October 19, 2010 
Salthouse Church
Contemporary Art Presented by the NNEP
Since its very first exhibition, the (voluntary) North Norfolk Exhibition Project (NNEP) has annually staged a curated month-long contemporary art exhibition in the beautiful setting of Salthouse Church.
Each year, those selected artists with a Norfolk connection have produced thought-provoking, exciting work; often inspired by and reflecting the local built and natural environment.
In the absence of a dedicated non-commercial gallery in North Norfolk, the Project plays an invaluable role in promoting contemporary visual art. The NNEP exhibitions are recognised as one of the County’s premier arts events.
Curator, Laura Williams, is an art historian. In 2008 she established a gallery, Art 18/21, in Norwich’s medieval quarter. The gallery promotes fresh new work from around the world. She has selected the following Norfolk artists for the Salthouse 11 Art Exhibition in July:
The artists selected for Salthouse 11 are:
Viv Allen, Nick Ball, Steve Baker, Peter Baldwin, Peter Blunsden, Madi Boyd, Margie Britz, Helen Bullard, Mark Cator,Mary Crofts, Alec Cumming, Karin Forman, Rosie Greenhalgh, Beth Marie Groom, Elena Italia, Maggi Hamblin, Paul Bernard Harris, Helen Herbert, Jo Hincks, Gary Hincks, Anna-Lise Horsley, Elizabeth Humphries, Kieta Jackson, Maz Jackson, Brian G. James, Sally Lawford, Geoffrey Lefever, David Lindsay, Chris Loukes, Duncan MacArthur, Anna Macrae, Rory MacShane, John Midgely, Eric Moody, Tessa Newcomb, Mike Newman, Laurie Rudling, Andrew Schumnn, Ian Starsmore, Telfer Stokes, Barbara Symmons, Bruer Tidman, Maxine Turner, Brenda Unwin, Vanessa Vargo, Brian Whelan.
Events that took place in 2011
All concerts are held in Salthouse Church and start at 7.30
Price £8 Tickets can be bought on door on the night, at the exhibition,or by emailing: salthouse11@gmail.com or at the Tourist Information Centres in Cromer, Holt, Sheringham and Wells.
Seats can be hard so please feel free to bring a cushion.
Friday 8th July
An Evening with Andy Kirkham
Andy Kirkham comes form Norwich and plays music from around the world on nylon string guitar. He plays eclectic mix of tunes and Eastern Europe, North Africa, Latin America and home. His playing draws on influences of jazz and African Kora music, exploring novel textures and tunings to create beautiful flowing melodies perfect for a summer evening. 60
Saturday 16th
Hoofbeat Streetband IN CONCERT
Expect the unexpected from this lively evening of tunes and rhythms brought to you in a rich mix of jazz, rock, classical and folk-influenced genres. The band’s distinctive line-up of saxophones, accordion, trombone and percussion has been playingaround the region since 2003 under the direction of Jane Wells. Musical ‘shorts’ will include Kurt Weill’s Mac the Knife, East European Wedding Music, 14th century Machaut and contemporary pieces.
Saturday 23rd July
HUGH LUPTON Presents:
On Common Ground
An evening of stories and songs exploring the life and times of JOHN CLARE
The landscape holds the memory of everyone who has ever trodden it… all we have to do is listen. In this programme of story, poetry and song Hugh Lupton puts his ear to the ground and tells the story of John Clare. It is a performance that explores the porous boundaries between language and place, madness and exile, love and loss.
Saturday 30th July
Bob Flowerdew
Magic in your garden: planting by UFO light OR Magic in your garden aka gardening by the light of the moon
The evening promises a light-hearted exploration of some of the many curious aspects of gardening myth that are as fascinating as they are unscientific. These will range between the myth and magic associated with Kirlian photography and the wearing of magnetic bracelets. Please be warned: the talk contains surmise, extrapolation, political incorrectness and even some adult material.
Salthouse Sculpture Trail
Three walks on the Sculpture Trails have been organised to take place during the Salthouse 11 Exhibition.
All will start at 1.30, with walkers meeting at the Dun Cow pub on Salthouse Green.
