Happy Easter, Blue Skies and Spring Tidings
A lot has happened since my last newsletter. I have been asked to join Candida Stevens Gallery in Chichester - I am delighted, having been a fan of the gallery for some time. If you don't know it yet, do get along to the latest exhibition by Stephen Farthing RA.
My new residency at West Horsley Place (www.westhorsleyplace.org) has finally begun. It will be a long term project, a labour of love, but I have made my first explorations of the place, and it is truly wonderful - a beautiful house and garden. Thinking back to my previous residencies, I am reminded of what it is that inspires me about such places, by an article I recently wrote for the Turner Society News Magazine about being A Guest in Turner's House - you can order a copy via their website, or follow this link to read it on my blog.
At the end of April I am presenting a paper at a symposium on Reverie, part of a 5 year funded project "Knowing From The Inside" at the University of Aberdeen, department of Social Anthropology. As a visual artist with a BA in Social Anthropology, this is an opportunity to rekindle my fascination with the subject, whilst also celebrating my development as an artist, 'knowing from the inside' as indeed I sometimes feel I do!
The Summer art courses are all up and running, often full to bursting, whether in Shoreham, Pallant House Gallery, Arundel, Seawhite Studio or West Dean. But please do always enquire, and put your name down on the waiting list, whenever there is one - as last minute places often come up. In August I shall be winging my way to Denmark, to teach a 2 workshops at Liza's Gallery, Møn. And next week I am visiting a new venue in Italy near Modena, with a view to running workshops and retreats there in the future.
Finally, exhibitions: Don't miss my dear friend and photographer Sarah Ketelaars new show at 35 North Gallry, North Road, Brighton. I myself am in 2 open houses this summer - Brighton and Hove Open houses in May, followed by the Adur Art Trail Shoreham in June - where I will be showing an installation of my daily drawings, accompanied by songs and music composed specially for the event by Rebecca Askew. As well as creating a soundtrack to accompany the exhibition, Rebecca will be performing live every Sunday afternoon at 2pm. Together we will lead a Walking Singing Drawing workshop on Sunday 10 June 9 -11am (contact me for k.sollohub@ntlworld.com for info).
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Drawing for Beginners - New Courses
Weds 13 June One Day Workshop
As part of Adur Art Trail - Garden Studio on Shoreham Beach 10-2pm £40
followed by:
3 Thursdays - 21 June, 5 & 19 July - Huntingdon Hall, Buckingham Rd, Shoreham
2 - 5pm Cost £95 for 3 sessions (£35/session)
A practical drawing course for those who want to learn to draw but aren’t sure where to begin. Whatever your experience, this course will guide you through a series of exercises designed to build confidence and enjoyment of materials. Exploring drawing as a physical process you will learn how different materials work and what potential they have for making marks. Experiment with the process and develop your own direct and tactile relationship with drawing. Materials can be provided.
Venues: Garden Studio, Riverside Road, Shoreham Beach and Huntingdon Hall, Shoreham Free Church, Buckingham Road, Shoreham BN43
Contact me to book k.sollohub@ntlworld.com
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Monthly Creative Workshops
Wednesdays 10.30 - 4pm
Cost £85/session or £150 for 2
25 April - Drawing for the Terrified
Be inspired to draw without worrying about the outcomes in a relaxing environment using charcoal, graphite, pen and pencil as basic drawing materials.
30 May - Creative Collage
Working from a simple still life or taking inspiration from the gallery, have creative fun whilst learning how to collage using coloured paper, felt tips, crayons and pastels.
21 June - Creative Collage: Inspired by the Figure
Using a model for inspiration, you will cut and tear shapes, scribble, capture lines of rhythm and movement, and compose a series of quick studies from the figure.
20 Sep - Expressive/Experimental Drawing from Still Life
Playing with charcoal and other drawing materials, including inks. Prepare to get a bit messy, working freely with mark making and expressive responses to a still life, rather than it being all about accuracy! Anything goes, including lots of rubbing out, drawing over the top, changing the drawing, even ripping it up!
