Members’ events: art and physics, pitmen painters, and a mountain field trip

Chris Dunseath
Winner of the Dorchester Arts Open solo exhibition award, sculptor Chris Dunseath presents a small retrospective of sculptures and drawings. Counted among the influences in Dunseath’s bronze, stone, wood and paper works are Bronze Age artefacts, which the artist responded to during an exhibition at The Museum of Somerset, while his work also draws on theoretical physics.
23 May – 6 June 2018, The Gallery at Duke’s, Duke’s Auctioneers, Brewery Square, Dorchester DT1 1GA.
www.a-n.co.uk/events/chris-dunseath-dorchester-arts-open-prizewinners-solo-exhibition

Pitmen Painters: Unseen / Narbi Price: The Ashington Paintings
Artist Narbi Price curates an exhibition of works by members of The Ashington Group, also known as The Pitmen Painters, who were active between 1934 and 1984. Price also presents an exhibition of paintings created for his PhD that revisit the (now post-industrial) sites depicted by this group of miners, who used techniques and ideas that Price argues were anything but amateur.
26 May – 16 September 2018, Woodhorn Museum, QEII Country Park, Ashington, Northumberland NE63 9YF.
www.a-n.co.uk/events/pitmen-painters-unseen/
www.a-n.co.uk/events/narbi-price-the-ashington-paintings/

Mike Ballard
Concluding his month-long residency at KARST, artist Mike Ballard has developed a site-specific installation that responds to Plymouth’s city infrastructure and materials. Ballard’s works often borrow from urban signage or recycle industrial materials found through flâneur-style encounters with the city.
24-25 May 2018, KARST, 22 George Place, Stonehouse, Plymouth PL13NY.
www.a-n.co.uk/events/mike-ballard-artist-residency-presentation/

Making the Case symposium
Venture Arts has been placing learning-disabled artists within galleries and creative organisations as part of its cultural enrichment programme, which seeks to increase access to the arts. This symposium marks the culmination of the latest round of placements and activities by bringing together creative organisations and individuals to explore best practice. Guest experts include Actionspace, Autism for the Arts, and Arts for Advocacy Collective.
Friday 25 May 2018, 10am-4pm, Grand Hall, The Whitworth, Oxford Road, Manchester M15 6ER.
www.a-n.co.uk/events/making-the-case-symposium/

Field Trip – Crossed Paths
A creative walk, with discussions and readings as part of the Welsh iteration of Miranda Whall‘s three-part ‘Crossed Paths’ project. Taking place between 2017 and 2021, this is an exploration of mountains in Wales, Scotland and France, telling their stories from three different perspectives. An immersive installation and exhibition by Whall is currently on display at Oriel Davies Gallery in Newtown, Powys.
Saturday 26 May 2018, Pwllpeiran Upland Research Centre, Cwmystwyth, Aberystwyth SY23 4AB.
www.a-n.co.uk/events/field-trip-crossed-paths

All of the above are taken from a-n’s Events listings section, featuring events posted by a-n’s members

Images:
1. Chris Dunseath, It’s Full of Stars, 2015. Courtesy: the artist
2. William Scott, The Bedlington Terrier, 1936, with thanks to John Roberts. Courtesy: Narbi Price
3. Mike Ballard, Safe as Fuck, 2017. Courtesy: KARST
4. ‘Making The Case’, flyer
5. Miranda Whall, Crossed Paths. Courtesy: Oriel Davies Gallery

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