4th November, 2011 10AM-4PM Folly Arts Theatre Folly Lane Hereford

This one day symposium organised by Hereford College of Arts, is a discussion on the relevance of drawing in the 21st Century. Our key speakers will talk about their use of drawing in their own creative practice, and the following conversation with the audience with the audience will develop these ideas about the continuing importance of drawing as a part of practice.

KEY SPEAKERS INCLUDE:

Stephen Cox, RA Sculptor
Deanna Petherbridge, Practioner, Writer, Curator



One Day Programme (to include lunch)

COST: £20 per person £10 for students (students from other institutions welcome) £10 for HCA graduates

To book your place send your payment by cheque (payable to HCA) to: The Short Course Team, Hereford College of Arts, Folly Lane, hereford, HR1 1LT



Telephone bookings can be taken by credit/debit card--Tel: 01432 845302.

Events during Hereford Photography Festival featuring staff, students and former students include:

Vered Lahav – Légendes 

When artist Vered Lahav discovered a dead bird on the side of the road, she began to think about the lessons one should have learnt in a lifetime and consequently a saying began to form in her mind, ‘If birds could read and books could fly.’ The contrasting of the two impossible functions in that phrase is the inspiration behind this new body of work.

 The installation, Légendes, takes its title from a French word meaning ‘myths’ or the captions that appear beneath a photograph in a book or an album. Art Critic Robert Clark has described Lahav’s work as a “poetic collage of evocative image fragments created through combinations of photography… and… sculptures immaculately constructed from a variety of materials.” (Robert Clark, The Légendes Catalogue, 2005) In Légendes, the sculptural element is provided by the rusted, bronze cast sculptures of seven weighty books, supported by long thin rods, that grow out of flat square bases, rooted to the gallery floor. The raw and deliberately distressed appearance of these objects offers a stark contrast to the simplicity of the seven large-scale photographs featuring individual, common or garden species of bird, that lie against a clean, white backdrop. The deceased birds can be seen as symbolic of human existence, while the upright stands imitate lecterns, alluding to the lessons one might have learnt during one's lifetime. Each tome is splayed with its pages open, in a manner suggestive of a bird in flight, and it is in this simple resemblance that Lahav makes her poetic connection. As with Lahav’s previous work, Légendes can be defined as a form of mixed-media collage in which a series of images are set in three dimensional spatial relation to one another. The exhibition exists less as individual components and more as a whole because of the specific dialogues that have been constructed between each image and object.

Vered Lahav is an intriguing artist who has exhibited widely nationally and internationally, at venues in Hamburg, London, Bath, Tel Aviv, Manchester, Birmingham, Osnabruck, plus many more. Lahav is a photographer and installation artist, known best for her beautiful and unusual photographic installations, that juxtapose photography and three-dimensional objects made from a variety of materials – glass, wax, wood and rusted metal. Vered also teaches at Herefordshire College of Art & Design on the BA (Hons) Fine Art course.

Fresh Produce

An annual exhibition showcasing the creative work of Herefordshire High Schools will be open to the public on 24 Jan to 17 Feb, and will feature an array of work produced in art classes across the county. This year, the exhibition will mark the first of many exhibitions to be showcased in the College's new Arts Space, alongside a graduate showcase of work.

The College is delighted to be hosting and co-ordinating Schools Expo 2012, in collaboration with the Art Teachers Forum. The Forum meets twice termly at the College and provides art teachers the opportunity to exchange ideas and good practice, as well as attending technical workshops that the College puts on throughout the year.

Visit this show to view the work of our top graduates from BA (Hons) Illustration and BA (Hons) Graphic & Media Design. These courses will be exhibiting alongside over 100 leading design and advertising courses from the UK, Europe and the USA.

BA (Hons) Artist Blacksmithing & BA (Hons) Contemporary Applied Arts will both be exhibiting at this event, showcasing the work of their top graduating students.  New Designers attracts over 120 courses from art & design institutions across the UK.  It provides a fantastic opportunity for talented graduates to engage directly with the creative industries.  Both courses will be exhibiting in the Contemporary Applied Arts Hall, New Designers, Part One.

Herefordshire College of Art & Design
Summer Show 07
16 - 20 June
Sat/Sun 11am - 3pm
Mon/Tue 11am - 8pm
Wed 11am - 5pm

Book Arts Showcase at Oxfam Book & Music Store in Broad Street, Hereford

Once again, students from HCA students have really pushed the boundaries and explored the notion of Book Arts. The annual competition and exhibition, overseen by Guy Begbie, our Book Arts Co-ordinator, encourages all students and staff – across all media to submit their interpretation of how a book can become an object and a work of art. This year is no exception and as well as the competition resulting in an exhibition at Folly Lane – a selection of ‘books’ will also be on view at Oxfam Book & Music Store in Broad Street, Hereford – a selection of submissions by students from our Level 2 & Level 3 Art & Design courses.

 The work will be on display in the shop from Sat 19 May for 2 weeks – so if you are popping in to Hereford library on Broad Street – do pop in and take a look.

Patrick Boyd was born in London. In 1989-90 he was awarded h a Fulbright Fellowship at the Museum of Holography in New York.

New York City was then the capital of art holography, but after visiting a few of the labs he was disappointed with what I found there. Holograms were being made that had no real meaning except visual interest. Many also seemed to be getting by on the principle that 'If you can't make 'em good, make 'em BIG'.

