Joseph’s Fancy Landscapes Crazy Cows info and price list

 Joseph’s Fancy Landscapes Crazy Cows

Paintings by Joseph Wheeler. 

Joseph is 28 and lives in St Ives. He wants to say that he has a learning disability and autism. He has a love of cows and a joy in the landscape surrounding him which translate into wonderful vibrant colourful and, often quirky, art work.

Joseph has been involved in Shallal (an arts charity ww.shallal.org ) as a visual artist, dancer and performer for 8 years. Since the pandemic Joseph has worked remotely from home, with Shallal’s weekly zoom sessions ‘Dance and Art Connection,’ which makes this exhibition and the opportunity for his work to be seen even more special.

Previous exhibitions

In Your Hands, ‘Foraging Nectar,’ Shallal with Arinda Daphine at Newlyn Art Gallery 2021

Small Picture Show - Newlyn Church Hall 2018

Grateful thanks to a random chat with Jacob ( and Roo the dog ) and then art, inclusion and community for this opportunity, and here’s to further ongoing connections with them and Mael and Grace of Dark Pony Coffee, thank you for their support and delicious coffee!

Also thank you to Shallal interns: Leigh Jacobs and Anna Willis, and to Emma for all their help.

Joseph’s Fancy Landscapes Crazy Cows

Paintings by Joseph Wheeler 

Payment:

Cash please or Shallal Donate button https://shallal.org/donate 

Please text or whats app to let us know or to arrange BACS ...

Numbers start from the door

1. Hayle Beach

   Oils and acrylic mix £70

2. Chocolate and cream cow. 

    Not for sale

3. St  Ives Landscape

    Not for sale

4. Wonky Cow

    Oils on canvas £180

5. Feeling Blue 

    Pens £8

6. Black and white cow

    Not for sale

7. Small landscape 

    Acrylic on canvas £30

8. Landscape 

   Acrylic on canvas £35

9. Fat and skinny cow

    Oils on canvas £85

10. Tough cow

      Acrylic on canvas £100

11.Tubby miniature cow 

     Acrylic £25

12. Cow on cow ( mini cow )

      Oils £30 SOLD

      replaced with Landscape - Zoe Wilton £30

13. Heart Cow 

      Pens 

      Unframed £10 Framed £30

14. Cow Love 

      Pens

      Unframed £15 Framed £35

Other Artists

15. Love in an Abstract world - Eddie Callis ( back wall )

      Print NFS

16. Flower  - Zoe Wilton ( by toilet ) 

      Paint on paper  £100 framed ( £60 will be donated to Children of the Ukraine CIC )

17. Portrait Peter Willis - Sally Walters ( by window)

      Watercolour NFS

Lots going on and Joseph's Fancy Landscapes Crazy Cows

 Trevors Tribute Tea Party saw approximately 80 people turn out to enjoy an evening of warmth and humour and rememberance. We chose Makaton rather then BSL translation for the event.

Fantastic to have Friends and Dancing with us and honoured guest Giles!

Film coming via Bobby to celebrate it.

Anna and Leigh helped hang it all and then again...

Our impromptu exhibition!

"Joseph's Fancy Landscapes Crazy Cows"

We move on to how, talking to someone about their beautiful puppy with brown expressive 'eyebrow' markings can lead to an exhibition! Such a nice first chat with Jacob and Roo ( the puppy ) and soon we have a nice supportive relationship with Dark Pony Coffee as we do with Back Lane West! 

and thanks to Leigh ( hanging/curation) and Anna ( poster and support) we had the back up enable it to happen..i heard myself say, "It has to be Fun" often hard work but the joy and fun need to be near the top! access was an issue but a cheap ramp bought online is excellent - phew.

Then the blended event as so don't want others to miss out and Joseph is at home, so it had to be so and actually proved its worth again and again with as many, if not more people on zoom, looking in having guided tours all round and a catch up and a chat.

Mael and Jacob are so welcoming and unphased by us! i'm still grateful and amazed, and am busy plotting who to next invite in, it has to be easy, as no allocated funding for it ...Anna introduced me to the term a 'Passion project'..most of mine are occasionally i get pushed into a funnel i don't choose but that can be good for one!

