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BATH FRINGE VISUAL ARTS 25.05.01 - 10.06.01 EXHIBITIONS | PHOTOGRAPHY | ART TOURS | OPEN STUDIOS | CERAMICS | SCULPTURE | JEWELLERY | POTTERY | PAINTING | ART TRAILS | GLASS | INSTALLATIONS | GALLERIES WELCOME TO THE 9TH VISUAL ARTS EXHIBITION THE FULL ARTS PROGRAMME EMBRACES OVER 100 ARTISTS EXHIBITING IN FIVE UNUSUAL MAIN VENUES, PLUS OPEN STUDIOS AND EXHIBITIONS IN SHOP FRONTS, PUBS, CAFES AND ART CENTRES. The Fringe Visual Arts Exhibition provides an opportunity for artists to showcase their work in Bath during the Festival Season. There will be new work from local artists as well as artists exhibiting in high profile community event for the first time. There is an experience for everyone, with ceramics, installations, sculptures, paintings, textile, costume design and poetry reading to enjoy. Most of our main locations have been offered to us by the Council and local property developers who have allowed us to take over these empty buildings to paint, decorate and prepare for the biggest Fringe Arts Exhibition 2001. This year we have fortunate to raise substantial funding from the lottery, which is helping to raise the profile of this community based project, through a presentation grant from South West Arts. Awards for All funding has enabled us to provide wheelchair ramps, video link-ups, braille and access information in our main exhibition venues. The Visual Arts Programme is run by volunteers during February - June and we rely on the support of local businesses to contribute monies and sponsorship in kind. This year we are delighted to be able to produce this definitive arts guide, with thanks to Prime Arts and Media Development Printing. One final thing - all exhibitions are free, and to make your travel around the city that little bit different, we are providing free walking tours and coach tours. We hope you enjoy your visit. ASSEMBLY Location: Hotbath Gallery, City of Bath College, Beau Street, Bath Contact: 01225 396455 Date: 18th May - 13th June Time: 9.00 - 4.45, Monday - Friday 10.00 - 4.00 Saturday, closed Sundays Assembly will be a new festival of international significance based in Bath & North East Somerset. New pieces of work have been commissioned as a pilot for 2002. Work from all the new commissions will be shown alongside information about the Assembly project. There will also be images of some of the work commissioned for pubic spaces in Bath in the lst few years by Bath Festivals Trust and The Victoria Art Gallery. SCREEN & SCREEN AGAIN Location : RSVP Bar, Shakespeare Hairdressing, Bath Library, Timsbury Community Centre, Union Bar, Bath University Contact: www.mediastatement.org Date: 14th - 25th May Disabled access: please contact individual venues for details Six filmakers have been commissioned to create new pieces. Their work will be shown on television screens in pubs, clubs, shops and Sainsbury Stores. ASSEMBLY PUB CULTURE Location: Hotbath Gallery, City of Bath College, Beau St. Date: 18th May - 13th June Time: 9.00 - 4.45 Monday - Friday, 10.00 - 4.00 Saturday, closed Sundays Disabled access available North East Somerset Arts contribution to Assembly. Artist Simon Richardson will be using photography and drawing to record the role of Public Houses as enduring places of assembly in a rapidly changing society. GETTING AROUND THE SHOWS There is a variety of transport on offer during the Fringe to get you between venues. Choose from ART TOURS, RICKSHAW CYCLES and WALKING TRAILS or make up your own trail. RICKSHAW CENTRAL Location: Regency Garage, Sawclose, opposite The Theatre Royal, Bath Pick up a rickshaw taxi from Regency Garage or phone 442882 to book. Enjoy Bath in comfort at a quiet relaxed pace, travel to exhibition locations with riders who know whatÆs going on during the Festival Season. WALKING ART TOURS WITH A DIFFERENCE - FREE! Follow Dorothy on the Yellow Brick Road to Fringe exhibition locations. Date: Saturday 26th May & 2nd June. 12.00 & 3.00 Octagon Gallery, RPS, Milsom Street 12.30 & 3.30 Home @ The Ring O'BELLS, 10 Widcombe Pd 1.00 & 4.0 0 Dorchester Street Market 1.30 & 4.30 Corn Street Mission 2.00 & 17.00 Regency Garage, Opposite Theatre Royal. See Map for directions. FRINGE ART TOURS Location: Queen Square - outside Francis Hotel Contact: Verona Bass 01225 840072 Time: 10.00am and 2.00pm, Saturday 26th May, 2nd June and 9th June. For full details, see schedule. Disabled access: book by 3pm the previous day. There is a 12-seater bus on the three Saturdays of the Fringe Festival which will take you to galleries and open studios in Bath and out to rural locations. Sat 26th May 10.00 Depart Queen Square Bradford on Avon Library: Trilateral: photography, poetry and paintings co-ordinated by Pascale Barrett. Walcot Chapel: Salva Me: also Walcot