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Saturday, 15 August 2015
NOST is coming (29th August)
Northants
Open Studio Trails (NOST) Launch Day
Alfred
East Art Gallery & Manor House Gardens
Saturday
29 August, 11am – 4pm
Northants Open Studio Trails (NOST) is the
largest visual arts event of its kind in
Northamptonshire, launching with a host of activities and entertainment for the
family. NOST enables members of the public to see some of Northamptonshire’s
finest artworks as artists invite you into their
studios to witness first-hand the inspiration and motivation that drives them
to create.
Northants Open Studio Trails runs from 1st
until 30th September, with a central exhibition (featuring a piece
of artwork from each participating artist) running from 29th August
until 26th September at the Alfred East Art Gallery. Visitors can tour the county visiting studios
and exhibitions hosted by artists. Step
inside a pottery studio, discuss carving with a stonemason or watch
demonstrations of painting, printmaking and traditional crafts.
NOST
Launch Event: 29 August
NOST kicks off with a launch event on Saturday
29th August (11am - 4pm) in the Manor House Gardens with pop up
exhibitions, live demonstrations, free drop in workshops and entertainment for
all ages, throughout the day.
At the launch event, visitors can enjoy
artists’ demos in the Gardens, as well as some free children’s workshops
including pottery, mural sticker art and Little Draw, a community drawing
project sponsored by Northampton Community Fund; participating children take
home a goody bag! For our adult visitors there is the chance to take part in
THE BIG PAINT, a collaborative community art project. With materials being
sponsored by ColArt, 100 members of the public can show off their talents by
painting a section of what will become a much larger painting, which will be
hung for the month of NOST in the Gallery.
Guy Holloway, Head of Corporate and Cultural
Services at Kettering Borough Council, said: “NOST provides a delightful opportunity for us to look forward to
welcoming visitors and showcasing the impressive variety of art across the
county.”
Cllr Lesley Thurland, Kettering Borough
Council’s Portfolio Holder for Community and Culture, said: “It’s a huge honour for the Alfred East Art
Gallery to host the central exhibition for Northants Open Studio Trails and I’m
excited for it to begin. The big launch looks set to be a wonderful event for
the whole family so make sure you’re there to witness the creative talent
across the county.”
Friday, 31 July 2015
FRANK JOWETT PAINTING
RESTORATION PROJECT
Jowett, who died suddenly in 1943 was accomplished
and well respected and exhibited both locally and in London. Born in Weekley,
he lived and worked in Kettering all his life in the shoe trade, initially with
his father, and subsequently in Carrington’s Shoe Works. He first lived in
Tennyson Road, and he subsequently moved to a house in Bowling Green Road,
directly facing the gallery.
Kettering Borough
Council has organised a series of events on Saturday 29th August.
There will be a prize draw sponsored by the Friends of the Art Gallery and
Museum. This event marks the opening of Northamptonshire Open Studios Trail when local artists invite the public to view
their work in the studio settings.
The Art
Gallery has several works by the late Frank Jowett, and the proceeds from the
day will go towards the cost of restoration of two paintings by this acclaimed
local artist.
He is buried in London
Road cemetery, and the Friends of the Gallery are taking steps to make the
grave easier to locate, and would very much like to make contact, through the
gallery, with any living relatives of the late Frank Jowett.
Friday, 26 June 2015
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