Boyd arrived with the idea of making large scale fashion images as he had done before in England but decided then that he would attempt instead to use holography as a documentary medium, recording events and scenes that he found in everyday life.

"Holography and photography had been my chosen media for some years, and at this time I started to experiment with combining the two to make holographic stereograms (holograms generated using a series of photographic images). To me there is nothing as visually fascinating as a stereogram, with which one can incorporate the element of time into a work. My recent holograms use a chronological sequence of 36 exposures, shot in quick succession which in the finished stereogram give the effect of time passing as the viewer moves his eyes from left to right. The work is essentially an interactive experience for the viewer, but during which he remains in control, deciding for himself the speed with which the image is revealed and explored, frame by frame"

 "Using only a hand-held 35mm camera means that I can be totally spontaneous, unlike other stereogram methods which involve long setting-up times and possibly a crew to operate the camera. During my time in America I first began the habit of carrying my camera with me everywhere I went, enabling me to sow the seeds of a new piece exactly at the moment a scene strikes me".

Patrick will also give a talk to students on Thursday 15th Jan as part of the College's Folly Arts Lecture series.

Twelve BA (Hons) Fine Art graduates and students from Hereford College of the Arts will be showcasing their work at a London gallery.   An exciting and challenging mix of work will be on show, with many pieces from this year’s degree exhibition, including paintings, drawings, prints, book arts and 3D.

LIGHT Moves is a collective student exhibition from FdA & BA (Hons) Fine Art students from the College. 

The work will on show at:
 The Gallery Above
37 Lion Street
Hay on Wye
HR3 5AA

Exhibition runs from 12 - 20 July 11am - 6pm

Year 1 and 2 Dance Pathway Performing Arts Students’ dance show. Inspired by Martha Graham’s Letter to the World, the students will perform dance pieces that look at how we communicate in the ‘digital’ age.

Tickets £3.
Showings:
Wednesday 28th March 7:30pm
Thursday 29th March 2:30pm & 7:30pm
Friday 30th March 7:30pm

Scarborough
by Fiona Evans
Weds 8pm, Thurs 6pm, Fri 8pm, Sat 12.30pm
Step into a faded hotel room where a couple is having an illicit weekend away. Amidst the peeling wallpaper, they laugh, quarrel and make love, but they don't dare go out. After all, at just fifteen years old, one of them is just a child... the other their teacher.

The Night Shift
by Mark Murphy (features strong language and some violence)
Weds 2pm, Thurs 3.30pm, Fri 5pm, Sat 8pm
Ever dreamt you were dreaming? We each spend 25 years asleep yet no one really knows why we dream. Now, Luna has the answer. The trouble is she can't remember it, or doesn't want to…

The Dance Showcase
Weds 12.30pm, Sat 6.30pm
A variety of dance styles, including contemporary, hip-hop, jazz, and ballet. The performance features original choreography by Sally Crawford and 1st and 2nd Year ND Performing Arts students, as well as a study of Bob Fosse's "Bye Bye Blackbird".

Variety Showcase
Weds 6.30pm, Thurs 2pm, Fri 2.15pm, Sat 2.30pm
Vaudeville…Burlesque…Illusion…Enter the world of unconventional and unusual performance through the medium of dance, music, comedy and much more…a tassel twirling, eye popping, belly laugh of a show!

Tarantino!
Weds 4pm, Thurs 12.30pm, Fri 6.30pm, Sat 4pm
First Diploma Performing Arts students present their final showcase performance: a fast, funny, enjoyable response to the films of the great Quentin Tarantino explored in dance, drama and song.

Music Showcase
Thurs 8.15pm, Fri 12.30pm

All performances are in the Folly Arts Theatre at HCA Hereford College of Arts, Folly Lane, Hereford, HR1 1LT Box Office: 01432 273359 / www.hca.ac.uk

Nancy Paddens’ first exhibition since returning to the art field after buying bed linen for John Lewis in London. Nancys’exciting new contemporary range of fabric wall pieces (framed and canvases) use a combination of new techniques to the textile world such as photographic heat transfer mixed with inks, dyes and collages imagery. Her work stands out because of her experienced ability to layer her drawings with subtle prints of receipts, maps and other text. Her exhibition includes mixed media textile illustrations depicting scenes of Venice, Verona, New York and Prague.

“I create one off mixed media illustrations inspired by cities I have travelled to and lived. I combine my initial pen and ink mark making with paint, ink, dye and collaged imagery to finish with a collection of fabric and paper wall pieces. Whilst visiting these places I also collect items such as maps and receipts which I then incorporate into the design to give the pieces a more personal feel.”

The Second Year Extended Diploma in Music students will be holding their Final Showcase on 8th and 9th March at 1:30 pm and 7:00pm performances. They have designed their showcase around the idea of a futuristic world that has banned music:
Can we live without Music? Of course not; but in a world where music has become an illegal substance (‘noise’), what happens to those who need their daily ‘fix’? Who controls its supply? And who enforces the law?
‘NOISE’ uses original music and theatrical elements to deliver a thought-provoking tale of feuding gangs, survival on the streets and divided loyalties.

The students are hoping to tour the performance around local schools. If you are interested in booking the performance, please contact the College 01432 273 359.