New Lifeboat Show: 21st March - 6th April 2008
This
year's Lifeboat Show in aid of Staithes and Runswick RNLI looks set to be
better than ever. Many favourites from previous years will be returning as
well as some exciting artists new to Staithes Gallery. They are all frantically
busy putting the finishing touches to stunning new work - like this delightful
gouache "Punch and Judy" by Sue Atkinson. It all goes up on the
21st March so make it a day out during the Easter break. We will be opening
the upstairs gallery once again to provide a relaxing space where you can
sit down and enjoy the art in comfort. We hope to see you there.
Exciting New Programme for Staithes Art School 2008
We
have six fantastic new painting weekends planned for 2008, one each month
from May to October.
In May the brilliant pastellist David
Allen RSMA will tutor in Working with Pastels.
In June and September the ever popular Sue
Ford returns to teach Watercolours, Line and Wash and Pastels.
July brings Robert Brindley
RSMA, renowned for
his own wonderful landscapes, to pass on some of his secrets for painting
in both Watercolour and Oil.
In August the inimitable Ian Burke
kindly breaks his vacation from the chalk face at Eton College to tutor in
Drawing to Printmaking.
The wonderful autumn light of October in Staithes has tempted back Bruce
Mulcahy (now also RSMA) to tutor in Opaque Materials.
Have a look at the Staithes Art School
pages and check them out.
Photography Weekends at Staithes Gallery
Yorkshire landscape photographer, author and tutor John Potter is to hold
two photography weekends at Staithes Art School for small groups wishing to
develop their skills amidst the inspiring environment of Staithes. Please
see his website for details and booking:
http://www.jpotter-landscape-photographer.com/news_events.php
A Sideways View by Baz Ward
An
astonishing show of eye-catching new paintings by York artist Baz Ward: 3rd
November - 15th December 2007 .
The village of Staithes has been painted and photographed over the years by hundreds of artists…but never quite like this.
Baz Ward, known to the region's art lovers for his hyper-real cityscapes of his native York, casts a fresh eye over the village and finds a rare beauty in its forgotten corners. He scrutinises the familiar and every day from surprising angles, revealing startling patterns and forms in sights that all too often escape our notice.
"I'm interested in finding surreal and abstract forms in familiar things," says Baz. "A sphinx-like profile on a rock face, for example, or Mondrian squares on a rendered wall."
This exhibition celebrates the inspiring village and coastline of Staithes
from unexpected perspectives that confound, dazzle and amaze.
Winter Opening Times
From October until Easter the gallery will be open on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays from 10am to 5pm.
SHELTER by Robert Shaw
Exhibition of Paintings 3rd August - 14th September 2007
Storms
and floods are nothing new to Staithes and fears of coastal erosion are the
stuff of local lore (a mermaid's curse!). For generations the people of this
tiny settlement have stood up to the assaults of Time and Tide the only way
they can - by holding fast.
Artist Robert Shaw moved to the clifftop
village of Boulby overlooking Staithes in his late teens. He was captivated
by the huddles of cottages clinging to the very edges of the land and resisting
all that the North Sea could hurl at them. He began to depict what he saw
in dreamy impressionistic images that quickly found an enthusiastic market
among villagers and visitors alike.
He never stopped painting and Staithes continued to inspire him, despite moving
away and pursuing a successful career in building design. Now he returns,
a confident professional artist, with a breathtaking series of new paintings
that depict the storm-battered cottages clinging to the crumbling cliffs with
more poetry and colour than ever. But the new work also draws on his architectural
background to celebrate the construction of these hardy dwellings and the
beauty held so delicately within the balance, precarious as always, between
their vulnerability and their resilience.
Glut by Ian Burke: 3rd June - 26th July 2007
Painter
and printmaker Ian Burke's solo show
opens on 3rd June. There will be tractors and cobles, fishermen and fish,
lads and sheds, breakfasts and lobsters galore. If you've never seen Ian's
vibrant paintings and distinctive linocut prints prepare to be amazed. There
are surprises too for old friends already familiar with Ian's work. New themes
are subjected to the scrutiny of his brush and press: bright pink hunting
jackets all but blot out familiar Yorkshire moor-land landscapes; a cluttered
Welsh dresser tantalisingly reveals the eccentricities of its owner. There
are plenty of lobsters on the menu still but they are served alongside suckling
pigs and the most hugely satsifying of English breakfasts. An exhibition to
relish!
30th Mar - 15th Apr 2007
ART EXHIBITION in aid of Staithes and Runswick RNLI Lifeboat Station:
Thanks
to everyone who supported our Lifeboat Show. Sales of paintings, catalogues
and raffle tickets have so far raised a staggering £4361 for the RNLI
Train One Save Many campaign. Raffle tickets are still on sale in the gallery.
(Don't miss out on a chance to win the fabulous prize.) Thanks to all the
artists who produced such a wonderful variety of superb quality artwork and
to villagers and visitors who came along. A special thank you to the people
who gave up their time to keep upstairs gallery open. This was a great success
and we couldn't have done it without you!
Raffle in aid of RNLI: 1st Prize "Staithes Dreaming" by Robert Shaw
Robert
Shaw has kindly donated this stunning artwork "Staithes Dreaming"
as first prize in our raffle for the RNLI Staithes and Runswick Lifeboat Station.
The second prize will be a beautiful new lino-cut print by Ian Burke. Third
prize will be a copy of the catalogue for the 2007 RNLI Show signed by all
the artists.
Tickets go on sale at the Easter RNLI Exhibition and until the draw during
Staithes Lifeboat Weekend in August 2007.
Reviews and media coverage of Staithes Gallery
Whitby Gazette 12th June
2007
Yorkshire Post 21st
April 2007
Whitby Gazette 23rd
March 2007
Evening Gazette
16th Feb 2007 - Cover and feature
Whitby Gazette 21st November
2006
Yorkshire Journal July 2006
- Feature
Whitby Gazette 21st
April 2006
Yorkshire Post
15th April 2006 - Cover, Page2,
Page3, Page4.
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