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SOL Design Collective: Sponsor of Artists Open Houses

SOL Design Collective: Sponsor of Artists Open Houses

by Lana Burgess | Jan 29, 2018 | Art Explored

SOL Design Collective is proud to announce that we are the sponsor for this May’s Artists Open Houses (AOH) festival. Twice a year around 200 artists and makers across Brighton & Hove open their homes and studios to the public as part of the festival. This summer...
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  • In The Diary // IMMERSE ⠀ By Gina Kawecka @ginakawecka⠀ ONCA Barge at Brighton Marina⠀ @onca_arts⠀ ⠀ ‘The dream is the aquarium of the night’ Victor Hugo ⠀ ⠀ Immerse is a moving image and sound installation illuminating the soft unseen waterscape of Brighton’s female sea swimmers. ⠀ ⠀ Shot in the sea using natural light, the camera movement and underwater sound create a mysterious dreamlike environment playing with notions of surface and depth, fusion and separation, reflection and inversion. ⠀ ⠀ Immerse goes beyond documentary into an imaginary aquatic underworld. The images pour through three vertical voile screens, encouraging the discovery of multiple viewpoints and inviting audience immersion into a mesmeric mysterious space.⠀ ⠀ The artist will be onsite at this exhibition.⠀ ⠀ Following it’s hugely successful exhibition at University of Brighton 2018, Immerse has been reworked for the wonderful floating ONCA Gallery space.⠀ ⠀ Sat 1st & Sun 2nd June 12:30pm-5:30pm⠀ on ONCA Barge at Brighton Marina⠀ ⠀ Book a ‘family & friends’ ticket for only £8 (plus booking fee) for a group or 4 adults or £3 per person cash on the door to 'Immerse' yourselves!⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ #GinaKawecka #fromtheheartofbrighton #brightonart #brightonartists #brightongallery #brightonart #brightonandhove #brightonartist #brighton⠀⁣⠀⁣⠀ #artlovers #artlife #artoninstagram #art #artist ⠀⁣⠀ #contemporaryart #brightonevents #artclass #artworkshop #brightonworkshop #FashionRevolutionWeek #visitbrighton #whatsonbrighton ⁣#IMMERSE #ONCA #ONCAGallery #ONCAGalleryBrighton #ONCABrighton #Underwatervideo⠀ ⠀
  • Makers Monday // David J Lilly⠀⠀ @davidjohnlilly⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ "I'm colourblind, but I love colour"⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ David is colour-blind from birth. Born into a time and place where colour-blindness was considered a limiting factor, David was consciously discouraged at school from taking up an artistic career.⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ David’s most lasting memory of being exposed to mind-boggling art (as a teenager) was Coventry Cathedral; and it was from there that his love of coloured glass began.⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ David went on a stained- glass course, which lead on to five years of fun and gaining recognition for his skills; now eighteen years on he has for the last 12 years run a successful stained-glass business with clients in the UK, Sweden, Australia, USA and France.⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ David has now turned his attention to Dalle de Verre glass as a research project as he is the UK’s only it specialist and consults on it’s conservation and restoration throughout the UK. Next year he has been invited to take part in an exhibition about the life of the pre-raphaelite Edward Burne-Jones and create a Dalle de Verre piece in response to that brief.⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ David’s current creative work is focused around fold-forming copper sheet. One of his biggest influencers is nature, and is taking inspiration from the remains of prehistoric sea creatures that can be found in the strata off the Sussex coast of England where he is based. David has begun creating a range of sculptures emulating those ideas and is also enjoying trialling organic patinas on each piece as a form of aged degradation.⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ David also designs and makes jewellery, incorporating semi-precious stones with copper using the very same techniques that he is using in the sculptural work⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ .⠀⠀ .⠀⠀ .⠀⠀ #fromtheheartofbrighton #brightonart #brightonartists #brightongallery #brightonandhove #brightonartist #brighton #brightongallery #artlovers #artlife #artoninstagram #art #artist ⠀⠀⠀⁣⠀⠀ #contemporaryart #artgallery #brightonevents #makersgonnamake #artofbrighton #stainedglass #glasswork #brightonopenhouse #brightonartistopenhouse #davidjohnlilly #AOH #Brighton #MakersMonday #turnedbowls #sculptures #compositeglass #colourblind⠀⠀
  • CALLING ALL AOH ARTISTS! The SOL Design Collective Award: Artists Open Houses 2019 - ‘A Creative Celebration’ Deadline for entries: Monday 27th May At SOL Design Collective we celebrate local artists and their work. It is our core principle to support and encourage the creative community, sharing their artistic energy and output with the world. We help artists to build resilience within the practical aspects of their business and to get their work more widely seen and sold, by applying solid pricing principles and the use of effective social media and digital marketing. We are therefore proud to announce that this year, as part of our sponsorship for the Artists Open Houses Festival 2019, our award is based on celebrating the creative community of our city as captured by the AOH Festival. For submissions to qualify, artists must be participating in Artists Open House 2019. We invite you to submit up to three images which capture the mood of The Artists Open House festival, under the title ‘A Creative Celebration’ The image / images are submitted on Instagram and should be posted to your own Instagram and/or your Open House Instagram account, promoting both your event and work. Images submitted must tag SOL Design Collective – @soldesign_col – and must use the #soldesign_AOH2019 hashtag. Deadline for entries: Monday 27th May The SOL Design Collective Award and will be presented at the end of the festival. The winning artists/s will be awarded: One year’s free showcase within the SOL Design Collective community, plus 3 free workshop sessions. Good luck and we look forward to celebrating your art and success with you! OPEN TO ALL AOH 2019 ARTISTS AND HOUSES – PLEASE LET ALL YOUR GUEST ARTISTS KNOW! @artistsopenhouses . . . #AOHbrighton #artistsopenhouses #artistsopenhousesbrighton #fromtheheartofbrighton #brightonart #brightonartists #brightongallery #brightonandhove #brightonartist #brighton #brightongallery #artlovers #artlife #artoninstagram #art #artist ⠀⠀⠀⁣⠀ #contemporaryart #artgallery #brightonevents #makersgonnamake #artofbrighton #brusheswithwatercolour #brightonopenhouse #brightonartistopenhouse #AOHMay #Brighton #MakersMonday⠀
