Students on the AS 2-D art course at South Downs College, Portsmouth are showing some of their work in Rosie’s Wine Bar (Elm grove, Southsea). The students have worked really hard through January to produce a wide range of work to a very high standard according to their tutor Mark Kellett. There are 33 pieces of framed work on display some examples of work below.
If anyone would like to know more about the work please contact mkellett@southdowns.ac.uk
BA Photography student Andrew Paul Hayward has started a project in Portsmouth’s Historic Dockyard. Secret Dockyard is a photographic study of the Conservation, Preservation and Restoration areas off limits to the public. Andrew is now in his final year of the course and is the first student in over 4 yrs to use a large format 10 x 8 camera.
“I like to think of my work as contemporary photography using traditional methods. The Portsmouth Naval Base Property Trust (PNBPT) have been amazingly helpful and co-operative in producing the work and it is scheduled to be exhibited at our degree show both in Portsmouth and in London in June of this year.”
His website can be viewed at with more examples of his work : http://www.andrewpaulhayward.com/
Below Storehouse 10
Below Boathouse 4 Sea Channel
Below Lock Gates Boathouse 4
The New Theatre Royal has had a great response to their call for artwork for their Little Theatres Art Exhibition. We mentioned this in a previous post a few weeks ago. The exhibition was opened by Sheila Hancock yesterday and all works can currently be seen in their Circle Gallery. Participants from all ages have exhibited a wide range of work in different formats. Well worth a visit along with grabbing a coffee and something to eat at the Conservatory Cafe.
Photographer Matt Sills took over Portsmouth Indoor Tennis club last week for a photo shoot with Mark Pain the British Sports Photographer of the year. I popped along with my Strong Island hat on to take some photos behind the scenes. The shoot was part of an ad campaign for Focus on Imaging at Birmingham in March 2012. There is also an app available for download which was developed in Portsmouth – keeping it local again!
Photographers Robert Dowling and Perou have also been featured as part of this campaign. Behind the scenes footage can be seen on Matt’s website.
Mark Pain spoke to me about the incredible shot he took of Tiger Woods with the golf ball heading straight for his camera. Luckily for him it only damaged the camera hood and filter and earned him a lot of PR attention on live US TV. A well deserved award for a great photographer. Thanks to Matt for the invite – always good to see Portsmouth being used for shoots like this.
Below: Mark Pain’s shot of Tiger Woods.
Below: Final image by Matt Sills
Behind the scenes footage from Portsmouth Tennis Centre below
Jonathan Ring is a student who in his own words “adores design/posters/photography and being all creative!’ He went to Priory school and is now in his second year of Fareham College. He has always lived in lovely Southsea! Strong Island has featured some of his work before.
Jonathan is currently looking at courses to continue his creative education and has put together a great magazine showcasing his projects. The magazine preview can be seen via this link – http://issuu.com/jonathanring/docs/retrospectif
His website is at http://jonathanring.tumblr.com/
January 2012 has been a haven for incredible sunrises and sunsets and been captured across the city by many photographers.
A selection below from Tall Thin Guy, John Scriven, Tim Aldworth, Martin Hoy and Andrew Whyte. See more from these photographers by clicking on their images below.
This weekend at (GASP) Gallery Art Space Portsmouth there are numerous events happening:
Is Britain Great? 3 – The Caravan Gallery exhibition and book signing
Reasonably Priced Art – A selling show of original paintings, prints, drawings and more by members of Art Space Portsmouth
6 x 4 – Another chance to buy fantastic original postcard-sized art works
‘Is Britain Great 3′ is the new book by Jan Williams and Chris Teasdale – The Caravan Gallery. This is their third book in their bestselling Is Britain Great? series and published by Cornerhouse.
Their unique take on social documentary is refreshing and always opens the viewers eyes to their surroundings. Seeing things and finding humour in the everyday. The book also features essays from Sara-Jayne Parsons (Exhibitions Curator at the Bluecoat, Liverpool) and Dan Thompson (founder of the Empty Shops Network and co-founder of Culture on Wheels). The book has photographs taken in Wales, Scotland and England. Of course with my welsh roots I have always thought that the land of my fathers was ripe for the taking and Jan and Chris visited the Elvis Festival back in September to capture a weird weekend in Porthcawl. You have to buy the book to see the results.
