05 Apr 2024
18:00 — 21:00
The Exchange
The second in our new series of monthly late openings with art, talks, performance, food and drink.
Join us for Artists’ Scratch Night, introducing new work in progress; a presentation and auction with Storm Warning exhibition sponsor Waterhaul; a book reading & launch with Clean Ocean Sailing, and more to be announced!
- 18:00 Open
- 18:15 – 19:00 Artist Scratch Night: Four artists, ten minutes each, sharing new work in The Engine Room
- 18:15 – 19:00 Clean Ocean Sailing with a book launch and poems in the main gallery
- 19:15 – 20:00 Storm Warning sponsor Waterhaul talks about their work collecting ghost fishing nets and turning them into sustainable, recycled eyewear in The Engine Room
- 20:00 – 20:15 Artist Gemma Lessinger talking about her collaboration with Waterhaul and the pieces being auctioned to support great causes in the cafe (see below for more details and how to place a bid)
- 20:15 – 21:00 Clean Ocean Sailing with open mic poetry & ukulele music in the main gallery
Food and menu to be confirmed.
Free, all welcome. Drop in or stay for all events.
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GEMMA LESSINGER X WATERHAUL
Gemma’s work stems from a fascination with the ocean, contrasting the power and fear against the calm it can create, juxtaposing these visually in a way that words often can’t. Gemma re-purposes waste fibres to build her pieces, including surfboard and ghost fishing net fibres; highlighting that one person’s waste can be another’s treasure.
In collaboration with Waterhaul, we are delighted to showcases a new take on ‘Pocket Art’, through which Waterhaul’s end-of-life sunglasses have been reanimated by Gemma as visual representations of their combined missions – to clear our ocean of plastic pollution, and to revalue waste materials. Having presented these unique pieces, alongside Waterhaul’s full range of glasses, sunglasses and, litter pickers during Storm Warning, they will now be auctioned to celebrate the end of the end of the exhibition.
A portion of the proceeds will support our Tea Cake & Art, plus Project Seagrass, and The Marine Conservation Society.
To place a bid, please:
- Join us for the First Friday event at The Exchange on 5 Apr from 18.00, with talks from Waterhaul and Gemma, and to see the work and register your bid
- email [email protected] detailing the piece/s you’d like to bid on, your bid/s and contact number
- visit The Exchange before 16.00 on 13 Apr 2024 to view the works and register your bid with the welcome desk
The winning bidders will be contacted on Tue 16 Apr 2024.
WATERHAUL POCKET ART COLLECTION BY GEMMA LESSINGER
Main inspiration piece for the Waterhaul Pocket Art Collection
Eco acrylic, ghost fishing net & sand on canvas, framed, 54 x 64cm
Guide price £950
WATERHAUL’S END-OF-LIFE SUNGLASSES HAVE BEEN REANIMATED BY GEMMA LESSINGER
Eco acrylic, ghost fishing net & sand on end-of-life sunglasses, unframed
Guide price £150
Eco acrylic, ghost fishing net & sand on end-of-life sunglasses, unframed
Guide price £150
Eco acrylic, ghost fishing net & sand on end-of-life sunglasses, unframed
Guide price £150
Eco acrylic, ghost fishing net & sand on end-of-life sunglasses, unframed
Guide price £150
To place a bid, please:
- Join us for the First Friday event at The Exchange on 5 Apr from 18.00, with talks from Waterhaul and Gemma, to see the work and register your bid
- email [email protected] detailing the piece/s you’d like to bid on, your bid/s and contact number
- visit The Exchange before 16.00 on 13 Apr 2024 to view the works and register your bid with the welcome desk
The winning bidders will be contacted on Tue 16 Apr 2024.
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Exhibition
STORM WARNING
18 Nov 2023 - 13 Apr 2024
Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange
