BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.7//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7634@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20230905 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20230917 DTSTAMP:20230902T085350Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/arthouse-gallery-southport-herit age-project/ SUMMARY:ArtHouse Gallery: ArtHouse Gallery: Southport Heritage Project DESCRIPTION:Southport Heritage Project\ngroup exhibition by SCA members\nAr tHouse\, Eastbank Street\, Southport PR8 1EJ\n5th - 16th September 2023\nE ach autumn thousands of volunteers across England organise events to celeb rate our fantastic history and culture.\nRunning across ten days in Septem ber\, ‘Heritage Open Days’ remains England’s largest festival of h istory and culture and offers free access to events and activities across the country when unique venues that are usually closed to the public\, unb olt their doors to welcome visitors.\nSubsidised by The National Lottery\, the Southport Townscape Heritage project and Sefton Council have come tog ether to focus on how art chronicles the legacy and tradition of a place a nd time by opening up opportunities for artists to visit and record lesser accessible spaces in the town.\nAs part of this year’s event\, Southpor t Contemporary Arts will be hosting its own unique interpretation of this year’s theme – ‘Creativity Unwrapped’ – with an exclusive pres entation by SCA members at their Eastbank Street gallery.\nSCA director\, Serah Stringer explains: “The exploration of Southport’s streets with a Heritage project activity coordinator\, inspired the SCA artists by poi nting out the styles and quirks of the town’s unique architecture and st reet layout and by delving into Southport’s legacy with maps\, old photo s and stories. The SCA artists working alongside the Southport Townscape H eritage Project are now looking forward to showing how the finished artwor k registers these moments in time\, which in turn\, will hopefully inspire others to look at Southport’s streets and wonderfully rich heritage mor e closely. Visitors can certainly expect a visual experience that will cha llenge\, excite and incite the viewer's curiosity”.\nAllocated an unprep ossessing large brown cardboard box earlier in the year\, the SCA’s memb ers challenge was to imaginatively re-invent each box using their own skil ls and abilities inspired by the Southport Townscape Heritage Project aim to regenerate new life into the historic buildings in the town centre and restore Southport’s Victorian seaside heritage for the future.\nTaking i nspiration from Southport’s iconic architecture\, Carole Dawber has tran sformed her box into a glorified representation of the symmetrical three-b ay portico that fronts The Atkinson on Lord Street. In Carole’s reinvent ion – “Here’s One I Made Earlier” – this Grade II listed build ing is now festooned with flower-patterned tissue outer walls and houses C arole’s own framed artwork inside: “I wanted to represent two of my m ost favourite recollections about living in Southport\, art shows at The A tkinson and the annual Flower Show”.\nPam Thomas’s “Southport Shrim pers Yesterday and Today” is an honest attempt to “convey the import ance of the shrimping industry to many local families and communities down the years\, and in that way\, preserve something of its history and herit age”.\nA longstanding distinctive feature on the sands of Southport beac hes\, early generations\, both men and women\, used shrimping to supplemen t their family’s income when the farming of their smallholdings became i nadequate.\nAs Pam explains: “Locally\, the method used was known as ‘putting’ or ‘pushing’ and a beam about six feet long was pushed a long the sand with one hand\, while the other hand held the net. The shrim ps were transferred to the basket that the shrimper carried across his sho ulders. These baskets\, when full\, could weigh as much as 80 pounds. In t ime the process became more mechanized with horse drawn carts and then mot orized tractors. In recent years\, there has been a decline in the fishing for shrimps\, as the rusting tractors and equipment\, parked on the beach at Weld Road\, bear witness”.\nWorking from her canal side studio in We st Lancashire\, printmaker Kate Tidmarsh’s “Look Up!” also widens the perspective: “As I walk around Southport\, as an artist and a visit or\, I look at it through a lens reflecting my passion for layers and patt erns. The interplay of light and glass\, the many juxtaposed angles and in terrupted views are endlessly fascinating to me\, and very much highlight the continuity of creativity in this ever-evolving town. Everywhere you lo ok\, there are layers of history being exposed\, the old living alongside the new\, as well as regeneration looking towards the future. My box is a current snapshot in time\, from a personal viewpoint\, referencing the act ual layers of building facades\, the past glory\, and the potential future ”.\nCreating images through exploration and experimentation\, Kate often works from photographic evidence capture on-site: “As a printmaker\, I often work from reference photos\, and in this instance I brought these m ore directly into my work\, creating a physical layered model of several v iews while ‘Looking Up’. The big open sky on the seafront is\, to me\, an important part of visiting Southport and my focus here. Reflections\, shadows\, and angles work with the glass and sky to create this experience \, which I have constructed using photographic prints and mono prints”.\ nJenny Curwen’s “A Celebration of Nature\, Culture and Heritage” i s mini version of the ArtHouse Gallery on Eastbank Street complete with p hotographic images she took around the town on the recently coordinated ‘Stroll and Snap Southport Heritage Walk’ with Southport Townscape He ritage rep\, Sue Latimer: “My title captures the essence of Southport a s a town that has a rich history\, a vibrant culture and a stunning natura l environment. It also invites the visitors to explore and appreciate the various aspects of Southport\, such as its wildlife\, its architecture and historical past. In my mini gallery there will be my own spin on the imag es taken on the walk plus an image my father\, Mr R H Curwen\, took in the early 1950's taken at Southport Fair where all the men are in trench coat s\, the fashion of the day”.\nIn total there will be 16 transformed boxe s to wonder at and this exclusive showing is certainly not one to be misse d. The SCA’s response to the challenge will go on display at the ArtHou se\, Eastbank Street\, Southport from 5th-16thSeptember 2023. The gallery is open Tuesday – Friday 10.00-15.00. Saturday 11.00-16.00. 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