12th May – 9th June Tiburcio & Israel Soteno: Artists Residency.
Tiburcio & Israel Soteno ceramic artists from Metepec, Mexico will be working for six weeks at Green Close Studios, where they hope to discover what it is that makes our environment of the Lune Valley so unique and special. They will be creating new works and sharing their skills and knowledge with artists, schoolchildren and the wider communities of the Lune Valley.
Open to the Public every Wednesday – Saturday 10am-4pm.
Except Saturday 19th May giving a workshop at the British Museum London, and Friday 25th May when Tiburcio & Israel will be working at Lancaster City Museum.
Please note limited access to the studios - On Saturday 26th May & Saturday 9th June as we will be running Professional development days for artists - not suitable for public visits.
Groups and school visits welcome – please phone in advance 015242-21233
Green Close Studios, Melling, Carnforth, Lancashire, LA6 2RB.
www.greenclosestudios.co.uk
Green Close Studios dates for your diary:
¡Viva Mexico! Professional Development Days for Artists
Saturday 26th May & Saturday 9th June 2007
Two days of creative professional development for artists and ceramicists. Working with Specialists Chloë Sayer, Tiburcio & Israel Soteno, Sue Flowers (Green Close Studios) and Sue Ashworth, (Lancashire Museums). Artists will have the opportunity to learn directly from artists, ceramicists, curators and collectors about the specific context of Mexican art and craft. Both days will include practical creative making sessions. Subsidised cost £50 for two full days including lunch.
Contact the studios for further information. 015242-21233
info@greenclosestudios.co.uk
Book early limited places (15)
Saturday 26th 10am–6pm Meet at Lancaster City Museum.
Saturday 9th June 10am-4pm Meet at Green Close Studios.
Wrayflix:
Saturday 26th May 8pm, Wray Village Hall doors open 7.30pm
A community film screening of Frida (15)
The film profiles the chaotic and inspiring life of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo and her turbulent relationship with her partner Mexican muralist Diego Riviera.
Tickets: £3 each CONTACT FOR BOOKINGS: Janet Dixon 015242-21699
Soft drinks & light refreshments available. If you would like to bring your own Wine/beer, glasses will be provided.
Sunday 27th May 7pm, Evening lecture by Chloë Sayer in Melling Village Institute
Lecture by specialist curator of ¡Viva Mexico!
No booking necessary, turn up at the door, entrance £1.
Contact Green Close Studios for further details: 015242 -21233
info@greenclosestudios.co.uk
Bowland Festival: Bowland to Mexico
Ceramic Trees of Life
Saturday 16th June 2007 10am–4pm
Ceramic art workshop at Green Close Studios led by environmental artist Sue Flowers. Cost £10 each.
To book by phone Tel: 01200 – 420301
www.bowlandfestival.co.uk
Open to the Public every Wednesday – Saturday 10am-4pm.
Except Saturday 19th May when Tiburcio & Israel will be giving a workshop at the British Museum London.
Information about the professionals:
Tiburcio Soteno belongs to a large and important family of ceramic artists. Born in 1952, he learnt his skills in early childhood and has passed on his knowledge to his son Israel. The family specialises in making complex clay sculptures termed Arboles de la vida – trees of life. In 1992 Tiburcio was artist in residence at the Museum of Mankind, the ethnographic department of the British Museum. Since then, he has had residencies and received commissions from major galleries all over the world including the Gallery of Modern Art (Glasgow), the Douglas Hyde Gallery (Dublin), The George R. Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art (Toronto), the UCLA fowler Museum of Cultural History (Los Angeles) and the Naughton Gallery at Queen’s University (Belfast).
Israel Soteno was born in 1982. In 1995 aged 13, he was awarded first prize in Metepec in the category niño artesano (child artisan). He has continued to live up to this early promise, helping out in the family workshop and also making his own highly original ceramic pieces in his spare time while pursuing his formal studies at college.
Sue Flowers is an artist and director of Green Close Studios.
Having studied at Middlesex Polytechnic in Three Dimensional Design, Ceramics, she now practices as a freelance artist and project manager. She has undertaken public art commissions in France, Denmark and widely across the UK. She currently runs and manages the artist-led space in rural North Lancashire, which has built a strong reputation for rural arts delivery and cross-cultural initiatives as well as artist studio provision. This work has been highlighted in the report ‘Cream of the Crop’ Case Studies in good practice in arts development in rural areas of the North West of England, Arts Council England, and also a new publication being written by Jennie Hayes, Dartington College of Art, which highlights Community Arts Practice in Rural Areas across the UK.
