Bonhoga Winter 2016/Spring 2017

Winter/Spring

2016/2017 Exhibitions Shop CafĂŠ Events

Visitor Information

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Bonhoga Gallery

Weisdale

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Lerwick Scalloway

Bonhoga Gallery is owned and run by Shetland Arts Development Agency.

Opening Hours Gallery, CafĂŠ & Shop

A programme of 7 exhibitions is organised each year for the Upper Gallery, featuring local, national and international contemporary visual art and craft.

Low Season

2 November 2016 - 23 April 2017 Wed - Fri: 11.00 - 3.00 Sat & Sun: 11.00 - 4.00

Downstairs are smaller scale exhibitions by artists and craftmakers from both Shetland and the rest of the UK.

Late night Shopping on Thursdays 8 and 15 December until 8pm.

Bonhoga Gallery, Weisdale Mill, Weisdale, Shetland ZE2 9LW, UK

Closed from 25 December 2016, reopening on 20 January 2017.

Tel: +44 (0) 1595 745750 Fax: +44 (0) 1595 830444 E: bonhoga@shetlandarts.org facebook.com/BonhogaGallery

Admission: Free of charge Accessibility: Disabled parking, wheelchair ramp, disabled toilet 2

Bonhoga Gallery

© Chloe Garrick

Weisdale Mill

Café In the south-facing conservatory overlooking the Weisdale burn the Mill Café is a popular spot all year round for locals and visitors alike.

Bonhoga Gallery is situated in Weisdale Mill, on land cleared for large-scale sheep farming in the 19th Century. It was a meal and barley mill from 1855 until the early 1900s, then used as a butchery and tannery before falling into dereliction in the middle of the 20th century. The building was renovated and opened as Bonhoga Gallery in 1994, and since then has been welcoming large numbers of both Shetland residents and visitors to the isles. Bonhoga means ‘my spiritual home’ in Shetland dialect.

The menu features locally-sourced produce and specialities, all prepared daily on the premises. As well as options for children, the café caters for those with special dietary requirements.

Our menu changes daily - check our specials board to see what we have on offer today.

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Aesha Head. Papa Stour

5 November - 24 December

NOUP & NOOST

Bert Simpson Landmarks that guide and act as places of shelter for those who live by - and from - the sea Noup & Noost is a personal and nostalgic look at Shetland - the place Bert still calls home. “When returning to Shetland I am reminded of its strong cultural influences and feel compelled to express those thoughts in my work.�

Bert Simpson was born and grew up in Shetland in the 1940s and 50s, before leaving for art school and life as an artist and designer in Edinburgh.

He studied furniture, ceramics and industrial design and worked for a leading firm of Edinburgh architects before turning freelance in the 1970s, mixing design projects and painting with running a successful pottery business.

He is now based in Orkney and is a fulltime painter, exhibiting his work widely throughout the UK.

PUBLIC OPENING: Friday 4 November, 6 - 7.30pm Everyone welcome

CRAFT CABINET:

LOWER GALLERY:

Contemporary UK Craft

Dee Beale Prints

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Lower Gallery

Dee Beale Dee Beale is a printmaker/designer based in the Peak District.

Most of her prints are produced on a Japanese Print Gocco, a small selfcontained table-top screen-printing machine first produced in Japan in the 1970s. Her use of colour and Scandinavian style make these prints both charming and distinct and we are delighted to be showcasing her work in the Lower Gallery at Bonhoga for Christmas.

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Turner Prize Sessions

Installation by Michael Dean

Know Your Arts From Your Elbow Join artist Amy Gear for a five-week block of informal evening sessions exploring the work of this year’s Turner Prize nominees. Decode the mystery that is Contemporary British Art, exploring the work that has been shortlisted for this prestigious national prize.

for anyone – no previous knowledge or expert vocabulary is required!

Each week Amy will focus on the work of one of the shortlisted artists and the final session on 5 December will coincide with the live TV screening of the award ceremony.

Places for the sessions are available to book through Shetland Box Office at Mareel and Islesburgh Community Centre, over the phone on 01595 745555 or online at: www.shetlandboxoffice.org

Sessions through November will take place in the Green Room at Mareel, with the final session on 5 December in Mareel’s Screen 2.

Sessions will take place on Monday evenings at 7pm, starting on 7 November. Each will last two hours with a break, and are suitable 7

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Bronze Nets 2016 (Patina Detail)

21 January - 6 March

ISLAND CONNECTIONS

Vivian Ross-Smith Vivian is interested in the passing of knowledge through generations, resulting in communities having a deep understanding toward their island. Combining elements of painting, textiles and sculpture, Vivian embeds the stories and traditions of island life into the materials and imagery of the works.

‘Island Connections’ is a series of works considering the relationship between people and land. Vivian recently spent two months as Artist in Residence on the island of Korpo, where she developed this new body of work as a conversation between the Finnish Archipelago and her home islands of Shetland, and in particular Fair Isle.

Although these two networks of islands have very different landscapes, they are tied together by latitude and island mentality.

Being an islander is an identity that connects people. It’s a way of life, of thinking and being.

PUBLIC OPENING: Friday 20 January, 6 - 7.30pm Everyone welcome 9

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Randomised Array, 2011, Linocut Editioned with Peacock Visual Arts, Aberdeen

11 March - 23 April

Toby Paterson Architecture is the starting point from which he explores the effects of the passage of time on the spaces that surround us, hinting at the economic, social or political ideas behind building projects. He has also been influenced by 20th century artists such as Robert Smithson, Victor Pasmore, Mary Martin and Donald Judd.

