Evolver - May and June 2021

ANNA BROWNSTED ‘GOOD FORTUNES BENCH’ B-SIDE FESTIVAL 2021 “It’s been a busy year for B-SIDE despite the COVID restrictions and we have been regularly in contact with our commissioned artists who created their proposals for the Festival way back in 2019! COVID has had an impact on everyone, and the restrictions and lockdowns have made it impossible for many of our artists to deliver their projects in the way they wanted to. We have worked with our artists to adapt many of their ideas, but some of them just can't happen this year and we don't want to lose them, they are just too good! So we are very pleased to announce that b-side festival will be taking place this year with all the joy, care and excitement in a new four-day festival format running from 9th to 12th September with events and newly commissioned artworks that can be enjoyed in a COVID safe environment. And then... we will be back again in September 2022 with another feast for the senses, where more of our commissioned artists wonderful plans can be realised. Our full programme for this years b-side festival will be announced in June 2021. We are delighted to be supporting brand new site responsive work by Caitlin Akers, Anna Brownsted, Dan Shorten, Katie Surridge, Joe Borez & James Laming, Olivia Furber & Ramzi Maqdisi and Sadie Hennessy as well as our new digital programme That Other Place . More to be announced, but for now just get those dates in the diary!” 9 - 12 September: Locations throughout PORTLAND, Dorset. b-side.org.uk 15 VISUAL ARTS Please check venue opening times and access before travelling ‘LIFE IN LOCKDOWN’ 18 May - 12 September Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum, East Cliff, BOURNEMOUTH, BH1 3AA. Tuesday - Sunday 10am - 5pm. £7.50 / £4. 01202 128000 / russellcotes.com . “Featuring over 80 works from the Russell-Cotes rich and diverse fine art collection, this exhibition reinterprets some of our lesser-seen works through a lockdown lens.” BEAR FLAT ARTISTS ART TRAIL & OPEN STUDIOS 2021 29 - 31 May Locations in and around Bear Flat, BATH, BA2. 11am - 5pm. bearflatartists.co.uk. “Browse original artwork and buy direct. Socially- distanced spaces and gardens.” WICKERIDGE WOODS: ‘CHAIRS & MORE’ 1 - 31 June The Creative Gallery, St John’s Hill, WAREHAM, BH20 4NB. Monday - Saturday 10am - 5pm. 01929 551700 / creativegallerywareham.co.uk . “Beautiful chairs, made with seasoned and green woods.” FRANK HARWOOD: ‘MEMORIES’ 3 - 28 June Heart of The Tribe Gallery, 74 High Street, GLASTONBURY, BA6 9DZ. 11am - 5pm. 01458 832167 / heartofthetribe.com. See page 3. ‘SIRENS’ 5 - 9 June Centrespace Gallery, 6 Leonard Lane, BRISTOL, BS1 1EA. 11am - 5pm. 07960 110133 / centrespacegallery.com . “Hannah Battershell, Chloe Edwards, and Becky Hoghton explore the relationship of women to the sea, science and society.” ‘THE JAPANESE PORTFOLIO OF A VICTORIAN DECORATOR’ 18 May - 12 September Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum, East Cliff, BOURNEMOUTH, BH1 3AA. Tuesday - Sunday 10am - 5pm. £7.50 / £4. 01202 128000 / russellcotes.com . “A selection of sketches by John Thomas, the principal decorator of East Cliff Hall (now the Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum) from his portfolio of Japanese-inspired prints.” Above: ‘Peacock’ ‘TWO PLUS TWO’ 19 May - 8 June The Gallery, Shaftesbury Arts Centre, Bell Street, SHAFTESBURY, SP7 8AR. Monday - Saturday 10am - 4pm. 01747 855243. “Work by Sandy Roberts, Janet Parker-Laird, Sally Dhurev, and Jane Shepherd.” CAROLYN KING: ‘TELLING TALES!’ 19 May - 19 June Rotunda Gallery, Lyme Regis Museum, Bridge Street, LYME REGIS, DT7 3QA. £5.95. Wednesday - Saturday 10am - 4pm. lymeregismuseum.co.uk . “Pictures, words and whimsy.” MIKE PERRY: ‘LAND / SEA’ 20 May - 14 August Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Dowell Street, HONITON, EX14 1LX. Thursday - Saturday, 10am - 5pm. 01404 45006 / thelmahulbert.com . “Multi-site exhibition of the work of Mike Perry, engaging with environmental issues, particularly the tension between human activity and interventions in the environment, and the fragility of the planet’s ecosystems.” ‘KATARZYNA KLEIN CURATES’ 5 - 26 June Hybrid Gallery, 51 High Street, HONITON, EX14 1PW. Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 5pm. 01404 43201 / hybrid-devon.co.uk. “Katarzyna’s paintings meld graphic, patterning of forms with loose strokes of paint, recalling the folk art tradition. She brings work by craftspeople, makers and painters who fit with her aesthetic.” Above: Katarzyna Klein ‘Spring Bulb with Pear’ (Acrylic on canvas panel, 30 x 30 cm)