The Annual Daydream Harvest
WITH INTENT
4-6 December 2015
OHOS artist Nick Garnett has completely taken over the ground floor gallery at the Keep with a fabulous installation of photography and sculpture full of interactive possibilities.
Sunday, 6 December 2015
Peter Driver at the Jam Factory
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Peter Driver's prints at the Jam Factory, Oxford |
Wednesday, 14 October 2015
When Waiting is Filled
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Dual 2, by John Percy |
26 September - 22 October, 2015
Open weekdays 2.30-4.30, Saturday 17 Oct 12-3pm
The Peacock Gallery
Maiden Erlegh School
Reading RG6 7HS
Thursday, 8 October 2015
The Big Draw: Lord of the Rings
OHOS was delighted to welcome Mayor and Battle Councillor Sarah Hacker to the Big Draw event at Brock Keep on 3 October. Her dedication and support for Arts in Reading always provide a great morale boost. Visitors of all ages enjoyed Kate Lockhart's drawing, collage and monoprinting activities. Promoted by RIBA, architect Ksenija Krotin showed the use of plans and
elevations, including a very big floor plan of a Hobbit House. Kate also led a follow up workshop at Battle Library a few days later. Both events encouraged visitors to enter Battle Library's Lord of the Rings art competition relating to The Return of the King: the hand in date for entries is Sat 17 October at 4pm.
Friday, 25 September 2015
Napoleon at OHOS's Heritage Open Days
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Napoleon contemplating his Wedgewood plates |
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Major Charles McCarthy's Diary |
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Napoleon outside Longwood House, St Helena |
Visitors also enjoyed guided tours of artists' studios on the upper floors of the Keep. OHOS is grateful for sponsorship from RIBA (the Royal Institute of British Architects) for production of a historical information panel about the Keep, to the Wardrobe Museum of loan of artefacts, and to Reading Museum for a panel about Reading during the Napoleonic wars.
- A fascinating glimpse into the Napoleonic era and Napoleon himself. Very interesting and informative – thank you.
- So pleased to be able to visit this landmark and learn some of the history of the Berkshire regiment and also to be fascinated by the artistic work being carried out. We do hope that this project flourishes.
- Thank you very much for an impressive Open Day. What a lot of great work has gone into this
Wednesday, 23 September 2015
Poppies in the OHOS garden
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Brock Keep poppy garden |
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Trevor and Dave working hard |
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Remembrance Day, 2013 |
Sunday, 26 July 2015
Open for Art
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Elastic Time II, in Shed/Milk. Ingrid Jensen 2015 |
http://jelly.org.uk/2015/07/open-for-art-a-big-thank-you/
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Elastic Time II, in Shed/Milk. Ingrid Jensen 2015 |
Wednesday, 22 July 2015
Mixing-Media in 3D Form Workshop
OpenHand Gallery Space was the venue for a 2 day hands-on workshop this July run by Associate Member Janet Curley Cannon for artists from across the region. The workshop explored the many uses of Paper Mâché Clay, a simple, affordable medium made from paper and plaster which requires no specialist materials or tools. The artists brought along a variety of found objects and varying surfaces, or built simple structures from wire or cardboard to apply the medium onto on day one. The second day was spent carving, sanding, painting or applying more medium or other materials to their designs. The artists were quite taken with what this easy to make, easy to use medium has the potential to offer as an affordable art medium used within their art practice.
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Artists making a new batch of Paper Mâché Clay with ingredients sourced from DIY stores |
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Paper Mâché Clay being applied around a rusted metal grid using simple tools |
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Dried Paper Mâché Clay on a metal mesh structure, it adheres to most surfaces |
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Dried Paper Mâché Clay paints easily and can be used to create rich textural surfaces |
Thursday, 16 July 2015
Oxford Road Fun Day 2015
OHOS artists Ingrid Jensen, Neile Wright and Jon Lockhart all had fun at the Oxford Road Fun Day in Kensington Park in 4 July - and so did lots of families and children, learning about simple printmaking techniques. The Fun Day is a great way to meet up with friends and neighbours from the Oxford Road area, eat food, enjoy performances and rides, and find out about what's going on. It is organised by the Oxford Road Multi Agency, which is a wonderful optimistic forum of local groups, where people get together during the year to improve the neighbourhood. http://www.oxfordroadfunday.co.uk/blog/
Thursday, 9 July 2015
Grasping the Invisible - David Phillpot, 16-21 June 2015
Very many thanks to David Phillpot for installing such a wonderful exhibition, for making his notebooks and sketches available, and for his generosity in donating works for sale to raise funds for OHOS, and for giving books to OHOS's library.
A sample of visitor comments:
"A very exciting show. The works are poetic and beautiful. Such a privilege to have access to the source-books, notebooks and sketches to see David’s working process."
"Amazing exhibition – inspiring for all"
"Very enjoyable – loved the dance steps!"
"Beautiful exhibition: contemplative, provocative, memorable and inspiring."
A sample of visitor comments:
"A very exciting show. The works are poetic and beautiful. Such a privilege to have access to the source-books, notebooks and sketches to see David’s working process."
"Amazing exhibition – inspiring for all"
"Very enjoyable – loved the dance steps!"
"Beautiful exhibition: contemplative, provocative, memorable and inspiring."
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