Fabricated: Mivart Artists Open Studios 2009

A weekend that celebrated the process of creativity with more than thirty mivart artists, maker and designers, showing original paintings, limited edition prints, public art, ceramics, glass, enamels, sculpture and jewellery, as well as performance, workshops and a selected exhibition in the open spaces:

 

FABRICATED: (adj) formed  or conceived by the imagination, to invent or concoct, construct or manufacture, fictitious or fancied. 

A selected site-responsive exhibition took place throughout the building and included two new award-winning commissions:

 

The MivArtist 2009 winner Mel Shearsmith premiered a new film-installation in the aikido space, funded by Mivart Studios.

 

'Make’ a short film by Sally Reay, soundtrack by Keef Chemistry with funding by The Mivart Award.  You can watch this film now by visiting News.

 

Artists Who Opened Their Studios For This Event included (click on names for more information):

Shelly Abrahams
Lucy Austin
Jon Bentley
Neil Bonnett
Max Cahn
Terry Carter
Brandon Chambers

Nicky Cornwell
Rebecca Ellis
Milly Frances
Kate Fraser
Nick Gerolemou
Angela Groombridge
Andrew Hardwick
George Hearn
Limited Press Collective

Annie Little

Marilyn Marshall
Garfield McKenzie
Cath O’Leary

Ulf Pedersen

Ruth Piper
Sally Reay

Sylvia Rimat

Julie Roberts
Mel Shearsmith
Tom Stubbs

Rachel Toon
Berni Vinton

 

Special thanks to Rebecca Ellis & Kate Fraser for all their hard work coordinating this year's Open Studios and for chairing the many meetings that have taken place to make this event happen.  Thanks also to Mel Shearsmith & Jacky Puzzey for coordinating ' Fabricated' the open spaces exhibition.

Mivart Artists would also  like to thank the 'Fabricated' selection panel [‘artists supporting artists’]: Yvonne Buchheim, Chuck Elliot, Penny Jones and ALIAS mentor, Louise Short for giving their time and expertise so generously.