Now that the clocks have gone back and the evenings are drawing in, we're looking forward to some warm and cheering seasonal events over the coming weeks. We start with a new featured artist display of work by Joan Wilkes, which will be showing in our window from next Monday 8th November until the 28th November. Joan works in a variety of media - including printmaking, painting and collage - and still life forms the basis of her work. There's a fascinating interview with Joan in our latest blog, in which she talks about her process, inspirations and choice of medium. 

We're also excited to welcome two new guest artists: Susie Hartley and Nick Hebditch. Susie creates sculptures that represent and interpret the human form. Her expressive fragmented figures celebrate the strength and beauty of the female, with twisting, arching and stretching forms that express tension and energy and capture movement in clay. Nick creates work that captures the feeling and emotion of a place, working largely in oil and depicting the interplay between light, land, water and sky. You can see a small selection of their work below but there will be more pieces in the gallery until 10th January so it's well worth a visit to see it in person. 

Next week also sees the opening of our gallery winter exhibition. It will feature new work from each of our permanent artists so do come in and have a browse if you can. Images of some of the pieces that will be on show can be seen by scrolling down. 

In December we'll be hosting a couple of festive events which we're really excited about. Please see below for details - we very much hope to see you at either or both of them if you're in the area so do pop the dates in your diary!

Our artists also continue to be busy with other events and exhibitions so please take a look at our Out and About section as well to see where you might be able to catch them. And this weekend is the last chance to catch Yolande Beer's stunning display of ceramics in the Chalk window and inside the gallery, as well as the works of our current guest artists Sue Arnold, Kate McMinnies and Alan Taylor.

And finally, a reminder that you can browse the latest original artworks from all our artists 24/7 in our online shop where new work is added every week. Delivery is free on most items anywhere to the UK mainland.

We hope to see you in the gallery soon and look forward to welcoming you to our exhibitions and events.
 
Best wishes,
The Chalk Gallery Artists                              

Sue Collins is at Church Christmas Fair, on Sat 13th November between 10am an 12 noon. The address is Adastra Hall, Keymer Road, Hassocks BN6 8QH. .

Lucy Cooper is exhibiting a print at the Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair which is at Woolwich Works from 11th-15th November and then online until 27th November. She also has two prints at Southbank Printmakers Miniprint Exhibition, at Gabriel's Wharf, London SE1 9PP which runs until 12th December. 

Lindsey Pearson is participating in the Horsham Artists Christmas Art Market on Saturday 6th November and Saturday 13th November, 10-4pm. This takes place at The Barn, Causeway , Horsham RH12 1HE and includes gifts and art works by local artists and makers. 

Eva Wibberley is taking part in a Fiveways Artists Group Christmas Show at St Augustine’s Arts & Events Centre, which is at the junction of Stanford Avenue & Florence Road in Brighton. It starts on Friday 12th November and will run until Friday 7th January. 
Eva's work is also featured in the online Highgate Contemporary Art November postcard exhibition which starts on the 7th November.

Gina Lelliott, Gabrielle Lord and Jane Bridger are all exhibiting at 'The November Art & Gift Show' in Powdermills Hotel, Battle TN33 OSP. It runs from 18th November-28th November and is open 10am -5pm daily.

Several of our artists and makers will be showing at the Brighton Artists Open House Winter Festival which runs over three weekends from 27th November, including: 
- Lucy Cooper and Yolande Beer at The Shaftesbury Collective, BN1 4NF
- Lindsey Pearson at A "Bazaar of Paintings" at Venue 1, One Sussex Mews, BN2 1GZ.