- Saturday 9th July – will cover Salthouse and Kelling.
- Sunday 17th July – details to be confirmed.
- Sunday 24th July – will include the Salthouse 11 exhibition and the burial mounds on Salthouse Heath.
Launched as a new development for the North Norfolk Exhibition Project in 2008. Permanent, semi-permanent and temporary sculptures by local artists are placed at key points along the 10-mile trail which can be explored by walking or cycling and by using the Holt to Kelling Heath railway. The trail begins at Salthouse Church and ends at Holt Country Park. For more information visit http://www.salthousesculturetrail.co.uk
Workshops that took place in 2011
Workshops
Adult Workshops
The Devil is in the Detail
Film-making techniques to open your eyes!
Sunday 10 July, 10am-4pm and Sunday 17 July, 10am-1pm
Tutor: Siri Taylor
This workshop will enable participants to express and develop ideas through the medium of digital video cameras and computers… demystifying the technology and developing a camera eye. Working in small groups we will devise storylines and experiment with camera techniques for effective, atmospheric results. The tutor will edit the films for showing at the follow-on workshop, where all will be reviewed and editing techniques will be demonstrated.
Cameras will be available, but course members should bring their own if they have them.
For details contact Siri on 01263 513434
Cost: £40
Stained Glass Mosaic
Saturday 16 July, 10am-4pm
Tutor: Teri Lockton
Explore the magic and beauty of light and colour using glass. Because no technical expertise is necessary to make a stained glass mosaic panel, you can concentrate on the play of colour, shape and texture to create interesting patterns. There will be a vast array of small pieces of coloured glass from which to choose. The variety of glass, some with vivid colours and interesting textures, acts as a spur to your creativity. Often the shape of a piece of glass can be the inspiration for an entire design. The transformation which comes when the finished panel is held up to the light is a surprise and a joy.
Please wear old clothes!
For details contact Teri on 01379 740117
Cost: £30
Collagraph Printmaking Weekend
Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 July, 10am-4pm
Tutor: Laurie Rudling
This course will introduce you to making printing plates from collages. As well as normal art/craft materials we shall explore using found objects and textures and integrating these with traditional engraved line. Students will be introduced to the mysteries of intaglio printing of their plates on an etching press. We shall explore the vast possibilities of different inks, “wipes” and various papers. We shall use oil based etching inks but this will be within a solvent free approach to studio practice (no turps).
Please bring scissors, pencil, gum spreader, apron or similar overall. If you have an artistic agenda (!) some sketch or source material relating to it, otherwise motifs will be suggested. Plate making materials and inks are included in the fee but papers will be charged as used.
For details contact Laurie on 01603 408022
Cost: £50
Experimental Drawing and Mark-Making
Saturday 30 July, 10am-4pm
Tutor: Malca Schotten
“For me, drawing is a critical means of expression, where I can release my passions and responses to the world around me.”This workshop will focus on the use of memory and emotions in drawing practice; exploring the journey and physical energy of drawing, rather than a conceived finished piece. An experimental day in which participants have the opportunity let go their inhibitions, using their whole body movement and working on a large scale. A day that can be enjoyable for people at all levels of experience.
For details contact Malca on 01603 417376 or 07920 097796
Cost: £30
Don’t Let Tradition Die
Saturday 6 August, 10am-2pm
Tutor: Jill Hill
Using Alice Armes’ book “English Smocks” as our guide, we shall explore various “box” designs – that’s the part of the smock that denoted the wearer’s trade – and use the designs as inspiration to create an embellished textile using simple techniques including stitch, print, colouring, and layering of semi transparent fabrics.
Please bring small embroidery scissors or thread snips and scissors for cutting fabric.
For details contact Jill on 01263 584155 or 01263 587268
Jill.hill@mypostoffice.co.uk (with WORKSHOP in the subject line)
Cost: £25
| FREE PLACES FOR THE OVER 6Os
Thanks to funding from Norfolk Community Foundation’s Active at 60 programme, we are able to offer a limited number of FREE places on all the adult workshops for people over 60 on low incomes. If you would like to take advantage of this great opportunity, please indicate this on the booking form.
