- Venue
- Christchurch Mansion Wolsey Art Gallery
- Starts
- Saturday, September 6, 2014
- Ends
- Sunday, January 18, 2015
- Address
- Soane Street Suffolk IP4 2BE
- Location
- East England
Through a process of exploration and research, Claudia Böse, Hayley Field and Jacqueline Utley have selected work from the collection and created new work in response.
Paintings and drawings selected from the stores by the artists include work by Connie Winn, Peggy Somerville, Anna Airy, Effie Spring-Smith, Kathleen Walne, Helen Kiddall, Prunella Clough, Beatrice Lithiby, Lucy Harwood, Miss E M Every. This project has been developed and supported in collaboration with Colchester and Ipswich Museum Art Curator, Emma Roodhouse.
A programme of talks at Christchurch Mansion explores ideas developed during the project:
Title: Obscure Secure introductory talk and reception including ‘out of the box’ viewing of Blanche Vulliamy’s First World War pastel drawings of London searchlights
Claudia Böse, Hayley Field, Jacqueline Utley discuss the project with Martha Fleming, artist and Director of University of Reading’s Collections Based Research Programme
Date/Time: Sat 6 Sept, 11-11.45am talk, 11.45am – 1pm refreshments and ‘out of the box’
Title: Art in Focus: Women as Artists
Art Curator Emma Roodhouse presents an interesting introduction to the female artists represented in the Ipswich museum collections. Tea and cake included.
Date/Time: Sun 2 Nov, 2pm Cost: £6 or £5 for FOIM (please book by calling 01473 433691)
Title: In conversation – Frances Spalding with Valerie Sinason
Art historian, critic and biographer Frances Spalding discusses her work and reflections with psychoanalyst and poet Valerie Sinason
Date/Time: Sat 15 Nov, 2-3.15pm Cost: Free (please book by calling 01473 433691)
Title: Does process matter?
Panel discussion facilitated by artist and art therapist Emma Cameron with artists: Molly Thomson, Jane Frederick, Claudia Böse, Hayley Field and Jacqueline Utley
Date/Time: Sat 29 Nov 2014, 2-3.30pm Cost: Free (please book by calling 01473 433691)
Obscure Secure at Studio 1.1
A final event will see a re-creation of the exhibition at Studio 1.1, London – a contemporary artist-led project space. A discussion event will reflect on the learning from the project
Venue: Studio1.1, 57A Redchurch St, London E2 7DG
Exhibition Open: 26 February – 1 March 2015, 12-6pm
Talk/discussion Sunday 1 March, 3-5pm
Image: Connie Winn, Girl in a Yellow Hat, oil on canvas, 36cm x 30cm, c. 1973
