A Barton upon Humber GP has won first prize for his poem, My Neighbour’s Lawn, in the Fathom Press Short Story and Poetry Prize 2010 competition.
Dr Robert Jaggs-Fowler’s poem was chosen by Sheffield poet Frances Leviston for the top prize for its “mysteriousness” and because of the way it held her attention throughout.
“I can truly say that it was an unexpected win, which made it all the more enjoyable,” said Dr Jaggs-Fowler following the launch of the Fathom 10 anthology at a launch evening at The Ropewalk in Barton upon Humber.
Joining Dr Jaggs-Fowler was Anne O’Connor from Beverley as first prize winner in the Short Story competition with her story, Terminations, which was described by the anthology’s editor, Nick Triplow, as “chillingly realistic.”
Both received £150 as winners in their category
Speaking before the announcement of the prize-winners, Mr Triplow said the anthology brought together the best new writing from northern Lincolnshire, Hull and the East Riding and features not only the three prize-winners in each category but also the shortlisted stories and poems from the region’s foremost literary competition.
“The whole idea of the anthology is to encourage people who otherwise might find it very difficult to see their work in print,” he said. “It is to enable people to have something to aim for.”
“I think this year the content is really strong – it is the first time we have had a Poetry prize which has been a resounding success.”
Second prize in the poetry competition went to Caroline Burton of Grimsby’s Driftnet Poets with Shaving Grandad with third prize going to Christy Hall of Beverley for Chub.
In the short story competition Cheryl Leaning of Winterton won second prize with The Fisto Kid and Steve Walsh of Hull took third prize with Direct Observation.
Also included in the book is the best flash fiction from Article Magazine, the area’s independent guide to arts and culture, which is also published by Fathom Press.
The anthology costs £5 and can be purchased from The Ropewalk on Maltkiln Road, Barton.
The annual exhibition by The Ropewalk Studio artists. Featuring work by:
David Alcock
Sally Beaumont
Emily Connor
Debbie Grice
Richard Hatfield
Gill Hobson
Judith Land
Darren Langton
Tim Needham
Julie Oxenforth
Michael Scrimshaw
Shirley Trumble
Keith Woodcock
The Ropewalk’s popular Christmas Art Market will showcase the work of more than 40 makers and artists.
Taking place over the weekend of Saturday December 7 and Sunday December 8 those makers and artists selected to take part will be selling original handmade gifts, cards and artwork (more…)
Helen Martino would describe her work as being ‘sometimes serious and sometimes playful’. For many years Helen worked as a functional potter, making batches of domestic pots on a wheel. Now she sees herself as more of a maker in clay, hand building each piece individually by using soft and flexible sheets of clay. These sheets of clay are freely cut, curved and sometimes twisted, this is how Helen is able to create different perspectives and distortion within her work. The surface is painted with slip, underglaze pigment and resists. Depending on the piece silver and gold lustre may also be incorporated.
Helen is fascinated by body language and how this can be communicated. She observes Mogul and Persian miniatures and admires how they are able to tell a story within one image. These artworks often show a significant event within the life span of a person or family. Helen’s sculptures are also intimate like the miniature and show a single event that can be applied to the past, future and present, allowing the viewer to determine the story of each artwork.
Working in Cambridge, Helen exhibits widely across the UK and is the founder member of Cambridge Open Studios. She will be exhibiting in the Box Gallery in November.
Yorkshire born and bred, Eleanor Tomlinson is a traditional artist and illustrator based in East Yorkshire. Inspired by the beautiful Yorkshire countryside she has grown up amongst, Eleanor predominantly works in ink and watercolour to specialise in capturing and celebrating UK wildlife and the local countryside. Eleanor’s distinctive style using ink and watercolour, combines traditional, well-loved subjects with a contemporary, illustrative twist. Her use and composition of contrasting white space brings a narrative and sense of movement and energy to her pieces. Eleanor’s artworks have also been developed into a wide range of cards, stationery, limited edition prints and homeware collections alongside her original pieces which are being sold in an array of independent shops and galleries across the UK.
LAND, SEA AND SKY
The theme for this exhibition ‘Land, Sea, and Sky’ was chosen because its wide-ranging associations might be interpreted in many different ways, and in part because the theme was seen to have some relevance to the location of The Ropewalk Gallery. No size limit was imposed and artists were invited to respond to the theme in as wide a way as possible, to be as traditional or as innovative as they wished both in process and format. The final selection includes three dimensional and large format pieces as well as more conventional prints.
Printmakers Council was founded in 1965 by a group of prominent printmakers to raise the profile of printmaking as an art form and to provide an exhibition society for members. For over fifty years PmC has continued to pursue these aims through a rolling programme of exhibitions, lectures and practical workshops.
Two new exhibitions with links to northern Lincolnshire are opening this Saturday (Sept 14) at The Ropewalk arts centre in Barton upon Humber.
In the Artspace is Re-Tellings, a solo exhibition by Grimsby based artist Sue Stone whose work is inspired by people, place and time. (more…)
