NEAL VAUGHAN: contemporary art
NEAL VAUGHAN ART: CONTEMPORARY ART, EVENTS PLANNING, WORKSHOP LEADERSHIP
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Welcome to the website for Neal Vaughan, a contemporary artist living and working in South London. Neal Vaughan is an artist, experienced visual arts teacher, the founder of Carshalton Artists, project manager of arts festivals, creator of short films, facilitator of community engagement workshops and events promotor. On this website you will find examples of artwork, links to events and exhibitions and booking for sales and workshops. Thank you for visiting.
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LATEST NEWS, EVENTS, WORKSHOPS AND EXHIBITIONS FROM THIS YEAR AND NEXT
NEW PROJECT: SPECTRUM/THE RIVER:
Respond not like! (tales of a river in flux)
Join in my new project 'SPECTRUM/THE RIVE Respond not like!'
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I would like to explore more the tales of my river, The River Wandle, but through a local and global network of tales of the river. I am keen to reach out to as many people to discuss those tales of the river and from the river.
A river for me is that river in #carshalton #england,; The River Wandle. It is a place to wonder, get lost. My distant river memories are of the river #hogsmill in Ewell, jumping and running through shallow streams. Now, the #riverwandle @wandlevalley I live close to is a place of simple beautiful reflection, where people discuss their tales of the river.
What is your river?
What does it mean to you?
What are your memories of it?
Please TELL ME YOUR TALES OF YOUR RIVER and maybe even share this post, pass it on, get the telematic networks working and I want to find out how far this reaches. Maybe send to a friend in a far off place. Could you hand write or record your response? Could you draw or map your river? You can post on this thread or send things to me at nealvaughanart@gmail.com
CLICK HERE FOR DEDICATED WEB PAGE: I am collating lots of different ideas, memories, responses and influences to build up a bank of media to include in a new film. And this is just another point along the way. Please join in this journey with me.
#art #artgallery #artist #artcollective #network #telematic #global #nature #landscape #river #artfilm
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'The Wandle - escapism, tranquility and nature!'
(QUOTE FROM INSTAGRAM POST: AUG 2024)
NEW WORKSHOPS: THE LANDSCAPE
Three films on The London Boough of Sutton's past present and future
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These brand new workshops from the hugly popular artrist Neal Vaughan, will focus on simple hacks and tips to help you create. They are broken down into the 6 materials and ways of working that make up many plein air artists reportuire.
The series can be joined as a set or as one off dip in workshops and a new feature will be an event page, exclusive to each workshop and to those that join in.
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​BOOKING COMING SOON
RECENT EVENTS: 'MACHINES OF LOVING GRACE MOLG 2 July 27th 2024, Cryer Arts Carshalton.
THIS WILL BE A LIVE MULTIMEDIA EVENT WITH ART AND MUSIC
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The first event was in October 2023 and brought together live electronic music, projections and live drawing. It was great fun to produce thee projected films for this, with four double exposures and live drawing on the night.​ For the next event I will be bringing to the stage new videos in collaboration with 4 musicians.
You can see all our videos on Instagram
RECENT EVENTS: 'TALKING HEADS LIVING HISTORIES'
Three films on The London Boough of Sutton's past present and future
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This video project that has captured the memories and imagination of the London Borough of Sutton and its residents. A three video series focuses on Sutton Then”, “Now” and “Next” and fuses together interviews of residents with related images, text and sounds bringing Sutton’s history alive through video interviews, archival imagery, and Artificial Intelligence.
This innovative production is commissioned by London Borough of Sutton’s Sutton STEAMs Ahead, a project funded by a Cultural Impact Award as part of the Mayor of London’s London Borough of Culture programme and The National Heritage Lottery Fund.
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CLICK HERE TO VIEW ALL THREE FILMS
RECENT EVENTS: 'WANDLE' The first solo show by Neal Vaughan
June 24th/25th and July 1st/2nd 11am-5pm
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My first solo exhibition and the launch of a brand new gallery in Carshalton was a huge success. If you are interested in any of the work from the show or commissions of similar work please contact me.
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The new works that were on display explored my ongoing residency of the River Wandle and also showcased recent large charcoal works and new a video piece 'Talking Heads, Hidden Histories.'​ This exhibition was part of Carshalton Artists Open Studios 2023
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​CLICK HERE FOR THE EXHIBITION CATALOGUE
RECENT EVENTS: STORIES FROM THE SHEDS: MINI BEAST WORKSHOP
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150 people joined me to learn about the wonderful Wandle and had fun exploring the natural sciences, art and technology. Together you made simple stamp prints using foodstuffs such as limes, tomatoes, cucumbers and lemons. We then added to them to make our own personal insect artworks and named them using a fun scientific insect name generator! Visitors took the work home with them but also we photographed them and I'm now busy inserting them into on-going animation project on the River Wandle. The animation will appear soon!
This project was made possible by Sutton Council's Cultural Services and was part of Sutton Steams Ahead, funded by the Mayors Cultural Impact Award.