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.
The Art Space Portsmouth New Fine Art Graduate Award supports a promising student from the University of Portsmouth to exhibit at GASP – Gallery Art Space Portsmouth. This year’s award winner is Steve Chivalry and details for his exhibition are below along with some samples of his work. Some of you might remember Steve’s work in Garbo’s Salon on Albert Road last year. Well done Steve.
Exhibition: 18th- 29th October 2011 Private View: Friday 21st of October, 6.00pm-8.00pm. Also open: Saturday 22nd October, 12-4pm.
All other times by appointment only. Contact Steve on 07815579808, email stevechiv@hotmail.co.uk, or visit www.stevechivalry.tk
“Look but don’t touch… touch but don’t taste…taste but don’t swallow ” -Devils Advocate
Steve’s work walks hand in hand with raw human emotion, nurturing human emotions and guiding people to think about their own life situations. A lot of steve’s paintings are confrontational and designed to be so. His sculptures are designed to make you think of your current position in the reality of the present moment. The quote above taken from the film / novel Devils Advocate, highlights the inquisitive naivety of the human nature, a theme that runs visibly throughout Steve’s work.
The work within the exhibition is a collective of Steve’s most popular pieces from 2010-2011.
The latest exhibition from New Walls is all about the’best representations of Southsea’. The exhibition opens tonight – Thursday 6th October 2011 from 6pm at the One Eyed Dog. If you made it down to the last opening night, you’ll know how packed out it was so get there early to see local art and design showcased.
The original artwork for their new flyer is an A3 hand-drawn image, completed with a classic bic (a whole one!) by local Illustrator Ashley John.
It will be available as a limited run print after the opening night of New Walls. If you are interested in purchasing “Biro’s Are Shit Hot, But Southsea’s Better” as a print check out his blog or drop him an email – ashjohn99@hotmail.com
www.ashleyjohnillustration.blogspot.com
Six recent graduates of the University of Portsmouth BA Fine Art degree course are exhibiting and running the Signal Gallery in London’s East End for a week launching on the evening of 26th July 2011, the Private View which will run from 6-9pm. The artists, Danielle Darby, Steve Chivalry, Dale Pattenden, Jodie Eddy, Rob Knox and Richard Eveleigh will be taking over the gallery space, showcasing work from sculpture, paint and animation, hoping to present a selection of work from the Portsmouth based art scene. Life After, the title of the exhibition, describes and visualises the journey from university to the contemporary art industry of the outside world.
For more details visit www.signalgallery.com.
Examples below by Robert Knox and Jodie Eddy.
On Thursday the 16th of June, students from BA Illustration at The University of Portsmouth are holding a fundraising event to help raise funds for their attendance to New Designers. See their degree show website here - http://www.envf.port.ac.uk/illustration/IP/2011/
New Designers is a graduate fair held in London every year. It provides an opportunity for recent graduates to display their work, and for the art industry to survey and celebrate the newest talents.
Entry is free and there will be live music from local bands, as well as a raffle with prizes donated from various Albert Road shops and establishments such as The Kings’ Theatre, Flo & Stan’s and Dead Man’s Glory. They also have a Facebook Page.
The University of Portsmouth’s School of Art, Design and Media and School of Creative Technologies are proud to announce Showtime 2011.
This year’s degree show includes outstanding, cutting edge work from a broad range of creative disciplines. Fashion, Fine Art, Graphic Design, Illustration, Photography, 3D Design, Animation, Television and Film Production, Computer Animation, Television and Broadcasting, Computer Games Technology and Computer Games Enterprise will all be in view.
The preview evening is Friday June 3 from 5-8pm. The show will then be open to the public from Monday to Saturday from the 6th to the 11th of June, 10am-4pm daily. Admission is free, and everyone is welcome. The venue is the Eldon Building, Winston Churchill Avenue, Portsmouth PO1 2DJ.
‘Forces of Nature’ 19 June – 10 July 2011
New oil paintings by Nicola Rose & ceramic sculptures by GCSE students from Ditcham Park School. Private view: 18 June 2011, 7pm onwards. Please email lynn@abovetheblue.co.uk or ring 02392 377099 for an invite. Location: Above the Blue gallery, The Upper Boardwalk, Port Solent, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO6 4TP
Exhibition opening hours: Wednesday to Saturday 10.30am – 7pm Sunday 11am – 5pm www.abovetheblue.co.uk
This is the second collection of paintings Nicola has exhibited at Above the Blue following glowing praise for her powerful, dramatic compositions and her sophisticated use of colour and texture.
If you have not yet been to take part in the wonderful Pride of Place Portsmouth project by The Caravan Gallery at SPACE, Eldon Building, Winston Churchill Avenue then we urge you to do so. It is filled with photographs, stories, found objects, souvenir’s, notes and video interviews of what is the city means to the residents.
They will be having a closing event on 17th May between 4-7pm to celebrate how the exhibition has evolved. More details on their Facebook Page.
Today is the last day of The Strong Island Exhibition at The Round Tower, Old Portsmouth. It is open from 10am – 3pm. Last chance for you to buy exclusive work by over 30 local creatives. It has been such a success with over 4,000 people visiting in 2 weeks. Thanks to all the support we have had and big thanks to Fark for all his help and enthusiasm. Photographs below of some of the visitors and also limited edition screenprints by Portsmouth University BA Graphic Design student Kingsley Nebechi.
The last day of hanging the work went very well with loads of people on hand to help out. Ian Parmiter came by with his torpedo as part of the props, Malcolm Irving from Irving Brewers dropped off the Strong Island Hopper Ale, All About Tea delivered more Strong Island Tea and Beth from University Catering brought the nibbles and soft drinks.
By 6.30pm the place was heaving and an incredible turnout. Tristan, Paul and I were pretty impressed with the numbers – in excess of 500 people! the tower was crammed full with hardly any space to move. We ran out of Strong Island Hopper quite early so apologies for those of you that never got to try any.
Thanks to all the creatives that have taken part, all working to the theme ‘Strong Island’ and thanks to everyone that came along and made it a night to remember. Jack Palmer and Will McNicol thanks for the music. The unofficial after party took place in the oldest pub in Portsmouth – The Dolphin, and again many pints of local Irving Ale went down well.
A few pictures below of the last minute preparations and the evening launch party. Much thanks to Fark for the help this past week and curating. Pop in and say hi to him. Will be posting up more photographs during the coming week. Please send us your images.
Remember that the exhibition runs from Tues to Sun 10-3pm until 1st May. Go and snap up the work and support the local creative movement. The shop also stocks work from Badger Press, Southsea Gallery, aspex, Bored of Southsea, Southsea Skatepark, Jodie Silsby, James Weaver, All About Tea and Strong Island tees, totes, notebooks and much more.
Once again thanks to all of the people that have been along to see the exhibition and the venue already.Remember to add your feedback to the comments book.
Photograph below by Matthew Maber
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