VISUAL ARTS @ ARC
All year round frequently changing exhibitions
9am until close Monday to Saturday
Free Entry to exhibitions
Aims and objectives for the visual arts at Arc
- To showcase high quality art
- To assist exhibiting artists in realising the potential of the space
- Attract and maintain a high level of contemporary artists to exhibit their work on a monthly basis
- To generate an interest and appetite for art in Tees Valley area
- Engage with colleges, schools, arts groups in order to set up workshops and seminars with exhibiting artists.
- Develop a productive relationship with artists and arts groups across the Tees Valley area
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Set up links with other regional galleries
ARC ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE
Dave Allinson BA First Class Hons Fine Art
Graduated from Cleveland College of Art and Design in 2000
Michelle Tripp BA First Class Hons Fine Art
Graduated from CCAD in 1999
Began working together four years ago on ‘A year of the artist’ project called ‘Twelve Hours’ when they realised the benefits of working in collaboration.
Complementing each others skills to achieve high quality work that has gained them a good reputation across the region. The work has ranged from creating a virtual reality piece in the Hemispherium at Teesside University, to directing and producing a piece of theatre with Northern Stage at the Playhouse in May 2003. Their audio visual installations at the Stockton Parish Church have become a regular event at the International Festival over the last three years.
The scale of the work has increased also with perhaps the most dramatic being ‘Watershed’ when seven animated drops were projected onto the windows of Centre North East during the Animex festival of 2003 making it the highest animation seen in the region.
Their first year residency at ARC was very much community orientated, working with various groups, schools and organisations. They were then given the responsibility of developing and curating the new top floor gallery in ARC. The visual arts exhibitions at Arc have gone from strength to strength and have gradually become established in the region as a place to view a variety of talented local artists working across a wide range of media.
Ellmwood Adult Learners with special needs Silk Painting Project
First Floor Gallery
December
All Day (With in the opening hours of the building)
Free
These students have chosen the theme of gardens through the seasons and interpreted this by using Silk Painting. These works of art show