disseminare /disːemi’nare/ to sow, scatter and spread afar |
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SPRING Newsletter 2023 Renewal |
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Seasons Greetings “For a seed to achieve its greatest expression, it must come completely undone. The shell cracks, its insides come out and everything changes. To someone who doesn't understand growth, it would look like complete destruction.” ― Cynthia Occelli |
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Are you feeling ready? To come out of your 'shell' or "shel - ter"? We have lots of wonderful creative experiences to encourage you 'out' metaphorically and physically. Engaging with the 'Creative Process' is much like 'coming undone' It can feel exposing and often we don't like what we see or do to start with. Once we accept this as part of the process and move beyond it we start to reap the benefits of our hard work and creative cultivation. Following this process together in a supportive group out in the natural environment can really accelerate growth and artistic development, especially over the course of a 'year' from planting the initial seeds of inquiry to harvesting work and celebrating the end of the year. Thats why we thought we would offer a seasons long package to our Creative Gathering sessions - 8 sessions at a discounted rate of £35 per session when signing up for all 8 sessions. Please email us if this is of interest. We start with our first Creative Gathering of 2023 with 'Yellow - Pops of Colour and Pastels' . This year the themes have an associated colour, a hint of process and a suggested medium. See below the themes for the SOOA year long gatherings. We have many interesting Special Guests that will join us to share their practice, offer a prompt or simply join us to discuss the ebbs and flows of working seasonally outdoors. |
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Creative Gatherings Self directed creative inquiry sessions Monthly |
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On Friday we are thrilled to welcome Sian Cornish from Lancaster and Cornish as our first Creative Gathering guest to The Croft as we consider Pops of Colour and inquire into Botanical Pigments with an overview into sources, extraction and processing natural pigment as both a dye and an art medium. |
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Photos John Hersey "As a visual artist, a mother, and creative director of Lancaster & Cornish, I spend much of my time seeking connections. I am drawn to the links between disciplines and the invisible line between art and science as a way to understand the really BIG things in the context of our everyday. I make plant dyed silk ribbons and textiles reflecting the beautiful landscape and seascapes of Cornwall, echoing in colour natures seasonal palette. The resulting silks are deeply embedded in the movements of the tidal river and sea, two dimensional representations of the landscape, using foraged, grown and fairly traded pigments and plants. branches and leaves. The links between landscape, art and science provide me with a seasonally evolving colour and textural palette." Recent work: Emma (Universal Films), Netflix UK, FEAST Cornwall – The Tin Red Line, Jam Jar Flowers, The Garden Gate Flower Company" Visit Sians Website here www.lancasterandccornish.co.uk |
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Please note we are only offering whole day participation on Creative Gatherings now due to participant preference and site logistics. |
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Collaboration is a core value at SOOA. Collaborations with creativity, with the natural world and by no means least the collaborations with other artists. Feeling we are very much part of a global community, the collaboration with an artist on the other side of the world held a beautiful and poignant seasonal significance, as we entered into our winter months in the UK, Spring was rising up in the Southern Hemisphere. The Australian Outback is home and creative playground to Artist Jamila Hume. Via FaceTime Jamila and SOOA began to plan an alla Prima oils course that would herald in the blooms coinciding with our Floral May festivals here in Cornwall. Read more about Jamilas beautiful life affirming practice and sensate and vibrant impasto oil paintings that pay homage to the petals and buds that we are gifted with seasonally across the globe. |
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Jamila Hume " In the Spring the heart finds its morning and is refreshed"
I feel the collective sigh when spring arrives. The sudden delights of colour, the fluttering of fresh foliage on plum trees, the arresting sight of a wattle in full bloom, how it unapologetically occupies centre stage set against the blue sky, reminds us all that we are limitless possibilities. And I am here for it.
