Maggie Ambler’s Open Studio

Local artist Maggie Ambler is having an open studio event on Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st which will feature paintings, sculpture, jewellery, vintage party wear and more. Check the flyer below for full details.

OPEN STUDIO – SOUTHSEA Exhibition

Local Photographer Diana Goss recently got in contact with us regarding a local exhibition this SUnday 28th & Monday 30th of August.

“As you well know Southsea boasts a vast array of artistic and creative talent. Maggie Ambler has decided to open her house Bank Holiday weekend to showcase creative work by talented local artists as she feels there are not enough venues for doing this locally. I have been invited to exhibit at Maggies Open Studio which is really nice and very close to me.

Maggie decided to use her home to showcase the artwork as this is where she likes to be creative and explore how colour can be used. Maggie will be exhibiting her textile work and the murals she is currently creating.

This event offers the public the opportunity to view a range of high quality work including textiles, glassware, jewellery, photography and wall paintings. The exhibition features work by Maggie and textile artist Chantelle Cheshire, glass designer Julie Dickson, jewellery designer Katherine Webber and photography by Diana Goss.

The exhibition runs from Sunday 29th and Monday 30th August from 10 am to 5 pm at 76 Collingwood Road, Southsea PO5 2QZ. Admission is free and some of the work will be for sale. Contact Maggie Ambler: Telephone 07789 286192″

PRIMARY – Extended & Improved

We have some great news about our PRIMARY phonography exhibition (find out all the details here) that we can now announce:

- The deadline for submissions has now been extended to Sunday 4th March. We have had some incredible submissions but want to set aside more time to make the exhibition something really special.

- The competition is now open to up to 10 submissions from each individual. With the ability to capture many photos on your phone over the next two months we we want you to not feel restricted to just three. The same rules apply about the photos conforming to compositions using the primary colours though. If you have already submitted feel free to send more photos over as and when you please.

- The exhibition will be hosted by Albert Road’s own Bonzo Studio who are also partnering up with us in the creation of the exhibition space. More news on this soon!

- Finally, we will be running a competition as part of the exhibition where the best three photos submitted will win some incredible prizes. We will be announcing the prizes available very soon but got to say, these will be the best prize haul we have ever offered.

- We will be putting together a poster for the exhibition that will be on sale on the opening night. The poster will feature some of the best submissions and all profits from the sales will go to a local charity (details to follow soon). Due to this we need to say that any photos submitted to PRIMARY will involve you giving us permission to use them for commercial purposes, if you do not want your photo used in this way simply let us know via email.

Well, that is it for now! We really hope to drum up as much coverage locally for PRIMARY in the next couple of months so if you could Facebook/Tweet/+1 about the exhibition we would really appreciate it. We would love this exhibition to be a real reflection of the whole population of Portsmouth with everyone taking part and feeling involved.

It’s going to be a Strong Movember – Closed at £725

Righto chaps, it’s time to clean shave your boat race and get that mighty moustache on the grow in support of Movember for The Prostate Cancer Charity and the Institute of Cancer Research. For 30 days of November you can help support and raise awareness through selflessly parading your top lip for charity.

You can sign up yourself, as I’m sure many of you already have, or you can join the Strong Island team and seek out sponsorship as a team. Through the Strong Island Movember page you can ask people to join the group, make donations, upload photos and post updates via the MoSpace page, Facebook and Twitter.

Head over to www.mobro.co/StrongIsland if you would like to get involved and grow a Strong Moustache to help raise awareness, or simply head over to www.uk.movember.com and sign up to personally raise money.

The funds raised in the UK support the number one and two male specific cancers – prostate and testicular cancer. The funds raised are directed to programmes run directly by Movember and our men’s health partners, The Prostate Cancer Charity and the Institute of Cancer Research. Together, these channels work together to ensure that Movember funds are supporting a broad range of innovative, world-class programmes in line with our strategic goals in the areas of awareness and education, survivorship and research.

Poster: Tristan Savage