Accessible Art also includes where you exhibit/ perform, as well as how you create/deliver and today i had a chat which confirmed for me that free on entry is a must for so many people, often the unheard. I was told how the person had wanted to see the The Ordinalia but ticket cost and fuel were too much, so they were thrilled when we did A Call to Home free and came, loved it and said how men near them were crying.

The exhibition was the culmination of a wish i had to give Joseph a local low key relaxed exhibition. I had a grander idea of Cornish Cows and Verdant Vegans, art work alongside research and some information about local eating with positive care for our environment and ethics, which never came off, i still hope we might!

I want all our work now to contain an element of response to the global crisis, positive pathways from collaborations are needed NOW!

We've had a blended AGM and are planning the next and while working on my way to that, i was contemplating how to share what we had done and thought posters is a good way to get a taste and overview of events...Anna will make a better one but sharing this now for Fun...

There is so much bubbling away in Shallal and around ...

grateful to be part of The Ladder discussion developments for Old Library Redruth with Rift Theatre and others and to have some Shallal stuff stored there.

I'm entering holidays and the same story each year to tidy! this year with slightly less Shallal stuff as we extend and develop, it's so good it grows away from me. 

Eddie was 30 recently and had a grand party yesterday.

Zoe Wilton gave an exclamation of joy yesterday when told her painting was in Joseph exhibition - there's a lot of wall space so we filled the last part with a painting by Zoe and Sally and a print by Eddie. An 11 year old boy on holiday from Edinburgh bought a small painting on the first day it opened with the last of his holiday money!

Looking forward to sharing some short films slideshows etc over the holidays and I know Lou and Phoebe of Shallal Studio are launching the Underworld ebook soon! Lizzie our new trustee hopes to make an animation and Art Connection are looking at simple book illustrations next term and Jo L is excited for developing ..I'll leave you guessing. Podcasts need diary dates and plans as does Back Lane West residency.

Big Thank you to Ian and Chris in the background, holding us steady and Congratulations to Chris and Viktoriia as ( the Cornish ) Ukranian refugee choir make it big! singing at Everton Football stadium.

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

Trevors Tribute Tea Party, live stream link & Heidi Crowters Appeal

 Trevor's Tribute Tea Party!

Live Stream approx 6-6.30pm Friday is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nX4qaOHY5TI

Meanderings...

Well we have celebrated and mourned friends before in Shallal Dance Theatre.

Eileen, Phosphoresence in our show Mind the Gap, 

Marjorie, 'Remembering Marjorie' June 2018

our poetry book to Helen Thompson, Eileen and Marjorie and now our dear Trevor.

Oh my, i have boxes of tissues at the ready.

Trevor died during the pandemic and we only could send 3 people to his funeral, no wake and we weren't meeting up, so now we are here.

Gathering today surrounded by flowers, friends, art, dance, song, an ode and cake to remembering someone whose words were sometimes limited and indistinct but whose personality and gift for friendship was huge and we all carry in our hearts.

For me Trevor represents so much history, so many others.

And a real loss.

So, Giles plans to come, we are so pleased, he and Trevor with their support worker Duane, were like 3 very cheeky musketeers they had fun and we all shared it! They made the journey from St Mawes to Newlyn for Shallal Dance Theatre every Friday. The door into the room at St Peters hall had a sense of 'theatrical entrance' and there was always a cheer and welcome when they came in! The humour of ( Trevor's) outfits, which we will again enjoy tonight as many of us dress up to remember him.

They came via the wonderful longstanding community group Friends and Dancing and so Friends and Dancing have made 2 dances to share as well this evening.

I'm off now to do last minute preparation and some sandwich making.

Thank you to Anna for her help and Leigh for today, to all the artists, performers and makers who have created and contributed and to helpers and supporters and Princess Pavilions staff and Falmouth Town Council for the venue and much more!

See you there!

and if not in person please join our live stream! or catch it later, we hope to keep it up on youtube.

There will be slide show uploaded after the event as well.

We look forward to being with you tomorrow on Live stream and then Zoom

from Trevor's Tribute Tea Party!

