Journeys

:Chapel Gallery, Ormskirk
www.chapelgallery.org.uk
24 March – 5 May 2012
Tuesday - Saturday
10.00 am - 16.30 pm

From the epic to the intimate, fifteen contemporary artists exhibit work that relates to journeys, whether the discoveries of global travellers or the imaginative voyages of the mind. Through media such as print, painting, installation and film, these artists critique the ways in which humankind is perpetually on the move.
Claire is exhibiting a collection of five drawings from her ‘One Minute’ series of work, including three new works made especially for this exhibition. Pencil and graphite drawings trace the movement of people through the architectural spaces of the Van Gogh Museum-Amsterdam, Earlsfort Terrace-Dublin and Lello Bookshop-Porto plus two works created in 2008 featuring Kyoto Station and Liverpool ONE. (http://www.claireweetman.co.uk/oneminute.html)


Journeys includes work by artists: Stephen Clarke, Jean Davey Winter, Gerry Halpin, Joanna Kinnersly-Taylor, Carole King, Hannah Leighton-Boyce, Rachel Marsh, Jenny Pope, Amy Russell, Catriona Stamp, Rebekah Tatlow, Andrew & Caitlin Webb-Ellis, Claire Weetman and Wendy Williams.

Platform: Presentation

www.platformartsthelens.co.uk
25 February - 15 April 2012
Tuesday - Sunday 10.00am-5.00pm
The Godfrey Pilkington Art Gallery,
Mezzanine Floor, The World of Glass
Chalon Way East, St Helens, WA10 1BX
Free admission to the gallery

This is part two of a two-part exhibition that began at the Godfrey Pilkington Art Gallery in its historical home of the Gamble Building and concludes in it's new location of the World of Glass. 'Presentation' is an exhibition that showcases the artwork that was produced during a fortnight period at the Godfrey Pilkington Gallery in the Gamble Building, where studio spaces were created in the gallery. Artists worked in the gallery showing visitors the processes behind creating their art works and allowing artists to share their practice with each other. In this intensive period 12 artists have produced new artworks in the gallery studios; a selection of the artworks are shown here at the new Godfrey Pilkington Gallery, covering a diverse range of disciplines including painting, drawing, photography and sculpture.

Claire is exhibiting the work ‘Four Minutes -Victoria Square, a four-part, ink on rice paper work which charts the passage of pedestrians and vehicles across the square below the Godfrey Pilkington Gallery’s home of the Gamble Building. ‘Production’ and ‘Presentation’ exhibitions were curated by Claire for Platform.

Exhibiting Artists:Paul and Gillian Adams, Stephen Ball, Hannah Bold, Mary Christie, Tony Glover, Handle with Cake, Sharon Leahy Clark, Isabel O'Rourke, Jacqui Priestley, Claire Weetman, Angela Wilkinson, Philip Wilkinson.

Peel

The past 2 fridays I've been attending a workshop at Salfor Uni on Stop Frame media. Led by the most helpful technicians Craig and Steve, I've been picking up tips on setting up, lighting, image sizes and this week have had my first foray into editing with Final Cut Pro and DVD studio pro.

I spent a couple of hours last week with limited materials and equipment producing and photographing the work, and here's a rough edit of what I've produced

Graphite drawing workshop at the Brindley

At the end of November I led a workshop for adults at the Brindley exploring graphite powder and animation. It was a successful day, with lots of interesting drawings produced which were made into animations on the day:

Participants experimented with hand cut stencils, graphite powder, mark making and using masking tape to create these drawings.