Art Beat E-Newsletter from Shepway Council - May 2009

Forthcoming Events in Shepway - email newsletter from Amanda Oates of Shepway Council for May 2009.

FRIDAY 8 MAY: CHARITY AUCTION at The Grand, Folkestone.

Organised by local artist, Ken Morley, in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support. Viewing from 2.00.p.m. and the auction starts at 7.00 p.m. There are 119 items in the catalogue as well as a prize draw. For further information, phone Ken on 01303 894072.

FRIDAY 8 MAY: SALSA PARTY NIGHT at Quarterhouse, Tontine Street, Folkestone. Visit: www.quarterhouse.co.uk

SATURDAY 9 MAY, 8pm: OPEN MIC NIGHT at Chambers, Cheriton Place, Folkestone.

SUNDAY 10 MAY, 7pm for 7.30pm: FRIENDS OF THE LITERARY FESTIVAL QUIZ NIGHT at The Grand, Folkestone. For bookings, call Jo Olliver on 01303 247773.

MONDAY 11 - SUNDAY 17 MAY: STONEFOLK ARTS FESTIVAL - a week long programme of arts events and workshops from the UCF Performing Arts students, including drama, dance and music. For more information, see below or visit: www.ucf.ac.uk

FRIDAY 15 - SUNDAY 17 MAY: SACCONI CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL at St Mary & St Eanswythe Church and at Quarterhouse, Folkestone. See below for more information.

SATURDAY 16 MAY, 7.30pm: In the Young Professionals Series: VALTIE NUNN (violin) and SAM LIU (piano) - St Leonard's Church, Hythe. Music includes sonatas by Leos Janáček and César Franck. For tickets: call in at Brandon's Music Shop, 55 High Street, Hythe, tel 01303 263108, or can be obtained at the door.

Tontine Street, Folkestone. Visit: www.quarterhouse.co.uk

THURSDAY 21 MAY, 8pm: OPEN STAGE at The Butt of Sherry, High Street, Hythe. Just go along and watch, or to participate, phone 01303 266112

22 - 25 MAY: STAND UP! COMEDY FESTIVAL - see below for the line up

SATURDAY 23 MAY, 7.30pm: KIM RICHEY plus support act at The Tower Theatre, Folkestone. Kim Richey is the folk/rock artist with one of the most beautiful and lyrical of voices. Wending her way from Nashville, Tennessee, Kim is known for the quality of her voice, her songs and her shows. For more information, visit: www.kimrichey.com; www.towertheatrefolkestone.co.uk

TUESDAY 26 MAY: CHILLIN' IN THE NAME OF…..MUSIC EVENT at the amphitheatre in the Coastal Park, Folkestone. South Kent College students will be performing a variety of songs in several inter-changing formats.

For more information, email: rob.forsyth@southkent.ac.uk

THURSDAY 28 MAY, 2pm: FOLKESTONE FINE ARTS SOCIETY LECTURE at The Tower Theatre, Folkestone. www.towertheatrefolkestone.co.uk

SATURDAY 30 MAY: RELIG ORAN at Dymchurch Village Hall. The group, who play a vibrant fusion of traditional and contemporary roots and folk music from around Europe, played to sell-out concerts in Kent village halls in 2007 and are returning for five gigs across the county this month. For other dates and venues, email: andy@religoran.co.uk, or phone 01227 361248.

FRIDAY 5 - SUNDAY 7 JUNE: SELLINDGE MUSIC FESTIVAL at Hope Farm, Sellindge. Visit: www.sellindgemusicfestival.co.uk

SATURDAY 6 JUNE, 7PM: ACCIDENTAL COLLECTIVE presents POSTSCRIPT at Quarterhouse, Tontine Street, Folkestone.

ART EXHIBITIONS IN SHEPWAY - now and coming soon

NOW TILL 13 MAY: ADVENTURE at Georges House Gallery, 8 The Old High Street, Folkestone CT20 1RL. New works by Gail Olding consisting of images and objects which explore the limitations of the body and address the notion of working outside of the field of language.

NOW TILL 16 MAY: PAINTINGS BY JANINE UMBERS, AFAS at the Romney Marsh Visitor Centre, Dymchurch Road, New Romney. For opening times, call 01797 369487.

NOW TILL 31 MAY: "BIRDS - FLOWERS - FRUIT" at the Neville Pundole Gallery, Tontine Street, Folkestone - an exhibition by Annie Soudain of paintings, linoprints and heritage toys.

