chance to buy work directly from the artist at affordable prices.

When: February 17 - March 1, 2015
Opening times: Tuesday to Sunday 11am – 7pm

Where: 
Hoe Street Central
137 Hoe Street, Walthamstow, E17 4RT

For updates follow on Facebook.

Oil painting by Julie Caves

Resurrection: Life through Death in Midwinter

Resurrection: Life through Death in Midwinter

December 18, 2014 - January 20, 2015
Artefacto Bespoke Tattoo and Art Space
476 High Road Leytonstone, E11 3HN London

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"Traditionally in Northern European climes people would work through the spring,summer and early autumn and then retire in the dark months of winter. It was a time for celebrations, family gatherings, meetings, story telling at the fireside and artistic creation. Industry so to speak was limited to what could be done during daylight hours and at the candle or fire light...tapestries, jewelery, painting, storytelling, music, sagas, making furniture etc... People would eat what they had gathered, farmed, hunted etc.., they shared, they loved and they came together. Rather than a time concentrating on death,and on manufacturing and working, as it is in modern times of electricity and industrial revolution, winter as a time for creation. Like with the acorns and other seeds falling into the forest ground, ideas would grow and it was seen as a season in which the world regenerated. It was the season of the old wise crone, a time to remember ones ancestors in order to inform ones future. It was a time of sex and feasting. Dancing and merriment. Of re-energising. Of contemplation from which spring would burst forth...but always aware that it was in winter in which seeds would fall and burrow into the soil, animals would become with child etc. Life through death...a Resurrection in the making... Midwinter solstice is not only the darkest and longest night but is also marked by traditional cultures as the New Year, the time when the days begin to grow.A New Light within the darkness..."

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I have a small painting in the exhibition.

Julie Caves Resurrection
Oil painting on panel
2014

About Brick Lane an exhibition

About Brick Lane

an exhibition at Espacio Gallery

The vibrant Brick Lane area of East London is the subject of artwork by 11 contemporary artists showing at Espacio Gallery in a two-week exhibition 18th-30th September, 2014. Curated by Liz Whiteman Smith, About Brick Lane pieces together the complex story of the Brick Lane area using artworks from 11 perspectives interpreted through multiple artforms: painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography and video.  Espacio Gallery is located at the top of this famous street so it is fitting that the gallery should hold this exhibition, which reflects on the distinctive and fascinating attributes of this unique area.

http://aboutbricklane.com/the-exhibition

About Brick Lane at Espacio Gallery

About Brick Lane an exhibition at Espacio Gallery

The vibrant Brick Lane area of East London is the subject of artwork by 11 contemporary artists showing at Espacio Gallery in a two-week exhibition 18th-30th September, 2014.  Espacio Gallery is located at the top of Brick Lane so it is fitting that the gallery should hold this exhibition, which reflects on the distinctive and fascinating attributes of this unique area.

Venue: Espacio Gallery, 159 Bethnal Green Road, London, E2 7DG

Dates: 18th – 30th September, 2014
1–7pm daily (1–5pm Tuesday 30th September)
Private View on 18th September , 6–9pm

Participating artists: Graham Asker, Mark Bell, Julie Caves, Julie Eccles, Ahmed Farooqui, Esperanza Gómez-Carrera, Nick Hazzard, Ruth Jones, Ralph Overill, Liz Whiteman Smith, Sara Wickenden

Off The Wall, The 9th Terrace Annual Open

'Off The Wall'
The 9th Terrace Annual Open, London
August 9th

I have a painting in this show curated by Karl Bielik, about, among other things, the passage of time and decay.  It is fascinating to see the works in the walled garden space that show varying amounts of change - some more recent works have been nearly destroyed by the elements while others that have been exposed for longer loss less worse for wear.

Lots of images of the exhibition can be seen on the Facebook page.

Here is a panoramic photo I took of the left side of the garden wall:

Off The Wall
photo by Julie Caves

Julie Caves
'The Structure Caught Light'
Oil painting on panel, 2014

Then there is Art Floats

We took the art to the people!

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Art Floats
July 5th and 12th, 2014

Images from the exhibition:

As part of the Leytonstone Arts Trail 2014, Waltham Forest Arts Club, an artist-led organisation that creates community art projects and organises member exhibitions throughout the year, took an art exhibition out into the community, stopping to set up the exhibition for a short time and then moved to the next location.  This way we expanded the Arts Trail out from the centre.  

