ARCHIVED EVENTS FEBRUARY 2007 ONWARDS
EDUCATION & WORKSHOPS at the foot of the page
There were regular drop-in days at St George’s Church on most Fridays between 9.30 and 3.00.
FEBRUARY 2007
1st February: The ‘Papertrails’ project and the residency at St. George’s Church start.
Thursday 22nd 4.30pm: official launch
Saturday 24th OPEN DAY at St George’s Church, come and meet the artist
MARCH 2007
‘Schools Month’
5th March: Hurst Park School: Art Week
FRIDAY 9TH March: NO DROP-IN DAY
20th March: Cardinal Newman School: Art / Environment Workshop with Simon James, Countryside Liaison Officer
26th March: St Albans School Workshops
Saturday 31st March OPEN DAY at St George’s Church 10.00am – 3.00pm + Exhibition of Schools Artwork also open during first week of April.
APRIL 2007
Monday 2nd April: Visit and papermaking workshop from Whitely Village. Exhibition open 10.00am-4.00pm
Tuesday 3rd April: Exhibition open10.00am-3.00pm
Wednesday 4th April: Exhibition CLOSED. SHOUT holiday activities for Children
‘Papertrails’: make art in the landscape
Work on an art trail with artist Jane Ponsford and explore the woods with Simon James, countryside officer. This will involve lots of hands-on activities and you will have fun making sculptures and artworks in the landscape. We will put on an exhibition at the end to celebrate our achievements.
Venue: Arrow and Trefoil Hall, West End Lane, Esher
Age: 8 – 11
Time: 10.00 am to 3.00 pm
Max no. 12
Information and booking: 01372 474634
Thursday 5th April: Exhibition open 12.00-3.00pm
CLOSED Good Friday
Saturday 7th April: Exhibition open 11.00am-3.00pm
MAY 2007
OPEN DAYS at St George’s Church: 11th, 18th, May 9.00am to 3.00pm
AND 12th, 19th May 11 am to 3.00pm
JUNE 2007
4th –17th June Exhibition at St George’s in conjunction with Surrey Open Studios
EXHIBITION OPEN:
4, 5, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17th June 12.00 – 6.00 pm
8, 15th June 9.30 – 6.00 pm
Private View 6.00pm Thursday 7th June
13th June: pm Elmbridge Community Link workshop
15th June: Free Papermaking workshops for adults
19th June: Esher Church School Papermaking workshops
Learn papermaking, make some pieces to take home and help with an artwork. All welcome.
Time:10.00 am to 12.00
and 1.00pm to 3.00pm
Information and booking: email the artist or phone on 07891 890454
JULY 2007
Saturday 14th July: ‘Help Make Art Day’ on the commons. All welcome. Information: email the artist or phone on 01372 467720
AUGUST 2007
Wednesday 15th August: SHOUT holiday activities for Children
‘Papertrails’: make a sculpture trail
Explore the woods with countryside officer Simon James and make sculptures with artist Jane Ponsford. Have fun making an art trail through the woods and learning about colour.
Venue: Arrow and Trefoil Hall, West End Lane, Esher
Age: 7 – 11
Time: 10.00 am to 3.00 pm
Max no. 12
Information and booking: 01372 474634
Thursday 16th August SHOUT holiday activities for Children
‘Papertrails’: advanced sculpture trail
Work on an art trail with artist Jane Ponsford and explore the woods with Simon James, countryside officer. This will involve lots of hands-on activities and you will have fun learning to make sculptures and artworks in the natural landscape. We will put on an exhibition at the end to celebrate our achievements.
Venue: Arrow and Trefoil Hall, West End Lane, Esher
Age: 10 – 14
Time: 10.00 am to 3.00 pm
Max no. 12
Information and booking: 01372 474634
Saturday and Sunday 18th and 19th August: Family Story Trail with storyteller Kevin Graal. POSTPONED.
SEPTEMBER 2007
OPEN DAYS: Heritage Weekend
At St George’s Church, Esher 7th, 8th, 9th September 9.30am to 3.00pm on Friday and 10.00am to 3.00 on Saturday and Sunday.
OCTOBER 2007
Saturday 13th October: The Big Draw
10.00am – 3.00pm at St George’s Church
Jane Ponsford is aiming to encourage local people to make a communal ‘long’ drawing based on the beautiful building and surroundings of St George’s Church to result in an exhibition at the Church as part of the ‘Papertrails’ project.
Tea / soft drinks and cake for all.
Audience: All Ages
Cost: No charge
Exhibition open 1 week
NOVEMBER 2007
Open studio days and workshops with local groups
DECEMBER 2007
Tree Dressing during first week in December 01372 467720
4 -7 December: Tree Dressing
Venue: St George’s Church, Esher
Time: 10.00 am to 3.00 pm
If you would like to join in please come to St George’s and choose a word or words to adorn (temporarily) a tree in the churchyard with Jane. You can also buy your Christmas cards at the same time from Cards For Good Causes.
Tree Dressing is a recently revived tradition. For more information see the Common Ground website: http://www.commonground.org.uk
JANUARY 2008
Final Exhibition at St George’s Church showing highlights of the year’s activities
PAPERTRAILS: The Whole Year
Jane Ponsford, artist in residence at St George’s Church, Esher presents work from the ‘Papertrails’ Project. At St George’s Church you will be able to see sculpture, photographs and work on paper from this project inspired by the local landscape. You will also be able to see how local people participated in ‘Papertrails’ during the year.
Opening Event on Saturday 19 January 12.00-3.00 all welcome. Come and have a glass of wine or a soft drink and meet the artist. There will also be the opportunity to meet the next artist in residence, Claire Rye who will be starting her project in the Spring.