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Family Workshops
Inside Out/Outside In
Creative Writing with Phil Barrett
Saturday 9 July, 10am-4pm
In the morning, we will ‘get in the mood’ with some introductory exercises – playing with words – before exploring different ways of looking at a piece of art work. This will be followed by a look round the exhibition, focusing on works chosen by the group. In the afternoon you will be asked to choose just one work in the exhibition, and to begin to collect observations about it based on the morning’s exercises. There will be help to begin to shape these, and we will meet to read-back work in progress, and to discuss how to make it more effective. At the end of the afternoon we will share work produced.
Please bring something to write with and something to write on; warm clothing, and a weather proof coat and shoes, or umbrella; digital or phone cameras (optional) to record anything which seems important, or just catches your attention, to help with your writing.
For details contact Phil on 01263 710075
ppk@otterstone.freeserve.co.uk
This workshop is free but booking is advisable as places are limited
Island Realm
Installation with Jessica Perry
Sunday 31 July, 10am-4pm
Drop-in anytime to create your own island within the Imagine Sea, indoors at Columbia Hall, Salthouse! 3D islands of all shapes and sizes will fill the space. All visitors are welcome to collaborate throughout the day, populating the islands with people, animals and strange buildings. All materials provided for this enjoyable and playful event, though you are welcome to collect small findings from the beach to include on your island.
For details contact Jess on 01263 735013
This workshop is free and no booking is required
Workshop for Carers and Clients
These FREE workshops have been specifically designed for people working in caring professions (with children, young people, older people or those with special care needs) and their clients. They will be inspirational and fun, whilst providing creative skills and ideas that may be easily applied and shared with others back in the workplace.
Wrapping the Landscape
Thursday 21st July, 10am-3pm
Tutor: June Croll
Create a unique piece of textile art using simple but effective thread-wrapping techniques. Evoke the local landscape by wrapping coloured and textured yarns around a cardboard support. Then add layers of needle-weaving and other embellishments to create 3D effects. This workshop is suitable for all ages and abilities.
For details contact June on 07855 145690
This workshop is free but booking is advisable as places are limited
Collaborative Block Printing
Friday 29th July, 10am-3pm
Tutor: Bev Broadhead
Bev will be working Holt Day Services to produce a large-scale collaborative ‘pixellated’ landscape on paper made up of individual block prints. The prints will take their inspiration from the local landscape – looking specifically at line and subtle changes of colour. Working together, listening to ideas, exploring creative individuality, with professional guidance and facilitation, are key elements to this workshop that will be both fun and informative.
For details contact Bev on 01263 519534 or 07977 441930
THIS WORKSHOP IS FULLY BOOKED
Schools Workshops
Every year, in conjunction with the Salthouse exhibition, the North Norfolk Exhibition Project delivers a subsidised and engaging programme of workshops in partnership with skilled professional artists and local primary and high schools. There are six creative workshops happening this year, all in Salthouse, with Langham, Gresham, Burnham Market and Walsingham Primary Schools, and North Walsham and Litcham High Schools. These lucky students will explore printmaking, pottery, sculpture and mural painting under the expert guidance of Annette Rolston, Dave Sturgess, Jessica Perry and Jacky Hutson.
For more information about this programme please email Rosie Glasgow rosieglasgow@googlemail.com
ALL WORKSHOPS ARE HELD AT BRITISH COLUMBIA HALL, CROSS STREET, SALTHOUSE NR25 7AX
British Columbia Hall and Salthouse Church are off the main A149 Coast Road and can be reached by the Coast Hopper Bus which runs from King’s Lynn to Cromer.
Tea and coffee will be available throughout the day but please bring snacks and a picnic lunch or, if you’d prefer, you can lunch at The Dun Cow or Cookies in Salthouse Village.
The Salthouse 11 Workshops Programme is supported by:
Holt Area Partnership
Norfolk Community Foundation’s Active at 60 Fund
Norfolk County Council
North Norfolk District Council
Poppyland Partnership
Upcher Community Partnership
The Geoffrey Watling Charity TBC
Other Arts Events in North Norfolk
For more information on events in and around North Norfolk visit www.northnorfolk.org/arts
