Tuesday, 8 April 2025

Amazing Animals Exhibition 7-24 April 2025

 

Successful Opening Tea Party yesterday.
Many thanks to everyone.
 
Xanthe for photographing Lily's work,
Oli https://www.falmouth.ac.uk/staff/oli-raymond-barker     for preparing it for printing.
Helen,Therese and Colin for support, and of course everyone at Falmouth Art Gallery and our community outreach funders The Henry Smith Charity, 
and most of all the amazing artists who created "Amazing Animals!"
I could write a lot about it, but I always feel we need to make the connections ourselves and let the art speak.

Already while hanging it i heard lovely comments:
"I love tigers" 
( favourite comment young boy walking up the stairs - i had placed that picture where it could be passed and easily appreciated)
"Oh look at this and it's made from Pukka tea packaging"
"Please tell me about it..."
"So bright and colourful"
"I look forward to working around it"
"Such a high standard"

As usual 

we try to put the info on here:





 

All works are sold unframed and are on paper or card

contact us for more information if needed.


Miles,   giclee print of painting            by Lily Harvey      £42

Endangered: Bengal tiger,   collage    by Helen     POA

Endangered: Golden lion tamarins, acrylic paint 

                                                                      by Helen         £105

Cottage Garden acrylic                           by Heather Clark   POA

Critically Endangered: Sunda pangolin, collage and acrylic 

                                                                      by Helen    £105

Garden birds, crayon                               by Rita Baker  POA

*Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, mixed media              

                                                                     by Colin Curbishley   £105

**Butterflies, mixed media                  by Katie Wheeler NFS

Smiley Cat, giclee print of painting   by Lily Harvey  £42

Goldfish,  collage and paint                 by Helen           £91

Seahorses and Seagrass,  mixed media 

                                                                     by Therese  £77.

Pinky, giclee print of painting             by Lily  £42

***Seagull pencil and paint                  by Rebecca  Smith POA

Wolfy, giclee print of painting              by Lily Harvey £42

Untitled,  giclee print of painting        by Lily Harvey £42   

Cows, metallic pen                                  by Joseph Wheeler £44

Polar Bear,  giclee print of painting    by Lily Harvey £42

Blue Butterfly,  oil pastel                       by Katie Wheeler £35

Hummingbird, pencil and felt tips     by Julia Wonnacott  POA

Critically Endangered: Amur leopard, acrylic  

                                                                      by Helen   £105

Disco Gecko 1,  mixed media                by Helen  £91

Disco Gecko 2, mixed media                by Helen  £91

The Big Pink Piggy, giclee print of painting

                                                                      by Lily Harvey £42

All works on paper and unframed.


Extra facts:


*Secretive tree-top dweller. The lesser spotted is our smallest, and rarest, woodpecker. These woodland specialists are one of the UK’s fastest-declining bird species.

Woodland Trust


** Scientists estimate that insects make up to 90% of all species of animals on the planet and more than half of all living things.

Royal Entomological Society


***Did you know there’s no such thing as a seagull? In fact there are a variety of species of gull that live in the UK and not all of them live by the sea,

Although gulls are a common sight in many areas……some species such as herring. Gulls and Kittiwakes are actually on the UK Red List. 

RSPCA


Shallal Arts Connection

Amazing Animals Exhibition


Shallal Arts Connection meet on zoom once a week.

We started in the pandemic and haven’t wanted to stop.

It provides creative community and connection and is open to all. 

We enjoy putting on exhibitions of some of our work.

We are aligned with Culture Declares Emergency and want our work to be relevant to our times, as well as joyful and celebratory.

We all need to care, for each other, we are interdependent parts of creation.


Join us on a Tuesday term time 11.30am-12.30pm free/donation

Contact Colin colin@shallal.org

www.shallal.org  



Saturday, 22 March 2025

Audience Comments after watching Journeys Shallal 2

Audience Comments after watching Journeys Shallal 2

 "Nourishing for the soul"

As always Shallal delivers inspired work - beautiful, tender, thought provoking and times challenging one to deepen ones observations and perceptions!"

