Exhibitions & Events

Join Tony Bennett and David Crew for an informal curatorial tour and talk

Rye Art Gallery, Saturday 2nd November at 2:30pm

Rye Art Gallery invite you to join us for a curatorial tour and talk of the exhibition
'Timely Connections with Tony Bennett and David Crew' on Saturday 2nd November, doors at 2:30pm

Tickets are priced at £10.00 per person and include refreshments

To book your place please email: ryeartgallery@gmail.com

We are delighted to inform you that 'Timely Connections with David Crew & Tony Bennett' has been extended until Sunday 10th November.

Giving everyone an extra week to come and enjoy the show!

Timely Connections with David Crew and Tony Bennett

PRIVATE VIEW: Saturday 5th October 2024, 11 am - 1 pm

Rye Art Gallery

We are thrilled to share news of our upcoming exhibition, 'Timely Connections' at Rye Art Gallery. This exhibition will showcase the exceptional talents of local artists David Crew and Tony Bennett. With their distinctive styles, these artists both deliver unique perspectives and offer up fantastic artistic narratives in their pieces for us to enjoy and be entertained.

Although they work in different mediums they are both essentially story-tellers who enjoy a collaging painterly process to express, in a kind of visual shorthand, complicated ideas and narratives fundamentally linked to the struggles of being human.

David, uses a more regular order to his subject, formed from within and visualised as an account based on real events. Tony on the other hand, is concerned more with an on-going dialogue with specific themes that have been constant throughout his life. Each piece represents a single story even though they too form a part of a broader narrative.

Our Autumn exhibition will open with a Private View on Saturday, 5th October from 11 am until 1 pm. The show is scheduled to run until Sunday, 3rd November.

Please reserve your places now: ryeartgallery@gmail.com

En Plein Air, 2024, Competition Showcase

Sunday 29th September 2024

The team at Rye Art Gallery invite you to the closing reception and competition award ceremony for our En Plein Air, 2024 showcase taking place in the gallery on Sunday 29th September from 3pm

This en plein air event has provided a unique opportunity for artists to exhibit their talent and creativity. It is our first year of the competition showcase, and we have been thrilled to received an outstanding number of entries amounting to over one hundred.

The competition will be judged from Wednesday 25th September.

The jury comprises:
Dr. Julian Day (Moderator Curator)
Karl Terry RSMA
Tom Marsh ARSMA
Janet Milner, RSA
Davida Smith, RSA
Louise Simkiss, Art Historian, RA nominated representative on TRAG board.

The works are available for public viewing from Wednesday 25th September from 11 am

The awards ceremony and prize giving will take place at the gallery on
Sunday 29th September from 3 pm

Mick Rooney RA book launch and signing

Wednesday 18th September 5 pm - 7 pm

Rye Art Gallery

We are now taking bookings for a book launch and signing of a brand new publication focusing on Mick Rooney RA.

Touching Mexico, Mick Rooney RA, with a foreword by Paul Theroux

Please join Mick Rooney in Rye art Gallery on Wednesday 18th September from 5 pm until 7 pm for this exclusive event.

Tickets £12.00

Books £30.00

email : ryeartgallery@gmail.com for more information and questions

En Plein Air, 2024, Competition Showcase

Wednesday 25th September until Sunday 29th September 2024

Rye Art Gallery

We invite you to come and view the En Plein Air competition showcase running in the gallery from Wednesday 25th September until Sunday 29th September.

The competition is still open should you wish to take part. Entry forms are available directly from the gallery. The aim of the competition is to attract ‘en plein air’ painting enthusiasts from further afield to participate and feature their works as part of our show at the gallery.

The first prize in this competition has been generously sponsored by The Kowitz Family Foundation. So please join in and take part in your opportunity to paint outside and exhibit your work at Rye Art Gallery.

For full details on the competition please contact Rye Art Gallery at ryeartgallery@gmail.com
or call 01797 222433

En Plein Air, 2024, Painting Day Events

14th, 15th, 19th September 2024

As part of our En Plein Air exhibition we are pleased to be working with four en plein air artists who are holding the following painting day events:

Seascapes Painting with Karl Terry RSMA
Saturday 14th September
8.30am – 4pm
Price: £75 maximum 10 places

Join Karl Terry for an en plein air experience in his favourite place, enjoying the seascapes and sandy dunes of Camber. Meeting at Camber car park, the day will finish at 4:00 pm. On booking we will send you a full itinerary including a
material and equipment list.

Ancient Town Painting with Tom Marsh ARSMA
Sunday 15th September
11am – 4pm
Price: £75 maximum 10 places

Join Tom Marsh for a painting and drawing day around Rye’s historical town centre. Meeting at Rye Art Gallery at 11:00 am the day will finish at approximately 4:00 pm. On booking we will send you a full itinerary including a material and equipment list.

Landscape Painting with
Clare Mitchell & Georgie Watson
Thursday 19th September
11am – 4pm
Price: £75 maximum 10 places

This event will begin at Rye Harbour and run from 11:00 am until 4:00 pm. It is a
great opportunity to work in the great outdoors on the outstanding Rye Harbour
Nature Reserve alongside two of Rye’s most established en plein air painters. On
booking we will send you a full itinerary including a material and equipment list.

