For 3 weekends in August Jacky will be opening her studio at Glynde Gardens.
She will be showing her stonecarving, found sculptures, charcoal drawing and paintings.
On Sundays from 2pm she will be opening her garden…
Glynde Gardens Open Studio, Artwave Venue 17
Open 10.30 – 5.30pm 17, 18, 23, 24, 25, 26, 30, 31 Aug
1 Sep
At the weekend I spent another afternoon at one of my favourite places to be, Much Ado Books in Alfriston. So much more than a book store…
For most of my adult life I wanted to open a book shop, but when I found Much Ado Books several years ago I immediately knew I wouldn’t. And this was a good thing! They had already created the perfect place for book lovers so I didn’t have to, it was here already 🙂
Anyway, the reason I was here on Sunday was to continue a project I am working on collecting people’s book stories. Favourite books, childhood memories of books, most influential book – anything at all. And they came flooding in from visitors…
One couple had travelled all the way from Milton Keynes because of a book the husband had first seen 63 years ago, The Countryside Companion. It had a photo of Alfriston high street and he wanted to see how it had changed over the years, a perfect example of a book story!
A woman I spoke with, visiting with her daughters and grandson, said she felt quite emotional writing her book story. She could see how her love of books had been passed down the generations. Here is her story…
and here is her grandson’s…
his favourite story is batman!
At this stage I am not sure how my book stories project will turn out. My finished piece of work may be the handwritten stories by people visiting Much Ado Books, they may be published into a little book, I may make a piece of artwork incorporating them, or photos of them. I don’t know yet. At present I am happy making my postbox for the stories and talking to people, gathering their stories.
If you would like to pop along to Much Ado Books and share your own book stories I shall be visiting next on Wednesday 19 June, 2 – 4pm and Saturday 29th June between 2 and 4pm.
I hope to see you there…
contemporary art exhibition at Glynde Place
Fri 12 April 6 – 9pm Opening night drinks, all welcome
Sat 13 & Sun 14 April 10.30 – 5.30pm
The Coach House, Glynde Place
Glynde, BN8 6SX
Paint, print, sculpture, drawing, performance art
Artists:  Jenny Arran Chiari Bianchi  Sarah Colbourne  Bob Dixon  Linda Felcey    Richard Gravett  Alexander Johnson  Jacky Misson Lucy Newman                Isobel Smith  Guy Stevens  Emily Warren
In September 2018 Jacky curated another exhibition at the Coach House, Glynde Place
Artists taking part were Jenny Arran, Sarah Colbourne, Bob Dixon, Alexander Johnson, Lucy Newman, Isobal Smith, Guy Stevens and Emily Warren….
We had another fantastic turnout with just over 350 people over the weekend.
Over the weekend I curated and contributed to the Chalkpit exhibition of contemporary art at Glynde Place.
It was a lovely, sunny weekend and we attracted over 300 visitors.
The incredibly talented and varied artists I asked to work alongside me were;Â Â Â Â Â Â Jenny Arran, Sarah Colbourne, Bob Dixon, Alexander Johnson, Lucy Newman, Isobel Smith, Guy Stevens and Emily Warren.
The exhibition pieces…
Visitor comments…
Jacky Misson 