I’m pleased to announce that Summer ’76 will appear in the first issue of The Pigeon Post, launching on the 25th June 2022 at the Margate Zine Fair, Elsewhere, 21-22 The Centre, Margate CT9 1RL.
Summer 76
“The Pigeon Post is a double-sided A4 newsletter for spontaneous, everyday writings. In ode to the carrier pigeon, the newsletter aims to bring about a slower cross-pollination of ideas in a fast moving world of the digital age where creatively can sometimes slip between the cracks of its existence. This newsletter is free and will be distributed around Margate in local cafes, pubs, galleries and shops to be found by a curious reader.”
I’m pleased to announce that Summer ’76 has been selected by editor Polly Bates to appear in ARTISTS RESPONDING TO Issue 3 . The Magazine , available in July 2022 can be purchased as a physical A4 copy or digitally via the on-line shop.
ARTISTS RESPONDING TO Issue 3
“Catherine Hill reflects on the summer of 1976, the hottest summer of the 1970’s. Hill was oblivious to the water crisis growing all around her, as she was only 7 years old at the time, which resulted in the ‘Drought Act’ on 6th August 1976. There were serious emergency powers to reduce or turn off domestic and industrial water supplies. Hill now realises the signs of Global Warming were there for all to see. – We begin this week with a similar state of emergency, where the climate crisis is unavoidable. But we don’t have the luxury of waiting another 46 years for real action.”
Polly Bates
Summer ’76
“ARTISTS RESPONDING TO … Magazine approaches paramount news and world happenings through the eyes of international artists, creatives and writers. We use creative depictions and literature to highlight current world issues, news and movements that aren’t getting the attention that they deserve. A political and environmental platform to help ignite conversations and spread awareness through visual and written poetic responses. Issue 3 includes an eclectic range of paintings, sculptures, drawings, textiles, photography, digital art, photography, you name it! A.R.T. Magazine is a quarterly publication, curated and designed by London-based Fine Artist Polly Bates.”
I’m pleased to announce that ‘Moors of Home‘ has been selected by the Open Gallery for their Summer Art Exhibition.
This Group Exhibition will take place 25th June – 15th July 2022, at Open Gallery, 18 Rawson Street, Halifax HX1 1NH.
Summer Art ExhibitionMoors of Home| Hand Embroidered Textile Art |21 x 27 cm
The central panel features an extract from the poem ‘Pennine Ramble’ written by Ebron. It was first published in “A Lancashire Miscellany”, a newspaper column featured in weekend editions of the Oldham Chronicle between 1956 and 1959.
The words around the outer border depict a memory from my own childhood of visiting my Grandparents in Stacksteads, Lancashire.
On sunny days they would pack a picnic and say ‘Let’s go up clough’. For me this meant a short walk up the footpath, past the farm with a Border Collie dog and ducks, over the stile and through the broken dry-stone walls, followed by a steep climb up to the clough and the brook where the water flowed fresh from the moors. I’ve spent many summers since sitting on the same rock, under the tree and paddling my feed in the cool water.
Size 21 x 27 cm. Hand embroidered and hand stitched with vintage Sylko thread on cotton cloth Eco printed with leaves and petals from my lockdown garden in Summer 2020. Designed during Spring 2021 UK lockdown.
Moors of Home is part of a body of work about my Lancashire roots.
