"Art is a guarantee of sanity" Louise Bourgeois
During 2018-19, Tempo Arts has been working with community organisations in East and West Sussex, creating opportunities for users of these structures to participate in artist-led workshops.
Members of Bulgarians in Hastings & St Leonards developed art work to include in a Hastings exhibition which celebrated heritage, culture & place. During workshops led by Allen R Page, a music performance was developed inspired by Bulgarian culture & traditions.
Participants: Boris Atanasov • Victoria Cristal • Lyudmila Georgieva • Paloma Sourtchev • Asen Yankov
At Coastal Enterprises, Worthing, people worked with graphic artist Zara Slattery to create monoprints & comic books about planning their favourite holidays or day trips, celebrating vacations with friends & family. Images of what they packed, how they travelled, things they saw & favourite holiday foods inspired their work.
Participants: Zoey Aylwin • Sue Braddick • Louise Buckley • Ann Ellis • James Gibson • Steve Jelley • Anita Roberts • Clive Smith • Jackie Taylor
At Compass Community Arts, Eastbourne, artist Christine Gist worked with Project Director Fenya Sharkey to deliver various drawing & collage workshops for the people attending the Monday Art Group. Conversations & sharing ideas were an important part of these workshops, helping to produce a range of stimulating images across a wide variety of media.
Participants: Neil Akehurst • Tim Dodd • Chaye Fry • Anna Matheou • Janet Mazumdar Stephanie Ng • Andy Saggers • Michael Sugden • Pauline Walden • Judy Wallace
JOURNEYS OF LIFE EVENTS
Bulgarian Music Performance
See Spray Gallery, 153-154 Queens Road, Hastings TN34 1RN – Friday 06.09.19
JOURNEYS OF LIFE Launch
with performance of Bulgarian music, song & dance. Artwork by people from Coastal Enterprise & Compass Community Arts
Gallery Lock In, Little Western Street, Brighton BN1 2PU – Wednesday 18.09.2019
JOURNEYS OF LIFE Exhibition
Gallery Lock In, Little Western Street, Brighton BN1 2PU – 19-29.09.19
JOURNEYS OF LIFE workshops, events & exhibition were realised with the support of Sussex Community Foundation in partnership with Coastal Enterprises, Compass Community Arts, Tom Bartlett curator of See Spray Gallery & Bethan Troakes curator of Gallery Lock In.