NOW TILL END OF JUNE: FEATURED ARTISTS: POLLY ROCKBERGER and CHARLES NEWINGTON at Chimaera Gallery, 42 Tontine Street, Folkestone CT20 1JU. Tel: 01303 211621. www.chimaeragallery.co.uk

If you are an artist interested in submitting your work for the next group show, please contact Wendy van Halderen-Moss on 07515 879322 or by email: wendy@chimaeragallery.co.uk

14 - 25 MAY: FOLKESTONE ART SOCIETY'S SPRING EXHIBITION at The Grand, The Leas, Folkestone. 10am to 5pm daily.

15 MAY - 27 MAY: H2O at Georges House Gallery, Folkestone. An eclectic mix of textile and mixed media interpretation by Kent-based In2Textile around the imagery of water as a design source, and as a highly valued commodity in sustaining life.

29 MAY - 10 JUNE: NOW....AND THEN at Georges House Gallery, Folkestone. Gemma Bates, a student from the University for the Creative Arts Canterbury, presents her graduate show: a short film combining old and new footage, exploring the nostalgia and emotion evoked on returning to the area she grew up in. www.strangecargo.org.uk

4 JUNE - 22 AUGUST: CRISTUS GALLERY 'SUMMER EXHIBITION', with many new artists and a theme of seaside summers. Regular updates are being provided on the website www.cristus-gallery.com

5 - 21 JUNE: SHEPWAY ARTISTS OPENING THEIR STUDIOS TO THE PUBLIC

As part of the South East Open Studios initiative, local artists welcome you to their studios. This is a chance to see how local artists produce their art work and buy direct from them if you wish. They are a friendly bunch and always happy to show and talk about their work in these informal settings, so do visit the studios where you see their signs. Shepway has nineteen artists opening their studios this year , Guides to the studios will be available in libraries and other venues such as colleges and galleries. In Hythe Library, examples of all Shepway artists work will be exhibited from May 19th to June 29th and you are invited to come to the preview on Saturday 23rd May from 3-5pm and meet the artists.

6&7, 13&14, 20&21 JUNE: IAN DAVID BAKER - THE ARTIST AT HOME at 5 Adelphi Court, 2 Augusta Gardens, Folkestone CT20 2RR (corner of Sandgate Road). Visits can be on the above dates or by appointment for an alternative date by calling the artist on 01303 259393 or 07713 253209. www.iandavidbaker.com

19 - 28 JUNE (except Sat 27): FORGE ART SOCIETY EXHIBITION at All Saints Church, Lydd. Enquiries: 01797 364393.

Art exhibition in Bexhill-on-Sea

'Seascape' is a new body of work by British artist Susan Collins combining digital technologies with the classical traditions of English landscape painting. The project presents a visual exploration into the natural cycles of tide, time and light across the South East coast of England, which includes Shepway - one of the webcams is in the Channel Suite of the Leas Cliff Hall. The exhibition is on now until 14 June at De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea. www.susan-collins.net/seascape

SHEPWAY PLAY VAN - MONDAY 25 - FRIDAY 29 MAY

Free family play events in Shepway, funded by the Big Lottery, the Play Van will be out and about across Shepway on the following dates this month:

Monday 25 - Radnor Park, Folkestone

Tuesday 26 - The Common, Stelling Minnis

Wednesday 27 - The Greens, Coast Road, New Romney

Thursday 28 - Bakers Gap, East Cliff, Folkestone

Friday 29 - Tayne Field, Lyminge

All sessions are from 11am to 3pm. These sessions will be held outside, around existing play parks, where possible. For further information, visit: www.shepway.gov.uk/content/view/200582/1573/

SACCONI CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL - FRIDAY 15 - SUNDAY 17 MAY

Friday, 6pm: Pre-Concert Sacconi Quartet

Friday, 7.30pm: Sacconi Quartet & Roger Ringrose

Friday, 10pm: Kathryn Tickell and her band

Saturday, 11am: Robin Ashwell (viola), Kathryn Eves (piano), Hannah Dawson (violin), Cara Berridge (cello), Tom Poster (piano)

Saturday, 3pm: The winner of the RCM String Quartet prize 2009

Saturday, 6pm: Pre-concert talk by Robin Holloway (free event)

Saturday, 7.30pm: Sacconi Quartet

Saturday, 10pm: Acoustic Triangle

Sunday, 11am: Morning Mass: Christ Church Cantata, Sacconi Quartet, Grenville Hancox - conductor

Sunday, 3pm: Tom Poster (piano)

