Bonhoga Booklet - Summer/Autumn 2016

Summer/ Autumn

2016

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.

A programme of 7 exhibitions is

Opening Hours Gallery, Café & Shop

organised each year for the Upper Gallery, featuring local, national and international contemporary visual

High Season

art and craft.

25 April 2016 - 30 October 2016

Downstairs are smaller scale

Mon - Sat: 10:30 – 5.00

exhibitions by Artists and

Sunday: 11.00 – 5.00

craftmakers from both Shetland and

Low Season

the rest of the UK.

2 November 2016 - 23 April 2017

Bonhoga Gallery, Weisdale Mill,

Wed - Fri: 11.00 - 3.00

Weisdale, Shetland ZE2 9LW, UK

Sat & Sun: 11.00 - 4.00

Tel: +44 (0) 1595 745750 Fax: +44 (0) 1595 830444

Admission: Free of charge

E: bonhoga@shetlandarts.org

Accessibility: Disabled parking,

facebook.com/BonhogaGallery

wheelchair ramp, disabled toilet 2

Bonhoga Gallery

© Chloe Garrick

WEISDALE MILL

CAFÉ

Bonhoga Gallery is situated in Weisdale

Café is a popular spot all year round for

Mill, on land cleared for large-scale sheep

locals and visitors alike.

In the south-facing conservatory overlooking the Weisdale burn the Mill

farming in the 19th Century. It was a

The menu features locally-sourced

meal and barley mill from 1855 until the

produce and specialities, all prepared

early 1900s, then used as a butchery and

daily on the premises. As well as

tannery before falling into dereliction

options for children, the café caters

in the middle of the 20th century. The

for those with special dietary

building was renovated and opened as

requirements.

Bonhoga Gallery in 1994, and since then has been welcoming large numbers of

Our menu changes daily - check our

both Shetland residents and visitors to

specials board to see what we have on

the isles. Bonhoga means ‘my spiritual home’ in Shetland dialect.

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Elements 3, Watercolour on paper 2015

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30 Jul - 11 Sep

PETER DAVIS

Elemental Icel and in watercolour Peter Davis is a Shetland based artist

Elemental is a response to Iceland,

specialising in the use of watercolour.

particularly its physical features, through the under-rated medium of watercolour,

In 2014 and 2016 he received a Visual

using experimental techniques and

Arts and Craft Award from Shetland Arts

handmade paint. It explores the world of

to develop his work using handmade

ice, rock and water and how watercolour

paint, working towards an exhibition

can mirror the natural world.

based on visits to Iceland.

Friday 29 July

Public opening: 6-7.30pm everyone welcome

Sunday 31 July

Informal gallery talk by the artist: 2pm free, no booking required

Workshops with the artist

Experiments in Watercolour: Saturday 6 August 11am - 3pm, Mareel  £25 (www.shetlandboxoffice.org)

Fun with Watercolour for Children: Sunday 7 August 10.30am - 12.30pm, Bonhoga  £10 (www.shetlandboxoffice.org) 5

Craft Cabinet

NIELA NELL KALRA

Borderlines By ‘drawing’ with wool, Shetland-based

The ideas for Niela’s textiles come from

designer Niela Nell Kalra uses her latest

varied sources. Her father was Indian and,

knitwear collection, Ebb-stanes, to

in 1947, the Partition of India suddenly

explore the meaning and use of line.

separated his family from their own

Suggestions of paths, boundaries and

country: they became emigrants, instantly.

contours are created with a simple line,

The absence or presence of a ‘line’

wandering across a pattern inspired by

can have dramatic consequences. The

landscape. The ground of the textile is

reference to Shetland’s landscape hints

based on the pebbles that are revealed by

at a shifting, naturally-made borderline,

a receding tide (ebb-stanes is a Shetland

and also to the safe environment of the

term).

designer’s adopted island.

30 July - 11 September 6

Public opening:

Lower Gallery

PAUL BLOOMER

Today

This collection of pocket sized Sumi

‘There is no utopia without reality’

ink drawings is part of Paul Bloomer’s

- Max Beckmann

ongoing personal project to produce two drawings a day; one based on the

Originally from The Black Country in

immediate surroundings of Shetland

England, artist Paul Bloomer moved to

during a walk and another sourced from

Shetland in 1997 where he has lived ever

whatever is happening in other parts of

since.

the world via photos on the internet.

Friday 29 July 6-7.30pm everyone welcome 7

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17 Sep - 30 Oct

THE SHETLAND OPEN 2016

Black & White The Shetland Open celebrates local

Awards will be made in the following

artistic and creative talent. It takes

categories:

place every two years, with an

• Painting, drawing & sculpture

exhibition of work by the prize-winners

• First Time Exhibitor - any medium

in the intervening year. Entries are welcome from amateur, professional

• Craft & design

and student artists and craft-makers aged 18 and over, who are linked

• Photography, print and new media (includes film)

to Shetland by birth, education or residence.

