Wysing Arts Centre

Andromedan Sad Girl is the first major collaborative exhibition by artists Florence Peake and Tai Shani. Through ambitious new sculptural works and wall paintings, the artists will create an immersive and imaginary site of a lost pre-symbolic civilization.

In creating these new works, Peake and Shani are interested in exploiting the fluidity and speculation of lost civilizations and their mythologies. They will take an archaeological excavation as a point of departure to imagine and represent a non-hierarchal pre-historical civilization.

The installation, which will transform Wysing’s gallery in its entirety, will privilege sensation; sculptures will be formed of voluptuous fabrics and will incorporate flocking techniques to create soft and sensuous objects. Using multilayered elements, including sound, the exhibition will transport the visitor to an entirely coherent alternative reality.

Website

http://www.wysingartscentre.org/whats_on/exhibitions/andromedan_sad_girl

Art course led by artist Caroline Wendling
Thursdays on 21 & 28 Sep, 5, 12 & 19 Oct, 10am–12noon

£75 for 5 sessions or £17 per session
£60 for 5 sessions or £14 per session for students, retired, unwaged

The course is aimed at people with no artistic experience who would like to try different kinds of techniques and methods within a supportive group and who would enjoy the opportunity to draw and make using everyday materials.

The two-hour sessions will take food and art as a starting point, beginning in Wysing’s onsite café, Café Abantu, with fun and practical exercises. All sessions will end with a sharing and discussion of newly created artworks back in the café.

Session 1 (21 Sep)
Exploring how food can be used as a material and applied to paper as an "ink" to produce unexpected effects.

Session 2 (28 Sep)
Learn how to draw with natural materials and through sketching explore ways to connect the various building and site sculptures around the grounds of Wysing.

Session 3 (5 Oct)
Make your own drawing tools and explore their possibilities and new ways of creating marks.

Session 4 (12 Oct)
Have fun devising playing games together and over a cup of tea and cake draw the disappearance of your cake.

Session 5 (19 Oct)
Come in to make cakes with art materials and design your own unrealised dreams.

Materials will be provided. Food is available to purchase from the café. To book your place please visit Wysing's website.

Admission

£75 for 5 sessions or £17 per session
£60 for 5 sessions or £14 per session for students, retired, unwaged

Website

http://www.wysingartscentre.org/whats_on/events/making_under_the_influence_of_food