March 2017

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Printmakers Exhibition…...…...1

Featured Artist……………….2 & 3

Member News………………4 to 10

Events………………………………..11

REMINDERS

Mining Legacy Exhibition Private View—Members and guests invited Friday 10th March 6.30 pm to 8.30 pm.

Time to start thinking about Open Studios submissions; entry forms will be sent out 15/03/17, deadline for entry 14/04/17. Brochures will be out first week of July.

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PRINTMAKERS EXHIBITIONS 2017

Printmakers of Drawn to the Valley; Exhibitions for original prints

following the processes of Intaglio, relief, screen, lithography, collagraph

or monoprint.

We have two exciting opportunities coming up for our printmakers.

The first during May; Drawn to the Valley with Plymouth

University Printmakers ‘6 Impressions’ exhibition

And from June to September at The Theatre Royal Plymouth

Drawn to the Valley have been invited to have an exhibition of work

by the printmakers in our group at the prestigious Theatre Royal in

Plymouth. The exhibition opens on 19th June and runs right through

to 18th September and is a great opportunity to have DttV work seen

by the vast numbers of theatre visitors.

Look out for the registration details that will be sent out in due course.

Drawn to the Valley with Plymouth University; Printmakers Exhibition Plymouth University, Café of Roland Levinsky Building in combination with work exhibited by students. No Private View, Set Up Wednesday 3rd May, takedown Wednesday 24th May. Exhibition Thursday 4th May 2017 to Tuesday 23rd May, open daily and evenings. Printmakers Exhibition, Theatre Royal, Royal Parade, Plymouth PL1 2TR Set Up 19th June, takedown 18th Sept Private View Wednesday 21st June 6.30pm to 8.30pm Exhibition Tuesday 20th June to Saturday 16th September 2017.

Image above Jo Larsen Burnett

“I definitely find I am more drawn to valley-bottom than moor-top”

Since relocating to the Bere peninsula last year my partner Ysella and I have

been building our design business, Tungsten Design. Things are coming along

nicely and we are very pleased to be working with several new clients, including

Tamar Trails centre at Gulworthy and the UK’s leading constructor of outdoor

adventure courses, based in Dorset. In this transitional period it has not been

easy to maintain momentum on my art, but I have been keeping sharp

(sometimes) and getting frustrated (often) by attending life drawing every week

in Tavistock.

I am loving the process of tuning-in to our new surroundings and the landscape

here offers different stimuli to that of wooded Surrey. We are set between rivers

Tamar and Tavy and the light and movement are both serene and exciting. I

have managed some quality time with my camera and made some images which

I hope pleasingly reflect the varying moods of the rivers. I definitely find I am

more drawn to

valley-bottom

than moor-top

– I guess you

can take the

boy out of

Friday Street

but it is harder

to take the

Friday Street

out of the boy.

FEATURED ARTIST: GLEN PADGHAM

For as long as I can remember I have considered myself someone who draws.

There is something about the simplicity and rigour of pencil and paper that is

both instantly accessible and endlessly challenging; there will never be enough

time to resolve those two but I will always have fun trying.

I lived until May 2016 in a spot called the Surrey Hills, near Dorking. My father

still lives in the same tied cottage in which he was born in a twelve-house

hamlet called Friday Street, and this somewhat remote wooded valley setting

continues to have a large influence on me and my way of seeing.

I never had the opportunity to go to art school and instead went into graphic

design via a City & Guilds course at Guildford College. Design is an absorbing,

challenging and rewarding business and it has kept me thinking laterally and

creatively for over 30 years so far. In tandem I try to keep working all the time

on the practice of drawing which, as many will agree, is really the practice of

looking and seeing… to this end I often substitute camera for pencil when

making images.

WHAT IS THE BEST WORK RELATED THING YOU HAVE DONE RECENTLY?

Getting to Grenofen before dawn with camera and tripod.

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ASK THE ARTIST

Where is your favourite

place?

The path along the River

Walkham from Grenofen to

Double Waters takes some

beating.

What is your worst habit?

Overthinking.