31 October and 28 November - Introduction to Paint
To book contact PHG Reception on 01243 774557
info@pallant.org.uk
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One Day Experimental Drawing Workshops at the Victoria Institute, Tarrant Street, Arundel BN18 9DG
10.30am - 4.30pm £70 per workshop
Mon 23 April - Drawing the Head: Portraits - working directly from the model, using charcoal and coloured pastels, looking at form, character and abstract qualities of the head.
Mon 14 May - Experimental Life Drawing - using charcoal, pastels, inks and mixed media. Taking inspiration from the dynamic qualities of the human form.
Mon 11 June, Fri 22 June and Mon 23 July - Arundel Sketchbooks using the town and surrounding riverside landscape, to work outdoors on a small scale, using pencil, pen, ink and coloured pastels. Capturing a sense of place, light and atmosphere. Useful as a one off experience of working outdoors, or could be preparation for studio work (e.g. paintings) at a later date.
Contact me to book k.sollohub@ntlworld.com
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Taster Days - Figure Drawing at the Seawhite Studio
Fri 20 April, Wed 2 May, Fri 4 May, Fri 11 May, Fri 18 May
9.30-4.30pm £75
A series of stand alone workshops tutored by Katie Sollohub, These workshops are more than your average portrait or life drawing class, these sessions will keep you (and sometimes the model) on your toes - taking a line for a walk, multi views, sculpting the form, drawing with your eyes shut, the moving figure - and other exercises.
Contact Seawhite Studio to book
Landscape Summer School July 9th - 13th 2018 ( Monday - Friday )
Week 2 - We will be making paintings inspired by the Cuckmere Haven Valley, over looking the sea and the Seven Sisters. For the first two days we will be based at the Coastguards Cottage. From there we will work in the surrounding landscape making lots of studies. For the final three days of the course we will be based in the Studio at Partridge Green, where you will make paintings from the studies and your memory of the experience. During the five days there will be space for experimentation, risk taking and development of work that goes beyond trying to copy what you see and instead becomes a much more expressive and personal response.
Contact Seawhite Studio to book
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Looking ahead to Autumn 2018, why not book for a NEW 5 day retreat at Sussex Prairie Gardens .....
From Sketchbooks into Paintings (Weds 12th - Sun 16th September)
Combining 2 hugely popular courses into one intensive short course. Working in situ, in this amazing and beautiful garden, you will spend 2 days working directly into sketchbooks, followed by 3 days painting. Daily meditation and breathing exercises in this idyllic garden setting will ensure it is a fully inspirational and relaxing experience. And the homemade tea cakes from the cafe will help too. If you are travelling from afar, help can be provided to find suitable accommodation in the local area.
Teaching day 9am - 2pm daily (garden stays open until 5pm) Cost £295 inc. garden entrance fee
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* Unfortunately refunds, cancellations or transfer of course places cannot be made less than 7 full days before a course or workshop starts, so I can offer the space to someone else.
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EXHIBITIONS AND ART TRAILS
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Artists Open Houses
Brighton & Hove
I will be showing work with
Tessa Wolfe Murray
38 Lorna Road, Hove
4 Weekends in May
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Weekends 2/3, 9/10, 16/17 June
11-5 Sat and Sun
I am showing an installation of recent small daily drawings in my Garden Studio, Riverside Road, Shoreham Beach BN43 5RB, accompanied by music and song created for the exhibition by Rebecca Askew, performed each Sunday at 2pm. Together we will be running a short Walking Drawing Singing Workshop on Sunday 10th June.
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Photographer Sarah Ketelaars: Curious Eye
12 April - 5 May 2018
35 North Contemporary Fine Art (North Road Brighton) is delighted to welcome back photographer, writer and artist Sarah Ketelaars with her brand new exhibition Curious Eye.
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Stephen Farthing RA - Museums of the World
Ends 14 April 2018
A collection of 19 paintings of the interiors of public and private museums around the world. The work combines a probing look at the history of collecting while painted with Farthing's usual good humour.
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Katie Sollohub is a Sussex based artist interested in documenting and recording the places she lives and works in through drawings, paintings, performance, photography and poetry.
Katie is also an inspirational teacher, using her own experiences and processes to help motivate others. She aims to live life as a Creative Journey, and generously takes others along for the ride.
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