PEOPLE, PLACES, POETRY AND THINGS
Tuesday 7th – Sunday 12th February
A combination of retirement from teaching English, relocation to Lewes, and an unleashed passion for painting found Helen Holder increasingly drawn to painting people and scenes, most often inspired by the sea, along with a deep connection with lines from poetry. Having previously exhibited at the New England Art Club, The Sussex Open and in selected group shows, this, her ninetieth year, finds Helen celebrating her first long deserved solo exhibition.
Opening times: Tuesday – Saturday 11am – 4pm | Sunday 12noon – 4pm | Closed Monday
DIVISION – ABSTRACT PAINTINGS
Preview: Sunday 19th February 12noon – 2pm
Saturday 18th February – Thursday 1st March
Officially launching the Hop Gallery 2012 programme, Mary Smythe returns with her latest collection. These paintings have evolved from a “lost-and-found” grid pattern on square canvas, which has guided her painting intuitively, using non representational shapes, lines and colours, which have subsequently suggested titles.
Opening times: Tuesday – Saturday 10.30am – 4pm | Sunday 12noon – 4pm | Closed Monday
A SENSE OF PLACE
Preview: Friday 2nd March 7pm – 9pm
Saturday 3rd – Thursday 15th March
Dawn Stacey’s paintings evolve from walks and journeys where memories are stored as a source of inspiration, particularly Lewes Railway Lands and Hamsey.
Opening times: Tuesday – Saturday 10.30am – 5pm | Sunday 12noon – 5pm | Closed Monday
VARIATIONS
Preview: Saturday 17th March, 12.30pm – 2.30pm
Saturday 17th – Thursday 29th March
Sheila and Peter Marlborough’s different approaches to painting landscape from the abstract and lively to the atmospheric and calm, combine to make an exciting and colourful exhibition. New works.
Opening times: Tuesday – Saturday 10.30am – 5pm | Sunday 12noon-5pm
Closed Monday
NORTH LOOKING SOUTH
Preview: Friday 30th March 7pm – 9pm
Saturday 31st March – Thursday 12th April
In their first joint exhibition David Stacey and Graham Carlow explore the iconic landscape and picturesque scenery of the local area with awe and wonder through their dark, northern eyes.
Opening times: Tuesday – Saturday 10.30am – 5pm | Sunday 12noon-5pm | Closed Monday
ROOMS & ROAMING RESIDENCIES
Preview: Saturday 14th April 6.30pm – 8.30pm
Saturday 14th – Thursday 26th April
Colourful paintings by Katie Sollohub reflect her fascination with rooms, objects, and personal spaces; whether her own, or places she visits. Recent work includes paintings of the interior of Danny House, Hurstpierpoint; part of an ongoing residency.
Opening times: Tuesday – Saturday 10.30am – 5pm |
Sunday 12noon – 5pm | Closed Monday
PEOPLE AND PLACES; PAST AND PRESENT
Preview: Saturday 28th April 6.30pm – 8.30pm
Saturday 28th April – Thursday 10th May
Two Sussex artists, Karren Urben and Karen Norfolk present an exhibition of representational oil paintings, mixed media and sculpture. They will be showing a mix of past and present works. The “Present” features new pieces created specifi cally for their joint Hop Gallery exhibition.
Opening times: Tuesday – Saturday 10.30am – 5pm | Sunday 12noon – 5pm | Closed Monday
SOMEWHERE
Preview: Saturday 12th May 12noon-2pm
Saturday 12th – Sunday 20th May
Ten years after their inaugural exhibition, ART22 exhibit works by thirteen member artists. Paintings; prints; photographs and wood sculptures varying from the abstract to the figurative.
Opening times: Monday-Saturday 10.30am-5pm | Sunday 12noon-5pm
DOWNLAND LIGHT
Preview: Friday 25th May 6.30pm – 8.30pm
Saturday 26th May – Thursday 7th June
Collection of paintings by Jaime Etherington depicting the ever changing nature of the Downs. Painted over a couple of years, spent exploring for the moment and when the elements combine to produce something unique.
Opening times: Tuesday – Saturday 10.30am – 5pm | Sunday 12noon – 5pm | Closed Monday
ÖSTERSUND TO SUSSEX AND BACK AGAIN
Preview: Saturday 9th June 6pm – 8pm
Saturday 9th June – Thursday 21st June
This mother and son exhibition observes a developing professional relationship alongside the familiar. Lindy Dunbar and Joseph Davey return to the Hop Gallery after their 2010 success. Life drawings by Dunbar (Sussex). Landscapes by Davey (Sweden).
Opening times: Tuesday – Saturday 10.30am-5pm | Sunday 12noon-5pm | Closed Monday
ARCHITEXTURE
Preview: Saturday 23rd June 6pm – 8pm
Saturday 23rd June – Thursday 5th July
Natalie Martin and Cat Ingrams have a shared obsession with architecture; words; atmospheres and surfaces which they explore through painting; sculpture; printmaking and drawing. Their first show together promises new explorations of old preoccupations.
Opening times: Tuesday – Saturday 10.30am-5pm | Sunday 12noon-5pm | Closed Monday
ASPECTS OF THE LANDSCAPE AND OTHER BITS – John Amos
Preview: Saturday 7th July 12noon – 2pm
Saturday 7th – Sunday 15th July
An exhibition of figurative works in oil; acrylic; pastel and pencil. Exploring mood and atmosphere in painting, and texture in manmade objects with the pencil, is the base of John’s inspiration.
