FREE Talks & Presentations

We are very pleased to announce the launch of a programme of FREE talks & presentations that will take place during Cambridge City Art Fair 2014. These talks, delivered by respected members of the art community, will offer visitors an opportunity to learn about many different aspects of art, including acquisition, conservation and even inspiration.

We have already booked several speakers for the programme. Laurence Broderick, the world-renowned Sculptor responsible for 'The Bull' in Birmingham, will be talking about the inspiration behind his work. Marlo Gilbert, the former Director and Curator for The William Merrill Gallery in Los Angeles and now Cambridge-based dealer, will be talking about the four golden rules to selecting & purchasing art that is right for you. 

Marlo will be co-presenting her talk with Stephanie Allen from the OwnArt scheme who will give a brief explanation of how to use their 0% interest instalment plan to buy original art from participating galleries.

We also have Gordon Cummings from The Fry Art Gallery in Saffron Walden talking about their fantastic public collection of 20th Century art and a representative from Access Art, our charity partner for 2014, talking about exactly what their wonderful charity does to give people access to the arts. 

Business owners/managers will be interested to hear the talk from Susie Olczak & a Taylor Vinters representative describing the extraordinary process they embarked on together that has resulted in Susie becoming a corporate 'artist in residence'. 

Although the talks & presentations are free to attend for visitors to the art fair, places are strictly limited, so visitors must register for a place in advance. All places will be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis.

 Each talk will last for approximately 30-40 minutes.

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Programme

Saturday 11th October:

Saturday
11 to 11.45am
How To Buy Art

Presented by Marlo Gilbert, formerly the Director & Curator for The William Merrill Gallery in Los Angeles & Stephanie Allen from the Own Art Scheme.

Are you considering investing in a piece of fine art?  Are you looking for a painting or sculpture to place in your home, business or purchase as an investment?

For the uninitiated, buying art can be a daunting process. Starting out with so much selection and no strategy can quickly lead to overload. This talk will help you successfully navigate your way through the aisles of the Cambridge City Art Fair. It will also provide useful knowledge that will help you walk into the most intimidating galleries with confidence. Even the savvy collector can walk away with a few tips.

Stephanie Allen will explain how the Own Art Scheme can help you to spread the cost of original art into manageable, interest-free monthly repayments.

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Saturday
12 to 12.45pm
The Fry Public Art Gallery Collection

Presented by Gordon Cummings, Honorary Secretary of The Fry Art Gallery Society in Saffron Walden. 

The Fry Public Art Gallery was opened in 1987 and houses an impressive number of paintings, prints, illustrations, wallpapers and decorative designs by artists of the 20th century and the present day who have local connections and have made a significant contribution to their field. There is an emphasis on those Artists who settled in Great Bardfield between the early thirties of the last century and the death in 1983 of John Aldridge RA who had lived in the village for fifty years.

Edward Bawden RA who, with his friend Eric Ravilious, discovered Bardfield a year before the arrival of Aldridge and dominated the scene for almost four decades, is represented by nearly 600 items. The Gallery has also acquired work by Ravilious and his wife Tirzah Garwood, Michael Rothenstein RA, and his wife Duffy (now Duffy Ayers), Kenneth Rowntree, & George Chapman. The collection also includes prints and paintings by Bawden's son Richard, and examples of the very varied work of artists who made their way to Bardfield in the 1950s - Marianne Straub, Audrey Cruddas, Sheila Robinson, Bernard Cheese and Walter Hoyle.

The Gallery was built in 1856 to house the collection of Francis Gibson, a local Quaker businessman, and the building passed by descent to the Fry family, who lease it to the Fry Art Gallery Society.

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Saturday
1 to 1.45pm
Conservation of Art on Paper: How To Look After Your Collection

Presented by Penny Jenkins ACR, Accredited Member of The Institute of Conservation (ICON).

All artworks slowly age with time.  Some patination of materials can add a certain charm but under the wrong conditions, drawings & watercolours will fade and papers can go biscuit brown. A 19th Century landscape full of rich indigo blue tints can become a pale shadow of itself, if exposed to light or damp over a generation.

Fortunately modern pigments, papers and framing materials are much more robust and there are plenty of sensible measures to help protect artworks from internal and external harm. Penny will give some practical advice on dos and don’ts of caring for contemporary works of art on paper in a domestic setting and illustrate her talk with restoration and conservation projects from her studio.

Penny Jenkins ACR is an accredited member, listed on the Conservation Register of the Institute of Conservation (www.icon.org.uk)  and has over 30 years experience as a specialist paper conservator working with private collectors, auction houses  and Institutions. Formerly London based, she now lives & works in Cambridge.

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Saturday
2 to 2.45pm
How To Make Art Work For Your Business

Co-presented by Susie Olczak, local Artist and a representative from Taylor Vinters, an international legal firm with an office in Cambridge.

