LOCAL ARTISTS & OPEN STUDIOS

ARTIST: KRISTIN BAILEY

Kristin Bailey has been painting for some 25 years for herself, friends family and the occasional commission, but she had never been in the right place to make it any kind of career. Well, lockdown has changed that!

Like many people with underlying health conditions she found herself shielding at home with her 2 young boys through 2020 and this gave her the impetuous she needed to dive into her sketching and painting. What started as a need for some peaceful 'head space' developed into a very creative and prolific time as an artist for Kristin.

Kristin's striking and original designs translate very effectively into a beautiful range of bespoke items which are available, made to order printed with her artwork. The range can be found on her newly launched website: https://notestotreasure.com/

She comments, "I was so grateful to have one of my Mixed Media paintings accepted in the Institute for East Anglian Artist Annual Exhibition 2021 and to receive the President’s Commendation for my piece entitled ‘Emmanuel II'. This was a wonderful foundation for my new career as an artist. I have also been collaborating with a group of artists organised by Artemix, a London based group which promotes cross discipline collaborations"

Kristin continues, "Because I have a strong faith in God, I use my painting as a time to worship using colour. My church, The Lighthouse Church in Lynn Road, even allow me to bring my paints & paper to paint during the worship & service on a Sunday morning!"

Each Wednesday Kristin runs a creative dropin, open for all who wish to join a creative community who like a good natter & to create alongside others. Currently they meet via Lighthouse Zoom meetings online and anyone interested in joining can email Kristin on:

OLD FIRE ENGINE HOUSE

kristin@notestotreasure.com

EXHIBITION: JUNE 10TH - AUGUST 1ST Available online and in the gallery, closed Mondays and public holidays.

Helena Greene was an artist that loved the fresh and new, finding ways to constantly reinvent the landscapes and vistas that she experienced.

From her early days in the 1970s studying art at Goldsmiths London, where she concentrated on installation art, to her work with textiles and silk printing, through mixed media collages to the fertile final years of her life when she became fascinated by film - her art was constantly evolving. Her work draws on the verdant East Anglian countryside where she grew up, the south coast where she holidayed as a child, stretching to the many corners of the globe that she explored including Pakistan, India, Mexico and Australia. She lived most of her adult life in Cambridge, inspired by the city's streets, her home and much loved garden there.

This is a fitting retrospective of an artist who lived her art and saw art in everything she lived. It is a huge pleasure for her family to see her work exhibited at the Old Fire Engine House - an exhibition space Helena loved and returned to on many occasions.

The region’s largest art event is back this July. Cambridge Open Studios is set to return this July for its month-long summer art event, featuring an exciting range of exhibitions by over 300 artists at a selection of locations in the city and surrounding villages.

The weekends are: July 3/4, 10/11, 17/18 and 24/25. Studios are open to visit between 11am and 6pm except those opting to take visitors via appointment.

The distinctive yellow COS flags will be out to identify participating studios and visitors are guaranteed a warm welcome.

For many artists it will be Open Studios as usual with exhibitors opening their doors to the public. Some artists have chosen to ‘open by appointment’ and a few have opted to participate with ‘open windows’.

Cambridge Open Studios are delighted to be partnering with The Pitt Building. Located on Trumpington Street in the heart of historic Cambridge, The Pitt Building will be hosting a range of artists over the course of the four weekends. Nine art galleries in the regions will also be hosting resident Open Studios artists.

Full details of how artists will be participating can be found in the e-Guide Book and on the App. See https://www.camopenstudios.co.uk/

For the first time in the history of Cambridge Open Studios there will be no printed guide - for two reasons, the planned move into the digital age, and to reduce the number of guides to save the planet has been accelerated by the pandemic and fear of possible transmission through contact. The App has become extremely popular.

Incredibly easy to use allowing the user to search by medium, location, weekend and artist name, it’s the quickest and easiest way to find participating artists.

https://www.camopenstudios.co.uk

TED CONEY – ‘COVID SECURE’ OPEN STUDIO

Ely artist , Ted Coney, is showing his family inspired paintings during the last three weekends of July in a ‘covid secure’ way. Instead of doing guided tours around his 300 year old cottage, he is offering a free admission visit to his studio on Waterside, along with displays his new garden gallery and garage. The garden will be open from 12pm – 6pm under the Cambridge Open Studio scheme. No need to book – just turn up!