Leah Fusco Gallery

Leah Fusco – a graduate from the BA Illustration course at UCA Maidstone, and previous winner of the V&A Student Illustrator of the Year award – is opening a new illustration gallery in Rye this weekend.  Leah Fusco is known for her work depicting landscapes in Kent and Sussex, such as Romney Marsh, Dungeness and Beachy Head.  The new gallery will initially sell limited edition prints and original work by the artist, but will soon be selling work by other artists and illustrators.

To find out more, please see Leah Fusco’s website.

UCA Farnham library : art exhibition

Our very own art exhibition
Library, UCA Farnham, GU9 7DS.
8 – 25 May 2012

The library at University for the Creative Arts, Farnham, is hosting an exhibition of work by staff from the library and VADS (the Visual Arts Data Service) . 

 Our Very Own ART EXHIBITION shifts the focus of UCA’s creative talent from students to Farnham library staff. The works presented for the exhibition range across a wide variety of disciplines and media, from the ‘traditional’ to the contemporary. Contributions have come from those with formal qualifications in the creative arts, but the exhibition has allowed a democratic exhibiting field, as all staff were encouraged to participate. Commendingly, taking into account both their busy work and personal lives, many found time to contribute a piece.

Grant Orchard & Joseph Pierce at XOYO

Bar Shorts at XOYO, London EC2A 4AP
16th April 2012, 7pm, FREE

Bar Shorts is a brand new bi-monthly short film and animation night curated by Chris Shepherd (a sessional animation tutor at UCA Maidstone) & 12Foot6.  The opening night will feature Grant Orchard’s Oscar nominated, BAFTA winning A Morning Stroll, Joseph Pierce’s The Pub, Phil Mulloy’s The Banker, as well as films by Tim Brunsden and Jesse Collett.

Please visit XOYO’s website for more information.

Bjørn Venø : MANN

The library at UCA Rochester has just acquired a copy of “MANN” – a collection of photographic work by Bjørn Venø, a Technical Tutor on the BA Photography (Contemporary Practice) course at University for the Creative Arts, Rochester.  The series explores male identity through self portraiture. Venø meticulously constructed each setting, but by using free association techniques to perform what would happen in front of the camera he was able to discover images, rather than merely illustrate ideas.

 Bjørn Venø was recently chosen by Yinka Shonibare as one of the “best new artists in Britain”, and you can read more about him here.  Copies of MANN are available to purchase via blurb.com

Ruth Anderson : Reflections

Trinity Theatre, Tunbridge Wells TN1 1JP
6th – 17th March 2012

Ruth Anderson is both artist and curator of her photographic images. Through this exhibition she becomes the communicator of the relationship between reflection, consumerism and reality. She creates a conversation carefully coaxed into being through layers of captured reflection and exposes the viewer to a host of reflections within the spectacle of the high street.

Ruth Anderson is a sessional tutor on the BA Graphic Design course at University for the Creative Arts, Maidstone.  Please visit the Trinity Theatre website for further details.

Chris Coekin : The Altogether

Chris Coekin, a tutor on the BA Photography (Contemporary Practice) course at UCA Rochester recently published The Altogether, which documents the closure of a copper wire factory in Sandbach, Cheshire, and records the employees who work there.  The Altogether was listed as one of the top ten photography books of the year by the British Journal of Photography, and was also recently featured in The Guardian.

The Guardian also featured a slideshow of images from the book, which you can view here.

UCA Illustration Print Fair

George Rodger Gallery, UCA Maidstone, ME16 8AG
Wednesday 7th December 2011, from 12:30pm

Students and staff from the BA Illustration department at UCA Maidstone will be having a Christmas print fair on Wednesday 7th December.  Illustrator Mireille Fauchon (a sessional tutor on the course) will talk about the launch of her new book, a new interpretation of The Prisoner of Zenda, and the importance of self publishing as a platform for emerging talent, before opening the fair at 12.30pm.

For more information, please see the UCA Illustration blog.

The best of the Observer graphic short story prize

The Cape/Observer/Comica Graphic Short Story Prize has been running for five years, discovering and publishing the writers and artists of the future.  Graphic novelist Bryan Talbot recently picked out his favourite entries from the competition, including work by UCA Maidstone Illustration graduates Faye Moorhouse and Scott Dessert.

You can view the selected work here.

Free talk with JAKe at the Hazlitt Arts Centre, Maidstone

Andrew Park Talk at the Hazlitt Arts Centre, Maidstone

Tuesday 25th October 2011

 

Andrew Park founder and Director of the award winning Cognitive Media will be talking about his drawings and animates as part of the Big Draw events organised by Jim Walker and UCA Maidstone.

6.30pm – 7.30pm doors open from 6.15pm

This event is free but tickets can booked by calling the Hazlitt Arts Centre – 01622 758611.

Hazlitt Arts Centre
Earl Street
Maidstone
ME14 1PL