PURE Arts Group 2012/2013 CALL FOR ENTRIES - NOW OPEN

 

Original Print Fair hits Battle.

Pure Arts Gallery - PURE Spring is in the air in Battle

PURE SPRING is in the air in Battle

PURE SPRING ART FAIR - CELEBRATING PRINT

The PowderMills Hotel, Battle

Curated by Brenda Hartill RE

April 6-12 2012

The first ever PURE Spring Art Fair will open its doors on Good Friday 6th April at the beautiful and historic PowderMills Hotel, Battle. 

Organised by RYE based Pure Arts Group, who also organise the highly acclaimed September Battle Art Fair, this exhibition will be curated by Brenda Hartill RE and will bring together a prestigious group of Internationally renowned and collected artist/printmakers, who have never before exhibited together and are very rarely seen outside London. This is a real feather in the cap for Battle, placing it firmly on the Art World map. If you are an art lover, collector or artists, this is certainly not one to be missed.

Exhibited artwork will be for sale both at the exhibition and on Online at www.puregallery.org

                              

Exhibiting Invited Artists include:

Mychael Barratt RE • Dawn Cole • Fernando Fiejoo ARE • Brenda Hartill RE • Carole Hensher RE • Katherine Jones • Cathryn Kemp • Frank Kiely RE • Marina Kim • Anita Klein PPRE Hon RWS • Toni Martina RE • Bryan Poole RE • Trevor Price RE • Will Taylor SGFA •   

Print demonstrations will take place every day throughout the exhibition. These will be practical hands on demonstrations by professional working artists, which will show visitors, first hand, various print processes, including dry point, copperplate etching, mezzotint and collagraph.

Example plates will be inked and printed on site and the demo prints will be signed by the artist and available to purchase on the day in aid of the charity MERU  www.meru.org.uk

Brenda Hartill will also lead a FREE talk on Easter Monday 9th April from 2pm on the subject "What is an Original Fine Art Print" - To reserve a seat please email info@pureartsgroup.co.uk

Discussion will be based on the nature of an artists original print and how to tell the difference between this and a reproduction.

In Battle town itself on Easter Saturday 7th April there will also be a community event, based around the subject of Original Printmaking. Led by Battle Arts, there will be an Artist and Makers Fair taking place in the Memorial Hall, an Historic Postcard Exhibition sponsored by Judges Postcards Ltd and Sampsons Ltd and an artist run Cafe; Why not pop in and take a look.

Visitors will be encouraged to walk between the historic town of Battle and the PowderMills Hotel via the 1066 Country Walk. This walk allows the visitor to follow in the famous steps of William the Conqueror. 

For more information on the Art Fair please visit the website www.pureartsgroup.co.uk. To view artwork please visit the website www.puregallery.org

Pure Arts group work with an annually selected and invited group of artists. Call for entries opens annually on the 1st April. For more information please visit the "for artists" section on the website www.pureartsgroup.co.uk

New £25,000 ART PRIZE to help young talent

American investment banker John Studzinski will tonight decide who will receive his new £25,000 prize to help unlock the unparalleled artistic talent of Britain.

Six arts leaders including War Horse director Tom Morris and Polly Staple, director of the Chisenhale Gallery in Mile End, are in contention for the Genesis Prize which is as large as the Turner Prize.

It cannot be used for their own work, however. It is awarded for the purpose  of nurturing and mentoring younger artists. “With other prizes, the winner can take the £25,000 and use it as a deposit on a flat or for a holiday, but these six people have given us proposals for how they’re going to invest it,” said Mr Studzinski.

“This isn’t about them winning an award for their day job, it’s about them doing things over and above their day job to mentor and nurture young artists and help inspire their dignity and creativity. We have to see this as seed capital.”

The other contenders are Hamish Dunbar, founder of Café Oto which presents experimental music in a Hackney warehouse; Marc Boothe, founder of the arts and media network B3 Media in Brixton; Nadine Mortimer-Smith, director of Opera in Colour, which brings operas to all cultures, and Joe Scotland, of Studio Voltaire, which offers studios and arts in Clapham.

Mr Studzinski, 56, said: “London has probably the highest concentration in the world of artistic talent and potential in one concentrated geographical area. But it has the potential to be an even more powerful crucible.”
Young artists need to be encouraged and supported, he added.

“It’s not just about money, it’s about networks and people acknowledging what young artists have done and following them over many years.” The prize is an extension of the work already carried out by his Genesis Foundation, which was founded in 2001 to help professional artists at the beginning of their career. He funds it to the tune of up to £5 million each year.

Mr Studzinski will make his decision with experts including Young Vic boss David Lan, architect Richard Rogers and actress Janet Suzman. Those who miss out this time can apply for the next award in two years.

By Louise Jury
Chief Arts Correspondent
Evening Standard
Monday 26 March 2012

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