March 2024
The Arts Club Aldeburgh Beach goes from strength to strength. Our 340 or so members are amongst the most exciting and influential arts people in Suffolk.
Sir PETER BLAKE RA, Sir HUMPHREY BURTON, LIZ CALDER,
EILEEN COOPER RA, EMMA FREUD, RYAN GANDER RA, JILL GREEN, MAGGI HAMBLING, Lady PATTY HOPKINS, ANTHONY HOROWITZ, IAN MCMILLAN, BLAKE MORRISON, BEN PRESTON, LIBBY PURVES, DIANA QUICK, JANICE TURNER, ALISON WILDING RA, ROGER WRIGHT, HELEN ATKINSON WOOD, DEREK WYATT
For our February monthly Arts Club lunch we had a great turnout 24 members!
Everyone brought delicious food and drink to share and we had exciting discussions about Arts Club plans for this year.
MONTHLY ARTS CLUB LUNCH
Monthly Arts Club Lunch, Wednesday 6th March 1pm @ the Lookout
Please bring food and drink to share!
Let’s meet, mingle and collaborate this month!
Love Caroline xx
MEMBERS’ BULLETIN
This bulletin highlights a selection of art happenings this month in and around Suffolk. You can also read this on our website
Caroline Wiseman Celebrates 35 years of Art Dealing
Here I am with Patrick Caulfield and Craigie Aitchison, Patrick Heron, Terry Frost (and his family) and Peter Blake. These are just some of the many extraordinary artists I have had the pleasure of working with over the years.
Arts Club Members are all invited to the Champagne opening to launch this exhibition on Easter Saturday 30th March 11-4pm. At the Arthouse/Lookout.
RSVP
New Honorary Member
Laurence Edwards
I am delighted to announce our new Arts Club honorary member - Laurence Edwards!
Also, very excitingly Laurence is inviting us to his foundry in Halesworth to view a Bronze Pour. This is a thrilling experience and afterwards, over a glass of wine, Laurence will kindly give us a tour of his studio.
This will be on a Friday afternoon in either March or April, TBA. Numbers are very limited so please let me know ASAP if you are interested in joining us.
Laurence in his Foundry Studio
In November 2021, Laurence installed a 26-foot-high sculpture, alongside the A12 highway in Suffolk, called ‘Yoxman’. This colossal figure embodies his fascination between the human figure and the environment; he is part tree, cove, cliff and figure. Organic matter is built into the casting process; a detritus of leaves, branches, stone and rope. The patina and colouring of the sculpture will, in time, reflect the nearby cliffs. Drawing together the movement of time from the ancient past through the present and looking towards the future.
One of the few sculptors who casts his own work, Laurence is fascinated by human anatomy and the metamorphosis of form and matter that governs the lost-wax process. The driving force behind his work is bronze, an alloy that physically and metaphorically illustrates entropy, the natural tendency of any system in time to tend towards disorder and chaos. His sculptures express the raw liquid power of bronze, its versatility, mass and evolution, and the variety of process marks he retains tell the story of how and why each work came to be.
New Member Spotlight: Sophie Crockett
Sophie Crockett (b.1969)
was returned from a sea-going childhood to a rural life and a village school in Suffolk. Adventuring in the nearby verges and lanes of Cretingham, she grew up around animals and nature and the last of old Suffolk traditions and farm life. A yearning for the simple ties of a rural existence and the stories and legends of human history have driven so much of her creative output.
“Fairy tales read, an obsession with horses, cycling barefoot, paraffin stoves in the bathroom, grabbing at eels in streams, dirt floors at the old lady’s cottage. Magic and tradition. Legend and storytelling. Horses, horses, horses. All this.”
Sophie is a self-taught oil painter and has a studio near Aldeburgh in Suffolk.
MEMBERS’ NEWS
The Ecstasy of Nature The Nature of Ecstasy
Two Arts Club members Carol Lawrence and Lynne Nesbit have collaborated on a new book
EYEWILD BOOKS is delighted to announce our latest publication, ‘The Ecstasy of Nature the Nature of Ecstasy’. by Lynne Nesbit, with artwork by Carol Lawrence. This collection of poems covers the many aspects of our relationship to nature in all its guises, Lynne writes with a light touch, great depth and humorous wisdom. Lynne has performed her poetry and songs at many different venues in Suffolk and beyond, including the Aldeburgh South Lookout. She is a Trustee and copy editor of the Suffolk Poetry Society. There will be a book launch in the Spring but if you would like to purchase a copy of her book before the official book launch please get in touch via our website www.eyewildbooks.com or contact
carol@green-lantern.co.uk or Lynne at fairygodmother2@gmail.com
The 23rd Literary Festival Exhibition at The Aldeburgh Gallery
Margaret Currie has been running the Aldeburgh Gallery for 30yrs and she invites us all to this very special exhibition.