Some time ago, Taylor Vinters embarked on a remarkable & inspirational art journey that started with Wysing Arts and resulted in them appointing Susie as their 'Artist In Residence'. Susie has since produced many site specific pieces which have been exhibited at several of Taylor Vinters offices.

Hear about this mutually beneficial relationship and be inspired to start an  'art journey' for your business.

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Saturday
3 to 3.45pm
Three Dimensional Art

Presented by Laurence Broderick, the local Sculptor well-known for his sculpture of 'The Bull' in Birmingham Bullring.

In his figurative and abstract, bronze and stone sculpture, Laurence Broderick draws inspiration from the female figure and wildlife, in particular the otter and endangered species. When learning of the plight of turtles, polar bears, rhinos and elephants due to man's abuse, it had a profound and emotive effect on expressing his art.

He is joint president of the International Otter Survival Fund, a global charity for the conservation of the otter, based on the Isle of Skye. The scale of work ranges from small bronze maquettes up to very large outdoor sculpture of monumental proportions.

A selection of Laurence's beautiful sculptures will be available from Atelier Contemporary Art on Stand D2.

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Sunday 12th November:

Sunday
11 to 11.45am
How To Buy Art

Presented by Marlo Gilbert, formerly the Director & Curator for The William Merrill Gallery in Los Angeles. 

Are you considering investing in a piece of fine art?  Are you looking for a painting or sculpture to place in your home, business or purchase as an investment?

For the uninitiated, buying art can be a daunting process. Starting out with so much selection and no strategy can quickly lead to overload. This talk will help you successfully navigate your way through the aisles of the Cambridge City Art Fair. It will also provide useful knowledge that will help you walk into the most intimidating galleries with confidence. Even the savvy collector can walk away with a few tips.

Marlo now runs Blue Contemporary, based in Cambridgeshire, and will be showing her portfolio of Artists from the Americas on Stand D4.

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Sunday
12 to 12.45pm
An Introduction to AccessArt 

Presented by Paula Briggs, co-Director of the local charity Access Art, our charity partner for Cambridge City Art Fair 2014.

AccessArt is the UK’s leading provider of online resources that support visual arts teaching and learning. Aimed at teachers, facilitators, students, creative practitioners, and home users, their unique resources are designed to inspire and enable. 

AccessArt was founded in 1999 by Paula Briggs and Sheila Ceccarelli, graduates of the Royal College of Art. The organisation works in partnership with a wide range of art galleries, museums, arts organisations, community groups, schools and individuals and the AccessArt website is a dynamic community. 

Creative practitioners highlight and share their creative practices via the website, helping to create a rich pot of ideas to inspire teachers and learners of all ages and abilities.

In this talk, Paula gives a general, informal introduction to what Access Art does, how they do it and how people can benefit. 

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Sunday
1 to 1.45pm
Good Title & Provenance In The Art Market

Presented by James Glennie of Art & Antiques Appraisals, formerly of international auctioneers Bonhams.

The value of artworks can be undermined by lack of good title and greatly enhanced by good provenance. This talk by James Glennie, an experienced practitioner (as opposed to a lawyer) will briefly seek to explain, in simple terms, the difficulties of establishing good title in an international marketplace and demonstrate with examples the importance of and often dramatic effect on price of good provenance.

James Glennie is a qualified valuer with over thirty years’ experience in the art valuation and auction field, fourteen of which were with international auctioneers Bonhams, where he established their national Museums Department, their first office in East Anglia and the popular East Anglian View sales, he was responsible for several country house sales as well as single owner auctions in London and New York. 

He left to establish Art & Antiques Appraisals Ltd in 2007, which in addition to its private clients receives instructions from many important institutions including The British Museum, English Heritage, The Supreme Court, The Royal College of Art and The Church of England.

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Sunday
2 to 2.45pm
A Talk By Artist Alan Halliday

This talk will be delivered by the British Artist Alan Halliday, represented by Camburn Fine Art on Stand C7/8 in the Large Hall.

Alan Halliday is an internationally established British artist. He has been a professional artist for more than 30 years, holding more than 100 exhibitions in the USA, Europe, India and the Middle East. His paintings are in the collections of the following London museums: Victoria & Albert Museum; the Theatre Museum, The Museum of London as well as several Oxford colleges and the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, USA. His paintings are also acquired by collectors worldwide.

Trained at the Courtauld Institute of Art at London University, (1970-74), in 1982 Halliday was awarded a doctorate in the history of art by Oxford University. His first mentor was John Piper, the distinguished British neo-romantic painter. Piper encouraged the young artist to build up an extensive archive of sketchbooks to draw on for future use and summed up Halliday’s style: “an arrangement of painted marks, all on the surface and yet all in depth”.

Halliday now lives in France, by the Loire. His output includes large semi-abstract oils on canvas, as well as larger and smaller works on paper.

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