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Transitions

ARC has successfully completed the Transitions project which culminated in an exhibition held in the Exhibition Galleries at Central Library, Tolhouse Street, Great Yarmouth, from 10th-19th November, 2010. The exhibition included work from the Art Collection Store which was selected by the participants displayed alongside participants own artworks and research panels. Work was created in a variety of media: drawings, paintings, collage, prints, photographs, sculpture, textiles, installations, film and poetry. All the research panels and artworks have been uploaded to http://eastcoastnettransitions.wordpress.com.

Gaze

Riverlight 2 by Katarzyna Coleman (2010)

ARC artists Katarzyna Coleman and Bridget Heriz are showing work with Martin Battye at Mandells Gallery, Elm Hill, Norwich from 19th June to 10th July, 2010.


Watching, terracotta, 23cm h, by Bridget Heriz (2010)

Renewal

Kate and Bridget have both been selected to participate in the Renewal exhibition funded by SeaChange Arts and installed in the Exhibition Galleries at Great Yarmouth Central Library.

RENEWAL
AN OPEN EXHIBITION FOR NORFOLK AND WAVENEY ARTISTS
GREAT YARMOUTH LIBRARY GALLERY 12th -24th April 2010

The exhibition features 15 artists showing 23 works in painting, drawing, prints and sculpture. All artists are based in the Norfolk and Waveney area and were asked to interpret the theme of ‘Renewal’. They were selected by a panel of judges, and all works are for sale. The exhibition runs from Monday 12th April to Saturday 24th. 10am to 5pm.

Renewal Artists:
Jamie Andrews- Harry Baker- Sarah Caputo- Katarzyna Coleman- Jacqui Fenn- Colin Giles- Chris Hann- Bridget Heriz- Paul Howard-Clare Johnson- Julia O’Leary- Neslihan Nebioglu- Sandra Rowney- Paul Zawadzki.

Cobholm Underpass Mural

Kate at the Cobholm Underpass

The ARC Artists Group was one of the lucky voluntary groups to be approved by people living in Cobholm, Southtown and Halfway House wards for a Neighbourhood Management "Your Neighbourhood, Your Decision" grant . Katarzyna Coleman, Chair of ARC, submitted a proposal to start a project to run workshops and paint a mural on the underpass in Cobholm by researching Cobholm's heritage with local residents.

£10,000 altogether was allocated for projects which will benefit local people, around £500 available per project, with all project ideas being put forward by residents and local organisations. The results of the voting were announced on the 25th March 2010 at the Edward Worledge School, Suffolk Road, an occasion that genuinely felt like a celebration of community spirit.

Transitions

Transitions: past meets future!
Great Yarmouth arts group ARC, is delighted to announce an Awards for All grant to run Transitions. This project will enable old and young to delve into the Borough Archive and the Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service's permanent art collection housed at the Central Library in Great Yarmouth. Looking into the past, participants can seek connections with, or comparisons to the present and use new media to share their findings with local people. The project will run workshops to look at cultural life in the Borough and bring the town's creative past into the light. Who knows what might be discovered?
The aim of the project is to raise the profile of the uniquely vital grassroots culture in the Borough, past and present. There is a long and distinguished cultural history in the locality but much has been buried and not celebrated. Transitions intends to bring it to life and to cast an optimistic eye on the future thanks to all the talent being demonstrated amongst the young people, especially in music, dance and drama.
Rupert Mallin, the lead artist on Transitions, says “With this touchstone to the past, participants will be able to pursue their own cultural response – in any medium – to the present and the future. Captured online at East Coast Net, the work will form a record which others can explore and/or add to in the future. It is a very exciting project.”
Transitions will conclude with an exhibition at the Central Library in November. EastCoastNet will be used throughout the project to gather and share materials and as a focus for discussion as the project develops.

John Dashwood

John Dashwood in his studio, November 2009