Each sponsored £150 award will be matched by a further £150 from

The theme of this year’s Open is

Shetland Arts to fund a group

black & white

exhibition at Bonhoga in 2017.

Friday 16 September

Public opening: 6-7.30pm everyone welcome

The Shetland Open & Bairns’ Open with prize giving 9

Conditions of Entry • Work should reflect the theme in some

must be submitted with the work, for

way but can be interpreted creatively;

the basic amount you wish to receive if your work sells. We can calculate the

• Please include a brief written

price as it will appear on the wall (with

explanation (50 - 100 words) to

commission & VAT);

accompany your work if possible;

• Only one entry will be accepted per

• The Open is a non-selected show

person. It must be clearly labelled

where all work will be hung unless

with name, title, medium and price

deemed offensive;

(see above). The entry may only be submitted into one category;

• work should not have been exhibited previously in Shetland;

• Submission dates: 15 - 31 August 2016

• All wall-based work, except sculpture/

Work is to be submitted to Bonhoga

hangings must be framed. The moulding

Gallery or Mareel between these dates

of the frame must be wider than 10mm

only. Please complete a submission form

to allow for gallery fixings. Clip frames

and attach it to your work (available as a

are not allowed. We cannot guarantee

download from August). If transport issues

that we can hang work if it does not

are likely to prevent you from submitting

comply with these stipulations;

your work please contact the gallery for assistance;

• Work is limited to 1m x 1m in size, framed. Size is restricted to 1m along the

• unsold work must be collected from

longest edge of a 3D item/object;

Bonhoga between 4 - 30 November 2016, or Mareel by arrangement with

• Craft is defined as creative work,

Bonhoga. We cannot store work for

conceived, designed and made by an

long periods so uncollected work may

individual. Items made from craft kits are

be disposed of after 1 December;

not permitted; • Work must be for sale. The price will

For further information please contact

be subject to a gallery commission of

Jane Matthews, Exhibition Manager:

35%+ VAT on the commission. A price

email: jane.matthews@shetlandarts.org

Closing date for entries for both shows...

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17 Sep - 30 Oct

THE BAIRNS’ OPEN 2016 The Bairns’ Open now takes place every year in the Lower Gallery at Bonhoga.

It is open to all artists of school age from P1 - S6.

The theme of this year’s Open is

Work is be 2 or 3d, any medium,

black & white

unframed and no larger than A3 (or 3d equivalent). Two prizes will be awarded

This can be interpreted in any way

and winners will be notified by letter.

imaginable.

• Only one entry will be accepted per person. It must be clearly labelled with

Work will be displayed in the lower

name, age and contact details.

gallery and craft cabinets at Bonhoga from 17 September - 30 October 2016.

• After the exhibition work can be

We aim to display all original work

collected from Bonhoga between

but in the event of receiving a very

4-30 November 2016, or Mareel by

high number of submissions we may

arrangement with Bonhoga. We

have to scan and exhibit some work

cannot store work for long periods so

electronically.

uncollected work may be disposed of after 1 December;

5pm, WEDNESDAY 31 AUGUST 2016 11

Aesha Head. Papa Stour

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5 Nov - 24 Dec

BERT SIMPSON

Noup & Noost Landmarks that guide and act as places of shelter for those who live by, and from, the sea.

Bert Simpson was born and grew up in

He is now based in Orkney and is a full-

Shetland in the 1940s and 50s, before

time painter, exhibiting his work widely

leaving for art school and life as an artist

throughout the UK.

and designer in Edinburgh.

Noup & Noost is a personal and He studied furniture, ceramics and

nostalgic look at Shetland - the place

industrial design and worked for a

Bert still calls home. “When returning

leading firm of Edinburgh architects

to Shetland I am reminded of its strong

before turning freelance in the 1970s,

cultural influences and feel compelled to

mixing design projects and painting with

express those thoughts in my work.�

running a successful pottery business.

Friday 4 November

Public opening: 6-7.30pm Everyone welcome Lower Gallery & Craft Cabinet: 5 Nov - 31 Dec

Art & Craft for Christmas 13

The Travelling Gallery

The Travelling Gallery in Shetland Public viewing: Saturday 27 August, Mareel Car Park 24 - 30 August, touring (Schools) The Travelling Gallery is a custom-

The Travelling Gallery will tour to Aith

built, mobile, contemporary art space

School, Baltasound School, Sandwick

inside a big beautiful bus, which

School and Whalsay School as part

brings high quality contemporary art

of the Start/Bonhoga Education

exhibitions and events to schools and

Programme funded by Children &

communities throughout Scotland.

the Arts with the potential for public viewing at each venue (TBC). It will be

Its dual focus is to create highly

open to the public in Mareel Car Park

engaging exhibitions and to provide

on Saturday 27th August.

a unique platform for arts education.