Thursday 17 January – Friday 1 February
weekdays: 9.30-4.00pm
Saturdays:12.00-3.00pm
Venue: St George’s Church, Esher (behind the Bear Public House)
FEBRUARY 2008
PHOTOGRAPHS FROM PAPERTRAILS: at The Civic Centre, Esher
Monday 25 February – Friday 7 March
Civic Centre opening hours
Monday – Friday 8.45- 5.00pm
SHOUT Holiday activities for children: 19 February.
Sculpture workshop with Jane Ponsford for children with ‘SHOUT’ children’s holiday activities, during February half term. We made sculpure and explored the woods with the countryside officer. There were lots of hands-on activities making artworks responding to the landscape.
Venue: Arrow and Trefoil Hall, West End Lane, Esher
Age: 8 – 11
Time: 10.00 am to 3.00 pm
Max no. 20
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EDUCATION AND WORKSHOPS
SHOUT Holiday activities for children: 19 February 2008
21 Children aged 7 – 12
Sculpture workshop with Jane Ponsford for children with ‘SHOUT’ children’s holiday activities, during February half term. We made sculpture and explored West End Common with the countryside officer and the SHOUT team. Activities included making things that responded to the environment. We made windmills, mobiles and sun prints. Work will be shown at the exhibition at the Civic Centre in February.
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VISIT TO EXHIBITION AND WORKSHOP: Wednesday 23rd January 2008
A troop of Rainbows, their leaders, some parents and various siblings
One of the leaders had visited during The Big Draw and thought that the Rainbows would enjoy a visit when the exhibition was on. We looked round the church and the exhibition and I told them about what I had been doing here this year. They asked lots of questions and seemed very interested. After that we did big drawings on the floor.
VISIT BY GROUP OF WALKERS: January 2008
This group had seen posters about the project on one of the commons noticeboards and arranged to visit the studio at St George’s Church for a talk about the year’s work. Meeting people like this has been one of my favourite things about being ‘artist in residence’.
THE BIG DRAW : 13th October 2007at St George’s Church
‘The Big Draw’ is a national event encouraging drawing. During October events take place all over the country in galleries, schools, shops and beautiful old buildings like St George’s Church. Our ‘Big Draw’ invited local people to ‘put themselves in the picture’ and make a drawing inspired by the church and its surroundings.
SHOUT: 15th and 16th August 2007
ESHER CHURCH SCHOOL: PAPERMAKING WORKSHOP 19th and 21st June 2007
22 and 24 Yr 6 children
At Esher Church School. An introduction to the techniques of papermaking using coloured pulps to make a communal artwork. looking at the work of artists and craftspeople for inspiration. Esher Church School pupils also contributed pages to the growing Elmbridge ‘book’.
PAPERMAKING WORKSHOPS FOR ADULTS 15th June 2007
8 people in the am session and 9 in the afternoon
A really interesting day with people bringing their own skills to the workshop. Much sharing of ideas and discussion. We were looking at basic papermaking techiques before using them to make pages for a communal ‘book’ and to take casts from flagstones in the church building.
ELMBRIDGE COMMUNITY LINK 13th June 2007
12 members of the Wednesday afternoon art group
Elmbridge Community Link is an organization which supports adults with learning difficulties, within the community. Jane worked with this group to help everyone learn the techniques of basic papermaking and to have fun making some beautiful, brightly coloured sheets of paper which could go together to make an artwork. During the afternoon we also made some pages for a ‘book’ which will form part of an installation at St George’s Church at the end of the year.
GROUP FROM WHITELY VILLAGE 2nd April 2007
14 older Elmbridge residents
The group visited the exhibition of school children’s work at St George’s Church and discussed the project with Jane. Next Jane demonstrated papermaking techniques and helped eveyone to make some paper for a card making project. After a break for tea Veronica King showed everyone round the Church and talked about the history of the building.
SAINT ALBAN’S CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL 26th-27th March 2007
Yrs Reception, 1, 2 and 6
We looked at natural shapes and sculptures inspired by plants and seedpods. We were aiming to explore these shapes and the materials to make some probably wall-based sculptures that look good individually and also work well together to make a communal display.
We looked at Jane’s work and also the work of Franziska Furter and Jaako Pernu.
The children’s work will be shown in an exhibition at St George’s Church on 31st March and during the first week of April.
CARDINAL NEWMAN CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL 20th March 2007: Art / Nature Day
Yr 4
60 pupils
In the Art / Nature Day at Cardinal Newman I worked alongside Simon James the Countryside Liaison Officer for Elmbridge. We divided the year in two and and worked for half a day each with each class. My focus was looking closely at what is actually there and zooming in on that. The children collected things from the local environment . We also looked at the colours and textures we found there to use as the basis of the sculpture / wall pieces. Artists whose work we looked at in this context are Stephen Turner especially his ‘Tree Rings’, Chris Drury and his ‘Medicine Wheel’ as well as looking at my ‘Short Walks’ pieces and the ‘Dust’ book.
The children’s work will be shown in an exhibition at St George’s Church on 31st March and during the first week of April.
HURST PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL 5th-9th March 2007: Art Week
Age range 3 – 11
247 pupils
During Art Week, Children from Hurst Park School made sculptures based on the themes of Papertrails. We looked at natural forms like leaves and seedpods as a starting point and aimed to make a jungle in the Hall. As well as Jane’s work we looked at the work of artists and makers, Junko Mori, Jaako Pernu and Dale Chihuly.
This was an opportunity for a large number of pupils of a wide age range to work together to produce a collaborative artwork. Each child was enabled to make their own sculpture which worked together with all the others to make an impressive peice of group work.
The children’s work will be shown in an exhibition at St George’s Church on 31st March and during the first week of April.
Papertrails archive 