Exhibitions | Workshops at Crescent Artstudios
Crescent Artspace
14/15 Queen Street, Scarborough
Monday 2nd – Friday 6th August 2010
11.00 am – 5.00 pm
Admission free
Open Arms Workshop Open Day
Saturday 14th August, 11.00 am – 5.00 pm
Jonathan Green’s An Exhibition of Space has emerged from a broader range of concerns embodied in his work ’20 days, 20 projects’ which he initiated on moving into a studio at Crescent Arts in 2009. Jonathan’s work and ideas move across dimensions (2:3:4) with consummate ease, a dynamic curiosity and creative intensity. Each project or proposition to date of ’20 days, 20 Projects’ is captured in an image created within the space of a day; a collection of prototypes if you like. It is from one such proposition that An Exhibition of Space has evolved through the additional opportunity to work within a specific architectural context at Crescent Artspace in Queen Street.
“I am investigating the relationship between sculpture and architecture specifically through the perception of space”.
Perception, in this case, is not simply visual but incorporates various senses on the part of the visitor experiencing and engaging with the work.
Modular elements, in this instance fabricated to order from aluminum sheets of a standard size, are used to partition and dissect the existing architectural space. The ‘raw material’ already possesses architectural and industrial qualities in its physical and dimensional properties and characteristics, and in its relation to human scale.
The use of such elements and material brings to mind early Bauhaus experiments with processes of mass production, concepts such as ‘The Minimal Dwelling’, and the work of Moholy Nagy exploring light and space. The possibility of sculpture as modular, variable, incorporating space as much as solid, has since evolved through the work of artists such as Donald Judd, Carl Andre and Robert Morris. The focus on the modular to create a fusion between architecture and sculpture is particularly interesting in that these are spaces which carry the potential to inhabit, and bear a relation to work such as Absalon’s ‘Cellules’ and Andrea Zittel’s ‘Compartment Units’. The notion of intervention in a given architectural space, adds yet another dimension to the work and intentions of the artist. The threshold between sculpture and architecture may be a matter of perception – of scale, materials, space, actions, behaviour and intention – through which An Exhibition of Space invites further investigation.
Open Arms Workshop Open Day
Saturday 14th August, 11.00 am – 5.00 pm
The initial exhibition is open for 5 days only from 2nd to 6th August after which Jonathan will lead a week of workshops with young people through Open Arms and 4Youth, North Yorkshire County Council. Jonathan will work with small groups through the week, developing their ideas and using recycled materials and found objects to explore the sculptural and architectural potential of the space. Their work is guaranteed to transform the space yet again and will be on view to the public on the Open Arms Workshop Open Day on Saturday 14th August from 11.00am to 5.00pm. Expect the unexpected!
Helen Donnelly’s Wavelengths is a recently completed commission to create a treatment for the temporary hoarding constructed during renovations to the Spa in Scarborough this summer. It’s a vibrant colour-wave which changes according to viewpoint, ranging from close up to distant vantage points across the South Bay. This is Helen Donnelly’s second large scale public work this year, following her inaugural site-work at Crescent Artspace in Queen Street. Thanks are due to Scarborough Borough Council, especially Doug Kendall, who had the vision and imagination to commission the work.
Tutor: Dawn Brooks
Age range: 18 yrs +
Number of places: 8
All materials provided & light refreshments
An Introduction to Dry Point Etching & Chine Collé
Saturday 10th July 2010
10.00am – 4.00pm
8 places maximum
£32 per person (Crescent Arts members) £35 per person (non-members)
Drypoint Etching is a variant of engraving, done with an etching needle or sharp point. A drypoint scratching leaves a rough burr at the edges of each line. This burr gives dry point prints a characteristically soft, and sometimes blurry, line quality. This method is a simple and effective way of producing intaglio prints without the use of any acids.
Chine Collé is a collage process that introduces colour and texture into an etching without having to prepare and print additional plates. Lightweight papers are used for this method, which are cut or torn into desired shapes.
2-Day Collagraph/ Carborundum Printing
with Dawn Brooks
Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th July 2010
10.00am – 4.00pm
8 places maximum
£72 per person (Crescent Arts members) £75 per person (non-members)
Collagraph combined with carborundum printing can be a very interesting way of working mainly because of the many different effects that can be created and the great variation in texture created from using different materials. Almost any material with texture can be collaged onto the printing plate such as paint, fabric and leaves. The materials applied to the plate will determine the tone and strengths of the ink, and will also give a wide variation of textures. The resulting impression is that of embossing as well as printing.
2-Day Introduciton to Gum Arabic Transfer
with Dawn Brooks
Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th August 2010
10.00am – 4.00pm
8 places maximum
£72 per person (Crescent Arts members) £75 per person (non-members)
This technique follows the methods of traditional lithography, in terms of utilizing a carbon-based image-albeit on paper instead of on stone or an aluminium sheet. The solution is rubbed gently onto a black & white photocopy and a lightly inked roller passed over the surface. It is often referred to as paper lithography, and has many similar qualities.
An introduciton to Dry Point Etching & Chine Collé
with Dawn Brooks
Saturday 21st August 2010
10.00am – 4.00pm
8 places maximum
£35 / £32 (Crescent Arts members)
Drypoint Etching is a variant of engraving, done with an etching needle or sharp point. A drypoint scratching leaves a rough burr at the edges of each line. This burr gives dry point prints a characteristically soft, and sometimes blurry, line quality. This method is a simple and effective way of producing intaglio prints without the use of any acids.
Chine Collé is a collage process that introduces colour and texture into an etching without having to prepare and print additional plates. Lightweight papers are used for this method, which are cut or torn into desired shapes.
View Dawn Brook's work.
For further information or to book a place, please email: dawnbrooks56@yahoo.co.uk or phone Crescent Arts on 01723 351 461
PLEASE NOTE THAT BOOKING FOR WORKSHOPS WILL NOT BE CONFIRMED UNTIL PAYMENT IS RECEIVED BY THE ARTISTS/TUTORS.
ALL WORKSHOPS ARE FOR ADULTS OVER THE AGE OF 18.
The transformation of 14/15 Queen Street into an arts project space is the result of a very productive collaboration between Scarborough Borough Council’s Civic Pride initiative, ‘Windows to the Borough’, and Crescent Arts. Thanks are due to the Development Trust Association and the Meanwhile Project for helping to fund temporary projects to support regeneration through arts and cultural activities in Scarborough, and to Teddy Clark Ltd. who have so generously allowed us to use their building creatively.
Open access facilities
Members of Crescent Arts can book our facilities for printmaking, kiln-firing for ceramics and workshop space hire.
These facilities are available at Crescent Artstudios (below Scarborough Art Gallery) from Tuesdays to Fridays between 10.00am and 5.00pm.
For futher information about our studio facilities and rates, please contact us on 01723 351461 or email us on info@crescentarts.co.uk