Visual Arts
WOOLER ARTS OPEN EXHIBITION 2024
Once again, Wooler Arts is excited to be planning another Open Arts Exhibition in Gallery@No.6. The Exhibition will run for four weeks from Saturday 23rd November to Friday 20th December.
The call for submissions to the exhibition is out now! Artists in the region* are invited to email info@woolerarts.org.uk with their intention to submit a maximum of 2 works. We are inviting submissions from Adults, and Children up to and including 16 years old.
The deadline for sending intentions to submit is Friday 25th October.
* The region is defined as within a 25 mile radius of Wooler, which includes an area of North Northumberland and the Scottish Borders. We ask for postcodes which allows us to confirm eligibility.
Almost all mediums will be accepted but we are not able to include film/video, or large installations. There will be a hanging fee of £7 per work for Adults, £3 for individual children and £10 for groups of children.
All work must be framed, ready to be hung, and clearly labelled on the reverse, with name, title of work, medium, and price if selling. We will not be able to accept work not ready to be hung or exhibited, though children’s work may be an exception to the framing requirement.
Artworks will be received at Gallery@No.6 on Monday 11 November, 10.00-12.00, and Tuesday 12 November, 10.00-12.00. All packaging must be taken away by the artist. A Selection Panel will choose pieces to build a varied and thrilling exhibition, and the submitting artists will be notified by email if their works have been selected.
What we need to know . . .
Please send your name, email address, postcode, number of works, medium, size to info@woolerarts.org.uk before Friday 25th October. This enables us to assess the number and spread of works as well as to check eligibility.
Life-drawing Classes
Once a month, usually on the last Saturday, a group of people with a wide range of experience and expertise meets at the Gallery at No. 6 on Wooler High Street for life-drawing classes These are loosely structured and untutored, and last three hours (with a tea break). Artists bring their own materials and engage in the challenges of drawing a life model, with time-limits ranging from five minutes to one hour. The sessions are organised by Sarah Bray and Claire Bagness, and cost £15 per session.
If you are interested in joining this friendly group, come along on the last Saturday of the month at 1.45pm. Drawing starts at 2.00pm.
Open Exhibition 2023
We had a very strong and positive response to our call for submissions, with 77 works submitted by 49 artists. In addition we had 49 submissions from children, two submitting independently and 47 from Glendale and Community Middle School and ‘Inky Fingers’ painting group led by Anthea Wood. The Selection Panel (Mo Healey, artist; Rachel Sutherland, artist; and Lady Harriet Joicey) selected 45 adult works and all the children’s work. The range and styles of the submissions were impressive, as was the level of imagination of the artists. The Gallery @ No.6 in Wooler became the home for a truly rewarding five-week exhibition.
A People’s Prize resulted in James Dawson winning the children’s category for his painting Downhill Sunset. There were joint winners in the adult category: Claire Ward’s Tell us how we did and Rich Johnson’s Cotton Grass.
Winners of the People's Prize
Swingin’ Sam wings his way to the Young Artists’ Summer Show at the Royal Academy of Arts (RA) in London.
(This article is reproduced by courtesy of Glendale Live magazine)
Swingin’ Sam wings his way to the Young Artists’ Summer Show at the Royal Academy of Arts (RA) in London.
Past Visual Arts Events
