December Newsletter
Sunday, 15 December 2019
SLAUGHTERHAUS in December
Hi Visitor,
Don't miss the final chance to see our annual members’ exhibition this weekend- with some new work on the walls, and a great selection of prints and hand-made cards to buy. The exhibition is open on Saturday 30 November and Sunday 1 December, 1.00-6.00pm both days. With mulled wine, mince pies and a raffle- a winning combination and the ideal time to pick up some gifts and cards for Christmas- or even just to treat yourself!
THIS MONTH’S FEATURE ARTIST: SARAH GURSOY-HEUSER
Our feature artist this month is SLAUGHTERHAUS graduate prize winner, Sarah Gursoy Heuser. Sarah graduated from Camberwell MA Printmaking in the summer and was awarded one of our annual studio prizes. If the art of printmaking can be aligned with a spirit of exploration, then Sarah is an explorer; one pushing her organic, layered, multi-printed woodcuts to explore and reveal fragments both of a tangible world and of one that flickers in moments of memory. In some of the prints, the grains of the wood seem to be fingerprints of individuality (the printmaker’s? the wood’s? can they be separated?). They suggest a sort of background reference point upon which barely legible snapshots - sad reminders - of the headlines of the Brexit folly emerge. These are not so much political statements, but elegiac expressions of the artist’s sense of history; her attempt to pin down – to imprint an elusive present before it slips into the distortions of memory and fades into an amnesiac past. Sarah teaches printmaking at an adult learning centre in Lewisham- when she isn’t wrestling with these weightier issues of how the drama of the present leans into its own potential to be remembered and to be crystallised into some sort of collective identity.
STUDIO ARTISTS IN THE NEWS
Three of our printmakers – Claire Willberg, Liz Bennett and Lucy Annan, were part of this year’s The Masters: Relief 2019 exhibition at Bankside Gallery in November, and Claire won the Lawrence Art Supplies prize. Claire has been a Slaughterhaus member for the last nine years and is one of the movers and shapers of the studio’s management team. You can see work by all three artists at our exhibition this weekend.
LEARN SOMETHING NEW IN THE NEW YEAR
Treat yourself, family or friends to one of our many printmaking courses that start in January. We have gift vouchers available if you would like to give a course as a gift- please email Michelle if you would like to arrange a gift voucher. As usual, all our courses are listed on our website- with more to be added. So far we have got a number of our very successful short taster courses in the calendar- three hour intros to one technique, such as Trace Monotype or Woodcut, then one day or evening courses over a couple of weeks that will allow a bit more time to explore. If you have any questions about any of our courses please get in touch.
We hope to see you at the weekend- and that you have a great Christmas.
Michelle and the SLAUGHTERHAUS team.
Get in Touch: info@slaughterhaus.net
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