Looking forward to this.
Hope to see you there.

Most Fridays Shallal Dance Theatre rehearse in the morning and after lunch we do Art and Production, next Friday we will come to Falmouth to enjoy this exhibition.
We hope to met up with some of the Falmouth based artists and those who attend Express Yourself.
Express Yourself has visiting artists workshops in the next few months...donation ort £3 a session 9.30-10.30 Wednesday mornings at The Dracaena Centre Falmouth. This week they did felting with Shallal Studios artist Laura Menzies.
http://www.shallal.org.uk/express-yourself.html

Many thanks to Falmouth Art Gallery for their unstinting support.
The exhibition is on until 16 February.

Express Yourself are also having a Portraits Exhibition in August in the Community Gallery.

Exhibition up and also launching our new new Instagram
​https://www.instagram.com/shallalarts/
We managed to hang a piece by all the artists except Miles, he has some wonderful large work from our residency, but the smaller pieces needed better materials so i was thrilled to hear last night (when we worked together in Shallal 2) that he was given art materials for Christmas !
Shallal artists often span many mediums of artistic expression. Shallal 2 have a fantastic relationship with Falmouth Art Gallery and it is one of their performance venues, with many shows commissioned and inspired by exhibitions.
www.shallal.org.uk/shallal-2.html

Well the initial offer and idea was to have an exhibition parallel to Shallal 2's commissioned performance, devised and inspired by the Illustration exhibition at Falmouth Art Gallery in December 2018.

The idea was put to Shallal Dance Theatre artists, many of whom are part of Shallal Studios and to Express Yourself emerging artists and Shallal 2.
However we had an extremely busy term leaping from one performance to three before Christmas! All different shows! 
This is my excuse, my eye went off the art work and I was relieved when we had to postpone the hanging till tomorrow! So last week i collected some work and found as i expected that many ideas weren't completed.
So, visual art is not the same as improvised dance in it's production but what it does share in Shallal is this immense reservoir of talent, so we rummaged through what we had....
And it will be worth a visit! 

It is the same as shows, there are some who constantly produce work, some gaining confidence and doing stronger new work and unexpected gems and unknown treasures to enjoy. (As well as some who you want in it but just can't make it or finish it this time - Joseph Wheeler has done some amazing work recently but none is finished.)
And just like creating a show we are waiting to see what sits well in which order etc:
Anna is helping me curate it.
So we expect tomorrow to hang a mixture of work from....
Established Shallal Studio artists:
Zoe Wilton
Toby Bridge
Sam While
Anna Willis


Tina Butler
Alan Way Owl
Jo Willis

Yvonne Hingston
Jane Parfitt
Miles Steadman
Minnie Black
Harry Tims

12 Portrait and 10 Landscape

Our crowd funder has nearly reached £500!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/shallal-art-residency-back-lane-west
Last week we had 3 fun days in the studio with a gaggle of Shallal artists, artists from Express Yourself and the Liskeard group who had fun exploring the space with tape, dance, movement...
Some snaps from the time below and some film to be edited and watched.
In the studio this week, returning artists from last week finishing off some large paintings  and a few new faces while Barry settles in.

Great day yesterday in the studio!
Photos received from George this morning
Barry and i came with materials, Sam and Tina arrived followed by George and Zoe and Jonathan and Laura came, lovely to see her, and Toby. So old and new faces back in that space.
We had an inspiring and fun day, with conversation, preparation, intense focus and music to work by alongside cameras, film and recording played with. We may return for a shorter session next week.

Meanwhile pleased to introduce artists from Express Yourself to the space today, Yvonne came last year but Minnie, Alisia and Miles are new.
Hope to post film and more photos soon!

See how our crowdfunder is coming along and some of the Shallal history on http://shallal-arts.blogspot.com/2018/11/so-excited-and-pleased-about-this-years.htmlshallal-arts.blogspot.com/2018/11/so-excited-and-pleased-about-this-years.html
PS 
Spot new comfy supportive chair for Jonathan - thanks to Lou! and our funders for new equipment and furniture for Shallal Studios new venue, 2 rooms at ...St Peters Church Hall, Newlyn

Sam and i went for a walk to gain inspiration after lunch in the first residency and Sam returned to draw this superb view of the main street in Redruth. It was wonderful watching it unfold and recognising all the elements.

After adding up the number of artists involved this year, now 22 returning and 15 new, I had the nerve to try to make a crowdfunder.....as slightly less formal than grant applications - although last years Creation Space was fairly pain free, but only as i had done an Arts Council application already!

Please support it if you can and do share.

https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/shallal-art-residency-back-lane-west

​Also please note that 
"Sharing' event on Saturday 24 November now 1- 3pm, ( not 2-4pm)

​This is our timetable so far:
 there are some ? tbc

1 - 3 Laura - visual artist 

4 - maybe 'Bryant and Lumber inc' cross art form?

5 - Sam Lawrence - dance artist 

6 - Shallal Studio artists with Jo and Barry

7 - Express Yourself Artists with Jo and Barry, Emily photography
      Debs after 2.30

8 - Out There group with Lois, Janice and Jo, Emily photography

9 - Sam Lawrence - 1pm

10 - Wheeler family  - multi media

11- Anna and Annis A&A ?

12 - Shallal Studio artists?

13 - Barry 

14 - Express Yourself (and Shallal studio artists?)

15 - 17 Barry

18 - Delpha?

19 - 21 Barry

22 - 23 A&A

24 - SHARING 2-4pm 
​
25 - 30 A&A


With 19 returning artists - Lou Brett will drop into film-
and 14 new artists
it looks like an exciting time full of potential.
We are so grateful to Back Lane west for providing this annual opportunity for us.
It's a real pleasure to hear artists talk about what they plan to do and how they look forward to being in the space again!

In line with our inclusive approach and ethos, we don't normally ask people to pay but to donate if they can, and this year we have no external funding so donations towards the rent and some behind the scenes organisation and travel costs would be very welcome!

At last a resting place, permanence or something like it! St Peters Hall Newlyn have offered us 2 spaces: a dry digital one and a messy making one! Something for everyone nearly, we would have loved a huge making space but this will do well for now.
Soon we hope to start procuring our shopping list of items, which will immensely help our artists development, opportunities and skills.
Internet access and a good imac are an almost essential tool for development and marketing these days.

Then we have hurrah! Back Lane West, I have been studying our potential timetable and am very pleased and excited by the use the studio will get and who is going in there.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BhgzblVH7pe/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=1vfb6zoh6qe9h

I hope to post our timetable soon.

As always so excited for our annual residency. This year i didn't have time to apply for funding and so we are free to do as we please and i am urging folk to use it for their own CPD..
Get in there and enjoy this creative wonderful spatial blank canvas, already Anna and Annis and others lined up.
We hope to have some Sharings and we have art materials, film camera and digital camera artists can use!
More soon and contact me if you are interested in booking space and time.
joannawillis357@gmail.com
Something some people might want to work towards is an Illustration opportunity, an exhibition in Falmouth Art Gallery community space in December.
We hope to have our first draft Shallal Poetry book there.
Films under 5 minutes are still part of our explorations.

We are having a meeting about a studio next week.
Not perfect but potentially a good resting space for now.

Really pleased to have the input of Barry Cooper in Express Yourself and now also as a trustee.
 more news soon....