Live Stream approx 6-6.30pm Friday is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nX4qaOHY5TI

Zoom - will be put on as soon as we can after the live stream finishes, approx 7pm, the sound might not be so good, but we hope you can chat 

Please contact Jo or Colin to be sent the zoom link

The films we are using are also available to watch here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSv2Q3gNsX8

&

https://vimeo.com/48205366

While we are here, please consider:

                                                           Heidi Crowter's Appeal

                              https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/downrightdiscrimination/

blog:

So yesterday we went to the Court of Appeal. So many people came to support and the court room was full! 

The judge said that they really understood the human element of the case - hurrah! Thank you so much everyone for coming.  

Heidi gave a speech outside the court (she was too busy with ITV, and so missed her opportunity to speak in court, the life of an activist!)

And so now we wait........................we expect the judgement to be in October time, Please keep talking about the case, telling everyone you know. It is surprising how many people don't realise that there is this level of discrimination in our law. 

Trevor Press release, photo & Ode!

 Trevor Press release

thanks to our wonderful wordsmith Jo L

 and a photo

"A much loved member of Cornish performance company Shallal Dance Theatre will be celebrated in style this week .
Trevor's Tribute Tea Dance will be held at Princess Pavillion 6-8pm Friday 15th July.
Trevor Hills was a longstanding and  popular performer, loved by everyone and known for his unique dress sense.

Trevor died in 2021 during covid restrictions, so few company members were able to attend his funeral. A show for Trevor was a must, a piece to commemorate and celebrate the life of this very special man.

Trevor's wonderful personality brought warmth and gentleness to the room and his humour was infectious. A natural clown, his humour was visual and playful and he loved being silly.
Occasionally Trevor could be seen in sensible sweatshirt and jogging bottoms, but usually he sported one of two distinctive outfits; his James Bond style suit, complete with bow tie, or full Scottish attire featuring hat, woollen socks and kilt with sporran.

The Trevor Hills Memorial Fund has been set up, with money donated being used to help with transport costs for those needing help to attend Shallal sessions. The company believes lack of transport should not be a barrier to access and attendance.

Shallal welcomes everyone to watch this special performance, featuring dance, music, song and poetry, then join in with a dance if desired!
There will be a buffet spread and of course plenty of tea.
Come 'dress to impress' in party frocks, snazzy shirts and hats.
Smart suits and kilts most welcome!"

Ode to Trevor 

written by Debs and Eddie on Friday lunchtime - we laughed and wept

Blue Light Day

 Good to be back to Blue Light Day, a  'wonderful to see everyone' event.

I struggled around with what to do as it needs to be very bold and strong in a noisy  an acoustically challenging space.

Also it's been so long i forgot how simple the tech was, thank you to Alan and Andy who organise it.

So i scurried around ideas and came up with an eco themed (we can use all the music and so film it) selection

Miles Shallal intro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFUUFqb7TD4

Eddies Realise Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aO81NmPTMik

Shallal 2 Voices at the table makaton version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V39QlHBD6D8

Green Choices to William Heard song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wT9UY_USmWg&t=193s

followed by audience dance to Spuke by Jo Callis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMU-ndW8tCU&t=149s

Very grateful for the wonderful Sketchbooks library people enjoyed browsing and then signing up to and for the flyers saying most of our activities so we could give it to people to take away

Met Emily and her mum and another groups from Newquay and want to try to seed a group there, maybe once a month.

Thank you to everyone who supported, performed and helped, a good day out 

and met lots of old friends as well, to mention a few: David, Johnathan, Diana, Ben, Charlie, Lauren, Neil, Tony, Lauren and Laura.

photos soon

Bitter sweet

 It is a bitter sweet thing to be gathering the ideas and plans for Trevor's Tribute Tea Party, and it's bitter sweet to meet today with the joy of being together, creating and dancing, with the reality of the struggles and pain many people combat each day.

Faced with low numbers today ( written on 24 June) - a lot of illness around and builders at our venue, so some avoiding the  noise - and the thought of rising fuel and transport costs, I'm concerned for our resilience. Although as i say that i also have great faith in love and adaptability and resilience, but not in many of the political, industrial, and business systems that should be caring for our ecosystem.

The loss also of physical contact with 4 of our dearly loved dancers who we haven't worked with for 2 years now since the pandemic, as they are in serious shielding households.

We miss them.

So Trevors tea party a lot of fun and some nice ideas and we are looking forward to it.