Toby Paterson is one of Scotland’s leading contemporary artists. His work derives from encounters with architecture and the built environment, and can manifest itself in various two and three dimensional ways, whether in galleries and museums or in public spaces. His work stems from an interest in the ideas of architects who were influenced by Modernism and working in the post-war period. Toby draws on first-hand experiences of visiting and recording built environments around the world, but his artworks go far beyond simply documenting such places: he creatively interprets and re-imagines architectural spaces.

PUBLIC OPENING: Friday 10 March, 6 - 7.30pm Everyone welcome 11

2017

ISLAND CONNECTIONS

Vivian Ross-Smith

Toby Paterson

21 January - 6 March

11 March - 23 April

NORTH SEA FISHING

BEHIND THE NORTH WIND

PUBLIC OPENING: 20 January, 6pm

PUBLIC OPENING: 10 March, 6pm

Jeremy

Barbara Ridland,

Sutton-Hibbert

Malfridur Aðalsteindóttir,

Kristín Reynisdóttir

8 July - 27 August

2 September - 15 October

PUBLIC OPENING: 7 July, 6pm

PUBLIC OPENING: 1 September, 6pm 12

OPEN WINNERS

THE FUTURE

Amy Gear +300 artists from 5 Shetland Schools

Jeanette Nowak, Aimee Labourne, Gillian Bridle, Vivian Ross Smith 29 April - 11 June

PUBLIC OPENING: 28 April, 6pm

17 June - 2 July

Peerie Christmas

Maxie Bain

21 October - 12 November

18 November - 24 December

PUBLIC OPENING: 16 June, 6pm

PUBLIC OPENING: 20 October, 6pm

PUBLIC OPENING: 17 November, 6pm

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Bonhoga Christmas Shop

GIVE ART & CRAFT FOR CHRISTMAS Bonhoga also stocks a wide range of design led cards and stationery, a selection of specialised art and craft books, and a range of fun activity books and kits for children of all ages.

In addition to the main gallery there are also dedicated spaces for the exhibition and sale of contemporary art and craft, in the lower gallery and shop.

With the shop brimming with beautiful and unique gifts and unusual Christmas decorations, there is much to see and be tempted by this winter at Bonhoga.

There’s something for everyone, from handmade contemporary jewellery and textiles to quirky, colourful ceramics and glassware. We also have a large selection of prints from some of Shetland and the UK’s finest artists.

Opening Hours (Low Season) 2 November 2016 - 23 April 2017 Wed - Fri: 11.00 - 3.00 Sat & Sun: 11.00 - 4.00

Late night Shopping on Thursdays 8 and 15 December until 8pm.

Closed from 25 December 2016, reopening on 20 January 2017.

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Shop at Mareel

BONHOGA AT MAREEL Our new retail space in Mareel features an ever changing collection of design led gifts, stationery and books, and for Christmas shoppers this winter there will be a gorgeous selection of Scandi inspired gifts, decorations and lighting.

Buy an ecoffee Cup from our Bonhoga shop at Mareel and get speciality coffee for just ÂŁ2

This winter we will also be selling a range of cinema merchandise to complement some of the big movie releases at the end of the year. Keep your eyes open for our CD listening post for the promotion and sale of local CD’s, many recorded in our own studio - coming soon!

plus free syrup!

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Mareel Longwall

SHETLAND CONTEMPORARY ART COLLECTION Its aim was to bring a wider appreciation, enjoyment and understanding of contemporary art to people in Shetland, especially young people. With this in view, the paintings were loaned to schools on a rotational basis. They will be displayed here for up to a year.

The Shetland Contemporary Art Collection was purchased by Shetland Islands Council in 2004 with funding from the Scottish Arts Council (now Creative Scotland) and Scottish Executive.

The collection, which consists of paintings, prints, photographs and sculpture, is the work of 16 artists from all over Scotland who graduated from Edinburgh College of Art and Glasgow School of Art in 2004.

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ITE H W & K C A L B Open and Bairns’

THE SHETLAND OPEN 2016 The Shetland Open celebrates the creativity and diverse talent abundant in Shetland, bringing together work from established and new artists. This year’s Open theme was Black and White, which inspired a fantastic variety of work that sits together as a dramatic and intriguing collection.

Winners receive a cash prize followed by a further award of £150 each from Shetland Arts to fund the creation of work for a group exhibition, taking place at Bonhoga from 29 April to 11 June 2017. This provides the opportunity for emerging and established artists to work collectively towards new work.

The Open winners were Jeanette Nowak (Photography, Print & New Media), Aimee Labourne (First Time Exhibitor), Gillian Bridle (Craft & Design) and Vivian RossSmith (Painting, Drawing & Sculpture).

The Bairns’ Open had the same Black and White theme this year and showcased a great variety of new talent. The winners were Brooke Robertson (6) for her collage, Penguins, and Evie Napier (13) for her photograph, The Smuggler’s Cave.

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Workshops

WEDNESDAY EVENINGS, 7-9pm MAREEL  £10 Sessions, costing £10 per week, take place in the Green Room at Mareel on Wednesday evenings between 7 and 9pm, from 9 November to 14 December. Book through Shetland Box Office at Mareel and Isleburgh, over the phone on 01595 745555 or online at www.shetlandboxoffice.org.

Shetland Arts’ popular Life Drawing sessions are returning to Mareel from 9 November!

The sessions have been running for the past two years, with regular attendees of all abilities enjoying the chance to practise drawing a real life nude model. The set-up is very informal, with artists encouraged to bring their own materials and the poses led by the model. “It was really enjoyable.” said one participant, whilst another praised the “good atmosphere” and “great poses”.

This class is suitable for over 16s of all abilities. Please bring your own drawing materials & paper. Booking in advance is recommended.

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