Wealden Times | WT228 | May 2021 | Restoration & New Build supplement inside

What’s On in May
AUCTIONS
EXHIBITIONS
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Sun 30 May 2021 – Sun 13 June
Online
BAREFOOT OPERA
CONTEMPORARY
ART AUCTION
In association with Charleston
Farmhouse and Gorringe’s
Auctioneers, this online auction
will sell paintings, sculpture and
other artworks by more than twenty
established contemporary artists,
including a new bronze portrait of
Virginia Woolf. The online gallery
will be available from Saturday
1 May and bidding will be from
Sunday 30 May to Sunday 13 June
barefootopera.com / gorringes.co.uk
CREATIVE COURSES
Tues 18 May
Curious House, Gauntlets,
Battenhurst Road, Stonegate,
East Sussex TN5 7DU
PAPER SCULPTURE:
SU BLACKWELL
Work with old books to
create lifelike, delicate paper
bluebells and snowdrops, using
watercolours and paper sculpting
techniques developed by Su.
No experience necessary.
Entry: £95 plus £10 for materials
curioushouse.net
Weds 19 May
Curious House, Gauntlets,
Battenhurst Road, Stonegate,
East Sussex TN5 7DU
MODERN CALLIGRAPHY:
LUCY BERRIDGE
Learn modern calligraphy, the
art of beautiful handwriting.
Designed for complete beginners
or those wanting to refresh their
skills. This delightful course is all
about getting started and taking a
very relaxed approach to the art.
Entry: £95 plus £15 for materials
curioushouse.net
Tues 25 May
Curious House, Gauntlets,
Battenhurst Road, Stonegate,
East Sussex TN5 7DU
SCULPTING WITH
WIRE: JANE MCCALL
Inspired by Alexander Calder’s
“Drawing in Space”, create a
three-dimensional figure from
wire mounted on wood, that
will give the impression that
the subject is in motion.
Entry: £95 plus £15 for materials
curioushouse.net
Until Sun 16 May
The Lightbox, Chobham Road
Woking, Surrey, GU21 4AA
BRIDGET RILEY:
PLEASURES OF SIGHT
WOKING
Celebrating Bridget Riley’s 90th
birthday this year, this exhibition
will explore the artist’s love of sight
and how it surprises us. Delve into
the historical roots of Bridget Riley’s
art and working methods, through
a selection of exemplary works.
Examples will be drawn from each
decade – from the 1960s to the
present day – with oils, prints and
preparatory colour studies forming
a retrospective which will explore
the artist’s enduring exploration of
colour, structure and perception.
Entry: Day Pass £7.50, Lightbox
Members and Under 21s Free
thelightbox.org.uk
29 May 2021 – Sun 4 July
The Beaney House of Art and
Knowledge, 18 High St,
Canterbury CT1 2RA
SAINT THOMAS BECKET –
WORLD CELEBRITY HEALER
Part of a programme of events
developed by partners from
across the UK and a platform to
commemorate the remarkable life
and death of Thomas Becket. The
exhibition showcases loans from
The British Museum, The Arts
Council Collection, University of
Kent, Canterbury Cathedral and
Canterbury Museums & Gallery.
canterburymuseums.co.uk/the-beaney
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