Had such a lovely time at the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize announcements Wednesday evening (25 September). It was a huge surprise for me to be shortlisted and represents a mark of achievement. The event itself was fabulous – good music, good hospitality – wonderful food, and great people.
I went up with artist and fellow Dover Arts Development director Joanna Jones and caught up with David Dixon from Chapel Arts Studios and former fellow DADA (Disability and Deaf Arts) mentor, as well as Barbara Walker whose fabulous wall drawings can now be seen at Turner Contemporary. Also met her friend Charmaine Watkiss whose wonderful drawing is also in the exhibition.
Happened to be at the same table as the people from Salisbury Museum – what a brilliant coincidence – and had a chance to exchange a few words with Anita Taylor.
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Chosen by selectors Chantal Joffe RA, Andrew Nairne OBE and Professor Dorothy Price, the First Prize of £8,000 was awarded to Alice Motte-Muñoz for her drawing, Reverie. Shelly Tregoning was awarded the Second Prize of £5,000 for her drawing, Distracted, Distracted. Philip Battley received the Student Award of £2,000 for his drawing, Stand. The Working Drawing Award of £2,000, chosen by Alan Baxter and Angela Paola Squassina, was awarded to Jeanette Barnes for her drawing Study for Cable Cars – New York. The Evelyn Willams Drawing Award of £10,000, chosen by David Alston, Liz Gilmore and Anita Taylor, was awarded to Penny McCarthy on the basis of her proposal and drawings included in the exhibition.
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It was such a pleasure to exhibit with White Noise projects in The Crypt Gallery, which is a difficult space to show in, depending on the work. Mine seemed quite happy in there and they survived the damp.
Since 2015 I have been making collaborative artworks for SALT festival including three commissioned films shot on location in Dover, Folkestone and Samphire Hoe with Joanna Jones and Helen Lindon. We have set up a new website, designed by Helen with a lovely contribution about collaboration by Joanna:
The three artists have in common a practice with paint and ink that enables the medium to find its voice. What has brought them together is a shared interest in experimental processes to make synergic, truly collaborative work where each artist takes equal responsibility and results in work that could only have been achieved with the input of all three.
There is a chance to see all three films, including the premiere of Moon Talk, followed by a discussion with the artists on Saturday 21 September, 2pm. Quarterhouse, Tickets £3
Six eyes see more than two – add to this cameras, mobile phones, recorders and these collaborators add up to more than the sum of their parts.
“A wonderful celebration of creativity, sisterhood, the power of the sea and nature” Audience feedback 2018
Plans are underway to exhibit the chemo drawings with paintings by Joanna Jones.
Sometimes it’s good to take a step sideways as in the attached drawing which is not connected to anything in particular or any particular project. What I am asking myself though at the moment is whether or how I can bring the approach and or intensity of my chemo drawings to other work.
This quite small 32.5x18cm.
