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‘Footfall’
‘The FOOTFALL PROJECT ‘ ‘The remit for SVAF running the Sevenoaks Kaleidoscope Gallery as an artist led space has a focus on increasing numbers of the public and arts community visiting the Gallery space. Increasing its profile and visibility. We […]
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SVAF Open 7th Feb – 3rd March, Kaleidoscope Gallery
Selection and Curation by Rebecca Fairman at Arthouse1 Work. By 30 artists. Below, A meaning of terms, For each artist, From each artist, A serendipity of words? No brief, no statement, no sentence Meaning can slip and shift. The beholder […]
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Fleece and Fabric, Judy Balchin, Angela Carole Stocker and Sue Evans
FLEECE and FABRIC A Textile Experience with Judy Balchin,Judy Balchin Angela Carole StockerAngela stocker and Sue Evans This show represents a coming together of several strands in the work of the artists. It is appropriately puzzling in its varied preoccupations […]
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Making Art Work Annual Members Exhibition- ‘Blurred Boundaries’
‘Blurred Boundaries’ explores decisive moments when the traditional boundaries of fiction/non-fiction,truth and falsehood Blur’ This quotation from the blurb of Bill Nichols’ book ‘Blurred Boundaries; Questions of Meaning in contemporary Culture’(Indiana University Press 1995) sets the context for ‘An exhibition […]
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‘Drawing is a Language’
‘During October 2017 artist Nicole Mollett will be in residence in the Kaleidoscope Gallery, using the space as her studio during the week. Situated above a library, the gallery is well suited for the artist who regularly uses books and […]
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My show has finished.
My show ‘Hard lines’ has finished.Twelve days passed in a blink. How to write about it? I’m very uneasy using some terms – spiritual is one; I cannot claim it, but it pokes at me. The irony of ‘Hard lines’ […]
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Sue Evans
Still Life with Quince, Cabbage, Melon and Cucumber, c1602, Sanchez Cotan An enigmatic painting, portraying the manner in which such vegetables and fruits were stored, through a spatial movement from the depths of the black background to the tip of […]
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UNCOMMON GROUND – work by students on the FdAD course at West Kent College,
Eleven students of Art from West Kent college FdAD display final work from year two of their course. A broad range of ideas and themes are embodied by materials and techniques. From Louise Draper’s Trade(2017) ‘celebrating the geek-art subculture, to […]
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ENGINE CHATCHAT
Examining Louisa’s work. Engine ChatChat EngineChatChat is a facilitated peer crit where artists can share ideas, ask questions and get feedback from a small group of peers. An informal atmosphere and constructive conversation is encouraged. This is a dedicated space […]
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4th May Julian Rowe at Kaleidoscope
We meet on the first Thursday of the month, usually to listen to a speaker, followed by question and answer session/conversation I will discover from this blog as it progresses, how to go about it, how to write it. This […]
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‘WHISPER’
This gallery has been the meeting place of SVAF since 2009. A lot has happened along the way through its exhibitions, discussions and friendships. This year it becomes our home. It is a pleasant white space small enough to maintain […]
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Mother and Son
My mother told of a day when she thought she had won the football pools and excitedly told my father. He in turn pointed out to her that the document that she showed him was her record of results and […]