Past Events 2010
From Key Arts
This page shows events that happened in 2010. If you want to see the upcoming events click here.
Kate Ackerley - The Sacred Supermarket or 'Where Do You Spend Sundays?' - 13 - 16 July
Kate Ackerley juxtaposed the sacred and the secular with two installation spaces, ‘Church’ and ‘Supermarket’, within the walls of St Mary’s at the Quay. Paintings, photographs and constructed items furnished the two spaces for you to experience and then reflect on the nature of the sacred in 2010. Visitors were invited to bring fresh flowers and prayer cards for the ‘Church’ and plastic bags (to recycle into flowers) and Wanted ads for the ‘Supermarket’.
See more of Kate's work here www.kateackerley.com
Ipswich Arts Festival 2010 - HYBRID - 26 June - 11 July
Key Arts' Members and the Community Garden Project collaborated in a unique exhibition called Hybrid. Diverse interpretations of the theme by artists and gardeners were brought together on the opening day 26 June when work from the Garden Project arrived at the Church late afternoon. During the day a Workshop for making your own art work was run by two local artists for members of the public and children at the Garden Community Project, Maidenhall Allotments, Halifax Road, Ipswich.
Robert Walker, David Hardy, Elizabeth Gwilliam - Diversity - 16-20 June
This was a group show bringing together a diverse! range of work with over 100 visitors attracting a number of favourable comments : 'Stimulating work', 'Really interesting works', 'Real fun'. See some of their artwork here : Robert Walker David Hardy Elizabeth Gwilliam
Ewa Byszko-Kestowicz - Along the Essex Shore - 24-26 May
The exibition presented recent works of the author. They present the common scenes of Essex landscapes. They are to transcend the everyday visual experience of vast expanses of land, sea and sky into the relation between human and divine, physical and spiritual.
James Noble - Selectors - 8-21 May
Selectors, a group exhibition looking at the practice of artists who sample everyday objects and their pre-established associations and meanings in order to create a new dialogue between the viewer and the object and the objects themselves. The exhibition investigated the artists gaze as a creative process and the transformative, alchemist like quality to recode an item found on the street or a mass-produced item bought from the high street. Selectors engaged with the questioning of traditional values in the production of artwork, such as technical skill, manual labour, authorship and originality. The show had works from recent MA graduates from the Chelsea College of Art and Design, as well as artists from Ipswich and Norwich.
Justine Moss - Bridezilla 12-18 April
Justine worked in the Church of St Mary at the Quay to create a large scale paper installation inspired by the intricate patterns of lace. This was an amazing sight in the church and the light was kind to us on the evening of the PV. A huge amount of effort was made to create the installation and was a fantastic example of how the space at St Mary’s can be used to full advantage for our Members.
Members' Exhibition 15-20th March
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This was the Key Arts' annual Members' show and was an opportunity to see the groups most recent work. Members taking part this year were: Borin Van Loon, Kate Ackerley, Ed Cooper, Patrick Constantine, Hilary Owers, Robert Walker, David Hardy, Ruth Hurlock, Elizabeth Gwilliam, Beryl Scott and Ruth Richmond. Although early in the year the show was acclaimed by those who visited and the artists were pleased to be able to see their recent work hung. This is exactly the opportunity that presents itself to our Member's who otherwise might not have an opportunity to show their work.
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Art and Science 28th February
On 28th February Members of the Curiosity Collective and Key Arts met to talk about their work and look for similarities in their practice. Despite the damp weather an enthusiastic throng gathered to hear the motivations and techniques behind the Dark Show and some of the exhibits. We explored the journey taken by the artist and the technologist in arriving at a piece of work and heard and discussed the impacts on fellow artists of the Dark Show work itself and also discussed the similar journeys previous generations have taken to embrace the technology of the time. It was very encouraging to hear one of the attendees enthusing about taking some of the learning from the event and itching to use the same technique within her own work in order to explore a new avenue of expression.
Curiosity Collective: the dark show 15th-17th January 2010
We started the year with the Curiosity Collective's ‘Dark Show’ with some incredible works at St Mary's. Many thanks to the Curiosity Collective for engaging with Key Arts in this, again, unique way. David Chatting of the Collective says, "The Dark Show was our sixth exhibition in Ipswich since the group emerged in 2005. In this show we wanted to use the dark and cold of this mediaeval church to situate our technologic curiosities, creating an atmosphere of mystery and surprise. Twelve pieces were shown, using a variety of techniques in sound, light and projected imagery. In Lunula Mike Challis used a culture of living bioluminescent algae to create a light show when they were agitated by sound waves; we believe this is the first time algae have been used like this in an installation. We were delighted by the the response of the visitors over the weekend." - more details are available at: http://curiositycollective.org
