Viva Brighton Issue #60 February 2018

ART
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ART & ABOUT
In town this month...
Adventuring printmaker Beatrice von
Preussen spent eight weeks in the High
Arctic last summer, sailing on a tall ship with
30 scientists and artists from all over the
world. See her photographs, sketch books,
prints and diaries from Svalbard and hear
audio recordings of bearded seals singing
beneath the ice, at ONCA Gallery from
the 10th until the 15th. There are three
accompanying workshops for children:
geology in association with the Natural
History Museum; science in the Arctic
in association with the British Ecological
Society, and an Arctic animals printmaking
workshop. [onca.org.uk]
Ian Boutell
H_A_R_D_P_A_I_N_T_I_N_G continues at Phoenix Brighton
until the 11th. Seven contemporary abstract painters, Ian Boutell,
John Bunker, Philip Cole, Stig Evans, Tess Jaray, Johanna
Melvin and Patrick O’Donnell ‘explore the possibilities inherent
in space, colour, line and edge’ in a collection of paintings that
have been developed through premeditated and choreographed
processes, favouring intention over accident.
The Museum of Ordinary People is a new project
described by its founders Lucy and Jolie as ‘celebrating
the ripples that ordinary people leave behind. Forging
connections between generations and gathering stories
of everyday objects, exploring and documenting the
magic and mundanities of everyday life.’ They are
looking for people who have a collection of objects and
documents that are important to them, and that tell a
story, to take part in their series of free workshops over
six Tuesday evenings, culminating in an exhibition at
Brighton Fringe. To find out more, contact them at
museumofordinarypeople@gmail.com.
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