Re: Allotted (Kendal) - a tour

The exhibition is open from July 28th to September 2nd in the Sugar Store gallery at Brewery Arts, Kendal. For those who can't make the journey to the English Lakes, here's a taste of what we put up ....

Large piece by Janet Brady plus Maggie Hargreaves' "nurture" table

Far end of the Gallery

Maggie Hargreaves' "Shed"

Kevin Shipley Photograph

The Book Corner plus Kevin Shipley photos, Rob Jackson's illustrations from "Tales from the Plots"  and Margaret Jackson small paintings

Margaret Jackson - Winter Greenhouse and Honeysuckle / Sky Door

Dorothy Ellin  Prints

(to be continued)

The tour continues....

Jennifer Gilmour textiles pieces

Textile and Perspex Piece by Susan Syddall and Jennifer Gilmour

Susan Syddall Prints

Steph Shipley "Edges"

Steph Shipley "Emplacements"

General view of the Gallery showing work by (l to r) Janet Brady, Ros Davis, Margaret Jackson, Susan Syddall and Janet Brady

And finally this is the book corner - where we had works by Ros Davis, David Jackson and Rob Jackson on sale.

For Kendal, Ros Davis produced ‘PLOTTED’ which gives snapshots of allotment life based on conversations the author had with three women, Michelle, Carol and Judith. “Plotted” was presented as a series of small, complete pages set in clear acrylic stands set out around the exhibition areas and as packs of individual pieces in folders in the book area.

For Kendal David Jackson wrote ‘Tales from the Plots’ which contains two short fiction pieces; ‘Gates of Eden’ a modern morality tale, and ‘A Life in the Year’ , which reflects the trials, tribulations and (very) occasional triumphs of those benighted souls who wind up serving on “the Committee”. “Tales” is a collaboration with his elder son, Rob Jackson, who did the illustrations, some of which adorn the walls of the gallery.

(with apologies to Emil Nolde)

Illustration from "Gates of Eden" by Rob Jackson - working title "I never thought they'd serve us with a notice to quit"

KENDAL SHOW OPENS

The Kendal Show has now been hung and opens to the public on Friday 28th July

The Gallery writes .....

Slug Society are an artists' collective based in Bolton, who share an interest in allotments.

In this exhibition the artists will stage a partial takeover of the Brewery and install prints, paintings, textiles, sculpture and text which explore the social, community and environmental themes around allotments.

We'll post some pictures of the exhibition etc. as soon as we can

SlugSoc

PREPARATIONS FOR THE KENDAL SHOW

The next Slug Society exhibition will be at

Kendal Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal

From July 28th to August 31st 2017.

The title is "Re-Allotted" -

The first planning meeting was held on June 13th

A large body of work is available for selection and the full complement of participants will be involved.

More will follow

Information

Slug Soc (like the creatures after which it's named) is gradually coming back to life after the winter - there is the current group show at St George's Gallery (see below) and there will be the group show in Kendal in August.

In the meantime people are working as individuals on a range of projects.

Guests at opening night

The Gallery at St George's House

Margaret's  (panel) 

Textile Hangings (Susan and Jennifer)

Steph's ceramic discs

One of Maggie's Bee prints

UPDATE

We are currently exhibiting a range of work at

ST GEORGE'S HOUSE GALLERY, Bolton

In August this year (2017) we will be exhibiting at the Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal

REVIVAL, REBIRTH ----- RE-ALLOTTED

The Slug Society is now preparing a follow-up exhibition (to be called "re-allotted") which will be on at the St George's House Gallery from February to April 2017.

The exhibition will adopt a similar theme to "Allotted2016" and will feature both new and old work from the majority of the Slug Soc's artists and writers.

We are very grateful to St George's House and to the Curator Emma Kelly for this opportunity