There are many exciting things planned for the first part of this year…. at the end of this month I will be going to the University of Leicester to speak at the Symposium Speaking Out which accompanies the eponymous exhibition; I will also be showing three works in watercolour from 2008, two of which were short-listed for the Jerwood Drawing Prize..
For most of this month I will be working in oils in a larger studio, thanks to Jesse and Henry: exciting and challenging.
In February I will be going to Austria, to the University of Innsbruck, to give two workshops on Animals and Art – with a focus on my work – at the Minding Animals International conference. I will also be teaching a workshop at Newlyn School of Art, on Drawing Methods and Materials.
In March my work and I will be going to York to the New Schoolhouse Gallery for my show which opens on March 8th. Later that month I will be teaching a workshop at St Ives School of Painting looking at how music and poetry can inspire us, with a focus on monoprints.
In April I will working in residence in York towards the end of the month, and giving a talk on my work at the New Schoolhouse Gallery.
For further information please email me at kate.horse@tiscali.co.uk
Total immersion
BrillianceBorage, intentDroplet, brightnessMemoryFace of an Angel, Italy
I am putting these works in the Millennium show, opening December 13th, and I thought I would write some words to go with them. Here are my texts, and the images:
He carried me off, his lips on my hair.
He carried me off, his lips on my hair – Dec 13
This work suggests the desire to be carried away, to leave this world, through the gift of communion with Nature, or in this case, a deer. The human figure and the deer are both caught in a moment of suspension, they hover above the earth, in a space which is only just here. They inhabit a ‘thin place’, where different worlds gently intersect.
I touch my throat, the place where you enter.
I touch my throat, the place where you enter
Sept 13
This piece emerged after about three years of working on it. The female figure has always been there, but the figure to her right, once a faun, then a man, and now a fully grown spirit deer, is descending from a higher region, perhaps we could call it Heaven. The deer is bringing to the woman, and in particular her throat centre, the gifts of ‘deerness’ such as speed, grace, beauty, silent movement and acute sensing.
My Dog keeps watch as I pray.
This work also emerged over several years. The dog figure has been there from the beginning, inspired by a very fine dog who lived with me for 14 years, and who died last year. Initially there was a tiny girl figure floating, somhow attached to her chest, but I was never really satisfied with the image like this. Earlier this year I attended a Benedictine vespers service in Norcia, Italy. The monks, all dressed in white, bent at ninety degrees from their hips as they prayed and sang. The altar was full of light. It was dazzling.
When I came home I returned to this work and through the process of workng I suddenly knew that the figure with the dog (me) would be blending with her through the process of prayer. My arms emerge though my back, which is where the soul enters and leaves the body, according to some indigenous traditions. The dog would be keeping watch over me, as my dog always did.
New Artist’s Statement:
I like to walk up mountains, and I love being on the tops where you can see huge hares and eagles, you can pass over valleys of bees and thin forests; there will be spiky shiny flowers with no stems growing, the backs of their faces pressed into the thin soil. These are fine but lonely places; no one goes there, much. You feel as if you can step into another world, and not come back. I love the feeling of balance, of being on the edge of something.
When I work I look for a narrow pass of edginess, of suspension; the feeling of being poised, teetering; only just here, existing in a thin place.
If I also ask for the vision of animals to help me, then I can be carried, or cooked by the heat of their cells, eaten or absorbed: emerge re-formed; wiser.
The Freedom from Torture show closed on Saturday and it looks as if we will raise around £8000 for the victims of torture, which is fantastic…
I am involved with a show called Speaking Out which will be at the University of Leicester.. details below.. I will be speaking at the symposium! Exciting.
Sentinel
This work will be in the show.
Embrace Arts invites you and a guest
to the celebration of
Speaking Out
Friday 31 January, 5pm – 7.30pm
Performance by SSoCiaL at 6pm
What can art teach us about the effects of violence against women and girls?
This exhibition explores how survivors can overcome their traumatic experiences and promote a positive view of women’s forms of resistance and empowerment through art.
Exhibition continues until Friday 28 March, 10am – 6pm
Speaking Out Symposium
Friday 31 January, 10am – 5pm
£35 (employed) / £20 (students) / £7 (disabled patrons, artists and the unwaged). Price includes lunch and refreshments.
The Opening on Saturday 30th November was buzzing and busy. We had a great crowd of artists, collectors and friends who all helped to make it a wonderful evening. I am hoping we will raise lots of money for the charity Freedom from Torture. Bids can be made until this Saturday 7th December.
Talking to Jane Martin at the Opening at Millennium.A good crowd at the Opening.On the top floor at MillenniumThe ground floor at MillenniumA hug at the Opening!In prison.Work by Emilia TeleseWork by the late Partou Zia, kindly donated by her husband, Richard Cook.A selection of drawings at the show.
There are just a few days before the opening of the show at Millennium in St. Ives, by kind permission of Joseph Clarke. On Wednesday we will begin to install the drawings.
Here is the invitation and the list of some of the artists who have agreed to donate drawings. All proceeds will go to the charity.
DRAWING THE LINE A SEALED BID CHARITY EXHIBITION IN AID OF ‘FREEDOM FROM TORTURE’
We request the pleasure of your company for the opening of ‘Drawing the Line’
On Saturday 30th November, from 7 – 9pm
Drawing the Line’ has been organised by artist Kate Walters in aid of the charity ‘Freedom from Torture’. It will include works by many artists who have donated, which will be uniquely available through silent sealed bids taken throughout the exhibition.
