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Felixstowe Gardens Art Trail Set Up

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Trail Ahead

In addition to theSea Front Gardens exhibitions at the Reunion Gallery, selected work has been reproduced and forms part of an art trail in the gardens. The art trail is in support of the public consultation on the future of the gardens for which the Reunion Gallery is working conjunction with the Suffolk Costal District Council.

Why not try and follow the trail yourself and experiance the art work together with the actual view it represents.

Shakira Holder Work Experience

Kira Working with Glass

Kira at work :)

Shakira working with Pat

Shakira working with Pat :)

This week we have the help of Shakira Holder in the Gallery. Shakira is a Year 10  Student from Northgate High School on Work experiance, she is interested in Art and Textiles that she has taken for her GCSE’s. Although she intends to go on to work in Law or Science she would like to continue her interest in the Arts as much as possible.

Hopefully she will see what life is like working in a seaside Gallery!

Reunion Gallery Awards to UCS Graduates

At the recent Arts Graduate final year exhibition at University Campus Suffolk the first of the ‘Reunion Gallery Professional Development Awards’ were announced.

Here is our list of award winners for 2010.

Graphic Design: Nicki Cockshaw, Luke Hall, Tom Oliver.

Fine Art: Sarah Castle, Simon Hawker, Susanna Miller, Max Winsdale.

Photography: Mark Barrett, Tracie Falcucci, Shanna Yarnell.

The purpose of the Professional Development Award is to assist new visual arts graduates from University Campus Suffolk to take a first step into the commercial world by hosting a two-week exhibition of selected work from the disciplines of Fine Art, Graphic Design and Photography. The exhibition will be entitled ‘Graduate Impressions’ and will run from 7 to 18 September 2010 at The Reunion Gallery, Felixstowe.

The criteria for the judges selection were: artistic merit, potential for further development, nature and size of the work relative to the exhibition space, and the willingness of the student to work with the Gallery to develop, display and sell their work.

New Exhibition – Colour in Form

17 April to 22 May 2010

This exhibition displays works of  local ceramic artist Usch Spettigue and 2D artist Ruth McCabe.

The colours and shapes of the beautifully crafted jugs and pots from Usch blend well with the vibrant colours and shapes of Ruth’s  pictures.

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Usch Spettigue

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Ruth McCabe

Reburbishment Pictures

From January through to April 2010 we are having work done on the Gallery. Promised completion of Phase 3 (Glazed Porch in Courtyard & Disabled Toilet) is 1st May.

In the mean time feast your eyes on what has been going on behind the scenes.

See Liz James’ First Solo Exhibition

Come in and see Liz James’ colourful paintings at Reunion Gallery.

Liz has created scenes from East Anglia in her distinctive style. She has used Watercolour, Acrylic and Oils to bring out the atmosphere of the countryside, sea and sky in the region.

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Exhibition runs until 10th April so come and see us before then!

Phase 2 of Reburbishment Completed

We are pleased that the refurbishment of the upstairs part of the Gallery is now complete.

We would like to offer it out as a studio to local artist(s). Give us a call on 01394 273366 if you are interested.

Next step has started and that is to create a glzed porch in the Courtyard so that ‘Coffee in the Courtyard’ can be enjoyed whatever the weather.

Exhibition at Reunion Gallery

We commence our first exhibition of the year on Tuesday 9th February 2010. It’s called ‘June Metcalfe – First Retrospective’.

June was a prolific artist whose output in recent years was primarily through the medium of print, and etching in particular. She was a founder member of Sudbourne Park Printmakers and exhibited regularly with the group, elsewhere in East Anglia and at the Royal Academy in London.

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