Sunday, 7.30pm: Sacconi Quartet

Venues: St Mary & St Eanswythe Church and Quarterhouse, Folkestone

Bookings: Box Office 01303 858 500; www.quarterhouse.co.uk

BEAT MAKING MUSIC PRODUCTION - 14 MAY - 20 JUNE

Record your own track! Dates for Woodward Trust mobile recording studio sessions:

Thurs 14th May 6 till 8pm - The Green in Hythe

Fri 15th May 6 till 8pm - The Rype in Lydd

Thurs 21st May 6 till 8pm - The Green in Hythe

Fri 22nd May 6 till 8pm - The Rype in Lydd

Thurs 28th May 6 till 8pm - The Green in Hythe

Tues 2nd June 6 till 8pm - The Shed Folkestone Harbour

Sat 6th June 2 till 3.15pm - Cheriton Rec

Sat 6th June 3.30 till 4.45pm - Canterbury Road Rec

Tues 9th June 6 till 8pm - The Shed Folkestone Harbour

Fri 12th June 6 till 8pm - The Rype in Lydd

Sat 20th June 2 till 3.15pm - Cheriton Rec

Sat 20th June 3.30 till 4.45pm - Canterbury Road Rec.

For more info call Pie Factory Music on 01843 59677

STONEFOLKE ARTS FESTIVAL - MONDAY 11 - SUNDAY 17 MAY

Monday, 9am - 3pm: FREE2LIVE Workshops @ UCF (school invites only)

Tuesday, 9am - 6pm: DANCE WORKSHOPS @ Quarterhouse

Tuesday, 7.30pm: NAVY BLUE AND BLACK @ Quarterhouse

Wednesday, 7.30pm: BLACK AND SILVER DECADENCE - a cabaret experiment @ Quarterhouse

Thursday, 7.30pm: LETS FACE THE MUSIC AND DANCE @ Quarterhouse

Friday, 1pm: YEAR ONE SHOWCASE @ Quarterhouse

Saturday, 1pm: '100 YEARS' @ Quarterhouse

Saturday, 7.30pm: VARIETY NIGHT @ UCF

Sunday, 7.30pm: BAND NIGHT @ Quarterhouse - The Overdrafts, The Mop Collective, Da Mushrooms. Over 18s only

All events £2 only! www.quarterhouse.co.uk or call 01303 858500

STAND UP! FOLKESTONE COMEDY FEST - 22 - 25 MAY

Saturday 22, 7.30 for 8pm: Lone Star Comedy Club presents Stand Up and Deliver with Fergus Craig, Gerry Howell, Danielle Ward, Anil Desai, Terry Saunders and Jim Smallman @ Quarterhouse

Sunday 23, 1.30 for 2pm: The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre - a family friendly show recommended for 12 and over @ Quarterhouse

Sunday 23, 3.30 for 4pm: Quiz Show with host, Ray Peacock - calling all quiz lovers!

Sunday 24, 11am start: Free Events 4 Kids:

11am - 1pm: The Noise Next Door workshop @ Quarterhouse

12 - 2pm: Little Bulb Theatre @ the amphitheatre, Coastal Park

12 - 2pm: Emmanuel the Magnificent workshop, then 2.15 - 3pm performance @ the amphitheatre

1.15 - 2pm: Usifu Jalloh @ the amphitheatre

3pm - 4pm: The Noise Next Door performance @ the amphitheatre

For full details and bookings, visit: www.standupfolkestone.com; Box Office: 01303 858 500

LEAS CLIFF HALL - MAY

16 May: Rumours of Fleetwood Mac

20 May: The Essence of Ireland

23 May: The Spirit of Pink Floyd performed by Off The Wall

For event information, visit: www.leascliffhall.org.uk; Box Office: 0870 4000 890

NOTICES

2011 FOLKESTONE TRIENNIAL

Preparations have begun for this next major exhibition with the announcement that Andrea Schlieker, Curator of the 2008 exhibition and 2009 Turner Prize Judge, has been appointed to direct the second Folkestone Triennial. Arts and regeneration charity The Creative Foundation, organiser of the Triennial, has also announced that eight of the 22 works commissioned for the 2008 exhibition will remain permanently in Folkestone. They are:

· Adam Chodzko's short film Pyramid and accompanying documentation sign

· Nathan Coley's illuminated light structure Heaven is a Place Where Nothing Ever Happens

· Tracey Emin's seven small bronzes representing Baby Things

· Patrick Tuttofuocco's three metre high multi-coloured F O L K E S T O N E sign on the harbour arm, and accompanying film

· Mark Wallinger's Folk Stones, containing 19,240 numbered beach pebbles

· Richard Wentworth's Racinated, a series of ten text plaques

· Pae White's Barking Rocks, a rustic dog park

· Richard Wilson's 18 Holes, a series of three beach huts

LITERARY FESTIVAL

This year's Festival will take place between Friday 6 and Saturday 14 November and will be known by its new name, the Folkestone Book Festival. The new name is designed to help the Festival appeal to a wider audience with an interest in books and reading as well as fans of traditional literature. Quarterhouse, the new performing arts venue in Tontine Street will be the new home for the Festival.

