Author: carylbeach

praesentia

Press release  for  ‘Wallace 100’

A group exhibition and Art Trail

by artists, Caryl Beach, Veronica Grassi and Sally Tyrie under the group name of ‘Praesentia’

Dates; Thursday 7^th Nov 2013  for approx. 2 weeks

Location; Hertford Town Centre – shop windows / walls inside premises.

Caryl Beach, Veronica Grassi and Sally Tyrie studied together at the University of Hertfordshire on the MAFine Art course and are currently based at Digswell Arts Trust studios near Welwyn. Following on from a very successful show at Courtyard Arts in Hertford in 2012, which explored aspects of Hertford’s past, they have come together again to create and display work that responds to one of Hertford’s historical residents, Alfred Russell Wallace. Their exhibition titled ‘Wallace 100’ coincides with nationwide events being organised by the Natural History Museum and partner institutions around the world to ‘commemorate the life and work of Alfred Russell…

I became a fellow at one of the Digswell Arts Trust sites in June this year. I finally have a studio space where the plan is to work on some of the ideas that I’ve been storing away in my sketchbooks over the years.

This weekend is Open Studios where the Studios are open to the public from 11-4.

Drop by if you get a chance and say ‘hi’.

http://digswellartstrust.com/2013/09/02/open-studios-at-all-three-digswell-arts-trust-sites/

I am at The Forge.

I’ll be showing all recent work in the Digswell ‘Forge’ Open Studios.

http://www.digswellartstrust.com

including 4 framed prints and a number of unframed prints, after a busy summer of beavering away both in my studio at home and at the Digswell Arts Trust print room.

PV tonight Fri 13th 6.30 – 8.30 and open to the public for the next 2 weekends.

14, 15  and 21, 22   11-4

free parking, and WI tea and cakes on sundays.

here’s a sneak peek;