Reclamation Yard: installation with sound by Hywel Davies, commissioned by Bath Festivals Trust Bath Artist Printmakers: Lower Borough Walls - meet some artists Ione Parkin: Riverside Business Park: abstract paintings and prints 1.15 Return Queen Square 2.00 Depart Queen Square Paddy Morgan: Raby Place: landscapes in oil Flux: silver and silk exhibited by Rachel Kerrison at Bear Flat 'Wow!' Patchwork by Judith Gait, St. Mary's Cottage, Hemington 5.00 Return Queen Square Sat 2nd June 10.00 Depart Queen Square 'Wow!' Patchwork by Judith Gait, St. Mary's Cottage, Hemington Threads Too! Bath Guild of Embroiderers' Annual Exhibition, Saltford Hall Housework: collaborative installation in homage to Our Lady of Perpetual Responsibility, 26 St. James Square Salva Me: Walcot Chapel / Walcot Reclamation Yard: installation with sound by Hywel Davies, commissioned by Bath Festivals Trust 2.00 Depart Queen Square Ione Parkin: Riverside Business Park, abstract paintings and prints inspired by forces of landscape Widcombe Studios Fringe Show: Alton Place, Widcombe Carey Mortimer: Farleigh Hungerford Castle: new frescoes by artist in residence exhibiting in chapel. NB. Castle Admission £2.30 5.30 Return to Queen Square Sat 9th June 10.00 Depart Queen Square The Mission: Window Arts Centre Bath Artist Printmakers' Studios: meet some of the artists 'Flux': silver and silk exhibition at Bear Flat Paddy Morgan: Raby Place: landscapes in oil 2.00 Depart Queen Square Open Studio for Sands Creative: Compton Dando: Spencer, Mark, Ashley & Corin Sands' recent paintings, woodcarvings and sculpture 4.00 Return after 4pm to Queen Square, Walking tour of some Fringe exhibitions in centre of Bath OTHER VENUES AND EVENTS: AFRO-CELTIC Date: Friday 25th May - Timsbury Youth Centre, North Road, Timsbury Date: Friday 11th June - Green Park Station, Bath Time: 10.30 - 4.00 An arts event with a difference. Afro-celtic artworks in print, textiles and painting. Music, poetry, dance and demonstrations. Come along and see. HOME @ THE RING 0'BELLS Location: 10 Widcombe Parade, Bath One of our main exhibitions and host to free live music events during the Festival. Date: Friday 1st June Time: 7.00 - 12.00 Fringe Festival special, DJ Jamie Tack with R&B sounds. PROJECT VISION Location: Circus Big Top, next to bandstand, Royal Victoria Park Date: 1st June Time: 7.00 - 10.00 Admission: £3.00. Disabled access & toilet. A directed series of video and slide projections, performance art, dance, sculpture, installations, DJs & static trapeze. Featuring new pieces from Gerald Whiteley, Bjorn Bayer, Ian Clutterbuck, Stereophonic Circus, Cirq-U, BSUC and Onega Sound System. In this transient and evolving environment the audience is free to wander, sit, chat and experience things at their own pace. DOMESTIC BLITZ - ON THE BUSES Date: Saturday 2nd June Time: 10.30am Service: 6/7 Larkhall - one round trip Time: 11.46am Service: 2/4 Ensleigh, Combe Down, Bathampton, Combe Down - one round trip Time: 1:24pm Service: 5 Whiteway - one round trip Time: 2:26pm Service: 14 Odd Down - one round trip Dinah Mite and Molly 'Toff' Cocktail, cleaning consultants par excellence, make a return trip to Bath for this special operation to ensure high standards of dust maintenance and quality control of all emissions (mechanical not human) on the city buses! These paragons of polishing can be encountered on the above services. Awards will be given to the most delectably dust-free passengers! (Warning: some light dusting may be encountered). GREEN PARK STATION FOYER Date: Fringe Fridays Every Friday - free live music in the Green Park Foyer. CHILL OUT AFTER WALCOT NATION DAY CELEBRATIONS Location: Home @ the Ring O'Bells, 10 Widcombe Parade, Bath Date: Sunday 10th June Time: 8.00 - 12.00 DJs Enjoyment Service play Reggae and Dub. FRINGE OPEN STUDIOS: IONE PARKIN Location: The Foundation, Unit 2E, Riverside Business Pk, Lower Bristol Road, Bath Contact: 01225 482170 / 07714 339369 Date and Time: 26th May 10.00 - 5.00 & 2nd June 10.00 - 4.00 or by appointment. Disabled access not available Art tour: 26th May & 2nd June Abstract painting and prints inspired by the forces of landscape - geological activity, growth, change and erosion. Discussion of ideas and creative process. RACHEL KERRISON - FLUX, SILVER AND SILK Location: 29a Chaucer Road, Bear Flat, Bath Contact: 01225 484 880O Time: 11.00 - 5.00 daily Disabled access available with on-street parking Art Tour: 26th May & 9th June An opportunity to see work by several local contemporary jewellers, ranging from delicate enamelling to bold gorging, complemented by exquisite screen printed silk scarves. BRONWYN WILLIAMS-ELLIS - SEA: WATER Location: Orchard Arts, Old Orchard, 88a Walcot Street, Bath Contact: 01225 460 805 Date: 26th & 27th May Time: 11.00 - 4.00 weekdays Disabled access