STYLE | Art
GRAND DESIGNS – THE ART OF ARCHITECTURE
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elebrating 10 Years of Wight Architecture, eight major RIBA Architects present multimedia displays of their work in Quay Arts’ West Gallery, a decade on from the
2007 exhibition.
Exhibitors include: Elmstone Architectural, HMS Architects, Mitchell Evans Architects, Mattinson Associates, Modh Design, Peter Ferns Architecture, Rainey Petrie Architecture and Wight Architecture.
excellent work achieved by owners, architects, builders and craftsmen since the Isle of Wight Society awarded their first plaque to Brigstocke Terrace, Ryde, in 1973.
The IW Society’s exhibition includes the fascinating history of our own Quay Arts building! Originally known as the Porter Store in the late 1800s, it was used as a bonded warehouse by Mew Langton’s Brewery. Mew Langton’s barge was moored alongside the quay to take Island-brewed beer to the mainland.
In the 1960s, following the success of cross- Solent ferries and the improved road network, Newport Quay went quiet. Eventually the brewery closed and the warehouse was no longer needed, gradually falling into disrepair.
In the mid-1970s the building was rediscovered by local artists Anne Lewington and her then husband Lew, whose imagination and drive saw the building reopened as the Isle of Wight Visual Arts Centre. A major Lottery grant catapulted the building into the twentieth century thanks to award-winning architect Tony Fretton; by 1997 it reopened under the name Quay Arts!
Tapnell Farm, Modh Design
Architecture is a design practice very rarely viewed in detail by the public. This exhibition is an opportunity to observe presentations displaying works of design that deal with sustainability, conservation, utilisation of space and renovation. Visitors can meet the architects in the gallery at the public opening on Saturday 6th October from 2 - 4pm.
Alongside the RIBA exhibition, The Isle of Wight Society will be showing the winning properties from their Conservation Award in the Clayden Gallery with the Island Buildings Restored exhibition. These are restored, rebuilt, extended and new buildings on the Island from over the last 45 years. The exhibition celebrates the
Another restored building is our artist studios and participatory arts complex, Jubilee Stores Studios – built as a grain store in 1924 - now the venue for our many workshops. Our exciting Autumn Courses and Workshops programme launches with an Open Day on Saturday 8th September 11am – 2pm. Meet tutors, see demonstrations and find out more about the wealth of workshops available.
We are running our popular Portfolio Preparation course from January to November 2019. Led by Island artists/tutors, it’s for mature students or younger people who want to apply for university Art courses, or who simply want the experience of doing a foundation course. For more info, please email Lead Tutor Nick Martin
nmartiniow@gmail.com
Forthcoming Exhibitions
10 YEARS OF WIGHT ARCHITECTURE BY RIBA ARCHITECTS West Gallery
6th October – 17th November 42
styleofwight.co.uk IW SOCIETY’S ISLAND
BUILDINGS RESTORED EXHIBITION Clayden Gallery
27th October – 17th November
By Georgia Newman VISUAL ARTS MANAGER, QUAY ARTS
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