DACS Claim back money from your artwork

DACS is running a promotion to encourage visual artists to recommend Payback to a friend.

This is open to any visual artist and they do not need to be an existing claimant. As long as they refer a friend by the Payback deadline they will both be entered into a prize draw to each win £150 to spend at either Jackson’s Art Supplies or METROPRINT (Metro’s new online print service).

If you know of anyone who could benefit then please spread the word!
How to enter:
1. Recommend Payback to a friend and encourage them to make a claim.
2. Email both your name and your friend’s name to refer@dacs.org.uk Please state if you have a preference for METROPRINT or Jackson’s Art Supplies.
3. If you both submit a claim by Friday 9 September 2011, then you will both be automatically entered into the draw.

Further details can be found on our website:

http://www.dacs.org.uk/index.php?m=4&s=4&c=188

Payback is an annual distribution of money to which any artist can apply – if they have ever had their work reproduced in a book or magazine – see DACS website for full details of what books and magazines are eligible.

Peckham Space – Arts Clubs

£600 funded; £1,400 and 15 days to go – Peckham Space need to raise £2,000 for ART CLUBS to take place this December 2011.

http://wedidthis.org.uk/projects/arts-clubs

ART CLUBS will benefit over 100 young people from Peckham, providing access to creative and educational activity.

We know this is possible with your help. All we need is 100 people to give £20.

PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD AND BE GENEROUS. PECKHAM NEEDS YOU. THANK YOU.

Peckham Space’s FREE Art Clubs invite young people from Peckham, London, SE15 to take part in art activities during school holiday periods.

Alongside interactive exhibitions, we run tutor-led workshops exploring different art methods and materials,

Summer Party at close of Exhibition at Blackwater Court

Friday 15th July 6-9pm

Inviting all SLWA and supporters -Come and join us at Blackwater Court for our SLWA summer celebration

A chance to catch up on all the news with fellow members and friends and see the show curated by Laura Moreton- Griffiths. Be inspired to get together with other SLWA and organise your own exhibition.

Vicky Forrester

Precious cuff- heavy 22 carat plate on brass

Genre: 3D, jewellery

Contact Details:
Website: www.vickyforrester.com
Email: vicky@sublime.net

Statement:
Jewellery for me is an art form; I see jewellery as wearable sculpture, a means to explore form, to ask questions and present challenges, to soothe the senses or to awaken them.

SLWA Summer Exhibition,Blackwater Court,East Dulwich.

PRESS RELEASE: JUNE 2011
SLWA SUMMER EXHIBITION SHOWCASES LOCAL ARTISTS’ WORK

For two nights only on Fridays 8 and 15 July the work of South London Women Artists (SLWA) will be on show at Bespoke Space, Blackwater Court in East Dulwich. In an homage to the Royal Academy’s Summer Show SLWA are staging their own exhibition albeit on a more bijou scale. The SLWA Summer Show will be hung in traditional salon style to infuse the space with life and energy – an energy that will continue during the week as dance and yoga classes take place surrounded by the work.

There will be a launch event on Friday 8 July with talks by the participating artists about their work from a range of disciplines including painting, drawing, photography, printmaking and mixed media. On Friday 15 July the end of show party will celebrate South London Women Artists and their achievements.

South London Women Artists aims to celebrate and promote female artists through its inspirational online portfolio at www.southlondonwomenartists.co.uk. It now has a membership of over 100 artists, a successful track record of exhibiting and a growing reputation for community projects with local schools.

Event: SLWA Summer Exhibition
Venue: Unit 4, Bespoke Space, Blackwater Court, 17-21 Blackwater Street. East Dulwich SE22
Dates: Launch & artist talks – Friday 8 July 2011 6-9pm
End of show party – Friday 15 July 2011 6-9pm
Entrance free, all welcome.

For more information and images contact:
Kim Thornton at slwapress@googlemail.com
or go to www.southlondonwomenartists.co.uk

SLWA ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING June 21

Having your say at our AGM 2010

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
JUNE 21 2011, 6.40 FOR 7.00PM
THE LINBURY ROOM, DULWICH PICTURE GALLERY

THREE YEARS OLD AND MAKING OUR MARK

SLWA’s won 4 out of the 6 prizes at the Friends of Dulwich Picture Gallery Exhibition.
43 SLWA artists participated in Dulwich Open House
Individual SLWAs win prizes and are selected for top shows.

MOVING ONWARDS

Come and have your say at the AGM workshop

It is a workshop not a dry old AGM so come and
Shape SLWA for the next three years – Jenny is moving on to become Chair of the Friends of DPG
Share ideas on the new SLWA Website
Sign up for Bankside 2, May 2 – May 7  2012
Help plan more SLWA exhibitions, more Pop Ups, more ……..
Network – meet other SLWAs and find new people to work with and exhibit with
Get involved – we are asking members to join in – seek opportunities to take a part.

The AGM will discuss the Steering Group’s decision to increase the membership fee from £10 to £15.00.
There will be an opportunity to pay membership fees during the evening.

Dilek O’Keeffe

“Future Tense-Pinnacle”, Oil on Canvas, 96cm x 152cm x 4cm

Genre: 2D

Artist statement:

My works are about our times and taking a fresh look at things. Mostly, I get inspired by contemporary life and visual media and paint in a televisual style to emphasise this. I use new world tools including my computer and photography to help me imagine my work before I put brush to canvas.

Jane Stothert

View from Lavender Hill 25x33cm Screenprint 2009

Genre:2D

Artist Statement:
Jane’s training as a Graphic Designer is evident in her work through her love of colour, shape and rhythm. She moves between being purely non-referential to careful analytical observations of London scenes and interiors. More recently she has been inspired not only by the landscapes to be found in London, but also from her trips abroad.

SLWA Maria Beddoes has won two prizes in the Stevens Architectural Competition

The annual Stevens Architectural Glass Competition is open to students and glass artists who have completed their training within the last five years, judged by five leading glass artists.

The project for the Stevens Competition 2011 is to design a glass feature for the wall in the Macmillan Wellbeing and Therapy Room within the new UCLH Cancer Centre.

Maria’s Proposed Artwork is a 2m square back painted and mirrored panel of glass with a labyrinth design:

Title: You Are Here

Next event in SLWA PPD series:Curator Sarah Sparkes at Dulwich Library 18 May

SLWA – Independent Curating.

Talk & presentation by Sarah Sparkes.

Wed 18 May 6.30 -8.30 pm.

Upstairs room at Dulwich Library

£5 SLWA members and friends £8 non-members