Arts
'Promenade'
Original paintings by Glenda Wakeman
11 November 2023 until 18 January 2024
Glenda Wakeman has painted a new series of colourful and original paintings evoking the tradition of the leisurely promenade, where people dress up to walk together, to meet and be seen by others. They are exhibited in a warm salon style setting for others to come together over the festive season. All the paintings are for sale and are priced affordably in the hope people can own an original piece of art.
This painting is 'Out Out'. Acrylic on board, Glenda Wakeman, 2023.Read moreBeach Hut Exhibition
Saturday 29 April – Saturday 1 July
Beach Hut People / Sue Bennett and Di HumphreysTo celebrate the publication of Beach Hut People there will be an exhibition to compliment and expand the book. Including photographs of local 'beach hut people' as well as new artwork by Sue Bennett and Di Humphreys, and hut memorabilia from The Frinton & Walton Heritage Society.
If you have a photograph of you or your family in front or inside of your beach hut that you would like to be included in the show, get in touch: eleanor@thenose.org.
Image: Painting by Sue Bennett.
Read moreWalton Flax Exchange
Shane Waltener
9 November – 10 December, 2022
Walton Flax Exchange is a month-long exhibition with local artist Shane Waltener. Using flax, grown and harvested in Walton, the exhibition will display the processing of the crop from plant to linen, introducing the idea of soil-to-soil clothing - clothing made from fabric which is entirely compostable. Flax sculptures and objects will be interwoven with public activities and performances, inviting other practitioners and members of the public to skill exchange and share knowledge on the subject. The exhibition aims to generate an interest in the production of Walton fabric and create a local ‘fibershed’, a term coined by Rebecca Burgess in 2010, describing a network connecting growers, makers and consumers.Read more