“We find Portsmouth utterly photogenic because it’s a unique island city boasting a crazy cocktail of ingredients. Smart aspirational buildings lurk alongside traditional, sometimes shabby and forgotten areas. There’s a strong sense of identity and no shortage of character and creativity. You never know what you’re going to find next when you roam the streets of the city and go off the beaten track. Things are always in a state of flux. When we were immersed in our Pride of Place Project at Space Gallery, University of Portsmouth earlier this year we forced ourselves to look at Portsmouth in a new light. We made plenty of exciting new discoveries about the city in which we’d lived for years just by deviating from the routes we generally take.” Jan Williams and Chris Teasdale.
They are doing an extra special deal over the weekend – signed copies of the book will be available at the astounding price of £10 (RRP £15).
See the Facebook page for further details of this weekend’s events – http://www.facebook.com/events/188075371281003/
Photographs below feature in ‘Is Britain Great? 3′ and have all been taken in Portsmouth.
“The original doughnuts picture was taken in 2008, the second in 2010. The credit crunch has resulted in a doughnut downturn!”
Jan Williams
A few weeks ago we launched a competition along with Anglepoise for Strong Islanders to send in images of their Anglepoise lamps to win a copy of the Kenneth Grange book ‘Making Britain Modern’.
The winner chosen by Simon Terry who is head of innovation and development at Anglepoise Ltd is Jett Abrook from Southsea. Jett used his Anglepoise to light his collection of cars.
We also had some amazing entries from Paul Thurlow and Philip Bennett.
All photographs are submitted below. In order – The winner Jett Abrook, Paul Thurlow and Philip Bennett.
Jett Abrook with his copy of the book.
Below Paul Thurlow and Philip Bennett.
The Spring Arts & Heritage Centre in Havant are having a Christmas Fair tomorrow (Saturday 26th November). They will be offering a large selection of original and tempting gifts. Including jewellery, textiles, ceramics, art, Christmas delicacies and Christmas decorations. It will also feature work by Southsea artist Roo Abrook. Free entry and open 10.30am to 4.30pm.
For further details visit their website – http://www.thespring.co.uk/
Roo Abrook’s work featured below.
Monk Jam is back and this time with a twist. Last year they held a day of street art, music and an indoor record fayre at Little Johnny Russell’s on Albert Road.
Monk Jam 2 – They have carefully selected for your pleasure 20 artists from near, far and of varying choices in artistic application.
Each artist will be given the same brief and 72 hours to create a bespoke piece of wall hung art no larger then A2. Once the deadline has passed all work will then go on display in the Like a Tea Tray in the Sky gallery on Osbourne Road, Southsea. The public will then be able to cast their vote for their favourite piece.
The show will run from the 6th till the 11th of December and all votes will be counted and the winning artist will receive a special prize.
Throughout the week raffle tickets will be on sale for all the pieces will be up for grabs, perfect timing for you to win a special one of a kind xmas present for loved ones. The first 20 raffle tickets sold will also receive a limited addition hand pulled silk screen print of the event poster, so get in quick to get yours.
This is going to be a ‘not to be missed’ event. Check out their Facebook to keep in the loop.
Last years event
As you may know each year we run a home brew competition in February where the winning brew has the opportunity to be brewed by Irving & Co Brewing Co. and sold around the city in the summer. Last year’s brew, the Strong Island Hopper Ale, was hugely successful being one of Inving’s best selling ales and selling out so quickly it went through a second brew run. This year’s winning ale is Dry Dock No. 1, originally brewed by Lee Immins, went on sale in some of Portsmouth and Southsea’s pubs over the weekend.
We spoke to The Hole in The Wall in Southsea who said the new ale went down a storm with it being their best seller on Sunday and with almost two barrels empty by the end of the Bank Holiday weekend. Those guys at the Hole in The Wall and their regular ale drinkers know their stuff so for us this was amazing early news with the ale.
To officially launch Dry Dock No. 1 we are having a launch party with the lovely souls at The Belle Isle on Thursday evening. The ale will be on full flow, come down and try a pint or two. As well as being on sale all around the city the ale will also be available in Chichester’s Belle Isle too, so you can drink it away from home for the first time too.
Just over a year ago, a group of Strong Islanders were sat on the Isle of Wight ferry on our way to the yearly Randonnee cycling event; 60 miles around the island spread across 5 checkpoints. Whilst on the crossing we couldn’t help but admire various enthusiasts and their custom team jerseys. Fast forward a year and it is my great pleasure to unveil the Strong Island cycling jersey. Made as a one off for the event, the jersey is our way of representing this city and all the values that come with it. Thanks to the combined designing efforts of Chris Ballingall and Tristan Savage, we were able to produce this clean, retro looking jersey that 11 of Southsea’s finest could wear to conquer the island’s endless hills. Well done chaps.
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