Catmose Gallery Events
Autumn Season Events
EXHIBITION:
SPOrTLIGHT: Paintings by The Singh Twins
7 September – 13 October 2007 Preview: Thursday 6 September 4pm - 9pm
An exhibition of twelve large-scale prints that look at the themes of Sport, Celebrity and Media by the world-renown artists, The Singh Twins. Responding to national celebrations of the 2001 Commonwealth Games, SPOrTLIGHT reinterprets Indian paintings to explore current perceptions and representations of sport.
Twin sisters Amrit and Rabindra Kaur Singh were born in London and now live on the Wirral. They combine the Indian miniature tradition with elements from Western aesthetics to create a unique genre within British art.
CHILDREN’S CLUBS:
After-school Art Academy for Talented & Gifted Students
For: 10 – 14 year old students talented and enthusiastic about art. Starting from Monday 17 September, and Mondays thereafter during term for 10 weeks, 3.45pm/4pm-5.30pm with Tessa Angell in the Art Room.
Cost: £70 for 10 weeks. Only 10 places available
Saturday Art Club
For: 5 – 11 year olds 10am-12pm and 1pm-3pm. Cost: £34 for 4 sessions. Booking is essential prior to arrival to ensure a place.
Dates: Saturdays 22, 29 September, 6 & 13 October with Tessa Angell; Saturdays 10, 17, 24 November & 1 December with Jo Rawding “3D Craft”
Autumn Holiday Art School 2007
For: 5 – 12 year olds 10am – 3pm and Fridays only 10am-12pm, half days available to 5 - 8 yrs. Older children welcome. Monday 22 – 26 October: Big Alphabet Drawing Week with Alice Corps
Mon: am Nick-a-Name Collages & pm Animal Alphabet Modelling
Tues: am Funny Poem Mobiles & Animal Mask-making
Wed: am Animal Poem T-Shirts & pm Animal Puppets
Thurs: am Sew and See & pm Fabric-Finger-Puppet-Friends
Fri: am Wacky Bugs (no pm session)
Cost: £63 full, £17 day, £8.50 half-day, £41 5 half days. Discount available for each extra sibling on full week bookings.
Please book for these workshops with the gallery on 01572 725904 or by emailing office@catmose.rutland.sch.uk
ADULT WORKSHOPS:
Sculpting Heads with Mo Gardner: Saturday 30 September 10am – 4pm: COST £30/£28
Portrait Painting with Paul Wright: Saturday 13 October 10am – 4pm: COST £30/£28
Screenprinting Fabric with Kim Hincks: Saturday 10 November 10am – 4pm: COST £30/£28
Colourful Anodised Jewellery with Lindsey Mann: Saturday 24 November 10am – 4pm: COST £30/£28
All workshops are open to all abilities. To book call 01572 725904 / 722286 or email office@catmose.rutland.sch.uk.
You can find out more about the corses at www.rutnet.co.uk/vcc/gallery/home.html
MUSIC IN THE GALLERY SERIES
The Music programme at Catmose Gallery is dedicated to providing audiences with high calibre musicians from a range of genres. Enjoy a different gallery perspective by changing seats between pieces/works. Tickets: £7 / £5 concession
Pica Pica: Friday 21 September 7.30pm
Pica Pica are an all-female ‘a cappella’ vocal group. Their name, meaning ‘magpie’, evolved from their tendency to borrow songs from a wide variety of sources. Expect a world-wide repertoire ranging across folk, jazz, gospel and traditional songs.
Martin Cropper (violin) and Fraser Graham (piano): Friday 12 October 7.30pm
Violinist Martin Cropper is an incredibly passionate performer and educator. Over the summer he completed five performances of the Elgar violin concerto in the UK and Poland and is well-known locally for his inspiring work as Head of Strings at Oakham School. Fraser Graham is an extremely talented young pianist and accompanist, and recently gave a recital performance at the Richard Attenborough Centre in Leicester. Their programme will include works by Elgar, Prokofiev and Bacewicz.
Singer-Songwriter Exhibition featuring Jay Goldmark, Dan Britton, Irene Rae and Paul McClure: Friday 9 November 7.30pm
Don’t miss this unique opportunity to hear the contrasting styles of the area’s best singer-songwriters in a relaxed and intimate setting. Each of them has their own unique sound and will be performing a small selection of their self-penned acoustic songs.
Peter Oxley and Luis D’Agostino: Friday 12 December 7.30pm
Scintillating guitar duo D’Agostino and Oxley perform a varied and engaging selection of jazz. Their diverse repertoire ranges from traditional and modern tangos to the works of contemporary musicians such as Chick Corea, Egberto Gismonti and arrangements of pieces by Joni Mitchell, The Beatles and Norah Jones. They have steered their repertoire away from the usual jazz standards to present a rich programme which has a very broad appeal – both on disc and on the stage.
Tickets are available from reception, The Art Shop in Oakham on 01572 723943, Music & More in Oakham and Uppingham Sports & Books.
last updated: 01-08-2007 12:47