Tea, Coffee & Tequila - Here + Now Open Call
Tea Coffee & Tequila
Presents
Here + Now
Open Call
Bobby Dazzler & Louise Duggan, the artist duo behind Tea, Coffee & Tequila are back with a brand new exhibition at the Oxmarket Contemporary but first, they need you.
‘’We love art & we love artists - show us what you’re working on!’’
From now until November TCT are running an Open Call to capture a snapshot of what’s happening in the UK artworld Here + Now. Artists from all levels, backgrounds and working across any medium are encouraged to enter the Open Call. ‘’We’re going to fill the gallery to the brim with incredible art and showcase as many artists as we can in this fantastic space’’ says Bobby. With the exhibition running throughout December, it will be the perfect chance for art lovers to find that special gift for a loved one, or simply treat themselves!
Entry fee £15. Early bird special of £10 if entered before 28th September 2024.
For more details on how to enter the Open Call visit www.teacoffeetequila.com
Submission Deadline: 4pm Saturday 2nd November 2024
Exhibition Dates: 10th -23rd December 2024
Location: Oxmarket Contemporary, St. Andrew’s Court, Chichester, West Sussex PO19 1YH
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The Odds and Sods Art Trail
The Odds and Sods Art Trail is a meandering tour of the greener areas of Bognor Regis campus through the eyes of those who study there.
From half buried sculptures to suspended paintings, there is a wide array of work that explores a variety of themes. Some highlight the everyday picturesque views that we might peacefully treasure, or simply barrel past. Others pose questions on human connection and nostalgia, while still others are concerned with faith or ambition.
If one common thread can be drawn it is an exploration of the constant interaction between the man made and the natural that exists in everyday spaces. Whether that is trees being asphalted into the corner of parking lots, busy boots pressing a path through tended fields of grass, or the daisy pushing through decade-old concrete. Everyday, we walk past so much.
Odds and Sods Art Trail is a playful invitation to slow down, stop, and consider.
The trail opens on June 5th from 5:30pm with an artist-guided walk.
Odds and Sods Art Trail is located at Upper Bognor Rd., Bognor Regis, PO21 1HR
Burn, Burn, Burn: The Beats Light Up The Ox and Transitions
‘Kyle Lights Up the Ox!’
Tuesday 2nd April saw the Private Views and joint Launch Reception for two exciting Exhibitions at Chichester’s Oxmarket Contemporary Gallery.
‘Burn, Burn, Burn-The Beats Light Up The Ox’ is a Beat Generation Exhibition of works by Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs plus the photography and filming of the Beats by Robert Frank, curated by Chichester University Professors Hugo Frey and Dick Ellis.
‘Transitions’ is an amazing solo show by photographic artist Christopher Newberry.
Following introductions by Oxmarket Trustee Martyn Bell, Christopher Newberry and the two Professors, Kyle Neale, a Chichester Festival Youth Theatre Young Practioner read two poems by Ginsberg and Kerouac.
But Kyle turned both readings into fabulous recitals.
While reciting Ginsberg’s ‘A Super Market in California’ Kyle moved between the many attending the Reception , firing at them the questions Ginsberg asks in the poem such as.-‘Who killed the pork chops? What price bananas?’
Kyle then mounted the stage and recited Kerouac’s ‘Old Western Movies’. Inspired by the recording of the poem by William Burroughs, he skilfully also played his own guitar for background effect. Kyle really did ‘Light Up The Ox’ with his performance!
Other younger generation input into the Beat Exhibition included the Poster Design and Robert Frank and Jack Kerouac display panel by local student Georgina Patterson.
Good Luck messages had also been received that evening from Len Deighton who designed the UK cover of Kerouac’s ‘On the Road’ shortly before he wrote ‘The Ipcress File’, and Astrid, the widow of The Evergreen Review’s Barney Rosset. Alice, daughter of Philip Castle, who designed the cover of Burroughs’s ‘Wild Boys’ which was on display (and also the posters for Stanley Kubrick’s film ‘A Clockwork Orange’), was also present as a guest of Christopher Newberry.
