Come and see Lucy Browns’ New studio and meet Loom !
You are warmly invited to Lucy Browns’ Open Studio weekend at Phoenix Brighton.
Friday 17th May 6-9pm is the Private View and Looms’ Party. All welcome.
And then the studios are open to the public on Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th May 11am – 5pm.
You will find Lucy and her loom on the 3rd floor studio number 3S10. Phoenix Brighton 10–14 Waterloo Place Brighton BN2 9NB https://www.phoenixbrighton.org/
After 20 months of sharing a studio at Phoenix Brighton I now finally have my own studio space ! Have spent the last couple of weeks sanding, filling, cleaning and painting ceiling, walls and floor and now can finally get things and loom set up and get on with some work…. !
I would like to warmly invite you to my forthcoming first open studio weekend here at Phoenix Brighton. This is happening as follows;
Friday 18th May – Opening Party- 6pm – 9pm
Saturday 19 May 11am – 5pm
Sunday 20 May 11am – 5pm
You will find me on the Second Floor studio number 2S8. I am currently sharing a small studio, and still hoping to get a Phoenix studio of my own in the near future!
I will be selling my limited edition collage works titled ‘All the clothes I have ever thought about…’ at £2 each throughout the open studio weekend. You may also find me in some other clothes……
You can also view my work ‘In 1962 the birth control pill was available…’ in the South Gallery at Phoenix Brighton until the 27th May. Open Wed – Sun 11 am – 5 pm. She is part of the current ‘Phoenix Artists’ Exhibitions part of Open Studios. You can’t miss her either as she is cerise and can be seen from the pavement!
There are currently over 100 Artists at Phoenix Brighton so lots to see and do under one roof ! Please visit the Phoenix website for location and further information about the weekend. https://www.phoenixbrighton.org/
I hope you can make it at some point, and please feel free to bring another.
Looking forward to lots of conversations…
In three weeks’ time I will be working on-site on my installation for Offerings for R-Space Gallery, Lisburn. Have been thinking through and rehearsing how to install, but I suspect this will all change on location, due to light, environment and emotional state ! I am looking forward to working with the space. http://www.rspacelisburn.com/offerings/
After 16 creative years at Robertson Yard Studios, I have now re-located studio to Phoenix Brighton.There are over 100 artists based at phoenix Brighton from a range of different practices, along with a Gallery and Education programme…. I am really looking forward to getting involved with this unique community of Artists. https://www.phoenixbrighton.org
Photos below are from packing up at Robertson Yard…
Packing up Raw Material Archives at Robertson Yard
Eager Scaffold Loom – covered, preparing for dismantling
Eager Loom – Still standing at Robertson Yard
Pulling up studio carpet at Robertson Yard to reveal 2001 newspaper underneath
Brighton Argus newspaper 24th May 2001 (Mainly black and white!), found underneath studio carpet at Robertson Yard.
Studio Carpet up
Eager Loom ready to be dismantled at Robertson Yard
Eager Loom Dismantled, in 5 parts
Detail – Eager loom dismantled
Eager Loom dismantled and packed up !
In-between other works, projects and proposal writing I am still collating and typing up instalment guidelines for ‘the secrets we keep from ourselves…’ When these guidelines are complete ‘the secrets we keep from ourselves…’ will be handed over to Nottingham’s galleries and museums art and heritage collections. (Can’t wait for this to happen as this guideline writing for this particular installation seems endless!)
Thank you to everyone of came along to my afternoon studio viewing of ‘the secrets we keep from ourselves’, despite the wet and windy weather.
The work received lots of insightful and positive feedback which had been good to hear after a year of working on her stabilization which has been a very slow process.
The installation can still be viewed by appointment until Wednesday 25th November, de-installation starts on Thursday 26th November…. Please do get in contact if you would like to view the secrets we keep from ourselves’ before then.
Lucy Brown is hosting a public studio work viewing for
‘the secrets we keep from ourselves…’
On Saturday 7th November 2015
12 noon till 5pm at Robertson Yard Studios, 42A Robertson Road, Brighton BN1 5NJ
All Welcome – you are advised to wrap up warm!
Nearest train station; Preston Park – Brighton bus routes; 5 and 5A – On-Street pay and display parking in Robertson Road and surrounding area 1 hour £1 and 2 hours £2.
Please note; Robertson Yard is a private studio complex and not normally open for public visits – there is NO step free access at Robertson Yard. If you require step free access please contact Lucy to discuss your requirements. If you are unable to attend on the 7th then the work can also be viewed by appointment. Please do get in touch if you would like to arrange an individual viewing.
‘the secrets we keep from ourselves…’ was originally commissioned by Nottingham Castle Museum & Art Gallery for ‘Lace Works; Contemporary Art & Nottingham Lace’ Exhibition 2012/13. Over the last year Lucy has been stabilizing the work and completing instalment guidelines ready for ‘the secrets we keep from ourselves…’ to be handed over to ‘her’ new, permanent home; Nottingham’s’ Contemporary Art Textile Collection.
Lucy would like to thank Deborah Dean, Victoria Hobbs and Pamela Wood at Nottingham Castle, Museums and Galleries for their continued support, patience and agreeing to fund the additional studio space to help with the conclusion of ‘the secrets we keep from ourselves…’
Come and see ‘the secrets we keep from ourselves…’ fill this space!
Gone as far as we can go in this state, next step is to install you in a space and let you expand….
details about studio viewing of ‘the secrets we keep from ourselves…’ to follow shortly…. watch this space!
what i want to move away from (is you) is relying on the nylon thread to pull up seams, necklines, shoulder edges, waist bands, bust bows, hem frills…can warp lace trims and fake seam (bodily) extensions be used instead of nylon thread…
Lucy Brown makes... 