We were happy when we were loaned a milk float for the two mornings of the project.  We built the project around the float and named it ‘Art Floats’.  Unfortunately at the last minute the dairy found out their insurer had changed their mind and they had to withdraw.  With such a short time left Arts Club settled on a 7-seater and modified the display system for the artworks.  The car was decorated with balloons to go along with the original name.‘Art Floats’ was a mobile art exhibition in three locations on the two Saturdays of the Leytonstone Arts Trail, July 5th and 12th.  Starting at Hollow Ponds, across from the Alfred Hitchcock Hotel, at 10:00, it moved to St John’s Church near the tube station for 11:30 and the final setting-up of the exhibition was at 1:00 at Langthorne Park.  It was a quick-change take down of the exhibition each time with the group of artists following after the car in public transport with banners and signs saying: 'Follow us to Art Floats!'

The Zeitgeist Summer Exhibition

The Zeitgeist Summer Exhibition

Preview: 10 July, 2014 5-8pm
Exhibition Continues: 11/12 July 1-5pm
ZAP picnic: 12 July 5-7pm

Bond House Gallery
ASC Studios
Bond House
Goodwood Rd
SE14 6BL

66 artists, all members of Zeitgeist Art Projects (ZAP), are exhibiting in South London. A diverse range of artists at all stages of their careers, from students to established artists. All original works on paper have a maximum price of £100 and so also offers a fantastic opportunity to start or add to your original art collection.

Artists: Michelle Abbott, Jane Archer, Christy Avraam, Terry Barber, Molly Behagg, Helen Bermingham, Sasha Bowles, Miranda Boulton, Rebecca Byrne, Julie Caves, Nick Cheeseman, Rosalind Davis, Etienne de Villiers, John E Walter, Simon Fell, Andy Finlay, Neill Fuller, Anna Garrett, Michelle Gibson, Satdeep Grewal, Molly Hagan, Justin Hibbs, Nicky Hodge, Brigid H Jackson, Evy Jokhova, Buffy Kimm, Sandra Lane, Anna Levy, Paula MacArthur, Tyler Mallison, Claire Manning, Emily Mclennan, Milena Michalski, Marion Michell, Cait Miskelly, John Murphy-Woolford, Kate Murray-Browne, John Myers, Sarah Nabarro, Michaela Nettell, Diana Palmer, Rachel Pearcey, Sarah Praill, Morfydd Ransom-Hall, Ritva Raitsalo, Ana Ruepp, Angela Rumble, Julia Russell, Pina Santoro-Ellwood, Wendy Saunders, Louise Scillitoe-Brown, Inga Street, Louise Sunnucks, Hanna ten Doornkaat, Lex Thomas, Annabel Tilley, Dina Varpahovsky, Pandora Vaughan, Sintija Vika, Binita Walia, Jane Walker, Rachel Wilberforce, Sue Williams A’Court, Holly Wisker, Robert Worley and Carol Wyss.

Curated by Annabel Tilley & Rosalind Davis with assistance from Helen Bermingham, Anna Garrett and Lex Thomas.

Art Floats

For the Leytonstone Arts Trail this year Waltham Forest Arts Club, an artist-led organisation that creates community art projects and organises member exhibitions throughout the year, of which I am an organiser, wanted to take an art exhibition out into the community, stopping to set up the exhibition for a short time and then moving to the next location.  This way we could expand the Arts Trail out from the centre.  We were happy when we were loaned a milk float for the two mornings of the project.  We built the project around the float and named it ‘Art Floats’.  Unfortunately at the last minute the dairy found out their insurer had changed their mind and they had to withdraw.  With such a short time left Arts Club settled on a 7-seater and modified the display system for the artworks.  The car will be decorated with balloons to go along with the original name.

‘Art Floats’ is a mobile art exhibition that will be in three locations on the two Saturdays of the Leytonstone Arts Trail, July 5^th and 12th.  Starting at Hollow Ponds, across from the Alfred Hitchcock Hotel, at 10:00, moving to St John’s Church near the tube station for 11:30 with the final setting-up of the exhibition being at 1:00 at Langthorne Park.  It will be a quick-change take down of the exhibition each time with the group of artists following after the car in public transport with banners and signs saying: Follow us to Art Floats!  I keep saying “We are taking the art to the people!”

download the
Leytonstone Arts Trail 2014 Guide

The group exhibition includes artists Julie Caves, Helen Porter, Natalie Gray, Veronica Lindsay-Addy, Sue Higgins, Mo Morris, Valeria Bateson, and Olivier Tafforin.  Alongside the exhibition Nicolette Murin will be explaining the proposed new Art Lending scheme, as well as exhibiting an artwork herself. Brett Banks will be demonstrating his work on a small stone sculpture. There will be a chance to make something to add to the exhibition with the monoprinting workshop, materials provided by Jackson’s Art Supplies.

The group hopes to repeat the project next year, perhaps for the E17 Art Trail, this time as originally planned with a milk float.  If you have a milk float and would be interested in working with them please contact them at walthamforestartsclub at yahoo.co.uk

‘Leaf Shadow’ oil painting by Julie Caves