Framing The Tees

On March 15th we gathered at the Tees Barrage for a planning meeting about our future Tees Project. The idea was to firm up some proposals for workshops, exhibitions and visits for inclusion in our Arts Council bid. Any resemblance to this picture by new membe, John Barchan, is purely coincidental.

Teesmouth Field Centre

This was an exploratory visit in preparation for new project on the River Tees. Of course, the landscape is not dissimilar to Saltholme, but there is a closer view of industry and the prospect of some different views across the mouth of the Tees. We are hoping to return for a sketching and painting expedition later in the year.

Laing Gallery and Biscuit Factory Visit

A good day out mainly  to see the 'Out Of Chaos'Exhibition at the Laing in Newcastle, featuring 20th century Jewish artist such as David Bomberg, Marc Chagal and Frank Auerbach, whose painting of Mornington Crescent is shown below:

Dorman Museum

aim4art members spent Tuesday sketching in the Christopher dresser section of the  Dorman Museum and collecting ideas for our exhibit at the Tokyo to Tees Exhibition in May. Here's Julie Macbean's expressive water colour.

aim4art Christmas Lunch

Held at  The barn for the very first time. Sorry I missed it, but thanks to Dee for the photo.

Rob

The Witches Of Runswick?

aim4art cast a spell on Runswick Bay in September 2016. Thanks to karol for the photos:

Memories - Kate Geelan (with Karol Neilsen and Les Southerton)

It's good to see individual aim4art members having solo exhibitions or collaborations, like this one between Kate, Karol and Les at Stockton Library. Kate's 'Memories' relate mainly to Staithes and are a series of adventurous mixed media studies presented with Kate's trademark flair. They are complimented by Karol's imaginative paintings and Les' elegant and very reasonable pots.