Supported by The Penwith Supporter’s Group branch of the national charity Freedom From Torture, the exhibition aims to raise funds and awareness for the charity and its work. ‘Freedom From Torture’ started in 1985 as the medical branch of Amnesty International. Since that time it has grown to a large organisation spanning 5 cities, and is almost entirely funded by donations. It offers vital support to survivors of torture from all over the world.
Some artists confirmed in no particular order (the list of participants is ongoing):
Kiki Smith, Partou Zia, Marcelle Hanselaar, Peter Randall Page, Tim Shaw, Richard Nott, Sax Impey, Michael Broughton, Kurt Jackson, Mat Osmond, Maggie Mathews, Naomi Frears, Simon Averill, Ralph Freeman, Lucy Austin, Lisa Wright, Nick Moore, Jesse Leroy Smith, Alex Higlett and Georgina Hounsome, Katie Sims, Richard Nott, Belinda Whiting, Matt Bryans, Laura Menzies, Mark Surridge, Irene Lees, Nicholas Charles Williams, Karen Lorenz, Kate Walters, Lyndsey Keeling, Sue Bleakley, Susan Wilson, Michael Fowler, Michael Rees, Angie Munro, Andrew Litten, Mathew Robinson, Joy Wolfenden Brown, Louise McClary, Jonny Hosking, Veronica Vickery, Frances Walsh, Jake Clark, Liam Jolly, Viv Allbright, Gareth Edwards, Rachael Reeves Edwards, Charmaine Honeychurch, Gordon Faulds, Alice Herrick, Jess Cooper, Nicola Bealing, Carlos Zapata, Martin Grimshaw, Chris Anthem, Denny Long, Nicola Bealing, Jason Walker, Caro Woods, Janet McEwan, Emilia Telese, Anna Gillespie, John Keys, Daryl Waller, Sarah Gillespie, Vicky Wiltshire, Pippa Young, Marie Claire Hamon, Alexandra Zierle and Paul Carter. Barry Cottrell, Phil Whiting, Sarah Gatter, Catherine Harvey Jefferson, Mark Dunford, Kay Vinson, Rupert Loydell, Ann Gillies, Allen Fisher, Viv Allbright, Dominick Allen, Sam Bassett, Julie Brixey-Williams ARBS, Ben Sanderson, Sandy Brown, Isolde Pullum, Ron Ford, Annie Heckman, Geoffrey Hands, Meryl Ainslie, Von Calhau, Anne Haughton, James Kinder, Kirsty Lowry, Hugh Greasley, Delpha Hudson, Alice Leach, Hugh Mendes, Carole Grace, Sovay Berriman
We look forward to seeing you at this unique opportunity to purchase works by highly regarded artists, whilst raising funds for an important cause. By all means share this email with those who you feel may be interested.
I had a very busy week teaching in St. Ives at the School of Painting, teaching a course on Dreamscapes, Memory, and exploring – expanding- consciousness through the creative process. It was a lovely group of people from all over the country. We worked with drawing in a number of ways: with the non-dominant hand, with closed eyes, with music, responding to the writings of Aboriginal peoples; to inner impulses, to dreams, and to personal memory. We made a shamanic walk together, focusing on walking, moving quietly along as one animal; some of us worked with the drum to find animal totems, whilst others worked with the monotype process to connect with the animal body.
I will be teaching a very similar course next July from the 8th – 11th at St. Ives School of Painting.
Here are some photos:
A Drawing made with left hand of an inner animal
Some of the groupMaking a monotype with the left hand
Drawings have been steadily arriving by post, and they are now ready to go to Millennium. We have a great range of exciting works by many interesting and generous artists, and soon I will post some photos. The show opens on November 30th at 7 pm at Millennium, and it will run for a week.
Last week I was in residency, as part of Transitions 10, with Susan Bleakley at Newlyn Art Gallery. Alex Karrasch was also there collaborating with/supporting Sue . We were working with the theme ‘Being in the Desert’, or The Arena, looking at how we can be tested in all sorts of ways.
It was a week of challenges, looking within, but also of gifts; we had several lovely visitors offering great insights, and support, and I was given a box of very interesting books as well as a great picture of the crucified Christ, full of tenderness, acceptance, and love, from Chris through Simon Jacques. I was pleased with the series of monotypes I made.
approaching the stillness of animals
Working at Newlyn Art Gallery
Horse with flayed shoulder
Lady of the Ladderthe yielding below, monotypeRoped Madonna
The show which I have been organising and working towards for some months opened last Wednesday 23rd October, with a great crowd and a wonderful performance from Katrina Brown and Rosanna Irvine.
Here are some pictures:
A work by Alexandra Karrasch and Susan BleakleyClaire Rollinson’s Big Head as worn by Karen LorenzOne of my little drawings on show
In the space, very pleased with our wonderful show.
Alexandra Karrasch’s beautiful work made of wood and egg shellPreparing for the performance, beautiful October London light.
and here is some info about the show I am curating which will open on October 23rd at the Art Pavilion, Tower Hamlets.
The invitation for the Tower Hamlets show
It would be great if lots of people could come to the Opening on Weds 23rd October, 5 – 8 pm; there will be lots of exciting art to see and experience.
Here are some examples of my recent work:
The givers of giftsI touch my throat, the place you enterWhat the Tree teaches MeMy dog keeps watch when I pray