What irritates you?

Under thinking.

Top 2 dinner party guests?

Flann O’Brien, and the

grandfather I never met,

Nelson Padgham.

Which super-power would

you most like to have?

Who wouldn’t want to be able

to fly?

What is your favourite

motto?

One that I can only aspire to:

Have a good time, all the time.

(Spinal Tap reference alert.)

For more information on

Glen’s business Tungsten

Design see page 8.

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Severells Bank

RESIDENCY OPPORTUNITY

Endelienta Residency

Opportunity for Writer

and Visual Artist

and Composer

at St Endellion, North

Cornwall

Endelienta offers a

residential opportunity

for a composer, a writer

and a visual artist to work

for 7 days, on location in

North Cornwall, from 5 to

12 July. The residency

includes a stipend of

£675 including travel

expenses.

Accommodation and

work space is provided.

Deadline for applications:

31 March 2017, 12noon

For further details see

www.endelienta.org.uk

Endelienta, is a

charitable organisation

for music, literature, arts

and reflection, builds on

the international

reputation of the St

Endellion Music Festivals

and the unique qualities

of St Endellion Church

and its surrounding

landscape.

DRAWN TO THE VALLEY MINING EXHIBITION

Mining Legacy of the Tamar Valley – Drawn to the Valley Exhibition Tamar Valley Centre, Drakewalls,

Near Gunnislake, Cornwall, PL18 9FE Saturday 11th March to Friday 17th March 2017 10.00 am to 4.00 pm

(to 2.00 pm Friday) Private View—Members and guests invited

Friday 10th March 6.30 pm to 8.30 pm. With our forthcoming Spring Exhibition in mind the following events in our local community may provide further inspiration…

East Cornwall Mining History Association & Cornwall and West Devon World Heritage Site for Cornish Mining

March 4th - Robert Waterhouse – “Mines and Mining in the Tamar Valley” – Our local mines, from the Middle Ages to the present day – 7.00 welcome, launch, refreshments for 7.30 start, at The Old School, Stoke Climsland. For more info through the year, watch this space, the ECMHA web site http://mininghistoryeastcornwall.btck.co.uk/ or contact us on 01579 370411

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LYNHER BARGE Our next drawing day (5th March) has been postponed to Sunday 26th March

at the barge, Mashfords Boatyard, Cremyll. Space is limited to 6 in both a

morning and afternoon session with a meet up for lunch at the pub in Cremyll

subject to interest.

Please contact admin@drawntothevalley.co.uk or

call 07808813492 if you would like to book a place.

(Free of charge, lunch at your own cost.)

Call for volunteers to help with the restoration; Sat-

urdays from 25th Feb until 1st April Mashfords

boatyard. Anyone interested please contact Barbara;

Sanding, filling, plugging and clearing up are some of

the tasks that need doing.

Please ring Barbara on 01752 823927/07989 160950

or email lynher@tamarbarge.org.uk

‘The workshop theme is “Myself”. Please bring scissors, glue, quotes, text and maybe portraits/art works for re-imagining. I hope to see you there. Marianne’

All Artists and Makers who produce high quality work and who are willing to publicise the markets through their contacts and buyers networks are invited to apply for a stall at the Tavistock Artists and Makers Market.

Saturday 6th May (as part of the Tavistock Music and Art Festival) Saturday 3rd June Saturday 1st July Saturday 5th August Saturday 2nd September Saturday 7th October Saturday 4th November Saturday 2nd December Contact Cheryl or Mark, please; email taviartsmarket@aol.com Or telephone 01822 615430 www.taviartsmarket.com

Invitation - The Plymouth Women's Network has pleasure in inviting you to our International

Women's Day celebration - an evening to nurture, empower and inspire women: As part of this

special day we will have:

“Releasing Creativity through Art” workshop with artist Marianne Sturtridge

This taster workshop aims to raise our awareness of our untapped capabilities to do art and feel inspired by the ethos

of IWD. Please bring any words, messages or something personal you want to use in your art piece.

