5th Annual Uckfield Art Trail
9th - 18th July 2010
The Art Trail Has started!! We kicked of this year’s event in style at Wealden Skillls Centre with the Mayor, Cllr John Carvey opening the Art Trail. He was pleased to note that the standard of work has risen again this year! Tim Nabbs of Ward Homes and Mike Waite of Trading 4 U announced the children’s Art Competition winners and over 200 people enjoyed drinks and had a chance to sample the Trail. It was extremely hot(!) but lots of fun. Some pictures of the event are below and click here for more Art Trail images.
Featured Venue: Vision Gallery, Unit 4, Sharlands Farm, Sharlands Lane, Blackboys, TN22 5HN
Tadek Beutlich wall hanging in sisal and jute. Offers are invited to buy this original textile by this world famous artist, which was originally purchased at the Grobovsky Gallery around 1969/70 by architects Christoph Bon & Joe Chamberlin (designers of the Barbican London).
See it at Vision Gallery now.
At Wealden Skills Centre 
there will be an exhibition of images of Masai villagers
from Longido, Tanzania to raise funds for Testigo Africa. This charity is funding
a project to provide a safe and sustainable water supply to the village.
Photography by Laura Morgan
Download the brochure here and see when venues are open. Or pick up a copy around Uckfield to see what’s happening. The Art Competition winners names are here and you can see all entries at Ward Homes, Ashdown Place during the Art Trail. Ward Homes has come on board as our major sponsor and is hosting one of the venues. Our thanks also to Parker Building Supplies, Bridge Press, Trading 4 U, Green Shoots Community Grants, Imago Art, Uckfield Framing Company, Bridge Cottage Preservation Society and Wealden Skills Centre for their continued support.
Late addition: Alex Wilson, an Eastbourne based abstract artist will also be exhibiting this year. Alex is known for his vibrant, tactile acrylic and oil abstracts and a selection of these, along with some Monet inspired sketches, will be on display at Wealden Skills Centre.
NEWS: Ali McNab, a local artist exhibiting in this year’s Art Trail at Wealden Skills Centre has won the Society of All Artists (SAA) 2010 Amateur Artist of the Year. This prestigious award is for her painting "The Story" which will be on display at Design Centre in Islington.
Ali trained at Central St. Martins, and has returned to painting after a career in Theatre Design and teaching. Based in Wivelsfield Green, East Sussex, she is known for painting portraits that observe with a compassionate eye; communicating the energy and unique character of her sitter, whether person or animal. She welcomes commissions, contact her at: www.ali-mcnab-art.co.uk
Featured artist, Oriana Yates: "My work is about the combining of materials which
are complete opposites, concentrating on the hard industrial materials against the
delicate domestic materials. When I begin I am unaware of the outcome. It is through
constant experimentation and a range of processes that I arrive at the finished piece".
Oriana is exhibiting at the Wealden Skills Centre.
