This exhibition ran from 15th July to 9th August 2016 at Inkwell Arts in Chapel Allerton, Leeds.
A large collection of artists and their work were showing, myself included.
I had a needle felted sculptural figure, and an incredibly hairy plaster of Paris bandage dog on view to the public.
I was part of a group exhibition at Inkwell Arts involving artists across multiple Leeds sites under the tuition of Paul Digby. The theme aimed to challenge our traditional perceptions of the British Landscape, encouraging urban perspectives in our work.
Scenes from the gallery
My six final pieces – Buildings in Leeds and Harrogate, Yorkshire
East Street Arts Community Learning Exhibition
This was a group exhibition for those who take part in East Street Arts classes in Leeds.
Friday 10th June to Tuesday 21st June 2016 at Inkwell Arts in Chapel Allerton.
I had 5 pieces in this one, all made in classes run by East Street Arts:
As the weather is being particularly lovely up north at the moment, I thought I’d borrow my parents’ garden for some fumey art experiments!
Nail polish paper marbling was the mission. Never attempted, few instructions, but eagerly anticipated.
I filled an old plastic box with water and began throwing in dribbles and drops of nail polish…
I then had to trial and error the best paper types, and dunking method for getting the polish to stick to said papers. Sometimes… (A lot of the time!)… It still relied heavily on luck for all variables to come together at once in harmony!
But no other materials were needed, except somewhere to dry the papers. A washing line is perfect.
A few of the duds…
Along with some of the successes…
Going to try oil paint marbling next!
It was my sister’s birthday, and as her name begins with the letter ‘L’ we all had to go dressed up as something beginning with ‘L.’
I convinced my partner to let me Lichtenstein him for the event! I wanted to do a good job and even hand painted a plain jersey top to make it look like it was straight out of a comic book page.
He was awarded the best costume credit for that night 🙂 and I got to teach some people about an artist they hadn’t known about 🙂 yey.
Here’s a sneaky peak of my other half at the party…
I’m currently on my sister’s hen holiday in another country, braving the shenanigans in store, and feeling terribly scared of the planned activities that our mum and other sister have organised!
The doorbell rang today and we had a naked man… But it was sophisticated I promise! It was a life drawing class! A very buff, handsome man, with Champagne and music and tonnes of double entendres, but life drawing non the less!
I was the only one of the 10 hens and the bride to have ever done life drawing, and was very impressed with everyone throwing themselves in and attempting more than stick figures, and even trying paints once feeling confident after the pencils.
I particularly loved my youngest sister’s style and her final piece. It was the models favourite too!
Everyone enjoyed it after some initial embarrassment and even said they’d like to try it again back in England. Lots of converted artists today. Yey!
The Swedish band, Royal Republic, responded to my bumbled brain’s humorous response to one of their awesome songs…. Wahooo!
Before 2016 I hadn’t been to the Yorkshire Sculpture Park since I was doing my GCSE Art in 2003, and now I’ve been twice within 3 days on two separate trips!
My most recent previous visit, was mentioned previously, in my previous post on the Easter School… Sorry teehee…
And the second visit was with Inkwell Arts! So much art! Woo!
As I was so enamoured by the KAWS exhibits on the college trip, I was happy to dedicate myself to the rest of the artists and enjoy the full extent of the park on this second day out. (Though I will admit I did go see some KAWS again!)
My partner came along with me and we focused on photography together. We found lots of cool bird poop, mould, and weathering to add to my digital layers collection, alongside the man made masterpieces on view. I particularly liked Sophie Ryder’s work and, of course, Dame Barbara Hepworth’s ‘The Family of Man’.
This time I also got a chance to visit Bill Viola’s stunning exhibition in the gallery space.
My partner and I were completely captivated by the messages conveyed within his digital pieces. We both have an interest in mental health and the human experience, so we loved dissecting, discussing, and ultimately piecing back together both the art and our thoughts.
Two trips, three days apart, but one very happy lady here!
At the end of March I took part in a wonderful initiative that was going on at the Leeds College of Art.
An Easter School for mature learners.
I went with two of my fellow artists from Inkwell Arts, and we had a blast!
We went to the Yorkshire Sculpture Park in Wakefield, to gather first hand inspiration from the artists’ work, paying particular attention to the KAWS exhibit. Then our other days were spent having tutored lessons at the college on life drawing and sublimation printing.
We combined our trip to the sculpture park with our lessons to produce some awesome pieces.
The other adults ranged in ability but were all lovely and keen to learn, and the staff were brill and a credit to the college.
I enjoyed it so much I ended up buying my own sublimation heat press to keep practising at home!
Emma Christie Art 