Viva Lewes Issue #153 June 2019

ART
Out of town
Towner are celebrating their tenth anniversary in their
‘new’, Rick Mather-designed building with a busy summer
season. Exhibitions include a large-scale installation
by South African artist Dineo Seshee Bopape; an
exhibition of works from the Towner collection, curated
by the gallery’s own team; a presentation of new paintings
by London-based artist Phoebe Unwin and a major
outdoor commission by Lothar Götz (see pg 60). Join
them for a celebratory summer party marking the launch
of the exhibitions on the 15th of June (6pm-late).
Harold Mockford
Plinth Home
Charleston hold their second Designer & Maker Fair
on Saturday the 22nd of June (11am-
5pm). Thirty carefully curated
designers and makers present
a selection of ceramics,
textiles, jewellery, clothing,
prints and home wares.
If the success of their
Christmas makers’ fair
is anything to go by, you
might want to book early.
(Tickets £5 in advance, £6 on
the door.)
Lucy Ogden
Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft
present Women’s Work, an exhibition
of work by a pioneering group of
women in craft, who turned their
practice into successful businesses
between the two world wars. Many
of the featured artists are relatively
unknown, and yet hugely significant
to the development of the Arts and
Crafts movement. Drawing on the
museum’s own, and other specialist
collections, the exhibition features
more than 100 pieces of textiles, ceramics
and jewellery, made by craftswomen
including Ethel Mairet,
Alice Hindson, Phyllis Baron and Dorothy Larcher, Enid Marx and Denise Wren. A series of
events accompanies the exhibition, including a weaving residency using an historic loom.
Continues until 6th October.
Image kindly provided by the Crafts Study Centre, University for the Creative Arts
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