June Newsletter
Monday, 17 June 2019
SLAUGHTERHAUS. THE PLACE TO BE
Hi Visitor,
Leonardo da Vinci said, “An artist's studio should be a small place because small rooms discipline the mind and large ones distract it” He was probably speaking about SLAUGHTERHAUS. Of course, Picasso had a huge space to work in and Georgia O’Keefe worked on a ranch. Really…size doesn’t matter. The ambience is all. The creative cocoon of the studio is such a fundamental part of the energy of so many artists that it’s no coincidence that so many art exhibitions celebrate artists’ studios; there are photos, sometime entire reconstructions of them. These aren’t attempts to deify where the great artists worked, but attempts to recreate the incredible relationships artists have with their studios. For the studio is more than just a place to work, it’s an almost magical environment. It’s a place that combines safety, calm and the memories of years of creativity. Our studio at SLAUGHTERHAUS (just down the road from where Van Gogh lived) is just such a place. It’s our own hive of artistic industry and collaboration, and inspiration and teaching. Come check us out. Come join our artists. Come learn.
THE BIG NEWS AT SLAUGHTERHAUS
Big news for us is that we have just achieved CIC (Community Interest Company) status. We have a new board, made up of members and outside directors, and we are building a strong team to work with us on fundraising and outreach work. Watch this space for more news as we work on growing our external links and developing our mentoring work with young artists.
Our next exhibition, Home, starts on Saturday 1 June. Chris Christodoulou’s drypoints examine the tension between the home both as a place of security and belonging and as a place of past memories.
We hope you can come along to the opening event on Saturday 1 June from 2.00-7.00pm. The exhibition continues for the rest of the month and is open on Thursdays and Fridays from 10.00-4.00pm and other times by arrangement with Michelle or directly with Chris. There will be a closing party for the exhibition on Sunday 30 June from 3.00-6.00pm.
Join Chris ‘In Conversation’ with Sarah Gillett and Tatiana Southey on Saturday 1 June at 3.00pm.
Chris will teach the following course, relating to his exhibition.
Sunday 16 June 2019, 10.00-4.00pm
Tutor: Chris Christodoulou
Cost: £85. Acrylic printing plates, paper and inks included.
Inspired by Chris Christodoulou's exhibition, Home, this course will explore Drypoint printmaking. Take plates out of the studio to draw on and add personal narrative elements to explore meaning and mark making. Learn how to ink and print the plates to achieve the dark and smudgy lines characteristic of drypoint, and which Chris uses to such good effect in his work.
MORE COURSES
As usual this month we have various courses for new printmakers and those who want to refresh their techniques and ideas. Our courses are taught by highly experienced printmakers, who will share their knowledge with you and help you to produce great prints.
Sunday 2 June, 11.00-4.00pm
Tutor: Michelle Avison
Cost: £75. Acrylic plate, inks and paper included.
Work with artist Michelle Avison to learn about monotype printmaking. Bring a sketchbook, drawings, photographs, found images or prints to work from and explore ways of developing your work using trace monotype and then printing from the plate in reverse and adding extra shapes with stencils.
An Introduction to Stone Lithography
Saturday 29 June, 2019, 10.00-5.00pm
Tutor: Matt Young
Cost: £115. 4 places. All materials included.
Join studio artist Matt Young for this one-day introduction to stone lithography. Learn about how to grain a stone, how to make a drawing using greasy drawing materials and how to process the stone ready for printing. (If you have attended any previous Stone Lithography classes at SLAUGHTERHAUS, you can join this class to continue your practice, continue printing your stone and prepare and make more prints)
BECOME ONE OF US!
KEYHOLDER MEMBER OPPORTUNITIES
Or keyholder members are permanent, year-long members who can use the studio any day, any time, with access to special members discounts, events and the potential to exhibit work in the studio. We’ve room to welcome more keyholders. Interested? Details on our website
ACCESS THE STUDIO AFTER WORK/IN THE EVENING *
Not everyone can come during the day; to help, we’ve introduced Technical Tuesdays. These are technician supported (to help and guide if you need it) Open Access Sessions. Every Tuesday from 6.00-9.00pm. At £70 for four sessions, they’re very affordably priced; have been particularly geared toward students and those tight with time. See more, and book on our website.
SLAUGHTERHAUS PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
Member Claire Willberg is featured in the latest edition of month’s Pressing Matters. In an article entitled Lost and Found by writer Jake Kennedy, Claire talks about her work and its re-purposed, re-imagined miscellany of lost, random materials.
Claire is also exhibiting at The Creekside Open exhibition (where she was one of 13, chosen from among 138 artists selected by both curators, Brian Griffiths and Sacha Craddock). Don't miss it!
Talk: The Artist & the Printmaker
Last week we hosted a talk by Master Printmaker Rob White who gave great insights into his career to date, how he has built his printmaking knowledge through working with different printers, and his experiences working with well known British artists. Our website features an in-depth profile interview by member James Anderson with Rob.
Talk: The Artist and the Printmaker, Rob White, 22 May 2019
JUMP INTO JULY
Here are a few highlights of some of the exciting courses planned over the summer at SLAUGHTERHAUS.
Colour Printing Sunday 7 July 11.00- 4.00pm Michelle Avison will teach a course that seeks to help you understand and enjoy colour mixing and how to add interest to your prints by layering and adding colour in different ways.
Colour Collograph Monday 1, 8, 15, 22 July, 10.00-4.00pm Rob White will explore innovative directions in collograph by overprinting and inking a la poupee.
Van Gogh: Marking and Colour Thursday 4, 11 & 18 July 2019, 6- 9pm Using Van Gogh as inspiration, Rob White and Michelle Avison seeks to encourage you to think in the same way as he and other artists have done as a starting point to making drypoint and monotype prints.
Linocut Printing: Layers of Colour New Dates: Thursday 1, 8, 15, 22 August, 6.00-9.00pm
With Rob White and Michelle Avison. Inspired by The Grosvenor School linocuts showing in Cutting Edge: Modernist British Printmaking at the Dulwich Picture Gallery from June- September. You will learn how to make a multi colour linocut with multiple blocks, how to register different colours and the best techniques for mixing ink and printing by hand and on our Albion Press.
EXHIBITING OPPORTUNITIES COMING UP
We are applying for these exhibitions and competitions- you might be interested in them too.
National Original Print Exhibition, 27 June deadline
Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize, 26 June deadline
Sunny Art Prize, 30 June deadline
Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair 30 June deadline
With best wishes
Michelle and the SLAUGHTERHAUS team
Get in Touch: info@slaughterhaus.net
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