“Women On the Rise” talk and discussion with Labour politician Alison Seabeck (former Plymouth MP)

Alison will be briefly talking about the way forward for the women's movement in these critical times, including the

United Nations topic for this year: “Women in the Changing World of Work: Planet 50:50 by

2030” (Visit www.unwomen.org/en/ news/in-focus/international- womens-day for information).

“Womankinder Dance” workshop with dancer Louise Henwood

A gentle short dance session to reconnect with ourselves and to energise us.

There will be space for socialising and networking plus

free drinks and (vegan, gluten-free) snacks before and

after the session.

This is a free event and doors will open at 18:30 for a

19:00 start.

All women are welcome but please confirm your

attendance for organisational purposes, via email

(plymouthwomensnetwork@gmail.com) or Facebook

event page.

https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/whats-on/international-womens-day-2017

TAVI ARTS MARKET 2017

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY CELEBRATION

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THE WHARF, TAVISTOCK, HOSTS THE JAMES TAYLOR QUARTET IN A WOODLAND THEMED SOUL/FUNK EXTRAVAGANZA!

The Tamar Community

Trust is pleased to

announce a performance

by The James Taylor

Quartet at The Wharf,

Tavistock, on Friday 24

March, 2017.

JTQ are the internationally

recognised leaders of

Hammond organ jazz funk

and can often be heard at

world-renowned jazz

venues, including Ronnie

Scott’s and the Jazz Cafe in

London.

The Tavistock performance

has been organised to

increase awareness of, and

to raise funds to support,

the work of the Tamar

Community Trust.

JTQ will be supported by

Joanna Cooke, local singer

songwriter with a ‘soulful

and epic’ reputation.

Ticket prices are £16

standing, £14 concessions,

with a pay bar and

foodstall. For tickets,

please contact

www.tavistockwharf.com

or call the box office on

01822 611166. Doors open

7pm, bar open until 12pm.

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TERRE VERTE

gallery

Cornwall Life Landscape Artist of the Year

Exhibition of Finalists

An exhibition of work by competition finalists

- Maggie Cochran, Clark Nichol, Tim Treagust,

Stuart Law and Maxine Whitbread-Abrutat -

you are invited to join us at a private view on

Friday 24th February - 4.30 pm to 6.30 pm.

Exhibition open from Saturday 25th February

to Saturday 18th March, Tuesday to Saturday

10.00am - 5.00 pm. Further details at

www.richeart.co.uk or contact us at

terreverteinfo@gmail.com

or 01566 880405

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Plymouth College of Art are opening it's studios and equipment on a Saturday to creative practitioners

within the South West looking for a specialised space for them to create and make. Whether you are

working on a commission, producing samples or simply need to fire some work, come along and benefit

from the fantastic equipment at the College.

Availability is restricted to Saturdays from 10am - 2pm from 25th March - 22nd April. For more infor-

mation please contact Vicky: studioaccess@pca.ac.uk"

The Access is booked in blocks of 4 Saturdays in a row, and you can pay for the slot either by calling our

reception team on: 01752 203434 or by paying online through an Eventbrite booking. The next set of

Saturdays that will be available to book onto would start on: 25th March 2017 and would run until 22nd

April. (It would not run be open over the Easter Weekend - 15th April).

Tungsten Design is owned and run by Drawn to the Valley member Glen Padgham and partner Ysella Sims. We have relocated to the beautiful Tamar Valley from Surrey and have nearly thirty years’ experience in effective design and communication. Our clients range from large corporates to enthusiastic start-ups – currently we are working on projects for; the leading constructor of outdoor adventure courses in the UK, a chain of indoor climbing centres, an award winning hair and beauty salon, a venue for family outdoor adventure, and more besides.

We are committed to providing a thoughtful, bespoke design service and we like to think that our results derive from doing things with integrity, our way. Here is an ABC of design, the Tungsten way:

A: Initial brief and review

We look before we leap; nothing is taken at face value. We ask questions and build confidence by listening carefully, then we do our homework and make sure we are well-informed. We take a step back and expand on the initial premise, then we focus on the fine stuff and try and properly see – details can be crucial.

