Provided in collaboration with Quay Arts, we are offering bi-monthly group Crit Sessions for creatives working in disciplines such as visual arts, animation, moving image, photography, craft.
Crit sessions coming up: Mon 13 May & Mon 15 July 2024, 6-8 pmQuay Arts Cafe, Newport
A crit is a critique where one creative will be invited at each session to share their work with a group and speak about their work, idea or a project they are pursuing, looking for honest, constructive feedback from other artists. These sessions will be limited to max 20 places within each group.
Chaired by Alys Scott Hawkins:The group Crit Sessions will be chaired by Alys Scott Hawkins. Alys is a specialist in Artist Support, providing guidance and advice to overcome barriers, plan projects and make funding applications. She is a member of the Artist Council: the advisory panel for a-n: the UK’s largest membership organisation for visual artists. Previously she led the Artist Development programme at 'a space' arts, Southampton, drawing on her long-standing networks within the arts sector across the region.
To find out more about Alys and her work, please click here.
Alys Scott Hawkins, photo by Maria Bell
Presenting on Mon 13 May 2024: Laura HathawayVisual Artist Laura Hathaway will be presenting her solo exhibition, showcasing a series of abstract glass and paper artworks, developed through the support of an Arts Council England DYCP grant and created in Laura’s studio in Ryde on the Isle of Wight.
Her exhibition titled 'Drip Splatter Smear' in Quay Arts’ West Gallery serves as a reflective marker of Laura's artistic progression, acknowledging the ten years since she embarked on her professional creative practice. Alongside completed pieces, Laura will be creating new works in the gallery space throughout the duration of the exhibition, exposing the artistic process alongside a desire to closely connect with audiences.
Laura’s artistic expression is a tactile and immersive process. Painting directly onto glass and paper surfaces with her hands and finger tips, the physicality of pressing, smearing and throwing thick globules of paint onto glass and paper surfaces captures feelings and movements.
This session will take place upstairs in the West Gallery, Quay Arts.
All are welcomed to the opening of 'Drip Splatter Smear' Sat 11 May 2-4pm West Gallery Quay Arts.
Laura Hathaway & work, photo by Julian Winslow
To find out more about Laura and her work, please visit: laurahathawayartist.comInstagram: @laurahathawayartist
If you would like to be considered for future group Crit Sessions, please email georgia@creativeisland.org a brief outline of what you’d like to present, along with any links to your work and technical requirements to show your work.
More info coming soon on July Crit Session - watch this space!
The bar will be open during these sessions and there will be a chance to network with other creatives after the discussions. We’ll also hear from the Quay Arts team about opportunities coming up at the Centre.
13TH MAY SESSION - BOOK HERE!
Venue address: Quay Arts, Sea Street, Newport Harbour, IW PO30 5BD(access via side terrace entrance door).
Parking available via two car parks on Little London Rd and Sea Street. Buses also regularly come into Newport from all areas of the Island and is a 5 min walk from the bus station.
