Enjoy this virtual tour by CAS Artist James Aldridge showing the Ash Tree Stream exhibition that opened at CAS on 3rd November 2020. Ash Tree Stream is an Art and Outdoor Learning project for Andover, led by artist James Aldridge, in partnership with Andover Trees United and CAS (Chapel Arts Studios) with five schools in […]
Multi-sensory Geometric Sculpture Installations by Tony Spencer
Artist and sound therapist Tony Spencer has created an extraordinary opportunity for people with neurodiverse experiences and disabilities to engage with art through the combined senses of sight and sound. Spencer, an artist with dyslexia, has been awarded Arts Council England funding to create unique sculptures made from reclaimed pallet wood and based on the […]
Artist James Aldridge and Andover Trees United champion ‘art in environmental education’
Artist James Aldridge and his project partners Andover Trees United and Chapel Arts Studios are proud to announce an exhibition of artworks showcasing the latest 6 Flowers 6 Trees project: Ash Tree Stream. Andover Trees United is a local environmental education and conservation charity. Their ‘6 Trees and 6 Flowers’ work aims for all children […]
Garage Party; a gathering of artists
On Thursday 11 June, artists who have been showing work in the contemporary HOUSEBOUND exhibition on Instagram gathered online for a garage party. Hosted by CAS Engagement Manager, Maija Liepins, the party was an opportunity to meet, and discuss the exhibition as a group (replay available below). After five weeks, the HOUSEBOUND exhibition has reached […]
Inside the mind of an artist; Debbie Lee
Guest Artist Interview 4/5 for Housebound, a contemporary art exhibition on Instagram, curated by Susan Francis. View this post on Instagram Maija Liepins talks to Debbie Lee about imagination and art in the home, the corners, and more A post shared by CAS (Chapel Arts Studios) (@casartists) on May 29, 2020 at 3:49am PDT Debbie […]
Guest Artist Interview with Hermione Allsopp
The fleshy upholstery of dated furniture contorted and compressed into new shapes. The collected objects obtained from charity shops reimagined and re-configured and given new life as expressive art objects. This was the main subject of discussion in this Friday’s interview with artist Hermione Allsopp who talked about how she makes work and how she […]
Guest Artist interview with painter Cathy Lomax
As part of HouseBound the exhibition Week 1, ‘The Bedroom’, curated by Susan Francis@houseboundart On Friday 8th Maija from CAS interviewed Cathy Lomax live on Instagram. Cathy Lomax is a London based painter. Her work is a contemporary and personal exploration of popular culture, beauty, celebrity and identity. Lomax has an MA Fine Art from […]
A Curator’s Review of Inside/Outside
Are you the public?Then come in and see our things. According to the Cambridge dictionary a ‘collection of things shown publicly’ constitutes an exhibition. What you see here is just that, but then again, it’s not. Or, it might be, depending on how long you hang around. A review by Susan Francis CAS associate artists have […]
An Urban Rural Exchange
Between November 2018 and November 2019 CAS Artists James Aldridge (Wiltshire) and Karen Wood (London) have collaborated as Urban Rural Exchange. Meeting for bi-monthly walks in Wiltshire and London, and maintaining a dialogue online via instagram @UrbanRuralExchange, James and Karen have documented their experiences of where they live and work, through collections, bundles, tape drawings […]
Let Us Dissent
A dissenting voice is an alternative voice. Whether quiet or loud, individual or collective, the dissenter invites us to see the world in a different way. CAS Associate Artists are coming together in this exhibition to present their alternative voices. As part of a collective, together CAS Artists are interested to explore on a conceptual, […]
Truth-Dare-Art at CAS Jade Montserrat Exhibit (in pictures)
Jade Montserrat generously invited us into a material dialogue with her work. The original and it’s creation is captured in time-lapse photography and on display at CAS alongside the consequences of our conversation. Come visit 10am – 4pm Tue – Sat until 27 July. Tony Spencer from a-space responded to Jade’s invitation, and gives his […]
Summer Associate News
Here’s a roundup of some of the artistic activity our Associate artists are involved in this Summer. Events, projects and exhibitions throughout Hampshire. Julia Keenan’s Instagram Takeover on @cvan_se Wed 19th June The Instagram account belonging to Contemporary Visual Arts Network South East is hosting Julia Keenan. Julia has been invited to ‘take over’ their […]
Mapping the domestic in the gallery space
Initially we agreed to divide the gallery space to different domestic areas: ‘living-room’, ‘kitchen’, ‘storage’, ‘library’, ‘music room’, ‘studio’. However, when artists came to the gallery they each set her work in a specific part of the gallery, pushing to the side the idea of allocating spaces as above. Susan chose a wall on which […]
Domesticating conflicts: presentation, text for panel discussion and other notes
Laboratory of Dissent Domesticating conflicts Bibliography Panel discussion – Symposium Laboratory of Dissent Laboratory Dissent Domesticating conflicts 2015 – 1 Domesticating conflict text for PPP
Post-lab Report (Group 1 to Group 2)
HANDOVER FROM GROUP 1. “IF NOT THIS THEN WHAT?” IN RESIDENCE FROM: 24.08.2015 TO 28.08.2015 LYDIA HEATH AMY WYATT DAWN EVANS TO: GROUP 2. ”DOMESTICATING CONFLICT” YONAT NITZAN -GREEN LAURENCE DUBE-RUSHBY CLARISSE WISSER SUSAN FRANCIS DATE: Tuesday 1ST SEPTEMBER 2015 [no earlier than 9.30 am and no later than 10.30 am] The […]