  • In The Diary // Botanical Paper Cutting Workshop - Charity Fundraiser⠀ Thursday 23rd May 11am-2pm⠀ ⠀ Join artist Silvina De Vita in The Greenhouse at Emmaus Brighton for a botanical paper cutting workshop to raise money to help people move on from homelessness. ⠀ ⠀ Come and find out about the techniques she uses to create her pieces, and then create your own! You will use a variety of materials to create miniature plants modelled on a selection in the Emmaus Greenhouse, or from your own favourites, and will produce an original piece to take home with you.⠀ ⠀ This workshop is ideal for beginners who are interested in learning the basics of Paper Cutting. Paper Cutting is a fast growing trend and a great way of creating designs to brighten up your home, create decorations for special occasions such as Christmas and Weddings, or make personal gifts for friends and family. ⠀ ⠀ The session will be held in the Greenhouse - the beautiful conservatory at the back of the secondhand superstore. ⠀ ⠀ All materials will be provided. Classes are limited to 10 spaces in total so be quick if you would like to book!⠀ ⠀ £33 Ticket price includes:⠀ ⠀ - 3 hours of teaching from Artist Silvina De Vita to make your own piece of botanical artwork⠀ - All materials⠀ - Tea and toasted teacakes (please inform us of any dietary requirements in advance)⠀ - A frame for your work⠀ - A plant lovingly propagated by the Emmaus team in their onsite polytunnel.⠀ ⠀ (The ticket is discounted due to the charitable nature of this event, normally £40)⠀ ⠀ Emmaus is a charity helping people move on from homelessness by providing them with a home and meaningful work in a supportive, family environment. ⠀ ⠀ The Emmaus Brighton community is home to 47 people, known as companions, and each individual contributes by working to the best of their ability in one of the social enterprises or in another role within the community. ⠀ ⠀ The Greenhouse is a magical place which sells plants alongside second hand and handmade gardening goods, most of which are donated by members of the public.⠀ ⠀ For more information please email silvina.design@gmail.com⠀ ⠀ ⠀
  • Gallery in Focus // @twokatsandacow⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ Two Kats and a Cow was set up by three painters; Katty McMurray, Kathryn Matthews and John Marshall in one of Brighton Beach’s Victorian seafront arches.⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ The name Two Kats and a Cow was coined by the three artists, the ‘Two Kats’ referring to Katty McMurray and Kathryn Matthews and the ‘Cow’ referring to the work of John Marshall.⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ They exhibit some of UK’s best jewellers, ceramicists and sculptors and is Brighton’s oldest independent fine arts gallery.⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ Two Kats and a Cow hosts an annual show, every April/May and additional events throughout the year⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ @kathrynmatthewsartist⠀⠀ @kattymcmurray⠀⠀ @thecowman⠀⠀ .⠀⠀ .⠀⠀ .⠀⠀ #twokatsandacow #twokatsandacowGalleryBrighton #twokatsandacowgallery #fromtheheartofbrighton #brightonartist #brightonartists #galleryinfocus #artgallery #brighton #brightonartist #brightonartists #brightongallery #brightonlanes #northlanes #northlanesbrighton #art #makersgonnamake #emergingartist #contemporaryart⠀#kathrynmatthewsartist #thecowman #JohnMarshall #JohnMarshallArtist #kattymcmurray⠀⠀ ⠀⠀
  • In The Diary // Flight ⠀⠀ Saturday 4th - Thursday 23rd May ⠀⠀ @brightonfringe⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ With their small inheritance stitched into their clothes, two children set off on an epic journey across Europe – orphaned refugee brothers on a desperate odyssey to freedom and safety.⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ In Jamie Harrison's (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child magic effects and illusions designer) and Candice Edmunds' unique staging, Flight combines unsettling themes with spellbinding images. Mixing graphic novel with exquisite diorama, it is a story of hope and survival that draws you into its fragile miniature world, compelling you to contemplate the terror of children adrift in dangerous lands.⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ Watch the action unfold from your personal booth with the story and music in your headphones. Miniature images and models move slowly round in front of you, drawing you into the brothers' heart-wrenching journey.⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ Tickets £12.50⠀⠀ King Alfreds Leisure Center⠀⠀ Booking in advance required⠀⠀ .⠀⠀ .⠀⠀ .⠀⠀ #fromtheheartofbrighton #brightonart #brightonartists #brightongallery #brightonart #brightonandhove #brightonartist #brighton⠀⁣⠀⠀ #artlovers #artlife #artoninstagram #art #artist ⠀⠀ #contemporaryart #brightonevents #artclass #artworkshop #brightonworkshop #brightonartclass #visitbrighton #whatsonbrighton #BrightonFringe #Fringe #FringeFestival #BrightonFringeFestival #Flight #FlightShow #InTheDiary⠀⠀ ⠀⠀

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