POWER OF PENCIL

23 Dec POWER OF PENCIL

‘Power of Pencil’ (Curator) ArtCan Virtual Gallery.

20th March – 22nd April 2023.

Take a virtual walk-through the exhibition with Curator, Cath Stocker, by clicking on the following link:

Power of Pencil, curator walk-through, March 2023

Curator Notes:

THE POWER OF PENCIL
Curator: Cath Stocker
A virtual exhibition in the ArtCan Virtual Gallery.

The exhibition comprised 103 contemporary works by 45 ArtCan artists celebrating the pencil.

“This exhibition unites ArtCan artists of all mediums. I wanted to discover their ideas. What was the first thing they saw or thought about that would come to life using a pencil? Perhaps by mark making they were simply making abstract ideas come to life using a pencil?” Cath Stocker.

This year Cath collaborated with musician and composer Cara Tivey who has provided the
exhibition’s soundscape. Cara released her solo L.P ‘Zone’ in Nov 2022, a diverse selection of piano pieces she created during and after Lockdown.

Participating artists:
Cath Stocker, Cara Tivey, Agnieszka Laskus, Carole Bury, Caroline Wheaton, Carrie Stanley, Claire Chandler, Day Bowman, Elizabeth Mikellides, Elspeth Penfold, Francesca Ciaudano, Greag Mac a’ tSaoir, Hilary Rosen, Jan Lee Johnson, Jill Desborough, Jill Meager, J R Oatts, Kate
Marsden, Katherine Filice, Kristin Rawcliffe, Laura Gompertz, Laura Parker, Lawrence Mathias, Linda C Burrows, Louise Dale Chalmers, Lucy Pickford, Marie Connery, Marsha Roddy, Molly Lambourn, Neal Vaughan, Nic Gear, Phil Cope, RJT Haynes, Rosemary Burn, Sarah Pooley, Sarah Wills-Brown, Sue Ransley, Susannah Weiland, Svetlana Atlavina, Teresa Schippel Hales, The DnA Factory, Tracey Elizabeth Downing, Uta Feinstein, Victoria Sills, Wendy Brooke-Smith, Yeside Linney.

About ArtCan
ArtCan is an artist-led, non-profit arts organisation with members across Britain and internationally.

About the Curator
Cath Stocker is a Visual Artist and Curator living and working in West Wales. They create work in 2 and 3D. Cath’s work is often centred around ‘Artivism’ which is the anchor, as is concerned in raising awareness about social, political and environmental issues. They are an ambassador for causes they feel strongly about and strive to increase people’s awareness and perceptions through
their art. Originally from Buckinghamshire, Cath studied at Amersham College of Art & Design and Leeds Polytechnic (Leeds Beckett University), graduating with a B.A. (Hons) in Fine Art in 1988.

They have exhibited extensively across the UK and as far afield as Finland and Austria. Cath has always held a pencil and the line is predominant in all their work.

This is their 2nd curated exhibition for ArtCan following the success of ‘Artivism In | Sight’ earlier in 2022.
W: cathstocker.com
IG: @cath_stocker_art