For full details contact Rye Art Gallery at ryeartgallery@gmail.com
or call 01797 222433

En Plein Air, 2024

Saturday 24th August – Sunday 29th September

En Plein Air, 2024, will open with a Private View on Saturday 24th August from 11 am until 1 pm. Please join us in the gallery to welcome the opening of this brand new show.

The show will run until Sunday 29th September 2024 and includes an En Plein Air painting competition and painting days events.

Please email us at ryeartgallery@gmail.com to secure your places and enquire about the linked events and competition.

A CALL OUT TO ARTISTS: En Plein Air, Rye Showcase 2024

Saturday 24th August – Sunday 29th September

Rye Art Gallery

The act of artists working outdoors to produce sketches and drawings to accompany their larger works has been an established tradition for many years. The scientific approach from John Constable reveals countless sketches of skies and lands observed closely and depicting the ever-changing light, mood and weather.

What was an ideal for artists like Turner and Constable soon became a reality for the impressionists. The transition to en plein air originally depended on the developments of paints and materials becoming more transportable, with the invention of the box easel allowing artists to travel easily with all the equipment they needed.

The traditions of en plein air are certainly alive and very popular amongst our Sussex artists. Rye with a stunning coastline, beautiful landscape, sea and big skies provides artists with the essential essence of being in a place.

This year we are running alongside the Rye Arts Festival. We have developed and broadened our exhibition to focus on en plein air.

For the first time this combines with a new painting competition to attract enthusiasts from further afield to participate in this major show at Rye Art Gallery.

Welcome to summer, join in and take part in your opportunity to paint outside and exhibit your work at the gallery.


Please email us at the gallery for full details and entry forms: ryeartgallery@gmail.com

'Pathways' Drawing Workshop

Saturday July 20th 2024 10 am - 4 pm

Pett Level

'Pathways' event in conjunction with our current exhibition at Rye Art Gallery:

Drawing Workshop at Pett Level with Jane Beecham & Denise Franklin
Saturday July 20th 2024
10 - 4pm
£60

THIS EVENT HAS NOW SOLD OUT

Join Denise and Jane for a whole day’s workshop that challenges notions of what is accepted ’drawing’ - pushing boundaries and encouraging an enjoyable discovery of personal style.
Paper and inks will be supplied- a list of required materials and equipment will be sent to all participants.
Using mindful breathing techniques, blind drawing and active listening, you will start the day with intuitive mark-making using tools found on the beach at Pett Level.

After lunch, you will spend the afternoon on the beach considering composition and the laying down of light washes to encompass ‘working white’ creating a receptive base layer for drawings that allow light depth and perspective.

After the workshop the gallery have kindly extended an invitation for an after hours private view of the Pathways exhibition with complimentary drinks where Jane and Denise will be happy to discuss their processes and practices in more depth.

Tickets are available via email from Denise and Jane directly:

janebeecham@live.com

denisefranklin@icloud.com

'Pathways' opening reception

Saturday 22nd June 2024 11am - 1 pm

'Pathways' with Denise Franklin and Jane Beecham will open with a Private View on Saturday 22nd June from 11 am until 1 pm.

Please email us at ryeartgallery@gmail.com to secure your places

The show will run until Sunday 11th August 2024.

The Art of British Printmaking

Saturday 11th May to Sunday 16th June 2024

Rye Art Gallery is delighted to announce that our biennial exhibition: 'The Art of British Printmaking' is now open until Sunday 16th June.

Printmaking has been a key part of the language of art for many centuries and the focus of our exhibition is to show printmaking, particularly as an original form of artistic expression as well as the means of disseminating and reproducing work.

The show will represent the many different processes of printmaking such as etching; woodcuts; lino prints; lithography as well as screen printing.

The exhibition will have a local focus and as with many of our recent exhibitions staged here at Rye Art Gallery, we are curating this show alongside important works held in our permanent collections including those by Sir Frank Short, Robert Sergeant Austin, Margaret Barnard, John Piper, Piranesi, Paul Nash, Edward Burra, Norman Ackroyd, and Edward Twohig.

Nick Archer An Introduction to Printmaking Workshop

Rye Creative Centre, Saturday 25th May from 10am

THIS EVENT FORMS PART OF 'THE ART OF BRITISH PRINTMAKING' PROGRAMME

An Introduction to Printmaking (monoprint and dry point etching) in the print room at Rye Creative Centre on Saturday 25th May.

In partnership with Rye Art Gallery and our exhibition The Art of British Printmaking. Nick will be running a workshop in the print room at Rye Creative Centre – An Introduction to Printmaking (monoprint and dry point etching).

Monoprint is the process of painting onto a smooth printing plate and then printing this onto paper creating ‘one off’ prints. Dry point etching follows the technique of scratching /etching into a plate using a sharp tool and then printing the plate on the press.

Nick will be showing the process of making a print using these techniques and helping you to develop your own visual ideas.

The workshop will be divided into 2 x 3-hour sessions: 10am – 1pm – monoprinting 2pm – 5pm – dry point etching

The groups are small (5 people maximum) and are tailored to all abilities from complete beginners to those with more experience.

Prices:
Monoprint only £60
Dry point only £60
All day (both) £100

materials and equipment provided include, print plates, ink, all printing equipment.
materials not included, paper which you can bring or purchase on site. Oil paints (if you want specific colours). Reference material such as photographs and drawings to work from.

Book your places through Rye Art Gallery, email us ryeartgallery@gmail.com or telephone us directly on 01797 222433

For more information from Nick: www.artclassesinrye.co.uk