Dorset Art Weeks at Othona

“The Contemplative Eye” Exhibition

26 May – 10 June (daily 10am-1pm and 2pm-5pm)

For the first time Othona becomes an exhibition space as part of this county-wide feast of creativity and skill. Five artists with strong Othona connections – Sue Kemp, Edward Robinson, Elizabeth Sayers, Emma Tabor and Mart Tebbs – will display and sell their work under our theme of “The Contemplative Eye”. We open to members of the public from 10am-1pm and 2pm-5pm every day, providing refreshments too between 2.30-4.30pm.

We also offer you a concert, two talks and two residential events during this period – see below.

More information online about Dorset Visual Arts, the organisers of Art Weeks: dorsetvisualarts.org/index.php/dva/directory.html

(And look out for more information in our March-November 2012 programme which will be published very soon!)

Open Space with Arts Activities

26 May – 1 June (Sat-Fri a.m.)

Classic Othona relaxation-in-community. You’ll be well placed to visit some of the other Dorset Art Weeks (DAW) venues. And at Othona you’ll have the option of free arts workshops with Elizabeth Sayers and Emma Tabor (two of our DAW exhibitors). Elizabeth works in textiles, Emma is an artist printmaker, but both base their work on drawing and can encourage your own creative use of line and colour in a variety of ways.

 £279 (conc. £211)

Concert “The Contemplative Ear”   

2 June (Sat 8.00 p.m.)

Philip Clouts is a professional jazz musician whose compositions and improvisations on solo piano are informed by his spiritual practice of meditation and kabbalah. He’s also impresario of the monthly Jazz Café at Bridport Arts Centre. This concert is Philip’s contribution to Othona’s DAW adventure.

£6 suggested minimum donation. Space limited - call 01308 897130 to reserve seats.

Arty Half Term Breather   

3-7 June (Sun-Thurs a.m.)

A family break with some special arts activities on offer: bold expressive mural painting with Sue Kemp to transform the outer walls of our art room, and ‘bug art’ with Mart Tebbs, looking for minibeasts in Othona's grounds and making pictures based on that experience.

£186 (Conc. £140)  11-18: £104  3-10: £78

Lecture: Art and Wholeness   

9 June (Sat 3.00 p.m.)

Sophie Hacker is a painter and sculptor, who also runs creative workshops for a wide variety of groups and conferences. She lectures on Art and Spirituality at Sarum College and is Arts and Exhibitions Consultant for Winchester Cathedral. In this talk, illustrated with diverse examples from contemporary art, she looks at the relationship between creativity, spirituality and human wholeness. About Sophie online: sophiehacker.com

£5 suggested minimum donation. Space limited - call 01308 897130 to reserve seats.

Lecture: The Messiaen Project – art from music   

9 June (Sat 7.30 p.m.)

Sophie Hacker (see above) offers a second illustrated talk, about her 2008 project to complement the music of “La Nativité du Seigneur” by Olivier Messiaen with nine “Icons of the Incarnation” developed out of close attention to the musical score. The resulting collaboration in Winchester Cathedral was described by David Owen Norris as “a truly wonderful experience, moving and uplifting”.

£5 suggested minimum donation. Space limited - call 01308 897130 to reserve seats.