available with on-street parking Ceramic wall panels & dishes in rich colours and texture visually stimulating free flowing sculptural and drawn pieces that evoke sea and water. PADDY MORGAN Location: Garden Flat, 6a Raby Place, Bath Contact: 01225 460037 Date: 26th May - 1st June Time: 11.00 - 6.00 and by appointment Disabled access not available Art Tour: 26th May & 9th June Paddy exhibits landscapes and still life in a friendly home environment thereby making it easier for the viewer to relate to the work. JUDITH GAIT Location: St Mary's Cottage, Hemington, Bath Contact: 01373 834 033 Date: 26th May, 2nd and 9th June, Time: 10.00 - 4.00 or by appointment. Disabled access not available. Art Tour: 26th May & 2nd June Wow! Patchwork - bold, colourful, sometimes in your face! Patchwork quilts and wall hangings bridge the gap between applied and fine art and provide enduring, positive enhancement for living spaces. WIDCOMBE STUDIOS FRINGE SHOW Location: Widcombe Studios, Alton Place, Bath Contact: 01225 48248 administration@widcombestudios.fsnet.co.uk Wheelchair access: limited space available Art Tour: 2nd June Gallery exhibition of work by studio members and a selection of studios open to the public. An opportunity to meet some of the members. FELICITY BOWERS Location: Widcombe Studios, Alton Place, Widcombe Contact: 01225 313301 / 0780 814 6210 Date: 2nd June. Time: 12.00 - 5.00 or by appointment Open Studio at Widcombe Studio Disabled access: limited space available Art Tour: 2nd June Artist, illustrator, printmaker, designer. I work with mixed media on paper with figurative, narrative themes evoking an atmosphere of dreams and mystery. BATH ARTIST PRINTMAKERS Location: Bath Artist Printmakers, 7 Lower Borough Walls, Bath Contact: 01225 446136 Time: open daily except Sundays 11.00 - 4.00 Disabled access: not available Art Tour: 26th May, 2nd & 9th June An opportunity to see printmakers at work, work in progress and show of prints - Etchings, mono-prints, lithographs and more. GREEN PARK DAY CENTRE Location: Green Park Road, Bath Contact: 01225 314145 Date: 4th June - 8th June Time: 9.30 - 3.30 Full disabled access available A vibrant display of colourful naive works by Bath Artists, depicting our local countryside in various media, all reasonably priced. Tea & coffee available at certain times. BATH FRINGE ART FAIR Location: Green Park Station, Green Park, Bath Date: 27th May - 28th May Time: 10.00 - 5.00 Full disabled access available via Sainsburys car park. The ever popular fair is now a 2-day event! New and established artists offer exciting, high quality work at affordable prices in this unique setting. SANDS CREATIVE Location: 2 Tynings Cottages, Compton Dando, Nr Bristol Contact: 01761 490030 Open daily, phone to confirm times Art Tour: 9th June Spencer, Mark, Ashley, and Corin Sands' recent work - paintings, wood carvings and sculpture. Selected work will be for sale and commissions are welcome. It is wise to phone open studios in advance to check on opening times, parking facilities and disabled access. BIG THANKS Thank you to all the artists for their enthusiasm, trust and hard work: Zak, Pat, Becca & John for their support and patience; Wendy Mathews, Steve Henwood and everyone on the Fringe Committee for allowing us a free rein with this project; Verona Bass for invaluable hindsight; Karen McStravick and colleagues at B&NES Council Property Services; Rebecca Quick at B&NES Arts Development Unit; the fantastic response from the business community and our generous sponsors. Big thanks goes out to Chloë and Richard at SteersMcGillan and John Norris at Prime Arts for their enduring patience! Thank you to Geoff Webber, Moira Rudolf, Colin Asare-Appiah, Richard Olver, Geoff for computer support, Rory for video & filming, our fabulous Dorothy, (cheers Emily!) And finally thank you to all our artists, their families and friends who helped to paint and decorate the exhibition spaces. | The Octagon Gallery | The Mission | Home @ The Ring O'Bells | Regency Garage | Dorchester Street Market | Sponsored by: SouthWest Arts, Bath & NorthEast Somerset, Bath Fringe, Prime Arts, Media Development, Framecraft, Morgan's Spiced, Europoint Display, Essential Trading, Royal Photographic Society, Bath Area Network for Artists (BANA), Green Park Station Ltd., Digital Cortex Other venues: Scoffs Café, Café Retro, Green Park Station Foyer, Window Arts Centre, Click Internet Café, The Green Tree Pub, 136a Walcot Street & shop fronts all over the city Bath Fringe Arts Co-ordinators Tel: 01225 353 863 / 0788 406 7148 E-mail: fringearts@hotmail.com To find out about the full programme of the Fringe Festival events - music, theatre, comedy and free festival days - check out www.bathfringe.co.uk or pick up a brochure from local outlets and tourist information centres. |