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"My art pays homage to the colours, aromas, gestures and pause extended to us by nature in full bloom. I am a self-taught painter and for as long as I can remember my one dream has been to paint large, vibrant oil paintings that are luxurious in texture and colour and that express whimsical movement. " |
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I was born in England to a British mother and Moroccan father. As a family we moved to Vancouver, Canada where I was raised and attended university. In 2010, I immigrated to Australia. In 2017, following a long career as an anthropologist working in the resources sector, I decided that it was time to pursue my childhood dream of painting. |
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I relocated to Florence, Italy where I rented a flat and studio space. I spent just over 18 months painting and touring galleries, museums, and the Tuscan hills. |
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I love rich deep colours and often spend many days per week mixing up new colours and palettes. I find inspiration in a single flower petal; a large, rambling gardenscape; or a gestural bouquet of fresh, local flowers. I paint freely with my palette knife. I apply a very thick layer of oil paint and start the visual journey by first adding foliage and then responding to the blending and bleeding of colours. My process is akin to a stream of consciousness: one gestural mark leads to another, the colours change as they pick up the background colour or the adjacent marks; the painting emerges over a series of days. |
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I paint full-time in my studio in the Outback of Australia. In addition to selling directly from my studio, I regularly exhibit and sell in solo and group shows in commercial and regional galleries. My hope is that my art brings people to a pause and that every single time they look upon one of my pieces, they find something new. I am delighted to know that my work resides in homes across the world. To follow along and learn more, visit me here : @jamilahume_art (instagram) or www.jamilahumeart.com |
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Spend the day with Jamila connecting with the natural environment, tuning in to yourself, meeting new friends, creating quick loose line drawings and compositions in charcoal and painting an oil painting | | |
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Carve out the time once a month to creatively gather and be inspired on either an individual or collaborative creative project or activity. Creative prompts and a range of materials and media available to use and explore. | | |
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Whether you are dusting off your Plein Air hibernation or wishing to rediscover the creativity you’ve shelved for a while, a day with Louise Bennett will put the spring back in your painting practice.
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Carve out the time once a month to creatively gather and be inspired on either an individual or collaborative creative project or activity. Creative prompts and a range of materials and media available to use and explore. | | |
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The morning will be spent collecting pigments from a local site, exploring the geology and ethical and ecological implications of using hand-gathered earth pigments. We will then experiment with different processing methods and make simple paint. This course sells out so book early to avoid disappointment. | | |
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Carve out the time once a month to creatively gather and be inspired on either an individual or collaborative creative project or activity. Creative prompts and a range of materials and media available to use and explore. | | |
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Our attention will focus on wildflowers and foliage while our practice will be geared to mixing colours and creating really fluid loose and rapid works. So much of what creates a beautiful unique painting pivots around courageous expression, personal story, and composition. | | |
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Using a short walk to the local Megalithic Dolmen as initial stimuli - this 2 day course will leave you feeling refreshed, grounded and more confident in colour mixing, mixed media, composition with new ways into creating your own contemporary landscapes. | | |
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Carve out the time once a month to creatively gather and be inspired on either an individual or collaborative creative project or activity. Creative prompts and a range of materials and media available to use and explore. | | |
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This day course incorporates a Canadian Canoe paddle in collaboration with Immerse Outdoors, SOOA partner business. We will explore our journey using a limited palette reflecting our environment with homegrown and processed charcoal, both dry and liquid, Earth Pigments in ochres and umbers and Oak Gall ink collected from the Helford River banks | | |
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Combining the age old disciplines of pottery and basketry this experimental three dimensional collaborative course will use all the senses to weave together ancient methods, to create something new together on the cusp of Midsummer. | | |
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Carve out the time once a month to creatively gather and be inspired on either an individual or collaborative creative project or activity. Creative prompts and a range of materials and media available to use and explore. | | |
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Thank you so much for taking the time to read. |
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Find out more daily at SOOA social media accounts. Seasonal wishes and wellbeing to one and all. Thank you so much for reading. Oll an Gwella |
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