Angela Wood

We have recently been in contact with Angela Wood who is keen to get involved with the project, which is fantastic. Check our her beautiful paintings on her website by clicking here.

Amy Jo Lewis

Take a look at Amy Jo Lewis' beautiful website to see what amazing work we are lucky enough to be having shown at homecoming...

Degree Shows...

It's degree show time of the year again and many of the artists showing at Homecoming have theirs very soon. If you can make it to the various areas of the country their studying in then it's well worth a visit. Follow the links below for more information about each artist's show. Check back for more to come....
Hannah Bishop- DEPARTURES Critical Fine Art Practice Ba (Hons), The University of Brighton
Jenny Reed- Bath Spa Textile Design for Fashion and Interiors Degree Show 2011
Amy Jo Lewis- Show RCA 2011, The Royal College of Art graduate exhibition

Jenny Reed

Another contributor who has a beautiful blog showcasing her work is Jenny Reed. Get a sneak peek of her degree show work at 'The Rose Garden'.

Leanne Anderson

Talented painter and Homecoming contributor Leanne Anderson has a wonderful blog where you can keep up to date with the artists thought processes and works. Beautifully titled 'Frustrations in Understanding Paint', check it out.

The best of Minehead

Homecoming is very pleased to be featured on the new website 'The best of Minehead'. The best of Minehead is a site advertising and reviewing local businesses, so that the public can find the best businesses in the area. Alongside this the best of Minehead also features events, societies and is aiming to be a complete guide to the area, check it out!

Exmoor Copy Centre Sponsorship

We are very pleased to have the Exmoor Copy Centre giving their support to the Homecoming project. Thanks to them we'll soon have our invites printed and winging their way to you!
Check out their website:
http://www.exmoorcopycentre.co.uk/

Fureal Magazine

You can now keep updated about Elizabeth Bank's project 'Fureal Magazine' on facebook!

Here's the page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Fureal/199253356767966?sk=info
or join the group: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#!/home.php?sk=group_186111658087968&ap=1

And follow the blog: http://bfureal.blogspot.com/

Fureal Magazine is a e-magazine aimed at raising awareness about the cruelty animals face for the fashion industry. Issue one focuses on the Chinese Fur Trade and how cats and dogs among many other animals are killed for their fur.

Carl Keith Lewis

We're really pleased to have Carl Keith Lewis involved in the project, both performing on the night and as our graphic designer.
As well as studying at the University of Plymouth, Carl has been involved in numerous projects both musically and artistically. Take a peek at the wide range of his work by checking out the links below:

The Dead Elms
http://www.facebook.com/editprofile.php?sk=basic&success=1#!/deadelms?sk=info
http://www.myspace.com/thedeadelms
http://soundcloud.com/thedeadelms
Carlos Papadopoulos
http://www.myspace.com/carlospapadopoulos
Tank Tops and Tambourines
http://www.myspace.com/tanktopsandtambourines
Saturday Parliament
http://www.myspace.com/saturdayparliament

Visual Work
http://www.flickr.com/photos/carlkeithlewis/sets/

Kitty Litter

After making it's debut at E15 Acting School's Debut Festival 2011, Kitty Litter will be making it's way to Somerset to be a part of Homecoming in July. Below some information about this fantastic piece of theatre:

'ASBO' 'Hug a Hoody' 'Broken Britain'
To us these phrases create an image. An image of aggressive young people dressed up in tracksuits, hanging out on estates with bottles of cheap cider and no jobs.
But we feel this is a misrepresentation of young people in Britain today. With Kitty Litter we set out to tell the story of 5 lost people, with no real future, tortured by their past and one decision that will change their lives forever. This is a one act real time play about loss. Loss of youth. Loss of identity. Loss of reality.

Written and Directed by Jac Husebo

Tom Stephens

Describing himself as a songwriter, performer, scribbler, thinker, overthinker, gooner, Tom Stephens is an incredibly talented musician, who we're very lucky to have involved in the project.
For more information and to listen to his work visit;
http://tomstephensmusic.co.uk/
http://tomstephens.bandcamp.com/
You can also download free his latest EP 'Division' on both of these sites.