B: Finding our focus

Clear communication starts with clear choices, wisely made. If there is one strategy above all others that we rely on, it is to adopt different perspectives. Viewpoint changes everything, so we put ourselves in different positions to see what happens. Choosing where to place emphasis, and finding the places to push, enables us to strip away any distractions. When we work in a well-chosen direction we can be creative and confident.

C: Great design is honest and open

We test ourselves so we don’t get attached too soon, and then we share – when we deliver our ideas we are prepared to explain ourselves. We believe this is how we produce original work which delivers – the end result should communicate in a clear and unique way.

We hope that another key point of difference with our design service is the breadth of capability in a small two-person company. We take responsibility for the entire process; from research and broad concepts, through content creation, design visuals, testing, presentation, and then to eventual oversight of final production. We are as tenacious about seeing the job through to completion as we are rigorous about the initial stages. www.tungstendesign.co.uk 01822 841156

CONTINUED FROM FEATURED ARTIST

DRAWN TO THE VALLEY

EVENTS 2017

Mining Legacy of the Tamar Valley Exhibition Tamar Valley Centre, Drakewalls, Near Gunnislake, Cornwall, PL18 9FE Set up; Thursday 9th & Friday 10th March, Take down 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm Friday 17th March Private View Friday 10th March 6.30 pm to 8.30 pm Exhibition Saturday 11th March to Friday 17th March 2017 10.00 am to 4.00 pm (to 2.00 pm Friday) Drawn to the Valley with Plymouth University; Printmakers Exhibition Plymouth University, Café of Roland Levinsky Building in combination with work exhibited by Plymouth University students. No Private View, Set Up Wednesday 3rd May, takedown Wednesday 24th May Exhibition Thursday 4th May 2017 to Tuesday 23rd May

Printmakers Exhibition, Theatre Royal, Royal Parade, Plymouth PL1 2TR Set Up 19th June, takedown 18th Sept Private View Wednesday 21st June 6.30pm to 8.30pm Exhibition Tuesday 20th June to Saturday 16th September 2017 Tavistock Exhibition, Tavistock Town Hall, Bedford Square, Tavistock PL19 0AU Set Up Sunday 30th July to Tuesday 1st August 2017 Private View Tuesday 1st August 6.30pm to 8.30pm Exhibition Wednesday 2nd August to Sunday 6th August 2017 Open Studios Saturday 2nd September to Sunday 10th September 2017

Artist Working Days

Lynher Barge Mashfords Boatyard, Cremyll. Artists must register for

inclusion, limited capacity.

Artist Work Days, Sunday 26th March.

Pentillie Castle & Estate St. Mellion, Saltash PL12 6QD Artists must register for inclusion, limited capacity. Artist Work Days, Tuesdays; 21st March, 16th May, 18th July, 17th October

The Garden House Buckland Monachorum, Yelverton, PL20 7LQ No restrictions on attendance. Artist Work Days, Thursdays; 20th April, 29th June, 14th September, 26th October

Dartmoor Zoo Sparkwell, Plymouth PL7 5DG. Artists must register for inclusion, limited capacity. Artist Work Days, Mondays; 5th June, 18th September Drawn to the Valley Annual General Meeting Thursday 23rd November 201 7.00pm to 9.00pm Venue TBC

Other events will be notified to members.

Arts Administrator:

Sarah-Jane Lincoln

20 Mill Hill Cottages,

Mill Hill, Tavistock,

Devon, PL19 8NW

Tel: 0780 8813492 admin@drawntothevalley.co.uk

MISSION STATEMENT Drawn to the Valley provides a great network for artists, a way of keeping in touch and exhibiting work inspired by

their passion for the beautiful Tamar Valley Area and

beyond.

OUR VISION Drawn to the Valley group is

an artist led initiative, membership is open to professional artists and

craftspeople living and/or working in the Tamar Valley

area. Drawn to the Valley was formed by the artists

themselves over a decade ago, mainly as a support network, but also in order to promote

the Tamar Valley Area, bringing the area of natural beauty to life through art.

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