World Record Egg Hunt

Artist Julia Rogers has just recently completed her large Egg that will become part of the largest record breaking Egg Hunt taking place through out London from Tues 21st Feb to 8th April 2012.

The Egg will be one of 200 to be hidden in shop windows, famous landmarks, cultural venues, outdoor spaces and train stations. Finally there will be an auction and an online auction raising funds for Action for Children and The Elephant Family. Visit www.thebigegghunt.co.uk for further details.

INSET Sessions at OHOS

Staff from St Martin's Primary School in Caversham spent a day at the studios. They got to grips with new techniques that will feed back into their teaching practice with help from artists Kate and Jon Lockhart.
As well as touring the studio and meeting artists at work, the teachers enjoyed hands on printmaking and feltmaking workshops, whilst discussing thematic approaches for the classroom such as 'Mantle of the Expert'. One member of staff commented that: "It was the best INSET that I have ever been on"

Teachers Twilight Art Workshops at The Keep

Open Hand Open Space Studios have been leading a season of twilight teacher training sessions. The sessions are a strand of 'Artifacts' an Arts Council England and Reading Borough Council initiative to work with Museum collections, artists and schools.
Each week, staff explore materials, techniques and themes that directly relate to their classroom practice whilst also enabling the development of their own creativity.

Science@ the Studio

Studio members, Arts Council England and Reading Borough Council are working with local primary schools in Reading to develop a pioneering way to integrate art and science. The project sees whole classes working at Open Hand Open Space artists studios in Reading Berkshire, where they explore themes and ideas based on scientific and artistic inquiry

AM Bruno Project 101

The Lab Gallery, 47th & Lexington Ave, New York
November 4 - 25, 2011

OHOS artist Ingrid Jensen is pleased to have two films included in an installation by the London based group of Artists AM Bruno.  One of the films features OHOS artist Anna Mitchell.    All 101 individual film works by 40 artists are silent and of exactly 101 seconds duration, screened on an array of monitors positioned throughout the space.  The project was developed and co-ordinated by Sophie Loss and John McDowall, with additional supervision by Joanna Hill and help from Judy Goldhill, Claire Deniau and Steve Perfect.

Teaser video can be seen at http://vimeo.com/30755672
am-bruno.blogspot.com
www.thelabgallery.com

OHOS artist exhibits work in Terminal 5

In the doom and gloom of the current economic climate, Kate Lockhart’s painting of the London skyline shines like a beacon of positivity, radiant on the walls of Terminal 5. The magnificent, explosively powerful 360-degree view is depicted in a 22 metre full scale mirrored print of the original painting and is currently on show in the brand new wing (Gate C) of T5.

A large section of the original painting can also be seen at the Terminal 5 EXPO Fine Art Gallery.

Heritage Open Days at the Keep

Sat 10 - Sun 11 September 2011
11am - 5pm
OpenHand OpenSpace welcomes visitors to the ground floor of the Keep - see what was once the guardroom, cells and fire engine house.  There will be art, artefacts from the Royal Berkshire Regimental Collection kindly lent by the Wardrobe Museum in Salisbury, a display about Trooper Potts VC, information about the Keep's history, art activities and an I-spy trail for children, and refreshments.  Free parking is available in OHOS's car park behind the Keep: from Oxford Road turn into Brock Gardens, then first left and through the double gates.
www.thewardrobe.org.uk
www.livingreading.co.uk
www.heritageopendays.org.uk
Free, family friendly, disabled access
All welcome