Worthing Artists Open Houses return this September and we’re pleased to be a venue and community partner again this year. Don’t forget to pick your map up from the gallery and start your journey across Worthing as artists open up their doors to share their artwork with you.
This year, we have three exciting exhibitions taking place across both weekends from painting and performance to ceramics. Read on to find out more about the exhibitions taking place in the gallery as well as a selection of other great venues to visit.
The Brush-men present: 100 Years of Attitude & the Stains of Time
10 – 22 September // 10.00 – 17.00
Join long time collaborators Rikki Tarascas and Graham Allum as they fill the gallery with their paintings and performance art for the first weekend of the Open Houses trail.
Drawing on experiences from their past and present, they’ll be delving deep into absurd and fantastic worlds for their performances that offer a glimpse into their connection with theatre and performance.
As they journey into the depths of conciousness and collective memory, come along on the journey with them.
Wendy Palmer: Hinterland: here and there
24 – 29 September // 10.00 – 17.00
For Wendy Palmer’s first solo exhibition, she has been exploring the memory of place and the mark of a moment.
Hinterland will be a celebration of bold images, colour and mark making on canvas, board, fabric and clay. Wendy plays with scale, material, sight and sound to take each viewer to another place.
Find out more about Wendy and her exhibition here.
Melissa Graham: Moments in Clay
24 – 29 September // 10.00 – 17.00
Melissa Graham is a potter living in Worthing, who focuses on functional pots, finding a great sense of human connection in using hand-made pots to cook and serve food, longing to pass this on.
Moments in Clay shares the relationship between throwing and sculpting, a crucial part of her creative process as well as being a crucial part in her dynamic forms.
You can find out more about Melissa and her exhibition here.
Other Venues to visit…
First & Last // Venue 14 // 1, The Broadway Brighton Road
Once you’ve picked up your map at Colonnade House, why not head round the corner where you can find First & Last, a lovely art, design and lifestyle shop run by April.
Multidisciplinary artist Claire Knill will be showcasing her geometric abstract mobiles in the window of First & Last. Claire’s work has developed into a practice that includes sculpture, installation and collage reflecting on themes of light, movement and colour.
Find out more about Claire Knill and her practice here.
Gigglewick Gallery // Venue 7 // The Royal Arcade
Next up on your tour around Worthing, head down to Gigglewick Gallery to find owners and artists in residence Sue Mullholland and Steve at their lovely gallery in the Royal Arcade.
For this year’s open houses, you’ll find a selection of nature themed paintings and drawings as well as sculptures and aluminium treescapes by artists Fiona Champion, Mike Cole, Tricia Findlay, Desiree Hart, Sue Mullholland, Umair Zia, Mark Munroe-Preston and Natalia Samarina.
The Old Cartshed Studio // Venue 44 // Kingswood Stable, Findon
Joining the Worthing Artists Open Houses trail for the first time is The Old Cartshed Studio!
The Old Cartshed is a small printmaking and pottery studio in Findon, run by artists in residence, Peon Boyle and Michael Lainchbury. See printmaking by Peon Boyle, ceramics by Michael Lainchbury and paintings by Sue Hawksworth.