"Nice one, both of them were good" 

"A beautiful moving performance! Loved watching all the dancers loose themselves in the music which was fantastic. Look forward to the next show"

" Thank you wonderful

Full of love "

"A moving performance 

- brilliant x"


Shallal 2 is a smaller group, it was a daytime performance with refreshments after.

Eddie came and took photos and it was a joy to have Tracy's help

Friday, 21 March 2025

Audience written comments after watching Journeys by Shallal Dance Theatre

 Comments 

from Journeys by Shallal Dance Theatre,

approx half the company, 14 performing 

(and George filming BSL and Hannah supporting - many thanks to all)

which suited the space and audience of 26 which also suited the space -

so pretty providentially perfect.


Audience written comments

"Well done to everyone involved.

Amazing dances that moved us so very much!"


"It was truly a Journey. I am so moved. I have never felt so much joy and depth of connection, love in such a short time as an hour!

Thank you so much."


"Absolutely Fabulous!

As above comment, very emotional experience for me--joy and tearful at the same time. Many Thanks!"


"I was completely entranced in the amazing dynamic stories that ebbed and flowed with music and movement. Thank you"



Thursday, 20 March 2025

Credits for Journeys and On Board



Programme Playlists


"JOURNEYS"

7pm Friday 21 March 

Shallal Dance Theatre


poem by Kerry Day

Soil ( feat Nature ) .......Cosmo Sheldrake

Sleep on the wing ......... Bibio

Migration ........Katrin Finch

Roadworks by Jo Lumber inspired by 

Redruth Roadworks - Artwork by Sam While, printing supported by Tony Minnion

The Race .....Yello

Clarity.....Helen Chadwick

Railroad  ( Travel Song )....Meredith Monk, Brubaker

Over the sea.... Amanda Pascali

Run to You....vision string quartet

Winter Wash 24 ....Mon Rolva

The Armed Man  - A Mass for Peace:Xll Benedictus........Karl Jenkins, London Philharmonic Orchestra, National Youth Choir of Great Britain, Mike Brewer, Guy Johnston


BSL translation by Jan Tillyard

help with everything! - Colin Curbishley

background support - Hannah Jacobs

creative director - Jo Willis


Dancers/spontaneous choreographers

Dylan Bradley Peer

Toby Bridge

Tina Butler

Colin Curbishley

Kerry Day

Mads DeLyon

Linda Fearon

Katherine Giddings

Kerry Jackson

Victoria Lawrence

Jo Lumber

Karen Moss

Debbie Udy O'Nyons

Sam While




"JOURNEYS"

3pm Saturday 22 March 

Shallal 2

Soil ( feat Nature ) .......Cosmo Sheldrake

Sleep on the wing ......... Bibio

Migration ........Katrin Finch

Roadworks by Jo Lumber inspired by 

Redruth Roadworks - Artwork by Sam While, printing supported by Tony Minnion

The Race .....Yello

Rue de trois freres ...Fabrizio Paterlini

Railroad  ( Travel Song )....Meredith Monk, Brubaker

Run to You....vision string quartet

Winter Wash 24 ....Mon Rolva

Postcards from the Road - Single edit....Tom Adams

 

Shallal 2 Dancers/spontaneous choreography

Maddy Daniel

Hannah Jacobs

Jo Lumber

Becky Smith

Miles Stead

Star  


associate artists -Jo Lumber, Hannah Jacobs and Ishita Raina

creative director - Jo Willis

front of house -thank you to Tracy

photography - Eddie Callis

film - Bobby J



ONBOARD art

Redruth Roadworks     by Sam While   print support Tony Minnion 

Boat - mixed media on board    by Sam While

mountains to climb - mixed media on cardboard    by Helen  

Untitled - acrylic on cardboard   by Tina Butler 

My Life Journey - acrylic on cardboard  by Kerry Jackson  

The Tangly Road mixed media on board  by Eddie Callis    


Thank you to The Ladder and Grace & all our trustees especially Hennie  Boex and all our families, friends and supporters.