ART – where next? Panel discussion

Please join us for a public panel discussion to mark the 125th anniversary of the Newlyn Society of Artists, 1896-2021.

ART – where next?

Chaired by: Professor Penny Florence, interdisciplinary artist and writer.

Panel: Lisa Wright, artist and curator of NSA125.

Dr Ginni Button, art historian, curator, consultant.

Dr RyyA Bread, curatorial director, Kestle Barton.

Blair Todd, deputy director, Newlyn Art Gallery.

Ben Reader, artist, painter.

Charlie McQuaid, editor and publisher Yew! Magazine, the Cornish Arts and Culture Magazine.

Sunday 24 Oct, 2 – 3.30pm

 

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Tremenheere Gallery

Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens, Gulval, Penzance, TR20 8YL.

 

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Drift Magazine – Inventive century

Inventive Century

Newlyn Society of Artists consider their prestigious past, and promising future, in their 125th anniversary show

Words by Mercedes Smith. 

This autumn, Newlyn Society of Artists, one of the longest-standing and most respected groups of professional artists in the UK, celebrates 125 years since its founding in 1896. To mark the occasion…

Follow the link to read the full article https://www.drift-cornwall.co.uk/post/inventive-century

(NSA 125 Feature for Drift Magazine | October 2021 Issue 15)
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Looking Forward – an exhibition of members’ new work.

Looking Forward

‘After a year of being locked-down, shut-down and closed in, this show is a chance to reflect on past experiences, or look to the future and expand our horizons… Art can give us a way to explore our own souls – there has been a powerful energy in the NSA during these times of change and we’d like to invite people to come and share this. In the beautiful space of Tremenheere Gallery, you will undoubtedly find ‘Looking Forward’ thoughtful, serious, joyful, sometimes playful… and up-lifting’, Yolande Armstrong, Chair of the NSA.

Read more Looking Forward Press release

Read more List of exhibitors Looking Forward 2021

Sat 19 June – Sun 11 July 2021
Tremenheere Gallery

Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens, Gulval, Penzance, Cornwall TR20 8YL

The exhibition is subject to government guidelines

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Edge of Dark Short Films

As part of the Edge of Dark exhibition at Tremenheere Gallery last October there was a showing of a series of short films made by several NSA members. A video featuring all eight films has been made, called Now and Now – click on the link to view. Best viewed on a mobile device.

The artists featured are Yolande Armstrong, Julia Giles, Penny Florence, Tim Ridley, Patricia Wilson Smith, Andrew Swan, Ken Turner and Janet McEwan. You can read more about each film in this post.

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Edge of Dark – video documentation

Follow the link Edge of Dark to watch the video on YouTube.

We are pleased to announce that Julia Giles has created a wonderful video documentation of Edge of Dark, an exhibition of paintings, drawings, sculptures and installations presented by the Newlyn Society of Artists and curated by artist Jesse Leroy Smith at Tremenheere Gallery, Penzance Oct 10th to Nov 1st 2020.

 

 

 

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Edge of Dark

Edge of Dark

Tremenheere Gallery

10 October to 1 November 2020

This October at Tremenheere Gallery the Newlyn Society of Artists presents ‘Edge of Dark’, an exhibition of paintings, drawings, sculptures and installations which explore ideas of light and dark, curated by respected artist Jesse Leroy Smith. For this exhibition, NSA members have been invited to consider themes around ‘Edge of Dark’ in any way they choose. Some have produced work which is abstract in nature, exploring line, colour, shape, light and shade. Some have looked at edges and tone in landscape, natural forms or figurative work, while others have created works which consider the issues facing our society in these challenging times.

Curator Jesse Leroy Smith says:

“The title was provocative enough last year [when it was originally posed, before the pandemic], it felt like so much was changing. Now it seems we are in the darkest days, but that is when resilience, camaraderie and hope are forged. One reason I am excited to curate this show is because it was conceived before 2020. It can address the foreboding challenges we face in every aspect of our futures, not with rhetoric and ideologies but with crayons to paper, ink to plaster. The show will be poor in cynicism and rich in wonder.”

This exhibition is the latest in a must-see programme by West Cornwall’s historic Newlyn Society of Artists. Admission to the gallery is free.

For opening times and more information see www.tremenheere.co.uk (link is external)

For more information on artists talks or on-line events visit: www.nsanewlyn.com

See Edge of Dark from 10 October to 1 November at Tremenheere Gallery, Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens, Gulval, Penzance, TR20 8YL. For further information see www.tremenheere.co.uk (link is external) or www.nsanewlyn.com

Edge Of Dark Exhibition Details

Editors Notes

Newlyn Society of Artists

Founded in 1896 by an influential group of artists, the NSA today is a diverse group of around 85 contemporary artists working across all disciplines from painting and sculpture to performance, the moving image and more. The NSA is run by an annually elected voluntary committee, who continue to seek new opportunities and welcome new membership applications. In 2017, the NSA began an exciting new partnership with Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens, whose new, contemporary gallery space is the venue for their twice-yearly exhibitions.

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Edge of Darkness – review by Mercedes Smith

The weight of glories, Belinda Whiting
Mercedes Smith shines a light on a thought-provoking new exhibition. 

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Edge of Dark – a review by Frank Ruhrmund

Checked Out, Manon Dowse

Some light at the Edge of Dark art show brings hope.

Hope in an age of cynicism and fear are stand out features of this show, says Frank Ruhrmund.

Read the full article as PDF by clicking on the following link to Western Morning News, October 17th, 2020

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Edge Of Dark – Short films by members of the Newlyn Society of Artists 2020

 

I remember in 2016 when we cheerfully echoed the phrase ‘May you live in interesting times’.  It seems the world has become a smaller, darker and more turbulent place since then. Is there yet a place, a case to be made, for optimism? 

Thankfully, artists think so. These short films seem to condense the beauty and the darkness of our new world, and urge us continually towards creative action.   Pat Wilson Smith

 

 

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