Upcoming Activities and Events

The next month or two is a busy one as all of us will be involved with a variety of exhibitions, and events - some of it is book related and some more general.

There will be a chance to see work by Gwen Simpson in the Leigh Art Trail Group Exhibition in the Leigh Community Centre, Elm Road, Leigh. The show will feature work around the theme of Painting with Light. and opens from 10th August until 21st September.

Gwen Simpson - Iron Bars Do Not a Prisoner Make.
A homage to all prisoners of conscience.
​Altered Book with LED lights.

Chris Ruston will be showing two artist books in a group exhibition 200 Fish, at  the North Sea Observatory, Chapel Point Lincolnshire.. The show opens on 23rd August until 3rd September.

Chris Ruston The Thornback Ray,
Unique Artist Book
Pen and Ink.

Karen Apps has been involved in a residency and Southend Art Trail. The work is ongoing.

Karen Apps A Gateway to Limbo,
Altered and redacted book

Not forgetting Lola Swain is taking part in the East Anglian Potters Summer exhibition in the Old Library, Emmanuel College, Cambridge. The show continues until 26th August.

Jane Woollatt will be convening a conferance Reinventing, Rethinking, and Representing Menopause : Beyond the Interdisciplinary Paradigm. it will take place in Cambridge on 29th September. This a call out to interested artists to submit work in response to this theme to be included in an on line exhibition open to all artists. More information can be found here.

Jane Woollatt Tomb
​Plaster.

And finally Chris Ruston, Karen Apps and Sally Chinea will be participating in Essex Summer of Art Open Studios at HOFS (Hadleigh Old Fire Station) over the Bank Holiday weekend.