Opening times: Tuesday – Saturday 10.30am – 5pm | Sunday 12noon – 5pm | Closed Monday
PLATINUM II – Sussex Downs College Visual Arts Department
Tuesday 17th – Monday 23rd July
Following on from last year’s success, this exhibition will showcase, and celebrate the development of the students’ visual language, creative and technical skills.
Curated by Diana Hitchin.
Opening times: Monday – Saturday 10.30am – 4pm | Sunday 12noon – 4pm
Presentation of the Hop Gallery Visual Arts Awards, including a ‘Visitors’ Choice of exhibition piece on Saturday July 21st 12noon – 2pm.
Sponsors: Diana Hitchin and Hop Gallery.
INSIDE OUTSIDE – Dominic Evergreen
Preview: Friday 27th July 6.30pm – 8.30pm
Saturday 28th July – Sunday 5th August
Looking in and looking out. A colourful and lively exhibition combining the familiar with the mysterious. Windows with sea views; wooded landscapes and scenes with dancers and runners. Linocut prints; drawings and books also available.
Opening times: Tuesday – Saturday 10.30am – 5pm | Sunday 12noon – 5pm | Closed Monday
FLUIDO – Charlotte Baynes
Preview: Friday 10th August 7pm – 9pm
For opening times, see below.
An exhibition of painting and drawings by Charlotte Baynes. A vibrant, visual response to Flamenco music and dance.
Opening times:
Saturday 11th & Sunday 12th August | 11am – 4pm
Friday 17th August – Sunday 19th August | 11am – 4pm
‘A ROOM WITH A VIEW’
Saturday 25th August – Thursday 6th September
Following their successful 2010 Artwave festival exhibition Jane Wateridge and Lynn Warren return featuring a new collection of contemporary paintings and sculpture. “..fantastic… wonderful…. magical… inspiring… excellent… uplifting… delightful… one venue not to be missed!!”
Opening times: Tuesday – Saturday 10.30am – 5pm | Sunday & Monday (including Bank Holiday) 12noon – 5pm
Part of Lewes Artwave Festival 2012
SUSSEX WATER COLOUR SOCIETY
Preview: Saturday 8th September 12noon – 3pm
Saturday 8th – Thursday 20th September
The Society’s 35th Annual Show features new paintings of colourful and beautifully crafted work which ranges from the close observation of natural and manmade forms, to the pure abstract. From the loose and lively to the poetic and subtle. Expect the unexpected in this visual feast.
Opening times: Monday – Saturday 10.30am – 5pm | Sunday 12noon – 5pm
Part of Lewes Artwave Festival 2012
‘SEEING SENSE’ – Philippa Stanton
Preview: Saturday 22nd September 6pm – 8pm
Saturday 22nd September – Thursday 4th October
Synaesthetic paintings allow you to literally ‘See Sense’. Paintings of taste, sound and smell which encourage you to perceive and feel your senses in a subtle, abstract way. ‘Singing the blues with a dark brown voice….’, ‘An explosive taste with a light bouquet….’ See the colours and shapes in your mind, visually describing everyday senses.
Opening times: Tuesday – Saturday 10.30am – 5pm | Sunday 12noon – 5pm | Closed Monday
THE HOP GALLERY ‘OPEN’ EXHIBITION
Preview: Saturday 6th October 12noon – 4pm
Saturday 6th – Thursday 18th October
An exciting and diverse show of paintings; drawings; photography; mixed media; and textiles by selected artists from the South East of England.
Opening times: Tuesday-Saturday 10.30am – 5pm | Sunday 12noon – 5pm | Closed Monday
Application forms available March 2012, contact the Hop Gallery.
BOUNDED IN A NUTSHELL
Preview: Saturday 20th October 6.30pm – 8.30pm
Saturday 20th October – Thursday 1st November
“I could be bounded in a nutshell and count myself a king of infinite space, ere it not that I have bad dreams” Hamlet
Peter Messer returns with his latest unseen collection of paintings after his successful 2011 exhibition; “Where you Find It”.
Opening times: Tuesday – Saturday 10.30am – 5pm | Sunday 12noon – 5pm | Closed Monday
ANOMALY
Preview: Friday 2nd November 7pm – 9pm
Saturday 3rd – Thursday 15th November
This exhibition showcases screen prints by artist Kelly Sweeney whose work fuses the practices of printing, painting and drawing. She is interested in visual contradictions, and her work forges the realistic with the fantastical, and planned execution with gestural spontaneity.
Opening times: Tuesday – Saturday 10.30am – 5pm | Sunday 12noon – 5pm | Closed Monday
WINTER COLLECTION
Preview: Saturday 17th November 6.30pm – 8.30pm
Saturday 17th – Wednesday 28th November
Louise Chavannes takes inspiration from walks in her nearby countryside, and also from memories of rural Northumberland where she grew up. In her latest collection, Louise features primarily woodlands and aims to evoke a sense of place using the emotional effect of pigment and textures. 2011 saw Louise winning the much coveted Cuthbert’s Royal Watercolour Society (RWS) Competition with her painting entitled ‘Woodland in Snow’, the winning painting was exhibited at the Bankside Gallery, London.
Opening times: Tuesday – Saturday 10.30am-4pm | Sunday 12noon-4pm | Closed Monday
‘WAES-HAEL!’
Invitation breakfast morning: Sunday 2nd December 10am – 1pm
Saturday 1st – Saturday 22nd December
The Sussex Arts Collective present their third Christmas Show at the HOP Gallery. Another distinct range of high quality, yet affordable art and craft which make excellent and thoughtful gifts. Waes-Hael indeed!
Opening times: Tuesday – Saturday 10.30am – 5.00pm | Sunday & Monday 11am – 3pm
Late night Shopping Thursday 6th December 6pm – 8.30pm