FRIENDS OF THE FOLKESTONE LITERARY FESTIVAL

Anyone interested in joining the Friends should contact: info@friendsoffolkestonebookfest.co.uk

FOLKESTONE LITERARY SOCIETY

The inaugural meeting of the society will be held at The Grand, The Leas, Folkestone, on 17th June at 6.30 p.m. Following the introduction, there will be readings of short stories and an Open Forum to discuss the next steps. Anyone wishing to go along to this or to have further information should contact: john@sussams.freeserve.co.uk or tel: 01303 242990.

VISIT TO THE ROYAL ACADEMY'S SUMMER EXHIBITION & SIR JOHN SOANE'S MUSEUM, LONDON - Wednesday 17 June

The Summer Exhibition is the largest open contemporary art exhibition in the world, drawing together a wide range of new work by both established and unknown living artists.

Sir John Soane Museum - Sir John Soane RA designed this beautiful house at No. 13 Lincoln's Inn Fields not only to live in but also as a setting for his antiquities and works of art.

Bookings for this trip will be taken by telephone on a first-come-first-served basis. Please call Jo Olliver on 01303 247773.

FOLKESTONE CARNIVAL FUND RAISING - Tuesday 12 May at 7pm Quiz Night

In order to raise funds to hold this year's carnival, organizers are having a Quiz Night at the Hotel Burstin, Folkestone. For more information, please contact Gisele Buckingham on 07785 596745 or email her at: folkestonecarnival@hotmail.co.uk

THE SOUTH EAST FESTIVAL OF ARCHITECTURE - 20 May to 28 June

The south east Festival of Architecture is co-ordinated by RIBA South East and the Solent Centre for Architecture + Design (SCA+D). Around 80 events with the theme 'Better Places, Better Spaces' will take place from across the nine counties of the south east. Most are free of charge. Whether your preference is Gothic or Grand Designs, during the south east Festival of Architecture you can:

Ø enjoy guided tours of new buildings by their architects

Ø see buildings that you pass every day in a completely new way

Ø get a new perspective on architecture, through artists' eyes

Ø take part in workshops with your family; and

Ø spot the stars of the next generation of architects.

Visit www.festivalofarchitecture.org for full details.

ARTHIST MEETING - Thursday 14 May at the UCF, Folkestone.

Preparations are under way for the History and Arts Events for Folkestone to be held at the University Centre Folkestone (UCF) on 17, 18 & 19 July. Anyone who would like to go attend the planning meeting or be involved in activities should contact: Yvonne Hutchcraft on 01303 245216, email: Yvonne.hutchcraft@yahoo.co.uk or email: lesley.hardy@canterbury.ac.uk

HG WELLS FESTIVAL - SHORT STORY COMPETITION

If you can write a short story in the style of HG Wells, you could be in the running for a prize of £1000! This competition is for anyone enrolled at school or college, in full or part-time education and who is able to submit a story of 1000-5000 words on or before 20 July. Check out the HG Wells Festival website: www.wellsfestival.com or send an email to: info@wellsfestival.com

CREATIVE CLUSTERS SUMMER SCHOOL - 6 - 9 July

The Summer School is four days of intensive up-skilling for professionals developing the creative economy at the local level. For details of the programme and speakers, visit: www.creativeclusters.com

UNDERAGE FESTIVAL 2009

2009 is Youth Music's 10th birthday and because they've seen, over the past 10 years, how music can change young people's lives, they're celebrating the power of music with their very own Youth Music 'Music is Power' stage at the Underage Festival - the world's largest festival strictly for under 19s. So now all they need is some talented young bands, artists, MCs and DJs to put on it!