Hannah Bishop

Organiser and Curator of Homecoming, Hannah Bishop, is yet another enthusiastic young person involved in the project. Hannah currently splits her time between Somerset and Brighton where she is completing the final year of the BA (hons) Critical Fine Art Practice. Hannah is an editorial assistant of Playground Magazine and has recently been awarded a place on Somerset Art Works' Professional Development Programme for Artists, 'Creative Pathway 2011'.

For more information
www.hannahbishop.com
http://twitter.com/HannahBishop
http://hannahbishop.blogspot.com/

Playground Magazine:
http://playgroundmag.co.uk/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Playground-Magazine/174571109224909

Somerset Art Works:
http://www.somersetartworks.org.uk/node/9957
http://www.somersetartworks.org.uk/artists/hannah-bishop

Elizabeth Banks

Elizabeth Banks is another contributor and currently studies Fashion Studies at the Arts University College at Bournemouth. Currently Liz is working on the first issue of the new Fureal Magazine, which is an online magazine aimed at raising awareness about the cruelty animals face within the fashion industry.
The site (www.fureal.co.uk) is soon to be up and running and you can keep up with the progress by following the magazine on twitter (http://twitter.com/bfureal). So watch this space!

Jac Husebo

Also involved is director and writer Jac Husebo, who is showing his play Kitty Litter for the first time in Somerset. Shortlisted for the 35th International Play Script Competition, Kitty Litter is also being shown at the Chigwell Theatre form next week, as part of the Acting and Contemporary Theatre Course at East 15 Acting School's 'DEBUT 2011'.

For more information:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#!/event.php?eid=179494448757821
http://www.east15.ac.uk/productions.asp

Elizabeth Crossman

One of the fantastically talented participants of Homecoming is fashion and costume designer Elizabeth Crossman.
Check out a video showcasing her work here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9uIqbmx00U

Material Collected from the Half-Way Point of a Track through Woodland.

Material Collected from the Half-Way Point of a Track through Woodland. 10th March 2010. Littleworth Common. The wonderful image that is accompanying Homecoming is a collaborative piece by Jacob Daley and Cameron Rose-Smith. Originally exhibited in an exhibition called 'The Presence of Absence', the work is an exact re-creation of two metres of woodland floor which, after the exhibtion, was returned to its exact place leaf by leaf. The work represents the fascinating relationship between the rural and contemporary, an ever-changing area in which Homecoming will be inhabiting. http://cameronrs.blogspot.com/

Homecoming

13th July 2011

7:30pm
The Regal Theatre, Minehead.

Homecoming is a multi-disciplinary event to celebrate the creative endeavours of graduates from West Somerset and illuminate the importance of the arts in the county.

Examining the relationship between contemporary and rural, the evening will showcase art, design, fashion, dance, performance and film made by over 15 graduates originally from the area. In exploring where this talent is nurtured, and the potential for imaginative arts projects in the Regal, the event will utilise every space within the theatre. From the dressing rooms to the bar, the stairwells to the balcony, the evening will transform the entire building into a journey through the theatre and the live installations of the inspired work created by young people form West Somerset.

Including; Leanne Anderson, Elizabeth Banks, Hannah Bishop, Louise Body, Joseph Buckler, Elizabeth Crossman, Jacob Daley, Sarah Dawes, Ben Dean, Theo Hawkins, Jac Husebo, Amy Jo Lewis, Carl Lewis, Tom Paskin Robbins, Amanda Quartly, Jennifer Reed, Adam Ridler, Tom Stephens, Amy Wigglesworth & Angela Wood

Curated by Hannah Bishop. Image by Jacob Daley
Event Support, Adam Ridler.

For more information or to get involved contact Hannah Bishop:
http://www.hannahbishop.com
http://twitter.com/HannahBishop
http://www.facebook.com/hcoming

Further Links:
http://regaltheatre.co.uk/