Second Hand
An exhibition of four artists working with inherited and discarded materials.
Celia Pym, Tilly Shiner, Jane Stewart, and Shane Waltener.
Thursday 2nd April - Saturday 30th May. 2026.

Second Hand brings together four artists who work with materials that have lived other lives. Working with garments, textiles, and found objects, each artist uses what is worn, handled, discarded, and redistributed.

Using sculpture, textile, and collage, the artists in our Second Hand exhibition work with old materials to create new artworks, experimenting with techniques passed down through generations. Clothes are mended, reworked, and reassembled; objects are recreated rather than discarded.

One Work Gallery
Jevan Watkins Jones
‘On Our Origin’
Wednesday 20 May
Talk, 6.30pm
Free

Our next artist is Jevan Watkins Jones, who will be showing a mixed media work called ‘On Our Origin’. Jevan’s work is characterised by a sensitive attention to different states of nature and playful interactions with the biophysical environment. He will be talking about the work at the later time of 6.30pm on Wednesday 20th May. See more of his work here:

One Work Gallery is a new programme of artworks and talks by professional artists to The Nose, exhibiting in the ‘One Work Gallery’. Located above the fireplace in The Nose, this single work showcase encourages visitors to sit and contemplate an artwork over the duration of a month. The artist is invited for an informal discussion to give people the opportunity to ask questions and learn more about the work. The artworks are selected by artist Sue Bennett and are installed by technician James Barnard. The artworks are for sale.

The Secret Painter
By Joe Tucker
Wednesday 13th May
Soup 6.45pm, 7pm Book Club

Joe Tucker's Uncle Eric was a beloved yet unconventional figure throughout Joe's life. A shambolically dressed man who lived with his mother for almost eighty years, he had an almost compulsive need to charm strangers with working men's club comedy routines, and appeared to exist only for daily trips to the bookie - and yet had also amassed over five hundred of his own remarkable paintings without anyone ever realising his achievements.

Towards the end of his life, Eric requested an exhibition of his work. As Joe and his family sorted through hundreds of paintings of street scenes, circus and theatre performers, and busy pubs, they began to ask more questions about Eric's life: why had this fanatically sociable man never left his mother's home? Had Eric ever experienced love when he painted it so beautifully? And what had driven him to create so much, yet share it so rarely?

Mask Painting Workshop with Catalina Carvajal 
Thursday 13th March
6.30pm-8pm
Free, booking required

Join us on Thursday 13th March, from 6:30pm to 8pm for a fun and hands-on creative experience! Paint your own mask inspired by Colombian traditions.

Catalina Carvajal is a Colombian illustrator and mural artist. She was born in Bogota, Colombia, and lived in Mexico City before moving to the UK. @catalinacarvajalr. All ages are welcome. Admission is Free, and all materials are provided. (All children should be accompanied by an adult.) Limited to 10 participants.
Funded by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund

To book, contact: eleanor@thenose.org

Tendring Community Writers
Next meeting: Saturday 6th April 2024
2pm - 4pm, Free.

Meeting on the first Saturday of every month at 2pm at The Nose. Clive Brill joins us to lead this session. Contact Faye Rathe to attend.

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