Future Exhibitions
© James Allen, Canterbury Cathedral
The Thinking Line: Defining Drawing
16 March - 5 April
Using John Berger's categorisations of drawing as observation, communication and exorcism as a framework, this exhibition tracks links between 20th cnetury and contemporary artists.
Hung alongside work from the British Council collection, this exhibition includes work by Canterbury Christ Church University alumni and staff, and significant drawings by artists such as Maggi Hambling, Michael Sandle, David Nash, Euan Uglow, Kennith Armitage and Michael Craig-Martin.
Workshops: Painting and drawing on film/16mm
Saturday 17th March and Saturday 31st March 10:30 am - 1 pm
£10 (£7:50 concessions) booking essential
Participants will receive a DVD of the film produced. Suitable for ages 16 years and upwards. No experience necessary.
Artist and film-maker Ben Rowley will lead you through an exciting process of mark making directly on film. the first workshop will focus on drawing on film and the second will introduce painting and collage work directly onto photographic imagery. Participants will be working on celluloid frame by frame in the tradition of Len Lye, Norman Mclaren, Stan Brakhage and others.
Includes a screening of the works at 3:30 pm
Open Ear 2012
27 April - 4 May
Opening performance Thursday 26th April 6:30 pm
Students from Canterbury Christ Church University's BA (Hons) creative Music technology course display their sonic art work, involving headphone installations and surround sound pieces.
The exhibition will be opened by the renowned sonic artist Janek Schaefer, who will be giving a live performance with his "Local Radio Orchestra".
Talk and performance
Friday 4 May Free events booking essential
David Toop talk 3pm - Internationally recognised musician and author David Toop discusses issues pertinent to contemporary sound art.
Salvage performance 4 pm - Sonic Artists from the BA (Hons) creative Music technology course bring thrown-away and 'redundant' materials back to life in an exciting hour long performance featuring circuitt-bent electronics, toys and junk percussion.
Part of the Sounds New Festival
©from left to right: Barbora Brezakova, Julie Platt, Shoron Rouse and Clare Beattie
BA Degree Show
26 May - 9 June
Graduating students from our Fine and Applied Arts Degree programme will showcase their work in the Sidney Cooper Gallery and painting studios. Work will include painting, printmaking, ceramics and sculpture.
2012 Graduate Show: Photography
14 - 21 June
An exhibition to celebrate our students' achievements and showcase substantial final year photographic projects.
Workshop Street: Photography
Saturday 16 June 10 am - 3 pm
by Karen Shepardson
£10 (£7:50 concessions) booking essential. Suitable for ages 16 years and upwards. No experience necessary.
Aimed at participants keen, but perhaps apprehensive of working photographically in public spaces, this workshop will introduce you to a range of skills and brief you on your rights when shooting on the street. beginning in the gallery, you will then move out onto the streets of Canterbury(regardless of weather). A showcase of images will then be held via a screening in the gallery at 3:30 pm.
© Karen Shepardson, Arlington
House, Margate
Gallery Talk: In an instant: creative practice through instant photography
Monday 20 June 6 - 7pm Free event booking essential
by Karen Shepardson
This Illustrated talk will examine how instant film photography has been used in creative visual practice. Karen will outline her own practice and instant methods whilst examining how artists and photographers such as David Hockney, Dash Snow, Robert Frank and Walker Evans have been drawn to Polaroid 'instant'. the talk will consider how, in the digital age and with the demise of traditional Polaroid instant film - what future role this mode of image making might have.
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Pete Webster
In the Making PGCE exhibition
28 - 11 July
In the Making is the culmination of our Post Graduate Certificate of Education students' response to an intense and exciting experience of learning to become artist-designer/teachers. Students celebrate their achievements and the strong partnership between Canterbury Christ Church's Faculty of Education and the secondary schools in Kent and Medway.
The exhibition features examples of students' own creative practice and their work as teachers in a rich variety and range of 2D and 3D media and processes.