Curated with Travelling Gallery’s diverse audience in mind, the exhibitions display innovative artistic practices, representative of the international art scene.

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The Travelling Gallery

The Travelling Gallery in Shetland:

Alt-w:Blush Response Travelling Gallery is pleased to present

For Alt-w: Blush Response, each newly

the exhibition Alt-w: Blush Response, in

commissioned work will have two

partnership with New Media Scotland.

relating elements; a smaller work to suit the unique Travelling Gallery space

As part of the Festival of Architecture

and a larger work to be installed at a

2016, New Media Scotland’s Alt-w Fund

specific location in Scotland. During its

has commissioned a series of new

tour of Scotland, Travelling Gallery will

works for Travelling Gallery by artists

visit the locations of each of the larger

based in Scotland and working with

works, and due to their proximity, the

digital media. The Alt-w fund supports

two elements of the work will ‘blush’ in

and encourages artists to explore

response to each other.

experimental and interactive practice, making use of technology as both a platform and a medium, recognising the continuous changing role that digital culture has in our society.

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BONHOGA SHOP Opening Hours

In addition to the main gallery there are also dedicated spaces for the exhibiition and sale of art and craft in

High Season

the lower gallery and shop. The shop’s

25 April 2016 - 30 October 2016

focus is art and craft; collections of

Mon - Sat: 10:30 – 5.00

contemporary prints, textiles, jewellery

Sunday: 11.00 – 5.00

and ceramics by artists, designers and makers from Shetland and across the

Low Season

UK. It also stocks a selection of art and

2 November 2016 - 23 April 2017

craft books and art materials as well as

Wed - Fri: 11.00 - 3.00

a selection of fun activity kits for bairns.

Sat & Sun: 11.00 - 4.00 16

Bonhoga Shop

ARABELLA

MONICA POTHECARY

Local designer Kathy Nicolson started her textile business Arabella

Monica is a designer based in

in 2011 making handbags, purses and

Shetland, specialising in digital surface

accessories in colourful designer

design for textiles and greeting

cottons, laminated cotton and

cards. Monica’s designs begin with

velveteens. She has since continued

illustrations created from a range

to expand her range and in 2015

of photographs and sketches of

launched her first products made

memorable articles and places from

with Shetland tweed, woven locally

her life - these are imported into

at Jamieson’s Mill in Sandness. Kathy

software and transformed to give the

has incorporated accents of velvet

appearance of an offset screen-print.

to add little luxury to the items and bring out the subtle colours in the

At both Mareel and Bonhoga, we

beautiful fabric.

feature her popular range of cards

Kathy’s Shetland tweed range is

and prints featuring everyday

exclusive to Bonhoga Gallery.

Shetland scenes.

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Bonhoga at Mareel A new permanent retail space which will feature an ever changing collection of design led gifts, stationery and books. The space also features a CD listening post for the promotion & sale of a growing selection of local CD’s, many recorded in our own studio.

eCoffee cup

by the Shed

Created with the world’s fastest growing,

Established in 2013 by designer

most sustainable crop - naturally organic,

Charlotte Dowson, by the Shed

bamboo fibre and non-GMO corn starch,

produces a quirky range of jewellery

Ecoffee Cup is BPA and phthalate free.

and accessories inspired by the Great

And because bamboo fibre is naturally

British garden and thoughts of living

sterile, Ecoffee Cup is lovely to drink from

the ‘Good Life’. Each item is individually

and won’t flavour-taint your drinks and

designed and carefully handcrafted in

its also super light. Available at Mareel

the North East.

in a wide range of fun, contemporary patterns and bright, vibrant colours.

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Mareel Longwall

Shetland Contemporary Art Collection The Shetland Contemporary Art

Its aim was to bring a wider

Collection was purchased by Shetland

appreciation, enjoyment and

Islands Council in 2004 with funding

understanding of contemporary art

from the Scottish Arts Council (now

to people in Shetland, especially

Creative Scotland) and Scottish

young people. With this in view, the

Executive.

paintings were loaned to schools on a rotational basis. They will be displayed

The collection, which consists of

here for up to a year.

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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Exhibitions 2016 David Mach

Commando

16 January - 28 February

Tony Humbleyard / Jack Webb

JANUARY Marc Wilson

The Last Stand 5 March - 17 April

Bone & Shadow A Mythology Of Place 23 April - 5 June 5 Shetland Schools

The Art World

11 June - 24 July

Shetland

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PETER DAVIS

Elemental 30 July - 11 September PUPLIC OPENING 29 July, 6 - 7.30pm (see page 4)

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SHETLAND OPEN 2016

Black & White

17 September - 30 October PUPLIC OPENING 16 September, 6 - 7.30pm (see page 8)

DECEMBER

BERT SIMPSON

Noup & Noost 5 November - 24 December PUPLIC OPENING 4 November, 6 - 7.30pm (see page 12)