For further details and info on how to apply, visit: www.youthmusic.org.uk/underage

EK ONE MAGAZINE - a new free lifestyle magazine for East Kent will be launched soon. There will be East Kent 'News' & 'What's On' sections and anyone who has something they would like to contribute should contact: adam.ready@ek-one.co.uk

DIVERSITY IN OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP - a new Arts Council England SE Award to support two people in getting training in carnival and outdoor arts. For details, click on the following link: http://www.thecarnivallearningcentre.org/news/aceawards.aspx

JOB OPPORTUNITY

x 2 Development Managers - Tate, Millbank, London

Tate is looking for two outstanding fundraisers for maternity cover in its Major Gifts Team. This is an opportunity to play a key role in relationship-building with existing donors and cultivate new major prospects to support Tate's capital and programme activities. Tel: 020 8392 6654; email: nchu@richmond-associates.com; web: www.richmond-associates.com. Closing date: 22 May

TWO PUPPETEERS NEEDED!

To manipulate 50cm-tall marionettes in a new piece of street performance called Take The Pose which will be presented in Whitstable and Herne Bay in July and August. To apply and/or receive more information about the project and a range of work experience opportunities, contact: estelleprop@googlemail.com

PANeK (Performing Arts Network Kent)

The next networking evening meeting will be on Tuesday 9 June at Theatre Royal Margate with a performance of Francis, The Holy Jester. Anyone wishing to attend should contact: cathy@futuredream.net

FOLKESTONE MULTI-CULTURAL FESTIVAL

The Folkestone Multi-Cultural Festival will once again take place between 11th and 14th June this year. The organisers, Folkestone Town Centre Management, are expanding the Festival programme for 2009 to be 24-pages, A5 size in full colour with a print run of 12,000 copies. Anyone wishing to advertise should contact: barbara.witham@googlemail.com.

SOUTH EAST DANCE

Would you like to help shape the direction of dance in the South East?

South East Dance is keen to play a stronger role in connecting the dance sector within the region. They have set up four stakeholder events across the South East, Face to Face, for anyone working or wanting to work with dance from independent artists to artistic directors, dance company managers, education officers, programmers, local authority arts officers, teachers of dance, representatives from HE/FE and recent graduates. For details of dates and venues and to reserve a place, contact Emily James at facetoface@southeastdance.org.uk.

Dealing with Writing - Saturday 27 June, 11.15-18.30 and Sunday 28 June, 10am-18.00: weekend workshops by the sea for every writer - at the Royal Hotel, Deal, Kent. For bookings: tel: 01304 367625 or email info@dealingwithwriting.com

CANTERBURY ANIFEST 2009

Competition now open for entries. Grand Prize £1,000. To enter a film or for more information, visit: www.canterburyanifest.com. There's also the Smallfilms Competitions - entrants for this must be 17 years of age or under. The Canterbury Animation Festival will be on 7-8 November. Competition closes 30 September.

THE BUSINESS OF CREATIVITY

Artists are invited to attend one or more of the six events arranged to celebrate the launch of the Joiner's Shop in Chatham, a new centre for creative businesses, set in the newly restored and converted 18th century building in the heart of the Historic Dockyard. For more information and to register for events, please visit: www.the-joiners-shop.co.uk

SYNC SOUTH EAST

This is a new leadership development programme designed to support and develop deaf and disabled people and disability arts organisations and projects in the South East of England so that they can reach their true potential. Two programmes are available, one for individuals and one for organisations (and projects). See www.syncsoutheast.co.uk for full information and how to apply.

Sync South East and the Disability Awareness training programme are part of the Accentuate programme which will deliver the Cultural Olympiad's ambition for the South East to be the lead region in the UK for work with deaf and disabled people-led cultural activity.

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

SDC's Regeneration Officer has recently produced an updated information sheet on some of the many funding sources, which is being attached as a separate document to this newsletter, for easy reading. If anyone is unable to open the attachment, please contact me: amanda.oates@shepway.gov.uk

In addition to this, the shortcut to Arts Council funding is: http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/funding/gfta2006.php

REMINDERS (from the April newsletter)

Artists taking the Lead

The deadline for artists to submit ideas for this new commission (see last month's newsletter) is Friday 29 May. See: www.artiststakingthelead.org.uk.

CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF A KENT KIND

Mapping Kent's Filming History - for full details of this exciting new initiative and how to contribute, visit: www.kent.gov.uk/close-encounters/

CELEBRATION OF DEAL PIER

Interested artists are invited to contact the Folkestone Fringe by emailing info@folkestonefringe.com. Or visit: www.folkestonefringe.com/programme.html

EVENTS WANTED FOR SHEPWAY SUMMER EVENTS LEAFLETS

Shepway District Council and Discover Folkestone (DFHRM) are getting together to produce three monthly events leaflets: one each for June, July and August/September. Anyone wishing to have their event/activity considered for inclusion, please email: arts@shepway.gov.uk.

Copy deadline for the June flyer is 20th May.