Mary Moser at Visionary Brit Museum
Here is another Arts Club collaboration - Caro Holford invites us to her exhibition at the Visionary Brit Museum, which is run by another Arts Club member Degard.
Mary Moser's Friends On Tour
at Visionary Brit Museum
Open daily, Monday to Sunday 10 - 5 pm
9 March till 10 May 2024
Address: O/S British Museum, Gt Russell St,
London WC1B 3DA
Our new Honorary Arts Club member Emma Freud asks us all to support this years Comic Relief on Friday 15th March
Comic Relief
Red Nose Day returns on Friday 15 March – it’s time to come together, do something funny for money and make a serious difference
Alex Jones, Alison Hammond, Davina McCall, Gemma Collins, Jonathan Bailey, Sir Lenny Henry, Nick Grimshaw, Rosie Jones, Simon Cowell and Vogue Williams star in brand-new Red Nose Day sketch featuring cameo from acting royalty, Dame Joan Collins
Film hopes to inspire the nation to come together, have a laugh and help make a difference
Watch the film on YouTube here(opens in new window)
The BBC One night of entertainment comes live from Salford on Friday 15 March, produced by BBC Studios Entertainment
After an incredible 39 years, this will be Sir Lenny Henry’s final year of hosting the show
Aisling Bea, Fatiha El-Ghorri, Joel Dommett, Mawaan Rizwan, Rosie Jones and Sara Pascoe join Sir Lenny Henry for Comic Relief – Live at The London Palladium
Funniest and most sustainable Red Nose collection to date available on Amazon(opens in new window) now, modelled by Jayde Adams, Self Esteem, Tommy Jessop and more
Red Nose Day T-shirt and sweatshirt fashion collection from TK Maxx features characters from the iconic Aardman family - including Wallace and Gromit and Shaun the Sheep
Money raised this Red Nose Day could help tackle poverty, provide food, essential healthcare or safe shelter for people in the UK and around the world
Find out how you can get involved at www.comicrelief.com/rednoseday
By the South Lookout
Theronda Hoffman invites us to this lovely exhibition. The private view is 5-7pm Friday 15th March
Drawn to Landscape
Perienne Christian invites us to her exhibition Drawn to Landscape - At the Sanctuary Gallery, Newnham on Severn, which continues until 15th March. Perienne has moved to the Bristol area but continues to run her online Creative Cafe which she invites you to join if you would like to. For more information
https://www.periennechristian.co.uk/
Britten Pears Arts
See the fascinating exhibition programme for the Spring and Summer at Snape Maltings, which starts with Beryl and Pam featuring Anna Ilsley and Hannah Lees
For more information
https://brittenpearsarts.org/exhibitions/beryl-pam-anna-ilsley-hannah-lees
Calling all Poets to support SEAS
Anne Parsons calls all poets to write a poem illustrating the possible impact the onshore energy proposals could have on our landscape and community.
Calling all Sculptors for the Aldeburgh Hospital Sensory Garden
Anne Parsons also calls on sculptors as she is looking to refresh the sculpture in the Aldeburgh sensory garden.
Lynne Nesbit invites us to this song and poetry recital
Britten Pears Arts
Rebecca May Marston has curated a fascinating exhibition programme for the Spring and Summer at Snape Maltings, which starts with Beryl and Pam featuring Anna Ilsley and Hannah Lees
For more information
https://brittenpearsarts.org/exhibitions/beryl-pam-anna-ilsley-hannah-lees
Save the Date! INK!
Helen Atkinson Wood reminds us to book tickets for the upcoming
The INK Festival, The Cut, Halesworth Suffolk 11-14th April 2024
INK presents an exciting four days of live performance
https://inkfestival.org/about-ink/
SUBMITTING A NOTICE
Don't forget to send me an image of yourself and a paragraph about you for the ARTS CLUB MEMBERS page of the Aldeburgh Beach Lookout website. The easiest way to submit a notice is to send it to caroline@carolinewiseman.com